Rule 10 - Form of pleadings(a) All pleadings and papers presented for filing must be flat, unfolded, firmly bound together at the top, on white paper of standard quality, not less than 16-lb. weight and 8 1/2 by 11 inches in size. All papers shallbe typewritten or prepared by some other process that will produce clear and permanent copies equally legible to printing. The print size shall not be more than 12 points. Carbon or photocopies may not be filed. Only one side of the paper may be used. All papers presented for filing, receiving, or lodging with the clerk shall be pre-punched with 2 holes, centered 2 3/4 inches apart and 1/2 inch to 5/8 inch fromthe top edge of the paper. All original papers shallbe stamped ORIGINAL between the punched holes in red ink. The lines on each page must be double spaced, except that descriptions of real property may be single spaced. Pages must be nurrfoered consecutively at the bottom Lines of pages must be nurrfoered in the left margin.
(b) No original pleading or paper shallbe amended by making erasures or interlineations thereon, or by attaching slips thereto, except by leave of court.(c) The following information shall appearupon the first page of every paper presented for filing: (1) The name, Nevada State Bar identification nuniier, address, and telephone nuniier of the attormey and of any associated attormey appearing for the party filing the paper, whether such attormey appears for the plaintiff, defendant, or other party; or the name, address, and telephone nuniier of a party appearing in proper person, shall be set forth to the left of center of the page beginning at line 1 and shallbe single spaced. The space to the right of center shallbe reserved for the filing marks of the clerk. NAME
BAR NUMBER
ADDRESS
CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE
TELEPHONE NUMBER
ATTORNEY FOR:
(2) The title of the court shall appear at the center of the page, line 6, below the information required by paragraph one as follows: IN THE JUSTICE COURT OF RENO TOWNSHIP COUNTY OF WASHOE, STATE OF NEVADA
(3) The name of the action or proceeding shall appear below the title of the court in the space to the left of center at line 9, e.g.:Click here to view image
(4) In the space to the right of center at lines Hand 12 shall appear the case nuniier and the department nuniier as follows: Case No.: PJC 2000-00000 (Example)
Dept. No.: 1 (Example)
(5) The title of the pleading, motion, or other document must be typed or printed on the page directly below the names of the parties to the action or proceeding. The title must be sufficient in description to apprise the respondent and clerk of the nature of the document filed, or the relief sought, e.g.: Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment Against Plaintiff John Doe; Plaintiff's Motion to Compel Answers to Interrogatories. (Example)
ATTORNEY NAME
BAR NUMBER
ADDRESS
CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE
TELEPHONE NUMBER
ATTORNEY FOR:
IN THE JUSTICE COURT OF RENO TOWNSHIP COUNTY OF WASHOE, STATE OF NEVADA JOHN DOE,
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(d) All exhibits attached to pleadings or papers must be 8 1/2 by 11 inches in size. Exhibits which are smaller must be affixed to a blank sheet of paper of the appropriate size. Exhibits which are larger than 8 1/2 by 11 inches must be reduced to 8 1/2 by 11 inches or must be folded so as to appear 8 1/2 by 11 inches in size. All exhibits attached to pleadings or papers must clearly show the exhibit nurrber at the bottom or on the right side. Copies of exhibits must be clearly legible and not unnecessarily voluminous. Original documents must be retained by counsel for introduction as exhibits at the time of a hearing or at the time of trial rather than attached to pleadings.(e) When a decision of the Supreme Court of the State of Nevada is cited, the citation to Nevada Reports must be given together with the citation to West's Pacific Reporter and the year of the decision. When a decision of an appellate court of any other state is cited, the citation to West's Regional Reporter System must be given together with the state and year of the decision. When a decision of the United States Supreme Court is cited, the United States Reports citation and year of decision must be given. When a decision of the court of appeals or of a district court or other court of the United States has been reported in the Federal Reporter System, that citation, court, and year of decision must be given.(f) The clerk must not accept for filing any pleading or documents that do not comply with this rule, but for good cause shown, the court may permit the filing of noncomplying pleadings and documents. Paragraph (1), except as to the size of paper, and paragraph (3) of this rule do not apply to printed forms furnished by the clerk district attormey, or public defender.(g) All transcripts of evidence and proceedings prepared and filed by official court reporters shall be prepared on a page of paper 8 1/2 by 11 inches. The left margin must not be more than 1 1/2 inches from the left edge of the paper. The right margin must not be more than 3/4 inch from the right edge of the paper. Each sheet must be nurrbered on the left margin and must contain at least 24 lines of type. The first line of each question and of each answer may be indented not more than 5 spaces from the left margin. The first line of any paragraph or other material may be indented not more than 10 spaces from the left margin. There must not be more than 1 space between words or more than 2 spaces between sentences. The type size must not be larger than 10 characters per inch. The lines of type may be double spaced or 11/2 spaced. Nev. R. Prac. Justice. Ct. Reno. Tow. 10
Added effective 5/2/2011; amendments through 2/5/2018.