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Rule 20 Appearances in proper person: Entry of appearance, initial pleading to be acknowledged

Unless appearing by an attorney regularly admitted to practice law in Nevada and in good standing, no entry of appearance or initial pleading purporting to be signed by any party to an action shall be recognized or given any force or effect by any district court unless the same shall be acknowledged by the party signing the same before a notary public or some other officer having a seal and authorized by law to administer oaths, or the truth of the matter is established by an unsworn declaration signed by the party under penalty of perjury, and dated, in substantially the following form: “I declare under penalty of perjury under the law of the State of Nevada that the foregoing is true and correct.”

Amendment history: [Added; effective January 1, 1980; amended; effective January 11, 2010.]