TIPS FOR E-FILING A SUMMARY EVICTION

Search the court’s records to determine whether your tenant filed an answer in response to the eviction notice(s) you served.

  • To check the court’s records:
  • Go to
  • Select “Las Vegas Justice Court”
  • From the drop-down menu, select “Search by: Party”
  • In the name fields, type your tenant’s last name and first name
  • Click the “search” button
  • TIP!
  • If there are multiple tenants, search for each tenant’s name separately. Any one of the tenants could have filed with the court.
  • Search using the name of the landlord, the landlord’s agent, and the name of the property.
  • Search all names (both landlord and tenant) that you listed on the eviction notice you served.
  • An eviction case has an “E” in it and looks something like this: 14E000343
  • Click on the case number to verify that you and your tenant are listed and that the date the tenant filed is after the date they were served with the eviction notice.

If tenant filed an answer with the court in response to your eviction notice, you MUST use that case number when you e-file your Complaint for Summary Eviction.

Before you e-file, review your documents.

  • On the Complaint for Summary Eviction:
  • Is the complaint signed?
  • Is the signature legible?
  • Do the names you listed on the complaint (both tenant and landlord) match exactly the names listed on the eviction notice(s)?
  • Do tenant’s address and unit number on the complaint match exactly the address you listed on the eviction notice(s)?
  • On your eviction notice(s) and declaration(s) of service:
  • Is there a checkmark or “X” next to the method of service used?
  • Are all necessary signatures included and legible?
  • Are all necessary dates included and legible?
  • On the Certificate of Mailing:
  • Is the USPS stamp (including the date) legible and dark enough to scan properly? (If not, use a copy machine to darken it and enlarge it.)
  • Is the address of the apartment and unit number legible and dark enough to scan properly? (If not, use a copy machine to darken it and enlarge it.)
  • On your lease:
  • Are all signatures legible and dark enough to scan properly?
  • Are all pages of the lease included? (If your copy is double-sided, you’ll need to make a single-sided copy so that all pages scan.)

Use the correct document code.

  • The document code for a Landlord’s Complaint for Summary Eviction is: CVSELL

For a summary eviction, the “lead document” is the Complaint for Summary Eviction.

Include all necessary documents as one packet in the correct order.

  • Your documents must be in the following order:

1.Complaint for Summary Eviction

2.First eviction notice served on tenant

3.Affidavit/Declaration of Service for first notice

4.Certificate of Mailing (if you served by a method requiring mailing) for first notice

5.If you served a second eviction notice (such as a Five-Day Notice to Quit for Unlawful Detainer), repeat steps 2, 3, and 4 for the second notice:

  • Second eviction notice served on tenant
  • Affidavit/Declaration of Service for second notice
  • Certificate of Mailing for second notice (if necessary)

6.Lease agreement (if one exists)

In the “Document Title” field, list all the documents you’re submitting. For example:

  • Document Title: Complaint and Eviction Notice
  • Document Title: Complaint, Eviction Notice, and Certificate of Mailing
  • Document Title: Complaint, Eviction Notice, Certificate of Mailing, and Lease Agreement
  • Document Title: Complaint, Eviction Notice, and Lease Agreement