NRS 7.034 – Payment of child support: Statement by applicant for license; grounds for denial of license; duties of Supreme Court. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state to establish procedures for withholding, suspending and restricting the professional, occupational and recreational licenses for child support arrearages and for noncompliance with certain processes relating to paternity or child support proceedings.]
1. An applicant for the issuance or renewal of a license to practice law in this State shall submit to the Supreme Court the statement prescribed by the Division of Welfare and Supportive Services the Department of Health and Human Services pursuant to NRS 425.520. The statement must be completed and signed by the applicant. […]
NRS 6.090 – Procedures for forming panel; duties of sheriff and jury commissioner. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] Procedures for forming panel; duties of sheriff, chief of police or chief marshal and jury commissioner. [Effective January 1, 2022.]
1. Whenever trial jurors are selected by a jury commissioner, the district judge may direct the jury commissioner to summon and assign to that court the number of qualified jurors the jury commissioner determines to be necessary for the formation of the petit jury. The jurors may be selected by computer whenever procedures to assure […]
NRS 6.100 – Discharge of excess trial jurors.
When at any time there shall be a larger number of trial jurors in attendance upon any court than are required for the business of the court, or for the time being, the court may discharge or excuse, temporarily, a sufficient number of those who have served longest to reduce the panel to the number […]
NRS 6.110 – Counties whose population is 100,000 or more: Selection of jurors and alternate jurors; listing and summoning jurors.
1. In any county having a population of 100,000 or more, the selection of persons as proposed grand jurors must be made in the manner prescribed in this section upon notice from any district judge as often as the public interest may require and at least once in each 4 years. The clerk of the […]
NRS 6.120 – Counties whose population is less than 100,000: Selection of jurors and alternate jurors; listing and summoning jurors.
1. In any county having a population of less than 100,000, the county clerk under the supervision of the district judge, shall randomly select the names of 50 qualified persons to serve as prospective grand jurors. The county clerk shall then prepare and mail to each person whose name was selected a questionnaire drawn up […]
NRS 6.130 – Permissible summoning of grand jury by filing of affidavit or petition by taxpayer.
1. In any county, if the statute of limitations has not run against the person offending, the district judge may summon a grand jury after an affidavit or verified petition by any taxpayer of the county accompanied by and with corroborating affidavits of at least two additional persons has been filed with the clerk of […]
NRS 6.132 – Summoning of grand jury by filing of petition by committee of registered voters.
1. A committee of petitioners consisting of five registered voters may commence a proceeding to summon a grand jury pursuant to this section by filing with the clerk of the district court an affidavit that contains the following information: (a) The name and address of each registered voter who is a member of the committee. […]
NRS 6.135 – Impaneling of grand juries to investigate state affairs; payment of expenses.
1. Upon request of the Governor, or of the Legislature by concurrent resolution, the district judge of any county shall cause a grand jury to be impaneled in the same manner as other grand juries are impaneled, except that the sole duty of a grand jury impaneled under the provisions of this section shall limit […]
NRS 6.030 – Grounds for excusing jurors.
1. The court may at any time temporarily excuse any juror on account of: (a) Sickness or physical disability. (b) Serious illness or death of a member of the juror’s immediate family. (c) Undue hardship or extreme inconvenience. (d) Public necessity. 2. In addition to the reasons set forth in subsection 1, the court may […]
NRS 6.040 – Penalty for failing to attend and serve as a juror.
Any person summoned as provided in this chapter to serve as a juror, who fails to attend and serve as a juror, shall, unless excused by the court, be ordered by the court to appear and show cause for his or her failure to attend and serve as a juror. If the person fails to […]