Nev. Rev. Stat. § 322.100 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 322 / Section 322.100
Authority of State Land Registrar to issue permit, license or other authorization for any lawful use; fees
Status: in_force

1. In addition to any other authority granted pursuant to this chapter, the State Land Registrar may: (a) Issue a permit, license or other authorization for any lawful use of state land administered by the Division of State Lands of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources; and (b) Except as otherwise provided by specific statute, charge a fee for the issuance of such a permit, license or other authorization in such an amount as the State Land Registrar determines to be reasonable based upon the fair market value of the use.

2. The receipt of a permit, license or other authorization issued pursuant to this section does not excuse the recipient from compliance with any other provision of law regarding the use to which the permit, license or other authorization applies, including any requirements to obtain any other permits, licenses or authorizations regarding that use.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 321.110 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 321 / Section 321.110
Acceptance of land grants by Governor or State Land Registrar; legislative policy for State to negotiate for unconditional land grants
Status: in_force

1. Subject to the provisions of subsection 2, whenever, pursuant to the laws of the United States, any lands are offered to the State of Nevada by the United States Government or any department thereof, the Governor or the State Land Registrar may accept the lands and the possession and title thereof in the name of the State of Nevada and take all necessary steps to comply with any requirement and condition mentioned in the offer.

2. It is hereby declared to be the policy of the Legislature that the State of Nevada shall negotiate for the acquisition of those lands as an unconditional grant by the United States Government to the State of Nevada without any other considerations, and that if the State of Nevada is unable to acquire those lands in the manner indicated, the Governor or the State Land Registrar may obtain those lands on the best terms available.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 322.1005 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 322 / Section 322.1005
Permit, license or other authorization to use state land or state facilities for recreational purpose: Suspension for failure to pay child support or comply with certain subpoenas or warrants; reinstatement
Status: in_force

<See notes for changes to this section effective under certain conditions.>

1. If the State Land Registrar receives a copy of a court order issued pursuant to NRS 425.540 that provides for the suspension of all professional, occupational and recreational licenses, certificates and permits issued to a person who is the holder of a permit, license or other authorization to use state land or state facilities for a recreational purpose, the State Land Registrar shall, if the permit does not expire less than 6 months after it is issued, deem the permit, license or other authorization issued to that person to be suspended at the end of the 30th day after the date on which the court order was issued unless the State Land Registrar receives a letter issued to the holder of the permit, license or other authorization by the district attorney or other public agency pursuant to NRS 425.550 stating that the holder of the permit, license or other authorization has complied with the subpoena or warrant or has satisfied the arrearage pursuant to NRS 425.560 .

2. The State Land Registrar shall reinstate a permit, license or other authorization to use state land or state facilities for a recreational purpose that has been suspended by a district court pursuant to NRS 425.540 if the State Land Registrar receives a letter issued by the district attorney or other public agency pursuant to NRS 425.550 to the person whose permit, license or other authorization was suspended stating that the person whose permit, license or other authorization was suspended has complied with the subpoena or warrant or has satisfied the arrearage pursuant to NRS 425.560 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 328.290 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 328 / Section 328.290
Land for cooperative fire protection headquarters and nursery site to be conveyed to United States (1941)
Status: in_force

1. After March 28, 1941, the State Board of Control of the State of Nevada is hereby authorized and directed to make, execute and deliver, without cost, to the United States of America, for cooperative fire protection headquarters and nursery site in addition to administrative purposes of the Forest Service, Department of Agriculture, a conveyance of the following-described real property in Carson City, Nevada: That portion of the N 1/2 of the SW 1/4 of the NW 1/4 of section 20, T. 15 N., R. 20 E., M.D.B. & M., lying west of the westerly state highway right-of-way line, approximately 16 acres.

2. The conveyance of the real property shall be by deed in such form as the Attorney General of the United States shall prescribe and shall bear the Seal of the State of Nevada affixed by the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada; provided: (a) The conveyance shall contain the condition that in the event no physical improvements, such as buildings or dwellings, shall have been constructed upon such real property within 5 years after March 28, 1941, or if the use of such real property for all such administrative purposes as described in subsection 1 should be discontinued for a period of 5 years, the real property shall be deemed relinquished and by proper conveyance shall be reconveyed by the United States of America to the State of Nevada; and (b) The conveyance shall contain no term or terms whereby will be surrendered or cause to be surrendered any jurisdiction of this state over the lands and people and property thereon situate that the State now possesses over the public domain belonging to the United States within this state.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 324.210 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 324 / Section 324.210
Forfeiture of contract and bond: Notice; sale of uncompleted works
Status: in_force

1. Upon the failure of any party having a contract with the State for the construction of irrigation works to begin the works within the time specified by the contract, or to complete the works within the time or in accordance with the specifications of the contract to the satisfaction of the State Engineer, the Division shall give the party written notice of the failure. If after a period of 60 days after the sending of the notice, the party fails to proceed with the work or to conform to the specifications of the contract, the bond and contract of the party and all works constructed under it are forfeited to the State. The Division shall at once so declare and give notice once a week for a period of 4 weeks in some newspaper of general circulation in the county or counties in which the work is situated, and in one newspaper at the State Capital in like manner and for a like period, of: (a) The forfeiture of the contract; and (b) That upon a fixed day proposals will be received at the office of the Division for the purchase of the uncompleted works and for the completion of the contract.

2. The Division shall give notice in its advertisement for proposals for the purchase of the uncompleted works that the successful bidder is required, before the transfer of ownership, to furnish a satisfactory bond in a prescribed sum conditioned for the faithful fulfillment of the uncompleted provisions of the contract.

3. The time of receiving bids must be at least 60 days after the issuing of the last notice of forfeiture.

4. The money received by the Division from the sale of partially completed works under the provisions of this section must first be applied to the expenses incurred by the State in their forfeiture and disposal and to satisfy the bond. The surplus, if any exists, must be deposited in the Carey Act Account.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 324.200 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 324 / Section 324.200
Payment not required until water available, bond deposited or guarantees made
Status: in_force

1. A person, association, company or corporation contracting with the State under the provisions of this chapter, or their assigns, shall not require any advance payment of any settler or prospective settler prior to the time when water for the irrigation of his or her entry or allotment is actually available, unless a satisfactory bond in such sum as the Division requires is deposited with the Division, conditioned on the return to the settler, with interest at 6 percent per annum, of all payments so made, if water for the irrigation of his or her entry or allotment is not available at the time stipulated in the agreement with the settler.

2. In lieu of a bond as provided in subsection 1, the Division may authorize advance sales to be made by or through the agency of a bank or trust company furnishing satisfactory assurances and guarantees that if the project is not consummated to deliver water for the irrigation of such settler's entry or allotment within the time specified, such payments with interest shall be returned to the settler.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 322.007 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 322 / Section 322.007
Approval of certain leases required
Status: in_force

Any lease of state land, except a lease for residential purposes, a lease for farming or grazing or a lease authorized pursuant to NRS 321.008 or 322.061 , whose term extends or is renewable beyond 1 year must be approved by the State Board of Examiners and the Interim Finance Committee.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 328.380 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 328 / Section 328.380
Exchange of lands by County Commissioners and United States authorized (1945)
Status: in_force

1. The Board of County Commissioners of White Pine County, Nevada, is hereby authorized to exchange with the United States Department of the Interior those certain lands situate in White Pine County, Nevada, the title of which is vested in White Pine County, described as follows: The N 1/2 of the SW 1/4 of section 10, T. 12 N., R. 60 E., and the NE 1/4 of the SE 1/4 of section 33, T. 11 N., R. 62 E., M.D.B. & M., situate in White Pine County, State of Nevada, for those certain lands situate in White Pine County, Nevada, now a part of the public domain, the title of which is vested in the United States of America, which lands are described as follows: The SW 1/4 of the SE 1/4, and the N 1/2 of the SE 1/4 of section 36, T. 17 N., R. 63 E., M.D.B. & M., situate in White Pine County, State of Nevada.

2. For the purpose of making the exchange of lands referred to in subsection 1, the Board of County Commissioners is authorized to do each and every act as may be necessary and proper to effect such exchange as required to be done under the provisions of section 8 of that certain act known as the Taylor Grazing Act, approved March 28, 1934, and being 8 U.S.C.A. § 3159 , including the execution and delivery to the United States of America of a warranty deed to the county-owned lands described in subsection 1.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 325.050 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 325 / Section 325.050
Claimants to sign and deliver written statements describing claimed lands; effect of failure to act; exceptions
Status: in_force

1. Within 6 months after the first publication of the notice provided for in NRS 325.040 , each person, company, corporation or association claiming to be an occupant or occupants, or to have, possess or be entitled to the right of occupancy or possession of such lands, or any block, lot, share or parcel thereof, shall, in person or by the duly authorized attorney of the person, company, corporation or association, sign a written statement containing a correct description of the particular parcel or parts in which the person, company, corporation or association claims to be entitled to receive, and deliver the same to, or into the office of, the corporate authorities or the judge of the district court.

2. All applications for conveyances under this chapter for the benefit of minors and insane persons shall be made by the guardian or trustee of such minor or insane person. All applications for such conveyances for the benefit of married persons may be made by their spouses, if in this state, but in case of the absence of the spouse from this state or his or her refusal to make such application, then a married person may apply in his or her own name.

3. Except as provided in subsection 4 and in NRS 325.130 , all persons, companies, corporations or associations or their heirs, successors or assigns failing to sign and deliver such statement within the time specified in subsection 1 shall be forever debarred the right of claiming or recovering such lands or any interest or entail therein, or in any part, parcel or share thereof, in any court of law or equity.

4. The bar to the right of claiming or recovering such lands or any interest or entail therein as provided in subsection 3 shall not apply to minors or insane persons.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 326.060 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 326 / Section 326.060
Proof of actual enclosure not required on trial
Status: in_force

On the trial of any such causes, the possession or possessory right of the plaintiff shall be considered as extending to the boundaries embraced in the survey so as to enable the plaintiff, according to NRS 326.030 , to have and maintain an action without being compelled to prove an actual enclosure.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 321.770 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 321 / Section 321.770
Duties of Administrator and Land Use Planning Advisory Council
Status: in_force

1. The State Land Use Planning Agency shall provide assistance in land use planning for areas of critical environmental concern: (a) When the Governor directs that the Agency review and assist in land use planning for an area the Governor finds to be of critical environmental concern. (b) When one or more local government entities request that the Agency advise and assist in land use planning for an area which affects them and which they consider to be of critical environmental concern.

2. Upon receipt of a directive or a request pursuant to subsection 1, the Administrator shall study the problems of the area described and meet with the affected local government entities to receive their initial comments and recommendations. The Administrator shall then submit the matter of planning for the area of critical environmental concern to the Land Use Planning Advisory Council for consideration and recommendation.

3. The Land Use Planning Advisory Council shall include in its procedures one or more public hearings upon notice given by at least one publication at least 10 days before the hearing in a newspaper or combination of newspapers having general circulation throughout the area affected and each city and county any portion of whose territory lies within such area. The notice shall state with particularity the subject of the hearing.

4. Following completion of the hearings and consideration of other information, the Land Use Planning Advisory Council shall make its final recommendations for land use planning policies in the area of critical environmental concern. The recommendations may include proposed land use regulations to carry out such policies.

5. No land use regulation adopted by the Land Use Planning Advisory Council pursuant to this section may become effective without the approval of the Governor.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 327.090 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 327 / Section 327.090
Purchaser or mortgagee need not rely on description depending exclusively on coordinate system
Status: in_force

Nothing contained in this chapter requires any purchaser or mortgagee of real property to rely on a land description, any part of which depends exclusively upon either of the systems established by this chapter.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 324.130 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 324 / Section 324.130
Report of State Engineer on application for segregation; action by Division
Status: in_force

1. All applications for Carey Act lands which are prepared and submitted in accordance with the regulations of the Division and of the Department of the Interior must be referred to the State Engineer. The State Engineer shall submit a written report which includes information regarding the water supply, the status of the water right, and other data necessary to enable the State Registrar of Lands Under the Carey Act to make the proper application and certification required by the Bureau of Land Management in such cases.

2. No application on which the State Engineer has reported adversely may be approved by the Division. If the State Engineer reports favorably on an application, the Division shall, at its earliest convenience, consider the application. If the Division approves the application, or if the applicant accepts and the Division approves a modified application, the State Registrar of Lands Under the Carey Act shall file in the proper office of the Bureau of Land Management a request for the segregation of the lands described.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 322.040 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 322 / Section 322.040
Form of lease; preparation by Attorney General
Status: in_force

Such leases shall be executed upon a form to be prepared by the Attorney General, which form shall contain all of the covenants and agreements usual and necessary to leases for the extraction of coal, oil and gas, or the utilization of geothermal resources, or both, as the situation may require.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 328.270 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 328 / Section 328.270
Conveyance authorized to United States for site for post office and federal building in Tonopah (1939)
Status: reserved

The Board of County Commissioners of Nye County, State of Nevada, acting as the Town Board of the Town of Tonopah, an unincorporated town, in Nye County, State of Nevada, through its proper officers, is hereby empowered, authorized and directed to make, execute and deliver, upon such terms as may be agreed upon, to the United States of America, for the purpose of erection thereon of a post office and federal building and for other purposes, a good and sufficient deed conveying to the United States of America in fee simple absolute, subject to certain mining rights as reserved in such land, the following-described real property, situate within the limits of the Town of Tonopah, Nye County, State of Nevada: All of Lot 7 of Block D of the Town of Tonopah, Nye County, State of Nevada, now being used as a street and being a part of Bryan Avenue of the Town of Tonopah, Nye County, State of Nevada, also a portion of St. Patrick Street, being approximately 10 feet of St. Patrick Street of the Town of Tonopah, Nye County, State of Nevada, and being that certain footage to a depth of approximately 10 feet of St. Patrick Street, as adjoins and extends along the westerly ends of Lots 5, 6, 7, and 5 feet of Lot 8, all in Block D of the Town of Tonopah, Nye County, State of Nevada, as shown and delineated upon the Walter C. Gayhart survey plat of the Town of Tonopah, Nye County, State of Nevada, on file in the Office of the County Recorder of Nye County, State of Nevada, and as shown and delineated upon the W. V. Richardson survey map of the Town of Tonopah, Nye County, State of Nevada, as approved by the Board of County Commissioners of Nye County, State of Nevada, on July 2, 1907.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 322.020 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 322 / Section 322.020
Sizes of leased areas; conformity to governmental subdivisions
Status: in_force

Such leases shall be in blocks of not less than 40 acres nor more than 1,280 acres each, and shall conform to governmental subdivisions.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 328.310 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 328 / Section 328.310
Conveyance by City of Reno to United States for veterans' hospital (1937)
Status: in_force

The City Council of the City of Reno, Washoe County, State of Nevada, through its proper officers, is hereby empowered, authorized and directed to make, execute and deliver, without charge, to the United States of America, for the purpose of the erection thereon of a veterans' hospital, and for other purposes, a good and sufficient deed conveying to the United States of America in fee simple absolute the following-described real property, situate within the City of Reno, Washoe County, State of Nevada: All of Blocks 10 and 13 of Burke's Addition to the City of Reno according to the official map thereof on file in the Office of the County Recorder of Washoe County, Nevada, and all of Crampton Street lying between Blocks 10 and 13 and all alleys in Blocks 10 and 13, the alleys and portion of Crampton Street having been vacated by order of the City Council of the City of Reno on July 13, 1936.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 327.150 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 327 / Section 327.150
Changes in or additions of geographic names: Submission of proposal; preliminary consideration; final action and notice
Status: in_force

1. Any person, group or agency of federal, state or local government may propose a change in or the addition of any geographic name within the State by submitting it to the Board for evaluation and recommendation.

2. Upon receipt of any such proposal, together with sufficient supporting information, the Board shall: (a) Place the proposal on the agenda for preliminary consideration at its next meeting. (b) Give appropriate notice to persons and groups who are affected by the proposal or might have an interest in it. (c) Provide opportunities for public comment. (d) Conduct such research and field investigations as it deems necessary.

3. The Board may not take final action on any proposal until it has been given preliminary consideration at one or more previous meetings.

4. Whenever the Board takes final action on a proposal, it shall notify the person, group or agency who submitted the proposal and shall transmit the official recommendation to the United States Board on Geographic Names.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 321.135 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 321 / Section 321.135
Transfer of state park to local government
Status: in_force

1. If the State of Nevada leases, sells or otherwise transfers, with or without consideration, a state park or any part thereof to a local government, the local government must agree to operate and maintain the park or part thereof in such a manner that the use and enjoyment of the park or part thereof by the residents of this State is not diminished.

2. A local government to which is transferred any real property or other interest in a state park, including, without limitation, any facility, equipment, water right or mineral right, may not sell, lease, encumber, alienate or otherwise dispose of the real property or other interest without authorization by a concurrent resolution of the Legislature.

3. If the State of Nevada executes a deed for real property which is part of a state park and which is transferred to a local government, the deed must: (a) Include restrictions that: (1) Protect all historical and recreational value of the property; (2) Guarantee public access to the property; and (3) Prevent the local government or any successor in title from transferring the property without authorization by a concurrent resolution of the Legislature; and (b) Provide for the reversion of title to the property to the State of Nevada upon the breach of any restriction specified in paragraph (a).

4. The transfer to a local government of any real property that is part of a state park must not occur if any underlying lease of land from the Bureau of Land Management used by the state park prohibits such a transfer or would, upon such a transfer, compromise the ability of the local government to use the real property as a park.

5. A local government to which is transferred real property that is part of a state park shall, if the real property is subject to a lease from any person or entity, including, without limitation, the Bureau of Land Management, take all actions reasonable and necessary to ensure that the leased property remains part of the park.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 321.408 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 321 / Section 321.408
“Public-private partnership” defined
Status: in_force

“ Public-private partnership ” means a contract entered into by the State Land Registrar and a private partner pursuant to NRS 321.412 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 321.595 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 321 / Section 321.595
Boundary between bed of Lake Tahoe and adjacent lands
Status: in_force

The boundary between the bed of Lake Tahoe, owned by the State of Nevada in its sovereign capacity, and adjacent lands owned by others or by the State in any other capacity, is established as a line whose elevation is 6,223 feet, Lake Tahoe datum.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 324.120 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 324 / Section 324.120
Applications for segregations: Contents; filing fee
Status: in_force

1. Any natural person, association, company or corporation desiring to construct impounding dams, canals, ditches or other irrigation works, pumping plants, or artesian wells to reclaim lands under the provisions of this chapter, may file with the Division an application for any land which is listed by the Division as being available for reclamation through the Division.

