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NRS 41.0337

State or political subdivision to be named party defendant

Applied in 6 court decisions — leading case Bob L. Franklin v. Clark County Managers Office Las Vegas District, Nevada Bureau of Land Management (1992)

Most recently applied in Craig v. Donnelly (February 2019)

(Added to NRS by 1975, 896; A 1977, 481, 1537; 1979, 1731; 1987, 540; 2013, 1494)

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1. No tort action arising out of an act or omission within the scope of a person’s public duties or employment may be brought against any present or former:

(a) Local judicial officer or state judicial officer;

(b) Officer or employee of the State or of any political subdivision;

(c) Immune contractor; or

(d) State Legislator,

Ê unless the State or appropriate political subdivision is named a party defendant under NRS 41.031.

2. No tort action may be brought against a person who is named as a defendant in the action solely because of an alleged act or omission relating to the public duties or employment of any present or former:

(a) Local judicial officer or state judicial officer;

(b) Officer or employee of the State or of any political subdivision;

(c) Immune contractor; or

(d) State Legislator,

Ê unless the State or appropriate political subdivision is named a party defendant under NRS 41.031.

3. As used in this section:

(a) “Local judicial officer” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 41.03377.

(b) “State judicial officer” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 41.03385.

Official source: Nevada Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Nevada statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.