(c) Evidence on Motions. When a motion is based on facts not appearing of record the court may hear the matter on affidavits presented by the respective parties, but the court may direct that the matter be heard wholly or partly on oral testimony or depositions. (d) Interpreters. The court may appoint an interpreter of its own selection and may fix the interpreter’s reasonable compensation. The compensation shall be paid out of funds provided by law or by one or more of the parties as the court may direct, and may be taxed ultimately as costs, in the discretion of the court. [Added; effective September 27, 1971; Amended effective January 1, 2005.] Drafter’s Note 2004 Amendment Subdivision (a) is amended to conform to the 1996 amendments to the federal rule by deleting the requirement that testimony be taken “orally” and adding the second sentence, which permits the “presentation of testimony in open court by contemporaneous transmission from a different location” upon a showing of “good cause” in “compelling circumstances.” Subdivisions (b) and (c), which were deleted from the federal rule in 1972 because the matters were treated in the Federal Rules of Evidence, are retained in the Nevada rule. The amendment to subdivision (d) is technical. RULE 44. PROOF OF OFFICIAL RECORD (a) Authentication. (1) Domestic. An official record kept within the United States, or any state, district, commonwealth, or within a territory subject to the administrative or judicial jurisdiction of the United States, or an entry therein, when admissible for any purpose, may be evidenced by an official publication thereof or by a copy attested by the officer having the legal custody of the record, or by the officer’s deputy, and accompanied by a certificate that such officer has the custody. The certificate may be made by a judge of a court of record of the district or political subdivision in which the record is kept, authenticated by the seal of the court, or may be made by any public officer having a seal of office and having official duties in the district or political subdivision in which the record is kept, authenticated by the seal of the officer’s office. (2) Foreign. A foreign official record, or an entry therein, when admissible for any purpose, may be evidenced by an official publication thereof; or a copy thereof, attested by a person authorized to make the attestation, and accompanied by a final certification as to the genuineness of the signature and official position (i) of the attesting person, or (ii) of any foreign official whose certificate of genuineness of signature and official position relates to the attestation or is in a chain of certificates of genuineness of signature and official position relating to the attestation. A final certification may be made by a secretary of embassy or legation, consul general, consul, vice consul, or consular agent of the United States, or a diplomatic or consular official of the foreign country assigned or accredited to the United States. If reasonable opportunity has been given to all parties to investigate the authenticity and accuracy of the documents, the court may, for good cause shown, (i) admit an attested copy without final certification or (ii) permit the foreign official record to be evidenced by an attested summary with or without a final certification. The final certification is unnecessary if the record and the attestation are certified as provided in a treaty or convention to which the United States and the foreign country in which the official record is located are parties. [As amended; effective January 1, 2005.] (b) Lack of Record. A written statement that after diligent search no record or entry of a specified tenor is found to exist in the records designated by the statement, authenticated as provided in subdivision (a)(1) of this rule in the case of a domestic record, or complying with the requirements of subdivision (a)(2) of this rule for a summary in the case of a foreign record, is admissible as evidence that the records contain no such record or entry. [As amended; effective September 27, 1971.] (c) Other Proof. This rule does not prevent the proof of official records or of entry or lack of entry therein by any method authorized by law. [As amended; effective September 27, 1971.] Drafter’s Note 2004 Amendment The rule is amended to conform to the federal rule, as amended effective December 1, 1991. RULE 44.1. DETERMINATION OF FOREIGN LAW A party who intends to raise an issue concerning the law of a foreign country shall give notice by pleadings or other reasonable written notice. The court, in determining foreign law, may consider any relevant material or source, including testimony, whether or not submitted by a party or admissible under Rule 43. The court’s determination shall be treated as a ruling on a question of law. [Added; effective September 27, 1971; Amended effective January 1, 2005.] Drafter’s Note 2004 Amendment The amendment is technical. RULE 45. SUBPOENA (a) Form; Issuance. (1) Every subpoena shall: (A) state the name of the court from which it is issued; and (B) state the title of the action, the name of the court in which it is pending, and its civil case number; and (C) command each person to whom it is directed to attend and give testimony or to produce and permit inspection and copying of designated books, documents or tangible things in the possession, custody or control of that person, or to permit inspection of premises, at a time and place therein specified; and (D) set forth the text of subdivisions (c) and (d) of this rule. A command to produce evidence or permit inspection may be joined with a command to appear at trial or hearing or at deposition, or may be issued separately. (2) A subpoena commanding attendance at a trial or hearing shall issue from the court for the district in which the hearing or trial is to be held. A subpoena for attendance at a deposition shall issue from the court for the district in which the action is pending. If separate from a subpoena commanding the attendance of a person, a subpoena for production or inspection shall issue from the court for the district in which the action is pending. If the action is pending out of the state, a subpoena may be issued by the clerk of any district court, and the court in the district in which the deposition is being taken or in which the production or inspection is to take place shall, for the purposes of these rules, be considered the court in which the action is pending.

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