[Effective through November 27, 2028, and after that date unless the provisions of Assembly Joint Resolution No. 8 (2025) are agreed to and passed by the 2027 Legislature and approved and ratified by the voters at the 2028 General Election.]

1. 1. The Legislature shall determine the number of justices of the peace to be elected in each city and township of the State and shall fix by law their qualifications, their terms of office and the limits of their civil and criminal jurisdiction, according to the amount in controversy, the nature of the case, the penalty provided or any combination of these.
2. 2. The provisions of this section affecting the number, qualifications, terms of office and jurisdiction of justices of the peace become effective on the first Monday of January, 1979.
3. 3. The Legislature shall also prescribe by law the manner, and determine the cases, in which appeals may be taken from justices and other courts. The Supreme Court, the court of appeals, the district courts and such other courts as the Legislature designates are courts of record.

[Amended in 1978 and 2014. The first amendment was proposed and passed by the 1975 Legislature; agreed to and passed by the 1977 Legislature; and approved and ratified by the people at the 1978 General Election. See: Statutes of Nevada 1975, p. 1952; Statutes of Nevada 1977, p. 1691. The second amendment was proposed and passed by the 2011 Legislature; agreed to and passed by the 2013 Legislature; and approved and ratified by the people at the 2014 General Election. See: Statutes of Nevada 2011, p. 3835; Statutes of Nevada 2013, p. 3968.]

Sec. 8. Number, qualifications, terms of office and jurisdiction of justices of the peace; appeals; courts of record. [Effective November 28, 2028, if the provisions of Assembly Joint Resolution No. 8 (2025) are agreed to and passed by the 2027 Legislature and approved and ratified by the voters at the 2028 General Election.]

1. 1. The Legislature shall determine the number of justices of the peace to be elected in each city and township of the State and shall fix by law their qualifications, their terms of office and the limits of their civil and criminal jurisdiction, according to the amount in controversy, the nature of the case, the penalty provided or any combination of these.
2. 2. The provisions of this section affecting the number, qualifications, terms of office and jurisdiction of justices of the peace become effective on the first Monday of January, 1979.
3. 3. The Legislature shall also prescribe by law the manner, and determine the cases, in which appeals may be taken from justices and other courts. The Supreme Court, the court of appeals, the business court, if the Legislature establishes such a court pursuant to Section 3B of this Article, the district courts and such other courts as the Legislature designates are courts of record.

(Proposed amendment passed by the 2025 Legislature; effective November 28, 2028, if agreed to and passed by the 2027 Legislature and approved and ratified by the voters at the 2028 General Election. See: Statutes of Nevada 2025, p. 3913.)