Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 6 - Juries
NRS 6.020 - Exemptions from service.


1. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 2 and 3 and NRS 67.050, upon satisfactory proof, made by affidavit or otherwise, the following-named persons, and no others, are exempt from service as grand or trial jurors:
(a) While the Legislature is in session, any member of the Legislature or any employee of the Legislature or the Legislative Counsel Bureau;
(b) Any person who has a fictitious address pursuant to NRS 217.462 to 217.471, inclusive; and
(c) Any police officer as defined in NRS 617.135.
2. All persons of the age of 70 years or over are exempt from serving as grand or trial jurors. Whenever it appears to the satisfaction of the court, by affidavit or otherwise, that a juror is over the age of 70 years, the court shall order the juror excused from all service as a grand or trial juror, if the juror so desires.
3. A person who is the age of 65 years or over who lives 65 miles or more from the court is exempt from serving as a grand or trial juror. Whenever it appears to the satisfaction of the court, by affidavit or otherwise, that a juror is the age of 65 years or over and lives 65 miles or more from the court, the court shall order the juror excused from all service as a grand or trial juror, if the juror so desires.
[360:63:1947; 1943 NCL § 6084.370] + [9:65:1873; A 1875, 137; 1877, 176; 1881, 155; 1893, 31; 1895, 51; 1915, 84; 1917, 32; 1921, 29; 1925, 101; 1927, 113; 1939, 169; 1931 NCL § 8479] + [1:17:1889; C § 3880; RL § 4941; NCL § 8488]—(NRS A 1965, 347; 1967, 1278; 1969, 208, 1422; 1971, 312; 1977, 856; 1981, 687; 1983, 100, 1360; 1997, 187; 1999, 162; 2001, 754; 2001 Special Session, 207, 249; 2003, 289, 1347; 2007, 416; 2011, 138)

Structure Nevada Revised Statutes

Nevada Revised Statutes

Chapter 6 - Juries

NRS 6.010 - Persons qualified to act as jurors.

NRS 6.020 - Exemptions from service.

NRS 6.030 - Grounds for excusing jurors.

NRS 6.040 - Penalty for failing to attend and serve as a juror.

NRS 6.045 - Designation by rule of district court; selection of trial jurors; list of qualified electors; duties. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] Designation by rule of district court; selection of trial jurors; list of qualified electors; dut...

NRS 6.090 - Procedures for forming panel; duties of sheriff and jury commissioner. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] Procedures for forming panel; duties of sheriff, chief of police or chief marshal and jury commissioner. [Effective January 1, 2...

NRS 6.100 - Discharge of excess trial jurors.

NRS 6.110 - Counties whose population is 100,000 or more: Selection of jurors and alternate jurors; listing and summoning jurors.

NRS 6.120 - Counties whose population is less than 100,000: Selection of jurors and alternate jurors; listing and summoning jurors.

NRS 6.130 - Permissible summoning of grand jury by filing of affidavit or petition by taxpayer.

NRS 6.132 - Summoning of grand jury by filing of petition by committee of registered voters.

NRS 6.135 - Impaneling of grand juries to investigate state affairs; payment of expenses.

NRS 6.140 - Application to appellate court for order directing selection and impaneling of grand jury.

NRS 6.145 - Recess of grand jury.

NRS 6.150 - Grand jurors and trial jurors in district and justice court. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] Grand jurors and trial jurors in district and justice court or trial jurors in municipal court. [Effective January 1, 2022.]

NRS 6.155 - Establishment of program to allow juror to donate money to which juror is entitled for juror’s services and expenses to local agency for prevention of child abuse and neglect.

NRS 6.160 - Payment of jurors.

NRS 6.180 - Expenses of jurors in civil cases.

NRS 6.190 - Terminating or threatening to terminate employment because of jury duty prohibited; civil action for unlawful termination; requiring employee to use sick leave or vacation time or to work certain hours prohibited; notice to employer; diss...