2. Any person who is a citizen of the United States, or a lawful permanent resident of the United States, and who is more than 18 years of age may file an application with the Division for that land in an amount not exceeding 160 acres.

3. An application must: (a) Be prepared and submitted in accordance with such regulations as the Division may adopt, which must conform with applicable regulations of the Department of the Interior. (b) Be accompanied by proof that an active application for a permit to appropriate water is on file in the Office of the State Engineer. (c) Be accompanied by the fee prescribed by this chapter. (d) State that the applicant desires the land for actually reclaiming, cultivating and settling it in accordance with the Carey Act and the laws and regulations of this State. (e) State that the applicant, if granted the amount of land requested in the application, will not have received a total amount of land through the provisions of this chapter exceeding 160 acres.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 324.060 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 324 / Section 324.060
Regulations: Adoption; publication and distribution
Status: in_force

1. The Division may establish and require the observance of such regulations as the Division may deem necessary, proper or expedient, not in conflict with law or the regulations of the Department of the Interior, for the administration of the provisions of this chapter.

2. Such regulations shall be published from time to time in pamphlet form for free distribution.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 321.335 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 321 / Section 321.335
Procedure
Status: in_force

1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 321.008 , 321.125 , 321.402 to 321.418 , inclusive, 322.061 , 322.063 , 322.065 or 322.075 , except as otherwise required by federal law, except for land that is sold or leased to a public utility, as defined in NRS 704.020 , to be used for a public purpose, except for land that is sold or leased to a state or local governmental entity, except for a lease which is part of a contract entered into pursuant to chapter 333 of NRS and except for an agreement entered into pursuant to the provisions of NRS 277.080 to 277.170 , inclusive, after April 1, 1957, all sales or leases of any lands that the Division is required to hold pursuant to NRS 321.001 , including lands subject to contracts of sale that have been forfeited, are governed by the provisions of this section.

2. Whenever the State Land Registrar deems it to be in the best interests of the State of Nevada that any lands owned by the State and not used or set apart for public purposes be sold or leased, the State Land Registrar may, with the approval of the State Board of Examiners and the Interim Finance Committee, cause those lands to be sold or leased upon sealed bids, or oral offer after the opening of sealed bids for cash or pursuant to a contract of sale or lease, at a price not less than the highest appraised value for the lands plus the costs of appraisal and publication of notice of sale or lease.

3. Before offering any land for sale or lease, the State Land Registrar shall comply with the provisions of NRS 321.007 .

4. After complying with the provisions of NRS 321.007 , the State Land Registrar shall cause a notice of sale or lease to be published once a week for 4 consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation published in the county where the land to be sold or leased is situated, and in such other newspapers as the State Land Registrar deems appropriate. If there is no newspaper published in the county where the land to be sold or leased is situated, the notice must be so published in a newspaper published in this State having a general circulation in the county where the land is situated.

5. The notice must contain: (a) A description of the land to be sold or leased; (b) A statement of the terms of sale or lease; (c) A statement that the land will be sold pursuant to subsection 6; and (d) The place where the sealed bids will be accepted, the first and last days on which the sealed bids will be accepted, and the time when and place where the sealed bids will be opened and oral offers submitted pursuant to subsection 6 will be accepted.

6. At the time and place fixed in the notice published pursuant to subsection 4, all sealed bids which have been received must, in public session, be opened, examined and declared by the State Land Registrar. Of the proposals submitted which conform to all terms and conditions specified in the notice published pursuant to subsection 4 and which are made by responsible bidders, the bid which is the highest must be finally accepted, unless a higher oral offer is accepted or the State Land Registrar rejects all bids and offers. Before finally accepting any written bid, the State Land Registrar shall call for oral offers. If, upon the call for oral offers, any responsible person offers to buy or lease the land upon the terms and conditions specified in the notice, for a price exceeding by at least 5 percent the highest written bid, then the highest oral offer which is made by a responsible person must be finally accepted.

7. The State Land Registrar may reject any bid or oral offer to purchase or lease submitted pursuant to subsection 6, if the State Land Registrar deems the bid or offer to be: (a) Contrary to the public interest. (b) For a lesser amount than is reasonable for the land involved. (c) On lands which it may be more beneficial for the State to reserve. (d) On lands which are requested by the State of Nevada or any department, agency or institution thereof.

8. Upon acceptance of any bid or oral offer and payment to the State Land Registrar in accordance with the terms of sale specified in the notice of sale, the State Land Registrar shall convey title by quitclaim or cause a patent to be issued as provided in NRS 321.320 and 321.330 .

9. Upon acceptance of any bid or oral offer and payment to the State Land Registrar in accordance with the terms of lease specified in the notice of lease, the State Land Registrar shall enter into a lease agreement with the person submitting the accepted bid or oral offer pursuant to the terms of lease specified in the notice of lease.

10. The State Land Registrar may require any person requesting that state land be sold pursuant to the provisions of this section to deposit a sufficient amount of money to pay the costs to be incurred by the State Land Registrar in acting upon the application, including the costs of publication and the expenses of appraisal. This deposit must be refunded whenever the person making the deposit is not the successful bidder. The costs of acting upon the application, including the costs of publication and the expenses of appraisal, must be borne by the successful bidder.

11. If land that is offered for sale or lease pursuant to this section is not sold or leased at the initial offering of the contract for the sale or lease of the land, the State Land Registrar may offer the land for sale or lease a second time pursuant to this section. If there is a material change relating to the title, zoning or an ordinance governing the use of the land, the State Land Registrar must obtain a new appraisal of the land pursuant to the provisions of NRS 321.007 before offering the land for sale or lease a second time. If land that is offered for sale or lease pursuant to this section is not sold or leased at the second offering of the contract for the sale or lease of the land, the State Land Registrar may list the land for sale or lease at the appraised value with a licensed real estate broker, provided that the broker or a person related to the broker within the first degree of consanguinity or affinity does not have an interest in the land or an adjoining property.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 321.125 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 321 / Section 321.125
Sale of state land to public agency or local government
Status: in_force

1. The State Land Registrar may make direct sales of lands owned by the State to a public agency or local government of the State if the land is: (a) Not needed for use by the State; and (b) Needed for a valid public use.

2. Land sold pursuant to this section must be sold at a price equal to at least the current fair market value of the land plus the costs of the sale, including expenses related to the appraisal of the land.

3. As used in this section, “local government” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 354.474 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 328.360 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 328 / Section 328.360
Consent to acquisition of lands to facilitate administration of national forest affairs (1937)
Status: in_force

1. The consent of the State of Nevada is hereby given, in accordance with Clause 17 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution of the United States , to the acquisition by the United States of the following-described land in White Pine County, Nevada, desired to facilitate the administration of the Nevada national forest affairs: (a) In T. 14 N., R. 58 E., M.D.B. & M., the SW 1/4 of the SE 1/4 of section 27, the SW 1/4 of the SE 1/4 of section 28, the N 1/2 of the NE 1/4 and the SE 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of section 34; and the NW 1/4 of the NE 1/4, the SW 1/4 of the NW 1/4 and the NW 1/4 of the SW 1/4 of section 35. (b) In T. 15 N., R. 58 E., M.D.B. & M., the SE 1/4 of the NE 1/4 and the NE 1/4 of the SE 1/4 of section 3, the NW 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of section 10, the NE 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of section 11, the SW 1/4 of the NW 1/4 of section 12, the S 1/2 of the NE 1/4 and the E 1/2 of the SE 1/4 of section 24, and the SE 1/4 of the NE 1/4 and the E 1/2 of the SE 1/4 of section 36. (c) In T. 16 N., R. 58 E., M.D.B. & M., the W 1/2 of the SE 1/4 and the W 1/2 of the SW 1/4 of section 24, the NW 1/4 of the NW 1/4 and the S 1/2 of the SW 1/4 of section 25, and the SE 1/4 of the NE 1/4 and the NE 1/4 of the SE 1/4 of section 26. (d) In T. 17 N., R. 58 E., M.D.B. & M., the NW 1/4 of the NE 1/4, the S 1/2 of the NW 1/4 and the NE 1/4 of the NW 1/4 of section 34; and the W 1/2 of the NE 1/4, the NE 1/4 of the NW 1/4 and the NW 1/4 of the SE 1/4 of section 36. (e) In T. 18 N., R. 58 E., M.D.B. & M., the E 1/2 of the SE 1/4 of section 1, the NE 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of section 2, the SE 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of section 10, the E 1/2 of the SW 1/4 of section 11; the N 1/2 of the N 1/2, the E 1/2 of the SE 1/4, the SW 1/4 of the NW 1/4 and the NW 1/4 of the SW 1/4 of section 12; the SE 1/4 of the NE 1/4 and the NE 1/4 of the SE 1/4 of section 15, the S 1/2 of the SW 1/4 of section 23, the SW 1/4 of the SE 1/4 of section 24, the NW 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of section 25, the N 1/2 of the NW 1/4 and the NE 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of section 26, the NE 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of section 35; and the N 1/2 of the SE 1/4, the NW 1/4 of the NW 1/4 and the SE 1/4 of the NW 1/4 of section 36. (f) In T. 13 N., R. 59 E., M.D.B. & M., the NE 1/4 of the NE 1/4, the SW 1/4 of the NE 1/4 and the W 1/2 of the SW 1/4 of section 6; the NW 1/4 of the NW 1/4, the W 1/2 of the SW 1/4 and the SE 1/4 of the SE 1/4 of section 7; the SE 1/4 of the SE 1/4, the NW 1/4 of the SE 1/4, the NE 1/4 of the SW 1/4 and the SW 1/4 of the NW 1/4 of section 13; the SE 1/4 of the NE 1/4 and the NW 1/4 of the SE 1/4 of section 14, the NE 1/4 of the SE 1/4 of section 15, the SW 1/4 of the NW 1/4 of section 17; the SE 1/4 of the NE 1/4, the NE 1/4 of the SE 1/4, the SW 1/4 of the NW 1/4 and the NW 1/4 of the SW 1/4 of section 18; the NW 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of section 20, the NW 1/4 of the SW 1/4 of section 21; the SW 1/4 of the NE 1/4, the N 1/2 of the SE 1/4 and the SW 1/4 of section 31; and the N 1/2 of the SW 1/4 and the SE 1/4 of the SW 1/4 of section 32. (g) In T. 13 N., R. 60 E., M.D.B. & M., the NW 1/4 of the SW 1/4 of section 6, the SW 1/4 of section 18; the NE 1/4 of the NW 1/4, the SW 1/4 of the NE 1/4 and the N 1/2 of the SE 1/4 of section 19; and the NW 1/4 of the SW 1/4 of section 20. (h) In T. 14 N., R. 59 E., M.D.B. & M., the SW 1/4 of the SE 1/4 of section 5, the NE 1/4 of the SE 1/4 of section 7, the W 1/2 of the SW 1/4 and the SW 1/4 of the NW 1/4 of section 8, the NW 1/4 of the NW 1/4 of section 17, the NE 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of section 18, the E 1/2 of the SW 1/4 of section 28; the SW 1/4 of the SW 1/4, the NE 1/4 of the SW 1/4, the N 1/2 of the SE 1/4, the E 1/2 of the NE 1/4 and the SW 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of section 32; the N 1/2 of the N 1/2 and the SW 1/4 of the NW 1/4 of section 33, the N 1/2 of the NW 1/4, and the NW 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of section 34, and the NE 1/4 of the NW 1/4 of section 36. (i) In T. 12 N., R. 60 E., M.D.B. & M., the S 1/2 of the S 1/2 and the N 1/2 of the SW 1/4 of section 5; and the S 1/2 of the NW 1/4, the SW 1/4 of the NE 1/4, the N 1/2 of the SE 1/4 and the SE 1/4 of the SE 1/4 of section 6.

2. The State of Nevada hereby reserves the right to tax persons and corporations and their property situate on the described lands pursuant to its tax and revenue laws; and the state hereby retains its civil and criminal jurisdiction over all persons within or who may come within any lands, except as to offenses against the United States, and all such persons shall retain all their rights and privileges and perform their duties as citizens and inhabitants of the state according to its laws.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 322.061 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 322 / Section 322.061
Lease of land at reduced rate to persons who intend to locate or expand business in this State; requirements; approval of lease; determination of rent; waiver of requirements
Status: in_force

1. The Administrator of the Division of State Lands of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, as ex officio State Land Registrar, may lease state land pursuant to NRS 322.060 for less than the fair market value of the state land for the first year of the lease, including, without limitation, without the payment of rent for the first year of the lease, to a person who intends to locate or expand a business in this State if, except as otherwise provided in subsection 5, the business meets the requirements of subsection 4.

2. Before state land may be leased pursuant to this section, the following persons must approve the lease and establish the recommended amount of rent to be received for the state land: (a) The Administrator of the Division of State Lands, as ex officio State Land Registrar; (b) The Administrator of the State Public Works Division of the Department of Administration; and (c) The Executive Director of the Office of Economic Development.

3. Any lease entered into pursuant to this section must be for a term of at least 10 years.

4. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 5, the lease or agreement may not include a discount to the business for the first year unless: (a) The business is consistent with: (1) The State Plan for Economic Development developed by the Executive Director of the Office of Economic Development pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 231.053 ; and (2) Any guidelines adopted by the Executive Director of the Office to implement the State Plan for Economic Development. (b) The business is registered pursuant to the laws of this State or the person who intends to locate or expand the business in this State commits to obtain a valid business license and all other permits required by the county, city or town in which the business operates. (c) If the business is a new business in a county whose population is 100,000 or more or a city whose population is 60,000 or more, the business meets at least two of the following requirements: (1) The business will have 75 or more full-time employees on the payroll of the business by the fourth quarter that it is in operation. (2) Establishing the business will require the business to make a capital investment of at least $1,000,000 in this State. (3) The average hourly wage that will be paid by the new business to its new employees in this State is at least 100 percent of the average statewide hourly wage as established by the Employment Security Division of the Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation on July 1 of each fiscal year and: (I) The business will provide a health insurance plan for all employees that includes an option for health insurance coverage for dependents of the employees; and (II) The benefits the business provides to its employees in this State will meet the minimum requirements for benefits established by the Office. (d) If the business is a new business in a county whose population is less than 100,000 or a city whose population is less than 60,000, the business meets at least two of the following requirements: (1) The business will have 15 or more full-time employees on the payroll of the business by the fourth quarter that it is in operation. (2) Establishing the business will require the business to make a capital investment of at least $250,000 in this State. (3) The average hourly wage that will be paid by the new business to its new employees in this State is at least 100 percent of the average statewide hourly wage or the average countywide hourly wage, whichever is less, as established by the Employment Security Division of the Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation on July 1 of each fiscal year and: (I) The business will provide a health insurance plan for all employees that includes an option for health insurance coverage for dependents of the employees; and (II) The benefits the business provides to its employees in this State will meet the minimum requirements for benefits established by the Office. (e) If the business is an existing business, the business meets at least two of the following requirements: (1) The business will increase the number of employees on its payroll by 10 percent more than it employed in the immediately preceding fiscal year or by six employees, whichever is greater. (2) The business will expand by making a capital investment in this State in an amount equal to at least 20 percent of the value of the tangible property possessed by the business in the immediately preceding fiscal year. The determination of the value of the tangible property possessed by the business in the immediately preceding fiscal year must be made by the: (I) County assessor of the county in which the business will expand, if the business is locally assessed; or (II) The Department of Taxation, if the business is centrally assessed. (3) The average hourly wage that will be paid by the existing business to its new employees in this State is at least the amount of the average hourly wage required to be paid by businesses pursuant to subparagraph (2) of either paragraph (a) or (b) of subsection 2 of NRS 361.0687 , whichever is applicable, and: (I) The business will provide a health insurance plan for all new employees that includes an option for health insurance coverage for dependents of the employees; and (II) The benefits the business provides to its new employees in this State will meet the minimum requirements for benefits established by the Office. (f) In lieu of meeting the requirements of paragraph (c), (d) or (e), if the business furthers the development and refinement of intellectual property, a patent or a copyright into a commercial product, the business meets at least two of the following requirements: (1) The business will have 10 or more full-time employees on the payroll of the business by the fourth quarter that it is in operation. (2) Establishing the business will require the business to make a capital investment of at least $500,000 in this State. (3) The average hourly wage that will be paid by the new business to its employees in this State is at least the amount of the average hourly wage required to be paid by businesses pursuant to subparagraph (2) of either paragraph (a) or (b) of subsection 2 of NRS 361.0687 , whichever is applicable, and: (I) The business will provide a health insurance plan for all employees that includes an option for health insurance coverage for dependents of the employees; and (II) The benefits the business provides to its employees in this State will meet with minimum requirements established by the Office.

5. The Executive Director of the Office of Economic Development may waive the requirements of subsection 4 for good cause shown if the lease is for state land of less than 25,000 square feet.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 321.418 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 321 / Section 321.418
Restore Nevada's Treasures Revolving Account
Status: in_force

1. The Restore Nevada's Treasures Revolving Account is hereby created as a special account in the State General Fund.

2. The State Land Registrar shall deposit into the Revolving Account money received: (a) As a gift, grant or donation pursuant to NRS 321.414 ; and (b) From payments made by a private partner pursuant to a public-private partnership.

3. The State Land Registrar may use the money in the Revolving Account only for the expenses related to: (a) The acquisition of a historic building pursuant to NRS 321.412 ; and (b) Expenses relating to a public-private partnership.

4. The State Land Registrar shall: (a) Approve any disbursements from the Revolving Account; and (b) Maintain records of any such disbursement.

5. The balance of the Revolving Account must be carried forward at the end of each fiscal year.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 321.003 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 321 / Section 321.003
Assignment of land to state agency; certification of State Land Registrar required before making improvements; lease or sale of state land; use or acquisition of land without prior authorization of State Land Registrar prohibited
Status: in_force

1. The State Land Registrar shall assign any land or interest in land owned by the State of Nevada which is needed for governmental purposes to the appropriate state agency for use and administration. Before a state agency erects a building or makes any other permanent improvement on land assigned to it, the agency shall notify the State Land Registrar, in a form prescribed by the State Land Registrar, and shall not proceed with the construction or improvement until the State Land Registrar certifies the nature of and any encumbrances against the State's title to the land, and certifies that the boundaries of the land assigned include the site of the proposed construction or improvement.

