• JUSTICE / MUNICIPAL CIVIL COURT COVER SHEET

  • I. Party Information

    (provide both home and mailing addresses if different)

  • Plaintiff(s) (name/address/phone):
      
                         
             
       

    Plaintiff Attorney (name/address/phone):
       
          
       
          
       

  • Defendant(s) (name/address/phone):
      
                         
             
       

    Defendant Attorney (name/address/phone):
       
          
       
          
       

  • II. Nature of Controversy

    (please select the one most applicable filing type below) See next page for definitions.
  • Civil Case Filing Types

  • Pick a Date   

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    Signature of Initiating party or representative

  • Civil Case Filing Types - Definitions:

  • Landlord/Tenant (Summary Eviction): A case for exclusion of a tenant for default of rent or other deficiency following as in NRS 40.253 and 40.254. These are eviction cases where a landlord cannot get a money judgment.
  • Unlawful Detainer Complaint (Writs of Restitution): A case involving a formal complaint alleging the occupant's right to possess a property has been terminated after the foreclosure or sale of a property. This category includes evictions of commercial tenants on any basis other than nonpayment of rent.
  • Other Real Property: A case involving disputes of real property that does not fit within the definitions of Landlord/Tenant or Unlawful Detainer Complaint.
  • Credit Card Collection: A debt collection case where the petitioner is a credit card company.
  • Payday Loan Collection: A debt collection case where the petitioner is a payday loan company.
  • Debt Collection Agency: A debt collection case where the petitioner is a debt collection agency.
  • Other Debt Collection: A debt collection case that does not fit within the definitions of any other debt collection case category. This category includes tax collection cases.
  • Contract Buyer Plaintiff: A contract case (expressed or implied) involving a buyer of goods or services alleging that a seller of goods or services has failed to either deliver said goods or services or honor a warranty.
  • Other Contract Case: A contract case (expressed or implied) that does not fit within the definitions of a Contract Buyer Plaintiff case.
  • Auto: A negligence case resulting from personal injury, property damage, or wrongful death arising out of a party's alleged negligent operation of a motor vehicle.
  • Premises Liability: A negligence case involving liability resulting from alleged negligence on property that results in damages or injuries to persons or property occupying said property.
  • Other Negligence: A negligence case that does not fit within the definitions of Auto negligence or Premises Liability.
  • Intentional Misconduct: A case involving issues of an alleged intentional misconduct. Examples include assault, battery, fraud, punitive damages, defamation, libel, and slander.
  • Other Torts: A case that does not fit within the definitions of any other negligence case type or Intentional Misconduct.
  • Contested Liens Case: A case that contests the validity of liens, or requests the enforcement of liens. Examples include the enforcement of mechanics' liens (NRS 108.239) and liens of owners of storage facilities, or to contest the validity of liens on mobile and manufactured homes.
  • District Court Order to Seal Records: An order from the District Court to the Justice or Municipal Court which directs the Justice or Municipal Court to seal their records. Original Petitions to Seal Records should be counted as "Other Civil Matters."
  • Petition to Seal Records: A case that involves a request to seal records of a previous court case or other matters under the courts jurisdiction. Orders by the district courts to seal records should selec the District Court Order to Seal Records case type instead.
  • Other Civil Matters: A case that involves a matter that does not fit within the definitions of any other civil case category. This includes "Confessions of Judgment" and Petitions to Seal Records.
  • Request for Domestic Violence Protective Order: A protection order application for a temporary order for protection from a person who has committed or may commit an act of domestic violence (including battery). (Refer to NRS 33.020, 33.030, 33.080, 33.100, and 200.481.)
  • Request for Protection Order (Non-Domestic Violence): A protection order application for a temporary order for protection from a person who has or may commit an act of harassment, stalking, or threat to life not related to domestic violence or sexual assault.
  • Sexual Assault Protection Orders: A protection order application for an order for protection against a person who has or may commit an act related to sexual assault. (Refer to NRS 193.166 and 200.378).
  • Requests for Extended Domestic Violence Protective Orders: A protection order case involving a request for an extended order for protection against domestic violence (including battery). (Refer to NRS 33.020, 33.030, 33.080, 33.100, and 200.481.)
  • Requests for Extended Protective Orders (Non- Domestic Violence): A protection order case involving a request for an extended order for protection against harassment, stalking, or threat to life not related to domestic violence.
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