Nev. Rev. Stat. § 244A.039 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 244A / Section 244A.039
“Park project” defined
Status: in_force

“Park project” means real property, facilities and equipment for parks, including, without limitation, graded, regraded, graveled, surfaced, drained, cultivated and otherwise improved sites therefor, greenhouses, bandstand and orchestra facilities, auditoriums, arenas, zoo facilities, golf course facilities, clubhouses, tennis courts, swimming pools, bathhouses, horseshoe pits, ball fields, boating facilities, swings, slides, other playground equipment, and other recreational facilities, or any combination thereof, and all appurtenances and incidentals necessary, useful or desirable for any such facilities, including, without limitation, all types of property therefor.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 249.150 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 249 / Section 249.150
Redemption of county orders; receipt for taxes
Status: in_force

County orders shall be redeemed by the county treasurer according to the priority of time of presentment; but such orders payable out of the county revenue shall be received in payment of county taxes without any regard to the priority of presentment or number, and the county treasurer shall not pay any balance thereon over and above such tax when there are outstanding orders unpaid for want of funds.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 244A.7646 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 244A / Section 244A.7646
Dispute of amount of surcharge or designation of place of primary use by customer of supplier of mobile telephone service: Notice by customer; review by supplier; refund, credit or explanation
Status: in_force

1. If a customer of a supplier of mobile telephone service believes that the amount of a surcharge imposed pursuant to NRS 244A.7643 or the designation of a place of primary use is incorrect, the customer may notify the supplier of mobile telephone service in writing of the alleged error. The notice must include: (a) The street address for the place of primary use of the customer; (b) The account number and name shown on the billing statement of the account for which the customer alleges the error; (c) A description of the alleged error; and (d) Any other information which the supplier of mobile telephone service may reasonably require to investigate the alleged error.

2. Within 60 days after receiving a notice sent pursuant to subsection 1, the supplier of mobile telephone service shall review the records that the supplier of mobile telephone service uses to determine the place of primary use of its customers.

3. If the review indicates: (a) That the alleged error exists, the supplier of mobile telephone service shall correct the error and refund or credit the customer for the amount which was erroneously collected for the applicable period, not to exceed the 24 months immediately preceding the date on which the customer notified the supplier of mobile telephone service of the alleged error. (b) That no error exists, the supplier of mobile service shall provide a written explanation to the customer who alleged the error.

4. A customer may not bring a cause of action against a supplier of mobile telephone service for surcharges incorrectly imposed pursuant to NRS 244A.7643 unless the customer first complies with this section.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 244A.0587 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 244A / Section 244A.0587
Power of board of county commissioners of county to acquire, improve and equip sewerage project or water project; issuance of special obligation bonds
Status: in_force

1. Subject to the provisions of chapter 350 of NRS , any board, upon behalf of the county and in its name, may issue the county's special obligation bonds to acquire, improve and equip, or any combination thereof, any sewerage project or water project herein authorized, or any part thereof, and thereby to defray the cost of the sewerage project or water project wholly or in part.

2. Special obligation bonds issued pursuant to this section may be payable from and secured by the revenues of the sewerage project or water project for which the bonds are issued or the system of which the sewerage project or water project is a part or, except as otherwise provided in this section, by any other revenues that the county is authorized to pledge for the payment of special obligations. The special obligation bonds may not be payable from or secured by revenue from general ad valorem taxes.

3. Special obligation bonds issued by a county pursuant to this section do not constitute indebtedness of the county for the purposes of the debt limitations set forth in NRS 244A.059 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 244.183 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 244 / Section 244.183
Special census
Status: in_force

1. If any board of county commissioners determines that it is advisable to have a special census taken, it may contract with the Bureau of the Census of the United States Department of Commerce to have a special census conducted under federal supervision.

2. The necessary expenses of the special census shall be paid by the county, and upon obtaining an estimate of the cost of such special census the board of county commissioners shall budget such cost in the same manner as other items of the budget.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 244.3575 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 244 / Section 244.3575
Ordinances regulating parking: Civil penalty in lieu of criminal sanction
Status: in_force

A board of county commissioners may by ordinance provide that the violation of a specific ordinance regulating parking imposes a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed $155, instead of a criminal sanction.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 248.400 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 248 / Section 248.400
Computation of mileage
Status: in_force

Mileage shall be computed from the courthouse of the county in all cases where mileage is chargeable by the sheriff. Every fraction of a mile shall be computed as a mile.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 244A.049 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 244A / Section 244A.049
“Real property” defined
Status: in_force

“Real property” means:

1. Land, including land under water.

2. Buildings, structures, fixtures and improvements on land.

3. Any property appurtenant to or used in connection with land.

4. Every estate, interest, privilege, easement, franchise and right in land, legal or equitable, including without limiting the generality of the foregoing, rights-of-way, terms for years, and liens, charges or encumbrances by way of judgment, mortgage or otherwise, and the indebtedness secured by such liens.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 244.3541 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 244 / Section 244.3541
“Assembly” defined
Status: in_force

As used in NRS 244.354 to 244.3548 , inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, “assembly” means a company of persons gathered together for any purpose at any location, other than in a permanent building or permanent installation, which has been constructed for and will accommodate the number of persons gathered therein.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 246.010 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 246 / Section 246.010
Election; term of office
Status: in_force

1. County clerks shall be elected by the qualified electors of their respective counties.

2. County clerks shall be chosen by the electors of their respective counties at the general election in 1922, and at the general election every 4 years thereafter, and shall enter upon the duties of their respective offices on the first Monday of January subsequent to their election.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 244.3082 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 244 / Section 244.3082
Exercise of powers by commission; ordinance
Status: in_force

Whenever the board of county commissioners desires any of such powers to be exercised by a county park commission, the board is hereby empowered and authorized to organize by ordinance such a commission to exercise thereafter any of such powers on behalf of the county.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 244.3071 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 244 / Section 244.3071
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in NRS 244.3071 to 244.30792 , inclusive, unless the context requires otherwise:

1. “Board” means the board of county commissioners and includes the Board of Supervisors of Carson City.

2. “Commission” means the county park and recreation commission.

3. “Commissioner” means a member of the commission.

4. “Facilities” means any recreational, cultural or park property authorized by NRS 244.3071 to 244.30792 , inclusive.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 244.3548 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 244 / Section 244.3548
Unlawful acts
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided in NRS 244.35425 , it is unlawful for any licensee or any employee, agent or associate of a licensee to:

1. Hold an actual or reasonably anticipated assembly of 1,000 or more persons without first procuring a license to do so.

2. Sell tickets to such an assembly without a license first having been obtained.

3. Hold such an assembly in such a manner as to create a public or private nuisance.

4. Exhibit, show or conduct within the place of such an assembly any obscene, indecent, vulgar or lewd exhibition, show, play, entertainment or exhibit, no matter by what name designated.

5. Allow any person on the premises of the licensed assembly to cause or create a disturbance in, around or near any place of the assembly, by offensive or disorderly conduct.

6. Knowingly allow any person to consume, sell or be in possession of intoxicating liquor while in such assembly except where the consumption or possession is expressly authorized by the board and under the laws of the State of Nevada.

7. Knowingly allow any person at the licensed assembly to use, sell or be in possession of any controlled substance while in, around or near a place of the assembly.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 244.1995 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 244 / Section 244.1995
Dissolution
Status: in_force

Upon the dissolution of a nonprofit corporation formed pursuant to NRS 244.197 , the assets of the nonprofit corporation must be distributed to the county which formed the nonprofit corporation and used in a manner consistent with the purposes of the nonprofit corporation.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 244A.703 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 244A / Section 244A.703
Project for generation and transmission of electricity: Sale and issuance of additional bonds
Status: in_force

1. If a county determines, in the proceedings or an agreement with respect to the first issuance of bonds for the purpose of financing a portion of the cost of a project for the generation and transmission of electricity, subsequently to issue additional bonds to finance the costs of the project, the costs of any improvements to the project which are necessary to meet the requirements of any governmental authority, and the costs of any replacements in the project occasioned by damage to, or the destruction or taking of, all or any part of the project, then the county is obligated, and it is the duty of the board of county commissioners or other appropriate officers, to sell and issue such additional bonds from time to time as may be necessary if: (a) All conditions to their issuance contained in any contractual arrangement between the county and a lessee, purchaser or other obligor have been satisfied; and (b) The terms of the bonds to be issued do not violate any law of this state in effect at the time of passage of the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds.

2. The requirements of NRS 244A.707 and 244A.711 do not apply to the issuance of bonds pursuant to this section.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 245.040 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 245 / Section 245.040
Office hours of certain county officers; branch offices; penalties
Status: in_force

1. Sheriffs, county recorders and county auditors, county clerks, county assessors and county treasurers shall keep an office at the county seat of their county which, except as otherwise provided in subsections 3 and 4, must be kept open on all days except Sundays and nonjudicial days from 9 a.m. to 12 m., and on all days except Sundays, nonjudicial days and Saturdays from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. for the transaction of public business, but nothing contained in this subsection interferes with a duty now required of a public officer under the election laws of this State. County clerks shall keep their offices open on all election days during the hours when the polls are open for voting but may, with the consent of the district judge of the county, close their offices for all purposes except election business and the issuance of marriage licenses on any day on which the primary or general election is held.

2. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 1, the board of county commissioners of any county may, by an order regularly made and entered in the records of its proceedings, designate the days and hours during which the offices of the sheriff, county recorder and county auditor, county clerk, county assessor and county treasurer must be kept open for the transaction of public business. An order so made and entered must require each office to be kept open for not less than 40 hours during each week, and must not prevent the county clerk from closing his or her office for all purposes except election business and the issuance of marriage licenses on primary and general election days as provided in subsection 1.

3. The board of county commissioners may authorize a county officer to rent, equip and operate, at public expense, one or more branch offices in the county. The branch office may be kept open for the transaction of public business on the days and during the hours specified in subsections 1 and 2 or on such days and during such hours as determined by the board. The provisions of this subsection do not preempt any other statutory provisions which require certain duties to be performed at the county seat.

4. Any county office may deviate from the hours of operation required pursuant to this section if the board of county commissioners approves the plan for the deviation submitted by the office, except that no such deviation may conflict with the election laws of this State. Such a plan must be fiscally neutral or result in cost savings.

5. A county officer who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor, and if an officer mentioned in subsection 1 absents himself or herself from office, except: (a) When called away from his or her office by official duties; (b) When expressly permitted so to do by the board of county commissioners or a majority of the members thereof in writing; or (c) When he or she makes provision to leave his or her office open for the transaction of public business on the days and during the hours prescribed by this section and in charge of a deputy qualified to act in the county officer's absence, there must be withheld from the county officer's monthly salary that proportion thereof as the number of days of absence bears to the number of days of the month in which the absence occurs. The money must be withheld from payment of salary to the officer for the next succeeding month by order of the board of county commissioners, but such an order must not be made without first giving the officer affected reasonable notice and an opportunity to appear before the board and defend the charge against him or her.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 248.100 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 248 / Section 248.100
Attendance at sessions of district court required in certain counties; duty to obey lawful orders of district court and to execute process, writs and warrants
Status: in_force

The sheriff shall:

1. Except in a county whose population is 700,000 or more, attend in person, or by deputy, all sessions of the district court in his or her county.

2. Obey all the lawful orders and directions of the district court in his or her county.

3. Execute the process, writs or warrants of courts of justice, judicial officers and coroners, when delivered to the sheriff for that purpose.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 244.3356 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 244 / Section 244.3356
Mandatory tax on revenues from rental of transient lodging: Prohibited uses of proceeds
Status: in_force

The proceeds of the tax imposed pursuant to NRS 244.3352 may not be used:

1. As additional security for the payment of, or to redeem, any general obligation bonds issued pursuant to NRS 244A.597 to 244A.655 , inclusive.

2. To defray the costs of collecting or administering the tax incurred by the county fair and recreation board.

3. To operate and maintain recreational facilities under the jurisdiction of the county fair and recreation board.

4. To improve and expand recreational facilities authorized by NRS 244A.597 to 244A.655 , inclusive.

5. To construct, purchase or acquire such recreational facilities.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 244.3605 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 244 / Section 244.3605
Abatement of dangerous structures or conditions, rubbish, abandoned or junk vehicles, noxious plant growth and other public nuisances: Adoption and contents of ordinance; civil penalties; special assessment against property to recover costs of abatement
Status: in_force

1. Notwithstanding the provisions of NRS 244.360 and 244.3601 , the board of county commissioners of a county may, to abate public nuisances, adopt by ordinance procedures pursuant to which the board or its designee may order an owner of property within the county to: (a) Repair, safeguard or eliminate a dangerous structure or condition; (b) Clear debris, rubbish, refuse, litter, garbage, abandoned or junk vehicles or junk appliances which are not subject to the provisions of chapter 459 of NRS ; (c) Clear weeds and noxious plant growth; or (d) Repair, clear, correct, rectify, safeguard or eliminate any other public nuisance as defined in the ordinance adopted pursuant to this section, to protect the public health, safety and welfare of the residents of the county.

2. An ordinance adopted pursuant to subsection 1 must: (a) Contain procedures pursuant to which the owner of the property is: (1) Sent notice, by certified mail, return receipt requested, of the existence on the owner's property of a public nuisance set forth in subsection 1 and the date by which the owner must abate the public nuisance. (2) If the public nuisance is not an immediate danger to the public health, safety or welfare and was caused by the criminal activity of a person other than the owner, afforded a minimum of 30 days to abate the public nuisance. (3) Afforded an opportunity for a hearing before the designee of the board relating to the order of abatement and an appeal of that decision either to the board or to a court of competent jurisdiction, as determined by the ordinance adopted pursuant to subsection 1. (4) Afforded an opportunity for a hearing before the designee of the board relating to the imposition of civil penalties and an appeal of that decision either to the board or to a court of competent jurisdiction, as determined by the ordinance adopted pursuant to subsection 1. (b) Provide that the date specified in the notice by which the owner must abate the public nuisance is tolled for the period during which the owner requests a hearing and receives a decision. (c) Provide the manner in which the county will recover money expended to abate the public nuisance on the property if the owner fails to abate the public nuisance. (d) Provide for civil penalties for each day that the owner did not abate the public nuisance after the date specified in the notice by which the owner was required to abate the public nuisance.

3. In any county whose population is 700,000 or more, an ordinance adopted pursuant to subsection 1 may authorize the county to request the operator of a tow car to abate a public nuisance by towing abandoned or junk vehicles which are not concealed from ordinary public view by means of inside storage, suitable fencing, opaque covering, trees, shrubbery or other means if the conditions of subsection 4 are satisfied. The operator of a tow car requested to tow a vehicle pursuant to this section must comply with the provisions of NRS 706.444 to 706.453 , inclusive.

4. The county may abate the public nuisance on the property and may recover the amount expended by the county for labor and materials used to abate the public nuisance or request abatement by the operator of a tow car pursuant to subsection 3 if: (a) The owner has not requested a hearing within the time prescribed in the ordinance adopted pursuant to subsection 1 and has failed to abate the public nuisance on the owner's property within the period specified in the notice; (b) After a hearing in which the owner did not prevail, the owner has not filed an appeal within the time prescribed in the ordinance adopted pursuant to subsection 1 and has failed to abate the public nuisance within the period specified in the order; or (c) The board or a court of competent jurisdiction has denied the appeal of the owner and the owner has failed to abate the public nuisance within the period specified in the order.

5. In addition to any other reasonable means for recovering money expended by the county to abate the public nuisance and, except as otherwise provided in subsection 6, for collecting civil penalties imposed pursuant to the ordinance adopted pursuant to subsection 1, the board or its designee may make the expense and civil penalties a special assessment against the property upon which the public nuisance is located, and this special assessment may be collected pursuant to the provisions set forth in subsection 4 of NRS 244.360 .

6. Any civil penalties that have not been collected from the owner of the property may not be made a special assessment against the property pursuant to subsection 5 by the board or its designee unless: (a) At least 12 months have elapsed after the date specified in the notice by which the owner must abate the public nuisance or the date specified in the order of the board or court by which the owner must abate the public nuisance, whichever is later; (b) The owner has been billed, served or otherwise notified that the civil penalties are due; and (c) The amount of the uncollected civil penalties is more than $5,000.

7. If a designee of the board imposes a special assessment pursuant to subsection 5, the designee shall submit a written report to the board at least once each calendar quarter that sets forth, for each property against which such an assessment has been imposed: (a) The street address or assessor's parcel number of the property; (b) The name of each owner of record of the property as of the date of the assessment; and (c) The total amount of the assessment, stating the amount assessed for the expense of abatement and any amount assessed for civil penalties.

8. As used in this section, “ dangerous structure or condition ” means a structure or condition that is a public nuisance which may cause injury to or endanger the health, life, property or safety of the general public or the occupants, if any, of the real property on which the structure or condition is located. The term includes, without limitation, a structure or condition that: (a) Does not meet the requirements of a code or regulation adopted pursuant to NRS 244.3675 with respect to minimum levels of health or safety; or (b) Violates an ordinance, rule or regulation regulating health and safety enacted, adopted or passed by the board of county commissioners of a county, the violation of which is designated by the board as a public nuisance in the ordinance, rule or regulation.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 251.010 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 251 / Section 251.010
Certain county recorders ex officio county auditors; exception; office; hours to remain open
Status: in_force

1. The county recorder is ex officio county auditor in counties in which a county comptroller has not been appointed, unless such an arrangement is altered pursuant to the mechanism set forth in NRS 244.1507 .

2. County auditors shall keep an office at the county seat of their county, which must be kept open in accordance with the provisions of NRS 245.040 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 244A.025 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 244A / Section 244A.025
“County” defined
Status: in_force

“ County ” means any county in this State. For the purposes of NRS 244A.011 to 244A.065 , inclusive, Carson City is considered as a county.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 244.3571 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 244 / Section 244.3571
Ordinance to regulate operation of electric personal assistive mobility devices or certain vehicles operated by security guards
Status: in_force

1. Each board of county commissioners may, to protect the health and safety of the public, enact an ordinance which regulates the time, place and manner of the operation of: (a) An electric personal assistive mobility device; or (b) A vehicle operating pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (c) of subsection 2 of NRS 484B.117 , in the county, including, without limitation, by prohibiting the use of an electric personal assistive mobility device or a vehicle specified in paragraph (b) in a specified area of the county.