2. Except as otherwise provided by specific statute, any lease or sale of land, or of any interest in land, by the Division must be made upon the best terms available.

3. The State Land Registrar shall execute on behalf of the State any lease, deed or other document by which any land or interest therein owned by the State is conveyed.

4. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person shall not use or acquire state land for any purpose unless the person first obtains written authorization from the State Land Registrar.

5. As used in this section, “person” includes a government, governmental agency and political subdivision of a government.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 321.416 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 321 / Section 321.416
Applicability of provisions governing public property and purchasing and public works and planning to public-private partnerships; duties of State Land Registrar, private partner, contractor and subcontractor to comply with certain provisions governing employment; designation of building official for work performed
Status: in_force

1. The provisions of chapters 333, 338 and 341 of NRS do not apply to a public-private partnership, except the provisions of NRS 338.013 to 338.090 , inclusive, apply to a contract to perform work in connection with the preservation, rehabilitation, restoration, reconstruction or adaptive use of a historic building pursuant to a public-private partnership. The private partner and a contractor who is awarded the contract or enters into the agreement to perform the preservation, rehabilitation, restoration, reconstruction or adaptive use of the historic building shall include in the contract or other agreement the contractual provisions and stipulations that are required to be included in a contract for a public work pursuant to the provisions of NRS 338.013 to 338.090 , inclusive. The State Land Registrar, the private partner, any contractor who is awarded a contract or enters into an agreement to perform such work on the historic building project and any subcontractor who performs work on the historic building project shall comply with the provisions of NRS 338.013 to 338.090 , inclusive, in the same manner as if a public body had undertaken the project or had awarded the contract.

2. The Deputy Administrator of the Public Works-Compliance and Code Enforcement Section of the State Public Works Division of the Department of Administration shall serve as the building official on the work performed in connection with the preservation, rehabilitation, restoration, reconstruction or adaptive use of a historic building pursuant to a public-private partnership.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 321.0006 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 321 / Section 321.0006
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 321.0007 and 321.0008 have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 327.050 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 327 / Section 327.050
Definitions of Nevada coordinate systems
Status: in_force

1. For purposes of more specifically defining the Nevada Coordinate System of 1927, the following definition by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey is adopted: (a) The Nevada Coordinate System of 1927, East Zone, is a transverse Mercator projection of the Clarke Spheroid of 1866, having a central meridian 115°35′ west of Greenwich, on which meridian the scale is set at one part in 10,000 too small. The origin of coordinates is at the intersection of the meridian 115°35′ west of Greenwich and the parallel 34°45′ north latitude. This origin is given the coordinates: x = 500,000 feet and y = 0 feet. (b) The Nevada Coordinate System of 1927, Central Zone, is a transverse Mercator projection of the Clarke Spheroid of 1866, having a central meridian 116°40′ west of Greenwich, on which meridian the scale is set at one part in 10,000 too small. The origin of coordinates is at the intersection of the meridian 116°40′ west of Greenwich and the parallel 34°45′ north latitude. This origin is given the coordinates: x = 500,000 feet and y = 0 feet. (c) The Nevada Coordinate System of 1927, West Zone, is a transverse Mercator projection of the Clarke Spheroid of 1866, having a central meridian 118°35′ west of Greenwich, on which meridian the scale is set at one part in 10,000 too small. The origin of coordinates is at the intersection of the meridian 118°35′ west of Greenwich and the parallel 34°45′ north latitude. This origin is given the coordinates: x = 500,000 feet and y = 0 feet.

2. For purposes of more specifically defining the Nevada Coordinate System of 1983, the following definition by the National Geodetic Survey of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is adopted: (a) The Nevada Coordinate System of 1983, East Zone, is a transverse Mercator projection of the North American Datum of 1983, having a central meridian 115°35′ west of Greenwich, on which meridian the scale is set at one part in 10,000 too small. The origin of coordinates is at the intersection of the meridian 115°35′ west of Greenwich and the parallel 34°45′ north latitude. This origin is given the coordinates: x = 200,000 meters and y = 8,000,000 meters. (b) The Nevada Coordinate System of 1983, Central Zone, is a transverse Mercator projection of the North American Datum of 1983, having a central meridian 116°40′ west of Greenwich, on which meridian the scale is set at one part in 10,000 too small. The origin of coordinates is at the intersection of the meridian 116°40′ west of Greenwich and the parallel 34°45′ north latitude. This origin is given the coordinates: x = 500,000 meters and y = 6,000,000 meters. (c) The Nevada Coordinate System of 1983, West Zone, is a transverse Mercator projection of the North American Datum of 1983, having a central meridian 118°35′ west of Greenwich, on which meridian the scale is set at one part in 10,000 too small. The origin of coordinates is at the intersection of the meridian 118°35′ west of Greenwich and the parallel 34°45′ north latitude. This origin is given the coordinates: x = 800,000 meters and y = 4,000,000 meters.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 322.0043 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 322 / Section 322.0043
“Deck” defined
Status: in_force

“Deck” means a fixed or floating platform or other structure, other than a boat house or pier, which is attached to the shore or bed of, and extends into or over, a navigable body of water.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 325.100 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 325 / Section 325.100
Survey of townsite: Expenses
Status: in_force

In all cases where it shall become necessary, in the opinion of the citizens of the town, to make a survey of any townsite for the purpose of identifying or locating the lots, blocks, squares, streets or alleys contained within the limits of the townsite, the costs of the survey shall be paid to the trustees to defray the expenses of the survey. The costs shall be paid by the claimants pro rata.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 322.0058 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 322 / Section 322.0058
“Pier” defined
Status: in_force

“Pier” means a fixed or floating platform or other structure, other than a boat house or deck, which:

1. Extends into or over a navigable body of water;

2. Is attached to pillars, piles, rocks or metal or is anchored to the bottom of the body of water; and

3. Affords convenient passage to and from vessels or provides a mooring for vessels.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 321.7355 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 321 / Section 321.7355
Authority to prepare plan or statement of policy concerning lands under federal management
Status: in_force

1. The State Land Use Planning Agency may prepare, in cooperation with appropriate federal and state agencies and local governments throughout the State, plans or statements of policy concerning the administration of lands in the State of Nevada that are under federal management. The plans or statements of policy must not include matters concerning zoning or the division of land and must be consistent with local plans and regulations concerning the use of private property.

2. The State Land Use Planning Agency shall: (a) Encourage public comment upon the various matters treated in a proposed plan or statement of policy throughout its preparation and incorporate such comments into the proposed plan or statement of policy as are appropriate; (b) Submit its work on a plan or statement of policy periodically for review and comment by the Land Use Planning Advisory Council and the Subcommittee on Public Lands of the Joint Interim Standing Committee on Natural Resources; and (c) Provide written responses to written comments received from a county or city upon the various matters treated in a proposed plan or statement of policy.

3. Whenever the State Land Use Planning Agency prepares plans or statements of policy pursuant to subsection 1 and submits those plans or statements of policy to the Governor, the Legislature, the Subcommittee on Public Lands of the Joint Interim Standing Committee on Natural Resources or an agency of the Federal Government, the State Land Use Planning Agency shall include with each plan or statement of policy the comments and recommendations of: (a) The Land Use Planning Advisory Council; and (b) The Subcommittee on Public Lands of the Joint Interim Standing Committee on Natural Resources.

4. A plan or statement of policy must be approved by the governing bodies of the county and cities affected by it before it is put into effect.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 322.010 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 322 / Section 322.010
Authorization
Status: in_force

Except as provided in NRS 334.070 and 504.147 , the Administrator of the Division of State Lands of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, as ex officio State Land Registrar, may lease any land except contract land now or hereafter owned by the State of Nevada, or which may hereafter be granted to it by the United States of America, upon terms as provided in NRS 322.020 , 322.030 and 322.040 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 321.055 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 321 / Section 321.055
Notice of tax delinquency by county assessor: Contents
Status: in_force

Upon the occurrence of any tax delinquency on state lands, the county assessor of the county wherein the land is situated shall immediately notify the State Land Registrar of that delinquency. The notice must contain a description of the land and the date and amount of delinquency.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 328.240 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 328 / Section 328.240
Jurisdiction ceded over land for use of Indian School (1897)
Status: in_force

1. The jurisdiction of the State of Nevada is hereby ceded to the United States of America over the following lots, pieces and parcels of land, situate, lying and being in Douglas County, State of Nevada, and bounded and particularly described as follows: The E 1/2 of Lot 2 of the NW 1/4 of section 5 in T. 14 N., R. 20 E., M.D.B. & M., containing 38.66 acres; the land to be used and occupied by the United States of America for the use and benefit of the Indian School now situate in Carson City, Nevada, and adjoining the land over which jurisdiction is hereby ceded.

2. Jurisdiction over the land is hereby retained by the State of Nevada for the purpose of the service of all criminal and civil writs and process thereon and therein.

3. This section shall remain in full force and effect as long as the United States of America shall use and occupy the land for the uses and purposes stated herein.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 322.065 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 322 / Section 322.065
Lease of state land to certain nonprofit organizations or educational institutions for reduced charge; approval of lease; determination of rent; waiver of fee; exclusions
Status: in_force

1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, land may be leased pursuant to NRS 322.060 to: (a) A nonprofit organization that is recognized as exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and is affiliated by contract or other written agreement with an agency of this State; or (b) A public educational institution, under such terms and for such consideration as the Administrator of the Division of State Lands of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, as ex officio State Land Registrar, determines reasonable based upon the costs and benefits to the State and the recommendation of the persons who approve the lease.

2. To lease property pursuant to this section, at least two of the following persons must approve the lease and establish the recommended amount of rent to be received for the property: (a) The Administrator of the Division of State Lands of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, as ex officio State Land Registrar. (b) The Administrator of the State Public Works Division of the Department of Administration. (c) The Director of the Department of Health and Human Services or a person designated by the Director. Such persons shall render a decision on an application to lease property pursuant to this section within 60 days after the application is filed with the Administrator of the Division of State Lands.

3. In determining the amount of rent for the lease of property pursuant to this section, consideration must be given to: (a) The amount the lessee is able to pay; (b) Whether the property will be used by the lessee to perform a service of value to members of the general public; and (c) Whether the service to be performed on the property will be of assistance to any agency of this State.

4. The State Land Registrar may waive any fee for the consideration of an application submitted pursuant to this section.

5. The provisions of this section do not apply to property granted to the State by the Federal Government and held in trust by the State for educational purposes.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 328.500 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 328 / Section 328.500
Attorney General may bring, maintain or intervene in actions concerning public lands to protect sovereignty of State
Status: in_force

1. The Legislature finds that more than 87 percent of the land in the State of Nevada is held by the Federal Government, of which 69 percent is public land, and the actions of federal agencies and instrumentalities involving the public lands and waters appurtenant to and public roads over those lands significantly affect the health, safety, welfare and happiness of the citizens of this State and may interfere with the traditional sovereign functions of the State of Nevada with respect to those lands, waters and roads and their uses.

2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, the Attorney General may: (a) On his or her own initiative or at the request of the Governor or any state agency, bring and maintain any action; or (b) Intervene on behalf of or bring and maintain an action on the relation of, any person in any meritorious case, in any court or before any federal agency if any action or proposed action by a federal agency or instrumentality with respect to the public lands or waters appurtenant to or public roads over those lands impairs or tends to impair the sovereignty of the State of Nevada.

3. The Attorney General may bring an action pursuant to this section if: (a) The Legislature has appropriated sufficient money for the operation of the Attorney General’s office to permit the Attorney General to bring and maintain the action until its conclusion; or (b) The Attorney General has obtained the permission: (1) From the Legislature, if it is in session, expressed by a concurrent resolution; or (2) If the Legislature is not in session, from the Interim Finance Committee.

4. As used in this section, “public lands” means all lands within the exterior boundaries of the State of Nevada except lands: (a) To which title is held by any private person or entity; (b) To which title is held by the State of Nevada, any of its local governments or the Nevada System of Higher Education; (c) Which are located within congressionally authorized national parks, monuments, national forests or wildlife refuges or which are lands acquired by purchase consented to by the Legislature; (d) Which are controlled by the United States Department of Defense, Department of Energy or Bureau of Reclamation; or (e) Which are held in trust for Indian purposes or are Indian reservations.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 321.5956 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 321 / Section 321.5956
Division authorized to enter into certain agreements; State Land Registrar authorized to make certain grants and enter into certain contracts and agreements
Status: in_force

In carrying out the provisions of NRS 321.5952 to 321.5957 , inclusive:

1. The Division may, as the State Land Registrar deems appropriate, cooperate and enter into agreements with state and federal agencies, local governments, nonprofit organizations and other persons or entities to carry out programs to preserve, restore and enhance the natural environment of the Lake Tahoe Basin on public land and on privately owned property with the consent of the owner of the property.

2. The State Land Registrar may, within the limits of available money, make grants to other state agencies, local governments and nonprofit organizations formed for educational or charitable purposes. A local government that receives grant money pursuant to this subsection may, with the approval of the State Land Registrar, enter into a contract or other agreement with another local government, a nonprofit organization or another person or entity pursuant to which the local government disburses the grant money to the other local government, nonprofit organization or other person or entity to carry out a program to preserve, restore and enhance the natural environment of the Lake Tahoe Basin.

3. The State Land Registrar may, within the limits of available money, enter into a contract or other agreement with a nonprofit organization that is not formed for educational or charitable purposes or another person or entity to pay the reasonable costs incurred by the nonprofit organization or other person or entity to carry out a program to preserve, restore and enhance the natural environment of the Lake Tahoe Basin. In entering such a contract or agreement, the State Land Registrar shall ensure that: (a) Public money is only expended for public purposes; and (b) The public interest is protected adequately.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 325.140 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 325 / Section 325.140
Notice of claim: Contents; publication; posting; statements by adverse claimants
Status: in_force

1. Upon the filing of any statement and upon receipt of the accompanying fee, the district judge shall cause notice of the claim to be made by both of the following methods: (a) Publication of the notice at least once a week for 4 successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation, which is published in the county in which the land is situate. If no newspaper is published in that county, publication must be made in a newspaper of general circulation in the county. (b) Posting a copy of the notice in three public places in the townsite and in a conspicuous place on the property described in the claim for 30 days.

2. The notice must contain, without limitation: (a) The name of the claimant. (b) The interest or title claimed. (c) A complete and accurate description of the property. (d) A statement containing the provisions of subsection 3.

3. Any adverse claimant must file a verified statement in the office of the clerk of the district court not later than 30 days from the last publication or 30 days from the posting of the notice provided in subsection 2, whichever is later.

4. No adverse claim, for the purposes of this section, may be asserted in any way other than that provided in subsection 3.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 325.130 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 325 / Section 325.130
Establishment or confirmation of claim: Filing of statement with clerk of district court; contents; fees
Status: in_force

1. Any person, company, corporation or association that claims any right, title or interest in any block, lot, share or parcel of land situate in any townsite which has been entered or patented pursuant to 43 U.S.C. §§ 718 to 723 , inclusive, and that desires to establish or confirm the claim shall, in person or by the duly authorized attorney of the person, company, corporation or association, file a verified statement in the office of the clerk of the district court for the county in which such land is located.

2. The written statement shall contain but shall not be limited to: (a) An accurate and complete property description. (b) An account of the nature and extent of the claimant's interest in or title to such land.

3. The statement shall be accompanied by such fees as the judge or the clerk of the court may request to defray the cost of publication and posting as provided in NRS 325.140 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 321.594 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 321 / Section 321.594
Powers and duties of Administrator and Division regarding programs to improve sagebrush ecosystems; Division authorized to make certain grants and enter into certain contracts and agreements; regulations
Status: in_force

1. The Administrator of the Division shall coordinate the establishment and carrying out of a program of projects to improve sagebrush ecosystems in this State. The Division shall cooperate, without limitation, with: (a) The Department of Wildlife; (b) The State Department of Agriculture; and (c) The Division of Forestry of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.

2. In carrying out the program described in subsection 1, the Division, on behalf of the Director of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, shall: (a) Oversee and administer a program to mitigate damage to sagebrush ecosystems through a system that awards credits to persons, federal and state agencies, local governments and nonprofit organizations who take measures to protect, enhance or restore sagebrush ecosystems established by the Sagebrush Ecosystem Council created by NRS 232.162 ; (b) Identify and, if necessary, prioritize any projects concerning the enhancement of the landscape, the restoration of habitat, the reduction of any nonnative grasses and plants and the mitigation of damage to or the expansion of scientific knowledge of sagebrush ecosystems; (c) Coordinate activities with federal agencies; (d) If requested, consult with persons proposing to conduct activities in any area which includes any habitat of the greater sage grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) to suggest measures to avoid, minimize or mitigate the effect of the activities on any sagebrush ecosystem; (e) Solicit grants and private contributions for projects to improve sagebrush ecosystems; and (f) On or before August 1 of each year, submit a report to the Sagebrush Ecosystem Council created by NRS 232.162 . The report must include, without limitation: (1) A description of each project conducted or planned to be conducted pursuant to the program described in subsection 1, including the cost, source of funding and, for projects that have been carried out, the results of the project; (2) A description of any agreement between the Division and any person, federal or state agency, local government or nonprofit organization, including the purpose and provisions of the agreement; (3) A list of all grants and private contributions solicited and all grants awarded to further the purposes of the program; (4) A description of any significant activities conducted in any area which includes habitat of the greater sage grouse and all measures adopted to avoid, minimize or mitigate the effect of the activities on any sagebrush ecosystem; and (5) Any other information specified by the Division or requested by the Council.

3. The Division may: (a) Enter into any agreement with a person, federal or state agency, local government or nonprofit organization to further the preservation, restoration and enhancement of sagebrush ecosystems on public land or on privately owned land with the consent of the owner of the land; (b) In accordance with subsection 3 of NRS 321.001 , acquire and hold land and any interest in land or water required to carry out the program described in subsection 1; (c) Sell or lease land and any interest in land or water that the Division determines is no longer necessary to carry out the program described in subsection 1; (d) Within the limits of available money, award grants of money to other state agencies, local governments and nonprofit organizations to carry out the program described in subsection 1; (e) Adopt any regulations to carry out the provisions of this section; and (f) Conduct any other activities specified by the Division to carry out the program described in subsection 1.

