IN MATTER OF DISTRICT COURT RULE 20, ADKT 430 (Nev. 11-10-2009)

IN THE MATTER OF THE AMENDMENT OF DISTRICT COURT RULE 20.

No. ADKT 430.Supreme Court of Nevada.
November 10, 2009.

ORDER AMENDING DISTRICT COURT RULE 20
Pursuant to a petition filed December 3, 2008, by the Honorable Chuck Weller of the Second Judicial District Court of the State of Nevada to amend District Court Rule 20 to reflect the requirements of NRS 53.045 and the actual practice of the courts of this state; and

WHEREAS, a public hearing was held on September 1, 2009, to consider the petition, accordingly,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that District Court Rule 20 shall be amended and shall read as set forth in Exhibit A.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that that these rule amendments shall be effective 60 days from the date of this order. The clerk of this court shall cause a notice of entry of this order to be published in the official publication of the State Bar of Nevada. Publication of this order shall be accomplished by the clerk disseminating copies of this order to all subscribers of the advance sheets of the Nevada Reports and all persons and agencies listed in NRS 2.345, and to the executive director of the State Bar of Nevada. The certificate of the clerk of this court as to the accomplishment of the above-described publication of notice of entry and dissemination of this order shall be conclusive evidence of the adoption and publication of the foregoing rule amendments.

Dated this 10th day of November, 2009.

BY THE COURT JAMES W. HARDESTY, Chief Justice
RON D. PARRAGUIRR Associate Justice

MICHAEL L. DOUGLA Associate Justice

MICHAEL A. CHERR Associate Justice

NANCY M. SAITT Associate Justice

MARK GIBBON Associate Justice

KRISTINA PICKERIN Associate Justice

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EXHIBIT A AMENDMENTS TO DISTRICT COURT RULE 20 Rule 20. Appearances in proper person: Entry of appearance,initial pleading to be acknowledged. Unless appearing by an attorney regularly admitted to practice law in Nevada and in good standing, no entry of appearance or initial pleading purporting to be signed by any party to an action shall be recognized or given any force or effect by any district court unless the same shall be acknowledged by the party signing the same before a notary public or some other officer having a seal and authorized by law to administer oaths, or the truth of the matter is established by an unsworn declaration signed by the party under penalty of perjury, and dated, in substantially the following form: “I declare under penalty of perjury under the law of the State of Nevada that the foregoing is true and correct.”

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