Nevada Code § 3.040

Ex officio circuit judges; powers of Chief Justice to expedite judicial business
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1. The district judges shall also serve as
ex officio circuit judges, and in that capacity shall perform such judicial
duties as may be designated by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court as
provided in subsection 2.
2. The Chief Justice shall seek to
expedite judicial business and to equalize the work of the district judges, and
shall provide for the assignment of any district judge to another district
court to assist a court or judge whose calendar is congested, to act for a
district judge who is disqualified or unable to act, or to sit and hold court
where a vacancy in the office of district judge has occurred.

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