(c) Questions touching on the verdict a juror would return when based upon hypothetical facts. (d) Questions that are in substance arguments of the case. Rule 7.72. Courtroom conduct and attire. Proceedings in court should be conducted with dignity and decorum. All persons appearing in open court must be properly attired as befits the dignity of the court. All male attorneys must wear full length trousers, coat and tie; female attorneys must wear suitable dresses or pantsuits. Rule 7.74. Communication with law clerks. No attorney may argue to or attempt to influence a law clerk on the merits of a contested matter pending before the judge or judicial officer to whom that law clerk is assigned. Rule 7.76. Attorney as surety. No attorney may be accepted as security for costs, or as surety on any appearance, appeal or other bond or surety given in any case in which the attorney is counsel. Rule 7.80. Court interpreters. (a) Counsel must notify the court interpreter’s office of a request for interpreter not less than 48 hours before the hearing or trial is scheduled. In criminal cases when the defendant has been declared an indigent, and in civil cases when a determination of indigency has been made pursuant to NRS 12.015, there may be no charge for available court interpreters. In all other cases, the party requesting the interpreter must pay the following fees to the clerk in advance for the services of a court interpreter: $42 for the first hour; $60 for a half day; $120 for a full day. In exceptional cases, the fee schedule may be waived, increased or decreased, at the discretion of the court. When it is necessary to employ interpreters from outside Clark County, actual and necessary expenses shall also be paid by the party requesting the interpreter. (b) An interpreter qualified for and appointed to a case must appear at all subsequent court proceedings unless relieved as interpreter of record by the court. Rule 7.82. Court reporters not provided. Court reporters are neither provided nor compensated by the court for hearings before commissioners, masters or referees. Any party desiring to have a matter reported must arrange in advance for a certified court reporter at the party’s own expense. Rule 7.85. Transfer of certain cases to district court from justice court under NRS 66.070; grounds for dismissal of action. (a) The plaintiff must cause the papers in a case certified to this court under the provisions of NRS 66.070 to be filed in the office of the clerk of this court within 15 days from the day upon which the order of the justice of the peace is made directing the transfer of the case. (b) If the papers are not so filed the case must be dismissed: (1) Upon filing a certificate from the justice of the peace to the effect that the justice of the peace has certified the papers as required by NRS 66.070, but that the same have not been ordered up, or the proper costs paid; or (2) If it shall appear that such papers are not filed in this court by reason of the neglect of the plaintiff to pay the fees of the clerk for filing the same. Rule 7.90. Effective date. These rules take effect January 1, 2001. They govern all proceedings in actions brought after that date and all further proceedings in actions pending on that date, unless in the opinion of the court their application in a particular pending action would not be feasible or would work an injustice, in which event the former procedure applies. The rules of practice for the Eighth Judicial District Court of the State of Nevada approved by the Supreme Court of Nevada on July 1, 1997, are hereby superseded and repealed, effective January 1, 2001. [As amended; effective January 1, 2001.] NEVADA RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE ADOPTED BY THE SUPREME COURT OF NEVADA ____________ Effective January 1, 1953 and Including Rules Current Through January 1, 2006 PREFACE ________ The 1951 legislature authorized the Nevada Supreme Court to Prescribe rules to regulate civil practice and procedure. Existing statutes were deemed rules of court, to remain in effect Until superseded. 1951 L., p. 44. [See NRS 2.120.] The court appointed an Advisory Committee, consisting of the undersigned, to submit a draft of rules. A tentative draft, based primarily upon the federal rules, was prepared, and through the courtesy of West Publishing Company, was published and distributed to the Bar prior to the 1952 State Bar Meeting held at Las Vegas, March 27-29, 1952. At that meeting the rules were discussed and explained by Mr. Thompson of the Committee, and in federal application by the Honorable Leon R. Yankwich, Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California. By order of April 1, 1952, the court invited submission to the committee of proposed modifications, such modifications to be submitted on or before June 4, 1952. Comments and proposals were submitted and discussed with their sponsors, and, in many instances, adopted. The Committee’s final recommendation was thereafter submitted to the court, discussed with the court in meeting, and adopted by the court. ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO THE SUPREME COURT OF NEVADA, ON RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE John S. Belford Harold V. Harris Richard W. Blakey Royal A. Stewart William J. Forman Lester D. Summerfield

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