Group V: Disclosures and Discovery · Last amended March 1, 2019 · Last verified July 14, 2026
In one sentenceRule 33 lets one party send another up to 40 written questions that must be answered under oath within 30 days, subject to objections and a business-records shortcut for answers buried in the responding party's files.
(1)Number. Unless otherwise stipulated or ordered by the court, a party may serve on any other party no more than 40 written interrogatories, including all discrete subparts. Leave to serve additional interrogatories may be granted to the extent consistent with Rule 26(b)(1) and (2).
(2)Scope. An interrogatory may relate to any matter that may be inquired into under Rule 26(b). An interrogatory is not objectionable merely because it asks for an opinion or contention that relates to fact or the application of law to fact, but the court may order that the interrogatory need not be answered until designated discovery is complete, or until a pretrial conference or some other time.
(1)Responding Party. The interrogatories must be answered:
(A)by the party to whom they are directed; or
(B)if that party is a public or private corporation, a partnership, an association, a governmental agency, or other entity, by any officer or agent, who must furnish the information available to the party.
(2)Time to Respond. The responding party must serve its answers and any objections within 30 days after being served with the interrogatories. A shorter or longer time may be stipulated to under Rule 29 or be ordered by the court.
(3)Answering Each Interrogatory. Each interrogatory must be set out, and, to the extent it is not objected to, be answered separately and fully in writing under oath.
(4)Objections. The grounds for objecting to an interrogatory must be stated with specificity. Any ground not stated in a timely objection is waived unless the court, for good cause, excuses the failure. The interrogating party may move for an order under Rule 37(a) with respect to any objection to or other failure to answer an interrogatory.
(5)Signature. The person who makes the answers must sign them, and the attorney who objects must sign any objections.
(c)Use. An answer to an interrogatory may be used to the extent allowed by Nevada law of evidence.
(d)Option to Produce Business Records. If the answer to an interrogatory may be determined by examining, auditing, compiling, abstracting, or summarizing a party’s business records (including electronically stored information), and if the burden of deriving or ascertaining the answer will be substantially the same for either party, the responding party may answer by:
(1)specifying the records that must be reviewed, in sufficient detail to enable the interrogating party to locate and identify them as readily as the responding party could; and
(2)giving the interrogating party a reasonable opportunity to examine and audit the records and to make copies, compilations, abstracts, or summaries.
Notes
Drafter’s Note, Amendment Effective January 1, 2005: The rule is amended to conform to the federal rule, except the limit on the number of interrogatories. Former subdivision (a) is divided into two subdivisions and amended consistent with the federal rule. Subdivision (a) retains the Nevada rule permitting 40 interrogatories including all discrete subparts in place of the 25- interrogatory limit in the federal rule. Former subdivisions (b) and (c) are redesignated as subdivisions (c) and (d) to match the federal rule. Subdivision (b)(1) is amended to incorporate language from Rule 26(f), requiring restatement of the interrogatory before the answer or response. Former subdivision (d) is repealed, but the provisions in the first sentence of the former subdivision are incorporated in the amendments to subdivision (a).
Advisory Committee Note — 2019 Amendment: Rule 33 resembles FRCP 33 but preserves Nevada’s 40- interrogatory limit in Rule 33(a)(1) and in Rule 33(b)(4) specifies that Rule 37 applies to unfounded objections and failures to answer.
Interrogatories are written questions one party sends another to answer in writing, under oath, rather than in person. Rule 33 is the rule that makes them work. A party may send up to 40 interrogatories, counting every discrete subpart, without asking permission — going beyond that number takes either an agreement between the parties or a court order. The questions can cover anything within the broad scope of discovery under Rule 26(b), including a request for the other side's opinion or contention about how the facts and the law fit together, though a court can postpone answering a contention interrogatory until discovery is further along.
Once served, the responding party has 30 days to answer each interrogatory separately and fully, or to object with specific reasons. Vague, boilerplate objections do not hold up; a party that fails to state its grounds with real specificity risks losing the objection altogether unless the court excuses the lapse for good cause. If a corporation, agency, or other organization is the one answering, the response comes from an officer or agent who gathers and reports whatever information the entity has available — the entity cannot dodge by claiming no single employee knows the answer. Whoever provides the answers signs them personally, and the attorney making any objection signs that too, putting a name behind both the substance and the pushback.
Rule 33(d) offers a shortcut when the true answer to an interrogatory sits inside the responding party's own business records — paper or electronic — and pulling it out would take about the same effort for either side. Instead of writing out the answer, the responding party can point the other side to the specific records, described precisely enough to find and use them, and give a real opportunity to inspect, copy, and total up whatever the records show. It is a trade: less writing for the responding party, in exchange for genuine access for the party asking the questions.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many interrogatories can I send in a Nevada case?
Up to 40, counting every discrete subpart within a numbered question as its own interrogatory. Sending more requires either a stipulation with the other side or a court order allowing additional interrogatories consistent with the proportionality limits in Rule 26(b).
How long does a party have to answer interrogatories in Nevada?
30 days after being served, unless the parties agree to a different deadline under Rule 29 or the court sets one. Answers and any objections are due on the same 30-day clock.
Can I ask for the other side's legal opinion or contention in an interrogatory?
Yes. An interrogatory asking for an opinion or a contention about how the law applies to the facts is not objectionable just for that reason, though a court can delay when it must be answered — for instance, until after more discovery or until closer to trial.
What happens if the other side's objections to my interrogatories are vague?
Rule 33(b)(4) requires the grounds for an objection to be stated with specificity, and any ground left out of a timely objection is treated as given up unless the court excuses the omission for good cause. You can move under Rule 37(a) to compel a real answer.
Can a company just tell me to go dig through its files instead of answering?
Only under the business-records option in Rule 33(d), and only when the answer truly requires examining records and the burden of finding it would fall about equally on either side. The responding party must identify the records specifically enough for you to locate the answer yourself and give you a real chance to examine, copy, and summarize them.
Source & verification. Rule text, official Advisory Committee
Notes, and amendment history are reproduced verbatim from the Nevada Rules of Civil
Procedure, adopted by the Supreme Court of Nevada. Last verified July 14, 2026.
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