Nev. Rev. Stat. § 19.003
Definitions
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 19.007 and 19.010 have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
Nevada Revised Statutes Chapter 19 — Fees
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Nev. Rev. Stat. § 19.007
“Clerk of the court” defined
“Clerk of the court” means: 1. In a county where the district court in and for that county has not appointed a clerk, the county clerk when acting as ex officio clerk of the district court. 2. In a county where the district court in and for that county has appointed a clerk, the clerk of the district court.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 19.010
“Folio” defined
“Folio,” when used as a measure for computing fees or compensation, shall be construed to mean 100 words, counting every figure necessarily used as a word. Any portion of a folio, when in the whole draft or paper there should not be a complete folio, and when there shall be an excess over the last folio exceeding a qua…
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 19.013
Clerks
1. Except as otherwise provided by specific statute, the county clerk or clerk of the court, as applicable, shall charge and collect the following fees: On the commencement of any action or proceeding in the district court, or on the transfer of any action or proceeding from a district court of another county, except p…
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 19.016
Additional fee for filing and recording bond of notary public: Technology in office of county clerk
1. If a county clerk imposes an additional fee pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 19.013, the proceeds collected from such a fee must be accounted for separately in the county general fund. Any interest earned on money in the account, after deducting any applicable charges, must be credited to the account. Money that rema…
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 19.020
Commencement of civil action; administration of estate; appeal from Justice Court
1. At the time of the commencement of every civil action or other proceeding in the several district courts, the plaintiff shall pay the clerk of the court in which the action is commenced the sum of $3, except as otherwise provided by specific statute. 2. At the commencement of any proceeding in any district court for…
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 19.030
Additional fees in civil actions: State General Fund
1. Except as otherwise provided by specific statute, on the commencement of any civil action or proceeding in the district court, other than the commencement of a proceeding for an adoption, the clerk of the court, in addition to any other fees provided by law, shall charge and collect $32 from the party commencing the…
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 19.0302
Additional fees in civil actions: Special account for benefit of district court; certain amount to be remitted to organization that operates legal services in larger counties
1. Except as otherwise provided by specific statute and in addition to any other fee required by law, the clerk of the court shall charge and collect the following fees: (a) On the commencement of any action or proceeding in the district court, other than those listed in paragraphs (c), (e) and (f), or on the transfer…
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 19.0303
Additional fees in civil actions: Programs for court security
1. In any county, the board of county commissioners may, in addition to any other fee required by law, impose by ordinance a filing fee of not more than $20 to be paid on the commencement of any civil action or proceeding in the district court for which a filing fee is required and on the filing of any answer or appear…
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 19.031
Additional fees in civil actions: Programs for legal aid
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 and NRS 19.034, in each county in which legal services are provided without charge to indigent or elderly persons through a program for legal aid organized under the auspices of the State Bar of Nevada, a county or local bar association, a county or municipal program for…
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 19.0312
Additional fees in civil actions: Pro bono programs and programs for abused or neglected children and victims of domestic violence
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, in addition to any other fee required by law, in each county that charges a fee pursuant to NRS 19.031 to offset a portion of the costs of providing legal services without a charge to indigent or elderly persons, a board of county commissioners may impose by ordinance a…
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 19.0313
Additional fees in civil actions: Programs of mediation in cases involving custody or visitation of child; neighborhood justice centers
1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 19.034, in a county whose population is 100,000 or more, the clerk of the court shall, on the commencement of any civil action or proceeding in the district court for which a filing fee is required, and on the filing of any answer or appearance in any such action or proceeding for…
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 19.03135
Additional fees in civil actions: Programs for prevention and treatment of substance use disorders
1. In a county whose population is less than 100,000, the board of county commissioners may, in addition to any other fee required by law, impose by ordinance a filing fee of not more than $10 to be paid on the commencement of any civil action or proceeding in the district court for which a filing fee is required and o…
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 19.0315
Additional fees in civil actions: Programs for alternative dispute resolution
1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 19.034, on the commencement of any civil action or proceeding in the district court for which a filing fee is required, and on the filing of any answer or appearance in any such action or proceeding for which a filing fee is required, a board of county commissioners may impose by…
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 19.033
Additional fees in action for dissolution of marriage or termination of domestic partnership
1. In each county, on the commencement of any action for divorce or the termination of a domestic partnership in the district court, the clerk of the court shall charge and collect, in addition to other fees required by law, a fee of $30. The fee must be paid by the party commencing the action. 2. On or before the firs…
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 19.0333
Additional fees for filing certain motions or papers after final order in action for dissolution of marriage: Special account for benefit of district court
1. In addition to any other fees required by law, the first time a party files a motion or other paper that seeks to modify, adjust or enforce a final order that was issued pursuant to chapter 125 of NRS, the clerk of the court shall, if the original action was commenced by a petition for divorce filed by the parties j…
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 19.0335
Additional fees in civil action involving multiple parties
1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 19.034, on the commencement of any civil action in the district court for which a filing fee is required, the clerk of court shall collect, in addition to any other fee required by law, the following fees in any action that involves more than one plaintiff and one defendant: (a) A…
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 19.034
Reduced fees for adoption of child with special needs or petition relating to agreement for postadoptive contact
1. If the agency which provides child welfare services, or a child-placing agency licensed by the Division of Child and Family Services of the Department of Human Services pursuant to chapter 127A of NRS, consents to the adoption of a child with special needs pursuant to NRS 127B.440, 127C.490 or 127D.290, the clerk of…
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 19.035
Fees not to be charged or collected for services rendered certain governments or officers
Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the clerk of the court shall neither charge nor collect any fee for any service rendered by the clerk of the court to: 1. The State of Nevada; 2. The county in which he or she is clerk of the court; 3. Any city or town within that county; 4. The school district of th…
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 19.040
Table to be posted
Every clerk of the court shall publish and set up by conventional or electronic means, in some conspicuous place in his or her office and on the Internet website of the clerk of the court, a table of fees according to this chapter for the inspection of all persons who have business in the office of the clerk of the cou…
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 19.050
Clerks to receive costs of publication
Except as otherwise provided in subsection 8 of NRS 127B.440 and subsection 5 of NRS 127C.490 or subsection 5 of NRS 127D.290, when by law any publication is required to be made by a clerk of the court of any suit, process, notice, order or other paper, the cost of such publication shall, if demanded, be tendered by th…
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 19.060
Payment in advance
Except as otherwise provided by specific statute, all fees prescribed in this chapter must be paid in advance, if demanded. If a clerk of the court has not received any or all of the fees which may be due for services rendered by the clerk of the court in any suit or proceeding, the clerk of the court may have executio…
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 19.070
Limitation on fees charged by clerks
A clerk of the court shall not charge any fee that is not authorized by law.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 19.080
Clerks to keep fee books or electronic records
The clerk of the court shall keep in his or her office, open to public inspection, a fee book or electronic record in which the clerk of the court shall enter in detail the fees charged with the title or the case number of the matter, proceeding or action in which they were charged.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 19.090
Monthly financial statements of clerks
1. The clerk of the court shall, on or before the 15th day of each month, make out and file with the county official designated by the board of county commissioners a full and correct statement under oath of all fees, percentage or compensation, of whatever nature or kind, received in his or her official capacity durin…
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