Nevada Revised Statutes 1.130 – Nonjudicial days; transaction of judicial business
1. No court except a justice court or a municipal court shall be opened nor shall any judicial business be transacted except by a justice court or municipal court on Sunday, or on any day declared to be a legal holiday according to the provisions of NRS 236.015, except for the following purposes:
Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 1.130
- Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
- Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
- Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
- person: means a natural person, any form of business or social organization and any other nongovernmental legal entity including, but not limited to, a corporation, partnership, association, trust or unincorporated organization. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.039
- Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
- Verdict: The decision of a petit jury or a judge.
- Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.
(a) To give, upon their request, instructions to a jury then deliberating on their verdict.
(b) To receive a verdict or discharge a jury.
(c) For the exercise of the power of a magistrate in a criminal action or in a proceeding of a criminal nature.
(d) To receive electronic communications related to the issuance of:
(1) A temporary order pursuant to subsection 8 of NRS 33.020; or
(2) An emergency order for protection against high-risk behavior pursuant to NRS 33.570.
(e) For the issuance of any temporary or emergency order listed in paragraph (d).
(f) For the issue of a writ of attachment, which may be issued on each and all of the days above enumerated upon the plaintiff, or some person on behalf of the plaintiff, setting forth in the affidavit required by law for obtaining the writ the additional averment as follows:
All proceedings instituted, and all writs issued, and all official acts done on any of the days above specified, under and by virtue of this section, shall have all the validity, force and effect of proceedings commenced on other days, whether a lien be obtained or a levy made under and by virtue of the writ.
2. Nothing herein contained shall affect private transactions of any nature whatsoever.
3. As used in this section, ‘electronic communication’ includes, without limitation, communication made by telephone, wireless phone or electronic mail or through the use of an Internet or network site.