2. As used in this section, “electric personal assistive mobility device” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 482.029 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 247.390 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 247 / Section 247.390
Table of fees to be posted; penalties
Status: in_force

Any county recorder receiving fees as provided by law shall post in a conspicuous place in the county recorder’s office a fee table for public inspection. A sum not exceeding $20 for each day of his or her omission so to do must be forfeited, which sum with costs may be recovered by any person by an action before any justice of the peace of the same county.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 244.3691 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 244 / Section 244.3691
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in NRS 244.3691 to 244.3695 , inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 244.36915 and 244.3692 have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 247.100 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 247 / Section 247.100
Documents to be recorded in order received; maintenance and public inspection of records of transactions conducted in recorder's office and fees collected
Status: in_force

Each county recorder shall:

1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 247.145 , record each document in the order in which it is received;

2. Maintain a record of all transactions conducted within the office and a record of all fees collected; and

3. Make the records maintained pursuant to subsection 2 available for public inspection during regular business hours.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 244.184 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 244 / Section 244.184
Language access plan: Development and biennial revision; requirements; public comment; inclusion of necessary funding in proposed budget of county; submission to Office for New Americans
Status: in_force

1. Each board of county commissioners shall designate one or more employees of the county to be responsible for developing and biennially revising a language access plan for the county that meets the requirements of subsection 2.

2. A language access plan must assess existing needs of the residents of the county for language services and the degree to which the county has met those needs. The plan must include recommendations to expand language services, if needed, to improve access to the services provided by the county. The plan must: (a) Outline the compliance of the county and any contractors, grantees, assignees, transferees or successors of the county with existing federal and state laws and regulations and any requirements associated with funding received by the county concerning the availability of language services and accessibility of the services provided by the county or any contractors, grantees, assignees, transferees or successors to residents of the county who are persons with limited English proficiency; (b) Provide an inventory of language services currently provided by the county, including, without limitation: (1) Procedures for designating certain information and documents as vital and providing such information and documents to residents served by the county in the preferred language of such persons, in aggregate and disaggregated by language and type of service to which the information and documents relate; (2) Oral language services offered by language and type; (3) Procedures and resources used by the county for outreach to persons with limited English proficiency who are residents of the county, including, without limitation, procedures for building relationships with community-based organizations that serve such persons; and (4) Any resources made available to employees of the county related to cultural competency; (c) Provide an inventory of the training and resources provided to employees of the county who serve residents who are persons with limited English proficiency, including, without limitation, training and resources regarding: (1) Obtaining language services internally or from a contractor; (2) Responding to persons with limited English proficiency over the telephone, in writing or in person; (3) Recording in the electronic records of the county that a resident served by the county is a person with limited English proficiency, the preferred language of the person and his or her literacy level in English and in his or her preferred language; (4) Communicating with the board concerning the needs of the residents served by and eligible to receive any services from the county for language services; and (5) Notifying residents who are persons with limited English proficiency who are eligible for or currently receiving services from the county of the services available from the county in the preferred language of those residents at a literacy level and in a format that is likely to be understood by those residents; and (d) Identify areas in which the services described in paragraph (b) and the training and resources described in paragraph (c) do not meet the needs of residents who are persons with limited English proficiency in the county, including, without limitation: (1) Estimates of additional funding required to meet those needs; (2) Targets for employing persons who are fluent in more than one language; (3) Additional requirements necessary to ensure: (I) Adequate credentialing and oversight of translators and interpreters employed by or serving as independent contractors for the county; and (II) That translators and interpreters used by the county adequately represent the preferred languages spoken by residents of the county; and (4) Additional requirements, trainings, incentives and recruiting initiatives to employ or contract with interpreters who speak the preferred language of residents who are persons with limited English proficiency who are eligible for or currently receiving services from the county and ways to partner with entities involved in workforce development in imposing those requirements, offering those trainings and incentives and carrying out those recruiting initiatives.

3. If there is insufficient information available to develop or update the language access plan in accordance with the requirements of this section, the employee or employees designated pursuant to subsection 1 shall develop procedures to obtain that information and include the information in any revision to the language access plan.

4. Each board of county commissioners shall: (a) Solicit public comment concerning the language access plan developed pursuant to this section and each revision thereof; and (b) Include any funding necessary to carry out a language access plan, including, without limitation, any additional funding necessary to meet the needs of residents who are persons with limited English proficiency served by the county as identified pursuant to paragraph (d) of subsection 2, in the proposed budget for the county.

5. On or before August 1 of each even-numbered year, each board of county commissioners shall submit the language access plan developed and revised pursuant to subsection 1 to the Office for New Americans created in the Office of the Governor pursuant to NRS 223.910 .

6. As used in this section: (a) “ Language services ” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 232.0081 . (b) “ Oral language services ” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 232.0081 . (c) “ Person with limited English proficiency ” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 232.0081 . (d) “ Translation services ” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 232.0081 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 253.150 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 253 / Section 253.150
Establishment of office by county commissioners; appointment, designation or contract; compensation
Status: in_force

1. The board of county commissioners of each county shall establish the office of public guardian.

2. The board of county commissioners shall: (a) Appoint a public guardian, who serves at the pleasure of the board, for a term of 4 years from the day of appointment; (b) Designate an elected or appointed county officer as ex officio public guardian; (c) Pursuant to the mechanism set forth in NRS 244.1507 , designate another county officer to execute the powers and duties of the public guardian; (d) Except in a county whose population is 100,000 or more, contract with a private professional guardian to act as public guardian; or (e) Contract with the board of county commissioners of a neighboring county in the same judicial district to designate as public guardian the public guardian of the neighboring county.

3. The compensation of a public guardian appointed or designated pursuant to subsection 2 must be fixed by the board of county commissioners and paid out of the county general fund.

4. As used in this section, “ private professional guardian ” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 159.024 and 159A.024 , except that the term does not include: (a) A banking corporation, as defined in NRS 657.016 , or an organization permitted to act as a fiduciary pursuant to NRS 662.245 if it is appointed as guardian of an estate only. (b) A trust company, as defined in NRS 669.070 . (c) A court-appointed attorney licensed to practice law in this State. (d) A trustee under a deed of trust. (e) A fiduciary under a court trust.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 248.220 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 248 / Section 248.220
Sheriff may call upon Governor for military aid to assist civil authorities in suppressing violence
Status: in_force

When there is an unlawful or riotous assembly, with the intent to commit a felony, or to offer violence to person or property, or to resist, by force, the laws of the State, and the fact is made to appear to the sheriff of the county, the sheriff may call upon the Governor for military aid in the manner provided by law, to aid the civil authorities in suppressing violence and enforcing the laws.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 244A.021 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 244A / Section 244A.021
“Condemnation” and “condemn” defined
Status: in_force

“Condemnation” or “condemn” means the acquisition by the exercise of the power of eminent domain of property for any project, or an interest therein, herein authorized. A county may exercise in the State the power of eminent domain and in the manner provided by law for the condemnation of private property for public use, may take any property necessary to carry out any of the objects or purposes hereof, and may condemn any existing works or facilities in the county now or hereafter used. The power of eminent domain vested in the board shall include the power to condemn, in the name of the county, either the fee simple or any lesser estate or interest in any real property which the board by resolution shall determine is necessary for carrying out the purposes hereof. Such resolution shall be prima facie evidence that the taking of the fee simple or easement, as the case may be, is necessary.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 255.120 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 255 / Section 255.120
Survey: Courses; variation of meridian
Status: in_force

In all surveys:

1. The courses shall be expressed according to the true meridian.

2. The variation of the magnetic meridian from the true meridian shall be expressed on the plat with the year, month and day of the survey.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 244.040 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 244 / Section 244.040
Vacancy in office of county commissioner; exception
Status: in_force

1. Any vacancy occurring in any board of county commissioners must be filled by appointment of the Governor. Except in Carson City, the Governor shall appoint a suitable person who is a member of the same political party as the most recent holder of the vacant office.

2. Except in Carson City, the term of office of a person appointed to the office of county commissioner does not, by virtue of the appointment, extend beyond 12 p.m. of the day preceding the first Monday of January next following the next general election.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 243.210 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 243 / Section 243.210
Creation--1866
Status: in_force

All that portion of the State of Nevada situate within the following boundaries shall be and constitute the County of Lincoln: Beginning at the Red Bluff Springs (about 15 miles east of Reveille District) and running thence due east to the state line of this state; thence south along the state line to the southerly boundary line of this state; thence along the southerly boundary line to a point due south of Red Bluff Springs; thence north to the place of beginning.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 244A.0555 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 244A / Section 244A.0555
“Wastewater authority” defined
Status: in_force

“ Wastewater authority ” means an entity that is created by cooperative agreement pursuant to chapter 277 of NRS , the functions of which include sanitation and sewerage, the treatment and disposal of wastewater, or the development and reclamation of water resources.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 244A.701 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 244A / Section 244A.701
Project for generation and transmission of electricity: Studies, surveys and options
Status: in_force

A county may issue bonds to finance solely the costs of studies, surveys and options with respect to a project for the generation and transmission of electricity. Before doing so, the county shall arrange for the repayment of those costs under an agreement or agreements which may provide for the purchase by the obligor or obligors thereunder of the studies, surveys and options through payments sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds issued to finance those costs if and to the extent the principal of and interest on such bonds are not paid from the proceeds of additional bonds issued to finance the remaining costs of the project. If the obligor or obligors decide that the project is not feasible, they shall pay the costs of the studies, surveys and options within 1 year. Such agreements may also include a commitment or agreement by the county to enter into contracts at a later date for the sale of all or part of the capacity of the project to or for the use of the transmitting facilities of the project by the obligors and for the construction and operation of such project by one or more purchasers of capacity of the project. The terms and provisions of such contracts to be executed at a later date must be approved by the board of county commissioners at the time of or before the first issuance of bonds.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 244A.651 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 244A / Section 244A.651
Revenue or general obligation bonds secured by pledge of revenues: Establishment, maintenance and revision of schedules of rates and fees
Status: in_force

In order to insure the payment of the revenue bonds of the county or of the general obligation bonds of the county, the payment of which is secured or is additionally secured, as the case may be, by a pledge of the revenues of the recreational facilities, of any such other income-producing project and of any such excise taxes, as provided in NRS 244A.637 , or other such special obligation securities so secured or other such additionally secured general obligation securities of the county, the board may establish and maintain, and from time to time revise, a schedule or schedules of fees, rates and charges for services, facilities and commodities rendered by or through the recreational facilities, and any such other income-producing project and a schedule or schedules of any such excise taxes, as the case may be, in an amount sufficient for that purpose and also sufficient to discharge any covenant in the proceedings of the county fair and recreation board or board of county commissioners authorizing the issuances of any of the bonds or other securities, including any covenant for the establishment of reasonable reserve funds.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 250.080 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 250 / Section 250.080
County assessor and deputies may administer oaths
Status: in_force

The county assessor and the county assessor’s deputies are authorized to administer all oaths and affirmations contemplated by law in the discharge of their duties as assessors.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 244A.017 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 244A / Section 244A.017
“Board” defined
Status: in_force

“Board” means the board of county commissioners and includes the Board of Supervisors of Carson City.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 244.230 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 244 / Section 244.230
Authorized debts and liabilities only to be created
Status: in_force

The board of county commissioners shall not for any purpose contract debts or liabilities, except those expressly authorized by law. Whenever debts or liabilities have been created, which, added to the salaries of county officers and other estimated liabilities, fixed by law for the remainder of the year, shall equal the money on hand in the treasury at the time applicable to the payment of such salaries and other fixed liabilities, no allowance shall be made of any account, nor shall any expense be incurred other than salaries and fees and fixed liabilities, expressly authorized by law, during the remainder of the year.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 255.080 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 255 / Section 255.080
Certificate admissible in evidence
Status: in_force

The certificate of the county surveyor, or any of the county surveyor’s deputies, shall be submitted as legal evidence in any court of this state, but the same may be subject to be rebutted by other evidence. Surveys made by the mutual consent of parties may also be admitted as legal evidence in any court of this state; but this section shall not be so construed as to exclude the testimony of other surveyors or engineers.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 246.065 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 246 / Section 246.065
Facsimile signature
Status: in_force

1. Each county clerk is authorized to use a facsimile signature produced through a mechanical device in place of the county clerk’s handwritten signature whenever the necessity may arise and upon approval of the board of county commissioners, subject to the following conditions: (a) That the mechanical device shall be of such nature that the facsimile signature may be removed from the mechanical device and kept in a separate secure place. (b) That the use of the facsimile signature shall be made only under the direction and supervision of the county clerk whose signature it represents. (c) That all of the mechanical device shall at all times be kept in a vault, securely locked, when not in use, to prevent any misuse of the same.

2. No facsimile signature produced through a mechanical device authorized by the provisions of this section shall be combined with the signature of another officer.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 248.090 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 248 / Section 248.090
General duties
Status: in_force

Sheriffs and their deputies shall keep and preserve the peace in their respective counties, and quiet and suppress all affrays, riots and insurrections, for which purpose, and for the service of process in civil or criminal cases, and in apprehending or securing any person for felony, or breach of the peace, they may call upon the power of their county to aid in such arrest or in preserving the peace.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 248.210 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 248 / Section 248.210
Duties concerning riotous assembly; penalty
Status: in_force

1. When six or more persons, whether armed or not, shall be unlawfully or riotously assembled in any city or town, the sheriff of the county and the sheriff’s deputies shall go among the persons so assembled, or as near as possible, and shall command them, in the name of the people of the United States and the State of Nevada, to disperse immediately.

2. If the persons assembled do not immediately disperse, the sheriff and the sheriff’s deputies shall arrest them that they may be punished according to law, and for that purpose may command the aid of all persons present or within the county.

3. If a sheriff or the sheriff’s deputies, having notice of an unlawful or riotous assembly, as provided in subsection 1, neglect or refuse to proceed to the place of assembly, or as near thereto as he or she can with safety, and to exercise the authority with which he or she is invested for suppressing the same and arresting the offenders, he or she shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished accordingly.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 244A.513 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 244A / Section 244A.513
Methods of funding State's acquisition of facilities
Status: in_force

The State, acting through the board, may also for the purpose of acquiring facilities:

1. Borrow money and issue state securities evidencing any loan to or amount due by the State, provide for and secure the payment of any state securities and the rights of the holders thereof, and purchase, hold and dispose of state securities.

2. Fund or refund any loan or obligation of the State and issue funding or refunding securities to evidence such loan or obligation, as hereinafter provided.

3. Levy and cause to be collected taxes on and against all taxable property within the State as hereinafter provided, subject to the limitations provided in the Nevada Constitution.

4. Fix, from time to time, increase or decrease, collect and cause to be collected rates, fees and other service charges pertaining to the facilities of the State, pledge such revenues for the payment of state securities, and enforce the collection of such revenues by civil action or by any other means provided by law.

5. Purchase, acquire by gift or otherwise acquire properties, including, without limitation, existing sewage or wastewater systems or parts thereof or interests therein, of the Federal Government, the county, any public body in the county or any person as a project of the State or so acquire an interest therein. The State may acquire such properties subject to any mortgage, deed of trust or other lien on the acquired properties to secure the payment of any obligations pertaining thereto.

6. Accept contributions or loans from the Federal Government for the purpose of financing the planning, acquisition, improvement, equipment, maintenance and operation of any enterprise in which the State is authorized to engage, and enter into contracts, cooperate with and accept cooperation from, the Federal Government in the planning, acquisition, improvement, equipment, maintenance and operation, and in financing the planning, acquisition, improvement, equipment, maintenance and operation of any such enterprise, including, without limitation, costs of engineering, architectural, and economic investigations and studies, surveys, designs, plans, working drawings, specifications, procedures and other action preliminary to the acquisition, improvement or equipment of any project, and do any and all things necessary in order to avail itself of such aid, assistance and cooperation.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 258.002 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 258 / Section 258.002
“Category I peace officer” defined
Status: in_force

“Category I peace officer” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 289.460 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 245.170 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 245 / Section 245.170
Vacancies: Appointment by board of county commissioners; placement of office or position on ballot under certain circumstances
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided by specific statute:

1. If a vacancy is declared in any county or township office, except the offices of district judge and county commissioner: (a) Thirty days or more before the date of the close of filing of declarations of candidacy specified in NRS 293.177 , and the office is not otherwise scheduled for election at the next ensuing biennial election: (1) The board of county commissioners shall appoint a suitable person who is an elector of the county to fill the vacancy until the first Monday of January after the next ensuing biennial election; (2) The office must be placed on the ballot at that election; and (3) The person elected shall serve the remainder of the unexpired term. (b) At any other time, the board of county commissioners shall appoint a suitable person who is an elector of the county to serve the remainder of the unexpired term.

