IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEVADA In the Matter of the Amendment of the NEVADA JUSTICES’ COURTS RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE. ORDER AMENDING NEVADA JUSTICES’ COURTS RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE Pursuant to the authority vested in the Court by the Constitution of the State of Nevada, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED: 1. That the rules annexed hereto, to be known as the Nevada Justices’ Courts Rules of Civil Procedure, be, and they hereby are, adopted. 2. That the Nevada Justices’ Courts Rules of Civil Procedure, as heretofore in effect, are hereby superseded. 3. That this order shall become effective sixty (60) days after its entry. Publication of this order shall be made by the mailing of a copy by the Clerk of this Court to each member of the State Bar of Nevada according to the Clerk’s official list of membership of such Bar (which will include all district judges and district attorneys), all justices of the peace, and all municipal court judges, and the certificate of the Clerk of this Court as to the accomplishment of such mailing shall be conclusive evidence of the adoption and publication of the foregoing rules, in accordance with the procedures of Nevada Revised Statute 2.120. Dated this 15th day of January, 1982. BY THE COURT E. M. Gunderson, Chief Justice Noel E. Manoukian Charles E. Springer Associate Justice Associate Justice John C. Mowbray David Zenoff Associate Justice Senior Justice 1 ____________________________ 1The Honorable Cameron M. Batjer having retired as a Justice of this Court, The Honorable David Zenoff, Senior Justice, was on November 9, 1981, assigned to perform all duties of such office, including administrative matters concerning which a determination might be necessary or advisable. See Nev. Const., Art. 6, § 19(1)(c). IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEVADA In the Matter of the Amendment to the JUSTICE COURT RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE. ADKT 376 ORDER AMENDING THE JUSTICE COURT RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE Whereas, the 2003 Legislature authorized the use of mandatory short jury trials in justice court civil cases beginning on January 1, 2005; and Whereas, in May 2004, this court created the Committee on Justice Court Jury Trial Rules to develop procedures designed to limit the length of trial, including restrictions on discovery, juries composed of less than six persons, and limitations on the time to present cases; and Whereas, the Committee has further recommended to this court that the Justice Court Rules of Civil Procedure be amended to conform, where applicable, to the Nevada Rules of Civil Procedure; and Whereas, on October 18, 2004, the Committee submitted its report to the court proposing amendments to the Justice Court Rules of Civil Procedure; and Whereas, this court solicited and considered public comment on the recommended rule amendments; and Whereas, this court has concluded that amendment of the Justice Court Rules of Civil Procedure is warranted, accordingly, It Is Hereby Ordered that the Justices’ Courts’ Rules of Civil Procedure shall be renamed the Justice Court Rules of Civil Procedure. It Is Further Ordered that the Justice Court Rules of Civil Procedure shall be amended and shall read as set forth in Exhibit A. It Is Further Ordered that these rule amendments shall become effective July 1, 2005, and shall govern all proceedings brought after that date and all further proceedings in actions pending on that date, unless in the opinion of the justice of the peace their application in a particular pending action would not be feasible or would work an injustice, in which event the former procedure applies. The clerk of this court shall cause a notice of entry of this order to be published in the official publication of the State Bar of Nevada. Publication of this order shall be accomplished by the clerk disseminating copies of this order to all subscribers of the advance sheets of the Nevada Reports and all persons and agencies listed in NRS 2.345, and to the executive director of the State Bar of Nevada. The certificate of the clerk of this court as to the accomplishment of the above-described publication of notice of entry and dissemination of this order shall be conclusive evidence of the adoption and publication of the foregoing rule amendments.

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