GENERAL PROVISIONS

Nev. Rev. Stat. 64

in effect

Nev. Rev. Stat. § 64.010 Provisions of NRS applicable to justice courts.

Justice courts being courts of peculiar and limited jurisdiction, only those provisions of titles 2, 3 and 4 of NRS which are, in their nature, applicable to the organization, powers and course of proceedings in justice courts or which have been made applicable by special provisions of NRS, are applicable to justice courts and the proceedings therein.

Nev. Rev. Stat. § 64.020 Definitions.

As used in this title, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 64.050 to 64.140, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.

Nev. Rev. Stat. § 64.050 Oath defined.

Oath includes affirmation or declaration.

Nev. Rev. Stat. § 64.060 Personal property defined.

Personal property includes money, goods, chattels, things in action and evidences of debt.

Nev. Rev. Stat. § 64.080 Property defined.

Property includes both real and personal property.

Nev. Rev. Stat. § 64.090 Real property defined.

Real property is coextensive with lands, tenements and hereditaments.

Nev. Rev. Stat. § 64.100 State defined.

State when applied to the different parts of the United States includes the District of Columbia and the territories.

Nev. Rev. Stat. § 64.110 United States defined.

United States may include the District of Columbia and territories or insular possessions.

Nev. Rev. Stat. § 64.130 Writ defined.

Writ signifies an order or precept in writing, issued in the name of the State or of a court or judicial officer.

Nev. Rev. Stat. § 64.140 Writing defined.

Writing includes printing and typewriting.

Nev. Rev. Stat. § 64.150 Interpretation.

As used in this title, every mode of oral statement, under oath or affirmation, is embraced by the term testify, and every written one in the term depose.

Nev. Rev. Stat. § 64.160 Signature by mark.

As used in this title, signature or subscription includes mark when the person cannot write, his or her name being written near it by a person who writes his or her own name as a witness; but when a signature is by mark it must, in order that it may be acknowledged or may serve as the signature to any sworn statement, be witnessed by two persons who must subscribe their own names as witnesses thereto.

Source: NV Statutes (Official Site)URL: https://www.leg.state.nv.us/nrs/NRS-064.htmlFetched: 6/28/2026

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Nev. Rev. Stat. § 64.010 Provisions of NRS applicable to justice courts.

Nev. Rev. Stat. § 64.020 Definitions.

Nev. Rev. Stat. § 64.050 Oath defined.

Nev. Rev. Stat. § 64.060 Personal property defined.

Nev. Rev. Stat. § 64.080 Property defined.

Nev. Rev. Stat. § 64.090 Real property defined.

Nev. Rev. Stat. § 64.100 State defined.

Nev. Rev. Stat. § 64.110 United States defined.

Nev. Rev. Stat. § 64.130 Writ defined.

Nev. Rev. Stat. § 64.140 Writing defined.