Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 5 - Municipal Courts
NRS 5.065 - Use of facsimile signature: Conditions and restrictions.


1. Each municipal judge may use a facsimile signature produced through a mechanical device in place of his or her handwritten signature whenever the necessity arises and upon approval of the Supreme Court, subject to the following conditions:
(a) That the mechanical device must be of such a nature that the facsimile signature may be removed from the mechanical device and kept in a separate secure place.
(b) That the use of the facsimile signature may be made only under the direction and supervision of the municipal judge whose signature it represents.
(c) That the entire mechanical device must at all times be kept in a vault, securely locked, when not in use, to prevent any misuse of the device.
2. No facsimile signature produced through a mechanical device authorized by the provisions of this section may be combined with the signature of another officer.
(Added to NRS by 1989, 999)

Structure Nevada Revised Statutes

Nevada Revised Statutes

Chapter 5 - Municipal Courts

NRS 5.010 - General requirements for court; designation as court of record.

NRS 5.015 - Recording of proceeding in municipal court designated as court of record. [Effective January 1, 2022.]

NRS 5.020 - Municipal judges: Election; term; oath; qualifications; justice of the peace as ex officio municipal judge.

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 5.0245 - Appointment of referee or hearing master for civil infraction hearing. [Effective January 1, 2023.]

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 5.050 - Jurisdiction. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] Jurisdiction. [Effective January 1, 2022, through December 31, 2022.] Jurisdiction. [Effective January 1, 2023.]

NRS 5.0503 - Transfer of original jurisdiction of criminal case to justice court or another municipal court.

NRS 5.0505 - Transfer of original jurisdiction of criminal case to district court.

NRS 5.052 - Administration of program of supervision for persons with suspended sentences or persons sentenced to residential confinement.

NRS 5.055 - Suspension of sentence; conditions of suspension; reduction of sentence; arrest for violation of condition of suspension.

NRS 5.057 - Determination if defendant is a veteran or member of military; alternative program of treatment.

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 5.073 - Conformity of practice and proceedings to those of justice courts; exception; imposition and collection of fees.

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.