Nevada Rules of Criminal Practice – 2026
How a criminal case is actually run in a Nevada district court, in eighteen rules effective March 1, 2021. Not a code of criminal procedure — Nevada's is statute — but the practice around it: how cases are assigned, how an attorney appears and withdraws, the initial appearance and arraignment, and release or detention pending judicial proceedings. Rule 7 is discovery and discovery motions, Rule 8 pretrial motions and Rule 9 the pretrial writ of habeas corpus, with stay orders and the extending or shortening of time beside them. The rest are the mechanics of the hearing itself — continuances, voir dire, court interpreters, the reporting of trial proceedings — together with sentencing and appeals.
Browse all 18 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.