“Folio,” when used as a measure for
computing fees or compensation, shall be construed to mean 100 words,
counting every figure necessarily used as a word. Any portion of a folio,
when in the whole draft or paper there should not be a complete folio,
and when there shall be an excess over the last folio exceeding a quarter
of a folio, shall be computed as a folio. The filing of a paper shall be
construed to include the certificate of the same.
[34:49:1883; BH § 2375; C § 2499; RL § 2036; NCL § 2967]
1. Except as otherwise provided by specific statute, each county
clerk shall charge and collect the following fees:
On the commencement of any action or proceeding in the district court, or
on the transfer of any action or proceeding from a district court of
another county, except probate or guardianship proceedings, to be paid by
the party commencing the action, proceeding or
transfer...................................................................
....... $56
On an appeal to the district court of any case from a Justice Court or a
municipal court, or on the transfer of any case from a Justice Court or a
municipal
court.....................................................................
42
On the filing of a petition for letters testamentary, letters of
administration, setting aside an estate without administration, or a
guardianship, which fee includes the court fee prescribed by NRS 19.020
, to be paid by the petitioner:
Where the stated value of the estate is more than
$2,500...................... 72
Where the stated value of the estate is $2,500 or less, no fee may be
charged or collected.
On the filing of a petition to contest any will or codicil, to be paid by
the petitioner 44
On the filing of an objection or cross-petition to the appointment of an
executor, administrator or guardian, or an objection to the settlement of
account or any answer in an estate or guardianship matter 44
On the appearance of any defendant or any number of defendants answering
jointly, to be paid upon the filing of the first paper in the action by
him or
them....................................................................
44
For filing a notice of
appeal.....................................................................
.................. 24
For issuing a transcript of judgment and certifying
thereto.................................. 3
For preparing any copy of any record, proceeding or paper, for each
page....... 1
For each certificate of the clerk, under the seal of the
court.................................. 3
For examining and certifying to a copy of any paper, record or proceeding
prepared by another and presented for his
certificate................................................................
.................................................................. 5
For filing all papers not otherwise provided for, other than papers filed
in actions and proceedings in court and papers filed by public officers
in their official
capacity............................................................... 5
For issuing any certificate under seal, not otherwise provided
for...................... 6
For searching records or files in his office, for each
year....................................... 1
For filing and recording a bond of a notary public, per
name.............................. 15
For entering the name of a firm or corporation in the register of the
county clerk 20
2. Except as otherwise provided by specific statute, all fees
prescribed in this section are payable in advance if demanded by the
county clerk.
3. The fees set forth in subsection 1 are payment in full for all
services rendered by the county clerk in the case for which the fees are
paid, including the preparation of the judgment roll, but the fees do not
include payment for typing, copying, certifying or exemplifying or
authenticating copies.
4. No fee may be charged any attorney at law admitted to practice
in this State for searching records or files in the office of the clerk.
No fee may be charged for any services rendered to a defendant or his
attorney in any criminal case or in habeas corpus proceedings.
5. Each county clerk shall, on or before the fifth day of each
month, account for and pay to the county treasurer all fees collected
during the preceding month.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 268; A 1977, 465; 1979, 42; 1981, 1792;
1985, 223; 1991, 1322; 1993, 1355; 1997, 111, 2269, 2350; 2001, 3215
)
1. At the time of the commencement of every civil action or other
proceeding in the several district courts, the plaintiff shall pay the
clerk of the court in which the action is commenced the sum of $3, except
as otherwise provided by specific statute.
2. At the commencement of any proceeding in any district court for
the purpose of procuring an appointment of administration upon the estate
of any deceased person, or procuring an appointment as guardian, the
party instituting the proceeding shall pay the clerk of the court the sum
of $1.50.
3. Whenever any appeal is taken in a civil action or proceeding
from the judgment or decision of a Justice Court, or other tribunal
inferior to the district court, the party appealing shall, before the
return to the appeal may be filed in the appellate court, pay to the
clerk of the appellate court the sum of $5.
4. The several fees provided for in this section are designated as
court fees, and no such action may be deemed commenced, proceedings
instituted, nor appeal perfected until the court fees are paid.
