3.275 - Clerk to obtain and maintain information regarding civil cases. [Effective through June 30, 2010.] - Nevada Statutes

3.275  Clerk to obtain and maintain information regarding cases. [Effective July 1, 2010.]

      1.  The clerk of each district court shall obtain and file information regarding the nature of each criminal and civil case filed with the district court. If the criminal case is referred to a specialty court program, the clerk must obtain and file information regarding the nature of the case and the program to which the defendant was referred.

      2.  The clerk shall provide a form approved by the Court Administrator for obtaining the information required by subsection 1. No criminal or civil case may be filed in the district court unless the initial pleading is accompanied by the form, signed by the initiating party or his or her representative. In addition to the information on the form, the clerk shall maintain information concerning the disposition of each criminal case and, if applicable, whether the defendant successfully completed a specialty court program.

      3.  The clerk shall maintain the information contained in the form and collected pursuant to subsection 2 in a separate system of filing to allow the retrieval of statistics relating to each criminal and civil action filed in the district courts.

      (Added to NRS by 1985, 1895; A 2009, 1353, effective July 1, 2010)