2. If a vacancy is declared in the position of a member of a town board appointed or elected pursuant to the provisions of NRS 269.016 to 269.022 , inclusive: (a) Thirty days or more before the date of the close of filing of declarations of candidacy specified in NRS 293.177 , and the position is not otherwise scheduled for election at the next ensuing biennial election: (1) The board of county commissioners shall appoint a suitable person who is an elector of the unincorporated town to fill the vacancy until the first Monday of January after the next ensuing biennial election; (2) The position must be placed on the ballot at that election; and (3) The person elected shall serve the remainder of the unexpired term. (b) At any other time, the board of county commissioners shall appoint a suitable person who is an elector of the unincorporated town to serve the remainder of the unexpired term.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 248.275 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 248 / Section 248.275
Collection and deposit of fees; amount of commissions and mileage; entitlement to compensation
Status: in_force

1. The sheriff of each county in this State may charge and collect the following fees: For serving a summons or complaint, or any other process, by which an action or proceeding is commenced, except as a writ of habeas corpus, on every defendant ․․․$17 For traveling and making such service, per mile in going only, to be computed in all cases the distance actually traveled, for each mile ․․․․․2 If any two or more papers are required to be served in the same suit at the same time, where parties live in the same direction, one mileage only may be charged. For taking a bond or undertaking in any case in which the sheriff is authorized to take a bond or undertaking ․․․․․5 For a copy of any writ, process or other paper, if demanded or required by law, for each page ․․․․․3 For serving every rule or order․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․ ․․․․15 For serving one notice required by law before the commencement of a proceeding for any type of eviction ․․․․26 For serving not fewer than 2 nor more than 10 such notices to the same location, each notice ․․․․20 For serving not fewer than 11 nor more than 24 such notices to the same location, each notice ․․․․17 For serving 25 or more such notices to the same location, each notice․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․ ․․․․15 For mileage in serving such a notice, for each mile necessarily and actually traveled in going only ․․․․․2 But if two or more notices are served at the same general location during the same period, mileage may only be charged for the service of one notice. For each service in a summary eviction, except service of any notice required by law before the commencement of the proceeding, and for serving notice of and executing a writ of restitution ․․․․21 For serving a subpoena, for each witness summoned․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․ ․․․․15 For traveling, per mile in serving subpoenas, or a venire, in going only, for each mile․․․․ ․․․․․2 When two or more witnesses or jurors live in the same direction, traveling fees must be charged only for the most distant. For serving an attachment on property, or levying an execution, or executing an order of arrest or order for the delivery of personal property, together with traveling fees, as in cases of summons ․․․․15 For making and posting notices and advertising for sale, on execution or any judgment or order of sale, not to include the cost of publication in a newspaper ․․․․15 For issuing each certificate of sale of property on execution or order of sale, and for recording the original certificate with the county recorder, which must be collected from the party receiving the certificate ․․․․․5 For drawing and executing every sheriff's deed, to be paid by the grantee, who shall in addition pay for the acknowledgment thereof ․․․․20 For serving a writ of possession or restitution, putting any person into possession entitled thereto ․․․․21 For traveling in the service of any process, not otherwise provided in this section, for each mile necessarily traveled, for going only, for each mile ․․․․․2 For mailing a notice of a writ of execution․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․․ ․․․․․2

The sheriff may charge and collect $2 per mile traveled, for going only, on all papers not served, where reasonable effort has been made to effect service, but not to exceed $20.

2. The sheriff may also charge and collect: (a) For commissions for receiving and paying over money on execution or process, where lands or personal property have been levied on, advertised or sold, on the first $500, 4 percent; on any sum in excess of $500, and not exceeding $1,000, 2 percent; on all sums above that amount, 1 percent. (b) For commissions for receiving and paying over money on executions without levy, or where the lands or goods levied on are not sold, on the first $3,500, 2 percent, and on all amounts over that sum, one-half of 1 percent. (c) For service of any process in a criminal case, or of a writ of habeas corpus, the same mileage as in civil cases, to be allowed, audited and paid as are other claims against the county. (d) For all services in justice courts, the same fees as are allowed in subsection 1 and paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of this subsection.

3. The sheriff is also entitled to further compensation for his or her trouble and expense in taking possession of property under attachment, execution or other process and of preserving the property, as the court from which the writ or order may issue certifies to be just and reasonable.

4. In service of a subpoena or a venire in criminal cases, the sheriff is entitled to receive mileage for the most distant only, where witnesses and jurors live in the same direction.

5. The fees allowed for the levy of an execution, for advertising and for making and collecting money on an execution or order of sale, must be collected from the defendants, by virtue of the execution or order of sale, in the same manner as the execution is directed to be made.

6. Except as otherwise provided by an ordinance adopted pursuant to the provisions of NRS 244.207 , all fees collected by a sheriff must be paid into the county treasury of his or her county on or before the fifth working day of the month next succeeding the month in which the fees are collected.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 244.3088 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 244 / Section 244.3088
Election of officers; treasurer; seal
Status: in_force

1. Within 10 days after their appointment, the commissioners shall organize as the commission by the election of one of their number as chair, one as secretary, and by the election of such other officers as they may deem necessary.

2. The county treasurer of the county shall be the treasurer of the commission. The treasurer shall receive and pay out all the moneys of the county under the control of the commission, as ordered by it, but shall receive no compensation for any such additional duties.

3. The commission shall adopt a seal.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 243.027 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 243 / Section 243.027
Boundary line between Churchill and Lyon Counties--1969
Status: in_force

The boundary line between Churchill and Lyon Counties is hereby defined and established as follows:

Commencing at the intersection of the east line of section 17, T. 14 N., R. 29 E., with the county boundary line between Lyon County and Mineral County, the true point of beginning of the following described line; thence along the line as follows:

Northerly along the east line of sections 17, 8 and 5 to the northeast corner of section 5, T. 14 N., R. 29 E.; thence westerly along the north lines of sections 5 and 6 to the northwest corner of section 6, T. 14 N., R. 29 E.; thence northerly along the east line of sections 36 and 25, T. 15 N., R. 28 E., to the northeast corner of section 25; thence westerly along the north line of section 25 to the northwest corner of section 25; thence northerly along the east line of section 23 to the northeast corner of section 23; thence westerly along the north line of section 23 to the northwest corner of section 23; thence northerly along the east line of section 5 to the northeast corner of section 15; thence westerly along the north line of section 15 to the northwest corner of section 15; thence northerly along the east line of section 9 to the northeast corner of section 9; thence westerly along the north line of section 9 to the northwest corner of section 9, thence northerly along the east line of section 5 to the northeast corner of section 5, T. 15 N., R. 28 E.; thence westerly along the north line of sections 5 and 6 to the southeast corner of section 36, T. 16 N., R. 27 E.; thence northerly along the east line of sections 36 and 25 to the northeast corner of section 25; thence westerly along the north line of section 25 to the northwest corner of section 25; thence northerly along the east line of section 23 to the northeast corner of section 23; thence westerly along the north line of section 23 to the northwest corner of section 23; thence northerly along the east line of section 15 to the northeast corner of section 15; thence westerly along the north line of section 15 to the northwest corner of section 15; thence northerly along the east line of section 9 to the northeast corner of section 9; thence westerly along the north line of section 9 to the northwest corner of section 9; thence northerly along the east line of section 5 to the northeast corner of section 5, T. 16 N., R. 27 E.; thence westerly along the township line between T. 16 N. and T. 17 N. to the southeast corner of section 31, T. 17 N., R. 27 E.; thence northerly along the east line of section 31 to the northeast corner of section 31; thence westerly along the north line of section 31 to the northwest corner of section 31, T. 17 N., R. 27 E.; thence northerly along the range line between R. 26 E. and R. 27 E. to the northeast corner of section 25; thence westerly along the north line of section 25 to the northwest corner of section 25; thence northerly along the east line of section 23 to the northeast corner of section 23; thence westerly along the north line of section 23 to the northwest corner of section 23; thence northerly along the east line of section 15 to the northeast corner of section 15; thence westerly along the north line of section 15 to the northwest corner of section 15; thence northerly along the east line of section 9 to the northeast corner of section 9; thence westerly along the north line of section 9 to the northwest corner of section 9; thence northerly along the east line of section 5 to the northeast corner of section 5, T. 17 N., R. 26 E.; thence westerly along the north line of section 5 to the northwest corner of section 5, T. 17 N., R. 26 E.; thence northerly along the east line of section 31 to the northeast corner of section 31, T. 18 N., R. 26 E.; thence westerly along the north line of section 31 to the northwest corner of section 31; thence northerly along the range line between R. 25 E. and R. 26 E. to the northeast corner of section 1, T. 18 N., R. 25 E.; thence continuing northerly along the range line to the northeast corner of section 13, T. 19 N., R. 25 E.; thence easterly along the south lines of sections 7 and 8 to the south 1/4 corner of section 8, T. 19 N., R. 26 E.; thence northerly along the quarter section line of sections 8 and 5 to the north 1/4 corner of section 5, T. 19 N., R. 26 E.; thence continuing northerly along the quarter section lines of sections 32, 29, 20, 17, 8 and 5, T. 20 N., R. 26 E.; thence easterly along the township line between T. 20 N. and T. 21 N. to the southeast corner of section 32, T. 21 N., R. 26 E.; thence northerly along the east lines of sections 32, 29, 20, 17, 8 and 5, T. 21 N., R. 26 E.; thence easterly along the township line between T. 21 N. and T. 22 N. to the south 1/4 corner of section 33, T. 22 N., R. 26 E.; thence northerly along the quarter section line to the center quarter corner of section 33, T. 22 N., R. 26 E.; thence easterly to the east 1/4 corner of section 33; thence northerly to the northeast corner of section 33, T. 22 N., R. 26 E.; thence westerly along the north line of section 33 to the present county line between Churchill County and Lyon County, the termination of the line.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 243.480 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 243 / Section 243.480
Form and canvass of ballots; certification of returns
Status: in_force

The ballots to be voted at the election must have printed thereon the words “For removal of the county seat to ________________” (inserting the name of the place to which removal is proposed) and “Against removal of the county seat to ________________” (inserting the name of the place to which removal is proposed). The ballot must be canvassed as in elections for county officers and the returns of the election must be certified by the county clerk to the Secretary of State, together with a certified copy of the order of the board of county commissioners and a sworn certificate of the publication thereof, to be filed in the Office of the Secretary of State.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 252.150 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 252 / Section 252.150
Action by county treasurer when district attorney fails to account
Status: in_force

For a failure to comply with the provisions of NRS 252.140 , the county treasurer shall bring an action against the district attorney and his or her sureties for the recovery of all moneys in his or her hands not accounted for, and for 20 percent additional thereon.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 252.130 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 252 / Section 252.130
Receipts for money or property received in official capacity
Status: in_force

When the district attorney receives money or property in his or her official capacity, the district attorney shall deliver a receipt therefor to the person from whom he or she receives it, and file a duplicate with the county auditor.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 244A.0345 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 244A / Section 244A.0345
“Municipal securities” defined
Status: in_force

“ Municipal securities ” means notes, warrants, interim debentures, bonds and temporary bonds issued by a municipality pursuant to a law other than the County Bond Law which are:

1. General obligations payable from ad valorem taxes that are approved by the voters of the municipality issued for a capital improvement of a library or park;

2. General obligations payable from ad valorem taxes that are approved by the voters of the municipality or are approved pursuant to subsection 3 of NRS 350.020 issued for a capital improvement of an infrastructure project other than a library or park;

3. Revenue obligations of a water authority that are payable from revenues of: (a) The water system of the water authority; (b) One or more of the municipalities that are members of the water authority; or (c) Any combination of the entities described in paragraphs (a) and (b);

4. Revenue obligations of a wastewater authority that are payable from revenues of: (a) The water reclamation system of the wastewater authority; (b) One or more of the municipalities that are members of the wastewater authority; or (c) Any combination of the entities described in paragraphs (a) and (b); or

5. Revenue obligations of a flood management authority that are payable from the revenues of: (a) A flood management project of the flood management authority; (b) One or more of the municipalities that are members of the flood management authority; or (c) Any combination of the entities described in paragraphs (a) and (b).
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 244.100 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 244 / Section 244.100
Procedures for enactment; signatures; publication and effective date; publication of revised ordinance; hearing
Status: in_force

1. All proposed ordinances, when first proposed, must be read by title to the board, immediately after which at least one copy of the proposed ordinance must be filed with the county clerk for public examination. Notice of the filing, together with the title and an adequate summary of the ordinance and the date on which a public hearing will be held, must be published once in a newspaper published in the county or, if no newspaper is published in the county, in a newspaper having a general circulation in the county, at least 10 days before the date set for the hearing. The board shall adopt or reject the ordinance, or the ordinance as amended, within 35 days after the date of the close of the final public hearing, except that in cases of emergency, by unanimous consent of the whole board, final action may be taken immediately or at a special meeting called for that purpose.

2. After adoption, all ordinances must be: (a) Signed by the chair of the board. (b) Attested by the county clerk. (c) Published by title only, together with the names of the county commissioners voting for or against their passage, in a newspaper published in and having a general circulation in the county, at least once a week for a period of 2 weeks before it goes into effect. Publication by title must also contain a statement to the effect that typewritten copies of the ordinance are available for inspection at the office of the county clerk by all interested persons.

3. Whenever a revision is made and the revised ordinances are published in book or pamphlet form by authority of the board of county commissioners, no further publication is necessary.

4. Except in an emergency, before acting upon a new or amendatory ordinance the board must hold a hearing at which interested persons may present their views. The public hearing may be held in conjunction with the meeting provided for in subsection 1.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 244A.678 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 244A / Section 244A.678
“Corporation for public benefit” defined
Status: in_force

“Corporation for public benefit” means a corporation that is recognized as exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 in effect on July 1, 1993, future amendments to that section and the corresponding provisions of future internal revenue laws.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 259.045 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 259 / Section 259.045
Coroner to notify next of kin of decedent of fact of death; authority to notify and provide coroner’s report to decedent’s parents, guardians, adult children or custodians
Status: in_force

1. The coroner shall make a reasonable effort to notify a decedent's next of kin who is authorized to order the burial or cremation of the human remains of the decedent pursuant to NRS 451.024 of the fact of the decedent's death without unreasonable delay.

2. The coroner may notify the parents, guardians, adult children or custodians of a decedent of the fact of the decedent's death and provide a copy of the report of the coroner to the parents, guardians, adult children or custodians regardless of whether they are the next of kin authorized to order the burial or cremation of the human remains of the decedent pursuant to NRS 451.024 .

3. As used in this section, “custodian” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 432B.060 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 244.3555 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 244 / Section 244.3555
Permits to solicit charitable contributions while standing on median strip of highway or sidewalk adjacent to highway
Status: in_force

1. The boards of county commissioners of a county whose population is 700,000 or more shall provide by ordinance for the issuance of permits to charitable organizations which allow the holders to solicit charitable contributions for the respective organization while standing on the median strip of any highway or the sidewalk adjacent to the highway within the jurisdiction of the county. The county shall, upon receipt of the completed application, issue the permit for the period requested which may not exceed 3 days in a calendar year. The county may reasonably limit the time, place and manner of the solicitation to preserve public safety. In no case may a person whose age is less than 18 years be permitted to participate in the solicitation. The board of county commissioners of a county whose population is less than 700,000 may provide for such permits in the same manner.

2. The board may charge a fee for such a permit which does not exceed: (a) An amount reasonably calculated to reimburse the county for its administrative costs in considering and processing the application; or (b) Fifty dollars, whichever is less.

3. The charitable organization: (a) Shall indemnify the county against any injury to any person or property during the solicitation which arises from or is incident to the act of solicitation; and (b) Is liable for any injury to any person or property during the solicitation which arises from the negligence of the soliciting agent.

4. As used in this section: (a) “ Charitable organization ” means an organization which: (1) The Secretary of the Treasury has determined is an exempt organization pursuant to the provisions of section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code ; and (2) Holds a current certificate of organization or is currently qualified by the Secretary of State to do business in this State. (b) “ Highway ” means the entire width between the boundary lines of every way maintained by a public authority when any part thereof is open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular traffic. The term does not include a “freeway” as that term is defined in NRS 408.060 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 244A.785 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 244A / Section 244A.785
Creation in certain counties; boundaries
Status: in_force

1. The board of county commissioners of a county whose population is 700,000 or more may, by ordinance, create one or more districts within the unincorporated area of the county for the support of public parks. Such a district may include territory within the boundary of an incorporated city if so provided by interlocal agreement between the county and the city.

2. The ordinance creating a district must specify its boundaries. The area included within the district may be contiguous or noncontiguous. The boundaries set by the ordinance are not affected by later annexations to or incorporation of a city.

3. The alteration of the boundaries of such a district may be initiated by: (a) A petition proposed unanimously by the owners of the property which is located in the proposed area which was not previously included in the district; or (b) A resolution adopted by the board of county commissioners on its own motion. If the board of county commissioners proposes on its own motion to alter the boundaries of a district for the support of public parks, it shall, at the next primary or general election, submit to the registered voters who reside in the proposed area which was not previously included in the district, the question of whether the boundaries of the district shall be altered. If a majority of the voters approve the question, the board shall, by ordinance, alter the boundaries of the district as approved by the voters.

4. The sample ballot required to be distributed pursuant to NRS 293.565 must include for the question described in subsection 3, a disclosure of any future increase or decrease in costs which may be reasonably anticipated in relation to the purposes of the district for the support of public parks and its probable effect on the district's tax rate.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 244.163 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 244 / Section 244.163
County coroner: Creation of office by ordinance; appointment, qualifications and duties; punishment for offenses
Status: in_force

1. The boards of county commissioners in their respective counties may create by ordinance the office of the county coroner, prescribe the qualifications and duties of the county coroner and make appointments to the office.

2. Any coroner so appointed is governed by the ordinances pertaining to such office which may be enacted by the board of county commissioners, and the provisions of NRS 259.025 , 259.045 and 259.150 to 259.180 , inclusive.

3. The boards of county commissioners shall require that the county coroner make a reasonable effort to notify a decedent's next of kin who is authorized to order the burial or cremation of the human remains of the decedent pursuant to NRS 451.024 of the fact of the decedent's death without unreasonable delay.

