LVJCLRP 7.8

A defendant who has been issued a traffic civil infraction citation must use the court’s Online Traffic Dispute Resolution System to resolve the case. No court hearings will be set before a judicial officer other than as outlined in subsection (b) below.

(a) Uncontested violations. A defendant who does not desire to contest the violation(s) in the civil infraction citation must indicate the intent not to contest and pay the civil penalty in full on or before 90 calendar days after the date the citation was issued. A defendant may make several payments to pay the civil penalty as long as the civil penalty and administrative assessment fees are paid in full on or before 90 calendar days after the date the citation was issued.

(b) Contested violations. A defendant who desires to contest the violation(s) in the civil infraction citation must request a hearing to contest the determination that the person has committed the civil infraction using the court’s Online Traffic Dispute Resolution System and post a bond in the amount of the civil penalty.

(1) An indigent defendant may apply for a waiver of the bond by filing a written application to proceed in forma pauperis. Such application must be filed with the court at the court’s customer service window or may be filed online using the court’s electronic filing system.

(2) Notice of the hearing date will be provided to the defendant at the time the bond is posted with the court’s Online Traffic Dispute Resolution System or upon approval of a bond waiver. No further notice will be provided.

(3) Failure to both request a hearing and post the bond (or obtain an order approving waiver of the bond) on or before 90 calendar days after the date the citation was issued will be treated as if the defendant took no action to respond to the civil infraction in the manner specified by NRS 484A.704. In such case, the court will enter an order pursuant to NRS 484A.7043 finding that the person committed the civil infraction and assessing the monetary penalty and administrative assessments prescribed for the civil infraction.

(c) Pleadings filed into a civil infraction case through the court’s case management system that amount to either an election to contest the violation(s) and request a hearing, or an election to not contest the violation(s), therefore bypassing use of the court’s Online Traffic Dispute Resolution System, will be stricken as nonconforming.