Rule 77 - Conducting Business; Clerk's Authority(a)When Court Is Open. Every justice court is considered always open for filing any paper, issuing and returning process, making a motion, or entering an order.(b)Place for Trial and Other Proceedings. Every trial on the merits must be conducted in open court and, so far as convenient, in a regular courtroom or virtually as authorized by Supreme Court Rules, but a private trial may be had as provided by statute. Any other act or proceeding may be done or conducted by a judge in chambers, without the attendance of the clerk or other court official, or anywhere inside or outside the judicial district. But no hearing-other than one ex parte-may be conducted outside this state unless all the affected parties consent.(c)Clerk's Office Hours; Clerk's Actions.(1)Hours. Every clerk's office and branch office must be open- with a clerk or deputy on duty-during business hours as established by each justice court.(2)Clerk's Actions. Subject to the court's power to suspend, alter, or rescind the clerk's action for good cause, the clerk may:(C) enter a default judgment under Rule 55(b)(1); and(D) act on any other matter that does not require the court's action.Nev. Justice. Ct. R. Civ. P. 77
As amended effective 7/1/2005; amended May 12, 2023, effective 7/12/2023.