Generally, a public notice (also called a legal ad) is placed with the classified section of a newspaper in the county of jurisdiction where the court action is taking place. Public notices in Nevada can be published only in newspapers that are qualified by state statute to run notices. Here is a list of qualified newspapers by county:
- Carson City (County): Nevada Appeal
- Churchill County: Lahontan Valley News + Fallon Eagle-Standard
- Clark County: Las Vegas Review Journal, Nevada Legal News, Boulder City Review
- Douglas County: The Record-Courier
- Elko County: Elko Daily Free Press
- Esmeralda County: Mineral County Independent-News
- Eureka County: The Eureka Sentinel (inside The Ely Times)
- Humboldt County: The Humboldt Sun (Winnemucca)
- Lander County: Battle Mountain Bugle
- Lincoln County: Lincoln County Record (Caliente)
- Lyon County: Lyon County News Leader
- Mineral County: Mineral County Independent-News (Hawthorne)
- Nye County: Pahrump Valley Times + Tonopah Times-Bonanza
- Pershing County: Lovelock Review-Miner
- Storey County: The Comstock Chronicle (Virginia City)
- Washoe County: Reno Gazette Journal, Sparks Tribune, Northern NV Business Weekly
- White Pine County: The Ely Times
Our linked website, NevadaPublicNotice.com is a database for searching public notices after they’re published. Feel free to call us here if you have trouble contacting the newspaper of record for your county court: Nevada Press Association (775) 885-0866.