Nevada · statute · Nev. Rev. Stat. ch. 2A · 26 active provisions
The Court of Appeals shall consist of a Chief Judge and two associate judges. Each judge of the Court of Appeals hereafter elected or appointed must be commissioned by the Governor and, before entering upon the discharge of duties, shall take the constitutional oath of office.
1. A person may not be a candidate or be eligible for the office of judge of the Court of Appeals unless the person: (a) Has attained the age of 25 years. (b) Is an attorney licensed and admitted to practice law in the courts of this State at the time of the election or appointment. (c) Has been an attorney licensed an…
Except as otherwise provided in NRS 2A.040, the judges of the Court of Appeals must be chosen at general elections by the qualified electors of this State. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 2A.040, each judge holds office for a term of 6 years from and including the first Monday of January next after the election.
1. The initial three judges of the Court of Appeals must be appointed by the Governor from among three nominees selected for each individual office by the Commission on Judicial Selection pursuant to Section 20 of Article 6 of the Nevada Constitution within 30 days after the Commission delivers to the Governor its list…
The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court shall appoint one judge of the Court of Appeals to be the Chief Judge.
Resignation of office by a judge of the Court of Appeals must be made to the Governor and to the Court Administrator. The Governor shall notify the Court Administrator as soon as practicable upon his or her acceptance of the resignation or retirement of a judge of the Court of Appeals.
When any vacancy occurs in the office of judge of the Court of Appeals, the Governor shall fill the same by granting a commission, which expires at the next general election by the people and upon the qualification of his or her successor, at which election a judge must be chosen for the balance of the unexpired term.
1. Until the first Monday in January 2029, the annual base salary of each judge of the Court of Appeals is $165,000. On the first Monday in January 2029 and on the first Monday of every sixth year thereafter, the annual base salary of his or her successor in office must be increased by an amount equal to the cumulative…
The judges of the Court of Appeals shall also serve as ex officio supplemental district judges, and in that capacity shall perform such judicial duties as may be designated in the rules adopted by the Supreme Court, Section 3A of Article 6 of the Nevada Constitution.
1. Any judge of the Court of Appeals who has served as a justice of the Supreme Court, judge of the Court of Appeals or judge of a district court in any one or more of those courts for a period or periods aggregating 22 years and has ended such service is, after reaching the age of 60 years, entitled to receive annuall…
1. A judge of the Court of Appeals who has served as a justice of the Supreme Court, judge of the Court of Appeals or judge of a district court in any one or more courts for a period or periods aggregating 5 years or more and who becomes permanently incapacitated, physically or mentally, to perform the duties of office…
1. If a judge of the Court of Appeals at the time of his or her death had retired and was then receiving a pension under the provisions of NRS 2A.100, or if at the time of his or her death the judge had not retired but had performed sufficient service for retirement under the provisions of NRS 2A.100, the surviving spo…
1. Each child of a deceased judge of the Court of Appeals is entitled to receive payments equal in amount to the payments provided in NRS 286.673 for the child of a deceased member of the Public Employees’ Retirement System. 2. In determining whether a child is a full-time student or financially dependent and physicall…
1. A judge of the Court of Appeals may designate, in writing, a survivor beneficiary and one or more additional payees to receive the payments provided pursuant to this section if the judge is unmarried on the date of his or her death. A designation pursuant to this section must be made on a form approved by the Court…
The provisions of NRS 2A.100 to 2A.150, inclusive: 1. Apply only to a judge of the Court of Appeals or a surviving spouse or surviving child of a judge of the Court of Appeals who served as a justice of the Supreme Court or district judge before November 5, 2002; 2. Are administered by the Public Employees’ Retirement…
The Supreme Court shall fix by rule the jurisdiction of the Court of Appeals and shall provide for the review, where appropriate, of appeals decided by the Court of Appeals.
The Court of Appeals may reverse, affirm or modify the judgment or order appealed from as to any or all of the parties, and may, if necessary, order a new trial, and in a criminal action, order the new trial to be had in the proper place. On a direct appeal from an order in a civil action granting a motion to change th…
The Court of Appeals shall: 1. Hold such regular sessions during each calendar year as are necessary to dispose of its business. 2. Always be open for the issuance of writs.
1. Immediately upon a case being submitted to the Court of Appeals it must be assigned to one member of the court for the preparation of an opinion. 2. All opinions and decisions rendered by the Court of Appeals must be in writing, signed by the judges concurring therein, and must be spread at large on the records of t…
A judge of the Court of Appeals shall not act as attorney or counsel in any court except in an action or proceeding to which the judge is a party on the record.
A judge of the Court of Appeals shall not absent himself or herself from this State for more than 90 consecutive days. A violation of the provisions of this section shall work a forfeiture of office.
The judges of the Court of Appeals have power in any part of the State to take and certify: 1. The acknowledgment of conveyances and the satisfaction of a judgment of any court. 2. An affidavit to be used in any court of justice in this State.
1. Each judge of the Court of Appeals may use a facsimile signature produced through a mechanical device in place of the judge’s handwritten signature whenever the necessity arises and upon approval of the Court of Appeals, subject to the following conditions: (a) That the mechanical device must be of such a nature tha…
The Clerk of the Supreme Court is ex officio clerk of the Court of Appeals.
The Bailiff of the Supreme Court is ex officio bailiff of the Court of Appeals.