MUNICIPAL COURT

North Las Vegas Municipal Code tit. 2, ch. 2.06

in effect

North Las Vegas Municipal Code § 2.06.010 Departments Designated—Location.

2.06.010 - Departments Designated—Location. A. The Municipal Court and the City share the goals of reducing recidivism, promoting the rehabilitation of lower-level offenders, and improving quality of life within the City. The Municipal Court believes that these goals can be achieved by creating a community diversionary court program in the Municipal Court. To assist the Municipal Court in achieving these goals, the City hereby creates an additional department in the Municipal Court. The City wants to ensure the success of a specialty court for the benefit of the City, and the City finds that an additional department dedicated to a community diversionary court, as described by the Municipal Court, will give the City and Municipal Court the tools needed to achieve the above goals. The Community Diversionary Court is established to provide a non-adversarial approach to handling certain misdemeanor offenses and municipal ordinance violations. B. There shall be a Municipal Court of the City consisting of two departments. The departments shall be numbered 1 and 2, and except for initial periods of service by appointment prior to election, a duly elected and qualified judge shall preside over the department. C. The Municipal Court shall be held in the facilities provided at the North Las Vegas City Hall Campus, and at such other facilities as may be designated by the court administrator. D. The Municipal Court shall be a court of record effective August 1, 2014. (Ord. 2059 § 1 (part), 2004) (Ord. No. 2674, § 1, 6-18-2014; Ord. No. 2786, § 1, 12-21-2016; Ord. No. 3060, § 1, 2-17-2021)

North Las Vegas Municipal Code § 2.06.020 Terms of Judges.

2.06.020 - Terms of Judges. A. The term of office of a municipal court judge shall be for six years except as otherwise provided in 2.06.020.B. B. The term for the Judge elected to Department 2, which was extended for one year from 2021 to 2022 pursuant to AB50 during the 2019 Nevada Legislative Session, ends in 2022 following the general election. The Judge for the newly established Department 1 shall be appointed by the City Council as required by the City Charter and shall serve until the candidate elected to Department 1 in the 2022 general election is qualified to discharge his or her respective duties after the 2022 general election. To ensure staggering of the judicial seats in the Municipal Court, the judge elected to Department 1 in the 2022 election shall serve a two-year term following the 2022 general election until the candidate elected to Department 1 in the 2024 election is qualified to discharge his or her respective duties after the 2024 general election. Beginning with the term commencing after the election in 2024, the term of office for the judge for Department 1 shall be six years. (Ord. 2059 § 1 (part), 2004) (Ord. No. 2786, § 2, 12-21-2016; Ord. No. 3060, § 2, 2-17-2021; Ord. No. 3111, § 1, 3-2-2022)

North Las Vegas Municipal Code § 2.06.030 Municipal Court Judge Salary/Benefits.

2.06.030 - Municipal Court Judge Salary/Benefits. A. The salary and benefits of each municipal court judge shall be fixed by the City Council. (Ord. 2059 § 1 (part), 2004)

Source: City of North Las Vegas, Nevada, Municipal Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/nv/north_las_vegas/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TIT2ADPE_CH2.06MUCOFetched: 11/1/2026