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NRS 34.010 - Writ of certiorari denominated writ of review. - The writ of certiorari may be denominated the writ of...
NRS 34.020 - Writ may be granted by appellate and district courts; when writ may issue. - 1. This writ may be granted, on application, by the...
NRS 34.030 - Application for writ made on affidavit; notice to adverse party may be required. - The application shall be made on affidavit by the party...
NRS 34.040 - Writ may be directed to inferior tribunal, board or officer. - The writ may be directed to the inferior tribunal, board...
NRS 34.050 - Court may order return and hearing at any time. - The writ of certiorari may, in the discretion of the...
NRS 34.060 - Contents of writ. - The writ of review shall command the party to whom...
NRS 34.070 - Suspension of proceedings in inferior courts. - If a stay of proceedings be not intended the words...
NRS 34.080 - Service of writ. - The writ shall be served in the same manner as...
NRS 34.090 - Extent of review. - The review upon this writ shall not be extended further...
NRS 34.100 - Perfection of defective return; hearing and judgment. - If the return to the writ be defective, the court...
NRS 34.110 - Copy of judgment to be transmitted to inferior tribunal, board or officer. - A copy of the judgment, signed by the clerk, shall...
NRS 34.120 - Judgment roll; appeal from judgment. - A copy of the judgment, signed by the clerk, entered...
NRS 34.130 - Rules of practice in certiorari proceedings. - Except as otherwise provided in NRS 34.010 to 34.120, inclusive,...
NRS 34.140 - Procedure in new trials and appeals in certiorari proceedings. - The provisions of the Nevada Rules of Civil Procedure and...
NRS 34.150 - Writ of mandamus denominated writ of mandate. - The writ of mandamus may be denominated the writ of...
NRS 34.160 - Writ may be issued by appellate and district courts; when writ may issue. - The writ may be issued by the Supreme Court, the...
NRS 34.170 - Writ to issue when no plain, speedy and adequate remedy in law. - This writ shall be issued in all cases where there...
NRS 34.180 - Writ may be made returnable; hearing. - Except as otherwise provided in NRS 34.185, the writ of...
NRS 34.185 - Application alleging unconstitutional prior restraint; court required to render judgment on application not later than 30 days after application is filed. - 1. If the applicant is alleging an unconstitutional prior restraint...
NRS 34.190 - Writ must be either alternative or peremptory; substance of writ. - 1. The writ shall be either alternative or peremptory. 2....
NRS 34.200 - Issuance of alternative or peremptory writ; notice of application; case heard by court whether adverse party appears or not. - When the application to the court or district judge is...
NRS 34.210 - Adverse party may show cause by answer under oath. - On the return day of the alternative, or the day...
NRS 34.220 - If answer raises essential question of fact, court may order jury trial. - If an answer is made, which raises a question as...
NRS 34.230 - Applicant may object to sufficiency of answer or countervail it by proof. - On the trial, the applicant shall not be precluded by...
NRS 34.240 - Motion for new trial and new trial. - If either party is dissatisfied with the verdict of the...
NRS 34.250 - Clerk to transmit verdict to court where writ is pending, after which hearing may be had on application for writ. - If no notice for a new trial be given or,...
NRS 34.260 - Court may grant time for reply to answer; hearing by court. - If no answer be made, the case shall be heard...
NRS 34.270 - Recovery of damages by applicant; execution may issue to enforce judgment. - If judgment be given for the applicant, the applicant shall...
NRS 34.280 - Service of writ. - 1. The writ shall be served in the same manner...
NRS 34.290 - Penalties for refusal or neglect to obey writ; state and county officers. - 1. When a peremptory mandate has been issued and directed...
NRS 34.300 - Rules of practice in mandamus proceedings. - Except as otherwise provided in NRS 34.150 to 34.290, inclusive,...
NRS 34.310 - Procedure in new trials and appeals in mandamus proceedings. - The provisions of the Nevada Rules of Civil Procedure and...
NRS 34.320 - Writ of prohibition defined. - The writ of prohibition is the counterpart of the writ...
