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The Nevada 2nd Judicial District Court resides in Nevada in Washoe County. Click on the links below to learn more about the court's...
Jurisdiction
This court holds the following jurisdiction:[1]
| “ | The district courts have original jurisdiction over all matters excluded from the jurisdiction of the justice and municipal courts, and appellate jurisdiction in cases arising from those courts. Nevada’s district courts also have jurisdiction over juvenile justice.[2] | ” |
Judges
Elections
Nevada is one of 43 states that hold elections for judicial positions. To learn more about judicial selection in Nevada, click here.
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- Nevada local trial court judicial elections, 2021
- Nevada local trial court judicial elections, 2020
- Nevada local trial court judicial elections, 2019
- Nevada local trial court judicial elections, 2018
- Nevada local trial court judicial elections, 2017
- Nevada local trial court judicial elections, 2016
- Nevada judicial elections, 2014
- Nevada judicial elections, 2012
- Nevada judicial elections, 2010
Selection method
- See also: Judicial selection in the states
- See also: Nonpartisan election of judges
The 72 judges of the Nevada District Courts are elected to six-year terms in nonpartisan elections. To serve additional terms, judges must run for re-election.[3]
Each district court selects its chief judge to a two-year term by peer vote. Not every district court is required to select a chief judge; only in districts with populations over 100,000 are the courts required to choose one.[3]
Qualifications
To serve on the Nevada District Courts, a judge must be:[3]
- a qualified elector;
- a state resident for two years;
- a district resident;
- at least 25 years old;
- licensed and admitted to practice law in Nevada; and
- a licensed attorney for 15 years with at least two years in Nevada.
Judicial elections in Nevada
- See also: Nevada judicial elections
Nevada is one of 12 states that uses nonpartisan elections to select judges and does not use retention elections for subsequent terms. To read more about how states use judicial elections to select judges across the country, click here.
Primary election
The primary is held on the second Tuesday in June in even-numbered years.[4]
In the nonpartisan primary, the two candidates who receive the greatest number of votes advance to the general election. Though Nevada has a closed primary system, where voters may only vote for members of their own political party, this does not impact the judicial elections, which are nonpartisan. Voters registered with either major party, or those who are not registered with any political party, may still vote for all judicial candidates in the primaries.[5][6]
If there are only two candidates who file to run for any one seat, they skip the primary and compete only in the general election.[7]
Unopposed candidates
If only one candidate files for election to any one seat, he or she must still appear on the primary ballot. They then only need at least one vote in the primary to be elected to office without appearing on the general election ballot.
Only candidates in contested elections may accept campaign contributions; unopposed judicial candidates may not.[8]
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Nevada State Legislature, "Nevada’s Court System," April 2016
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 American Judicature Society, "Methods of Judicial Selection: Nevada," archived October 3, 2014
- ↑ Nevada Revised Statutes, Chapter 293.175 Section 1," accessed May 1, 2014
- ↑ Clark County Nevada: Election: How Party Affiliation Affects You in Elections
- ↑ Nevada Office of Secretary of State: Notice of Offices for Which Candidates Will Be Nominated at the June 10, 2014 Primary Election
- ↑ Nevada Revised Statutes, "Chapter 293.260 Section 4(b)," accessed May 1, 2014
- ↑ Nevada Secretary of State: 2014 Nevada Judicial Election Calendar
Federal courts:
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: District of Nevada • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: District of Nevada
State courts:
Nevada Supreme Court • Nevada Court of Appeals • Nevada District Courts • Nevada Justice Courts • Nevada Municipal Courts • Clark County Family Court, Nevada
State resources:
Courts in Nevada • Nevada judicial elections • Judicial selection in Nevada
