Resource Categories Nevada Revised Statutes

Statutory Text 1.  Except as otherwise provided in NRS 484B.307, it is unlawful for any driver to disobey the instructions of any official traffic-control device placed in accordance with the provisions of chapters 484A to 484E, inclusive, of NRS, unless at [...]

Statutory Text 1.  Within 6 years: (a) Except as otherwise provided in NRS 62B.420 and 176.275, an action upon a judgment or decree of any court of the United States, or of any state or territory within the United States, or the [...]

Statutory Text 1.  In all judgments and decrees, rendered by any court of justice, for any debt, damages or costs, and in all executions issued thereon, the amount must be computed, as near as may be, in dollars and cents, rejecting [...]

Statutory Text 1.  For the purposes of this section, a dog is: (a) “Dangerous” if: (1) It is so declared pursuant to subsection 2; or (2) Without provocation, on two separate occasions within 18 months, it behaved menacingly, to a degree that would lead [...]

Statutory Text 1.  Except as otherwise provided in NRS 38.310: (a) All civil actions filed in district court for damages, if the cause of action arises in the State of Nevada and the amount in issue does not exceed $50,000 per plaintiff, [...]

Statutory Text 1.  The Supreme Court may authorize the use of settlement conferences and other alternative methods of resolving disputes, including, without limitation, mediation and a short trial, that are available in the county in which a district court is located: [...]

Statutory Text 1.  The State of Nevada hereby waives its immunity from liability and action and hereby consents to have its liability determined in accordance with the same rules of law as are applied to civil actions against natural persons and [...]

Statutory Text Except as provided in NRS 278.0233 no action may be brought under NRS 41.031 or against an immune contractor or an officer or employee of the State or any of its agencies or political subdivisions which is: 1.  Based [...]

Statutory Text 1.  Each person who has a claim against the State or any of its agencies arising out of a tort must file the claim within 2 years after the time the cause of action accrues with the Attorney General. [...]

Statutory Text 1.  As used in this section, “heir” means a person who, under the laws of this State, would be entitled to succeed to the separate property of the decedent if the decedent had died intestate. The term does not [...]

Statutory Text Except as otherwise provided in NRS 41.745, whenever any person shall suffer personal injury by wrongful act, neglect or default of another, the person causing the injury is liable to the person injured for damages; and where the [...]

Statutory Text If an offender has been convicted of the crime which resulted in the injury to the victim, the judgment of conviction is conclusive evidence of all facts necessary to impose civil liability for the injury. (Added to NRS [...]

Statutory Text A person who is convicted of committing or attempting to commit: 1.  A felony; 2.  An act that would have been a felony if committed by an adult; or 3.  A misdemeanor or gross misdemeanor that constitutes domestic violence pursuant to [...]

Statutory Text 1.  In any action to recover damages for death or injury to persons or for injury to property in which comparative negligence is asserted as a defense, the comparative negligence of the plaintiff or the plaintiff’s decedent does not [...]

Statutory Text 1.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, an owner of any estate or interest in any premises, or a lessee or an occupant of any premises, owes no duty to keep the premises safe for entry or use [...]

Statutory Text 1.  Except as otherwise provided in this section, an owner of any estate or interest in any premises, or a lessee or an occupant of any premises, owes no duty of care to a trespasser and is not liable [...]

Statutory Text 1.  In an action for injury or death against a provider of health care based upon professional negligence, the injured plaintiff may recover noneconomic damages, but the amount of noneconomic damages awarded in such an action must not exceed [...]

Statutory Text If an action for professional negligence is filed in the district court, the district court shall dismiss the action, without prejudice, if the action is filed without an affidavit that: 1.  Supports the allegations contained in the action; 2.  Is [...]

Statutory Text 1.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, an action for injury or death against a provider of health care may not be commenced more than 4 years after the date of injury or 2 years after the plaintiff [...]

Statutory Text 1.  Except as otherwise provided in NRS 42.007, in an action for the breach of an obligation not arising from contract, where it is proven by clear and convincing evidence that the defendant has been guilty of oppression, fraud [...]

Statutory Text 1.  In an action for injury or death against a provider of health care based upon professional negligence, if the defendant so elects, the defendant may introduce evidence of any amount payable as a benefit to the plaintiff as [...]

Statutory Text Any person or persons, company or corporation, who shall dig, sink or excavate, or cause the same to be done, or being the owner or owners, or in the possession under any lease or contract, of any shaft, [...]

Statutory Text 1.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, every owner of a motor vehicle which is registered or required to be registered in this State shall continuously provide, while the motor vehicle is present or registered in this State, [...]

Statutory Text If scientific, technical or other specialized knowledge will assist the trier of fact to understand the evidence or to determine a fact in issue, a witness qualified as an expert by special knowledge, skill, experience, training or education [...]

Statutory Text 1.  Every person having the care or custody of any animal known to possess any vicious or dangerous tendencies, who allows it to escape or run at large in any place or manner liable to endanger the safety of [...]

Statutory Text 1.  Every employer within the provisions of chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, or 617 of NRS, and those employers who accept the terms of those chapters and are governed by their provisions, shall provide and secure compensation according to [...]

Statutory Text Nevada Revised Statute 616D.120 sets up a system of fines and financial penalties for insurers, employers, and other organizations that mistreat injured workers during the workers' compensation process. The law is designed to protect claimants from being taken [...]

Statutory Text 1.  NRS 687B.310 to 687B.420, inclusive, apply to all binders and all contracts of insurance the general terms of which are required to be approved or are subject to disapproval by the Commissioner, except as otherwise provided by statute [...]

Statutory Text An insurer shall not refuse to issue, cancel, refuse to renew or increase the premium for renewal of a policy of motor vehicle insurance covering private passenger cars or commercial vehicles as a result of any: 1.  Claims made [...]

Statutory Text 1.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, each such policy delivered or issued for delivery to any person in this State must contain the provisions specified in NRS 689A.050 to 689A.170, inclusive, in the words in which the [...]

Statutory Text 1.  Except as otherwise provided in this section and NRS 690B.035, no policy insuring against liability arising out of the ownership, maintenance or use of any motor vehicle may be delivered or issued for delivery in this State unless [...]

Statutory Text “Product liability” means liability for damages because of any personal injury, death, emotional harm, consequential economic damage or damage to property, including damages resulting from the loss of use of property, arising out of the manufacture, design, importation, [...]

Statutory Text 1.  An owner’s policy of liability insurance must: (a) Designate by explicit description or by appropriate reference all motor vehicles with respect to which coverage is thereby to be granted; and (b) Insure the person named therein and any other person, [...]