NRS 34.330 - Writ may be issued by appellate or district court when no plain, speedy and adequate remedy in law. - The writ may be issued only by the Supreme Court,...
NRS 34.340 - Writ must be alternative or peremptory; form of writ. - 1. The writ must be either alternative or peremptory. 2....
NRS 34.350 - Court may order return and hearing at any time. - The writ of prohibition may, in the discretion of the...
NRS 34.360 - Persons who may prosecute writ. - Every person unlawfully committed, detained, confined or restrained of his...
NRS 34.370 - Application for writ; verification required; contents; supporting documents. - 1. A petition for a writ of habeas corpus must...
NRS 34.390 - Judge to grant writ without delay; exceptions; effect of writ. - 1. Any judge empowered to grant a writ of habeas...
NRS 34.400 - Contents of writ. - The writ must be directed to the person who has...
NRS 34.410 - Service of writ. - 1. If the writ be directed to the sheriff or...
NRS 34.420 - Proceedings upon disobedience of writ. - If the officer or person to whom such writ is...
NRS 34.430 - Return and answer: Service and filing; contents; signature and verification. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 1 of NRS...
NRS 34.440 - Person served must bring body of person in custody; exceptions. - If the writ of habeas corpus be served, the person...
NRS 34.450 - Sickness or infirmity of party restrained; hearing may proceed or be adjourned. - 1. Whenever, from sickness or infirmity of the party directed...
NRS 34.470 - Answer to return; summary proceeding; attendance of witnesses. - 1. The petitioner brought before the judge on the return...
NRS 34.480 - If no legal cause shown, judge shall discharge person from custody. - If no legal cause be shown for such imprisonment or...
NRS 34.500 - Grounds for discharge in certain cases. - If it appears on the return of the writ of...
NRS 34.510 - Defect of form in warrant or commitment not ground for discharge. - If any person be committed to prison, or be in...
NRS 34.520 - If charge defectively set forth in process or warrant, judge shall examine witnesses and discharge or recommit person. - If it shall appear to the judge, by affidavit, or...
NRS 34.530 - Writ for purposes of bail. - Any person who is imprisoned or detained in custody on...
NRS 34.540 - Bail in habeas corpus proceedings. - Any Supreme Court justice, judge of the Court of Appeals...
NRS 34.550 - Judge to remand to custody if party not entitled to discharge or is not bailed. - If a party brought before the judge on the return...
NRS 34.560 - Judge may order change of custody; enforcement of commitment order stayed; appeal. - 1. In cases where any party is held under illegal...
NRS 34.570 - Pending judgment on proceedings, judge may commit or place in custody. - Until judgment is given on a petition, the judge before...
NRS 34.575 - Appeal from order of district court granting or denying writ. - 1. An applicant who, after conviction or while no criminal...
NRS 34.580 - Defect of form in writ immaterial. - No writ of habeas corpus shall be disobeyed for defect...
NRS 34.590 - Cases where imprisonment after discharge is permitted. - No person who has been discharged by the order of...
NRS 34.600 - In certain cases warrant may issue instead of writ. - Whenever it shall appear by satisfactory proof, by affidavit, to...
NRS 34.610 - Judge may include in warrant order for arrest of person charged with illegal detention. - The judge may also, if the same be deemed necessary,...
NRS 34.620 - Execution of warrant. - The officer to whom such warrant is delivered shall execute...
NRS 34.630 - Return, answer and hearing on warrant. - The person alleged to have such party under illegal confinement...
NRS 34.640 - Party may be discharged or remanded. - If such party be held under illegal restraint or custody,...
NRS 34.650 - Writ of process may issue on Sunday or nonjudicial day. - Any writ of process authorized by NRS 34.360 to 34.830,...
NRS 34.660 - Clerk to issue writs, warrants, processes and subpoenas; when returnable. - All writs, warrants, processes and subpoenas authorized by the provisions...
NRS 34.670 - Damages recoverable for failure to issue or obey writ. - If any judge, after a proper application is made, shall...
