; RL § 2031; NCL § 2962]—(NRS A 1977, 467; 2001, 684) NRS 19.030 Additional fees in civil actions: State General Fund. 1. Except as otherwise provided by specific statute, on the commencement of any civil action or proceeding in the district court, other than the commencement of a proceeding for an adoption, the county clerk of each county, in addition to any other fees provided by law, shall charge and collect $32 from the party commencing the action or proceeding. 2. On or before the first Monday of each month, the county clerk shall pay over to the county treasurer an amount equal to $32 per civil case commenced as provided in subsection 1, for the preceding calendar month, and the county treasurer shall place that money to the credit of the State Fund. The county treasurer shall remit quarterly all such fees turned over to him by the county clerk to the State Controller to be placed by the State Controller in the State General Fund. [1:151:1947; A 1955, 482] + [2:151:1947; A 1949, 90; 1955, 482]—(NRS A 1969, 25; 1981, 1369; 1983, 335; 1997, 2270; 2001, 2907) NRS 19.031 Additional fees in civil actions: Programs for legal aid. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 and NRS 19.034 in each county in which legal services are provided without charge to indigent or elderly persons through a program for legal aid organized under the auspices of the State Bar of Nevada, a county or local bar association, a county or municipal program for legal services or other program funded by this state or the United States to provide legal assistance, the county clerk shall, on the commencement of any civil action or proceeding in the district court for which a filing fee is required, and on the filing of any answer or appearance in any such action or proceeding for which a filing fee is required, charge and collect a fee of $25 from the party commencing or appearing in the action or proceeding. These fees are in addition to any other fees required by law. 2. In each county described in subsection 1, the county clerk shall, on the commencement of any action provided for in chapter 125 of NRS, and on the filing of any answer or appearance in any such action, charge and collect a fee of $14 from the party commencing or appearing in the action. These fees are in addition to any other fees required by law. 3. On or before the first Monday of each month the county clerk shall pay over to the county treasurer the amount of all fees collected by him pursuant to subsections 1 and 2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 5, the county treasurer shall remit quarterly to the organization operating the program for legal services all the money received by him from the county clerk. 4. The organization operating the program for legal services shall use any money received pursuant to subsection 3 as follows: (a) From each $25 collected pursuant to subsection 1: (1) Fifteen dollars and fifty cents for the benefit of indigent persons in the county; and (2) Nine dollars and fifty cents for the benefit of elderly persons in the county. (b) From each $14 collected pursuant to subsection 2: (1) Ten dollars for the benefit of indigent persons in the county; and (2) Four dollars for the benefit of elderly persons in the county. 5. If the county treasurer receives notice from the State or a political subdivision that an award of attorney’s fees or costs has been made to an organization that receives money pursuant to this section and has been paid, he shall: (a) Deduct an amount equal to the award from the amount to be paid to the organization; and (b) Remit an equal amount to the State or to the political subdivision that paid the fees or costs at the time when he would have paid it to the organization. 6. The fees which are collected from a county must be used for the benefit of the indigent or elderly persons in that county. (Added to NRS by 1975, 587; A 1977, 467; 1981, 1710; 1983, 598; 1985, 770; 1989, 582; 1993, 479; 2001, 684) NRS 19.0312 Additional fees in civil actions: Pro bono programs and programs for abused or neglected children and victims of domestic violence. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, in addition to any other fee required by law, in each county that charges a fee pursuant to NRS 19.031 to offset a portion of the costs of providing legal services without a charge to indigent or elderly persons, a board of county commissioners may impose by ordinance a filing fee to offset a portion of the costs of providing pro bono programs and of providing legal services without a charge to abused or neglected children and victims of domestic violence to be remitted to the organization operating the program for legal services that receives the fees charged pursuant to NRS 19.031 for programs for the indigent in an amount not to exceed: (a) Ten dollars to be paid on the commencement of any civil action or proceeding in the district court for which a filing fee is required and on the filing of any answer or appearance in any such action or proceeding for which a filing fee is required. (b) Twenty-five dollars to be paid on the filing of any motion or other paper that seeks to modify or adjust a final order that was issued pursuant to chapter 125, 125B or 125C of NRS and on the filing of any answer or response to such a motion or other paper. 2. A board of county commissioners may not by ordinance impose a filing fee pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 1 for: (a) A motion filed solely to adjust the amount of support for a child set forth in a final order; or (b) A motion for reconsideration or for a new trial that is filed within 10 days after a final judgment or decree has been issued. 3. On or before the first Monday of each month, in a county in which a fee has been imposed pursuant to subsection 1, the county clerk shall account for and pay over to the county treasurer any such fees collected by him during the preceding month. The county treasurer shall remit quarterly to the organization to which the fees are to be paid pursuant to subsection 1 all the money received by him from the county clerk. 4. Any fees collected pursuant to this section must be used for the benefit of the persons to whom the organization operating the program for legal services that receives money pursuant to this section provides legal services without a charge. (Added to NRS by 2001, 2679; A 2005, 198) NRS 19.0313 Additional fees in civil actions: Programs of mediation in cases involving custody or visitation of child; neighborhood justice centers. 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 19.034, in a county whose population is 100,000 or more, the county clerk shall, on the commencement of any civil action or proceeding in the district court for which a filing fee is required, and on the filing of any answer or appearance in any such action or proceeding for which a filing fee is required, charge and collect not less than $5 but not more than $10 from the party commencing, answering or appearing in the action or proceeding. The fee required pursuant to this section is in addition to any other fee required by law. 2. On or before the first Monday of each month the county clerk shall pay over to the county treasurer the amount of all fees collected by him pursuant to subsection 1 for use in the programs established in accordance with NRS 3.500 and 244.1607. 3. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 19.034, the board of county commissioners of any other county may impose by ordinance an additional filing fee of not more than $10 to be paid on the commencement of any civil action or proceeding in the district court for which a filing fee is required and on the filing of any answer or appearance in any such action or proceeding for which a filing fee is required. On or before the fifth day of each month, in a county where

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