[28:49:1883; A 1921, 338; NCL § 2961] + [29:49:1883; BH § 2370; C §
2494; RL § 2031; NCL § 2962]—(NRS A 1977, 467; 2001, 684 )
1. Except as otherwise provided by specific statute, on the
commencement of any civil action or proceeding in the district court,
other than the commencement of a proceeding for an adoption, the county
clerk of each county, in addition to any other fees provided by law,
shall charge and collect $32 from the party commencing the action or
proceeding.
2. On or before the first Monday of each month, the county clerk
shall pay over to the county treasurer an amount equal to $32 per civil
case commenced as provided in subsection 1, for the preceding calendar
month, and the county treasurer shall place that money to the credit of
the State Fund. The county treasurer shall remit quarterly all such fees
turned over to him by the county clerk to the State Controller to be
placed by the State Controller in the State General Fund.
[1:151:1947; A 1955, 482] + [2:151:1947; A 1949, 90; 1955,
482]—(NRS A 1969, 25; 1981, 1369; 1983, 335; 1997, 2270; 2001, 2907
)
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 and NRS 19.034
in each county in which legal services
are provided without charge to indigent or elderly persons through a
program for legal aid organized under the auspices of the State Bar of
Nevada, a county or local bar association, a county or municipal program
for legal services or other program funded by this state or the United
States to provide legal assistance, the county clerk shall, on the
commencement of any civil action or proceeding in the district court for
which a filing fee is required, and on the filing of any answer or
appearance in any such action or proceeding for which a filing fee is
required, charge and collect a fee of $25 from the party commencing or
appearing in the action or proceeding. These fees are in addition to any
other fees required by law.
2. In each county described in subsection 1, the county clerk
shall, on the commencement of any action provided for in chapter 125
of NRS, and on the filing of any answer or
appearance in any such action, charge and collect a fee of $14 from the
party commencing or appearing in the action. These fees are in addition
to any other fees required by law.
3. On or before the first Monday of each month the county clerk
shall pay over to the county treasurer the amount of all fees collected
by him pursuant to subsections 1 and 2. Except as otherwise provided in
subsection 5, the county treasurer shall remit quarterly to the
organization operating the program for legal services all the money
received by him from the county clerk.
4. The organization operating the program for legal services shall
use any money received pursuant to subsection 3 as follows:
(a) From each $25 collected pursuant to subsection 1:
(1) Fifteen dollars and fifty cents for the benefit of
indigent persons in the county; and
(2) Nine dollars and fifty cents for the benefit of elderly
persons in the county.
(b) From each $14 collected pursuant to subsection 2:
(1) Ten dollars for the benefit of indigent persons in the
county; and
(2) Four dollars for the benefit of elderly persons in the
county.
5. If the county treasurer receives notice from the State or a
political subdivision that an award of attorney’s fees or costs has been
made to an organization that receives money pursuant to this section and
has been paid, he shall:
(a) Deduct an amount equal to the award from the amount to be paid
to the organization; and
(b) Remit an equal amount to the State or to the political
subdivision that paid the fees or costs at the time when he would have
paid it to the organization.
6. The fees which are collected from a county must be used for the
benefit of the indigent or elderly persons in that county.
(Added to NRS by 1975, 587; A 1977, 467; 1981, 1710; 1983, 598;
1985, 770; 1989, 582; 1993, 479; 2001, 684 )
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, in addition to
any other fee required by law, in each county that charges a fee pursuant
to NRS 19.031 to offset a portion of
the costs of providing legal services without a charge to indigent or
elderly persons, a board of county commissioners may impose by ordinance
a filing fee to offset a portion of the costs of providing pro bono
programs and of providing legal services without a charge to abused or
neglected children and victims of domestic violence to be remitted to the
organization operating the program for legal services that receives the
fees charged pursuant to NRS 19.031 for
programs for the indigent in an amount not to exceed:
(a) Ten dollars to be paid on the commencement of any civil action
or proceeding in the district court for which a filing fee is required
and on the filing of any answer or appearance in any such action or
proceeding for which a filing fee is required.
(b) Twenty-five dollars to be paid on the filing of any motion or
other paper that seeks to modify or adjust a final order that was issued
pursuant to chapter 125 , 125B or 125C of NRS and
on the filing of any answer or response to such a motion or other paper.
