Unless otherwise provided by specific statute, the legal residence of a person with reference to the person’s right of naturalization, right to maintain or defend any suit at law or in equity, or any other right dependent on residence, is that place where the person has been physically present within the State or county, as the case may be, during all of the period for which residence is claimed by the person. Should any person absent himself or herself from the jurisdiction of his or her residence with the intention in good faith to return without delay and continue his or her residence, the time of such absence is not considered in determining the fact of residence.
NRS 10.155
Legal residence
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case Vaile v. Dist. Ct. (2002)
Most recently applied in AGUIRRE, JR. v. ELKO CTY. SHERIFF'S OFFICE (May 2022)
[Part 1:158:1911; RL § 3609; NCL § 6405]—(NRS A 1981, 1861)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 10.020)
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