Courts

Look up a Clark County court case

The first question isn't where to search — it's which court has your case. Clark County has more than one, and each keeps its own records.

What to do first

1. Figure out which court. Most everyday civil matters — evictions, small claims, misdemeanors, traffic — sit in a Justice Court (there are several across Clark County, by township). Felonies and larger civil cases sit in the Eighth Judicial District Court. The table below sorts it out.

2. If you were a party in the case, the paperwork you were served or filed will say which court and give you a case number — that's the fastest way in. Look at the top of the first page of any summons, notice, citation or order.

3. For a Las Vegas Township Justice Court case, use its records inquiry. The court runs a public Records Inquiry page. Searches sit behind a CAPTCHA, the case number is the reliable way in, and sealed cases never appear — so "no results" does not always mean there is no case.

4. If you don't have a case number, you can ask the court clerk to search by name: in person at the Las Vegas Justice Court (200 Lewis Ave, 1st floor), or in writing by email or mail using the court's records request form. Phone requests aren't offered.

5. Use the Self-Help Center if you're not sure which court has your matter, or if you need help reading what's already on file.

Which court has it

Kind of case	Court	Source
Small claims, up to $10,000	Justice Court of the township	NRS 73.010
Civil cases up to $15,000, and landlord-tenant eviction cases	Justice Court	NRS 4.370(1)
Misdemeanor under a city ordinance, city code violations	That city's municipal court	NRS 5.050
Larger civil cases, felonies	Eighth Judicial District Court — Clark County is the Eighth District	NRS 3.010
Divorce, custody, child support, juvenile matters, a minor's name change	Family Court, a division of the District Court	NRS 3.0105, 3.223

Every township in Nevada has its own justice court (NRS 4.020), which is why a case filed in Henderson or North Las Vegas Justice Court won't show up in a Las Vegas Township search. Read 2026-10-20 off the Nevada Revised Statutes, chapter revision stamped 2025 session.

What copies cost in Justice Court

Service	Statutory fee	Source
Copy of any record or paper	$0.50 a page	NRS 4.060(1)(m)
Clerk's certificate under seal (a certified copy)	$3.00 each	NRS 4.060(1)(n)
Clerk searching the records for you	$1.00 for each year searched	NRS 4.060(1)(o)

These are the fees the statute sets. The window total can differ if another law adds a charge. Ask for the year range you need — a ten-year search costs ten times a one-year search.

If the record you found is your own

An eviction case is sealed automatically when the court dismisses it, 10 judicial days after the court denies it, or when you filed your affidavit and the landlord never filed its complaint within 30 days (NRS 40.2545). A sealed case is treated as if it never happened. See the eviction page.

A criminal record can be sealed by petition to the court that handled it. If the charges were dismissed or you were acquitted, you can petition any time after that (NRS 179.255). After a conviction, the waiting period runs from release from custody or the end of parole, probation or the suspended sentence, whichever is later (NRS 179.245):

Conviction	Wait before you can petition
Most misdemeanors	1 year
Misdemeanor battery, harassment, stalking, or violating a protection order	2 years
Gross misdemeanor, or category E felony	2 years
DUI or domestic battery that was not a felony	7 years
Category B, C or D felony	5 years
Category A felony, crime of violence, residential burglary	10 years

NRS 179.245(1). Some convictions can never be sealed, including a crime against a child, a sexual offense and a felony DUI (NRS 179.245(6)). A petition must include your current verified records from the Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History (NRS 179.245(2)(a)). If you meet every requirement, the law presumes the records should be sealed (NRS 179.2445), and if the prosecutor agrees, the court seals them (NRS 179.245(4)).

Programs and help that apply

Civil Law Self-Help Center — Regional Justice Center, 200 Lewis Ave, 1st floor, for justice court and civil cases. Its website has a "Find My Court" tool. For divorce, custody and other family cases, the Family Law Self-Help Center is at 601 N. Pecos Rd, 702-455-1500.

Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada — free help if the case is yours and you need to respond to something in it, or you want a record sealed.

Court fee waiver — if you receive public assistance or your household's net income is at or under 150% of the federal poverty guideline, the court must let you file without paying fees (NRS 12.015).

Good to know

Once you have a case number, write it on everything and keep it in your phone. It turns a name search, which the clerk can charge for by the year, into a direct lookup, and it is the first thing a lawyer, a legal aid intake worker or the Self-Help Center will ask you for.

For a case in another Clark County court, 211 can point you to the right courthouse.