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NRS 53.045

Use of unsworn declaration in lieu of affidavit or other sworn declaration; exception

Applied in 15 court decisions — leading case Buckwalter v. Eighth Judicial District Court (2010)

Most recently applied in 140 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 19 - Smith v. State (March 2024)

(Added to NRS by 1993, 2741; A 2001, 2349; 2011, 15)

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Any matter whose existence or truth may be established by an affidavit or other sworn declaration may be established with the same effect by an unsworn declaration of its existence or truth signed by the declarant under penalty of perjury, and dated, in substantially the following form:

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