Venue of actions by or against counties
Applied in 6 court decisions — leading case In Re Nevada State Engr. Ruling No. 5823 (2012)
Most recently applied in JONES, M.D. VS. STATE, BD. OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS (February 2015)
[1911 CPA § 71; RL § 5013; NCL § 8570]
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.
1. Actions against a county may be commenced in the district court of the judicial district embracing the county; but actions between counties shall be commenced in a court of competent jurisdiction in any county not a party to the action.
2. Immediately on the service of process, the officer served shall deliver such process and all papers accompanying such service to the district attorney for the county.
3. Actions brought for or against the county shall be in the name of the county.
Official source: Nevada Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Nevada statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.