The common law of England, so far as it is not repugnant to or in conflict with the Constitution and laws of the United States, or the Constitution and laws of this State, shall be the rule of decision in all the courts of this State.
NRS 1.030
Application of common law in courts
Applied in 27 court decisions — leading case Rupert Ex Rel. Rupert v. Stienne (1974)
Most recently applied in 141 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 30 - BOURNE v. VALDES, M.D. (June 2025)
[1911 CPA § 532; RL § 5474; NCL § 9021]
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: Nevada Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Nevada statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.