Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 1A - Judicial Retirement
NRS 1A.100 - Judicial Retirement System: Establishment; public inspection of records; administration by Public Employees’ Retirement Board; legislative review.


1. A system of retirement providing benefits for the retirement, disability or death of all justices of the Supreme Court, judges of the Court of Appeals and district judges, and certain justices of the peace and municipal judges, and funded on an actuarial reserve basis is hereby established and must be known as the Judicial Retirement System.
2. The System consists of the Judicial Retirement Plan and the provisions set forth in NRS 2.060 to 2.083, inclusive, 2A.100 to 2A.150, inclusive, and 3.090 to 3.099, inclusive, for providing benefits to justices of the Supreme Court, judges of the Court of Appeals or district judges who served either as a justice of the Supreme Court or district judge before November 5, 2002. Each justice of the Supreme Court, judge of the Court of Appeals or district judge who is not a member of the Public Employees’ Retirement System is a member of the Judicial Retirement System.
3. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 286.118, the official correspondence and records and, except as otherwise provided in NRS 241.035, the minutes, audio recordings, transcripts and books of the System are public records and are available for public inspection. A copy of the minutes or audio recordings must be made available to a member of the public upon request at no charge pursuant to NRS 241.035.
4. The System must be administered exclusively by the Board, which shall make all necessary rules and regulations for the administration of the System. The rules must include, without limitation, rules relating to the administration of the retirement plans in accordance with federal law. The Legislature shall regularly review the System.
(Added to NRS by 2001 Special Session, 69; A 2005, 991, 1405; 2013, 325, 1714; 2019, 1175).

Structure Nevada Revised Statutes

Nevada Revised Statutes

Chapter 1A - Judicial Retirement

NRS 1A.010 - Definitions.

NRS 1A.020 - "Board" defined.

NRS 1A.030 - "Compensation" defined.

NRS 1A.040 - "Disability retirement allowance" defined.

NRS 1A.050 - "Judicial Retirement Plan" defined.

NRS 1A.060 - "Retired justice or judge" defined.

NRS 1A.070 - "Service" defined.

NRS 1A.080 - "Service retirement allowance" defined.

NRS 1A.090 - "System" defined.

NRS 1A.100 - Judicial Retirement System: Establishment; public inspection of records; administration by Public Employees’ Retirement Board; legislative review.

NRS 1A.110 - Limitations on review and copying of records; waiver.

NRS 1A.120 - Right to benefits not subject to taxes, process, bankruptcy, assignment or assessment for impairment or insolvency of insurance company; exceptions.

NRS 1A.130 - Application for allowances for service retirement or disability retirement; effective date of retirement; rights of present or former spouse; System exempted from liability for false designation of marital status by member or justice or...

NRS 1A.140 - Person convicted of murder or voluntary manslaughter of member of System ineligible to receive benefits.

NRS 1A.150 - False statement or certification; withholding of information.

NRS 1A.155 - Forfeiture of rights and benefits upon conviction of or plea of guilty or nolo contendere to certain felonies; return of contributions; applicability.

NRS 1A.160 - Judicial Retirement Fund: Establishment; policy; sources; payments.

NRS 1A.170 - Administration and investment of Judicial Retirement Fund.

NRS 1A.190 - Transfer of unpaid check for benefits or refund to Judicial Retirement Fund; claim for payment of money; period of limitation.

NRS 1A.200 - Judicial Retirement Administrative Fund; administrative fees.

NRS 1A.210 - Fund to pay accrued benefits that are not payable because of certain limitations; benefits paid from fund.

NRS 1A.220 - System managed by Public Employees’ Retirement Board; general powers and duties of Board.

NRS 1A.230 - Actuarial assumptions used in computing benefits: Availability; changes prohibited.

NRS 1A.240 - Persons receiving benefits from System entitled to cost-of-living increases.

NRS 1A.250 - Administration of accounts of members and recipients of benefits.

NRS 1A.260 - Conditions for membership in System.

NRS 1A.270 - Membership of Supreme Court justices, judges of the Court of Appeals and district judges who are elected, reelected or appointed on or after November 5, 2002; membership of Supreme Court justices and district judges who are serving on No...

