Home About This Site Search Function     This Site   WWW

American  Law  Sources  On-line

United States — Nevada

Constitution  Bills & Session Laws   Codified Laws  Court Rules  Administrative Law   Local Laws  Law Reviews  Other Commentary   Topical Web Sites   Court Information   Legal Forms  Other Resources 9th Cir. Decisions ————— AlaskaArizonaCaliforniaHawaiiIdahoMontanaNevadaOregonWashington ————— GuamN. Mariana Islands   U.S. Law U.S. Commentary U.S. Practice ————— Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire  New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming ————— American Samoa District of Columbia Guam N. Mariana Islands Puerto Rico Virgin Islands

Reviewed 15 September 2013  E-mail: Administrator@LawSource.com

Nevada Court Decisions

1. Supreme Court … The court makes available only a few current opinions.
2. U.S. District Court … The court does not make judges’ opinions available on-line.

Nevada Constitution and Legislation

1. Constitution (Nev. Const.)
   Bills
   76th (2011) Session 75th (2009) Session 74th (2007) Session 73rd (2005) Session 72nd (2003) Session 71st (2001) Session 70th (1999) Session 69th (1997) Session 26th Special (2010) Session 25th Special (2008) Session 24th Special (2008) Session 23rd Special (2007) Session 22nd Special (2005) Session 21st Special (2004) Session 20th Special (2003) Session 19th Special (2003) Session 18th Special (2002) Session 17th Special (2001) Session
   Statutes of Nevada (Nev. Stat.)
   These are session laws. For codified laws, see Nevada Revised Statutes, below.
   2010 Statutes (26th Spec. Sess.) 2009 Statutes (75th Leg.) 2008 Statutes (25th Spec. Sess.) 2008 Statutes (24th Spec. Sess.) 2007 Statutes (23rd Spec. Sess.) 2007 Statutes (74th Leg.) 2005 Statutes (22nd Spec. Sess.) 2005 Statutes (73rd Leg.) 2004 Statutes (21st Spec. Sess.) 2003 Statutes (20th Spec. Sess.) 2003 Statutes (19th Spec. Sess.) 2003 Statutes (72nd Leg.) 2002 Statutes (18th Spec. Sess.) 2001 Statutes (17th Spec. Sess.) 2001 Statutes (71st Leg.) 1999 Statutes (70th Leg.)
   Nevada Revised Statutes (Nev. Rev. Stat.)
   These are the codified laws, for which an index is provided. See also uniform laws and interstate compacts.

Nevada Rules of Procedure and Practice

Rules of Procedure
Nevada Court Rules ————— U.S. District Court Rules (D. Nev. R.) U.S. Bankruptcy Court Rules (D. Nev. Bankr. R.)

Nevada Administrative Law Sources

1. Regulations
   Nevada Administrative Code (Nev. Admin. Code)
   See also an index (without hyperlinks).
   Register of Administrative Regulations

2. Opinions • Decisions • Orders • Rulings
   Attorney General Opinions (Ops. Nev. Att’y Gen.) The page for current opinions has links to additional pages for archived opinions going back to 1914.

Nevada Ordinances and Home-Rule Charters

Charters
Boulder Caliente Carlin Carson Elko Henderson Las Vegas North Las Vegas Reno Sparks Wells Yerington  
Note that a charter could be included in a collection of ordinances (see below) instead of being separately accessible.
County Ordinances
Churchill County <3> Clark County <2> Douglas County <1> Elko County <3> Lincoln County <3> Lyon County <3> Mineral County <3> Nye County <3> Pershing County <3> Washoe County <1> White Pine County <3>    
Click on the button keyed to the name of the county. NOTE: On some web sites, selecting the state is necessary for access to the ordinances link.
Municipal Ordinances
Boulder City <3> Carlin <3> Carson City <2> Elko <3> Henderson <2> Las Vegas <2> Mesquite <3> North Las Vegas <2> Reno <2> Sparks <1> West Wendover <3> Yerington <3>    
Click on the button keyed to the name of the municipality. NOTE: On some web sites, selecting the state is necessary for access to the ordinances link.

Nevada Law-Related Periodicals

Other Nevada Commentary

1. Doing Business in Nevada. Lionel Sawyer & Collins. … [Lex Mundi]

Nevada Law-Related Topical Web Sites

Nevada Court Information

Web Sites
Nevada Supreme Court ————— U.S. District Court U.S. Bankruptcy Court

Nevada Forms

1. Business Entity Forms …[Paracorp, Inc. (Cal.)] — Convenient interface to view and print in-blank official state forms (in PDF files) for filing by business entities. A JavaScript-enabled browser is required.

Other Nevada Resources

Government-Related Web Sites
Legislature ————— Attorney General Public Defender ————— Gaming Commission and Gaming Control Board Secretary of State Taxation Department
See also the Piper Resources list of sites.
Additional Resources
¶ Vital Records — Contact Information … [Elizabeth Orsay (Ind.)]
¶ Workers’ Compensation — Agency Contact Information … [Robert W. McDowell / N.C. Indus. Comm’n]
Bar Associations • Law-Related Organizations
State Bar of Nevada ————— Nevada Justice Association [formerly: Nevada Trial Lawyers Association] ————— Clark County Bar Association Northern Nevada Women Lawyers Association Tahoe-Truckee Bar Association
See the National Federation of Paralegal Associations for links to websites of member organizations.
1. Law Schools • Admission to Practice • Continuing Legal Education
   Continuing Legal Education … [State Bar of Nevada]
   Nevada Bar Admission Information … [State Bar of Nevada]
   William S. Boyd School of Law (University of Nevada, Las Vegas)

Legal Research and Assistance

Law Libraries
Nevada Supreme Court ————— Clark County Washoe County University of Nevada, Las Vegas: Wiener-Rogers Law Library
See also links to web sites of public law libraries and catalogs of academic law libraries, maintained by the library at Washburn University School of Law; and the LibrarySites.Info database of library web sites (“Libcat”).
1. State Bar of Nevada — Legal Information Brochures

2. Bankruptcy Law and Procedures for Nevada Residents … [Calicchia & Kinast LLP (Ohio)] — This web site, presented by a Cleveland bankruptcy law firm, covers basic information about the bankruptcy process, describes debt consolidation and credit counseling as alternatives to bankruptcy, lists the property that an individual is allowed to keep (with citations to governing provisions of Nevada law), and gives information about the bankruptcy courts and how to contact bankruptcy attorneys in Nevada.

3. Low-Cost Legal Aid … See also the web site for LawHelp.org and the web site for SelfHelpSupport.org.
   1. Nevada Legal Help for the Poor … [Am. Bar Ass’n] — Contact information for statewide and local legal-aid programs, from the ABA’s Directory of Pro Bono Programs. The ABA also provides a page of links to pro bono programs’ web sites.
   2. Nevada Legal Resources Directory … [Washoe County Law Library] — This is a project of Legal Electronic Assistance for Nevadans (L/E/A/N) to provide user-friendly access to Nevada legal information and free and low-cost legal assistance. The site includes “not only Nevada agencies that provide legal advice per se, but also agencies that provide help with law-related issues like alternative dispute resolution, child support enforcement, consumer information, debt management, domestic violence, employee activism, and minority affairs.”
   3. WomensLaw.org — Sources of Legal Help … [WomensLaw.org (N.Y.)] — Sources of legal help (not limited to legal help for women) include statewide domestic-violence resources, local domestic-violence resources listed by city or town, free or low-cost legal services, and lawyer referral services.