2. A board of county commissioners may not by ordinance impose a
filing fee pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 1 for:
(a) A motion filed solely to adjust the amount of support for a
child set forth in a final order; or
(b) A motion for reconsideration or for a new trial that is filed
within 10 days after a final judgment or decree has been issued.
3. On or before the first Monday of each month, in a county in
which a fee has been imposed pursuant to subsection 1, the county clerk
shall account for and pay over to the county treasurer any such fees
collected by him during the preceding month. The county treasurer shall
remit quarterly to the organization to which the fees are to be paid
pursuant to subsection 1 all the money received by him from the county
clerk.
4. Any fees collected pursuant to this section must be used for
the benefit of the persons to whom the organization operating the program
for legal services that receives money pursuant to this section provides
legal services without a charge.
(Added to NRS by 2001, 2679 ; A 2005, 198 )
1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 19.034 , in a county whose population is 100,000 or
more, the county clerk shall, on the commencement of any civil action or
proceeding in the district court for which a filing fee is required, and
on the filing of any answer or appearance in any such action or
proceeding for which a filing fee is required, charge and collect not
less than $5 but not more than $10 from the party commencing, answering
or appearing in the action or proceeding. The fee required pursuant to
this section is in addition to any other fee required by law.
2. On or before the first Monday of each month the county clerk
shall pay over to the county treasurer the amount of all fees collected
by him pursuant to subsection 1 for use in the programs established in
accordance with NRS 3.500 and 244.1607
.
3. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 19.034 , the board of county commissioners of any
other county may impose by ordinance an additional filing fee of not more
than $10 to be paid on the commencement of any civil action or proceeding
in the district court for which a filing fee is required and on the
filing of any answer or appearance in any such action or proceeding for
which a filing fee is required. On or before the fifth day of each month,
in a county where this fee has been imposed, the county clerk shall
account for and pay over to the county treasurer all fees collected
during the preceding month pursuant to this subsection for credit to an
account for dispute resolution in the county general fund. The money in
the account must be used only to support a program established pursuant
to NRS 3.500 or 244.1607 .
(Added to NRS by 1991, 919; A 1993, 1213; 1997, 2362; 2001, 685
)
1. In a county whose population is less than 100,000, the board of
county commissioners may, in addition to any other fee required by law,
impose by ordinance a filing fee of not more than $10 to be paid on the
commencement of any civil action or proceeding in the district court for
which a filing fee is required and on the filing of any answer or
appearance in any such action or proceeding for which a filing fee is
required, except as otherwise required pursuant to NRS 19.034 .
2. On or before the fifth day of each month, in a county where a
fee has been imposed pursuant to subsection 1, the clerk of the court
shall account for and pay over to the county treasurer any such fees
collected by him during the preceding month for credit to an account for
programs for the prevention and treatment of the abuse of alcohol and
drugs in the county general fund. The money in that account must be used
only to support programs for the prevention or treatment of the abuse of
alcohol or drugs which may include, without limitation, any program of
treatment for the abuse of alcohol or drugs established in a judicial
district pursuant to NRS 453.580 .
(Added to NRS by 1997, 2362; A 1999, 556 ; 2001, 686 )
1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 19.034 , on the commencement of any civil action or
proceeding in the district court for which a filing fee is required, and
on the filing of any answer or appearance in any such action or
proceeding for which a filing fee is required, a board of county
commissioners may impose by ordinance a filing fee in an amount not to
exceed $15 to offset a portion of the costs of providing programs of
alternative dispute resolution on the party commencing, answering or
appearing in the action or proceeding. These fees are in addition to any
other fee required by law.
2. On or before the first Monday of each month, the county clerk
shall pay over to the county treasurer the amount of all fees collected
by him pursuant to subsection 1 for credit to an account for court
programs for alternative dispute resolution in the county general fund.
The money in the account must be used only to support programs for the
arbitration of civil actions pursuant to NRS 38.250 and programs for the resolution of disputes
through the use of other alternative methods of resolving disputes
pursuant to NRS 38.258 .
3. The provisions of this section apply only in judicial districts
in which a program for alternative dispute resolution has been
established pursuant to NRS 38.250 or
38.258 .