4. For any offense relating to the violation or willful disregard of such duties or trusts of office as may be specified by the respective boards of county commissioners, all coroners holding office by appointment pursuant to this section are subject to such fines and criminal penalties, including misdemeanor penalties and removal from office by indictment, accusation or otherwise, as the ordinance prescribes. This subsection applies to all deputies, agents, employees and other persons employed by or exercising the powers and functions of the coroner.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 244A.675 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 244A / Section 244A.675
“Bonds” and “revenue bonds” defined
Status: in_force

“Bonds” or “revenue bonds” means bonds, notes or other securities evidencing an obligation and issued under NRS 244A.669 to 244A.763 , inclusive.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 244.152 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 244 / Section 244.152
Public works: County's powers subordinate to powers of Nevada Tahoe Regional Planning Agency
Status: in_force

<Section effective on the date the Governor of Nevada either proclaims the withdrawal of the State of California from the Tahoe Regional Planning Compact or finds that the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency has become unable to perform its duties or exercise its powers.>

In the region of this State for which there has been created by NRS 278.780 to 278.828 , inclusive, a regional planning agency, the powers of a county for the location and construction of all public works are subordinate to the powers of that regional planning agency.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 259.090 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 259 / Section 259.090
Inquest: Summoning and examination of witnesses; examination of decedent; adjournment
Status: in_force

1. The justice of the peace may issue subpoenas for witnesses, returnable as the justice of the peace may direct, and served by such person as he or she may direct.

2. He or she must summon and examine as witnesses every person who, in his or her opinion or that of any of the jurors, has any knowledge of the facts, and he or she may summon a qualified surgeon or physician to inspect the body, or hold a postmortem examination thereon, or a chemist to make an analysis of the stomach or the tissues of the deceased and give a professional opinion as to the cause of the death.

3. The coroner may adjourn the inquest from time to time as may be necessary.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 248.190 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 248 / Section 248.190
Service on sheriff: Manner
Status: in_force

Service of a paper upon the sheriff may be made by delivering it to the sheriff in person, or by delivering it to one of the sheriff’s deputies, or to a person belonging to and in the office, during office hours, or, if no such person be there, by leaving it in a conspicuous place in the office.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 244.290 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 244 / Section 244.290
Reconveyance, sale or lease of land donated, dedicated or condemned for public purposes
Status: in_force

1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 278.480 for the vacation of streets and easements, the board of county commissioners of any county may reconvey all the right, title and interest of the county in and to any land donated, dedicated, acquired in accordance with chapter 37 of NRS, or purchased under the threat of an eminent domain proceeding for a public park, public square, public landing, public roadway, public right-of-way, agricultural fairground, aviation field, automobile parking ground or facility for the accommodation of the traveling public, or land held in trust for the public for any other public use or uses, or any part thereof, to the person: (a) By whom the land was donated or dedicated or to that person’s heirs, assigns or successors, upon such terms as may be prescribed by a resolution of the board; or (b) From whom the land was acquired in accordance with the provisions of chapter 37 of NRS, or purchased under the threat of an eminent domain proceeding, or to that person’s heirs, assigns or successors, except as otherwise provided in NRS 37.270 , for an amount equal to the amount paid for the land by the board.

2. If the board determines that maintenance of the property is unnecessarily burdensome to the county or that reconveyance would be in the best interest of the county and its residents, the board may formally adopt a resolution stating that determination. Upon the adoption of the resolution, the chair or an authorized representative of the board shall issue a written offer of reconveyance to the person from whom the real property was received or acquired, or that person’s successor in interest.

3. If the person from whom the land was received or acquired, or that person’s successor in interest: (a) Accepts the offer of reconveyance within 45 days after the date of the offer, the board of county commissioners shall execute a deed of reconveyance. (b) Refuses to accept the offer of reconveyance or states in writing that he or she is unable to accept the offer of reconveyance, the board of county commissioners may sell or lease the real property in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 243.120 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 243 / Section 243.120
Portion of White Pine County detached and attached to Eureka County--1881
Status: in_force

The following described territory, now a portion of White Pine County, is hereby detached from White Pine County and is hereby attached to and made a part of Eureka County: All that territory lying west of the following boundaries: Commencing at a point on the summit of the Diamond Range of mountains, where the present east boundary line of Eureka County and the west boundary line of White Pine County cross the summit; thence following the summit of the Diamond Range of mountains to the south line of Elko County, the same transferring from White Pine County to Eureka County all that portion of White Pine County west of the above-described summit of the Diamond Range of mountains.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 244.090 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 244 / Section 244.090
Special meetings of board: Call; notice; filling temporary appointments; canvass of election returns
Status: in_force

1. Except as provided in subsections 4 and 5, special meetings may be called by the chair or, in the chair’s absence, by the vice chair whenever there is sufficient business to come before the board, or upon the written request of a majority of the board.

2. The clerk of the board shall give written notice of each special meeting to each member of the board by personal delivery of the notice of the special meeting to each member at least 1 day before the meeting or by mailing the notice to each member's place of residence in the county or by deposit in the United States mails, postage prepaid, at least 4 days before the meeting.

3. The notice must specify the time, place and purpose of the meeting. If all of the members of the board are present at a special meeting, lack of notice does not invalidate the proceedings.

4. When there is in any county, township or precinct office no officer authorized to execute the duties of that office, and it is necessary that a temporary appointment be made to fill the office, as otherwise provided by law, the board of county commissioners shall forthwith hold a special meeting for that purpose. The meeting may be held by unanimous consent of the board, or, if for any cause unanimous consent cannot be obtained, then the chair or any other member of the board having knowledge of the necessity shall forthwith call the special meeting and notify the other members of the meeting. The meeting must be held as soon as practicable, but not less than 3 days, except by unanimous consent, after actual notice to all members of the board, whereupon a majority of the board shall proceed to act upon the appointment as provided by law.

5. The board shall also meet after each general election to canvass election returns in the manner provided by law.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 246.170 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 246 / Section 246.170
Production of certified abstract of certificate in lieu of certified copy
Status: in_force

In lieu of producing a certified copy of a certificate of marriage, the county clerk may produce an abstract of the filed certificate of marriage and may certify the abstract in his or her official name and title, and under his or her official seal.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 248.010 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 248 / Section 248.010
Election; term of office; exception
Status: in_force

Unless the arrangement is altered pursuant to the mechanism set forth in NRS 244.1507 :

1. Sheriffs must be elected by the qualified electors of their respective counties.

2. Sheriffs must be chosen by the electors of their respective counties at the general election in 1922, and at the general election every 4 years thereafter, and shall enter upon the duties of their respective offices on the first Monday of January subsequent to their election.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 251.050 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 251 / Section 251.050
Extension of taxes on assessment roll
Status: in_force

The county auditors of the several counties shall extend the taxes on the assessment roll without any additional fees or compensation.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 259.170 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 259 / Section 259.170
Payment to representatives of decedent
Status: in_force

If the money or the proceeds from the sale of property are demanded within 6 years, the county treasurer shall pay the same to the person legally authorized to receive it, but the same may be paid at any subsequent time to the representatives of the deceased upon an order from the tribunal invested with the power to allow claims against the county.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 245.060 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 245 / Section 245.060
Travel expenses: Reimbursement; per diem allowance
Status: in_force

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, if a county or township officer or an employee of the county is entitled to receive reimbursement for his or her necessary traveling expenses for the transaction of public business, such reimbursement must include actual living expenses, but the amount allowed for traveling by private conveyance must not exceed the amount charged by public conveyance. Where it appears to the satisfaction of the board of county commissioners that travel by private conveyance is more economical, or where it appears that, owing to train, airplane or bus schedules or for other reasons, travel by public conveyance is impractical, or in case a part of the route traveled is not covered by public conveyance, the board of county commissioners, in its discretion, may allow for traveling by private conveyance an amount not to exceed the maximum per-mile allowance for travel by private conveyance established by the State Board of Examiners for state officers and employees generally.

2. The board of county commissioners of a county may provide, to any county or township officer or employee of the county who is required to travel for the transaction of public business for a period of not more than 5 consecutive working days at a time, a per diem allowance and travel expenses at the same rate as the comparable rate established for employees of the Federal Government by the Administrator of General Services pursuant to 5 U.S.C. § 5707 , excluding any federal requirement, restriction or other condition which is applicable to that comparable rate.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 244.276 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 244 / Section 244.276
Purchase, sale or exchange of property with owners abutting road or flood control facility to adjust road or flood control facility; reversion of property acquired by dedication
Status: in_force

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, any county may buy, sell or exchange property in the manner set forth in subsection 3 without complying with the provisions of NRS 244.281 when deemed necessary or proper to establish, align, realign, change, vacate or otherwise adjust a street, alley, avenue or other thoroughfare, or portion thereof, or a flood control facility within its limits.

2. If the county acquired the property by dedication, the property may not be sold and ownership must revert to the abutting property owners in the proportion that the property was dedicated by them or their predecessors in interest. In the case of realignment, the property may be exchanged for other real property.

3. When a petition signed by all property holders owning or controlling property abutting on a proposed or existing street, avenue, alley or other thoroughfare, or a flood control facility, which may be affected by an establishment, alignment, realignment, change, vacation or other adjustment is presented to any board of county commissioners, praying to have the proposed or existing street, alley, avenue or other thoroughfare, or the flood control facility, established, aligned, realigned, changed, vacated or otherwise adjusted, or upon the resolution of the board of county commissioners, the board of county commissioners may make the establishment, alignment, realignment, change, vacation or other adjustment as it may deem proper, by purchase, sale, proceedings in eminent domain or exchange of county property, including portions of streets, alleys, avenues or other thoroughfares, or flood control facilities, in order to carry out any necessary establishment, alignment, realignment, change, vacation or other adjustment whenever the board of county commissioners considers it to be in the best interests of the county.

4. As used in this section, “ flood control facility ” means any natural or artificial water facility for the collection, channeling, impoundment and disposal of rainfall, other surface and subsurface drainage waters, and storm and floodwaters, including, without limitation, ditches, ponds, dams, spillways, retarding basins, detention basins, lakes, reservoirs, canals, channels, levees, revetments, dikes, walls, embankments, bridges, inlets, outlets, connections, laterals, other collection lines, intercepting sewers, outfalls, outfall sewers, trunk sewers, force mains, submains, water lines, sluices, flumes, syphons, sewer lines, pipes, conduits, culverts, other transmission lines, pumping stations, gauging stations, ventilating facilities, stream gauges, rain gauges, engines, valves, pumps, meters, junction boxes, manholes, other inlet and outlet structures, apparatus, fixtures, structures and buildings, flood-warning service and appurtenant telephone, telegraph, radio and television apparatus, and other water diversion facilities.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 247.560 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 247 / Section 247.560
Provision of confidential information by county recorder
Status: in_force

1. A county recorder may provide confidential information for use: (a) By any governmental entity, including, without limitation, any court or law enforcement agency, in carrying out its functions, or any person acting on behalf of a federal, state or local governmental agency in carrying out its functions. (b) In connection with any civil, criminal, administrative or arbitration proceeding before any federal or state court, regulatory body, board, commission or agency, including, without limitation, use for service of process, investigation in anticipation of litigation, and execution or enforcement of judgments and orders or pursuant to an order of a federal or state court. (c) By a private investigator, private patrol officer or security consultant who is licensed pursuant to chapter 648 of NRS , for any use authorized pursuant to this section. (d) In connection with an investigation conducted pursuant to NRS 253.0415 or 253.220 . (e) In activities relating to research and the production of statistical reports, if the address or information will not be published or otherwise disclosed or used to contact any person. (f) In the bulk distribution of surveys, marketing material or solicitations, if the county recorder has adopted policies and procedures to ensure that the information will be used or sold only for use in the bulk distribution of surveys, marketing material or solicitations. (g) By a reporter or editorial employee who is employed by or affiliated with any newspaper, press association or commercially operated, federally licensed radio or television station. (h) By a title agent or title insurer acting pursuant to chapter 692A of NRS .

2. Except for a reporter or editorial employee described in paragraph (g) of subsection 1, a person who obtains information pursuant to this section and sells or discloses that information shall keep and maintain for at least 5 years a record of: (a) Each person to whom the information is sold or disclosed; and (b) The purpose for which that person will use the information.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 247.150 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 247 / Section 247.150
Indexes: Requirements; methods; contents
Status: in_force

1. Each county recorder shall maintain two separate indexes in his or her office for the separate alphabetical recordation of the various classes of documents specified in NRS 247.120 . One of the indexes must be for the grantors, defendants, mortgagors, trustors, lessors, vendors, assignors, appointors, parties releasing, judgment debtors, testators, obligors under bonds, parties against whom liens are claimed or attachments issued, mining locators, name of mine, persons filing or parties adversely affected by the document indexed, and the other index must be for the grantees, plaintiffs, mortgagees, beneficiaries, lessees, vendees, assignees, appointees, parties whose mortgages, deeds of trust, liens and similar encumbrances are released or the parties benefited by the document indexed.

2. Each of the indexes must be so arranged as to show: (a) The names of each of the parties to each document except as otherwise provided in subsection 5. (b) The date on which the document was recorded in the office of the county recorder. (c) The book and page where the document is recorded, or the document number. (d) Such other data as in the discretion of the county recorder may seem desirable. If the index is one general series for all documents recorded, it must also show the character of the document indexed.

3. A county recorder may keep in the same volume any two or more of the indexes provided for in this section, but the indexes must be kept distinct from each other. Every volume of indexes must be distinctly marked on the outside in such a way as to show all of the indexes kept in it.

4. The first column of the several indexes for parties adversely affected and parties benefited must be arranged in alphabetical order.

5. When a conveyance is executed by a sheriff, the name of the county and the party charged in the execution must both be inserted in the indexes. When a document is recorded to which an executor, administrator, guardian or trustee is a party, the name of the executor, administrator, guardian or trustee, together with the name of the testator, intestate, or protected person, or party for whom the trust is held, must be inserted in the index, except that the name of the trustee in a deed of trust or in a partial or full deed of reconveyance need not be indexed. A trustee's deed given upon exercise of the power of sale under any deed of trust must be indexed under the names of the original trustor and the grantee named in it. A document affecting a limited partnership is not required to be indexed under the names of the limited partners if it is indexed under the names of the partnership and the general partners.

6. In addition to the indexes required by this section, the county recorder shall keep and maintain other indexes required in the performance of his or her official duties.

7. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 8, every document deposited in the office of any county recorder for recordation, must be alphabetically indexed under the names of each party adversely affected by the document and under the names of each party benefited by the document so indexed.

8. A map of a minor county road that is recorded in the office of a county recorder must: (a) Be recorded in the index for grantors according to the townships, ranges and sections indicated on the face of the map; and (b) Show the character of the document as a map of a minor county road.

9. As an alternative to the method of indexing prescribed by this section, the county recorder may use in place of the index books or volumes: (a) Card indexes with a metal-reinforced hole punched in them for rod insertion, and the card indexes must be kept in suitable metal file cabinets. (b) A secure electronic method of indexing, including, without limitation, microfilm produced by computer or a system using computer terminals.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 244.33514 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 244 / Section 244.33514
Optional tax on revenues from rental of transient lodging: Use of proceeds of tax imposed within boundaries of transportation district
Status: in_force

In a transportation district in which a tax has been imposed pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 1 of NRS 244.3351 , the proceeds of the tax and any applicable penalty or interest must be retained by the county and used to pay the cost of:

1. Projects related to the construction and maintenance of sidewalks, streets, avenues, boulevards, highways and other public rights-of-way used primarily for vehicular traffic, including, without limitation, overpass projects, street projects and underpass projects, as defined in NRS 244A.037 , 244A.053 and 244A.055 , within the boundaries of the district or within such a distance outside those boundaries as is stated in the ordinance imposing the tax, if the governing body finds that such projects outside the boundaries of the district will facilitate transportation within the district;

2. Payment of principal and interest on notes, bonds or other obligations issued by the county to fund projects described in subsection 1; or

3. Any combination of those uses.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 244A.649 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 244A / Section 244A.649
Refund or credit of payment of license taxes; claim
Status: in_force

1. If the county fair and recreation board determines that any license tax assigned to it, or penalty or interest thereon, has been paid more than once or has been erroneously or illegally collected or computed, the board shall, subject to the conditions specified in this section, refund to the person or corporation or its successors, administrators, executors or assigns the excess amount collected or paid. In lieu of a refund, the board may grant a credit to the licensee against future license tax payments.

2. A refund or credit shall not be allowed unless a claim therefor is filed with the board within 2 years from the last date that the overpayment was made. Every claim shall be in writing and shall state the specific grounds upon which the claim is founded.

3. Failure to file a claim within the time prescribed constitutes a waiver of any demand against the city or county imposing the license tax and against the board.

4. Within 30 days after disallowing any claim, in whole or in part, the board shall serve notice of its action on the claimant.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 243.185 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 243 / Section 243.185
Boundary line between Lander and Humboldt Counties established--1873
Status: in_force

The boundary line between Lander and Humboldt Counties shall be as described in NRS 243.150 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 252.030 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 252 / Section 252.030
Bond
Status: in_force

Unless a blanket fidelity bond is furnished by the county, before entering upon the duties of his or her office, the district attorney shall execute and file with the county clerk a bond to the county, conditioned for the faithful performance of his or her duties, the penalty of the bond to be fixed by the board of county commissioners.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 260.070 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 260 / Section 260.070
Annual or quarterly reports
Status: in_force

1. The public defender shall make an annual report to: (a) The board of county commissioners covering all cases handled by his or her office during the preceding year. (b) The Department of Indigent Defense Services created by NRS 180.400 which includes any information required by the Department.

2. The board of county commissioners of each county with a public defender or which contracts for indigent defense services shall provide an annual report to the Department on or before May 31 of each year, unless the Department requires the report to be provided on a quarterly basis. The report must include any information requested by the Department concerning the provision of indigent defense services in the county and must include, without limitation, the plan for the provision of indigent defense services for the county for the next fiscal year or, if the Department requires the report to be provided on a quarterly basis, for the next quarter.

