Use this Nevada court-records page as a starting point for statewide court research, appellate information, local court directories, and related PRC record topics. The layout has been modernized, the old private-ownership banner has been removed, and the page family now includes stronger cross-links to court, criminal, bankruptcy, and expungement resources.

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Official Nevada Court Resources

Use these statewide and official court resources for case information, court structure, forms, clerk access, or public search tools.

Nevada Court Directory & Local Resources

Legacy directory content has been retained inside the updated layout so county-level links, clerk references, and older court research notes remain available in one place.

Nevada State Court Records Search Suggestions

As there may be more than one source to obtaining Nevada criminal, civil and divorce records, it is important to search multiple state courts to find the correct records.

Nevada State Court Structure:

The Nevada municipal court has exclusive jurisdiction over ordinance violations. The Nevada municipal court has jurisdiction over misdemeanors with fines under $1,000 and small claims jurisdiction for cases up to $2,500. The Nevada justice court hears tort, contract, and real property (less than $10,000) cases. The justice court hears small claims of up to $5,000. It has jurisdiction over misdemeanors and preliminary hearings. The justice court has jurisdiction over parking and traffic infractions. The Nevada district court hears tort, contract, and real property (over $10,00 no max) cases. The district court has jurisdiction over mental health, estate/probate, miscellaneous civil, and civil appeals. The Nevada district court has jurisdiction over domestic relations. The district court has exclusive juvenile jurisdiction. The Nevada district court hears felony and misdemeanor cases. The district court has exclusivity over criminal appeals. The supreme court has jurisdiction over appeals by right criminal, civil, administrative agency and the death penalty. The supreme court of Nevada has jurisdiction over interlocutory civil, criminal and agency appeals. The supreme court has jurisdiction over applications for writ, bar judiciary, and certified questions.

Directory of Links and Resources to Access County, State or Federal Court Records Online

Nevada Civil and Divorce Court Records
Judgments, lawsuits, dissolution of marriage, civil court cases.

Nevada Criminal Court Records
Felony, misdemeanors and traffic violations.
Nevada County Court Records
Filings in my county courthouse.
Lookup current civil cases awaiting trials on court calendars and dockets. Link to the court clerks for cases that may be closed or archived.
  • Supreme Court
    Access Court Information. Free Self Help Links. Contact Information. Filing Information

  • Nevada Bankruptcy Courts
    Search Bankruptcy filings and view cases from the courthouses and jurisdictions. Forms.

  • Nevada Judgments and Liens
    Court resources, electronic forms and self help tools. Link to info for defaults, recovery. Find civil judgments.

Search for criminal cases placed on calendars awaiting trial. Court criminal dockets can show active cases not yet closed.
District, Municipal, and Justice Court clerks maintain court filings. Civil, juvenile, probate, small claims, and domestic relations case lookup.

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Research Notes

  • Search more than one court level.Trial courts, appellate courts, bankruptcy courts, and specialty courts may each hold different parts of a case trail.
  • Use the clerk for official copies.Certified documents and official record copies should come directly from the responsible court or clerk office.
  • Online access varies by county and court type.Some courts provide full searchable dockets, while others provide only calendars, indexes, or request instructions.
  • Cross-check related record categories.Criminal records, judgments and liens, bankruptcy filings, inmate searches, and public-record hubs often help complete a statewide research path.

Related Nevada Court Topics

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