4. The proceeds from the sale or lease of land or of any interest in land or water pursuant to paragraph (c) of subsection 3 must be deposited in the Account to Restore the Sagebrush Ecosystem created by NRS 232.161 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 322.0044 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 322 / Section 322.0044
“Dredging” defined
Status: in_force

“Dredging” means the removing or rearranging of any material below the high water elevation of a navigable body of water.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 329.190 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 329 / Section 329.190
Corner records: Signatures
Status: in_force

No corner record may be recorded unless it is signed by a professional land surveyor or, in the case of any agency of the United States Government, by the official making the survey, who shall designate his or her official title and the agency for which he or she is employed.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 324.220 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 324 / Section 324.220
Entry upon land: Conditions
Status: in_force

1. Before entering upon any land pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, the applicant shall file with the Division: (a) A certified copy of a water permit or a contract for a perpetual water right into which the applicant has entered with whomever is authorized by the Division to furnish water for the reclamation of the land. (b) Any payments required by regulation. (c) A written statement from the board of county commissioners of each county in which the land for which application is made is located which certifies the land is zoned for the intended use of the applicant or will be so zoned by the time the applicant intends to put it to such use.

2. The Division shall file all papers submitted by the applicant and, if allowed, shall issue a certificate of location to the applicant. All certificates, when issued, must be recorded in a book kept for that purpose.

3. The balance unpaid on the price fixed by the Division for the land allowed an applicant is payable in such installments and at such times as the Division prescribes, but before a patent is issued the full price of the land must be paid by the settler.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 322.0062 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 322 / Section 322.0062
“Single residential use” defined
Status: in_force

“ Single residential use ” means the use of a facility, structure or other object, except a commercial use, exclusively by the owner of a littoral or riparian residential parcel and his or her family and guests.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 324.180 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 324 / Section 324.180
Modifications of contracts
Status: in_force

Any contract entered into pursuant to the provisions of this chapter may subsequently be modified if in the opinion of the Division the modification conserves and protects the public welfare and the rights of settlers. If the modification relates to changes in the irrigation works or to an extension of time for its completion, the consent of the State Engineer is a condition precedent to any modification by the Division.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 329.145 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 329 / Section 329.145
Conditions under which surveyor not required to record corner record
Status: in_force

A surveyor is not required to record a corner record if:

1. A corner record is recorded with the county recorder and the corner is found as described in the record; and

2. All information required in a corner record pursuant to this chapter is included in: (a) A record of survey recorded in accordance with the provisions of NRS 625.340 to 625.380 , inclusive; or (b) A land subdivision map recorded in accordance with the provisions of NRS 278.010 to 278.630 , inclusive.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 321.060 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 321 / Section 321.060
Seal of State Land Office: Use; effect on documents bearing Seal
Status: in_force

1. The State Land Registrar is authorized to provide and use a seal for the State Land Office.

2. The impression of the Seal of the State Land Office upon the original or copy of any paper, plat, map or document emanating from the State Land Office shall impart verity to the document so impressed.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 328.100 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 328 / Section 328.100
Resolution ceding state jurisdiction: Contents; delivery; recordation
Status: reserved

1. The cession of jurisdiction by the State must be evidenced by a resolution signed on behalf of the State by the President of the Senate and Speaker of the Assembly and attested to by the Secretary and Chief Clerk of those houses, respectively, or by the Chair and Secretary of the Legislative Commission. The resolution must then be delivered to the Secretary of State, who shall affix the Seal of the State thereto and shall thereupon deliver it to the United States.

2. The resolution must contain an accurate description of the land, a statement of the jurisdiction ceded to the United States, the purpose of the cession and all power, authority and jurisdiction reserved to the State.

3. The cession of jurisdiction does not vest until certified copies of it have been filed with the State Land Registrar and recorded in the offices of the county recorders of the counties in which the land is located.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 327.070 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 327 / Section 327.070
Limitation on use of terms “Nevada Coordinate System of 1927” and “Nevada Coordinate System of 1983”
Status: in_force

The use of the term “Nevada Coordinate System of 1927” or “Nevada Coordinate System of 1983” on any map, report of survey, or other document is limited to use for coordinates based on the system as defined in this chapter.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 328.065 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 328 / Section 328.065
Application to State for cession of jurisdiction, appropriation of water or consent to close public road
Status: in_force

An officer of an agency or instrumentality of the United States:

1. May apply to the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau pursuant to NRS 328.065 to 328.135 , inclusive, to obtain a cession of concurrent criminal jurisdiction or other jurisdiction from the State of Nevada.

2. Shall apply to the State Engineer pursuant to Title 48 of NRS to appropriate water on the public lands or other federal lands of this state. The State Engineer has continuing jurisdiction over any acquisition by the United States of the waters of the State of Nevada, whether by purchase, gift, condemnation, appropriation pursuant to the state's water laws or otherwise, and whether appurtenant to lands acquired by or retained by the United States.

3. Shall apply to the Department of Transportation pursuant to the procedure set forth in NRS 408.537 , 408.543 and 408.547 for consent to close a public road, as defined in NRS 405.191 , which is located on the public lands of this state.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 326.005 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 326 / Section 326.005
Suspension of NRS 326.010 to 326.070, inclusive, until action by Legislature
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding the provisions of NRS 326.010 to 326.070 , inclusive, no person may occupy or settle on any public lands in this State or bring and maintain any action pursuant to those provisions, and no state or county officer or employee may perform any duty required under those provisions, until the Legislature by concurrent resolution authorizes the resumption of those occupations, settlements and actions and the resumption of those duties.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 329.120 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 329 / Section 329.120
“Reference monument” defined
Status: in_force

“Reference monument” means a special monument which does not occupy the same geographical position as the corner itself, whose spatial relationship to the corner is recorded and which serves to witness the corner.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 322.0032 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 322 / Section 322.0032
“Agricultural use” defined
Status: in_force

“Agricultural use” means any use required for farming or ranching.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 321.355 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 321 / Section 321.355
Rights-of-way reserved to State for public access to other land open for public use
Status: reserved

1. Before any state land may be leased, exchanged, sold or contracted for sale, the State Land Registrar, in consultation with the Department of Transportation and with counties and local governments, shall designate any existing routes over the land which the State Land Registrar determines to be necessary for public access to any other land that is open to public use. If such a route is designated, the land must be conveyed with a right-of-way and all rights of access and abutter's rights for the route reserved in the name of the State of Nevada. Any right-of-way reserved pursuant to this subsection may, when necessary as determined by the State Land Registrar and otherwise approved as required by law, be used by a public utility pursuant to the requirements set forth in NRS 322.050 and 322.060 .

2. After the land or interest in the land is conveyed, if the route is determined by the State Land Registrar, in consultation with the Department of Transportation and with counties and local governments, to be no longer necessary for public access to other land which is open to public use, the State Land Registrar shall, subject to the provisions of subsections 3 and 4, release the right, title and interest of the State in and to the right-of-way to the purchaser or lessee of the land, his or her assigns or successors in interest.

3. Before releasing the state's interest in the right-of-way, the State Land Registrar shall cause to be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county where the right-of-way is located a notice of intent to release that interest. The notice must be published at least 30 days before the proposed date for the release and must contain: (a) A description of the location of the right-of-way; (b) The date upon which the release is to be effective; and (c) The mailing address of the State Land Registrar to which persons may send protests against the proposed release.

4. The State Land Registrar may, or upon the receipt of a written protest against the proposed release shall, hold a public hearing. The hearing must be: (a) Held in the county in which the right-of-way is located; and (b) Advertised at least 30 days before the date of the hearing in a newspaper of general circulation in the county where the right-of-way is located.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 321.385 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 321 / Section 321.385
Sale by State Land Registrar
Status: in_force

The State Land Registrar, after consultation with the Division of Forestry of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, may:

1. Sell timber from any land owned by the State of Nevada which is not assigned to the Department of Wildlife.

2. At the request of the Director of the Department of Wildlife, sell timber from any land owned by the State of Nevada which is assigned to the Department of Wildlife. Revenues from the sale of such timber must be deposited with the State Treasurer for credit to the Wildlife Account in the State General Fund.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 328.120 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 328 / Section 328.120
State Engineer to give technical and engineering advice on water rights, reclamation, control of floods and protection of watersheds
Status: in_force

On matters under the provisions of NRS 328.065 to 328.135 , inclusive, affecting water rights, reclamation, flood control and watershed protection, the Legislative Commission shall call upon the State Engineer for technical and engineering advice, and the water law of this state is the rule of decision in all matters relating to water rights.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 328.320 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 328 / Section 328.320
Conveyance by County Commissioners to United States for garage and repair shop (1939)
Status: in_force

The Board of County Commissioners of Washoe County, Nevada, is hereby authorized and granted the power to dispose, transfer and convey to the United States of America, with or without compensation and upon such terms as the Board may determine, the following-described lands situate in Washoe County, Nevada: Commencing at the intersection of the north and south line on the east side of the NW 1/4 of SE 1/4 of section 12, T. 19 N., R. 19 E., M.D.B. & M., and the south side of Second Street as extended through the east city limits of Reno, Nevada; thence southerly along the east line of the NW 1/4 of SE 1/4 section 12, 726 feet; thence westerly paralleling Second Street 300 feet; thence northerly paralleling the east line of the NW 1/4 of SE 1/4, section 12, 726 feet, to the south side of Second Street; thence easterly along the south side of Second Street 300 feet to the place of commencing, containing 5.00 acres, more or less, for and in consideration of the agreement by the United States Government to construct a garage and repair shop thereon to be used by the various governmental agencies of the United States and to maintain the same; provided:

1. That the conveyance shall be conditioned that the land conveyed shall be for a public use; and

2. That the State of Nevada reserves the right to tax persons and corporations and their property situate on the lands pursuant to its tax and revenue laws, and the State hereby retains its civil and criminal jurisdiction over all persons within or who may come within any of the lands except as to offenses against the United States, and all such persons shall retain all their rights and privileges and perform their duties as citizens and inhabitants of the State according to its law.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 321.030 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 321 / Section 321.030
Office of State Land Registrar
Status: in_force

The State Land Registrar shall keep an office at the seat of government.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 324.170 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 324 / Section 324.170
Further conditions of contracts; exceptions to forfeitures
Status: in_force

1. All contracts shall state: (a) That the works covered by the contract shall begin within 6 months from the date of the contract; (b) That the construction shall be prosecuted diligently and continuously to completion; and (c) That the cessation of work under the contract for a period of 6 months shall forfeit to the State all rights under the contract and the penal sum named in the bond.

2. No property or right which was vested in the applicant or contractor at the date of the contract shall be forfeited.

3. In cases of contractors who, at the date of the application, own or have vested rights in water, and in a reservoir site, canals or other irrigation works, the forfeitures shall extend only to such portions of the system unconstructed at the time of default and to the penalty of the bond given by such contractor.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 329.140 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 329 / Section 329.140
Recording of corner record required; exception
Status: in_force

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 and NRS 329.145 , a surveyor shall complete, sign and record or cause to be recorded with the county recorder of the county in which the corner is situated a written record of the establishment or restoration of a corner. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 and NRS 329.145 , such a recording must be made for every corner and accessory to the corner which is established, re-established, monumented, remonumented, restored, rehabilitated, perpetuated or used as control in any survey. The survey information must be recorded within 90 days after the survey is completed.

2. A corner record may not be used: (a) For the perpetuation of more than six corners. (b) In lieu of a record of survey recorded pursuant to NRS 625.340 to 625.380 , inclusive.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 324.070 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 324 / Section 324.070
Division to determine time, manner and conditions under which lands open for entry or sale
Status: in_force

The Division shall determine the time, manner and conditions under which lands and water rights of any segregation, or any part thereof, are thrown open for entry by or sale to intending settlers.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 327.130 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 327 / Section 327.130
Nevada State Board on Geographic Names: Officers; rules; quorum; meetings; compensation
Status: in_force

1. The Board shall designate from among its voting members a Chair and a Vice Chair. The Vice Chair presides in the absence of the Chair.

2. The Board shall adopt rules for its own management.

3. A majority of the voting members of the Board constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business.

4. The Board shall meet at such times and places as are specified by the Chair, but may not hold more than four meetings in any 1 year.

5. Members of the Board shall serve without compensation, travel expenses or subsistence allowances except as they may be provided by the members' respective agencies and organizations.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 322.120 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 322 / Section 322.120
Establishment of fees: Permit for use of piers or other related facilities; permit for use of boat hoist, boat house, boat ramp, boat slip, deck, mooring buoy or similar devices
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided in this section or by specific statute, the State Land Registrar shall charge a fee in an amount established by regulation for the issuance of:

1. A permit for: (a) The commercial use of a pier or other facility for loading passengers on vessels in a navigable body of water. (b) The multiple residential use of a pier or other facility for loading passengers on vessels in a navigable body of water. (c) The single residential use of a pier or other facility for loading passengers on vessels in a navigable body of water. (d) Any other use of a pier or other facility for loading passengers on vessels in a navigable body of water.

2. A permit for: (a) The commercial use: (1) Of a boat hoist, boat house, boat ramp, boat slip, deck or a similar device or structure in or on a navigable body of water, except that no fee may be charged for a boat hoist, boat house or deck which is attached to a pier. (2) Of a mooring buoy or similar device for mooring vessels in or on a navigable body of water. (b) Any other use: (1) Of a boat hoist, boat house, boat ramp, boat slip, deck or a similar device or structure in or on a navigable body of water, except that no fee may be charged for a boat hoist, boat house or deck which is attached to a pier. (2) Of a mooring buoy or similar device for mooring vessels in or on a navigable body of water. (c) Any use of a boat-fueling facility in or on a navigable body of water.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 322.160 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 322 / Section 322.160
Accounting and use of proceeds of fees
Status: in_force

The proceeds of any fee charged pursuant to NRS 322.100 to 322.130 , inclusive, must be accounted for by the State Land Registrar and:

1. If the fee is for any authorization to use land granted to the State by the Federal Government for educational purposes, the proceeds must be paid into the State Treasury for credit to the State Permanent School Fund.

2. If the fee is for any authorization to use any other state land, except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the proceeds must be paid into the State Treasury for credit to the State General Fund. If the proceeds of the fees charged pursuant to NRS 322.120 to use any other state land exceed $65,000 in any fiscal year, the amount which is in excess of $65,000 must be accounted for separately and used by the State Land Registrar to carry out programs to preserve, protect, restore and enhance the natural environment of the Lake Tahoe Basin.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 321.5951 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 321 / Section 321.5951
Account for License Plates for Support of Preservation and Restoration of Natural Environment of Lake Tahoe Basin
Status: in_force

1. The Account for License Plates for the Support of the Preservation and Restoration of the Natural Environment of the Lake Tahoe Basin is hereby created in the State General Fund. The Administrator of the Division of State Lands of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources shall administer the Account.

2. The money in the Account does not lapse to the State General Fund at the end of a fiscal year. The interest and income earned on the money in the Account, after deducting any applicable charges, must be credited to the Account.

3. The money in the Account must be used only for the support of programs for the preservation and restoration of the natural environment of the Lake Tahoe Basin and must not be used to replace or supplant funding available from other sources. The Administrator may provide grants from the Account to other public agencies and nonprofit organizations to carry out the provisions of this section.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 324.080 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 324 / Section 324.080
Division to fix price of lands; Carey Act Account created
Status: in_force

1. The Division may fix the price at which the State disposes of lands in each segregation to settlers at the time of their entry, which must not be less than $10 per acre nor more than the fair market value, including costs incidental to the application.

2. The proceeds must be deposited with the Treasurer for credit to the Carey Act Account, which is hereby created in the State General Fund.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 321.140 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 321 / Section 321.140
Reimbursement for unlocated land warrant from State Permanent School Fund
Status: in_force

The holder of any unlocated land warrant of this State, issued before March 12, 1885, may present that land warrant to the State Land Registrar for reimbursement from the State Permanent School Fund of the amount paid for the land warrant.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 321.0008 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 321 / Section 321.0008
“Trust lands” defined
Status: in_force

“Trust lands” means those lands that were granted by the Federal Government to the State of Nevada directly or by an exchange for other lands, and are held in trust for the State Permanent School Fund or another beneficiary.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 321.7353 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 321 / Section 321.7353
Notice of federal acquisition of private land to be provided to affected cities and counties; submission of written comment
Status: in_force

1. Upon receipt of a notice of realty action from the United States concerning the purchase by the Federal Government of private land or the exchange of public land for private land, the State Land Use Planning Agency shall give written notice of the proposed action to the governing body of each county or city affected within 1 week after its receipt of the notice.

2. The governing body of each affected county or city may, in addition to submission of comments directly to the Federal Government, deliver its written comments on the proposed realty action, including an estimation of any related reduction in the total assessed valuation of the real property within the jurisdiction of the local government and recommendations for mitigation of the loss of assessed valuation, to the State Land Use Planning Agency within 30 days after receipt of the notice.

3. If the State Land Use Planning Agency elects to submit written comment to the Federal Government upon the realty action, it may include in its submission any comments it received pursuant to subsection 2.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 329.020 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 329 / Section 329.020
Declaration of policy
Status: in_force

It is the purpose of this chapter to protect and perpetuate public land survey corners and other corners, along with information concerning the location of such corners by requiring the systematic establishment of monuments and recording of information concerning the location of such corners, thereby providing for property security and a coherent system of property location and identification, and eliminating the repeated necessity for re-establishment and relocations of such corners once they are established and located.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 326.080 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 326 / Section 326.080
Right to exclusive possession in applicant or contractor
Status: in_force

Every person who has applied to the State of Nevada to purchase any land from the State, or who has contracted with the State of Nevada for such purchase, or who may hereafter apply to or contract with the State of Nevada, in good faith, for the purchase of any of its public land, and who has paid or shall pay to the proper state officers the amount of money requisite under such application or contract, shall be deemed and held to have the right to the exclusive possession of the land described in such application or contract, provided no actual adverse possession thereof existed in another at the date of the application.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 324.290 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 324 / Section 324.290
Division not to obligate State under contracts
Status: in_force

This chapter does not authorize the Division to obligate the State to pay for any work constructed under any contract or to hold the State in any way responsible to settlers for the failure of contractors to complete the work according to the terms of their contracts with the State.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 322.006 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 322 / Section 322.006
“Recreational dredging” defined
Status: in_force

“Recreational dredging” means dredging conducted primarily for personal pleasure using a portable vacuum or suction dredge which has an intake that does not exceed 4 inches in diameter.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 325.150 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 325 / Section 325.150
Prior adverse claim barred on execution and delivery of deed
Status: in_force

Upon the execution and delivery of the deed, as provided in NRS 325.070 , any prior adverse claim or interest in the property conveyed thereby is forever barred.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 327.010 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 327 / Section 327.010
Designation of systems; division of State into three zones
Status: in_force

1. The system of plane coordinates which has been established for defining and stating the positions or locations of points on the surface of the earth within the State of Nevada: (a) By the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey is designated as the Nevada Coordinate System of 1927. (b) By the National Geodetic Survey of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or the federal agency which succeeds it, is designated as the Nevada Coordinate System of 1983.

