NEVADA CONSTITUTION
ARTICLE VI
JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT
Art. VI §1 | JUDICIAL POWER VESTED IN COURT SYSTEM
Art. VI §2 | SUPREME COURT: COMPOSITION; STAGGERED TERMS OF JUSTICES; HOLDING OF COURT BY PANELS OF JUSTICES AND FULL COURT
2. The Legislature may provide by law:
(b) For the places of holding court by panels of justices if established, and by the full Court.
Art. VI §3 | JUSTICES OF SUPREME COURT: ELECTION; TERMS; CHIEF JUSTICE
Art. VI §3A | COURT OF APPEALS: COMPOSITION; PANEL OF JUDGES; APPOINTMENT, ELECTION AND TERMS OF JUDGES; CHIEF JUDGE; SERVICE OF JUDGES AS SUPPLEMENTAL DISTRICT JUDGES
2. After the initial terms, each judge of the court of appeals must be elected by the qualified electors of this State at the general election for a term of 6 years beginning on the first Monday of January next after the election. The initial three judges of the court of appeals must be appointed by the Governor from among three nominees selected for each individual seat by the permanent Commission on Judicial Selection described in subsection 3 of section 20 of this Article. After the expiration of 30 days from the date on which the permanent Commission on Judicial Selection has delivered to the Governor its list of nominees for the initial judges, if the Governor has not made the appointments required by this Section, the Governor shall make no other appointment to any public office until the Governor has appointed a judge from the list submitted. The term of the initial judges is 2 years beginning on the first Monday of January next after the effective date of this Section, and an initial judge may succeed himself. If there is an increase in the number of judges, each additional judge must be elected by the qualified electors of this State at the first general election following the increase for a term of 6 years beginning on the first Monday of January next after the election.
3. The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court shall appoint one of the judges of the court of appeals to be chief judge. The chief judge serves a term of 4 years, except that the term of the initial chief judge is 2 years. The chief judge may succeed himself. The chief judge may resign the position of chief judge without resigning from the court of appeals.
4. The Supreme Court shall provide by rule for the assignment of one or more judges of the court of appeals to devote a part of their time to serve as supplemental district judges, where needed.
Art. VI §4 | JURISDICTION OF SUPREME COURT AND COURT OF APPEALS; APPOINTMENT OF JUDGE TO SIT FOR DISABLED OR DISQUALIFIED JUSTICE OR JUDGE
2. In case of the disability or disqualification, for any cause, of a justice of the Supreme Court, the Governor may designate a judge of the court of appeals or a district judge to sit in the place of the disqualified or disabled justice. The judge designated by the Governor is entitled to receive his actual expense of travel and otherwise while sitting in the Supreme Court.
3. In the case of the disability or disqualification, for any cause, of a judge of the court of appeals, the Governor may designate a district judge to sit in the place of the disabled or disqualified judge. The judge whom the Governor designates is entitled to receive his actual expense of travel and otherwise while sitting in the court of appeals.
Art. VI §5 | JUDICIAL DISTRICTS; ELECTION AND TERMS OF DISTRICT JUDGES
The County of Ormsby the Second;
the County of Lyon the Third;
The County of Washoe the Fourth;
The Counties of Nye and Churchill the Fifth;
The County of Humboldt the Sixth;
The County of Lander the Seventh;
The County of Douglas the Eighth; and
the County of Esmeralda the Ninth.
Art. VI §6 | DISTRICT COURTS: JURISDICTION; REFEREES; FAMILY COURT
2. The legislature may provide by law for:
(b) The establishment of a family court as a division of any district court and may prescribe its jurisdiction.
Art. VI §7 | TERMS OF COURTS
Art. VI §8 | NUMBER, QUALIFICATIONS, TERMS OF OFFICE AND JURISDICTION OF JUSTICES OF THE PEACE; APPEALS; COURTS OF RECORD
2. The provisions of this section affecting the number, qualifications, terms of office and jurisdiction of justices of the peace become effective on the first Monday of January, 1979.
3. The Legislature shall also prescribe by law the manner, and determine the cases, in which appeals may be taken from justices and other courts. The Supreme Court, the court of appeals, the district courts and such other courts as the Legislature designates are courts of record.
Art. VI §9 | MUNICIPAL COURTS
Art. VI §10 | FEES OR PERQUISITES OF JUDICIAL OFFICERS
Art. VI §11 | JUSTICES AND JUDGES INELIGIBLE FOR OTHER OFFICES
Art. VI §12 | JUDGE NOT TO CHARGE JURY RESPECTING MATTERS OF FACT; STATEMENT OF TESTIMONY AND DECLARATION OF LAW
Art. VI §13 | STYLE OF PROCESS
Art. VI §14 | ONE FORM OF CIVIL ACTION
Art. VI §15 | COMPENSATION OF JUSTICES AND JUDGES
Art. VI §16 | SPECIAL FEE IN CIVIL ACTION FOR COMPENSATION OF JUDGES
Art. VI §17 | ABSENCE OF JUDICIAL OFFICER FROM STATE; VACATION OF OFFICE
Art. VI §18 | TERRITORIAL JUDICIAL OFFICERS NOT SUPERSEDED UNTIL ELECTION AND QUALIFICATION OF SUCCESSORS
Art. VI §19 | ADMINISTRATION OF COURT SYSTEM BY CHIEF JUSTICE
(b) Assign district judges to assist in other judicial districts or to specialized functions which may be established by law.
