{"data":{"id":"us-nv/nrs-34.160","jurisdiction":"us-nv","citation":"NRS 34.160","heading":"Writ may be issued by appellate and district courts; when writ may issue.","body":"The writ may be issued by the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeals, a district court or a judge of the district court, to compel the performance of an act which the law especially enjoins as a duty resulting from an office, trust or station; or to compel the admission of a party to the use and enjoyment of a right or office to which the party is entitled and from which the party is unlawfully precluded by such inferior tribunal, corporation, board or person. When issued by a district court or a judge of the district court it shall be made returnable before the district court.","path":["TITLE 3 — REMEDIES; SPECIAL ACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS","CHAPTER 34 - WRITS; PETITION TO ESTABLISH FACTUAL INNOCENCE","MANDAMUS"],"source_url":"https://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-034.html#NRS034Sec160","current_through":"2025 session (NRS as revised 2026-08-25)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T05:51:30Z","sha256":"0bbde1c866c827ae4bd0fa2315774ecdb43ac790f3412d62902cc8c1d060b23e","source_id":"us-nv","stale":true,"prev":"us-nv/nrs-34.150","next":"us-nv/nrs-34.170"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}