3. As used in this section, “ indigent defense services ” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 180.004 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 248.060 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 248 / Section 248.060
Penalty for sheriff or jailer refusing to receive or arrest
Status: in_force

If any sheriff or keeper of a jail shall willfully refuse to receive or arrest any person charged with a criminal offense, such sheriff or jailer is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 248.020 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 248 / Section 248.020
Oath and bond
Status: in_force

Before entering upon the discharge of his or her duties, each sheriff shall:

1. Take the oath of office.

2. Give a bond to his or her county in the penal sum of not less than $10,000 nor more than $50,000, with two or more sureties, residing in his or her county, or by any qualified surety company, to be approved by the board of county commissioners, conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of his or her office, unless a blanket fidelity bond is furnished by the county. The bond must be filed and recorded in the office of the county clerk of his or her county.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 245.044 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 245 / Section 245.044
Payment for longevity for elected county officers; option not to receive payment
Status: in_force

1. On and after July 1, 1973, if an elected county officer has served in his or her office for more than 4 years, the officer is entitled to an additional salary of 2 percent of his or her base salary for the appropriate fiscal year as provided in subsection 2 of NRS 245.043 or his or her annual salary set pursuant to subsection 3 of NRS 245.043 , as applicable, for each full calendar year the officer has served in his or her office.

2. The additional salary to which an elected county officer is entitled pursuant to subsection 1: (a) Must be calculated on July 1 of each year by multiplying 2 percent of the base salary for the appropriate fiscal year as provided in subsection 2 of NRS 245.043 or the annual salary set pursuant to subsection 3 of NRS 245.043 , as applicable, by the number of full calendar years the elected county officer has served in his or her office; and (b) Must not exceed 20 percent of the base salary for the appropriate fiscal year as provided in subsection 2 of NRS 245.043 or the annual salary set pursuant to subsection 3 of NRS 245.043 , as applicable.

3. Any elected county officer who is entitled to additional salary pursuant to subsection 1 may elect not to receive the additional salary or any part of the additional salary.

4. Service on the Board of Supervisors of Carson City for the initial term which began on July 1, 1969, and ended on the first Monday of January, 1973, shall be deemed to constitute 4 full calendar years of service for the purposes of this section.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 244A.061 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 244A / Section 244A.061
Payment of bonds additionally secured by pledge of certain revenues
Status: in_force

The payment of any bonds issued hereunder may be additionally secured by a pledge of all or part of any revenues derived from:

1. The operation of any project herein authorized and from any other income-producing project of the county;

2. A flood management project; or

3. Any license or other excise taxes levied for revenue and available for such a pledge,

or any combination thereof.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 245.048 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 245 / Section 245.048
Employment of person admitted for permanent residency: Provision of documentation required by federal law
Status: in_force

The board of county commissioners, a county officer and any other person acting on behalf of a county shall not hire or appoint as an employee any person who has been lawfully admitted for permanent residency in the United States, unless the person hired or appointed has provided the county with the documentation required by 8 U.S.C. § 1324a(b) .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 244.050 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 244 / Section 244.050
Commissioners' districts in counties whose population is less than 100,000: Creation; election; notice; abolishment; election at large of commissioners
Status: in_force

1. Whenever a number of registered voters equal to 25 percent or more of the number of persons registered to vote at the last preceding general election in any county whose population is less than 100,000 petitions the board of county commissioners of their county to divide the county into three commissioner districts, or if the board has five members, into five commissioner districts, the question must be submitted to the qualified electors of the county for approval or disapproval at the next succeeding general election. The board of county commissioners may, on its own motion, submit the question to the voters. The question must be submitted in such a manner that the voters are also given a choice as to whether to elect the commissioners from districts or at large, if the division is approved. If a majority of the voters voting on the question approve the division, the board of county commissioners shall divide the county into three commissioner districts, or five commissioner districts, as the case may be, on or before the first Monday in July preceding each general election. The division must be made to conform to the established boundaries of election precincts or wards, and each election precinct or ward must be wholly within one of the commissioner districts provided for in this section. Each commissioner district must embrace, as near as may be, one-third or one-fifth, as the case may be, of the population of the county, and must consist of adjoining precincts.

2. The board of county commissioners shall provide by resolution for the dates of election of commissioners from newly created districts, in such manner as to secure the earliest representation of each district as the terms of incumbent commissioners expire.

3. The board of county commissioners shall cause to be published in some newspaper in the county, if there is one, and if not, then by posting at the door of the courthouse and one or more conspicuous places in each of the commissioner districts, a notice specifying the election precincts or wards embraced in each of the commissioner districts so established. The notice must be posted or published for a period of not less than 20 days before each general election.

4. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 1, county commissioners must be elected at large by the qualified electors of the county.

5. The commissioner districts, regardless of when created, may be abolished in the same manner as provided for their creation in subsection 1.

6. Upon the abolition of commissioner districts the incumbent county commissioners are entitled to serve the remainder of the terms for which they were elected or appointed, and thereafter county commissioners must be elected at large from within the county.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 244.281 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 244 / Section 244.281
Sale or lease of certain real property: Determination that sale or lease is in best interest of county; notice; appraisal; exceptions; second offering; effect of sale or lease in violation of section
Status: in_force

<Section effective until June 30, 2025, when it expires by limitation. See, also, section 244.281 effective July 1, 2025. >

1. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection and NRS 244.189 , 244.276 , 244.279 , 244.2815 , 244.2825 , 244.2826 , 244.2833 , 244.2835 , 244.284 , 244.287 , 244.290 , 278.479 to 278.4965, inclusive, and subsection 3 of NRS 496.080 , except as otherwise required by federal law, except as otherwise required pursuant to a cooperative agreement entered into pursuant to NRS 277.050 or 277.053 or an interlocal agreement in existence on or before October 1, 2004, except if the board of county commissioners is entering into a joint development agreement for real property owned by the county to which the board of county commissioners is a party, except for a lease of residential property with a term of 1 year or less, except for the sale or lease of real property to a public utility, as defined in NRS 704.020 , to be used for a public purpose and except for the sale or lease of real property larger than 1 acre which is approved by the voters at a primary or general election or special election: (a) When a board of county commissioners has determined by resolution that the sale or lease of any real property owned by the county will be for purposes other than to establish, align, realign, change, vacate or otherwise adjust any street, alley, avenue or other thoroughfare, or portion thereof, or flood control facility within the county and will be in the best interest of the county, it may: (1) Sell the real property in the manner prescribed for the sale of real property in NRS 244.282 . (2) Lease the real property in the manner prescribed for the lease of real property in NRS 244.283 . (b) Before the board of county commissioners may sell or lease any real property as provided in paragraph (a), it shall: (1) Post copies of the resolution described in paragraph (a) in three public places in the county; and (2) Cause to be published at least once a week for 3 successive weeks, in a newspaper qualified under chapter 238 of NRS that is published in the county in which the real property is located, a notice setting forth: (I) A description of the real property proposed to be sold or leased in such a manner as to identify it; (II) The minimum price, if applicable, of the real property proposed to be sold or leased; and (III) The places at which the resolution described in paragraph (a) has been posted pursuant to subparagraph (1), and any other places at which copies of that resolution may be obtained. If no qualified newspaper is published within the county in which the real property is located, the required notice must be published in some qualified newspaper printed in the State of Nevada and having a general circulation within that county. (c) Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph and paragraph (h), if the board of county commissioners by its resolution further finds that the real property to be sold or leased is worth more than $1,000, the board shall select two or more disinterested, competent real estate appraisers pursuant to NRS 244.2795 to appraise the real property. If the board of county commissioners holds a public hearing on the matter of the fair market value of the property, one disinterested, competent appraisal of the real property is sufficient before selling or leasing it. Except for real property acquired pursuant to NRS 371.047 , the board of county commissioners shall not sell or lease it for less than: (1) If two independent appraisals were obtained, the average of the appraisals of the real property. (2) If only one independent appraisal was obtained, the appraised value of the real property. (d) If the real property is appraised at $1,000 or more, the board of county commissioners may: (1) Lease the real property; or (2) Sell the real property either for cash or for not less than 25 percent cash down and upon deferred payments over a period of not more than 10 years, secured by a mortgage or deed of trust, bearing such interest and upon such further terms as the board of county commissioners may specify. (e) A board of county commissioners may sell or lease any real property owned by the county without complying with the provisions of NRS 244.282 or 244.283 to: (1) A person who owns real property located adjacent to the real property to be sold or leased if the board has determined by resolution that the sale will be in the best interest of the county and the real property is a: (I) Remnant that was separated from its original parcel due to the construction of a street, alley, avenue or other thoroughfare, or portion thereof, flood control facility or other public facility; (II) Parcel that, as a result of its size, is too small to establish an economically viable use by anyone other than the person who owns real property adjacent to the real property for sale or lease; or (III) Parcel which is subject to a deed restriction prohibiting the use of the real property by anyone other than the person who owns real property adjacent to the real property for sale or lease. (2) The State or another governmental entity if: (I) The sale or lease restricts the use of the real property to a public use; and (II) The board adopts a resolution finding that the sale or lease will be in the best interest of the county. (f) A board of county commissioners that disposes of real property pursuant to paragraph (d) is not required to offer to reconvey the real property to the person from whom the real property was received or acquired by donation or dedication. (g) If real property 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 real property, the board of county commissioners may offer the real property for sale or lease a second time pursuant to this section. The board of county commissioners must obtain a new appraisal or appraisals, as applicable, of the real property pursuant to the provisions of NRS 244.2795 before offering the real property for sale or lease a second time if: (1) There is a material change relating to the title, the zoning or an ordinance governing the use of the real property; or (2) The appraisal or appraisals, as applicable, were prepared more than 6 months before the date on which the real property is offered for sale or lease the second time. (h) If real property 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 real property, the board of county commissioners may list the real property for sale or lease at the appraised value or average of the appraised value if two or more appraisals were obtained, as applicable, 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 real property or an adjoining property. If the appraisal or appraisals, as applicable, were prepared more than 6 months before the date on which the real property is listed with a licensed real estate broker, the board of county commissioners must obtain one new appraisal of the real property pursuant to the provisions of NRS 244.2795 before listing the real property for sale or lease at the new appraised value.

2. If real property 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 real property is void if the change takes place within 5 years after the date of the void sale or lease.

3. As used in this section, “ flood control facility ” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 244.276 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 244.2961 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 244 / Section 244.2961
Creation and administration of district; regulation of explosive, combustible or inflammable material; duties of employees; certain counties to adopt ordinance pertaining to transportation of sick or injured persons to medical facilities
Status: in_force

1. The board of county commissioners may by ordinance create a district for a fire department. The board of county commissioners is ex officio the governing body of any district created pursuant to this section and may: (a) Organize, regulate and maintain the fire department. (b) Appoint and prescribe the duties of the fire chief. (c) Designate arson investigators as peace officers. (d) Regulate or prohibit the storage of any explosive, combustible or inflammable material in or transported through the county, and prescribe the distance from any residential or commercial area where it may be kept. Any ordinance adopted pursuant to this paragraph that regulates places of employment where explosives are stored must be at least as stringent as the standards and procedures adopted by the Division of Industrial Relations of the Department of Business and Industry pursuant to NRS 618.890 . (e) Establish, by ordinance, a fire code and other regulations necessary to carry out the purposes of this section. (f) Include the budget of the district in the budget of the county. (g) Hold meetings of the governing body of the district in conjunction with the meetings of the board of county commissioners without posting additional notices of the meetings within the district.

2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 6, if the fire department transports sick or injured persons to a medical facility, the board of county commissioners shall adopt an ordinance: (a) Requiring the fire department to defray the expenses of furnishing such transportation by imposing and collecting fees; and (b) Establishing a schedule of such fees.

3. The board of county commissioners of a county whose population is 700,000 or more shall, when adopting an ordinance pursuant to subsection 2: (a) Limit the number of transports of sick or injured persons to a medical facility that may be made by the fire department to not more than 1,000 such transports per year, except that the fire department may, exclusive of the limit, make any such emergency transport that is necessary for the health or life of a sick or injured person when other ambulance services are not available; and (b) Require the fire department and all other ambulance services operating in the county to report to the board: (1) The total number of transports of sick or injured persons to a medical facility that are made each month; and (2) For each transport reported pursuant to subparagraph (1): (I) The fees charged to transport the person to a medical facility; (II) Whether the person had health insurance at the time of the transport; and (III) The name of the medical facility where the fire department or ambulance service transported the person to or from.

4. The other officers and employees of the county shall perform duties for the district that correspond to the duties they perform for the county.

5. All persons employed to perform the functions of the fire department are employees of the county for all purposes.

6. The provisions of subsection 2 do not apply to any county for which a nonprofit corporation has been granted an exclusive franchise for ambulance service in that county.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 244.3077 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 244 / Section 244.3077
Commissioners: Terms; vacancies; compensation and expenses
Status: in_force

1. The terms of office of the commissioners shall be set so that there is never a termination of the terms of all members at one time and of the first commissioners appointed, one or more shall hold office for 1 year, one or more for 2 years, one or more for 3 years, and two or more for 4 years. Thereafter all commissioners shall be appointed for terms of 4 years.

2. Commissioners shall hold office until their successors are appointed and qualified.

3. Any vacancy in the office of commissioner shall be filled for the unexpired term in the same manner as original appointments.

4. Commissioners shall serve without compensation but shall be entitled to the same travel expenses and subsistence allowances as county officers.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 243.110 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 243 / Section 243.110
Creation--1873; boundaries redefined 1969
Status: in_force

The County of Eureka is hereby created, with the following boundaries: All that portion of the State of Nevada bounded and described as follows: Beginning at a point on the north boundary line of Lander County, equidistant between the northeast and northwest corners of Lander County; thence running southerly along the line established in NRS 243.137 to the south boundary line of Lander County; thence running east along the south boundary line of Lander County to the southeast corner of Lander County; thence running north along the east boundary line of Lander County to the northwest corner of White Pine County; thence running west along the south boundary line of Elko County to the southwest corner of Elko County; thence running along the west boundary line of Elko County to the northeast corner of Lander County; thence running west along the north boundary line of Lander County to the place of beginning.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 248.180 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 248 / Section 248.180
Collection of execution after expiration of term of office
Status: in_force

Any sheriff, at the expiration of his or her term of office, having any execution or final process which the sheriff may have levied and not collected, shall be and is authorized to proceed and collect such execution in the same manner as if his or her term of office had not expired.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 244A.537 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 244A / Section 244A.537
Service charges payable constitute general obligations; debt limits unaffected
Status: in_force

The Legislature has determined and does hereby declare that the obligations arising from time to time of the State or any public body to pay service charges fixed in connection with the county's facilities shall constitute general obligations of the State or the public body charged with their payment; but as such obligations accrue for current services and benefits from and use of such facilities, the obligations shall not constitute an indebtedness of the State or the public body within the meaning of any constitutional, charter or statutory limitation or other provision restricting the incurrence of any debt.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 244A.551 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 244A / Section 244A.551
Basic penalty for nonpayment of service charges
Status: in_force

The board may provide for a basic penalty for nonpayment of service charges within the time and in the manner prescribed by it. The basic penalty shall not be more than 10 percent of each month's charges for the first month delinquent. In addition to the basic penalty it may provide for a penalty of not more than 1.5 percent per month for nonpayment of the charges and basic penalty. On the first day of the calendar month following the date of payment specified in the bill the charge becomes delinquent if the bill or that portion thereof which is not in bona fide dispute remains unpaid. The board may provide for collection of the penalties provided for in this section.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 244A.493 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 244A / Section 244A.493
“State securities” defined
Status: in_force

“State securities” means the securities authorized to be issued by the State pursuant to NRS 244A.455 to 244A.573 , inclusive.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 245.120 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 245 / Section 245.120
County officers may sell indebtedness for personal services rendered
Status: in_force

All county officers referred to in any of the sections of this chapter shall have the right to sell or transfer any evidences of public indebtedness which may be issued according to law, for services rendered by them to the county, legally and justly due, and the provisions of this chapter shall not be deemed to prevent the purchase, sale or transfer of any funded public indebtedness whatever of the State, or any county, city or town corporation.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 244.146 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 244 / Section 244.146
Powers of board of county commissioners; exercise of powers; prohibitions
Status: in_force

1. Except as prohibited, limited or preempted by the Constitution, statutes or regulations of the United States or this State and except as otherwise provided in this section, a board of county commissioners has: (a) All powers expressly granted to the board; (b) All powers necessarily or fairly implied in or incident to the powers expressly granted to the board; and (c) All other powers necessary or proper to address matters of local concern for the effective operation of county government, whether or not the powers are expressly granted to the board. If there is any fair or reasonable doubt concerning the existence of a power of the board to address a matter of local concern pursuant to this paragraph, it must be presumed that the board has the power unless the presumption is rebutted by evidence of a contrary intent by the Legislature.

2. If there is a constitutional or statutory provision requiring a board of county commissioners to exercise a power set forth in subsection 1 in a specific manner, the board may exercise the power only in that specific manner, but if there is no constitutional or statutory provision requiring the board to exercise the power in a specific manner, the board may adopt an ordinance prescribing a specific manner for exercising the power.

3. Except as expressly authorized by statute, a board of county commissioners shall not: (a) Condition or limit its civil liability unless such condition or limitation is part of a legally executed contract or agreement between the county and another governmental entity or a private person or entity. (b) Prescribe the law governing civil actions between private persons or entities. (c) Impose duties on another governmental entity unless the performance of the duties is part of a legally executed agreement between the county and another governmental entity. (d) Impose a tax. (e) Order or conduct an election.

4. Except as expressly authorized by statute or necessarily or fairly implied in or incident to powers expressly authorized by statute, a board of county commissioners shall not: (a) Impose a service charge or user fee; or (b) Regulate business activities that are subject to substantial regulation by a federal or state agency.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 244A.830 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 244A / Section 244A.830
Stadium authority: Creation; members; duties
Status: in_force

1. A board of county commissioners that adopts an ordinance imposing a fee pursuant to NRS 244A.810 shall create a stadium authority to assist in the operation of the minor league baseball stadium project. The stadium authority must consist of: (a) Two members of the board of county commissioners appointed by the board; (b) Three members from the governing body of the city in which the minor league baseball stadium is located appointed by that governing body; and (c) Two persons appointed by the owner of the minor league baseball team that will play its home games in the stadium.