NRS 1A.280 - Withdrawal from Public Employees’ Retirement System to become member of Judicial Retirement Plan; transfer of liability and service; re-establishment of service prohibited; restriction on benefits.

NRS 1A.285 - Membership of justices of the peace and municipal judges; withdrawal from Public Employees’ Retirement System to become member of Judicial Retirement Plan; transfer of liability and service; re-establishment of service prohibited; restri...

NRS 1A.290 - Termination of membership; rights of justices or judges who have retired.

NRS 1A.300 - Establishment; members; benefits.

NRS 1A.310 - Purchase of credit for service: Requirements; sources; installments.

NRS 1A.312 - Contributions to Judicial Retirement Fund; adjustment of contribution rate.

NRS 1A.314 - Amount of contribution by members of Plan; deduction from payroll; return of contributions.

NRS 1A.320 - Service credit: Commencement; termination.

NRS 1A.330 - Service credited in another system ineligible; exception.

NRS 1A.340 - Time of vesting; vesting of benefits upon termination of System.

NRS 1A.350 - Eligibility: Age and service; reduction of benefit for retirement before required age.

NRS 1A.360 - Employment of retired justice or judge: Consequences; payment of contributions for justice or judge who does not enroll in Plan.

NRS 1A.370 - Employment of retired justice or judge: Enrollment in Plan; rights of membership; accrual of credit for service; benefits for survivor.

NRS 1A.390 - Limitation on distributions to members.

NRS 1A.400 - Limitation on compensation used to determine retirement benefit.

NRS 1A.410 - Limitations on benefits and contributions.

NRS 1A.420 - Prohibition against applying forfeitures to increase benefits.

NRS 1A.430 - Consent of spouse to retirement plan of member.

NRS 1A.440 - Determination of monthly allowance for service retirement.

NRS 1A.450 - Optional plans: Alternatives to unmodified allowance for service retirement.

NRS 1A.460 - Optional plans: Death of beneficiary; change of selection; effective date of termination or adjustment of allowance.

NRS 1A.470 - Optional deduction from benefits for payment of premium or contribution for group insurance or other obligations; regulations; exemption of Executive Officer, Board and System from liability for errors or omissions.

NRS 1A.480 - Disability retirement allowance: Eligibility; calculation of amount; beneficiaries; effective date of termination or adjustment of allowance.

NRS 1A.490 - Disability retirement allowance: Applicability of certain provisions.

NRS 1A.500 - Disability retirement allowance: Cancellation.

NRS 1A.510 - Disability retirement allowance: Consequences of employment of recipient.

NRS 1A.520 - Payment of allowance or benefit to alternate payee pursuant to domestic relations order.

NRS 1A.530 - Definitions.

NRS 1A.540 - "Child" defined.

NRS 1A.550 - "Dependent parent" defined.

NRS 1A.555 - "Domestic partner" defined.

NRS 1A.560 - "Spouse" defined.

NRS 1A.570 - Eligibility.

NRS 1A.580 - Payments to child of deceased member.

NRS 1A.590 - Payments to spouse of deceased member.

NRS 1A.600 - Payments to spouse of deceased member who had 10 or more years of creditable service.

NRS 1A.610 - Payments to spouse if deceased member was eligible to retire.

NRS 1A.615 - Payments to spouse of deceased member killed in course of judicial service.

NRS 1A.620 - Designation of survivor beneficiary and additional payees by member.

NRS 1A.630 - Payments to survivor beneficiary of and to additional payees designated by deceased member.

NRS 1A.640 - Payments to survivor beneficiary of and to additional payees designated by deceased member who had 10 or more years of creditable service.

NRS 1A.650 - Payments to survivor beneficiary and to additional payees designated by deceased member if deceased member was eligible to retire.

NRS 1A.655 - Payments to survivor beneficiary of deceased member killed in course of judicial service.

NRS 1A.660 - Payments to dependent parents; conditions.

NRS 1A.670 - Limitation on and reduction of amount of monthly allowance.