General requirements for court; designation as court of record
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case City of Sparks v. Sparks Municipal Court (2013)
Most recently applied in City of Sparks v. Sparks Municipal Court (May 2013)
[35:19:1865; B § 940; BH § 2454; C § 2535; RL § 4855; NCL § 8397]—(NRS A 1983, 899; 1985, 671; 1991, 161; 2015, 980)
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.
There must be in each city a municipal court presided over by a municipal judge. The municipal court:
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 4 and 5 of NRS 1.050, must be held at such place in the city within which it is established as the governing body of that city may by ordinance direct.
2. May by ordinance be designated as a court of record.
Official source: Nevada Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Nevada statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.