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Nevada · Through 2025 session (NRS as revised 2026-08-25) · Newer source version available

NRS 34.731: Petition: Service or filing by electronic means; response or answer may be filed electronically; decision or order and notice of decision or order may be filed or served electronically; acceptance by clerk.

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  1. TITLE 3 — REMEDIES; SPECIAL ACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS
  2. CHAPTER 34 - WRITS; PETITION TO ESTABLISH FACTUAL INNOCENCE
  3. HABEAS CORPUS
  4. Petitions for Postconviction Relief

1. A petition that challenges the computation of time that the petitioner has served pursuant to a judgment of conviction or that challenges the validity of a judgment of conviction may be served by electronic means upon the officer or other person by whom the petitioner is confined or restrained. A copy of the petition may also be served by electronic means upon the Attorney General or any other prosecuting agency.

2. A petition filed with the clerk of the district court for the county in which the conviction occurred pursuant to NRS 34.738 may be filed electronically.

3. A response or answer to a petition filed by a prosecuting agency pursuant to NRS 34.745 may be filed electronically.

4. A decision or order prepared by the court pursuant to NRS 34.830 may be filed electronically. A copy of the decision or order may be served by electronic means upon the petitioner and the petitioner’s counsel. A notice of a decision or order may be electronically delivered to the petitioner by the clerk of the court.

5. The clerk of the court may accept a petition and a response or answer to the petition that is filed electronically. A petition, response or answer that is filed electronically may be converted into a printed document and served upon a respondent or petitioner, as applicable, in the same manner as a petition, response or answer that is not filed electronically.

6. A petition, response, answer, order or decision that is filed electronically shall be deemed to be filed on the date that it is filed electronically if it is filed not later than 11:59 p.m. on that date.

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