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:
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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