Civil Case Filing Types - Definitions:
Landlord/Tenant (Summary Eviction): A case for exclusion of a tenant for default of rent or other deficiency following as in NRS 40.253 and 40.254.
These are eviction cases where a landlord cannot get a money judgment.
Unlawful Detainer Complaint (Writs of Restitution): A case involving a formal complaint alleging the occupant’s right to possess a property has been
terminated after the foreclosure or sale of a property. This category includes evictions of commercial tenants on any basis other than nonpayment of rent.
Other Real Property: A case involving disputes of real property that does not fit within the definitions of Landlord/Tenant or Unlawful Detainer
Complaint.
Credit Card Collection: A debt collection case where the petitioner is a credit card company.
Payday Loan Collection: A debt collection case where the petitioner is a payday loan company.
Debt Collection Agency: A debt collection case where the petitioner is a debt collection agency.
Other Debt Collection: A debt collection case that does not fit within the definitions of any other debt collection case category. This category includes tax
collection cases.
Contract Buyer Plaintiff: A contract case (expressed or implied) involving a buyer of goods or services alleging that a seller of goods or services has
failed to either deliver said goods or services or honor a warranty.
Other Contract Case: A contract case (expressed or implied) that does not fit within the definitions of a Contract Buyer Plaintiff case.
Auto: A negligence case resulting from personal injury, property damage, or wrongful death arising out of a party’s alleged negligent operation of a motor
vehicle.
Premises Liability: A negligence case involving liability resulting from alleged negligence on property that results in damages or injuries to persons or
property occupying said property.
Other Negligence: A negligence case that does not fit within the definitions of Auto negligence or Premises Liability.
Intentional Misconduct: A case involving issues of an alleged intentional misconduct. Examples include assault, battery, fraud, punitive damages,
defamation, libel, and slander.
Other Torts: A case that does not fit within the definitions of any other negligence case type or Intentional Misconduct.
Contested Liens Case: A case that contests the validity of liens, or requests the enforcement of liens. Examples include the enforcement of mechanics’
liens (NRS 108.239) and liens of owners of storage facilities, or to contest the validity of liens on mobile and manufactured homes.
District Court Order to Seal Records: An order from the District Court to the Justice or Municipal Court which directs the Justice or Municipal Court to
seal their records. Original Petitions to Seal Records should be counted in the Petition to Seal Records case type
Petition to Seal Records: A case that involves a request to seal records of a previous court case or other matters under the court's jurisdiction. Orders by
the district courts to seal records should be counted in the District Court Order to Seal Records case type.
Other Civil Matters: A case that involves a matter that does not fit within the definitions of any other civil case category. This includes “Confessions of
Judgment."
Request for Domestic Violence Protective Order: A protection order application for a temporary order for protection from a person who has committed
or may commit an act of domestic violence (including battery). (Refer to NRS 33.020, 33.030, 33.080, 33.100, and 200.481.)
Request for Protective Order (Non-Domestic Violence): A protection order application for a temporary order for protection from a person who has or
may commit an act of harassment, stalking, or threat to life not related to domestic violence or sexual assault.
Sexual Assault Related Protective Orders: A protection order application for an order for protection against a person who has or may commit an act
related to sexual assault. (Refer to NRS 193.166 and 200.378).
Requests for High Risk Protective Orders: A protection order case for a temporary order for protection against high risk behavior; that alleges a person
poses an imminent risk of causing personal injury by possessing, controlling, or purchasing a firearm or other deadly weapon (within the immediately
preceding 6 months), engaged in an act of high risk behavior, and that less restrictive options have been exhausted or are not effective (Refer to NRS
33.500-33.670.)
Requests for Extended Domestic Violence Protective Orders: A protection order case involving a request for an extended order for protection against
domestic violence (including battery). (Refer to NRS 33.020, 33.030, 33.080, 33.100, and 200.481.)
Requests for Extended Protective Orders (Non- Domestic Violence): A protection order case involving a request for an extended order for protection
against harassment, stalking, or threat to life not related to domestic violence.
Requests for Extended High Risk Protective Orders: A protection order case involving a request for an extended order for protection from high risk
behavior.
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