The Supreme Court shall consist of a Chief Justice and six associate justices. Each justice hereafter elected or appointed shall be commissioned by the Governor and, before entering upon the discharge of duties, shall take the constitutional oath of office. [2:19:1865; B § 911; BH § 2426; C § 2509; RL § 4829; NCL § […]
1. A person may not be a candidate for or be eligible to the office of justice of the Supreme Court unless the person: (a) Has attained the age of 25 years. (b) Is an attorney licensed and admitted to practice law in the courts of this State at the time of the election or […]
1. The justices of the Supreme Court must be chosen at general elections by the qualified electors of this State. Except as provisionally limited in subsections 2 and 4, each justice holds office for a term of 6 years from and including the first Monday of January next after the election. The senior justice in […]
Whenever any vacancy shall occur in the office of justice of the Supreme Court, the Governor shall fill the same by granting a commission, which shall expire at the next general election by the people and upon the qualification of his or her successor, at which election a justice shall be chosen for the balance […]
1. Until the first Monday in January 2009, the justices of the Supreme Court whose terms of office expire on the first Monday in January 2009 are entitled to receive an annual base salary of $140,000. From and after the first Monday in January 2009, their successors in office are entitled to receive an annual […]
1. Any justice of the Supreme Court who has served as a justice or judge of the Court of Appeals or a district court in any one or more of those courts for a period or periods aggregating 22 years and has ended such service is, after reaching the age of 60 years, entitled to […]
1. A justice of the Supreme Court who has served as a justice, judge of the Court of Appeals or as a district judge in any one or more courts for a period or periods aggregating 5 years or more and who becomes permanently incapacitated, physically or mentally, to perform the duties of office may […]
1. If a justice of the Supreme Court at the time of his or her death had retired and was then receiving a pension under the provisions of NRS 2.060, or if at the time of his or her death the justice had not retired but had performed sufficient service for retirement under the provisions […]
1. Each child of a deceased justice of the Supreme Court is entitled to receive payments equal in amount to the payments provided in NRS 286.673 for the child of a deceased member of the Public Employees’ Retirement System. 2. In determining whether a child is a full-time student or financially dependent and physically or […]
1. A justice of the Supreme Court may designate, in writing, a survivor beneficiary and one or more additional payees to receive the payments provided pursuant to this section if the justice is unmarried on the date of his or her death. A designation pursuant to this section must be made on a form approved […]
The provisions of NRS 2.060 to 2.083, inclusive: 1. Apply only to a justice of the Supreme Court or a surviving spouse or surviving child of a justice of the Supreme Court who served as a justice of the Supreme Court or district judge before November 5, 2002; 2. Are administered by the Public Employees’ […]
The Supreme Court has jurisdiction to review upon appeal: 1. A judgment in an action or proceeding, commenced in a district court, when the matter in dispute is embraced in the general jurisdiction of the Supreme Court, and to review upon appeal from such judgment any intermediate order or decision involving the merits and necessarily […]
The Supreme Court may reverse, affirm or modify the judgment or order appealed from as to any or all of the parties, and may, if necessary, order a new trial, and in a criminal action, order the new trial to be had in the proper place. On a direct appeal from an order in a […]
1. The Supreme Court may make rules not inconsistent with the Constitution and laws of the State for its own government, the government of the district courts, and the government of the State Bar of Nevada. Such rules shall be published promptly upon adoption and take effect on a date specified by the Supreme Court […]
1. The Supreme Court may adopt rules that: (a) Require a person applying for the renewal of a license to practice law to indicate in the application submitted to the State Bar of Nevada whether the applicant has a state business license and, if so, require the applicant to include in the application the business […]
The Supreme Court may adopt rules providing for voluntary mediation with respect to: 1. A homeowner who is not in default but is at risk of default. 2. A small business whose commercial property is in default. If the Supreme Court adopts such rules, the Supreme Court shall consider: (a) The goals and purposes of […]
The Supreme Court shall: 1. Cause the printing of the rules promulgated by the Supreme Court and the district courts in pamphlet, book or electronic form; and 2. Distribute without charge a copy of the rules printed pursuant to subsection 1 to each person and agency entitled to a copy of the decisions of the […]
The Supreme Court shall: 1. Hold such regular sessions during each calendar year as are necessary to dispose of its business. 2. Always be open for the issuance of writs. [9:19:1865; B § 918; BH § 2433; C § 2516; RL § 4836; NCL § 8378]—(NRS A 1967, 209)
1. The Supreme Court may sit, hear and decide cases in panels of three justices. Concurrence of a majority of the justices sitting on a panel is necessary to decide a case. The full Court shall reconsider any case decided by a panel if any two justices so request. 2. The full Court may assign […]
Four justices constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, excepting such business as may be done at chambers or by panels. The concurrence of four justices who heard the argument is necessary to pronounce a judgment, except in business done at chambers or by panels. [10:19:1865; B § 919; BH § 2434; C § […]
