JUSTICE COURT RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE ADOPTED BY THE SUPREME COURT OF NEVADA ____________ Effective March 16, 1982 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. (See NRS 2.120.) Existing statutes were deemed rules of court, to remain in effect until superseded. Justices’ courts rules, based upon statutory provisions, were prepared by Russell W. McDonald, the statute reviser, and adopted by the supreme court on August 27, 1957. Thereafter, there being a recognized demand for the adoption of rules of civil practice in the justices’ courts based upon the Nevada Rules of Civil Procedure, the supreme court appointed an Advisory Committee, consisting of the undersigned, to submit a draft of rules. A tentative draft was prepared, and through the courtesy of Russell W. McDonald, the statute reviser, was published and distributed to the Bar prior to the 1958 meeting of the State Bar of Nevada held at Elko, Nevada. Suggestions and criticism were solicited. In conversation with members of the bench and Bar, the committee found general acceptance of the tentative draft. Final recommendations of the committee were submitted to the court on March 23, 1959, and adopted by the court. ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO THE SUPREME COURT OF NEVADA, ON RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE FOR JUSTICES’ COURTS Leonard T. Howard Thomas A. Cooke Leslie M. Fry Gordon R. Thompson Richard W. Horton, Chairman FOREWORD ____________ The vesting of the rulemaking power in the Supreme Court by the Forty-Fifth Legislature (1951) was well-advised and forward-looking legislation. It provided the authority under which, by adoption of simplified rules of practice and procedure, the Supreme Court could greatly improve the administration of justice in the state. Following the adoption of the Nevada Rules of Civil Procedure in 1952, there was a recognized demand for the adoption of rules of civil practice for justices’ courts. By an order entered February 13, 1957, the court appointed an Advisory Committee comprised of Richard W. Horton, Chairman, Leonard T. Howard, Leslie M. Fry, Thomas A. Cooke and Gordon R. Thompson, all of Reno, Nevada, to draft rules of civil procedure for justices’ courts. Despite our roster of able and public spirited attorneys throughout the state, it was necessary to appoint a committee of attorneys all residing in the same city so as to permit frequent meetings of that committee. For its diligent and untiring work in the preparation and presentation of both the tentative draft and the final draft of the rules of civil procedure for justices’ courts, we accord to the Advisory Committee the appreciation of this court and of the Bar of the State of Nevada. July 23, 1959. Charles M. Merrill, Chief Justice. Milton B. Badt, Associate Justice.

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