2. For the purpose of the use of these systems the State is divided into an East Zone, a Central Zone, and a West Zone. The area now included in: (a) Clark, Elko, Eureka, Lincoln and White Pine counties constitutes the East Zone. (b) Lander and Nye counties constitutes the Central Zone. (c) Carson City and Churchill, Douglas, Esmeralda, Humboldt, Lyon, Mineral, Pershing, Storey and Washoe counties constitutes the West Zone.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 322.0042 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 322 / Section 322.0042
“Commercial use” defined
Status: in_force

“Commercial use” means any use conducted primarily for profit, except a use conducted by a governmental or quasi-governmental entity.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 326.100 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 326 / Section 326.100
Prospecting and mining authorized
Status: in_force

Nothing contained in NRS 326.080 and 326.090 shall be so construed as to prevent any person or persons from entering upon such lands for the purpose of prospecting for any of the precious metals, or to prevent the free and economical working of any mine which may be discovered therein.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 324.230 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 324 / Section 324.230
Final proof of reclamation, settlement and occupation; patents
Status: in_force

1. Within 1 year after a water right is available for the irrigation of the land described in a certificate of location, the settler shall cultivate and reclaim not less than one-sixteenth part of the land filed on, and within 2 years thereafter, shall have actually irrigated and cultivated not less than one-eighth. Within 3 years thereafter, the settler shall appear before the State Registrar of Lands Under the Carey Act to make a final proof of reclamation, settlement and occupation, in such form and according to such requirements as may be prescribed by the Division or the Department of the Interior.

2. The State Registrar of Lands Under the Carey Act or his or her designee may administer oaths required under this chapter.

3. All proofs so received must be accompanied with the final payment for the land, and upon approval by the Division the settler is entitled to a patent.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 321.320 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 321 / Section 321.320
Form and contents of patents
Status: in_force

All patents shall:

1. Be in such form as the Attorney General and the State Land Registrar shall jointly prescribe.

2. Be prepared by the State Land Registrar.

3. Be signed by the Governor.

4. Have the Great Seal of the State affixed by the Secretary of State.

5. Be countersigned by the State Land Registrar.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 327.110 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 327 / Section 327.110
Nevada State Board on Geographic Names: Creation; purpose
Status: in_force

The Nevada State Board on Geographic Names is hereby created to coordinate and approve geographic names within the State for official recommendation to the United States Board on Geographic Names.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 321.755 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 321 / Section 321.755
Executive Council
Status: in_force

1. The Executive Council of the Land Use Planning Advisory Council is hereby created to resolve inconsistencies between the land use plans of local government entities.

2. The Executive Council consists of the Administrator and four persons selected by the Land Use Planning Advisory Council from among its members. To the extent practicable, the members selected to serve on the Executive Council must be representative of the various geographic areas of this State. Each member of the Executive Council shall serve for 2-year terms.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 324.090 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 324 / Section 324.090
Fees
Status: in_force

A nonrefundable fee of $100 must be collected by the Division pursuant to the provisions of this chapter and deposited with the State Treasurer for credit to the Carey Act Account. The fee covers one copy each of all original documents from the time of application to the time of issuance of patent, including the application for segregation. Other fees may be charged as are established by regulations of the Division.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 321.710 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 321 / Section 321.710
Administration; technical assistance; personnel
Status: in_force

1. The Administrator shall administer the activities of the State Land Use Planning Agency. The Administrator has authority and responsibility for the development and distribution of information useful to land use planning.

2. The State Land Use Planning Agency may provide technical assistance to a county or city in areas where such assistance is requested.

3. In addition to the assistant provided by subsection 3 of NRS 321.010 the Administrator may appoint, subject to the availability of money, such professional, technical, administrative, clerical and other persons as the Administrator may require for assistance in performing his or her land use planning duties.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 328.075 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 328 / Section 328.075
Procedure; limits of federal jurisdiction
Status: in_force

1. Upon application by an officer of an agency or instrumentality of the United States in accordance with Clause 17 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution of the United States , the Legislature, or the Legislative Commission when the Legislature is not in regular session, may by resolution cede concurrent criminal jurisdiction to the United States respecting any land held by the United States for the erection of forts, magazines, arsenals, dockyards or other needful buildings, or for another governmental purpose authorized by the Constitution, subject to the conditions and reservations set forth in this section and NRS 328.085 . Jurisdiction other than concurrent criminal jurisdiction may be ceded only by the Legislature when in regular session.

2. Federal jurisdiction over land to which this State has not ceded its jurisdiction is limited to carrying out governmental purposes authorized by the Constitution of the United States, and federal jurisdiction over lands held for other purposes is limited to that exercisable by an ordinary proprietor under the laws of this State.

3. An application for a cession of jurisdiction must set forth: (a) The purpose of the application and the nature and extent of the jurisdiction sought; (b) The legal description of the land involved, together with a map of the land; (c) A statement of the governmental purpose to be carried out on the land and the federal statute authorizing that activity; and (d) A verification by an officer of the agency or instrumentality who has knowledge of the contents of the application.

4. The Legislative Commission, upon the advice of the Attorney General and after a hearing, may cede concurrent criminal jurisdiction to the United States on behalf of this State if it finds that the contents of the application are true and the cession is in the best interests of this State. Notice of its hearing must be given as required by law.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 328.340 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 328 / Section 328.340
Conveyance by State of land within Lehman Cave National Monument (1935)
Status: in_force

After March 27, 1935, the State Board of Control of the State of Nevada is hereby authorized and directed to make, execute and deliver to the United States of America, for the purpose of being a national monument, a conveyance of the following-described real property: That certain lot and parcel of land within the boundaries of Lehman Cave National Monument in partly surveyed T. 13 N., R. 69 E., M.D.B. & M. (which was set aside and proclaimed January 24, 1922), which lot and parcel of land is also within the boundaries of Homestead Entry Survey No. 149, embracing 46.97 acres, and which lot and parcel of land is further described as follows: Beginning at a point which is the southwesterly corner of Homestead Entry Survey No. 149 and running along the westerly boundary line of such homestead entry northwesterly for a distance of 200 feet; running thence at a right angle in a northeasterly direction and parallel to the southerly boundary line of such homestead entry for a distance of 150 feet; running thence at a right angle approximately in a southeasterly direction and parallel to the westerly line of such homestead entry for a distance of 200 feet to an intersection with the southerly line of such homestead entry; running thence along the southerly boundary and in a southwesterly direction for a distance of 150 feet to the point and place of beginning, all of which lot and parcel of land if surveyed would be situate in the NE 1/4 of the NW 1/4 of section 15, T. 13 N., R. 69 E., M.D.B. & M., and embraces 0.688 acre, more or less.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 329.050 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 329 / Section 329.050
“Board” defined
Status: in_force

“Board” means the State Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 328.510 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 328 / Section 328.510
Federal lands in Nevada: State Land Registrar to maintain Registry; county assessors to be advised of taxable status
Status: in_force

1. The State Land Registrar shall: (a) Create and maintain a Registry of all Lands and Interests in Land in Nevada, other than the unreserved, unappropriated public lands, owned or held in trust by an agency or instrumentality of the Federal Government. (b) With the advice and assistance of the Attorney General and the district attorneys, determine and state in the Registry the nature and extent of the Federal Government's jurisdiction over each tract of land or interest in land entered in the Registry.

2. The Department of Taxation, with the cooperation of the State Land Registrar, shall advise the county assessors of: (a) Those lands and interests in land in the Registry which may be taxed and the taxable activities conducted on them; and (b) Any changes in the taxable status of those lands and interests when the changes come to their knowledge.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 323.030 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 323 / Section 323.030
Basis of exchange; reservation of mineral rights and easements
Status: reserved

1. The state lands exchanged for lands of the United States under the provisions of this chapter shall be exchanged either upon an equal value basis or upon an equal acreage basis, but upon no other basis.

2. The mineral rights in the state lands exchanged on an equal acreage basis shall be reserved to the State. If such lands are exchanged upon an equal value basis, the mineral rights of the State, if such lands contain minerals, shall be considered in arriving at the valuation for exchange purposes.

3. The State Land Registrar shall make such reservations of easements, rights of use, and rights of ingress and egress with respect to any state land offered for exchange as will protect the citizens and inhabitants of this state and other states in their rights on and concerning public lands as is provided by law and also as contained in section 8 of the Taylor Grazing Act.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 328.110 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 328 / Section 328.110
Conditions for recording conveyances where United States is grantee; protection of subsequent purchaser
Status: in_force

1. A recorder of conveyances of real property in this State shall not accept for recordation any deed of conveyance wherein the United States is the grantee unless there is recorded with the deed of conveyance the written statement of a representative of the United States, contained in the deed, or a notarized statement by such a representative accompanying it, that the United States does not seek exclusive jurisdiction over the property.

2. A deed of conveyance, patent, decree or other instrument vesting in the United States the title to land within this State is not effective as to a subsequent purchaser of that land if he or she takes in good faith, for a valuable consideration and without notice of ownership of that land by the United States until the United States records such an instrument in the counties in which the land or any part of it is located.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 329.090 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 329 / Section 329.090
“Property-controlling corner” defined
Status: in_force

“Property-controlling corner” for a property means a public land survey corner or any property corner which does not lie on a property line of the property in question, but which controls the location of one or more of the property corners of such property.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 329.210 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 329 / Section 329.210
Penalties
Status: in_force

Any surveyor who fails to comply with the provisions of this chapter is guilty of gross negligence, incompetency or misconduct in the practice of land surveying as a professional land surveyor and is subject to disciplinary action pursuant to NRS 625.460 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 321.331 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 321 / Section 321.331
Persons receiving patent or deed from State required to be confirmed in fee simple title to lands and minerals; royalties
Status: in_force

Every person or his or her heirs, assigns or lawful successors, who has received a patent or deed between March 3, 1887, and July 3, 1997, from the State of Nevada granting to him or her any trust lands of the State of Nevada must, subject to the royalty contained in NRS 321.300 , be confirmed in the fee simple title to the lands described in that patent or deed, and all of the minerals therein, including all gas, coal, oil and oil shales which may exist therein, but any such patentee or his or her successors in interest, holding such a fee simple title shall pay to the State of Nevada for the fund which was the original beneficiary of those lands the royalty provided by NRS 321.300 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 328.450 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 328 / Section 328.450
Deposit in State Education Fund; deposit of excess in Account for Revenue from Lease of Federal Lands; interest and income
Status: in_force

1. The State Treasurer shall deposit in the State Education Fund money received in each fiscal year pursuant to 30 U.S.C. § 191 in an amount not to exceed $7,000,000.

2. Any amount received in a fiscal year by the State Treasurer pursuant to 30 U.S.C. § 191 in excess of $7,000,000 must be deposited in the Account for Revenue from the Lease of Federal Lands, which is hereby created.

3. The interest and income earned on the money in the Account, after deducting any applicable charges, must be credited to the Account.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 328.370 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 328 / Section 328.370
Conveyance by State of land within Lehman Cave National Monument; correcting description error in deed given pursuant to NRS 328.340 (1945)
Status: in_force

1. After March 5, 1945, the State Board of Control of the State of Nevada is hereby authorized and directed to make, execute and deliver to the United States of America, for the purpose of being a national monument, a conveyance of the following-described real property, being that certain lot and parcel of land within the boundaries of Lehman Cave National Monument in partly surveyed T. 13 N., R. 69 E., M.D.B. & M. (which was set aside and proclaimed January 24, 1922), which lot and parcel of land to be conveyed is a part of Homestead Entry Survey No. 149, embracing a portion of approximately sections 10 and 15 in T. 13 N., R. 69 E., M.D.B. & M., and which lot, piece or parcel of land is particularly described as follows: Commencing at corner No. 2 of Homestead Entry Survey No. 149 as described in the patent issued by the United States of America of such homestead entry, and running thence along side line of such homestead entry north 70°07′ east, 214.5 feet, thence north 32°44′ west 21.41 feet to the place of beginning; thence first course, north 32°44′ west 150 feet; thence second course, north 51°31′ east 200 feet; thence third course, south 32°44′ east 150 feet; thence fourth course, south 51°31′ west 200 feet to the point of beginning.

2. The deed is given to correct the description in that certain deed heretofore made and executed and delivered by the parties of the first part to the party of the second part pursuant to the provisions of NRS 328.340 and which is of record in the Office of the County Recorder of White Pine County, Nevada.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 327.060 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 327 / Section 327.060
Limitations on use of coordinates in documents to be recorded
Status: in_force

No coordinate based on either of the Nevada coordinate systems which purports to define the position of a point on a land boundary may be presented to be recorded in any public land records or deed records unless the document to be recorded contains:

1. A description of the monumented station or stations from which the coordinates being recorded have been determined.

2. Annotations which accompany the values for state plane coordinates and clearly describe the method and accuracy of the determinations.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 322.0036 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 322 / Section 322.0036
“Boat hoist” defined
Status: in_force

“Boat hoist” means a hoist, other than a hoist inside a boat house, for raising vessels from, or lowering vessels into, a navigable body of water.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 327.040 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 327 / Section 327.040
Reference may be made to either zone when tract extends into another zone
Status: in_force

When any tract of land to be defined by a single description extends from one into another of the above coordinate zones, the positions of all points on its boundaries may be referred to either of such zones, the zone which is used being specifically named in the description.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 322.070 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 322 / Section 322.070
Leases of land for private development
Status: in_force

The State Land Registrar may lease for private development any land except contract land owned by the State of Nevada to produce public revenue. Such a lease may be for a term not to exceed 99 years.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 321.007 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 321 / Section 321.007
Appraisal of land offered for sale or lease; list of qualified appraisers; disclosure by appraiser; prohibited conflict of interest; market value analysis required for certain leases of residential property; effect of violation
Status: in_force

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 5, NRS 321.008 , 321.402 to 321.418 , inclusive, 322.061 , 322.063 , 322.065 or 322.075 , except as otherwise required by federal law, except for land that is sold or leased to a public utility, as defined in NRS 704.020 , to be used for a public purpose, except for land that is sold or leased to a state or local governmental entity, except for a lease which is part of a contract entered into pursuant to chapter 333 of NRS and except for land that is sold or leased pursuant to an agreement entered into pursuant to NRS 277.080 to 277.170 , inclusive, when offering any land for sale or lease, the State Land Registrar shall: (a) Obtain an independent appraisal of the land before selling or leasing it. The appraisal must have been prepared not more than 6 months before the date on which the land is offered for sale or lease. (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 333 of NRS, select an independent appraiser from the list of appraisers established pursuant to subsection 2. (c) Verify the qualifications of an appraiser selected pursuant to paragraph (b). The determination of the State Land Registrar as to the qualifications of an appraiser is conclusive.

2. The State Land Registrar shall adopt regulations for the procedures for creating or amending a list of appraisers qualified to conduct appraisals of land offered for sale or lease by the State Land Registrar. The list must: (a) Contain the names of all persons qualified to act as a general appraiser in the same county as the land that may be appraised; and (b) Be organized at random and rotated from time to time.

3. An appraiser chosen pursuant to subsection 1 must provide a disclosure statement which includes, without limitation, all sources of income of the appraiser that may constitute a conflict of interest and any relationship of the appraiser with the owner of the land or the owner of an adjoining property.

4. An appraiser shall not perform an appraisal on any land offered for sale or lease by the State Land Registrar if the appraiser or a person related to the appraiser within the third degree of consanguinity or affinity has an interest in the land or an adjoining property.

5. If a lease of land is for residential property and the term of the lease is 1 year or less, the State Land Registrar shall obtain an analysis of the market value of similar rental properties prepared by a licensed real estate broker or salesperson when offering such a property for lease.

6. If land is sold or leased in violation of the provisions of this section: (a) The sale or lease is void; and (b) Any change to an ordinance or law governing the zoning or use of the land is void if the change takes place within 5 years after the date of the void sale or lease.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 321.404 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 321 / Section 321.404
“Historic building” defined
Status: in_force

“ Historic building ” means a site, building, structure or object, including, without limitation, a landmark, or district which is eligible for or included in the State Register of Historic Places pursuant to NRS 383.085 or the National Register of Historic Places or is otherwise of historical significance.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 322.0037 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 322 / Section 322.0037
“Boat house” defined
Status: in_force

“Boat house” means a covered or enclosed structure, in or on a navigable body of water, designed specifically to store, enclose, shelter or protect a vessel away from the elements.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 321.310 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 321 / Section 321.310
Land acquired by patent from Federal Government to be conveyed by patent
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction, the title of the State to any lands acquired by patent from the Federal Government must be conveyed by patent.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 328.135 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 328 / Section 328.135
Offer or agreement for cession of state jurisdiction before June 2, 1981: Construction; effect of noncompliance with federal or state laws
Status: in_force

Any offer or agreement by the State of Nevada to grant a cession of jurisdiction before June 2, 1981, must be construed according to the law in effect at the time of the cession. If any condition of the federal or state laws which were in force at that time has not been complied with before June 2, 1981, the State's conditional cession of jurisdiction is declared to be void and of no effect, and as to such land the State retains the entire jurisdiction it exercised or was entitled to exercise when the United States acquired the land.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 329.160 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 329 / Section 329.160
Information required for recording corner record prescribed by regulation
Status: in_force

The Board shall, by regulation, prescribe the information which is to be included in the corner record and the form in which such corner record is to be presented and recorded.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 321.5952 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 321 / Section 321.5952
Declaration of legislative intent
Status: in_force

The Legislature hereby finds and declares that:

1. The Lake Tahoe Basin exhibits unique environmental and ecological conditions that are irreplaceable.

2. Certain of the unique environmental and ecological conditions exhibited within the Lake Tahoe Basin, such as the clarity of the water in Lake Tahoe, are diminishing at an alarming rate.

