Prerequisites to receiving license to practice law. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state to establish procedures for withholding, suspending and restricting the professional, occupational and recreational licenses for child support arrearages and for noncompliance with certain processes relating to paternity or child support proceedings.]
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 7.030
in effect1. Each person, before receiving a license to practice law, shall:
(a) Take, before a person authorized by the laws of this state to administer oaths, the oath prescribed by rule of the Supreme Court.
(b) Pay to the Clerk of the Supreme Court the sum of $25. The Clerk of the Supreme Court shall remit the fees to the State Treasurer as provided by subsection 7 of NRS 2.250 . The money received by the State Treasurer pursuant to this paragraph must be placed in the State General Fund.
(c) Submit to the State Bar of Nevada a complete set of his or her fingerprints and written permission authorizing the Admissions Director of the State Bar of Nevada to forward the fingerprints to the Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History for submission to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for its report.
2. An application for a license to practice law must include the social security number of the applicant.
Source: NV Statutes (Official Site)URL: https://www.leg.state.nv.us/nrs/NRS-007.htmlFetched: 10/4/2026