Nev. Rev. Stat. § 30.010
Short title
NRS 30.010 to 30.160, inclusive, may be cited as the Uniform Declaratory Judgments Act.
Nevada Revised Statutes Chapter 30 — Declaratory Judgments
Nevada · statute · Nev. Rev. Stat. ch. 30 · 17 active provisions
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 30.020
“Person” defined
“Person” wherever used in NRS 30.010 to 30.160, inclusive, shall be construed to mean any person, partnership, joint stock company, unincorporated association or society, or municipal or other corporation of any character whatsoever.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 30.030
Scope
Courts of record within their respective jurisdictions shall have power to declare rights, status and other legal relations whether or not further relief is or could be claimed. No action or proceeding shall be open to objection on the ground that a declaratory judgment or decree is prayed for. The declaration may be e…
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 30.040
Questions of construction or validity of instruments, contracts and statutes
1. Any person interested under a deed, written contract or other writings constituting a contract, or whose rights, status or other legal relations are affected by a statute, municipal ordinance, contract or franchise, may have determined any question of construction or validity arising under the instrument, statute, o…
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 30.050
Contract may be construed before or after breach
A contract may be construed either before or after there has been a breach thereof.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 30.060
Declaration of rights in certain cases
1. Any person interested as or through an executor, administrator, trustee, guardian, other fiduciary, including, without limitation, a person granted authority to act for a principal under a power of attorney, whether denominated an agent, attorney-in-fact or otherwise, creditor, devisee, legatee, heir, next of kin or…
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 30.070
Enumeration not exclusive
The enumeration in NRS 30.040, 30.050 and 30.060 does not limit or restrict the exercise of the general powers conferred in NRS 30.030 in any proceeding where declaratory relief is sought, in which a judgment or decree will terminate the controversy or remove an uncertainty.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 30.080
Discretion of court to render or enter judgment
The court may refuse to render or enter a declaratory judgment or decree where such judgment or decree, if rendered or entered, would not terminate the uncertainty or controversy giving rise to the proceeding.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 30.090
Review
All orders, judgments and decrees under NRS 30.010 to 30.160, inclusive, may be reviewed as other orders, judgments and decrees.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 30.100
Supplemental relief
Further relief based on a declaratory judgment or decree may be granted whenever necessary or proper. The application therefor shall be by petition to a court having jurisdiction to grant relief. If the application be deemed sufficient, the court shall, on reasonable notice, require any adverse party whose rights have…
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 30.110
Jury trial
When a proceeding under NRS 30.010 to 30.160, inclusive, involves the determination of an issue of fact, such issue may be tried and determined in the same manner as issues of fact are tried and determined in other civil actions in the court in which the proceeding is pending.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 30.120
Costs
In any proceeding under NRS 30.010 to 30.160, inclusive, the court may make such award of costs as may seem equitable and just.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 30.130
Parties
When declaratory relief is sought, all persons shall be made parties who have or claim any interest which would be affected by the declaration, and no declaration shall prejudice the rights of persons not parties to the proceeding. In any proceeding which involves the validity of a municipal ordinance or franchise, suc…
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 30.140
Construction
NRS 30.010 to 30.160, inclusive, are declared to be remedial; their purpose is to settle and to afford relief from uncertainty and insecurity with respect to rights, status and other legal relations; and are to be liberally construed and administered.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 30.150
Severability
The several sections and provisions of NRS 30.010 to 30.160, inclusive, except NRS 30.030 and 30.040, are hereby declared independent and severable, and the invalidity, if any, or part or feature thereof shall not affect or render the remainder of such sections invalid or inoperative.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 30.160
Uniformity of interpretation
NRS 30.010 to 30.160, inclusive, shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate their general purpose to make uniform the law of those states which enact them, and to harmonize, as far as possible, with federal laws and regulations on the subject of declaratory judgments and decrees.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 30.170
Validity of order prohibiting publication or broadcasting of information concerning judicial proceedings and actions
1. If during the course of any proceeding or the trial of any action in any court, the trial judge issues an order prohibiting a newspaper or other news media from publishing or broadcasting information lawfully obtained by such newspaper or other news media concerning such proceeding or trial, the newspaper or other n…