NRS 34.680 - Penalties for custodian or accessory disobeying or avoiding writ. - 1. Any person having in his or her custody or...
NRS 34.700 - Time for filing; waiver and consent of accused respecting date of trial. - 1. Except as provided in subsection 3, a pretrial petition...
NRS 34.710 - Limitations on submission and consideration of pretrial petition. - 1. A district court shall not consider any pretrial petition...
NRS 34.720 - Scope of provisions. - The provisions of NRS 34.720 to 34.830, inclusive, apply only...
NRS 34.722 - "Petition" defined. - As used in NRS 34.720 to 34.830, inclusive, unless the...
NRS 34.724 - Persons who may file petition; effect of filing. - 1. Any person convicted of a crime and under sentence...
NRS 34.726 - Limitations on time to file; stay of sentence. - 1. Unless there is good cause shown for delay, a...
NRS 34.730 - Petition: Verification; title; service; filing by clerk; prerequisites for hearing. - 1. A petition must be verified by the petitioner or...
NRS 34.735 - Petition: Form. - A petition must be in substantially the following form, with...
NRS 34.738 - Petition: Filing in appropriate county; limitation on scope. - 1. A petition that challenges the validity of a conviction...
NRS 34.740 - Petition: Expeditious judicial examination. - The original petition must be presented promptly to a district...
NRS 34.745 - Judicial order to file answer and return; when order is required; form of order; summary dismissal of successive petitions; record of proceeding. - 1. If a petition challenges the validity of a judgment...
NRS 34.750 - Appointment of counsel for indigents; pleadings supplemental to petition; response to motion to dismiss. - 1. A petition may allege that the petitioner is unable...
NRS 34.760 - Contents of respondent’s answer; supplemental material. - 1. The answer must state whether the petitioner has previously...
NRS 34.770 - Judicial determination of need for evidentiary hearing: Dismissal of petition or granting of writ. - 1. The judge or justice, upon review of the return,...
NRS 34.780 - Applicability of Nevada Rules of Civil Procedure; discovery. - 1. The Nevada Rules of Civil Procedure, to the extent...
NRS 34.790 - Record of evidentiary hearing after writ is granted; submission of additional material. - 1. If an evidentiary hearing is required, the judge or...
NRS 34.800 - Dismissal of petition for delay in filing. - 1. A petition may be dismissed if delay in the...
NRS 34.810 - Additional reasons for dismissal of petition. - 1. The court shall dismiss a petition if the court...
NRS 34.820 - Procedure in cases where petitioner has been sentenced to death. - 1. If a petitioner has been sentenced to death and...
NRS 34.830 - Contents and notice of order finally disposing of petition. - 1. Any order that finally disposes of a petition, whether...
NRS 34.900 - Definitions. - As used in NRS 34.900 to 34.990, inclusive, unless the...
NRS 34.910 - "Bona fide issue of factual innocence" defined. - "Bona fide issue of factual innocence" means that newly discovered...
NRS 34.920 - "Factual innocence" defined. - "Factual innocence" means that a person did not: 1. Engage...
NRS 34.930 - "Newly discovered evidence" defined. - "Newly discovered evidence" means evidence that was not available to...
NRS 34.940 - Determination of when evidence is "material." - For the purposes of NRS 34.900 to 34.990, inclusive, evidence...
NRS 34.950 - Claim of factual innocence is separate from state habeas claim. - Any claim of factual innocence that is made pursuant to...
NRS 34.960 - Filing of petition; notice and copy of petition to be served on district attorney and Attorney General; contents; review by court; grounds for dismissal; explanation of decision by court; preservation of evidence; proceedings governed by... - 1. At any time after the expiration of the period...
NRS 34.970 - Order by court requiring response to petition; contents of order; time for response; reply; consideration of petition by court; hearing on petition; stipulation of factual innocence of petitioner; issuance of order of factual innocence;... - 1. If the court does not dismiss a petition after...
NRS 34.980 - Appointment of counsel. - If the court grants a hearing on the petition pursuant...
NRS 34.990 - Notice to victim. - After a petition is filed pursuant to NRS 34.960, if...