Nevada Rules of Civil Procedure
108 rules across 11 groups · 98 active
Nevada's civil-procedure rules are cited as “NRCP” and were adopted by the Supreme Court of Nevada effective January 1, 1953, then comprehensively restyled in 2019 to align with the modern Federal Rules. They are organized into 11 groups. The Court's Advisory Committee Notes, Drafter's Notes and amendment history are included.
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Cited as NRCP · 2 active rules · 2 in the official compilation
II. Commencing an Action; Service of Process, Pleadings, Motions, and Orders
Cited as NRCP · 8 active rules · 10 in the official compilation
- Rule 3 Commencing an action
- Rule 4 Summons and service
- Rule 4.1 Waiving service
- Rule 4.2 Service within Nevada
- Rule 4.3 Service outside Nevada
- Rule 4.4 Alternative service methods
- Rule 5 Serving and filing pleadings and other papers
- Rule 5.1 Reserved Reserved
- Rule 5.2 Reserved Reserved
- Rule 6 Computing and extending time; time for motion papers
III. Pleadings and Motions
Cited as NRCP · 19 active rules · 19 in the official compilation
- Rule 7 Pleadings allowed; form of motions and other papers
- Rule 7.1 Disclosure statement
- Rule 8 General rules of pleading
- Rule 9 Pleading special matters
- Rule 10 Form of pleadings
- Rule 11 Signing pleadings, motions, and other papers; representations to the court; sanctions
- Rule 12 Defenses and objections: when and how presented; motion for judgment on the pleadings; consolidating motions; waiving defenses; pretrial hearing
- Rule 13 Counterclaim and crossclaim
- Rule 14 Third-party practice
- Rule 15 Amended and supplemental pleadings
- Rule 16 Pretrial conferences; scheduling; management
- Rule 16.1 Mandatory pretrial discovery requirements
- Rule 16.2 Mandatory prejudgment discovery requirements in family law actions
- Rule 16.205 Mandatory prejudgment discovery requirements in paternity or custody actions between unmarried persons
- Rule 16.21 Postjudgment discovery in family law actions
- Rule 16.215 Child witnesses in custody proceedings
- Rule 16.22 Custody evaluations in family law actions
- Rule 16.23 Physical and mental examinations of minors in family law actions
- Rule 16.3 Discovery commissioners
IV. Parties
Cited as NRCP · 11 active rules · 11 in the official compilation
- Rule 17 Plaintiff and defendant; capacity; public officers
- Rule 18 Joinder of claims
- Rule 19 Required joinder of parties
- Rule 20 Permissive joinder of parties
- Rule 21 Misjoinder and nonjoinder of parties
- Rule 22 Interpleader
- Rule 23 Class actions
- Rule 23.1 Derivative actions by shareholders
- Rule 23.2 Actions relating to unincorporated associations
- Rule 24 Intervention
- Rule 25 Substitution of parties
V. Disclosures and Discovery
Cited as NRCP · 12 active rules · 12 in the official compilation
- Rule 26 General provisions governing discovery
- Rule 27 Depositions to perpetuate testimony
- Rule 28 Persons before whom depositions may be taken
- Rule 29 Stipulations about discovery procedure
- Rule 30 Depositions by oral examination
- Rule 31 Depositions by written questions
- Rule 32 Using depositions in court proceedings
- Rule 33 Interrogatories to parties
- Rule 34 Producing documents, electronically stored information, and tangible things, or entering onto land, for inspection and other purposes
- Rule 35 Physical and mental examinations
- Rule 36 Requests for admission
- Rule 37 Failure to make disclosures or to cooperate in discovery; sanctions
VI. Trials
Cited as NRCP · 17 active rules · 17 in the official compilation
- Rule 38 Right to a jury trial; demand
- Rule 39 Trial by jury or by the court
- Rule 40 Scheduling of cases for trial
- Rule 41 Dismissal of actions
- Rule 42 Consolidation; separate trials
- Rule 43 Taking testimony
- Rule 44 Proving an official record
- Rule 44.1 Determining foreign law
- Rule 45 Subpoena
- Rule 46 Objecting to a ruling or order
- Rule 47 Selecting jurors
- Rule 48 Number of jurors
- Rule 49 Special verdict; general verdict and questions
- Rule 50 Judgment as a matter of law in a jury trial; related motion for a new trial; conditional ruling
- Rule 51 Instructions to the jury; objections; preserving a claim of error
- Rule 52 Findings and conclusions by the court; judgment on partial findings
- Rule 53 Masters
VII. Judgment
Cited as NRCP · 11 active rules · 11 in the official compilation
- Rule 54 Judgments; attorney fees
- Rule 55 Default; default judgment
- Rule 56 Summary judgment
- Rule 57 Declaratory judgment
- Rule 58 Entering judgment
- Rule 59 New trials; amendment of judgments
- Rule 60 Relief from a judgment or order
- Rule 61 Harmless error
- Rule 62 Stay of proceedings to enforce a judgment
- Rule 62.1 Indicative ruling on a motion for relief that is barred by a pending appeal
- Rule 63 Judge's inability to proceed
VIII. Provisional and Final Remedies
Cited as NRCP · 9 active rules · 10 in the official compilation
- Rule 64 Seizing a person or property
- Rule 65 Injunctions and restraining orders
- Rule 65.1 Proceedings against a security provider
- Rule 66 Receivers
- Rule 67 Deposit in court
- Rule 68 Offers of judgment
- Rule 69 Execution
- Rule 70 Enforcing a judgment for a specific act
- Rule 71 Enforcing relief for or against a nonparty
- Rule 71.1 Reserved Reserved
IX. Appeals
Cited as NRCP · 0 active rules · 6 in the official compilation
- Rule 72 Abrogated Abrogated
- Rule 73 Abrogated Abrogated
- Rule 74 Abrogated Abrogated
- Rule 75 Abrogated Abrogated
- Rule 76 Abrogated Abrogated
- Rule 76A Abrogated Abrogated
X. District Courts and Clerks
Cited as NRCP · 3 active rules · 4 in the official compilation
XI. General Provisions
Cited as NRCP · 6 active rules · 6 in the official compilation
Rules 5.1, 5.2, 71.1, and 79 are printed in the official rules as "Reserved" with no rule text, and Rules 72 through 76A are printed as one combined document, "Abrogated. [Repealed]" -- replaced by the Nevada Rules of Appellate Procedure, effective July 1, 1973. All ten are shown unlinked. All other numbers reconciled against the official source are active.