2. The members of the stadium authority serve at the pleasure of the governmental entity or person who appointed them to serve in that capacity.

3. A meeting of the stadium authority must be scheduled if two or more members request a meeting of the stadium authority.

4. The stadium authority may recommend to the governing body of the city in which the minor league baseball stadium is located that the governing body impose a surcharge on items or services related to the minor league baseball stadium project. The surcharge must be approved by a two-thirds majority of the governing body. Any proceeds from a surcharge imposed pursuant to this section must be paid to and collected by the city and must be used solely to pay the costs to acquire, lease, improve, equip, operate and maintain the minor league baseball stadium project, or to pay the principal of, interest on or other payments due with respect to bonds issued by the city to pay such costs, including bonds issued to refund bonds issued to pay such costs, or any combination thereof. The proceeds of the surcharge must not be transferred to any other fund or account or used for any other purpose.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 244A.611 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 244A / Section 244A.611
Officers: Election and duties
Status: in_force

1. The board shall choose one of its members as chair and one of its members as vice chair, and shall elect a secretary and a treasurer, who may be members of the board. The secretary and the treasurer may be one person.

2. The secretary shall keep audio recordings or transcripts of all meetings and, in a well-bound book, a record of all of the proceedings of the board, minutes of all meetings, certificates, contracts, bonds given by employees, and all other acts of the board. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 241.035 , the minute book, audio recordings, transcripts and records must be open to the inspection of all owners of real property in the county as well as to all other interested persons, at all reasonable times and places. A copy of the minutes or audio recordings must be made available to a member of the public upon request at no charge pursuant to NRS 241.035 .

3. The treasurer shall keep, in permanent records, strict and accurate accounts of all money received by and disbursed for and on behalf of the board and the county. The treasurer shall file with the county clerk, at county expense, a corporate fidelity bond in an amount not less than $5,000, conditioned for the faithful performance of his or her duties.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 253.160 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 253 / Section 253.160
Bond; oath
Status: in_force

1. Upon taking office, a public guardian shall file with the county clerk a general bond in an amount fixed by the board of county commissioners payable to the State of Nevada with sureties approved by the board of county commissioners. The premium for the bond shall be paid from the general funds of the county and be conditioned upon the public guardian's faithful performance of his or her duties.

2. The general bond and oath of office of a public guardian are in lieu of the bonds and oaths required of private guardians.

3. The oath and bond of an elected or appointed public officer designated public guardian or designated to execute the powers and duties of the public guardian pursuant to paragraph (b) or (c) of subsection 2 of NRS 253.150 are in lieu of the bonds and oaths required of private guardians. The court may require such a designee to execute a separate bond for any guardianship in the manner prescribed in NRS 159.065 or 159A.065 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 244A.065 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 244A / Section 244A.065
Construction and effect of County Bond Law
Status: in_force

1. No other act or law with regard to the authorization or issuance of bonds that requires an approval, or in any way impedes or restricts the carrying out of the acts herein authorized to be done, shall be construed as applying to any proceedings taken hereunder or acts done pursuant hereto, except as herein otherwise provided.

2. The powers conferred by NRS 244A.011 to 244A.065 , inclusive, are in addition and supplemental to, and not in substitution for, and the limitations imposed by NRS 244A.011 to 244A.065 , inclusive, do not affect the powers conferred by, any other law.

3. No part of NRS 244A.011 to 244A.065 , inclusive, repeals or affects any other law or part thereof, it being intended that NRS 244A.011 to 244A.065 , inclusive, must provide a separate method of accomplishing its objectives, and not an exclusive one, and NRS 244A.011 to 244A.065 , inclusive, must not be construed as repealing, amending or changing any such other law.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 244.027 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 244 / Section 244.027
Election of county commissioners in county whose population is less than 100,000 and which has not been divided into commissioners' districts
Status: in_force

1. Whenever two or more members of a board of county commissioners are to be elected at the same election for the same term in any county in this state having less than 100,000 population, and the county has not been divided into commissioner districts in the manner provided by NRS 244.050 , the county clerk shall designate the offices to be filled alphabetically or numerically. The designation must be made on or before the first Monday in June of the year in which the election is held.

2. For purposes of election, the offices must be considered separate offices and no declaration of candidacy, as defined in NRS 293.0455 , may be accepted unless the declaration of candidacy indicates the particular office for which it is filed.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 244A.527 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 244A / Section 244A.527
Manner of exercising board's powers pertaining to State's facilities and securities
Status: in_force

The board, in connection with powers which it exercises hereunder and pertaining to any state facilities or state securities, or both, shall exercise such powers in the same manner as if such facilities or securities, or both, were county facilities or county securities, or both, by the adoption of ordinances, resolutions, or otherwise, as provided in chapter 244 of NRS and other laws relating to counties, including, without limitation, NRS 350.579 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 258.065 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 258 / Section 258.065
Clerical and operational staff: Appointment; powers; oath; bond; compensation; duties
Status: in_force

1. The constable of a township may, subject to the approval of the board of county commissioners, appoint such clerical and operational staff as the work of the constable requires. The compensation of any person so appointed must be fixed by the board of county commissioners.

2. A person who is employed as clerical or operational staff of a constable: (a) Does not have the powers of a peace officer; and (b) May not possess a weapon or carry a firearm, regardless of whether the person possesses a permit to carry a concealed firearm issued pursuant to NRS 202.3653 to 202.369 , inclusive, while performing the duties of the office of the constable.

3. The board of county commissioners may appoint for the constable of a township a reasonable number of clerks. The compensation of any clerk so appointed must be fixed by the board of county commissioners.

4. A constable's clerk shall take the constitutional oath of office and give bond in the sum of $2,000 for the faithful discharge of the duties of the office, and in the same manner as is or may be required of other officers of that township and county.

5. A constable's clerk shall do all clerical work in connection with keeping the records and files of the office, and shall perform such other duties in connection with the office as the constable shall prescribe.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 244.3073 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 244 / Section 244.3073
Petition for creation of commission; study of feasibility; approval by appropriate state agency
Status: in_force

1. Upon the petition of 5 percent or more of the registered voters of a county expressing a desire or interest in the creation of a county park and recreation commission, the board is authorized to conduct a recreation feasibility study which will meet the planning criteria set forth by the Bureau of Outdoor Recreation, the National Recreation Association or any other nationally recognized recreation authority.

2. Any study which shows a need for, and the feasibility of, a county park and recreation commission must be submitted to the Division of State Parks of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources or any other appropriate state agency. Acceptance and approval of the study by the Division of State Parks or other appropriate state agency empowers and authorizes the board to organize by ordinance a county park and recreation commission for the express purpose of planning, acquiring, developing, operating and maintaining recreational and cultural facilities and programs.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 249.070 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 249 / Section 249.070
County treasurer and deputies may administer oaths
Status: in_force

The county treasurer and the county treasurer’s deputies are authorized to administer all oaths necessary in the discharge of the duties of his or her office.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 244A.0344 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 244A / Section 244A.0344
“Minor league baseball stadium project” defined
Status: in_force

“ Minor league baseball stadium project ” means a baseball stadium which can be used for the home games of an AA or AAA minor league professional baseball team and for other purposes, including structures, buildings and other improvements and equipment therefor, parking facilities, and all other appurtenances necessary, useful or desirable for a minor league baseball stadium, including, without limitation, all types of property therefor.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 244A.469 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 244A / Section 244A.469
“County” defined
Status: in_force

“County” means any county as described in NRS 244A.457 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 244.195 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 244 / Section 244.195
Other powers
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided in NRS 244.137 to 244.146 , inclusive, the boards of county commissioners shall have power and jurisdiction in their respective counties to do and perform all such other acts and things as may be lawful and necessary to the full discharge of the powers and jurisdiction conferred on the board.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 247.340 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 247 / Section 247.340
No other fees to be charged
Status: in_force

No other fees shall be charged by county recorders than those specifically set forth in this chapter or otherwise provided by law.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 244A.455 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 244A / Section 244A.455
Short title
Status: in_force

NRS 244A.455 to 244A.573 , inclusive, may be cited as the County Sewage and Wastewater Law.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 259.050 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 259 / Section 259.050
Investigation into cause of death; postmortem examination; inquest
Status: in_force

1. When a coroner or the coroner's deputy is informed that a person has been killed, has committed suicide or has suddenly died under such circumstances as to afford reasonable ground to suspect that the death has been occasioned by unnatural means, the coroner shall make an appropriate investigation.

2. In all cases where it is apparent or can be reasonably inferred that the death may have been caused by a criminal act, the coroner or the coroner's deputy shall notify the district attorney of the county where the inquiry is made, and the district attorney shall make an investigation with the assistance of the coroner. If the sheriff is not ex officio the coroner, the coroner shall also notify the sheriff, and the district attorney and sheriff shall make the investigation with the assistance of the coroner.

3. If it is apparent to or can be reasonably inferred by the coroner that a death may have been caused by drug use or poisoning, the coroner shall cause a postmortem examination to be performed on the decedent by a forensic pathologist unless the death occurred following a hospitalization stay of 24 hours or more.

4. A coroner may issue a subpoena for the production of any document, record or material that is directly related or believed to contain evidence related to an investigation by the coroner.

5. The holding of a coroner's inquest is within the sound discretion of the district attorney or district judge of the county. An inquest need not be conducted in any case of death manifestly occasioned by natural cause, suicide, accident, motor vehicle crash or when it is publicly known that the death was caused by a person already in custody, but an inquest must be held unless the district attorney or a district judge certifies that no inquest is required.

6. If an inquest is to be held, the district attorney shall call upon a justice of the peace of the county to preside over it. The justice of the peace shall summon three persons qualified by law to serve as jurors, to appear before the justice of the peace forthwith at the place where the body is or such other place within the county as may be designated by him or her to inquire into the cause of death.

7. A single inquest may be held with respect to more than one death, where all the deaths were occasioned by a common cause.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 244A.725 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 244A / Section 244A.725
Limitation on county's obligation
Status: in_force

In making such agreements or provisions, a county shall not obligate itself, except with respect to the project and the application of the revenues therefrom and bond proceeds therefor.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 244.305 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 244 / Section 244.305
Acquisition of land for park, recreational, cultural and memorial purposes
Status: in_force

1. The boards of county commissioners of the several counties may acquire by purchase, contracts of purchase, which may or may not extend beyond their respective terms of office, gift, or in any other manner, parcels of land for park, recreational, cultural and memorial purposes.

2. For the purpose of acquiring such parcels of land the boards of county commissioners may use any unexpended money remaining in any county fund, except bond interest and redemption funds, and may fix a yearly rate as a part of the county budget for the purpose of paying for the lands and the expense incidental to acquiring the same.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 244A.535 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 244A / Section 244A.535
Contracts for billing and collection of service charges
Status: in_force

The county, or the State acting through the board, may enter into a written contract with any public body or person providing for the billing and collection by such public body or person of any of the service charges levied by the board. If all or any part of any bill rendered by any such public body or person pursuant to any such contract is not paid, and if that public body or person renders any public utility service to the public body or person billed, that public body or person may discontinue its utility service until the bill is paid. The contract between the board and such public body or person may provide for such discontinuance.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 244A.727 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 244A / Section 244A.727
Rights upon default
Status: in_force

1. The resolution authorizing any bonds or any indenture or mortgage securing such bonds may provide that if there is a default in the payment of the principal of, the interest on, or any prior redemption premiums due in connection with the bonds or in the performance of any agreement contained in such resolution, indenture or mortgage, the payment and performance may be enforced by mandamus or by the appointment of a receiver with power to charge, collect and apply the revenues from the project in accordance with the resolution or the provisions of the indenture or mortgage.

2. Any mortgage to secure bonds issued thereunder, may also provide that if there is a default in the payment thereof or a violation of any agreement contained in the mortgage, it may be foreclosed and there may be a sale in any manner permitted by law. Such mortgage may also provide that any trustee under such mortgage or the holder of any bonds secured thereby may become the purchaser at any foreclosure sale if he or she is the highest bidder and may apply toward the purchase price unpaid bonds at the face value thereof.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 243.045 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 243 / Section 243.045
Creation--1861; northern boundary redefined 1965; boundary line between Lyon and Douglas Counties redefined 1967
Status: in_force

1. There shall be a county, to be known as Douglas County, to include all that part of the State of Nevada within the boundaries described as follows: Beginning at Mason's Ranch on the Walker River and running westerly in a straight line to the mouth of Clear Creek; thence along the middle of Clear Creek to its source; thence due west to the California line; thence south and southeasterly along the line to the western boundary of Lyon County; thence northerly along the boundary to the place of beginning.

2. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in subsection 1, the north boundary line of Douglas County is redefined on March 2, 1965, and such north boundary line is particularly described as follows: Beginning at Mason's Ranch on the Walker River and running westerly in a straight line toward the mouth of Clear Creek to a point where such line intersects the centerline of Eldorado Canyon in section 18, T. 14 N., R. 22 E.; thence northeasterly down the centerline of Eldorado Canyon, a distance of 500 feet, more or less, to its intersection with a point on the north boundary of such section 18 which is also common to a point on the south boundary of section 7, T. 14 N., R. 22 E., the southeast corner of the new south boundary of Carson City and from which point the southeast corner of such section 7 bears S. 89°51′ E. a distance of 1,386 feet; thence westerly along the new south boundary of Carson City to the Nevada-California state line. All township and range references are to the Mount Diablo Base and Meridian.

3. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in subsections 1 and 2, the boundary line between Douglas County and Lyon County is redefined on July 1, 1967, and such boundary line is particularly defined as follows: Beginning at a point on the south boundary of Carson City and the north boundary of Douglas County, which point is in Eldorado Canyon and lies on the south boundary of section 7, T. 14 N., R. 22 E., such point being further described as bearing N. 89°51′ W. a distance of 1,386 feet from the southeast corner of section 7, T. 14 N., R. 22 E., this point being a common point to Carson City, Douglas County and Lyon County, Nevada; thence east along the south section line of sections 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12, T. 14 N., R. 22 E.; thence continuing east along the south section line of sections 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12, T. 14 N., R. 23 E.; thence continuing east along the south section line of the unsurveyed sections 7 and 8, to the northeast corner of section 17, T. 14 N., R. 24 E.; thence south along the east section line of the unsurveyed sections 17, 20, 29 and 32, T. 14 N., R. 24 E.; thence continuing south along the east section line of sections 5, 8 and 17 to the east-west quarter section line of section 17, T. 13 N., R. 24 E.; thence west along the quarter line of sections 17 and 18 to the northeast corner of the NW 1/4 of the SW 1/4 of section 18, T. 13 N., R. 24 E.; thence south along the east line of the NW 1/4 of the SW 1/4 of section 18 to the southeast corner of the NW 1/4 of the SW 1/4 of section 18, T. 13 N., R. 24 E.; thence west along the south line of the NW 1/4 of the SW 1/4 of section 18 to the east section line of section 13, T. 13 N., R. 23 E.; thence south along the east section line to the southeast corner of section 13, T. 13 N., R. 23 E.; thence west along the south section line of sections 13, 14 and 15 to the northeast corner of section 21, T. 13 N., R. 23 E.; thence south along the east section line of sections 21 and 28 to the southeast corner of section 28, T. 13 N., R. 23 E.; thence west along the south section line of section 28 to the northeast corner of section 32, T. 13 N., R. 23 E.; thence south along the east section line of section 32, to the southwest corner of section 33 and the south township line of T. 13 N., R. 23 E.; thence continuing south along the east section line of sections 5, 8, 17 and 20 to the southeast corner of section 20, T. 12 N., R. 23 E.; thence west along the south section line of section 20 to the northeast corner of section 30, T. 12 N., R. 23 E.; thence south along the east section line of sections 30 and 31 to the southwest corner of section 32, T. 12 N., R. 23 E.; thence east along the south section line of section 32, T. 12 N., R. 23 E., to the northeast corner of section 5, T. 11 N., R. 23 E.; thence south along the east section line of sections 5 and 8 to the southwest corner of section 9, T. 11 N., R. 23 E.; thence east along the south section line of section 9 to the north-south quarter section line of section 16, T. 11 N., R. 23 E.; thence south along the north-south quarter section line of section 16 to the south section line of section 16, T. 11 N., R. 23 E.; thence east along the south section line of section 16 to the northeast corner of section 21, T. 11 N., R. 23 E.; thence south along the east section line of sections 21, 28 and 33 to the southeast corner of section 33, T. 11 N., R. 23 E.; thence west along the south section line of section 33, T. 11 N., R. 23 E., to the northeast corner of section 4, T. 10 N., R. 23 E.; thence south along the east section line of sections 4, 9 and 16 to the southwest corner of the N 1/2 of the N 1/2 of section 15, T. 10 N., R. 23 E.; thence east along the south line of the N 1/2 of the N 1/2 of section 15 to the east section line of section 15, T. 10 N., R. 23 E.; thence north along the east section line of section 15 to the southwest corner of section 11, T. 10 N., R. 23 E.; thence east along the south section line of sections 11 and 12 to the northeast corner of section 13, T. 10 N., R. 23 E.; thence south along the east section line of sections 13, 24, 25 and 36 to the southeast corner of section 36 and the south township line of T. 10 N., R. 23 E.; thence continuing south along the east line of sections 1 and 12, T. 9 N., R. 23 E., to the southwest corner of section 7, T. 9 N., R. 24 E.; thence east along the south section line of section 7 to the northeast corner of section 18, T. 9 N., R. 24 E.; thence south along the east section line of sections 18, 19, 30 and 31 to the southeast corner of section 31, T. 9 N., R. 24 E.; thence continuing south along the east section line of the unsurveyed sections 6, 7, 18, 19 and 30, T. 8 N., R. 24 E., to the Nevada-California state line. All township and range references are to the Mount Diablo Base and Meridian.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 244.355 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 244 / Section 244.355
Animals running at large on highways may be prohibited by ordinance
Status: in_force

1. The boards of county commissioners of the respective counties are authorized, upon petition of 20 percent of the taxpayers residing in any district herein defined, to pass ordinances prohibiting horses, cattle, swine, goats or sheep from running at large upon any portion of the roads and highways within the district which are fenced on both sides.

