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	State	Statute	Description/Statute Name	Statutory language	Court/legal body	Function
Add to Dashboard + Create New	Nevada	NV Const. Article 6, Sec. 1	Judicial power vested in court system	Judicial power vested in court system. The judicial power of this State is vested in a court system, comprising a Supreme Court, a court of appeals, district courts and justices of + See more the peace. The Legislature may also establish, as part of the system, courts for municipal purposes only in incorporated cities and towns.	All courts	Creation of the courts
Add to Dashboard + Create New	Nevada	NV Const. Article 6, Sec. 6	District Courts: Jurisdiction; referees; family court	2. The legislature may provide by law for: . . . . (b) The establishment of a family court as a division of any district + See more court and may prescribe its jurisdiction.	Family Court	Creation of the courts
Add to Dashboard + Create New	Washington	Wash. Rev. Code Ann. § 3.50.010	Municipal court authorized in cities of four hundred thousand or less	Any city or town with a population of four hundred thousand or less may by ordinance provide for an inferior court to be known and designated as a municipal court, + See more which shall be entitled The Municipal Court of .......... (insert name of city or town), hereinafter designated and referred to as municipal court, which court shall have jurisdiction and shall exercise all powers by this chapter declared to be vested in the municipal court, together with such other powers and jurisdiction as are generally conferred upon such court in this state either by common law or by express statute.	Municipal Court	Creation of the courts, Jurisdiction of the courts
Add to Dashboard + Create New	Washington	Wash. Rev. Code Ann. § 2.06.010	Court of appeals established--Definitions	There is hereby established a court of appeals as a court of record.	Court of Appeals	Creation of the courts

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