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The Nevada Supreme Court Law Library can help you find legal information and show you how to use it. They cannot give legal advice, explain what laws mean, or pick forms for you. If you give them a correct citation, they can send you the documents, but they cannot search for them for you. For prisoners, the library can answer criminal law requests and send materials after payment. The library also follows copyright rules and cannot provide legal advice or government forms.
| What We CAN Do | What We CANNOT Do |
|---|---|
| Make referrals to proper agencies and legal service providers | Give legal advice. This is usually any question that includes the phrases "can I?" or "should I" or "am I interpreting ___ correctly?" or "how do I?" |
| Direct public to sources of law and forms | Interpret statutes, cases, or regulations |
| Instruct how to use legal materials | Offer opinions on legal issues |
| Explain format requirements for pleadings | Select specific forms and/or instruct you on what you should put in those forms |
| Locate informative reading materials | Make referrals for specific attorneys |
| Provide a limited numbers of cases, statutes, and/or regulations via email, when you provide us with the citations | Perform legal research for you. We cannot answer, "can you help me find cases on landlord/tenant law?" However, we can tell you how to do this type of research yourself. |
The Law Library is available to provide scanned copies of the official Nevada Reports and historical sections of Nevada statutes and the Nevada Administrative Code (NAC). We will also provide portions of secondary sources we have in our print collection.
The Law Library reserves the right to modify or not fulfill document delivery requests if such requests violate United States copyright law.
The Supreme Court of Nevada Law Library answers reference requests from prisoners received through the mail or inmate banking. Library staff cannot conduct research, but they can provide photocopies or printouts of materials if requests are sufficiently specific. Only requests related to criminal law will be answered. As long as the request is specific to Nevada, library staff will answer requests received from prisoners who are out of state.
Requests received through inmate banking will be processed and sent back within 1-2 days. Inmates who send in a request through inmate banking will have their account charged at the end of the fiscal year for the cost of all pages. There is no postage charged for inmate banking requests. To complete a request through inmate banking, prisoners should contact their institution's law library to complete the request form.
After receiving a request through mail, library staff will provide the inmate with the estimated cost of pages and postage. After payment is received, library staff will process and mail back the requested items. Requests are processed in the order that they are received and can take up to 2 weeks for staff to process and return their requested items. The Supreme Court of Nevada Law Library requires prepayment for copies ($0.10 per page) plus postage. Payments should be submitted via check or money order made payable to the Supreme Court of Nevada Law Library.
Guidelines for inmates submitting a request:
| Examples of specific requests: | Examples of vague requests: |
| State v. Smith, 1 P3d 100 (1988) |
Cases on sentencing |
| NRS 200.280 as it was in 1999 |
Anything you have on the Fourth Amendment |
Mail requests to: