1. The Court Administrator shall, at the direction of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, arrange for the giving of instruction, at the National Judicial College in Reno, Nevada, or elsewhere: (a) In court procedure, recordkeeping and the elements of substantive law appropriate to a district court, to each district judge, other than a […]
1. Unless the judge has previously attended such a course, each judge of the family court who is first elected or appointed on or after October 1, 1995, shall attend instruction at the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges in Reno, Nevada, in a course designed for the training of new judges of […]
Repealed. (See chapter 53, Statutes of Nevada 2021, at page 222.)
1. Until the first Monday in January 2009, the annual base salary of each district judge is $130,000. From and after the first Monday in January 2009, the annual base salary of each district judge is $160,000. 2. If a district judge has served in his or her office for at least 4 years, the […]
1. The district judges shall also serve as ex officio circuit judges, and in that capacity shall perform such judicial duties as may be designated by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court as provided in subsection 2. 2. The Chief Justice shall seek to expedite judicial business and to equalize the work of the […]
1. A person may not be a candidate for and is not eligible to the office of district judge 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 appointment. (c) […]
Resignation of office by a district judge must be made to the Governor and to the Court Administrator. The Governor shall notify the Court Administrator as soon as practicable upon his or her acceptance of the resignation or retirement of a district judge. [Part 34:108:1866; B § 2632; BH § 1669; C § 1815; RL […]
1. The Governor shall declare vacant the office of district judge. 2. Whenever any vacancy shall occur in the office of district judge 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 […]
1. Any judge of the district court who has served as a justice of the Supreme Court, judge of the Court of Appeals or judge of 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 […]
1. A district judge who has served as a district judge, a judge of the Court of Appeals or a justice of the Supreme Court 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 […]
1. If a district judge at the time of his or her death had retired and was then receiving a pension under the provisions of NRS 3.090, or if at the time of his or her death the judge had not retired but had performed sufficient service for retirement under the provisions of NRS 3.090, […]
1. Each child of a deceased district judge 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 mentally incompetent, as […]
1. A district judge may designate, in writing, a survivor beneficiary and one or more additional payees to receive the payments provided pursuant to this section if the judge is unmarried on the date of the judge’s death. A designation pursuant to this section must be made on a form approved by the Court Administrator. […]
The provisions of NRS 3.090 to 3.099, inclusive: 1. Apply only to a district judge or a surviving spouse or surviving child of a district judge who served as a justice of the Supreme Court or district judge before November 5, 2002; 2. Are administered by the Public Employees’ Retirement Board pursuant to NRS 1A.100; […]
1. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the district courts shall hold court at the county seat of their respective counties. The board of county commissioners may establish one or more additional locations within the county for the district court to hold court. 2. If a room for holding court at the county seat […]
When there is an unlawful or riotous assembly with the intent to commit a felony, or to offer violence to person or property, or to resist, by force, the laws of the State, and the fact is made to appear to a district judge, the district judge may call upon the Governor for military aid […]
A district judge may not engage in the private practice of law. [Part 46:19:1865; B § 951; BH § 2465; C § 2546; RL § 4866; NCL § 8408]—(NRS A 1979, 1286)
It shall be unlawful for any district judge, acting as district judge or ex officio circuit judge, to accept any fee, gratuity or any thing of value for or in connection with solemnizing any marriage in this state. [4:440:1955]
A district judge shall not absent himself or herself from this State for more than 90 consecutive days. A violation of the provisions of this section shall work a forfeiture of office. [Part 48:19:1865; A 1865, 185; B § 953; BH § 2467; C § 2548; RL § 4868; NCL § 8410]
The judges of the district courts shall have power in any part of the State to take and certify: 1. The acknowledgment of conveyances and the satisfaction of a judgment of any court. 2. An affidavit to be used in any court of justice of this state. [Part 63:19:1865; B § 968; BH § 2482; […]
