Nevada Revised Statutes 19.013 – Clerks
1. Except as otherwise provided by specific statute, the county clerk or clerk of the court, as applicable, shall charge and collect the following fees:
Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 19.013
- county: includes Carson City. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.033
- Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
- Habeas corpus: A writ that is usually used to bring a prisoner before the court to determine the legality of his imprisonment. It may also be used to bring a person in custody before the court to give testimony, or to be prosecuted.
- Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 of NRS 246.180 or by specific statute, a county clerk may charge and collect, in addition to any fee that a county clerk is otherwise authorized to charge and collect, an additional fee not to exceed $5 for filing and recording or issuing a:
(a) Bond of a notary public, per name;
(b) Declaration of candidacy or acceptance of candidacy for a public office;
(c) Certificate of assumed or fictitious name or renewal thereof as required pursuant to NRS 602.020;
(d) Certificate of termination of business or of ownership in a business under an assumed or fictitious name as required pursuant to NRS 602.055;
(e) Certificate of permission to perform marriages or a specific marriage; and
(f) Certified copy or certified abstract of a marriage certificate.
3. On or before the fifth day of each month, the county clerk shall pay to the county treasurer the amount of fees collected by the county clerk pursuant to subsection 2 for credit to the account established pursuant to NRS 19.016.
4. Except as otherwise provided by specific statute, all fees prescribed in this section are payable in advance if demanded by the county clerk or clerk of the court, as applicable.
5. The fees set forth in subsection 1 are payment in full for all services rendered by the county clerk or clerk of the court, as applicable, 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.
6. No fee may be charged to 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 the defendant’s attorney in any criminal case or in habeas corpus proceedings.
7. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no fee may be charged or collected for the filing of a petition for a guardianship other than the fee established in subsection 1.
8. Each county clerk and clerk of the court 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.