2. The petition may be presented at any regular or special meeting of any board of county commissioners, and shall define the boundaries of the district sought to be established, and shall pray that such district may be established and that an ordinance may be passed by the board of county commissioners prohibiting any of the livestock mentioned in subsection 1 from running at large therein.

3. The boards of county commissioners are authorized and empowered to provide in such ordinance for the impounding and sale of any such livestock running at large within such district, and making a violation of any of the provisions of the ordinance a misdemeanor and punishable as such.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 250.070 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 250 / Section 250.070
Office; hours to remain open
Status: in_force

County assessors shall keep an office at the county seat of their county, which shall be kept open in accordance with the provisions of NRS 245.040 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 244.296 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 244 / Section 244.296
Motor vehicles
Status: in_force

The board of county commissioners of each county shall establish guidelines for the use of automobiles and other motor vehicles owned by such county. The guidelines may enumerate conditions governing the official use of such vehicles by officers and employees of the county and may impose restrictions on other uses.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 247.080 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 247 / Section 247.080
Custody and responsibility for documents deposited in office
Status: in_force

Each county recorder shall take custody of and is responsible for all documents deposited in his or her office.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 244.299 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 244 / Section 244.299
Labor, studies and activities of children committed to camp
Status: in_force

Children committed to juvenile forestry camps may be required to labor on the buildings and grounds thereof, or to perform any other work or engage in any studies or activities prescribed by the board of county commissioners or the juvenile court of the county.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 244.190 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 244 / Section 244.190
Cooperative agreements for modification of weather; expenses
Status: in_force

1. The boards of county commissioners of the various counties are empowered to enter into cooperative agreements with the State of Nevada, other counties of this state, or any private or public organization, and with private concerns engaged in weather modification (cloud seeding) operations.

2. The expenses incident and necessary for the participation of counties in such cooperative program, as provided in subsection 1, shall be paid out of the general funds of such counties, and the board of county commissioners of any county acting under the terms of this section shall annually, at the time of making its budget, make an estimate of the expenses necessary to carry out its agreement, under the provisions of this section, and budget the same, in all respects, as other items of the budget may be made.

3. All agreements for cooperation between the State of Nevada and the counties, and with any private organization as set forth in subsection 1, shall be evidenced by written agreements made and entered into by the boards of county commissioners interested, and the same shall be spread upon the minutes of each of the boards at the time of the adoption thereof.

4. All action taken and all proceedings adopted prior to March 2, 1955, by the boards of county commissioners of Pershing, Lander, Eureka, Humboldt, Elko and White Pine counties, relating to weather modification (cloud seeding), are ratified, approved and confirmed.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 243.130 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 243 / Section 243.130
Boundary lines between Eureka, Lander and Nye Counties to be established--1929
Status: in_force

The establishment of the boundary lines between Eureka, Lander and Nye Counties shall be in the manner described in NRS 243.200 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 252.070 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 252 / Section 252.070
Deputies; clerical, investigational and operational staff
Status: in_force

1. All district attorneys may appoint deputies, who are authorized to transact all official business relating to those duties of the office set forth in NRS 252.080 and 252.090 to the same extent as their principals and perform such other duties as the district attorney may from time to time direct. The appointment of a deputy district attorney must not be construed to confer upon that deputy policymaking authority for the office of the district attorney or the county by which the deputy district attorney is employed.

2. District attorneys are responsible on their official bonds for all official malfeasance or nonfeasance of the deputies. Bonds for the faithful performance of their official duties may be required of deputies by district attorneys.

3. All appointments of deputies under the provisions of this section must be in writing and must, together with the oath of office of the deputies, be recorded in the office of the recorder of the county within which the district attorney legally holds and exercises his or her office. Revocations of those appointments must also be recorded as provided in this section. From the time of the recording of the appointments or revocations therein, persons shall be deemed to have notice of the appointments or revocations.

4. Deputy district attorneys of counties whose population is less than 100,000 may engage in the private practice of law. In any other county, except as otherwise provided in NRS 7.065 and this subsection, deputy district attorneys shall not engage in the private practice of law. An attorney appointed to prosecute a person for a limited duration with limited jurisdiction may engage in private practice which does not present a conflict with his or her appointment.

5. Any district attorney may, subject to the approval of the board of county commissioners, appoint such clerical, investigational and operational staff as the execution of duties and the operation of his or her office may require. The compensation of any person so appointed must be fixed by the board of county commissioners.

6. In a county whose population is 700,000 or more, deputies are governed by the merit personnel system of the county.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 244.339 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 244 / Section 244.339
Partial abatement of property taxes imposed on real property used for community gardens or urban farms: Application; duties of board of county commissioners; requirements and limitations; ordinance
Status: in_force

1. An owner of real property who intends to allow the real property, including, without limitation, land or improvements on the real property, to be used as a community garden or urban farm may submit a request to the board of county commissioners of the county in which the real property is located for a partial abatement of the ad valorem taxes imposed pursuant to chapter 361 of NRS for the parcel on which the community garden or urban farm is located. If the real property is located in a city, the application must include, without limitation, proof that the governing body of the city has issued any necessary approvals for the use of the real property as a community garden or urban farm.

2. If the board of county commissioners receives an application pursuant to subsection 1, the board must provide notification of the application to: (a) The Chief of the Budget Division of the Office of Finance; (b) The county assessor; (c) The county treasurer; and (d) The governing body of the city where the property is located, if applicable.

3. The board of county commissioners shall hold a public hearing on the application not less than 30 days after providing notification of the application pursuant to subsection 2 and may approve the application after the public hearing if: (a) The applicant demonstrates that the property is suitable for use as a community garden or urban farm; (b) The applicant and the person operating the community garden or urban farm are willing and able to use the real property as a community garden or urban farm for a period of not less than 5 years; and (c) The applicant enters into an agreement requiring the operation of the community garden or urban farm on the property for not less than 5 years beginning on the date of approval of the application.

4. If the board of county commissioners approves an application pursuant to this section, the applicant shall receive a partial abatement of the ad valorem taxes imposed pursuant to chapter 361 of NRS that is equal to 10 percent of the ad valorem taxes otherwise due for the parcel on which the community garden or urban farm is located for a period of 5 years, beginning on the July 1 of the fiscal year immediately following the date of approval of the application.

5. If the owner of real property receives a partial abatement of ad valorem taxes pursuant to this section, the owner shall record the approval of the abatement with the county recorder to ensure subsequent buyers have notice of the terms of the partial abatement.

6. If the real property of the person receiving the partial abatement pursuant to this section ceases to be used as a community garden or urban farm before the time specified in the agreement described in paragraph (c) of subsection 3 or the person ceases to comply with the terms of the agreement, the owner shall: (a) Repay to the county treasurer the amount of the abatement that was authorized pursuant to this section before the date on which the property or person ceased to comply; and (b) Pay the interest on the amount due pursuant to paragraph (a) at the rate most recently established pursuant to NRS 99.040 for each month, or portion thereof, from the last of the month following the period for which the payment would have been made had the abatement not been approved until the date of payment of the tax.

7. The board of county commissioners shall adopt an ordinance setting forth procedures to ensure the owner is complying with the terms of the agreement described in paragraph (c) of subsection 3 and continues to qualify for the partial abatement of ad valorem taxes. The procedures must provide, without limitation, for the county treasurer and county assessor to receive yearly notice as to whether the real property continues to qualify for the partial abatement or if the owner of the real property must be required to repay the abatement pursuant to subsection 6.

8. An owner may submit a new application for an abatement pursuant to this section after the expiration of the term of the abatement set forth in subsection 4.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 244A.509 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 244A / Section 244A.509
General powers of county in relation to facilities
Status: in_force

The county may in relation to the facilities:

1. Hire and retain officers, agents, employees, engineers and any other persons, permanent or temporary, necessary or desirable to effect the purposes hereof, defray any expenses incurred thereby in connection with its facilities, and acquire office space, equipment, services, supplies, fire and extended coverage insurance, use and occupancy insurance, workers’ compensation insurance, property damage insurance, public liability insurance for the county and its officers, agents and employees, and other types of insurance, as the board may determine; but no provision herein authorizing the acquisition of insurance shall be construed as waiving any immunity of the county or any director, officer or agent otherwise existing under the laws of the State.

2. Pay or otherwise defray the cost of any project.

3. Pay or otherwise defray and contract so to pay or defray, for any term not exceeding 50 years, the principal of, any interest on, and any other charges pertaining to any securities or other obligations, outstanding or otherwise existing for a period of at least 2 years, of the Federal Government, the State, any public body or any person incurred in connection with any property thereof subsequently acquired therefrom by the county and relating to its facilities.

4. Establish, operate and maintain facilities within the county across or along any public street, highway, bridge, viaduct or other public right-of-way, or in, upon, under or over any vacant public lands, which public lands now are, or may become, the property of the State or a public body, without first obtaining a franchise from the State or the public body having jurisdiction over the same; but the county shall cooperate with the State and any public body having such jurisdiction, shall promptly restore any such street, highway, bridge, viaduct or other public right-of-way to its former state of usefulness as nearly as may be, and shall not use the same in such manner as permanently to impair completely or unnecessarily the usefulness thereof.

5. Adopt, amend, repeat, enforce and otherwise administer such reasonable ordinances, resolutions, rules, regulations and orders as the county determines necessary or convenient for the operation, maintenance, management, government and use of the county's facilities and any other like facilities under its control.

6. Adopt, amend, repeal, enforce and otherwise administer under the police power within the territorial limits of the county such reasonable ordinances, resolutions, rules, regulations and orders in relation to the collection, disposal or treatment of sewage and wastewater after a public hearing thereon is held by the board, in connection with which any public body in the area involved or otherwise exercising powers affecting the functions and services therein of the county and persons of interest have an opportunity to be heard, after mailed notice of the hearing is given by the clerk to each such public body and after notice of such hearing is given by publication by the clerk to persons of interest, both known and unknown.

7. Provide that any violation of any ordinance adopted under subsections 5 and 6 shall be a misdemeanor.

8. Sell and otherwise dispose of any by-products resulting from the operation of the facilities.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 244A.555 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 244A / Section 244A.555
Acquisition and transfer of certain facilities on behalf of State; funding of acquisition; recommendations by advisory committee for studies
Status: in_force

1. The board, on behalf of and in the name of the State of Nevada, may: (a) Acquire, hold, operate, maintain and improve the facilities defined in NRS 244A.475 ; (b) Acquire, hold, operate, maintain, improve and dispose of properties pertaining to the facilities defined in NRS 244A.475 , including, without limitation, water and water rights, for the benefit and welfare of the people of this state; (c) Acquire the facilities defined in NRS 244A.475 , wholly or in part directly by construction contract or otherwise, or indirectly by contract with the Federal Government, or any combination thereof, as the board may from time to time determine; and (d) Borrow money and otherwise become obligated in a total principal amount of not more than $78,000,000 to defray wholly or in part the cost of acquiring the facilities defined in NRS 244A.475 , and issue state securities to evidence such obligations.

2. No project or phase of a project for the creation of facilities defined in NRS 244A.475 may be authorized for funding with state securities until such funding is approved by the Governor and, if the amount of state securities proposed exceeds $50,000,000, by the Legislative Commission of the Legislature.

3. The advisory committee may recommend to the board the implementation of design, engineering, specification development or pilot plant studies for the furtherance of any project or phase of a project to accomplish the development of the facilities defined in NRS 244A.475 . The implementation of such recommendations to be financed by the issuance of state securities may be authorized by the board with the approval of the Governor and the Legislative Commission of the Legislature.

4. The board, on behalf of and in the name of the State of Nevada, may transfer all of its interest in any facility financed pursuant to NRS 244A.455 to 244A.573 , inclusive, to a general improvement district operating pursuant to chapter 318 of NRS to provide sanitary facilities for sewage within the county. Any such transfer must be on terms and conditions that are mutually agreeable to the board of county commissioners and the board of trustees of the general improvement district. Upon such a transfer, except as otherwise provided in subsection 5, the board of trustees of the general improvement district is authorized to exercise on behalf of the State all powers that the board of county commissioners is authorized to exercise on behalf of the State pursuant to NRS 244A.455 to 244A.573 , inclusive, including the power to issue state securities. The board of trustees of the general improvement district shall assume all duties and responsibilities of the board of county commissioners with respect to any facility financed pursuant to NRS 244A.455 to 244A.573 , inclusive, and any bonds or other obligations of the State issued for those facilities. Upon such a transfer, all money held by the county pertaining to the facilities and any bonds or other obligations of the State issued for the facilities must be transferred to the general improvement district.

5. After a transfer pursuant to subsection 4, the board of county commissioners shall continue to fix, modify and collect or cause to be collected fees and charges pursuant to NRS 244A.523 to 244A.553 , inclusive, and 244A.557 , and shall transfer all fees and charges to the general improvement district to which the facility was transferred.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 244.3081 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 244 / Section 244.3081
Recreational, cultural and park facilities: Powers of certain counties
Status: in_force

1. In addition to powers elsewhere conferred upon counties, any county having a population of 100,000 or more may: (a) Establish, construct, purchase, otherwise acquire, reconstruct, improve, extend and better recreational, cultural and park facilities and buildings therefor, and improvements incidental thereto; (b) Equip and furnish the same; (c) Acquire suitable sites or grounds, or any interests therein, for any recreational, cultural or park facilities; and (d) Operate, maintain, sell and otherwise dispose of the facilities.

2. Recreational, cultural and park facilities include, without limiting the generality of the provisions of subsection 1, those buildings, incidental improvements, equipment, furnishings, sites and grounds, or interest therein, as are used for recreational, cultural and park purposes.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 244.297 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 244 / Section 244.297
Establishment; commitments by juvenile court
Status: in_force

The board of county commissioners of any county may establish by ordinance juvenile forestry camps to which children may be committed by the juvenile court of the county as provided in title 5 of NRS.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 255.040 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 255 / Section 255.040
Vacancy
Status: in_force

Vacancies in the office of county surveyor shall be filled as in the case of other county officers.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 254.010 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 254 / Section 254.010
Appointment in certain counties; compensation
Status: in_force

The board of county commissioners of any county in this State whose population is 4,500 or more may appoint a county engineer and fix the county engineer's compensation.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 254.040 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 254 / Section 254.040
Duties
Status: in_force

The county engineer shall perform such surveying, engineering and other duties as may be required of him or her by the board of county commissioners.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 244.35354 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 244 / Section 244.35354
“Transient lodging” defined
Status: in_force

“ Transient lodging ” has the meaning ascribed to it in the ordinance adopted pursuant to NRS 244.33565 by the board of county commissioners to define the term “ transient lodging ” for the purpose of all taxes imposed by the board on the rental of transient lodging in the county.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 244A.457 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 244A / Section 244A.457
Applicability to county whose population is 700,000 or more
Status: in_force

NRS 244A.455 to 244A.573 , inclusive, applies to any county whose population is 700,000 or more.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 244A.034 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 244A / Section 244A.034
“Infrastructure project” defined
Status: in_force

“ Infrastructure project ” means:

1. A capital improvement for fire protection, a library, a building, a park or police protection that a municipality is authorized to improve, acquire or equip pursuant to a law other than the County Bond Law; or

2. For a water authority, wastewater authority, flood management authority or any municipality whose governing body is composed of only the members of the board, a capital improvement for: (a) A water system; (b) A water reclamation system; (c) A flood management project; or (d) A sanitary sewer,

that the municipality is authorized to improve, acquire or equip pursuant to a law other than the County Bond Law.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 258.0707 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 258 / Section 258.0707
Liability for neglect or refusal to attach, levy upon or sell property pursuant to writ of execution or attachment
Status: in_force

If the constable to whom a writ of execution or writ of attachment is delivered neglects or refuses, after being required by the creditor or the creditor's attorney to attach, or to levy upon or sell, any property of the party charged in the writ which is liable to be attached or levied upon and sold, the constable is liable on his or her official bond to the creditor for the value of such property.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 244A.447 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 244A / Section 244A.447
Applicability of Local Government Securities Law
Status: in_force

Subject to the provisions of NRS 244A.445 , for any recreational facilities authorized in NRS 244A.441 to 244A.453 , inclusive, the board of any county may, on the behalf and in the name of the county, borrow money, otherwise become obligated, and evidence obligations by the issuance of bonds and other county securities, and in connection with the undertaking or the recreational facilities, the board may otherwise proceed as provided in the Local Government Securities Law.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 244A.721 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 244A / Section 244A.721
Types of authorized investments; bank deposits and disbursements
Status: in_force

1. The county may provide that proceeds from the sale of bonds and special funds from the revenues of the project must be invested and reinvested in such securities and other investments, whether or not any such investment or reinvestment is authorized under any other law of this state, as may be provided in the proceedings under which the bonds are authorized to be issued, including, but not limited to: (a) Bonds or other obligations of the United States of America. (b) Bonds or other obligations, the payment of the principal and interest of which is unconditionally guaranteed by the United States of America. (c) Obligations issued or guaranteed as to principal and interest by any agency or person controlled or supervised by and acting as an instrumentality of the United States of America pursuant to authority granted by the Congress of the United States of America. (d) Obligations issued or guaranteed by any state of the United States of America, or any political subdivision of any such state. (e) Prime commercial paper. (f) Prime finance company paper. (g) Bankers' acceptances drawn on and accepted by commercial banks. (h) Repurchase agreements fully secured by obligations issued or guaranteed as to principal and interest by the United States of America or by any person controlled or supervised by and acting as an instrumentality of the United States of America pursuant to authority granted by the Congress of the United States of America. (i) Certificates of deposit issued by credit unions or commercial banks, including banks domiciled outside of the United States of America. (j) Money market mutual funds that: (1) Are registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission; (2) Are rated by a nationally recognized rating service as “AAA” or its equivalent; and (3) Invest only in securities issued or guaranteed as to payment of principal and interest by the Federal Government, or its agencies or instrumentalities, or in repurchase agreements that are fully collateralized by the securities.

