NAC679B.243. Pleadings: Requirements for format; signature; request for hearing.

     1. Pleadings must:

     (a) Be properly titled.

     (b) Be signed in ink by the party or his or her counsel.

     (c) Include the name and address of each party and the name, address and telephone number of the party’s counsel, if any.

     (d) Except for an initial pleading, clearly identify the proceeding by title and number.

     (e) Contain a clear and concise statement of the matters relied upon as a basis for the action or relief requested.

     (f) Be typewritten, printed or reproduced on good quality white paper, which is approximately 8 1/2 by 11 inches in size. Any exhibit or appendix accompanying a pleading must be folded to that size. Information must be presented on only one side of the paper and must be double spaced, except for footnotes or quotations which are indented. All of the copies of a pleading and of any exhibit or appendix accompanying a pleading must be clear and permanently legible.

     2. Regardless of any error in the designation of a pleading, the hearing officer shall accord the pleading its true status in the proceeding in which it is filed.

     3. A signature on the pleading shall be deemed to constitute a representation that:

     (a) The person signing the pleading has read the pleading;

     (b) To the best of the person’s knowledge, there are good grounds to support the pleading;

     (c) The information in the pleading is true to the best of his or her knowledge and belief; and

     (d) The pleading is not filed solely to delay the proceeding.

     4. If a person filing a pleading desires a hearing on the matter, a request for a hearing must be stated in the pleading.

     (Added to NAC by Comm’r of Insurance, eff. 12-15-94)