4. As used in this section, “alternative dispute resolution” means
alternative methods of resolving disputes, including, without limitation,
arbitration and mediation.
(Added to NRS by 1991, 1345; A 2001, 686 ; 2005, 199 , 391 )
1. In each county, on the commencement of any action for divorce
in the district court, the county clerk shall charge and collect, in
addition to other fees required by law, a fee of $20. The fee must be
paid by the party commencing the action.
2. On or before the first Monday of each month, the county clerk
shall pay over to the county treasurer an amount equal to all fees
collected by him pursuant to subsection 1, and the county treasurer shall
place that amount to the credit of the State General Fund. Quarterly, the
county treasurer shall remit all money so collected to the State
Controller, who shall place the money in an account in the State General
Fund for use by the Director of the Department of Employment, Training
and Rehabilitation to administer the provisions of NRS 388.605 to 388.655 , inclusive.
3. The board of county commissioners of any county may impose by
ordinance an additional filing fee of not more than $6 to be paid by the
defendant in an action for divorce, annulment or separate maintenance. In
a county where this fee has been imposed:
(a) On the appearance of a defendant in the action in the district
court, the county clerk, in addition to any other fees provided by law,
shall charge and collect from the defendant the prescribed fee to be paid
upon the filing of the first paper in the action by the defendant.
(b) On or before the fifth day of each month, the county clerk
shall account for and pay to the county treasurer all fees collected
during the preceding month pursuant to paragraph (a).
(Added to NRS by 1985, 384; A 1989, 917, 1908; 1991, 529; 1993,
1356, 1501; 1995, 562, 1028; 2001, 1424 , 2908 )
1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 19.034 , on the commencement of any civil action in
the district court for which a filing fee is required, the clerk of court
shall collect, in addition to any other fee required by law, the
following fees in any action that involves more than one plaintiff and
one defendant:
(a) A fee of $30 for each additional plaintiff named in a complaint
when the complaint is filed.
(b) A fee of $30 for each additional defendant named in an answer
when the answer is filed, or a fee of $30 for each additional party
appearing in the action when the additional party appears in the action.
(c) If a complaint is amended to name an additional plaintiff, a
fee of $30 for each additional plaintiff named when the complaint is
amended.
2. On or before the first Monday of each month, the clerk of court
shall pay over to the county treasurer the amount of all fees collected
by him pursuant to subsection 1. The county treasurer shall distribute,
on or before the 15th day of that month, the money received in the
following amounts for each fee received:
(a) Eight dollars for credit to a special account in the county
general fund for the use of the district court for advanced and improved
technological purposes. The special account is restricted to the use
specified, the money in the special account must not be used to supplant
existing budgets for maintenance and support of technology, and the
balance in the special account must be carried forward at the end of each
fiscal year.
(b) Seven dollars for credit to a special account in the county
general fund in each county in which legal services are provided without
charge to indigent or elderly persons through a program for legal aid
organized under the auspices of the State Bar of Nevada, a county or
local bar association, a county or municipal program for legal services
or other program funded by this State or the United States to provide
legal assistance. The county treasurer shall remit quarterly to the
organization operating the program for legal services all the money
received by him from the clerk of court. The organization operating the
program for legal services shall use any money received pursuant to this
paragraph as follows:
(1) Five dollars for the benefit of indigent persons in the
county; and
(2) Two dollars for the benefit of elderly persons in the
county.
(c) Ten dollars to the State Controller for credit to a special
account in the State General Fund. The State Controller shall distribute
the money received to the Office of Court Administrator for use in
support and maintenance of case management systems approved by the Office
of Court Administrator, for statewide technological purposes and for
distribution to the courts for technological purposes. The special
account is restricted to the use specified, and the balance in the
special account must be carried forward at the end of each fiscal year.
(d) Five dollars to the State Controller for credit to a special
account in the State General Fund. The State Controller shall distribute
the money received to the Office of Court Administrator for the payment
for the services of retired justices and retired district judges. The
special account is restricted to the use specified, and the balance in
the special account must be carried forward at the end of each fiscal
year.
3. As used in this section:
(a) “Office of Court Administrator” means the Office of Court
Administrator created pursuant to NRS 1.320 .