3. This State has a compelling interest in preserving, protecting, restoring and enhancing the natural environment of the Lake Tahoe Basin.

4. The preservation, protection, restoration and enhancement of the natural environment of the Lake Tahoe Basin is a matter of such significance that it must be carried out on a continual basis.

5. It is in the best interest of this State to grant to the Division continuing authority to carry out programs to preserve, protect, restore and enhance the natural environment of the Lake Tahoe Basin.

6. The powers and duties set forth in NRS 321.5952 to 321.5957 , inclusive, are intended to be exercised by the Division in a manner that complements and does not duplicate the activities of the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 326.050 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 326 / Section 326.050
Authorized absence of claimant without occupancy: Payment and disposition of fees
Status: in_force

1. At any time after the provisions of NRS 326.020 , 326.030 and 326.040 have been complied with, the person so complying may absent himself or herself from such claim, without being required to occupy the same, for a period of not more than 12 months; but the person so wishing to absent himself or herself shall first pay to the county treasurer of the county in which the claim is situated the sum of $15. Upon such payment, the county treasurer shall issue a receipt for the same, and at any time within 12 months after the date thereof the receipt shall be received as prima facie evidence of possession in any court having jurisdiction in such cases.

2. Any person absenting himself or herself from a claim for a longer period than 60 days without first paying the sum provided in subsection 1 forfeits his or her claim to the lands.

3. The amount paid to any county treasurer under the provisions of this section shall be paid by the county treasurer into the general fund of the county.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 329.180 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 329 / Section 329.180
Reconstruction or rehabilitation of monument and accessory to corner
Status: in_force

Where a corner record of a corner is required to be recorded pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, the surveyor must reconstruct or rehabilitate the monument of such corner and the accessories to such corner so that such corner and accessories may be readily located at any time in the future.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 322.0046 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 322 / Section 322.0046
“Filling” defined
Status: in_force

“Filling” means the deposit of any material below the high water elevation of a navigable body of water.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 328.400 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 328 / Section 328.400
Division of State Lands to provide information and assistance for exchanges
Status: in_force

1. As used in this section, “property” means unimproved real property in this state owned by a Nevada resident.

2. The Division of State Lands of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources shall: (a) Maintain a current list of: (1) Federal land in Nevada which an appropriate federal agency indicates to the Division is available for exchange; and (2) Nevada residents who indicate to the Division a desire to exchange their property for such federal land. (b) Assist a property owner in any manner and to the extent appropriate to effectuate an exchange of his or her property for federal land situated in Nevada where the property owner: (1) Has filed an exchange proposal with the appropriate federal agency; and (2) Has submitted a copy of the exchange proposal to the Division.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 324.240 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 324 / Section 324.240
Issuance of patent to settler
Status: in_force

1. Upon the issuance of a patent to any lands by the United States, notice shall be forwarded to the settler upon such land. All patents issued by the State to the settler shall be: (a) Signed by the Governor. (b) Attested by the State Registrar of Lands Under the Carey Act. (c) Under such seal as the Division may adopt for such purpose. (d) Recorded in the Office of the State Registrar of Lands Under the Carey Act in a book kept for that purpose.

2. A patent shall not issue on an assignment of a certificate of location, or by reason of a process of foreclosure, unless the assignee or purchaser under foreclosure possesses all the qualifications of an original applicant.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 325.030 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 325 / Section 325.030
Conveyance of title by corporate authorities or district judge: Grantees' rights; execution and acknowledgment of deeds
Status: in_force

1. Any corporate authorities, the judge of the district court holding the title to any land in trust, as declared in 43 U.S.C. §§ 718 to 723 , inclusive, or any one of his or her successors in office shall, by a good and sufficient deed of conveyance, grant and convey the title to each block, lot, share or parcel of the same to the person or persons who shall have, possess or be entitled to the right of possession or occupancy thereof, according to his, her or their several and respective rights or interests in the same, as they existed in law or equity at the time of the entry of such lands, or to his, her or their heirs or assigns.

2. When any parcel or share of such lands shall be occupied or possessed by one or more persons claiming the same by grant, lease or sale from one or more other persons, the respective rights and interests of such persons, in relation to each other, in the same, shall not be changed or impaired by any such conveyance.

3. Every deed of conveyance made by any corporate authorities or the judge of the district court, pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, shall be so executed and acknowledged as to admit the same to be recorded.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 328.330 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 328 / Section 328.330
Conveyance by County Commissioners of land within Lehman Cave National Monument (1931)
Status: in_force

1. The Board of County Commissioners of White Pine County, Nevada, are hereby authorized and empowered to deed or otherwise convey to the Federal Government, for such purposes and under such conditions as the Board of County Commissioners may deem fit, with or without monetary consideration therefor, the real property hereinafter described.

2. The real property referred to in subsection 1, and by the terms of this section authorized to be by the Board of County Commissioners of White Pine County, Nevada, deeded or otherwise transferred to the Federal Government is described as follows: That certain lot and parcel of land within the boundaries of Lehman Cave National Monument in partly surveyed T. 13 N., R. 69 E., M.D.B. & M. (which was set aside and proclaimed January 24, 1922), which lot and parcel of land is also within the boundaries of Homestead Entry Survey No. 149, embracing 46.97 acres.

3. If the Board of County Commissioners of White Pine County, Nevada, shall consider that benefits to accrue to White Pine County and to the State of Nevada by disposing of such lands to the Federal Government for other than monetary consideration may be justified by so doing, the Board of County Commissioners is hereby authorized and empowered to transfer the lands to the Federal Government for such other consideration as to the Board may be deemed just.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 323.010 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 323 / Section 323.010
“Taylor Grazing Act” defined
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter, “Taylor Grazing Act” 1 means that certain Act of Congress approved June 28, 1934, and being chapter 865, 48 Stat. 1269, together with all acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto.

1 See, generally, 43 U.S.C.A. § 315 et seq.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 328.220 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 328 / Section 328.220
Sale of real property authorized (1941)
Status: in_force

1. The Board of Control of the State of Nevada is hereby authorized and empowered to sell and convey and do all things whatsoever necessary or incident to effect the conveyance to the United States of America of the E 1/2 of the SW 1/4 of the NE 1/4; E 1/2 of the NE 1/4 of the SE 1/4; and the SE 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of section 33, T. 16 S., R. 68 E., M.D.B. & M.

2. The title to the land shall be conveyed to the United States by deed in such form as the Attorney General shall prescribe, and shall have the Great Seal of the State of Nevada affixed by the Secretary of State.

3. The price to be paid by the United States for the lands, as fixed and determined, is the sum of $600, which shall be deposited in the General Fund of the State.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 325.040 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 325 / Section 325.040
Notice of receipt of patent by corporate authorities or district judge: Contents; publication; posting
Status: in_force

1. Within 90 days after the receipt by the corporate authorities or the judge of the district court of a patent for such lands, the corporate authorities or the judge of the district court entering the lands shall give public notice thereof by: (a) Publication of a notice once a week for at least 6 successive weeks or 30 days daily in a newspaper printed and published in the county in which such city or town is situated, but if no newspaper is printed and published in the county, publication of the notice shall be made in some newspaper printed and published in Carson City, Nevada; and (b) Posting notices in six of the most public places in the city or town for 30 days.

2. The notice shall contain a correct description of the lands so entered as the same is stated in the patent.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 322.003 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 322 / Section 322.003
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 322.0032 to 322.0066 , inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 321.067 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 321 / Section 321.067
Revolving Account for Land Management
Status: in_force

1. The Revolving Account for Land Management is hereby created as a special account in the State General Fund.

2. The State Land Registrar shall use the money in the Revolving Account to pay the expenses related to the management of land held by the Division and the acquisition of or interests in land, including, without limitation, expenses for: (a) Appraisals and land surveys; (b) Required environmental assessments of the land, including, without limitation, surveys of the biological, environmental and cultural conditions and resources of the land; (c) Construction of fences and barriers for vehicles; (d) The cleanup and maintenance of the land; and (e) Any mitigation required of the land.

3. The State Land Registrar shall: (a) Approve any disbursement from the Revolving Account; and (b) Maintain records of any such disbursement.

4. The State Land Registrar shall deposit into the Revolving Account money received by the Division as a donation or as a reimbursement for or advance payment of an expense paid out of the Revolving Account.

5. The balance of the Revolving Account must be carried forward at the end of each fiscal year.

6. If the balance in the Revolving Account is below $20,000, the State Land Registrar may request an allocation from the Contingency Account in the State General Fund pursuant to NRS 353.266 , 353.268 and 353.269 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 323.100 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 323 / Section 323.100
Authority of State Land Registrar to exchange land of equal value or land whose value is equalized by payment of money
Status: in_force

1. The State Land Registrar may, with the approval of the State Board of Examiners and the Interim Finance Committee, exchange state lands or interests in land for any other lands or interests of land. The Division of State Lands of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources shall determine the values of the lands or interests in land which are to be exchanged. The values must be equal or, if the values are not equal, the values may be equalized by the payment of money, if the payment is not more than 25 percent of the total value of the lands or interests in land.

2. Upon effecting an exchange, the State Land Registrar shall deliver to the transferee proper conveyances of title to the state lands exchanged and shall require proper conveyances of title to the State of the lands received pursuant to the exchange.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 322.110 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 322 / Section 322.110
Establishment of fees for consideration of applications for use of state lands; waiver of fee
Status: in_force

1. Except as otherwise provided in this section or by specific statute, the State Land Registrar shall charge a nonrefundable fee in an amount established by regulation for the following: (a) For the consideration of an application for the issuance of any lease, easement, permit, license or other authorization for: (1) Any commercial use of state land other than an agricultural use. (2) Any agricultural use of state land. (3) Any other use of state land. (b) For the consideration of an application for the amendment of any lease, easement, permit, license or other authorization for: (1) Any commercial use of state land other than an agricultural use. (2) Any agricultural use of state land. (3) Any other use of state land.

2. The State Land Registrar shall charge a nonrefundable fee in an amount established by regulation for the consideration of an application for the issuance or amendment of a permit to engage in recreational dredging.

3. The State Land Registrar may waive any fee for the consideration of an application regarding any permit, license or other authorization for the use of state land for which no fee is charged.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 328.260 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 328 / Section 328.260
Jurisdiction ceded over U.S.N. Ammunition Depot (1935)
Status: reserved

1. The State of Nevada, except as hereinafter reserved and provided, hereby cedes jurisdiction to the United States upon and over the land and within the premises of that certain area situated near Hawthorne, Nevada, in Mineral County, commonly known as the U.S.N. Ammunition Depot, comprising all of that certain area now occupied by the Federal Government in connection with the plant, including all the buildings and improvements thereon.

2. It is hereby reserved and provided by the State of Nevada that any private property upon the lands or premises shall be subject to taxation by the State, or any subdivision thereof having the right to levy and collect such taxes, but any property upon or within such premises which belongs to the Government of the United States shall be free of taxation by the State, by the county of Mineral, or any of its subdivisions.

3. The State of Nevada reserves the right to serve or cause to be served, by any of its proper officers, any criminal or civil process upon such land or within such premises for any cause there or elsewhere in the State arising, where such cause comes properly under the jurisdiction of the laws of this state or any subdivision thereof.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 321.5954 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 321 / Section 321.5954
Powers and duties of Division and State Land Registrar regarding programs to preserve, restore and enhance Lake Tahoe Basin
Status: in_force

1. In carrying out a program authorized pursuant to NRS 321.5953 , the Division may, as the State Land Registrar deems appropriate regarding particular parcels of land: (a) Acquire, from a willing owner, real property or an interest in real property in the Lake Tahoe Basin by donation, purchase or exchange; (b) Transfer real property or an interest in real property in the Lake Tahoe Basin by sale, lease or exchange; (c) Eliminate, or mitigate the effects of, development, land coverage or features or conditions of real property acquired pursuant to paragraph (a) that are detrimental to the natural environment of the Lake Tahoe Basin; and (d) Retire, extinguish or otherwise terminate rights to develop or place land coverage on real property acquired pursuant to paragraph (a).

2. The State Land Registrar may transfer real property or an interest in real property acquired pursuant to this section: (a) To state and federal agencies, local governments and nonprofit organizations for such consideration as the State Land Registrar deems to be reasonable and in the interest of the general public. (b) To other persons for a price that is not less than the fair market value of the real property or interest.

3. Before real property or an interest in real property is transferred pursuant to this section, the State Land Registrar shall record a declaration of restrictions or deed restrictions if the State Land Registrar determines that such restrictions are necessary to protect the public interest.

4. The State Land Registrar shall report quarterly to the State Board of Examiners regarding the real property or interests in real property transferred pursuant to this section.

5. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person shall not acquire, disturb or use real property or an interest in real property acquired by this State pursuant to this section unless the person first obtains written authorization from the State Land Registrar.

6. As used in this section: (a) “ Interest in real property ” includes, without limitation: (1) An easement for conservation as that term is defined in NRS 111.410 ; (2) The right to develop the real property; (3) The right to place land coverage on the real property; and (4) Such other easements or rights as are appurtenant to the real property. (b) “ Land coverage ” means a covering over or compaction of the natural surface of the ground that prevents water from percolating into the ground.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 321.005 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 321 / Section 321.005
Notice to governing body of county or city of transfer of state land; public hearing
Status: in_force

1. The State Land Registrar shall provide written notice of any proposed sale, lease or transfer of state land to: (a) The governing body of the city in which the state land is located if the state land is located in an incorporated city; or (b) The governing body of the county in which the state land is located if the state land is not located in an incorporated city. The notice must inform the governing body that it may submit comments to the State Land Registrar concerning the proposed sale, lease or transfer within 30 days after receipt of the notice.

2. The governing body of a county or city may hold a public hearing on the proposed sale, lease or transfer of state land and transmit public comments received at the hearing to the State Land Registrar.

3. The State Land Registrar shall consider any comments received from the governing body of a county or city when determining whether it is in the best interest of the State to proceed with the sale, lease or transfer of state land.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 324.010 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 324 / Section 324.010
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter:

1. “Carey Act” means the provisions of 43 U.S.C. §§ 641 et seq., and all acts amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto.

2. “Division” means the Division of State Lands of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 321.605 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 321 / Section 321.605
Declaration of legislative intent
Status: in_force

The intent of the Legislature in the enactment of this section and NRS 321.610 is to provide an orderly procedure for the processing of applications by the State, its agencies and political subdivisions for lease or purchase of public lands pursuant to the provisions of the Recreation and Public Purposes Act of 1926, 44 Stat. 741, as amended, and to aid the applicant and the Bureau of Land Management by requiring the State Land Registrar to examine the propriety and correctness of the applications submitted to the State Land Registrar pursuant to subsections 1 and 5 of NRS 321.610 before the applications are filed with the Bureau of Land Management.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 322.067 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 322 / Section 322.067
Waiver of fee for grant of easement to local government for public road
Status: in_force

1. Upon the request of the governing body of a local government, the Administrator of the Division of State Lands of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, as ex officio State Land Registrar, may grant an easement for a public road to the governing body without charging a fee if the governing body agrees to pay the actual costs incurred by the State Land Registrar in granting the easement.

2. As used in this section, “local government” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 354.474 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 325.020 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 325 / Section 325.020
Recording of certificate of entry or patent; proof of payment of taxes not required
Status: in_force

1. Whenever the corporate authorities or the judge of the district court shall have received a certificate of entry, patent or other evidence of title to the real property embraced within the limits of any city or town, the corporate authorities or the judge of the district court shall cause the same to be recorded in the land records of the proper county.

2. A certificate of entry, patent or other evidence of title shall be recorded by the county recorder; and to entitle the certificate of entry, patent or other evidence of title to be recorded it shall not be necessary to present or make, nor shall the county recorder require, any oath or affirmation that all or any part of the taxes for county and state purposes, assessed, due or payable upon the real property, have been paid.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 328.460 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 328 / Section 328.460
Account for Revenue from Lease of Federal Lands: Apportionment of money by State Controller
Status: in_force

The State Controller shall apportion money in the Account for Revenue from the Lease of Federal Lands as follows:

1. Forty-three and three-quarters percent to the State Education Fund.

2. Fifty-six and one-quarter percent to the counties from which the fuels, minerals and geothermal resources are extracted.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 329.070 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 329 / Section 329.070
“Corner record” defined
Status: in_force

“Corner record” means a written record of the establishment or restoration of a corner or accessory to a corner.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 322.075 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 322 / Section 322.075
Fees for leases of land for grazing livestock: Conditions; determination of minimum fee
Status: in_force

Unless the fee for the term or any portion of the term of a lease of land for grazing livestock is determined pursuant to NRS 322.060 :

1. The fee for the term or any portion of the term of the lease must be based on the fair market value of the interest leased, but must not be less than: (a) The minimum grazing fee determined pursuant to subsection 2; or (b) The base value specified in subsection 3, whichever is greater, for each animal unit month leased.

2. To determine the minimum grazing fee for the purposes of subsection 1, the Administrator of the Division of State Lands of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, as ex officio State Land Registrar, shall: (a) For each of the 3 years immediately preceding the year in which the land is leased: (1) Divide the price of beef cattle as set forth in the beef price index for that year by the cost to produce livestock as set forth in the production price index for that year; and (2) Multiply the quotient calculated pursuant to subparagraph (1) by the base value specified in subsection 3 for that year; and (b) Upon determining an amount for each year pursuant to paragraph (a), add each of those amounts and divide the sum by 3.

3. For the purposes of this section, the base value is $1.94 for the period beginning on July 1, 1997, and ending on December 31, 2003. On January 1, 2004, and every 6 years thereafter, the Administrator shall revise the base value to adjust for inflation.

4. As used in this section: (a) “ Animal unit month ” means the amount of forage required to sustain one cow for one month. (b) “ Beef price index ” means the index that: (1) Indicates the price of beef cattle in this State; and (2) Is calculated by the Administrator from data published annually by the United States Department of Agriculture. (c) “ Production price index ” means the index that: (1) Indicates the cost to produce livestock, including the costs related to interest, taxes and wages; and (2) Is published annually by the United States Department of Agriculture.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 325.090 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 325 / Section 325.090
Sale or lease of unclaimed land; disposition of proceeds
Status: in_force

1. If any lot, block, share or parcel of such land is not claimed as provided in NRS 325.050 or 325.130 , such land shall be sold to the highest bidder, after notice as required in NRS 325.140 . The net proceeds, after deduction of all legitimate expenses, shall be applied to the construction and equipment of public buildings, highways, water, light or sewerage systems for the city or town within which the land is situated.

