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In 1911, Nevada created three important laws: the Civil Practice Act, the Crimes and Punishments Act, and the Criminal Practice Act. Many of the current Nevada laws come from these acts. Before 1965, there were no records of what lawmakers were thinking when they made these laws. To find out more about these 1911 acts, look at old law books from 1912 or check the law library. If a law has a history note like those from 1911, it likely comes from one of these original acts.
In 1911, three major acts were enacted that form the foundation for many of Nevada's civil and criminal laws:
Many provisions in the current Nevada Revised Statutes (NRS) trace their origins to one of these acts.
If a statute originates from one of these acts, the statutory history note will indicate it. Here are examples:
The Statutes of Nevada (1911) do not include the text of these acts.
The enrolled versions were published in the two volumes of the Revised Laws of Nevada (1912).
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