(c) Recall to active service any retired justice or judge of the court system who consents to such recall and who has not been removed or retired for cause or defeated for retention in office, and may assign him to appropriate temporary duty within the court system.
3. This section becomes effective July 1, 1977.
Art. VI §20 | FILLING OF VACANCIES OCCURRING BEFORE EXPIRATION OF TERM OF OFFICE IN SUPREME COURT OR COURT OF APPEALS OR AMONG DISTRICT JUDGES; COMMISSION ON JUDICIAL SELECTION
2. The term of office of any justice or judge so appointed expires on the first Monday of January following the next general election.
3. Each nomination for the Supreme Court or the court of appeals must be made by the permanent Commission, composed of:
(b) Three members of the State Bar of Nevada, a public corporation created by statute, appointed by its Board of Governors; and
(c) Three persons, not members of the legal profession, appointed by the Governor.
(b) A member of the State Bar of Nevada resident in the judicial district in which the vacancy occurs, appointed by the Board of Governors of the State Bar of Nevada; and
(c) A resident of such judicial district, not a member of the legal profession, appointed by the Governor.
6. The term of office of each appointive member of the permanent Commission, except the first members, is 4 years. Each appointing authority shall appoint one of the members first appointed for a term of 2 years. If a vacancy occurs, the appointing authority shall fill the vacancy for the unexpired term. The additional members of a temporary commission must be appointed when a vacancy occurs, and their terms expire when the nominations for such vacancy have been transmitted to the Governor.
7. An appointing authority shall not appoint to the permanent Commission more than:
(b) Two members of the same political party.
8. After the expiration of 30 days from the date on which the Commission on Judicial Selection has delivered to him its list of nominees for any vacancy, if the Governor has not made the appointment required by this Section, he shall make no other appointment to any public office until he has appointed a justice or judge from the list submitted.
Art. VI §21 | COMMISSION ON JUDICIAL DISCIPLINE; CODE OF JUDICIAL CONDUCT
2. The Commission is composed of:
(b) Two members of the State Bar of Nevada, a public corporation created by statute, appointed by its Board of Governors; and
(c) Three persons, not members of the legal profession, appointed by the Governor.
3. If at any time the State Bar of Nevada ceases to exist as a public corporation or ceases to include all attorneys admitted to practice before the courts of this State, the Legislature shall provide by law, or if it fails to do so the Supreme Court shall provide by rule, for the appointment of attorneys at law to the positions designated in this Section to be occupied by members of the State Bar of Nevada.
4. The term of office of each appointive member of the Commission, except the first members, is 4 years. Each appointing authority shall appoint one of the members first appointed for a term of 2 years. If a vacancy occurs, the appointing authority shall fill the vacancy for the unexpired term. An appointing authority shall not appoint more than one resident of any county. The Governor shall not appoint more than two members of the same political party. No member may be a member of a commission on judicial selection.
5. The Legislature shall establish:
(b) The grounds for censure and other disciplinary action that the Commission may impose, including, but not limited to, violations of the provisions of the Code of Judicial Conduct;
(c) The standards for the investigation of matters relating to the fitness of a justice or judge; and
(d) The confidentiality or nonconfidentiality, as appropriate, of proceedings before the Commission, except that, in any event, a decision to censure, retire or remove a justice or judge must be made public.
7. The Commission shall adopt rules of procedure for the conduct of its hearings and any other procedural rules it deems necessary to carry out its duties.
8. No justice or judge may by virtue of this Section be:
(b) Retired except for advanced age which interferes with the proper performance of his judicial duties, or for mental or physical disability which prevents the proper performance of his judicial duties and which is likely to be permanent in nature.
10. If a proceeding is brought against a justice of the Supreme Court, no justice of the Supreme Court may sit on the Commission for that proceeding. If a proceeding is brought against a judge of the court of appeals, no judge of the court of appeals may sit on the Commission for that proceeding. If a proceeding is brought against a district judge, no district judge from the same judicial district may sit on the Commission for that proceeding. If a proceeding is brought against a justice of the peace, no justice of the peace from the same township may sit on the Commission for that proceeding. If a proceeding is brought against a municipal judge, no municipal judge from the same city may sit on the Commission for that proceeding. If an appeal is taken from an action of the Commission to the Supreme Court, any justice who sat on the Commission for that proceeding is disqualified from participating in the consideration or decision of the appeal. When any member of the Commission is disqualified by this subsection, the Supreme Court shall appoint a substitute from among the eligible judges.
11. The Commission may:
(b) Summon witnesses to appear and testify under oath and compel the production of books, papers, documents and records;
(c) Grant immunity from prosecution or punishment when the Commission deems it necessary and proper in order to compel the giving of testimony under oath and the production of books, papers, documents and records; and
(d) Exercise such further powers as the Legislature may from time to time confer upon it.
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