About the Nevada Supreme Court Law Library

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.

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. 

• Please provide a citation to the specific case, statute, regulation, or secondary source and your email address.  

The Law Library reserves the right to modify or not fulfill document delivery requests if such requests violate United States copyright law. 

Law Library Guidelines for Prisoner Requests

• Reference Requests: The Supreme Court of Nevada Law Library answers reference requests from prisoners related to criminal law, received through mail or inmate banking. Only Nevada-related requests are answered, including those from out-of-state prisoners. Requests must be specific to be processed.

• Inmate Banking Requests: Requests via inmate banking are processed within 1-2 days. There is no postage fee, but the prisoner’s account will be charged at the end of the fiscal year for all pages. To use inmate banking, contact the institution’s law library for the request form.

• Mail Requests: After receiving a request, library staff will provide an estimated cost for pages and postage. Payment is required before processing, with costs at $0.10 per page. The first 10 pages (double-sided) are free. Payments that do not match the exact quoted amount will be returned. Payments should be made by check or money order to the Supreme Court of Nevada Law Library. Requests may take up to 2 weeks to process.

Request Submission Guidelines:

• Use a full sheet of paper.
• Include your name, address, DOC number, and signature.
• We cannot provide legal advice, federal/state forms, books, or supplements.
• Requests should be limited to 10 cases/statutes or 100 pages.
• Provide specific citations (e.g., "State v. Smith, 1 P3d 100 (1988)"). We cannot conduct research.

Examples of Specific vs. Vague Requests:

• Specific: "State v. Smith, 1 P3d 100 (1988)", "NRS 200.280 as it was in 1999"
• Vague: "Cases on sentencing", "Anything you have on the Fourth Amendment"

Mail Requests to: 

Nevada Supreme Court Law Library

201 S. Carson Street, Ste. 100

Carson City, NV 89702