Nevada claim families
The claim architecture with Nevada's own traps attached — every parameter pinned to loaded law by the corroboration gates. Information about what the law provides; which family fits YOUR facts is legal judgment. One structural note with no analog elsewhere: Nevada's evidence law is STATUTORY (NRS Title 4, ch. 47-56) — there is no separate evidence-rules family, and every evidence question routes to the statutes.
Contract
6 years written / 4 oral (11.190); the UCC keeps the $500 statute of frauds (104.2201); prejudgment interest runs prime-plus-2 (99.040/17.130); BOTH offer-of-judgment tracks (NRCP 68 + NRS 17.117) pressure every valuation; ≤$100k lands in the arbitration ladder.
NRS 11.190; NRS 104.2201; NRS 99.040; NRCP 68; NRS 17.117
Personal injury / wrongful death
TWO YEARS (11.190(4)(e)) — among the shortest in the west; modified comparative negligence bars recovery only when the plaintiff's negligence is GREATER than the defendants' combined (41.141, 'not greater than'); punitives need clear-and-convincing oppression, fraud, or malice (42.005) with the statute's own caps.
NRS 11.190(4)(e); NRS 41.141; NRS 42.005
Medical malpractice
The affidavit gate (41A.071: filed without it, DISMISSED without prejudice); 3-year/2-year-discovery clocks for post-2023 injuries (41A.097); the ESCALATING noneconomic cap (41A.035 — a function of the year); exempt from the arbitration ladder.
NRS 41A.071; NRS 41A.097; NRS 41A.035
CIC / HOA disputes
The 38.310 gate: CC&R claims must mediate BEFORE suit or face mandatory dismissal; the association's superpriority lien (116.3116) can extinguish a first deed of trust at foreclosure — Nevada's most litigated real-property machine.
NRS 38.310; NRS 116.3116
Construction defect
The Chapter 40 standstill (certified-mail notice, inspection, repair opportunity) runs before suit; the expert affidavit (11.256-11.259) rides the complaint; exempt from the arbitration ladder.
NRS 40.645; NRS 40.647; NRS 11.256-11.259
Landlord-tenant / eviction
Summary eviction runs in JUDICIAL DAYS (40.253); the habitability duty is statutory (118A.290) with tenant remedies at 118A.355+; justice court owns the docket.
NRS 40.253; NRS 118A.290
Consumer / deceptive trade
The DTPA defines the practice (598.0915+) and NRS 41.600 hands VICTIMS OF CONSUMER FRAUD a private action with fees; the arbitration-clause disclosure statute (597.995) voids nonconforming agreements.
NRS 598.0915; NRS 41.600; NRS 597.995
Insurance bad faith
686A.310 lists the unfair claim practices and creates insurer liability for damages — the statutory track beside the common-law covenant.
NRS 686A.310
Claims against government
Waiver with a $200,000 ceiling and NO punitives (41.031/41.035); the 2-year PRESENTMENT to the AG or governing body (41.036) runs before any suit.
NRS 41.031; NRS 41.035; NRS 41.036
Defamation / public-participation
The anti-SLAPP special motion (60 days, discovery stay, fee shift) meets any claim based on good-faith public-concern communication (41.637/41.660).
NRS 41.637; NRS 41.660
The trap board
THE 120-DAY MUST-DISMISS TRAP
Serve within 120 days of filing or the court MUST dismiss without prejudice as to the unserved defendant — Nevada's commencement trap is mandatory, not tentative.
NRCP 4(e); JCRCP 4(e)
THE ARBITRATION LADDER
At or under $100,000 per plaintiff the case enters mandatory nonbinding arbitration in the ADR B-1 districts; the 30-day trial-de-novo window is JURISDICTIONAL, and bad-faith participation WAIVES it.
NRS 38.250; NV-ADR B-1, B-18, B-22
Silence admits — twice
An allegation not denied in a required responsive pleading is ADMITTED (other than damages amounts), and a request for admission not answered in time is admitted too.
NRCP 8(b)(6); NRCP 36
The CIC/HOA pre-suit gate
No CC&R action may be COMMENCED before mediation, and a court SHALL DISMISS an action commenced in violation — Nevada's HOA density makes this the most-hit gate in the state.
NRS 38.310; NRS 38.330
Evictions run on JUDICIAL days
The nonpayment pay-or-quit window is the close of business on the SEVENTH JUDICIAL DAY — weekends and holidays do not count at all, a different day-type from every other clock.
NRS 40.253(1)
The med-mal double gate + the escalating cap
Filed without a supporting affidavit, the court SHALL DISMISS without prejudice — and the noneconomic cap is a FUNCTION OF THE YEAR ($350,000 + $80,000/year through 2028, then +2.1%/yr), never a constant.
NRS 41A.071; NRS 41A.035
The local book WINS
District-court local rules apply in each instance WHETHER THE SAME AS OR INCONSISTENT WITH the statewide DCR — the inverse of most states' hierarchy.
DCR 5
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