(b) “Technological purposes” means the acquisition or improvement
of technology, including, without limitation, acquiring or improving
technology for converting and archiving records, purchasing hardware and
software, maintaining the technology, training employees in the operation
of the technology and contracting for professional services relating to
the technology.
(Added to NRS by 2003, 2118 )
If the agency which provides child welfare services, or a child-placing
agency licensed by the Division of Child and Family Services of the
Department of Health and Human Services pursuant to chapter 127 of NRS, consents to the adoption of a child with
special needs pursuant to NRS 127.186 ,
a county clerk shall reduce the total filing fee to not more than $1 for
filing the petition to adopt such a child.
(Added to NRS by 2001, 684 ; A 2003, 15 )
Notwithstanding any other
provision of this chapter, a county clerk shall neither charge nor
collect any fee for any service rendered by him to:
1. The State of Nevada;
2. The county of which he is county clerk;
3. Any city or town within that county;
4. The school district of that county;
5. Any general improvement district which is located within that
county; or
6. Any officer of the State, that county or any such city, town,
school district or general improvement district in the officer’s official
capacity.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 319; A 1977, 423; 1989, 665)
1. Every county clerk shall publish and set up in some conspicuous
place in his office a table of his fees according to this chapter for the
inspection of all persons who have business in his office.
2. Any county clerk who fails to comply with the provisions of
subsection 1 shall forfeit for each day of omission a sum not exceeding
$20, which, together with costs, may be recovered by any person in an
action before a justice of the peace of the same county.
[Part 23:49:1883; BH § 2364; C § 2488; RL § 2025; NCL § 2956]
Except as
otherwise provided in subsection 8 of NRS 127.186 , when by law any publication is required to be
made by a county clerk of any suit, process, notice, order or other
paper, the cost of such publication shall, if demanded, be tendered by
the party to whom such order, process, notice or other paper was granted
before the county clerk shall be compelled to make publication thereof.
[24:49:1883; BH § 2365; C § 2489; RL § 2026; NCL § 2957]—(NRS A
2001, 686 )
Except as otherwise provided by
specific statute, all fees prescribed in this chapter must be paid in
advance, if demanded. If any county clerk has not received any or all of
his fees which may be due him for services rendered by him in any suit or
proceeding, he may have execution therefor in his own name against the
party or parties from whom they are due, to be issued from the court
where the action is pending, upon the order of the judge or court upon
affidavit filed.
[25:49:1883; BH § 2366; C § 2490; RL § 2027; NCL § 2958]—(NRS A
1997, 2270)
A county
clerk shall not charge any fee that is not authorized by law.
[17:49:1883; BH § 2358; C § 2482; RL § 2109; NCL § 2950]—(NRS A
1999, 1205 )
Each county clerk shall keep in
his office, open to public inspection, a fee book in which he shall enter
in detail the fees charged with the title or the case number of the
matter, proceeding or action in which they were charged.
[18:49:1883; BH § 2359; C § 2483; RL § 2020; NCL § 2951]—(NRS A
1971, 538)
1. Each county clerk shall, on the 1st Monday in January, April,
July and October, make out and file with the board of county
commissioners of his county a full and correct statement under oath of
all fees, percentage or compensation, of whatever nature or kind,
received in his official capacity during the preceding 3 months. In the
statement he shall set forth the cause in which and the services for
which such compensations were received.
2. Nothing in this section shall be so construed as to require
personal attendance in filing the statements, and such statements may be
transmitted by mail, express or otherwise directed to the board of county
commissioners.
[19:49:1883; BH § 2360; C § 2484; RL § 2021; NCL § 2952]—(NRS A
1963, 5)
070 , 19.080 or
19.090 . Any county clerk who violates
any of the provisions of NRS 19.070 ,
19.080 or 19.090 shall be punished by a fine not to exceed
$1,000.
[21:49:1883; BH § 2362; C § 2486; RL § 2023; NCL § 2954]—(NRS A
1967, 528)
If any county clerk takes more or greater fees than are
authorized by law, he shall be liable to indictment, and on conviction
shall be removed from office and fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000.
[22:49:1883; BH § 2363; C § 2487; RL § 2024; NCL § 2955]—(NRS A
1999, 1205 )
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