1.  Any person aggrieved by a final decision or order of the Commission made after hearing or rehearing by the Commission, whether or not a petition for rehearing was filed, may obtain a judicial review thereof in the district court of the county in which the petitioner resides or has its principal office.

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Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 463A.180

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Commission: means the Nevada Gaming Commission. See Nevada Revised Statutes 463A.020
  • county: includes Carson City. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.033
  • person: means a natural person, any form of business or social organization and any other nongovernmental legal entity including, but not limited to, a corporation, partnership, association, trust or unincorporated organization. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.039

2.  The judicial review shall be instituted by filing a petition within 20 days after the effective date of the final decision or order. A petition may not be filed while a petition for rehearing or a rehearing is pending before the Commission. The petition shall set forth the order or decision appealed from and the grounds or reasons why petitioner contends a reversal or modification should be ordered.

3.  Copies of the petition shall be served upon the Commission and all other parties of record, or their counsel of record, either personally or by certified mail.

4.  The court, in its discretion, upon a proper showing, may permit other interested persons to intervene as parties to the appeal or as friends of the court.

5.  The filing of the petition shall not stay enforcement of the decision or order of the Commission, but the Commission itself may grant a stay upon such terms and conditions as it deems proper.