2. The county may also provide that such proceeds or funds or investments and the payments payable under the lease, the agreement of sale or the financing agreement must be received, held and disbursed by one or more banks, credit unions or trust companies located within or out of this state.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 244.377 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 244 / Section 244.377
Tax levy; payment of proceeds to and use by nonprofit organization; exemption from limitation
Status: in_force

1. The board of county commissioners of any county may include in the annual budget of the county items to cover the expense of maintaining a county museum, art center or historical society.

2. The expenditures so budgeted may be met by including them in the annual tax levy of the county, but in no case may the tax levy for such purposes in any 1 year exceed 5 cents on each $100 of the assessed valuation of the property of that county.

3. The proceeds of the tax levy may be paid under contract to a nonprofit historical society, nonprofit museum board or other nonprofit board, committee or organization for their use in paying salaries of museum or art center personnel, in building and maintaining exhibits, in purchasing cabinets, in displaying items and in conducting activities related to a museum or art center, but in no case may such an organization or board make capital improvements without the express approval of the board of county commissioners.

4. The proceeds of the tax levied pursuant to this section are exempt from the limitation imposed by NRS 354.59811 and may be excluded in determining the allowed revenue from taxes ad valorem for the county.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 244A.543 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 244A / Section 244A.543
Collection of service charges on tax roll: Notice of filing report and of time and place of hearing
Status: in_force

1. Before the board may have service charges collected on the tax roll, the board shall cause a notice in writing of the filing of the report proposing to have such charges for the forthcoming fiscal year collected on the tax roll and of the time and place of hearing thereon, to be mailed to each person to whom any parcel or parcels of real property described in the report is assessed in the last equalized assessment roll available on the date the report is prepared, at the address shown on the assessment roll or as known to the assessor. If the board adopts the report, the requirements for notice in writing to the persons to whom parcels of real property are assessed does not apply to hearings on reports prepared in subsequent fiscal years but notice by publication as provided in this section is adequate.

2. The board shall cause notice of the filing of each report and of the time and place of hearing thereon to be published at least 10 but not more than 30 days prior to the date set for hearing in a newspaper of general circulation within the county.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 250.065 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 250 / Section 250.065
Deputy required to hold appraiser's certificate
Status: in_force

No person may be appointed as a deputy county assessor with appraising responsibility unless the person holds a valid appraiser's certificate issued by the Department of Taxation.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 244.151 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 244 / Section 244.151
Department of public works: Creation; director and employees
Status: in_force

1. The boards of county commissioners of each of the counties of the State may create a department of public works devoted primarily to buildings and grounds facilities, engineering, buildings and safety, waterworks, sewers, sewage, garbage and refuse disposal facilities, public sanitary facilities, works for the treatment and purification of water, recreational facilities and streets and access roads.

2. The county commissioners may appoint a director of public works and may provide for the appointment of such other employees as are necessary to carry out the functions of the department.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 244.3677 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 244 / Section 244.3677
Ordinance regulating battery-charged fences: Requirements; prohibitions
Status: in_force

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, a board of county commissioners shall enact ordinances regulating battery-charged fences.

2. An ordinance enacted pursuant to this section must, without limitation, require that a battery-charged fence: (a) Be located on property that: (1) Is not designated for residential use; or (2) Is designated for residential use and the property: (I) Is located in a rural zoning area; or (II) Is governed by the provisions of NRS 278.780 to 278.828 , inclusive; (b) Use a battery that is not more than 12 volts of direct current; (c) Have an energizer that meets the most current standards set forth by the International Electrotechnical Commission; (d) Be surrounded by a nonelectric perimeter fence or wall that is at least 5 feet in height; (e) Not be higher than 10 feet in height or 2 feet higher than the height of the nonelectric perimeter fence or wall described in paragraph (d), whichever is greater; and (f) Be marked with conspicuous warning signs that are located on the battery-charged fence at intervals of not more than 40 feet and that read: “WARNING: ELECTRIC FENCE.”

3. A board of county commissioners, in enacting an ordinance pursuant to this section, may not enact an ordinance that: (a) Requires a permit for the installation or use of a battery-charged fence that is in addition to any permit that is required to install an alarm system; (b) Imposes any installation or operational requirement for a battery-charged fence that is inconsistent with the most current standards set forth by the International Electrotechnical Commission; or (c) Prohibits the installation or use of a battery-charged fence.

4. As used in this section: (a) “ Alarm system ” means a device or system that transmits an audible, visual or electronic signal intended to summon or alert law enforcement. The term does not include a system which does not transmit a signal from outside of a building or residence and is intended to alert only occupants of a building or residence. (b) “ Battery-charged fence ” means a fence that interfaces with an alarm system in a manner that enables the fence to cause the connected alarm system to transmit a signal intended to summon law enforcement in response to an intrusion and has an energizer that is driven by a battery.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 244A.719 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 244A / Section 244A.719
Terms of resolution and instruments
Status: in_force

The resolution under which the bonds are authorized to be issued, and any indenture or mortgage given to secure the same, may contain any provisions customarily contained in instruments securing bonds and constituting a covenant with the bondholders, including, but not limited to:

1. Custody of the proceeds from the sale of the bonds, including their investment and reinvestment until used to finance or defray the cost of the project.

2. The fixing and collection of payments, with respect to the project to be made under the lease, the agreement of sale or the financing agreement.

3. The terms to be incorporated in the lease, the agreement of sale or the financing agreement with respect to the project.

4. The maintenance and insurance of the project.

5. The creation of funds and accounts into which any bond proceeds, revenues and income may be deposited or credited.

6. Limitation on the purpose to which the proceeds of any bonds then or thereafter to be issued may be applied.

7. Limitations on the issuance of additional bonds, the terms upon which additional bonds may be issued and secured, the refunding of bonds and the replacement of bonds.

8. The procedure, if any, by which the terms of any contract with bondholders may be amended or abrogated.

9. Vesting in a trustee or trustees located within or without this state such properties, rights, powers and duties in trust as the board may determine, and limiting the rights, duties and powers of such trustees.

10. The rights and remedies available in case of a default to the bondholders or to any trustee under the lease, agreement of sale, financing agreement, indenture or a mortgage.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 244A.489 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 244A / Section 244A.489
“Publication” and “publish” defined
Status: in_force

1. “Publication” or “publish” means three consecutive weekly publications in at least one newspaper having general circulation in the county, the first publication being at least 15 days prior to the designated time or event.

2. Any notice or other instrument published shall not necessarily be made on the same day of the week in each of the 3 weeks; but not less than 14 days, excluding the day of the first publication but including the day of the last publication, shall intervene between the first publication and the last publication.

3. Publication shall be complete on the day of the last publication.

4. Any publication herein required shall be verified by the affidavit of the publisher and filed with the county clerk.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 248.310 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 248 / Section 248.310
Quarterly financial statements
Status: in_force

1. On the first Monday of January, April, July and October, each sheriff who receives fees under the provisions of this chapter shall make out and file with the boards of county commissioners of their several counties a full and correct statement under oath of all fees, percentages or compensation, of whatever nature or kind, received in their several official capacities during the preceding 3 months. In the statement they shall set forth the cause in which, and the services for which, such fees or compensation were received.

2. Nothing in this section shall be so construed as to require personal attendance in filing statements, which may be transmitted by mail or otherwise directed to the clerk of the board of county commissioners.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 245.150 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 245 / Section 245.150
Certification of vacancy to Secretary of State
Status: in_force

Within 10 days after a vacancy has occurred in any county office, by resignation or otherwise, the clerk of the board of county commissioners shall certify the fact of such vacancy to the Secretary of State.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 255.050 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 255 / Section 255.050
Office
Status: in_force

The county surveyor shall keep his or her office at the county seat.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 244A.789 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 244A / Section 244A.789
Budget of district; submission to voters of proposal to issue bonds or levy tax
Status: in_force

1. The budget of a district for the support of public parks must comply with the provisions of NRS 354.470 to 354.626 , inclusive, but need not be separately prepared and may be included within the county budget. The district is not entitled to any share of revenue from the supplemental city-county relief tax.

2. The governing body may submit to the registered voters of the district at a primary or general election: (a) A proposal to issue general obligation bonds of the district to finance the acquisition, construction, equipment and improvement of one or more park projects within the district, or outside the district if the governing body finds that the park project will benefit the residents of the district, but the amount of general obligation bonds or other securities so issued may not exceed 10 percent of the assessed valuation of the taxable property in the district. The ballot question for such a proposal must contain the principal amount of the general obligation bonds to be issued, the purpose of the issuance of the bonds and the estimate established by the governing body of: (1) The duration of the levy of property tax that will be used to pay the general obligations; and (2) The average annual increase, if any, in the amount of property taxes that an owner of a new home with a fair market value of $100,000 will pay for debt service on the general obligation bonds to be issued. (b) A proposal to levy a tax ad valorem pursuant to NRS 354.5982 for: (1) Any of the purposes described in paragraph (a); (2) Maintenance of public parks located within the district; (3) Maintenance of public parks located outside the district if the governing body finds that the parks benefit the residents of the district; or (4) Any combination of those purposes.

3. The ballot question for a proposal submitted to the registered voters pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 2 must contain the rate of the proposed additional property tax stated in dollars and cents per $100 assessed valuation, the purpose of the proposed additional property tax, the duration of the proposed additional property tax and an estimate established by the governing body of the increase in the amount of property taxes that an owner of a new home with a fair market value of $100,000 will pay per year as a result of the passage of the question.

4. As used in this section, “park project” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 244A.039 .

5. If the proposal to issue bonds is approved by the voters, the county may issue bonds of the district as provided in chapter 350 of NRS .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 244.3651 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 244 / Section 244.3651
Program to provide financial assistance to persons to connect to public water or sewer system under certain circumstances in county whose population is 100,000 or more but less than 700,000
Status: in_force

1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, if a board of county commissioners of a county whose population is 100,000 or more but less than 700,000 operates a public water or sewer system, the board may: (a) Establish by ordinance a program to provide financial assistance to persons to connect to the public water or sewer system. (b) Accept gifts, grants and other sources of money to pay the costs to assist persons to connect to the public water or sewer system. (c) Issue bonds and other securities, pursuant to NRS 244A.011 to 244A.065 , inclusive, to finance a program to provide financial assistance established pursuant to this subsection.

2. An ordinance adopted by a board of county commissioners pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection 1 must include, without limitation, a finding of the board that the creation of a program to provide financial assistance to persons to connect to a public water or sewer system furthers a legitimate public purpose.

3. If a board of county commissioners establishes a program to provide financial assistance pursuant to subsection 1, the board: (a) Must establish a plan for the management and protection of the groundwater in the water basin to which the program to provide financial assistance applies. Such a plan must include, without limitation, provisions for the sustainable management of municipal wells that are owned by the county in the water basin. (b) Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, may set forth conditions or limitations on any financial assistance provided pursuant to the program.

4. Financial assistance provided pursuant to a program established pursuant to subsection 1: (a) May be in the form of grants, gifts or loans, or any combination thereof. (b) May only be used to pay the necessary and actual expenses to: (1) Disconnect from a private water or sewer system; (2) Eliminate a private water or sewer system; and (3) Connect to the public water or sewer system, including, without limitation, the costs of making a physical connection or disconnection and any connection charge, tap fee, inspection fee or similar fee or charge payable to any person or governmental entity. (c) If provided in the form of loans that are financed by bonds or other securities issued pursuant to this section, may only be provided to natural persons.

5. A board may not establish a program to provide financial assistance pursuant to subsection 1 unless the board finds that establishing such a program is necessary to provide the public with a safe and reliable water and sewer system.

6. The requirements of NRS 244.3655 do not apply to actions taken by a board of county commissioners pursuant to this section.

7. Nothing in this section shall be so construed as to require: (a) A board of county commissioners to provide financial assistance to any property owner pursuant to this section; or (b) A property owner to apply for or accept financial assistance pursuant to a program of financial assistance established pursuant to this program.

8. Bonds or other securities issued to finance a program to provide financial assistance established pursuant to subsection 1 must be payable from and secured by repayments of loans made through the program, other revenues of the program and revenues of the county's public water or sewer system, or any combination thereof, as determined by the board. The bonds or other securities may also be secured by other revenues that the county is authorized to pledge for the payment of bonds or other securities and may, in accordance with the provisions of NRS 350.020 , be issued as general obligations of the county.

9. As used in this section: (a) “ Private water or sewer system ” means an on-site: (1) Domestic well, and any facility or facilities related thereto, that provides potable water; or (2) Sewage or septic system, and any facility or facilities related thereto, that serves a residential dwelling unit for the disposal, collection, storage or treatment of sewage. (b) “ Public water or sewer system ” means a facility or facilities for the collection, pumping, treatment, storage or conveyance of potable water or sewage and includes, without limitation, mains, conduits, aqueducts, pipes, pipelines, ditches, canals, pumping stations, and all appurtenances, equipment and machinery necessary or useful and convenient for obtaining, storing, transporting or transferring water or sewage.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 244A.622 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 244A / Section 244A.622
Use of money to pay cost of improving, operating, maintaining or improving access to certain airports
Status: in_force

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 2 and 3, in a county whose population is 700,000 or more, the county fair and recreation board, in addition to any other powers, may also use any money that it receives to pay the cost of projects for improving, operating or maintaining an airport, or any combination thereof, including, without limitation, projects designed to encourage tourism or to improve access to airports by tourists.

2. Money may only be used pursuant to this section with respect to an airport that is not less than 90 miles by road from any airport owned by the county with 100 or more scheduled flights per day.

3. No money may be expended pursuant to this section with respect to a particular airport in excess of $500,000 during any fiscal year.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 243.055 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 243 / Section 243.055
Creation--1869
Status: in_force

All that portion of the present County of Lander lying within the following boundaries: East of a line drawn north and south through a point on the Central Pacific Railroad track, 3 miles west of the machine shop of the Central Pacific Railroad Company, situated in the Town of Carlin, and north of a line drawn east and west through the most northerly part or portion of the military post or camp known as Camp Ruby (being the northerly line of the proposed County of White Pine), is hereby created a new county, to be known as the County of Elko.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 253.080 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 253 / Section 253.080
Institution and maintenance of actions
Status: in_force

Public administrators and persons employed or contracted with pursuant to NRS 253.125 shall institute, maintain and prosecute all necessary actions at law and in equity for the recovery and for the protection of the property, debts, papers or other estate of any deceased person upon whose estate they may be administering.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 250.145 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 250 / Section 250.145
Additional circumstances in which certain persons may petition to have personal information maintained by county assessor kept confidential
Status: in_force

1. Any person who is not otherwise described in NRS 250.140 or a representative of a governmental agency, on behalf of a person who is an employee of the governmental agency and is not otherwise described in NRS 250.140 , may petition a district court to have personal information of the person that is contained in the records of a county assessor be maintained in a confidential manner. Any such petition must be based on a sworn affidavit which: (a) Sets forth sufficient justification for the request for confidentiality, including, without limitation: (1) Evidence of the existence of a threat to the petitioner or the spouse, domestic partner or minor child of the petitioner and that such threat is mitigated by making the personal information contained in the records of the county assessor confidential; or (2) Evidence that a threat has existed within the last 5 years to a person who holds a similar position as the petitioner and that such threat was mitigated by making the personal information contained in the records of the county assessor confidential; and (b) Sets forth the document numbers of all records of the county assessor that contain confidential information.

2. A petition filed pursuant to this section must be filed under seal and no filing fee may be charged.

3. The district court may order the personal information of the petitioner contained in the records of the county assessor to be confidential if, based on a preponderance of the evidence, the court finds: (a) The existence of a threat to the petitioner or the spouse, domestic partner or minor child of the petitioner and that such threat is mitigated by making the personal information contained in the records of the county assessor confidential. (b) That a threat has existed within the last 5 years to a person who holds a similar position as the petitioner and that such threat was mitigated by making the personal information contained in the records of the county assessor confidential.

4. Any order of a court requiring the personal information of a person contained in the records of the county assessor be maintained in a confidential manner pursuant to this section: (a) Is sufficient for the person to request that any personal information set forth in a document that is filed with the county assessor subsequent to the court order be maintained in a confidential manner. (b) Expires 5 years after the date of the order. The county assessor must notify the person at least 6 months before the expiration of the order. The person may submit a request to the district court to extend the order. Any such extension expires 5 years after the date of the extension.

5. Upon receipt of an order obtained pursuant to this section, the county assessor shall keep such information confidential and shall not: (a) Disclose the confidential information to anyone, unless disclosure is specifically authorized in writing by that person or entity; or (b) Post the confidential information on the Internet or its successor, if any, or make the information available to others in any other way.

6. As used in this section, “ personal information ” means: (a) The home address of a person; (b) The home address of the spouse, domestic partner or minor child of a person; and (c) Any telephone number or electronic mail address of a person.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 243.085 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 243 / Section 243.085
Boundary line between Nye, Churchill and Esmeralda Counties--1875
Status: in_force

The boundary line between the County of Nye and the County of Churchill and the County of Esmeralda shall be as described in NRS 243.290 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 247.200 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 247 / Section 247.200
Documents affecting real property to be recorded in county where situated
Status: in_force

A document affecting real property must be recorded in the office of the county recorder of the county in which the real property is situated.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 244A.559 — NV Code / Title 20 / Chapter 244A / Section 244A.559
Liability of county or State on its securities and other obligations
Status: in_force

1. The payment of county or state securities or any other obligations of the county or State shall not be secured by an encumbrance, mortgage or other pledge of property of the county or State, except for its pledged revenues, proceeds of taxes, proceeds of assessments, and any other money pledged for the payment of the securities or such other obligations.

2. No property of the county or the State, except as provided in subsection 5 of NRS 244A.507 and in subsection 1 of this section, is liable to be forfeited or taken in payment of any county or state securities or other obligations of the county or the State.