2. The corporate authorities or the judge of the district court are further empowered to lease, for a term not exceeding 10 years, upon such conditions as appear reasonable, any lots, blocks, shares or parcels of land, including areas dedicated as streets and alleys, whenever it shall be made to appear by verified petition and public hearing thereon, after notice as required in NRS 325.040 , that such procedure is for the best interests of the city or town. Such lease may include the right to remove any and all mineral-bearing rock and earth contained within such leased area.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 328.085 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 328 / Section 328.085
Reservations and conditions
Status: in_force

It is the policy of this State, with respect to conditions which may be imposed on a cession of concurrent criminal jurisdiction or a grant of consent to use land or close a public road, to reserve:

1. Its right to tax all the personal property, all activities of persons and all buildings erected on the land to the extent permitted by law;

2. All civil and political rights, including the right of suffrage, which persons residing on the land would have had if the cession were not made;

3. Its right to control, maintain and operate all state highways constructed upon the land;

4. Its jurisdiction over the appropriation of water, including the full power to control and regulate its acquisition, distribution, diversion, control and use;

5. The right of the State and its citizens to prospect for, mine and remove all deposits of minerals, including oil and gas;

6. Its authority to serve and execute all civil and criminal process issued by any court of competent jurisdiction or public officer having authority to issue such process and any order issued by such a court which is necessary to be served upon any person who is on the land or any building erected on it, in the same way and manner as if jurisdiction had not been ceded;

7. Its criminal and civil jurisdiction, other than that expressly ceded, to the extent permitted by law; and

8. Such other legislative jurisdiction over the land as does not interfere with the express purpose of the cession or consent,

and to impose a condition that the jurisdiction ceded or consent granted to the United States continues only as long as the land belongs to the United States and is held by it for the purpose for which jurisdiction is ceded or consent is granted and in compliance with each of the conditions and reservations of the cession or grant.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 321.065 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 321 / Section 321.065
Fees of State Land Registrar
Status: in_force

1. The State Land Registrar shall charge the following fees, unless a different fee is prescribed by specific statute: (a) For making copies of public records and maps in the custody of the State Land Office, regarding land granted to the state by the Federal Government for educational purposes: For a certified copy of a contract to purchase state lands and for the renewal of a contract, each $5.50 For a township diagram showing state entries only, each․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․ 2.00 For a copy of a township plat showing entries, each sheet․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․ 2.00 For a list of entrymen and agents, showing the kind of entries, each entryman․․․․․․․․․ .50 For copies of all other public records, including contracts, applications and treasurer's receipts: First sheet of each file․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․ 1.00 Each additional sheet․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․ .50 For copies of topography maps or portions thereof: First sheet per map․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․ 1.00 Each additional sheet․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․ .50 For copies of microfilm records: Each roll (16 or 32mm)․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․ 10.00 Each single frame “blowback”․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․ .50 For duplication of microfilm jackets, each․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․ .25 (b) For making copies of any other public records or maps in the custody of the State Land Office, $1 for the first sheet and 50 cents for each additional sheet.

2. All fees charged and collected under: (a) Paragraph (a) of subsection 1 must be accounted for by the State Land Registrar and paid into the State Treasury for credit to the State Permanent School Fund. (b) Paragraph (b) of subsection 1 must be accounted for by the State Land Registrar and paid into the State Treasury for credit to the State General Fund.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 322.0038 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 322 / Section 322.0038
“Boat ramp” defined
Status: in_force

“Boat ramp” means a ramp for launching vessels into, or retrieving vessels from, a navigable body of water.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 321.332 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 321 / Section 321.332
Consent of State to action for declaratory judgment to determine rights of State to minerals; service of process on Attorney General; notice to each owner
Status: in_force

1. Every person or his or her heirs, assigns or lawful successors referred to in NRS 321.331 , who is entitled to any trust lands that may have been purchased by the person or his or her predecessors in interest, from the State of Nevada between March 3, 1887, and July 3, 1997, or who has a separate estate in the minerals, including any gas, coal, oil and oil shales existing in that land, arising from a conveyance or reservation of mineral rights by such an immediate or remote grantee of the State, may bring an action in the district court of this State in and for any county where those lands or any part thereof are located to determine by declaratory judgment of that court whether the State of Nevada has any rights to any minerals therein, including any oil, gas, coal and oil shales and, if possible, the extent thereof, and the State of Nevada hereby consents to the bringing of any such action.

2. Service of process on the State of Nevada in any such action may be secured by serving a copy of the complaint, together with a copy of the summons, on the Attorney General of the State of Nevada.

3. If an action is brought pursuant to this section by the holder of a separate mineral estate, the holder shall give notice of the bringing of the action, by registered or certified mail, to every record owner of the fee in any lands which are the subject of the action, but is not required to join any such owner as a party to the action. The notice must: (a) Be given within 5 days after the date of the filing of the complaint; (b) Identify the land of the owner which is affected; and (c) State the case number and court in which the action is brought.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 322.004 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 322 / Section 322.004
“Boat slip” defined
Status: in_force

“Boat slip” means a space, other than a space inside a boat house, designed for the mooring or storage of vessels on a navigable body of water.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 327.030 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 327 / Section 327.030
Plane coordinates
Status: in_force

1. The plane coordinates of a point on the earth's surface, to be used in expressing the location of the point in the appropriate zone, must consist of two distances, expressed in: (a) Feet and decimals of a foot under the Nevada Coordinate System of 1927; or (b) Meters and decimals of a meter under the Nevada Coordinate System of 1983. One of these distances, to be known as the “x-coordinate,” must give the position in an east-and-west direction; the other, to be known as the “y-coordinate,” must give the position in a north-and-south direction.

2. These coordinates must be made to conform to the values of the plane rectangular coordinates for the monumented stations of the North American Horizontal Geodetic Control Network, as published by the National Geodetic Survey of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration or the federal agency which succeeds it, and whose plane coordinates have been computed on the systems defined in this chapter. Any such station may be used for connecting a survey to either Nevada coordinate system.

3. As used in this section: (a) “Foot” means the United States Survey Foot. (b) “Meter” means exactly 39.37 inches.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 322.170 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 322 / Section 322.170
Regulations
Status: in_force

The State Land Registrar shall adopt such regulations as are necessary to carry out the provisions of NRS 322.100 to 322.160 , inclusive.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 322.0056 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 322 / Section 322.0056
“Multiple residential use” defined
Status: in_force

“Multiple residential use” means the use of a facility, structure or other object, except a commercial use, exclusively by the owners of two or more littoral or riparian residential parcels and their families and guests.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 321.720 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 321 / Section 321.720
Duties of Administrator concerning local governments
Status: in_force

1. The Administrator shall develop and make available to cities and counties information useful to land use planning, including: (a) Preparation and continuing revision of a statewide inventory of the land and natural resources of the State; (b) Preparation and continuing revision of an inventory of state, local government and private needs and priorities concerning the acquisition and use of federal lands within the State; (c) Preparation and continuing revision of an inventory of public and private institutional and financial resources available for land use planning and management within the State and of state and local programs and activities which have a land use impact of more than local concern; (d) Provision, where appropriate, of technical assistance and training programs for state and local agency personnel concerned with the development and implementation of state and local land use programs; (e) Coordination and exchange of land use planning information and data among state agencies and local governments, with the Federal Government, among the several states and interstate agencies, and with members of the public, including conducting of public hearings, preparation of reports and soliciting of comments on reports concerning information useful to land use planning; (f) Coordination of planning for state and local acquisition and use of federal lands within the State, except that in the case of a plan which utilizes both federal and private lands the governing body of the area where private lands are to be utilized has final authority to approve the proposal; (g) Provision of assistance to counties to develop plans, policies and programs to increase the involvement of local governments in the coordinated management of lands in the State of Nevada that are under federal management; and (h) Consideration of, and consultation with, the relevant states on the interstate aspects of land use issues of more than local concern.

2. To the extent practicable, the Administrator shall: (a) Compile any information developed pursuant to subsection 1; and (b) Make the compilation available to cities and counties.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 325.010 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 325 / Section 325.010
Entry by corporate authorities or district judge in trust for occupants; conveyance of title
Status: in_force

When the corporate authorities of any city or town, or the judge of the district court for any county in this state in which any unincorporated town is situated, shall have entered at the proper office of the Bureau of Land Management the land, or any part of the land, settled and occupied as the site of such city or town, pursuant to and by virtue of the Act of Congress entitled “An act for the relief of the inhabitants of cities and towns upon the public lands,” approved March 2, 1867 ( 43 U.S.C. §§ 718 to 723 , inclusive), the corporate authorities or the judge of the district court shall dispose of and convey the title to such lands, or to the several blocks, lots, parcels or shares thereof, to the persons specified in this chapter.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 329.080 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 329 / Section 329.080
“Monument” defined
Status: in_force

“Monument” means a physical structure that occupies the exact position of a corner.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 321.763 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 321 / Section 321.763
Duties of State Agency; adoption, enforcement and expiration of plans and regulations
Status: in_force

1. When an inconsistency in land use plans is submitted for decision, the Executive Council may direct the staff of the State Land Use Planning Agency to conduct studies, assemble information and prepare proposals for alternative courses of action if necessary.

2. The Executive Council shall conduct public hearings in the affected areas before arriving at a decision in the matter.

3. In rendering its decision, the Executive Council may sustain the position of one or more of the local government entities involved or prescribe its own land use plan for the area of inconsistency. The Executive Council may adopt land use regulations to carry out its decision.

4. All land use plans and regulations adopted by the Executive Council pursuant to this section supersede inconsistent plans and regulations of the affected local government entities, but the local government entities are responsible for enforcing the plans and regulations of the Executive Council.

5. In the event of noncompliance with such plans or regulations, any affected local government entity may bring an action to obtain injunctive relief against such noncompliance.

6. The Executive Council, upon petition from all of the affected local government entities or on its own motion, may determine the expiration date of the plans and regulations imposed pursuant to this section.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 328.280 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 328 / Section 328.280
Consent to acquisition of site for post office and federal building in Tonopah (1939)
Status: in_force

1. The consent of the State of Nevada is hereby given, in accordance with Clause 17 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution of the United States , to the acquisition by the United States of the following-described land in this state as the site for a post office and federal building in the Town of Tonopah, Nye County, State of Nevada: Beginning at a point on the westerly side of Main Street, Town of Tonopah, Nye County, State of Nevada, the point being the southeast corner of Block D, as shown and delineated on the Walter C. Gayhart survey plat of the Town of Tonopah, Nye County, State of Nevada, on file in the Office of the County Recorder of Nye County, State of Nevada, and as shown and delineated on the W. V. Richardson survey map of the Town of Tonopah, Nye County, State of Nevada, as approved by the Board of County Commissioners July 2, 1907; thence north 48°11′ west 120 feet to the southeast corner of Lot No. 5 of Block D, which is the southeast corner of the proposed site for the post office and federal building; thence north 48°11′ west 90 feet to the northeast corner of the proposed site for the post office and federal building, the northeast corner being located in Lot 8 of Block D; thence south 41°49′ west 110 feet to the northwest corner of the proposed site for the post office and federal building; thence south 51°12′ east 90 feet to the southwest corner of the proposed site for the post office and federal building; thence north 41°49′ east 106 feet to the southeast corner of the proposed site for the post office and federal building, the place of beginning; being a tract of land on the westerly side of Main Street of the Town of Tonopah, Nye County, State of Nevada, with a frontage of approximately 90 feet on Main Street, extending westwardly 110 feet to the easterly side of St. Patrick Street of the Town of Tonopah, Nye County, State of Nevada; also being described as Lots 5, 6, 7, and easterly 5 feet of Lot 8, in Block D, Town of Tonopah, County of Nye, State of Nevada, and a portion, approximately 10 feet of St. Patrick Street of the Town of Tonopah, Nye County, State of Nevada, and being that certain footage to a depth of approximately 10 feet of St. Patrick Street, as adjoins and extends along the westerly ends of Lots 5, 6, 7, and 5 feet of Lot 8, all in Block D.

2. The exclusive jurisdiction in all the land described is hereby ceded to the United States for all purposes except the service thereon of all civil and criminal process of the courts of this state, but the jurisdiction so ceded shall continue no longer than the United States shall own such land; and so long as the land shall remain the property of the United States, and no longer, the same shall be exempt and continue exempt and exonerated from all state, county, and municipal assessment, taxation or other charges which may be levied or imposed under the authority of this state.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 322.060 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 322 / Section 322.060
Certain leases or easements over state lands: Size of area; terms and consideration; form and preparation
Status: in_force

Subject to the provisions of NRS 321.335 , leases or easements authorized pursuant to the provisions of NRS 322.050 , and not made for the purpose of extracting oil, coal or gas or the utilization of geothermal resources from the lands leased, must be:

1. For such areas as may be required to accomplish the purpose for which the land is leased or the easement granted.

2. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 322.061 , 322.063 , 322.065 and 322.067 , for such term and consideration as the Administrator of the Division of State Lands of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, as ex officio State Land Registrar, may determine reasonable based upon the fair market value of the land.

3. Executed upon a form to be prepared by the Attorney General. The form must contain all of the covenants and agreements usual or necessary to such leases or easements.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 322.125 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 322 / Section 322.125
Credit toward fee for commercial use of state land
Status: in_force

1. The State Land Registrar shall grant a person credit towards the fee imposed pursuant to NRS 322.120 for the commercial use of state land in an amount equal to: (a) The amount that the total fees charged to that person pursuant to that section for the previous year exceeded one and one-half cents for each gallon of fuel sold plus 5 percent of that person's gross revenue from the commercial use of that state land, excluding the sale of fuel, for that year; (b) The amount that the United States Forest Service returned to the State of Nevada from money that the person was required to pay pursuant to a lease or permit to use federal land during the previous year which is attributable to revenues earned on land belonging to the State of Nevada; and (c) The difference between the fee for a permit for commercial use and the fee for a permit for multiple residential use if during the previous year the person paid the fee for a permit for commercial use but did not conduct that commercial use.

2. A person who is eligible for a credit pursuant to subsection 1 shall demonstrate to the satisfaction of the State Land Registrar that the person is entitled to such a credit.

3. If the amount of a credit granted pursuant to this section exceeds the amount of the fee imposed pursuant to NRS 322.120 for the year in which the credit will be used, the excess credit is forfeited and the State Land Registrar shall not grant a refund or apply the credit to any other year.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 329.010 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 329 / Section 329.010
Short title
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as the Corner Perpetuation and Recording Law.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 321.001 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 321 / Section 321.001
Division to acquire, hold and administer state lands; exceptions; procedure for obtaining land for use of state agency
Status: in_force

1. The Division shall acquire and hold in the name of the State of Nevada all lands and interests in land owned or required by the State except: (a) Lands or interests used or acquired for highway purposes; (b) Lands or interests the title to which is vested in the Board of Regents of the University of Nevada; (c) Offices outside state buildings leased by the Administrator of the State Public Works Division of the Department of Administration for the use of state officers and employees; or (d) Lands or interests used or acquired for the Legislature or its staff,

and shall administer all lands it holds which are not assigned for administration to another state agency.

2. If additional land or an interest in land is required for the use of any state agency except the Department of Transportation or the Nevada System of Higher Education, the agency and the Division shall select land for use by the agency. The Division shall obtain the approval of the Administrator of the State Public Works Division of the Department of Administration if the land will be used for a building pursuant to NRS 341.141 . The Division shall determine the value of that land and obtain the land or interest by negotiation or, if necessary, by exercising the State's power of eminent domain. Title must be taken in the name of the State of Nevada.

3. The Division may acquire and hold land and interests in land required for any public purpose, including the production of public revenue. Title must be taken in the name of the State of Nevada.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 329.150 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 329 / Section 329.150
Authority to record corner record
Status: in_force

A surveyor may record any corner record as to any property corner, property-controlling corner, reference monument or accessory to a corner.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 321.592 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 321 / Section 321.592
Division authorized to establish and carry out programs to preserve, restore and enhance sagebrush ecosystems
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided in NRS 321.594 , the Division may establish and carry out programs to preserve, restore and enhance sagebrush ecosystems on public land in this State, and on privately owned land in this State with the consent of the owner of the land.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 329.130 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 329 / Section 329.130
“Surveyor” defined
Status: in_force

“Surveyor” means any person who is licensed pursuant to chapter 625 of NRS to practice land surveying.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 322.005 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 322 / Section 322.005
“Geothermal resource” defined
Status: in_force

“Geothermal resource” means the natural heat of the earth and the energy associated with that natural heat, pressure and all dissolved or entrained minerals that may be obtained from the medium used to transfer that heat, but excluding hydrocarbons and helium.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 322.0066 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 322 / Section 322.0066
“Vessel” defined
Status: in_force

“Vessel” means any boat or other watercraft used as a means of transportation on water.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 329.170 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 329 / Section 329.170
County recorder to keep records
Status: in_force

The county recorder of the county containing the corner shall:

1. Receive the completed corner record and preserve it in a hardbound book. The books must be numbered in numerical order.

2. Make such records available for public inspection during all usual office hours.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 321.050 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 321 / Section 321.050
Statement of land acquired, leased or otherwise disposed of in county to be furnished to county assessors
Status: in_force

Annually, on or before August 1, the State Land Registrar shall furnish to each county assessor a statement showing all lands which have been acquired, leased or otherwise disposed of in the county since the last annual statement.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 321.761 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 321 / Section 321.761
Technical assistance; submission of matter to Executive Council
Status: in_force

1. If an inconsistency in land use plans develops between two or more adjacent or overlapping local government entities which cannot be resolved between them, one or more of them may request the State Land Use Planning Agency to study and assist in resolving the inconsistency.

2. Upon receipt of such a request the Administrator shall convene a meeting of all the affected entities and shall provide technical assistance and advice in resolving the inconsistency.

3. If, after subsequent meetings over a reasonable period of time as determined by the Administrator, the affected entities cannot resolve the inconsistency, the matter shall be submitted to the Executive Council of the Land Use Planning Advisory Council for a decision.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 321.655 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 321 / Section 321.655
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in NRS 321.640 to 321.770 , inclusive:

1. “ Administrator ” means the executive head of the Division.

