1. Each municipal judge who is first elected or appointed to office after July 1, 1971, shall attend the instruction provided pursuant to NRS 5.025, on the first occasion when such instruction is offered after the election or appointment of the municipal judge, unless excused by written order of a judge of the district court in and for the county where the city is situated, which must be filed with the Court Administrator. Such an order is final for all purposes.
2. If a municipal judge fails to attend such instruction without securing a written order pursuant to subsection 1, the municipal judge forfeits his or her office unless the Commission on Judicial Discipline finds pursuant to NRS 1.4654 that there was a reasonable excuse for the failure to attend such instruction.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 838; A 1977, 363; 1983, 900; 2017, 341)
Structure Nevada Revised Statutes
NRS 5.010 - General requirements for court; designation as court of record.
NRS 5.021 - Chief municipal judge of certain municipal courts: Selection; duties.
NRS 5.023 - Municipal judges pro tempore.
NRS 5.024 - Senior municipal judges.
NRS 5.025 - Courses of instruction for municipal judges; payment of costs.
NRS 5.026 - Attendance required at courses of instruction; penalty for unexcused absence; exception.
NRS 5.030 - Compensation of municipal judges.
NRS 5.040 - Municipal judges: Power to take and certify acknowledgments.
NRS 5.045 - Report of certain statistical information to be submitted to Court Administrator.
NRS 5.0505 - Transfer of original jurisdiction of criminal case to district court.
NRS 5.060 - Process, writs and warrants.
NRS 5.065 - Use of facsimile signature: Conditions and restrictions.
NRS 5.070 - Municipal courts always open.
NRS 5.0755 - "Residential confinement" defined.
NRS 5.076 - Power to order; conditions of sentence; maximum term; arrest for violation of condition.
NRS 5.077 - Establishment and modification of terms and conditions.
NRS 5.078 - Violation of terms and conditions.
NRS 5.080 - Notice of intention to appeal; bail.
NRS 5.090 - Judgment on appeal; notice to municipal court; payment of fines.