The Nevada civpro gauntlet

Twenty-one days — and the method moves it

The answer clock: 21 days after service (45 for the State), +3 by mail — and ZERO through the EFS, because e-service time runs from the proof-of-service date.

NRCP 12(a); NRCP 6(d); NEFCR 10

THE 120-DAY MUST-DISMISS TRAP

Serve within 120 days of filing or the court MUST dismiss without prejudice as to the unserved defendant — mandatory, not tentative, and the limitations clock does not care why.

NRCP 4(e)

SILENCE ADMITS — twice

An allegation not denied in a required responsive pleading is ADMITTED (except damages amounts) — and a request for admission unanswered at day 30 admits itself. Two devices decide themselves.

NRCP 8(b)(6); NRCP 36

Discovery starts itself — miss its clocks visibly

The early case conference within 30 days of the first answer, disclosures WITHOUT a request within 14 days after, and the report ON FILE within 30 — the machine runs on the court's own record.

NRCP 16.1

The conferral fronts every compel

The motion certifies a good-faith conferral or attempt — and in Clark County the EDCR 2.34 machinery is the local door. Under DCR 5, the LOCAL book wins.

NRCP 37(a)(1); EDCR 2.34

The arbitration ladder's jurisdictional exit

At or under $100,000 the case arbitrates first in the B-1 districts — and the 30-day trial-de-novo window is JURISDICTIONAL, with bad-faith participation WAIVING it. The jury can be forfeited in the arbitration room.

NRS 38.250; NV-ADR B-18, B-22

Evictions run on JUDICIAL days

The nonpayment window is the close of business on the SEVENTH JUDICIAL DAY — weekends and holidays never count. A different day-type from every other clock in the state.

NRS 40.253

The pre-suit gates dismiss the eager

CC&R claims mediate FIRST (skip it: mandatory dismissal); med-mal files WITH the affidavit (without it: dismissed); construction defect notices and waits; government claims present within 2 years before any suit.

NRS 38.310; NRS 41A.071; NRS 40.645; NRS 41.036

THE FIVE-YEAR RULE

Bring the action to trial within five years or face dismissal — the want-of-prosecution fuse that burns quietly while everything else feels fine.

NRCP 41(e)

The appeal clock starts at SERVICE

Thirty days from service of written notice of entry — not entry itself. The winner who never serves the notice never starts the loser's clock; the loser who miscounts loses the appeal.

NRAP 4(a)(1)