2. “ Area of critical environmental concern ” means any area in this State where there is or could develop irreversible degradation of more than local significance but does not include an area of depleting water supply which is caused by the beneficial use or storage of water in other areas pursuant to legally owned and fully appropriated water rights.

3. “ Planning agency ” means: (a) The planning commission for the city in which the land is entirely located; or (b) A county or regional planning commission, if there is one, or the board of county commissioners or Nevada Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, within whose jurisdiction the land is located.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 328.250 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 328 / Section 328.250
Consent to acquisition of site for federal building in Yerington (1937)
Status: in_force

1. The consent of the State of Nevada is hereby given, in accordance with Clause 17 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution of the United States , to the acquisition by the United States of the following-described land in this State as a site for a federal building at Yerington: Lying and being in the City of Yerington, County of Lyon and State of Nevada; beginning at a point in the easterly side of Main Street, which point is distant northwardly 252.50 feet from the intersection of the easterly side of Main Street with the northerly side of Broadway Street; running thence in a northwardly direction along the easterly side of Main Street a distance of 145 feet to a point in lands now or formerly owned by Ed Tanner and other lands of the Lyon County Bank Mortgage Company; thence in an eastwardly direction along the lands of Edward Tanner and the Lyon County Bank Mortgage Company a distance of 181.80 feet to a point in the westerly side of a 20-foot public alley; thence in a southwardly direction along the westerly side of the 20-foot public alley a distance of 145 feet to a point in other lands of Mrs. Ida L. Kaufman Estate; thence in a westwardly direction along other lands of Mrs. Ida L. Kaufman Estate and lands now or formerly owned by F. M. Johnson a distance of 181.80 feet to a point or place of beginning, being all of Lot 7 and parts of Lots 5, 6 and 10 in Block A in the City of Yerington as the same appears on the official plat of Block A in the Office of the County Recorder of Lyon County.

2. The exclusive jurisdiction in and over the land described is hereby ceded to the United States for all purposes, except the service thereon of all civil and criminal process of the courts of this State, but the jurisdiction so ceded shall continue no longer than the United States shall own such lands; and so long as the lands shall remain the property of the United States, and no longer, the same shall be and continue exempt and exonerated from all state, county and municipal assessment, taxation or other charges which may be levied or imposed under the authority of this State.

3. This section shall be in full force and effect from and after the time the United States shall acquire title to the premises herein described.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 322.0034 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 322 / Section 322.0034
“Boat-fueling facility” defined
Status: in_force

“Boat-fueling facility” means a pump or similar device used for transferring fuel to vessels on a navigable body of water.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 322.140 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 322 / Section 322.140
Waiver of fees by State Land Registrar
Status: in_force

The State Land Registrar may waive a fee for the issuance of any permit, license or other authorization for the use of state land:

1. To protect or promote the public health or safety; or

2. For a short term, if the use: (a) Is not conducted primarily for profit; and (b) Is conducted in such a manner as to cause no essential change in or damage to the state land.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 321.5953 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 321 / Section 321.5953
Division authorized to establish and carry out programs to preserve, restore and enhance Lake Tahoe Basin
Status: in_force

The Division may establish and carry out programs to preserve, restore and enhance the natural environment of the Lake Tahoe Basin on public land and on privately owned property with the consent of the owner of the property.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 327.020 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 327 / Section 327.020
Names of zones
Status: in_force

1. As established for use in the East Zone, the Nevada Coordinate System of 1927 or the Nevada Coordinate System of 1983 must be named, and in any land description in which it is used it must be designated, the “Nevada Coordinate System of 1927, East Zone” or the “Nevada Coordinate System of 1983, East Zone.”

2. As established for use in the Central Zone, the Nevada Coordinate System of 1927, or the Nevada Coordinate System of 1983 must be named, and in any land description in which it is used it must be designated, the “Nevada Coordinate System of 1927, Central Zone” or the “Nevada Coordinate System of 1983, Central Zone.”

3. As established for use in the West Zone, the Nevada Coordinate System of 1927 or the Nevada Coordinate System of 1983 must be named, and in any land description in which it is used it must be designated, the “Nevada Coordinate System of 1927, West Zone” or the “Nevada Coordinate System of 1983, West Zone.”
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 325.120 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 325 / Section 325.120
Exclusive procedure for determining adverse claims or clouds on title
Status: in_force

Where adverse claims, clouds upon the title or other difficulties associated with or attributable to deficiencies in land title have been asserted or are otherwise related to the claim of title to or interest in any part of the land in any county settled and occupied as the site of a city or town upon public land, pursuant to 43 U.S.C. §§ 718 to 723 , inclusive, the procedure provided in this chapter is the exclusive means of determining such claims of title or interest.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 321.414 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 321 / Section 321.414
Authority of State Land Registrar relating to public-private partnerships; regulations
Status: in_force

To carry out the provisions of NRS 321.402 to 321.418 , inclusive, the State Land Registrar may:

1. Employ any necessary legal, financial, technical and other consultants.

2. Apply for grants and accept from any source any gift, grant, donation or other form of conveyance of land, money, other real or personal property or other thing of value.

3. Keep any proprietary information obtained by or disclosed to the State Land Registrar during the procurement or negotiation of the public-private partnership confidential.

4. Adopt such regulations as the State Land Registrar deems necessary.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 329.110 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 329 / Section 329.110
“Public land survey corner” defined
Status: in_force

“Public land survey corner” means any corner actually established and monumented in an original survey or resurvey used as a basis of legal description for issuing a patent for the land to a private person from the United States Government.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 321.009 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 321 / Section 321.009
Limited-liability company to submit disclosure concerning ownership of certain land acquired from State Land Registrar; public inspection of disclosure
Status: in_force

1. If the State Land Registrar sells, leases, transfers or conveys land to, or exchanges land with, a domestic or foreign limited-liability company, the State Land Registrar shall require the domestic or foreign limited-liability company to submit a disclosure to the State Land Registrar setting forth the name of any person who holds an ownership interest of 1 percent or more in the domestic or foreign limited-liability company. The disclosure must be made available for public inspection upon request.

2. As used in this section, “ land ” includes all lands, including improvements and fixtures thereon, lands under water, all easements and hereditaments, corporeal or incorporeal, and every estate, interest and right, legal or equitable, in lands or water, and all rights, interests, privileges, easements, encumbrances and franchises relating to the same, including terms for years and liens by way of judgment, mortgage or otherwise.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 321.750 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 321 / Section 321.750
Duties
Status: in_force

The Land Use Planning Advisory Council shall:

1. Advise the Administrator on the development and distribution to cities and counties of information useful to land use planning.

2. Advise the State Land Use Planning Agency regarding the development of plans and statements of policy pursuant to subsection 1 of NRS 321.7355 .

3. Work cooperatively with the Attorney General and the Nevada Association of Counties as required pursuant to subsection 3 of NRS 405.204 .

4. Advise any federal or state agency or local government on land use planning and policy, including, without limitation, developing a statement of policy, drafting a resolution or providing formal comment on land use planning policies and land management projects of any federal or state agency or local government.

5. Assist and advise in the resolution of inconsistencies in land use plans, if requested.

6. Make recommendations related to areas of critical environmental concern pursuant to NRS 321.770 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 324.110 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 324 / Section 324.110
Compensation of State Engineer
Status: in_force

1. The State Engineer must be compensated for his or her services by such fees and expense allowances as are authorized by law to be assessed against an applicant for a water right. The expense of the inspection, supervision and report of the State Engineer upon the proposed irrigation works of an applicant and all other services of the State Engineer, if it is not covered by law, must be assessed against the applicant, and is required in advance. The State Engineer shall submit a statement to the Division.

2. Except in special cases and for unusual services, the work of the State Engineer in connection with the Carey Act must be done under the fee and compensation system of his or her office.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 325.070 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 325 / Section 325.070
Fee simple deeds to be executed and delivered by trustees on payment of purchase money and expenses; deeds to minors and insane persons
Status: in_force

1. After the issuance of the patent for such lands, the corporate authorities, the judge of the district court to whom the patent has been issued or any one of his or her successors in office shall make out, execute and deliver to each person, company, corporation or association who may be legally entitled to the same, as provided in NRS 325.050 , 325.090 or 325.130 , or as determined under the provisions of NRS 325.060 , a deed in fee simple for such part or parts, or lot or lots, of land on payment of: (a) His, her or its proper and due proportion of the purchase money for such land, together with his, her or its proportion of such sums as may be necessary to pay for streets, alleys, squares and public grounds, which shall not exceed 50 cents for each lot; and (b) Such further sums as shall be a reasonable compensation for: (1) Executing and acknowledging such deed, not exceeding the sum of $3 for the first lot and $1 for each additional lot claimed by the same owner. (2) Counsel fees and, where determined, moneys expended in the acquisition of the title and the administration of the trust, including reasonable charges for time and services while employed in such trust, not exceeding the sum of $1 for each lot. No estimate shall be made for counsel fees unless the same shall have been actually and necessarily expended.

2. The charges specified in subsection 1 shall be full payment for all expenses attending the execution except for revenue stamps.

3. Deeds made under the provisions of this chapter for the benefit of minors and insane persons shall be to the guardian or trustee of such minor or insane person, as the case may be, in trust for such minor or insane person.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 327.120 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 327 / Section 327.120
Nevada State Board on Geographic Names: Composition
Status: in_force

The Board consists of:

1. Twelve voting members, which include one representative of each of the following agencies or organizations: (a) Bureau of Mines and Geology of the State of Nevada. (b) Faculty of the University of Nevada, Reno. (c) Faculty of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. (d) Division of State Library, Archives and Public Records of the Department of Administration. (e) Department of Transportation of the State. (f) State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. (g) Nevada Historical Society. (h) Department of Native American Affairs. (i) United States Bureau of Land Management. (j) United States Forest Service. (k) United States National Park Service. (l) Inter-Tribal Council of Nevada, Inc., or its successor organization. Each agency or organization shall designate a representative and one alternative representative for this purpose.

2. An Executive Secretary who is a nonvoting member of the Board. The voting members of the Board shall select the Executive Secretary.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 327.140 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 327 / Section 327.140
Nevada State Board on Geographic Names: Powers and duties
Status: in_force

1. The Board shall: (a) Receive and evaluate all proposals for changes in or additions to names of geographic features and places in the State to determine the most appropriate and acceptable names for use in maps and official documents of all levels of government. (b) Make official recommendations on behalf of the State with respect to each proposal. (c) Assist and cooperate with the United States Board on Geographic Names in matters relating to names of geographic features and places in Nevada. (d) Maintain a list of advisers who have special knowledge of or expertise in Nevada history, geography or culture and consult with those advisers on a regular basis in the course of its work. (e) Recommend to change the name of any geographic feature or place in this State that is racially discriminatory or contains racially discriminatory language or imagery. (f) Report annually on any recommendation to change the name of a geographic feature or place pursuant to paragraph (e) and submit the report to the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau for transmittal to the Legislature or, if the Legislature is not in session, to the Legislative Commission.

2. The Board may: (a) Adopt regulations to assist in carrying out the functions and duties assigned to it by law. (b) Initiate proposals for changes in or additions to geographic names in the State. Any proposal initiated by the Board must be evaluated in accordance with the same procedures prescribed for the consideration of other proposals.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 322.1007 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 322 / Section 322.1007
Performance of work below high water mark of navigable river: Application and fees for permit; conditions under which permit not required
Status: in_force

1. If an emergency causes an immediate threat to life, health or property, a person may perform work below the high water mark of a navigable river to the extent necessary to protect life, health or property without first submitting an application to or securing a permit from the State Land Registrar. If reasonably practicable, before proceeding with any such work, the person shall notify the State Land Registrar of the emergency by telephone or other means. Upon completion of the work, the person initiating the work shall file an application with the State Land Registrar as required for the work completed.

2. Neither an application to nor a permit from the State Land Registrar is required for work performed below the high water mark of a navigable river which constitutes routine maintenance or minor repairs, or both, of an: (a) Irrigation diversion structure; or (b) Outfall structure that is regulated by an individual permit issued pursuant to NRS 445A.300 to 445A.730 , inclusive, if the irrigation diversion structure or outfall structure is not altered beyond the existing permitted size, configuration and location and the river bed is not disturbed.

3. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 1 and 4, a person must file an application with the State Land Registrar and pay any required application fee but is not required to secure a permit from the State Land Registrar to perform work below the high water mark of a navigable river for the following types of projects: (a) Clearance of vegetation that restricts the capacity of the channel or the flow of water of a navigable river, or both; (b) Clearance of debris or temporary obstructions that restrict the capacity of the channel or the flow of water of a navigable river, or both; or (c) Bank stabilization or restoration, where all materials used are appropriate natural materials as determined by the State Land Registrar.

4. Unless otherwise notified by the State Land Registrar, the person may proceed pursuant to subsection 3 with any such work 14 days after a completed application and any required fees are submitted to the State Land Registrar.

5. Work authorized by subsections 2 and 3: (a) Must be performed in accordance with best management practices to protect water quality; and (b) Must not significantly disturb or alter the river bed or banks or the flow of water or alter the capacity of the channel.

6. Except as otherwise provided by subsections 1, 2 and 3, a person must secure a permit from the State Land Registrar before proceeding with any work below the high water mark of a navigable river, including, but not limited to: (a) Dredging or filling; (b) Bank stabilization or restoration, where all materials used are not appropriate natural materials as determined by the State Land Registrar; (c) Channel clearance; or (d) Construction of irrigation diversions.

7. The State Land Registrar shall process the application for a permit required by subsection 6 and issue the permit or notify the applicant that the application has been denied, within 60 days after the receipt of a completed application and any required application fee. This period may be extended by mutual agreement between the State Land Registrar and the applicant.

8. Unless the period for acting upon the application is extended by mutual agreement pursuant to subsection 7, a completed application, which was properly submitted pursuant to subsection 7 with any required fees, that is not acted upon by the State Land Registrar within 60 days after receipt shall be deemed approved and the work requested may proceed upon payment by the applicant of any required fee for the permit.

9. All state agencies which have jurisdiction within a navigable river shall cooperate with the State Land Registrar in compiling information needed to process a permit pursuant to subsection 7 and shall provide a timely response to a request from the State Land Registrar for information or assistance.

10. Compliance with the provisions of this section does not relieve an applicant from the duty to comply with the provisions of NRS 455.080 to 455.180 , inclusive, and any other applicable requirements of other state, local, regional or federal entities.

11. As used in this section, “high water mark” means the mean high water line to which high water ordinarily reaches, not including floodwaters.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 323.020 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 323 / Section 323.020
Authority of State Land Registrar concerning exchange of state lands for lands of United States
Status: in_force

1. The State Land Registrar is authorized to negotiate with the Secretary of the Interior of the United States concerning the exchange of state lands for lands belonging to the United States within or without the boundaries of stock grazing districts created within this state by the Taylor Grazing Act.

2. The State Land Registrar may, with the approval of the State Board of Examiners and the Interim Finance Committee: (a) Exchange and cause to be exchanged, pursuant to the negotiations, lands belonging to the State and then and there subject to sale by the State for lands belonging to the United States and subject to exchange for state lands pursuant to section 8 of the Taylor Grazing Act; (b) Deliver to the United States proper conveyances of title to the state lands so exchanged; and (c) Require of the proper officer or department of the United States Government similar conveyances of title to the State of the lands received from the United States in the exchange.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 329.040 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 329 / Section 329.040
“Accessory to a corner” defined
Status: in_force

“Accessory to a corner” means any exclusively identifiable physical object whose spatial relationship to the corner is recorded. Accessories to a corner may be bearing trees, bearing objects, monuments, reference monuments, line trees, pits, mounds, charcoal-filled bottles, steel or wooden stakes or other physical objects.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 321.090 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 321 / Section 321.090
Selection of lands by State Land Registrar
Status: in_force

The State Land Registrar may select lands on behalf of the State of Nevada in accordance with the terms of any grant authorized by the Congress of the United States.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 326.070 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 326 / Section 326.070
Adverse entrant guilty of unlawful entry; proceedings for removal
Status: in_force

1. All lands in this state shall be deemed and regarded as public lands until the legal title is known to have passed from the government to private persons.

2. Every person who shall have complied with the provisions of NRS 326.010 to 326.070 , inclusive, shall be deemed and held to have the right or title of possession of all the lands embraced within the survey, not to exceed 160 acres; and any person who shall thereafter, without the consent of the person so complying, enter into or upon such lands adversely, shall be deemed and held guilty of an unlawful and fraudulent entry thereon, and may be removed therefrom by proceedings had before any justice of the peace of the township in which the lands are situated. Such proceedings may be commenced and prosecuted under the provisions of NRS 40.220 to 40.420 , inclusive, and all the provisions contained in those sections are made applicable to proceedings under NRS 326.010 to 326.070 , inclusive.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 328.350 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 328 / Section 328.350
Consent to acquisition of site for federal building in Ely (1937)
Status: in_force

1. The consent of the State of Nevada is hereby given, in accordance with Clause 17 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution of the United States , to the acquisition by the United States of the following-described land in this state as a site for a federal building at Ely: Lying and being in the City of Ely, County of White Pine, State of Nevada; beginning at a point being the intersection of the westerly line of Fifth Street with the southerly line of Clark Street; running thence south 79°6′ west 125 feet to a point in the south line of Clark Street; thence south 10°54′ east 100 feet to a point in the north line of a 15-foot public alley; thence north 79°6′ east 125 feet to a point in the west line of Fifth Street; thence north 10°54′ west 100 feet to the point or place of beginning, being all of Lots 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 of Block “Y,” as shown and delineated upon the map or plat of the Townsite of Ely, filed and recorded in the Office of the County Recorder of White Pine County, Nevada.

2. The exclusive jurisdiction in and over the land described is hereby ceded to the United States for all purposes, except the service thereon of all civil and criminal process of the courts of this state, but the jurisdiction so ceded shall continue no longer than the United States shall own such lands; and so long as the lands shall remain the property of the United States, and no longer, the same shall be and continue exempt and exonerated from all state, county and municipal assessment, taxation or other charges which may be levied or imposed under the authority of this state.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 329.060 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 329 / Section 329.060
“Corner” defined
Status: in_force

“Corner” means a property corner, a property-controlling corner, a public land survey corner or any combination of these.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 329.200 — NV Code / Title 26 / Chapter 329 / Section 329.200
Filing of preexisting corner records
Status: in_force

Corner records concerning corners established, re-established or restored may be filed before July 1, 1969.