NEW RULES - CLARK COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT EDITION

By Nathan Petersen

There have been a lot of changes to the local court rules recently. Navigating the changes can be difficult, but noting changes rather than looking at the rules as an entirely new document helps. Hearsay will provide snapshot summaries here and in future articles to help simplify the process. The attempt will be to provide summaries of the most significant or impactful changes first.

New Rules – Clark County Superior Cour t Edition Rule Change

CCLR30 and GR17– Electronic Signatures

● No need to submit a GR17 Declaration confir ming receipt of signature.

● Rule has a broader reading that previous indication that discussed via facsimile and not necessarily email or digital signature through an app

CCLR 19 – Remote appearance

CCLR 0.4(a)

CCLR 0.4(b)(4)

CCLR 0.4(d)

● Authorized if per mitted by other cour t r ule, cour t order, or ag reement of par ties with judg e’s approval.

● Details reg arding inappropriate attire added –“Any attir e that is distracting or detrimental to the seriousness of the pr oceedings or disrupti ve of decorum should be avoided. The par ties should wear clean and neat appearing clothing , and to a void such items as sandals, clogs, spor t togs, sw eatshirts, tee-shirts, body-exposing gar ments or anything that contains emblaz oned figur es or w ords.”

● T he cour t str uck the following provision, as some judg es are accepting electronic cour tesy copies now -

“Ser vice of working copies and pleadings. Absent prior per mission of the court, e-mail may not be used to pr ovide w orking copies of legal pleadings, including jur y instr uctions. Absent agr eement of counsel/opposing par ty or expr ess per mission of the court, e-mail may not be used for ser vice of pleadings on opposing par ties, even in those situations wher e the court has agr eed to accept w orking copies by e-mail.”

● A common “best practice” measure of checking in with the clerk’s when an attor ney has multiple documents has been adopted under this r ule, which reads:

“A ppearances on Multiple Dockets. If a cour t par ticipant is scheduled to appear on mor e than one co-occur ring docket, the court par ticipant must check in with the judicial assistant for each docket prior to the star t of the docket, or with the in-court clerk at the start of the docket.”