Nevada Rules on the Administrative Docket – 2026
How the Supreme Court of Nevada adopts, amends and repeals an administrative rule, in fourteen sections, effective July 12, 1978 and amended through October 31, 2025. An "administrative rule" is any supreme court rule or regulation of general application relating to the operation of the judicial system and the government of the State Bar of Nevada, so these are the rules that govern the making of Nevada's other court rules. Section 2 is the administrative docket itself, the record the clerk keeps of every petition to adopt, amend or repeal a rule. Section 3 says who may petition — any judge, the director of the Administrative Office of the Courts, the State Bar, and others — and what the petition must contain. Section 4 covers time computation and how a petition is processed and reported to the court, and section 5 the schedule within which the court must decide or set argument. Section 6 is the notice and publication an adopted rule requires, section 7 the study committees the chief justice may appoint to consider a proposal, and section 8 the court's action in adopting or amending, including the official comment that may accompany it. Sections 9 through 11 cover reconsideration, the indefinite effective term of an administrative rule, and the thirtieth-day effective date. Not to be confused with Nevada's attorney discipline rules, which are SCR 99 to 122 and are published with the Supreme Court Rules.
Browse all 14 rules of the 2026 edition below. Each rule includes the full text, a plain-English summary, committee notes, amendment history, and cross-references to related rules. Use the search box to find rules by keyword or number.