Nevada Justice Courts

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Nevada Justice Courts are local limited-jurisdiction trial courts in Nevada that primarily handle misdemeanors, small civil disputes, traffic cases, and preliminary hearings in criminal matters.

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Nevada Justice Courts canonical 5
Nevada justice courts 2

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf court of limited jurisdiction ⓘ
limited-jurisdiction trial court system ⓘ
appealsTo Nevada District Courts ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction State of Nevada ⓘ
linked to: Nevada
canIssue arrest warrants ⓘ
search warrants ⓘ
summonses ⓘ
canOrder payment of fines and fees ⓘ
short jail sentences for misdemeanors as allowed by law ⓘ
caseDisposition enter judgments, fines, and other orders within jurisdiction ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
fundedBy county governments ⓘ
governingLaw Nevada Constitution ⓘ
Nevada Revised Statutes ⓘ
handlesCaseType civil cases within monetary limits set by statute ⓘ
eviction cases ⓘ
misdemeanor criminal cases ⓘ
preliminary hearings in felony and gross misdemeanor cases ⓘ
protective order proceedings as authorized by law ⓘ
small claims cases ⓘ
traffic violations ⓘ
hasJudgeTitle Justice of the Peace ⓘ
hasLevelInHierarchy below Nevada District Courts ⓘ
hasMonetaryLimit civil jurisdiction limited to a statutory maximum amount in controversy ⓘ
hearsAppealsFrom some municipal court decisions as provided by law ⓘ
judgesSelectedBy election ⓘ
judicialOfficersAre locally elected judges ⓘ
jurisdictionType limited jurisdiction ⓘ
language English ⓘ
location various townships and counties throughout Nevada ⓘ
mayProvide jury trials in certain cases ⓘ
organizedBy county ⓘ
township ⓘ
partOf Judicial Branch of Nevada ⓘ
Nevada court system ⓘ
linked to: Nevada state courts
primaryFunction adjudication of lower-level criminal and civil matters ⓘ
providesAccessTo self-represented litigants in small claims and traffic matters ⓘ
relatedTo Nevada Court of Appeals ⓘ
Nevada District Courts ⓘ
Nevada Supreme Court ⓘ
roleInCriminalProcess conduct preliminary examinations in felony cases ⓘ
determine probable cause in certain criminal matters ⓘ
subjectMatterJurisdiction civil disputes under a statutory dollar threshold ⓘ
landlord-tenant disputes within statutory limits ⓘ
misdemeanor offenses under Nevada law ⓘ
traffic infractions and citations ⓘ
trialBy judge ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Government of Nevada → judicialBody → Nevada Justice Courts ⓘ
judicial branch of Nevada → hasComponent → Nevada justice courts ⓘ
linked to: Nevada Justice Courts
judicial branch of Nevada → trialCourtOfLimitedJurisdiction → Nevada justice courts ⓘ
linked to: Nevada Justice Courts
Nevada Municipal Courts → higherCourt → Nevada Justice Courts ⓘ
Nevada state courts → hasPart → Nevada Justice Courts ⓘ
Nevada state courts → appealsFrom → Nevada Justice Courts ⓘ