Nev. Rev. Stat. § 270.090 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 270 / Section 270.090
Findings of fact, conclusions of law and judgment; recording of certified copy of judgment, map and plat; fees for recording; county recorder to provide copy of map or plat or access to digital map or plat to county assessor
Status: in_force

1. The findings of fact and conclusions of law and judgment must be made and entered as in other cases, and exceptions, motions for new trial and appeals may be had as provided in NRS and the Nevada Rules of Appellate Procedure.

2. The court or judge thereof shall in the findings and decree establish a definite map or plat of the city, or part thereof or addition thereto, in accordance with the pleadings and proof, and shall, by reference, make a part of the findings and judgment the map or plat so established.

3. Wherever blocks or parts of blocks in the original lost, destroyed, conflicting, erroneous or faulty maps or plats have been insufficiently or incorrectly platted, numbered or lettered, the omission, insufficiency or fault must be supplied and corrected in accordance with the pleadings and proof.

4. If the map or plat prepared by the surveyor is inadequate or impracticable of use for the judgment, the judgment or decree may require the making of a new map or plat in accordance with the provisions of the findings and judgment.

5. A certified copy of the judgment, together with the map or plat as is established by the court, must be recorded in the office of the county recorder of the county in which the action is tried. All the ties and descriptions of section or quarter section corners, monuments or marks required by NRS 270.020 must appear on the map finally established by the judgment. The county recorder may collect and receive as fees for recording and indexing the certified copy of the judgment and map, $10 for the map, and the specific statutory fees for the judgment, but not exceeding $50.

6. The judgment may require that all prior existing maps in conflict with the map or plat adopted be so marked or identified by the county recorder to show the substitution of the new map or plat in place thereof.

7. A county recorder who records a map or plat pursuant to this section shall, within 7 working days after recording the map or plat, provide to the county assessor at no charge: (a) A duplicate copy of the map or plat and any supporting documents; or (b) Access to the digital map or plat and any digital supporting documents. The map or plat and the supporting documents must be in a form that is acceptable to the county recorder and the county assessor.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.500 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.500
City to effect prompt collection of delinquent taxes
Status: in_force

The municipality shall promptly effect the collection of all such delinquent taxes in the manner provided by law for the collection of municipal license taxes.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.450 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.450
Acceptance of loans or grants under federal law
Status: in_force

1. “Public works” as used in this section means any facilities necessary for carrying on community life substantially expanded by the national defense program, but the activities authorized under this section must be devoted primarily to school, waterworks, sewers, sewage, garbage and refuse disposal facilities, public sanitary facilities, works for the treatment and purification of water, hospitals and other places for the care of the sick, recreational and cultural facilities and streets and access roads.

2. In addition to any authority or power provided by the charter of any incorporated city in this state, whether incorporated by general or special act, or otherwise, there is granted to the governing body of each of the cities incorporated under any law of this state the power and authority to accept loans or grants for the purpose of providing public works and equipment, as provided in Title 42, U.S.C. § 1532 , including all amendments.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 269.470 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 269 / Section 269.470
Authority to issue general obligation bonds and securities independent and complete
Status: in_force

The authority to issue general obligation bonds and other general obligation securities conferred by the provisions of NRS 269.400 to 269.470 , inclusive, shall be deemed to be independent and complete, and such securities may be issued thereunder without regard to other provisions or sections of this chapter or Nevada Revised Statutes concerning the issuance of bonds or other securities except as otherwise provided in NRS 269.400 to 269.470 , inclusive.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.0035 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.0035
Powers of governing body; 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, the governing body of an incorporated city has: (a) All powers expressly granted to the governing body; (b) All powers necessarily or fairly implied in or incident to the powers expressly granted to the governing body; and (c) All other powers necessary or proper to address matters of local concern for the effective operation of city government, whether or not the powers are expressly granted to the governing body. If there is any fair or reasonable doubt concerning the existence of a power of the governing body to address a matter of local concern pursuant to this paragraph, it must be presumed that the governing body 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 or provision of a city charter requiring the governing body of an incorporated city to exercise a power set forth in subsection 1 in a specific manner, the governing body may exercise the power only in that specific manner, but if there is no constitutional or statutory provision or provision of city charter requiring the governing body to exercise the power in a specific manner, the governing body may adopt an ordinance prescribing a specific manner for exercising the power.

3. Except as expressly authorized by statute or city charter, the governing body of an incorporated city 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 city 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 city and another governmental entity. (d) Impose a tax. (e) Order or conduct an election.

4. Except as expressly authorized by statute or city charter or necessarily or fairly implied in or incident to powers expressly authorized by statute or city charter, the governing body of an incorporated city 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. § 267.030 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 267 / Section 267.030
Petition for adoption of commission form of government; election of electors to frame charter
Status: in_force

Whenever the qualified voters of any incorporated city desiring to adopt a commission form of government so declare their desire by filing with the governing body of that city a petition having the signatures of one-fourth of the qualified voters voting at the last city election, the governing body shall cause 15 qualified electors to be elected at the next primary or general municipal election or primary or general state election to frame a charter which provides for a commission form of government for the city. The persons elected must have been residents of the city for at least 2 years preceding their election.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.380 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.380
Nevada Ethics in Government Law inapplicable to certain transactions
Status: in_force

The provisions of the Nevada Ethics in Government Law, chapter 281A of NRS , do not prohibit any city officer from purchasing the warrants of the State or of any other city or county, or prevent any city officer from selling or transferring such warrants or scrip as the city officer may receive for his or her services, but none other.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 266.785 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 266 / Section 266.785
Creation of unincorporated town on disincorporation: Procedure
Status: in_force

1. If there is, at the time of the entry of the judgment disincorporating a city, a voting population of 600 or more therein, then all of the provisions of chapter 269 of NRS shall immediately apply thereto.

2. If there is, at the time of the entry of the judgment disincorporating a city, a voting population of less than 600 therein, and if within 30 days after the entry of the judgment a written petition is not filed in the clerk's office of the county in which the disincorporated city is situated praying for the application of the provisions of chapter 269 of NRS , then the board of county commissioners of the county wherein such disincorporated city is situated shall immediately proceed to wind up the affairs of the disincorporated city and shall perform all necessary acts as required by the provisions of NRS 265.010 to 265.100 , inclusive, as if the disincorporated city had been disincorporated under the provisions of NRS 265.010 to 265.100 , inclusive.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.807 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.807
Tax on revenues from rental of transient lodging within district: Change in rate
Status: in_force

1. Except as otherwise provided by subsection 3, the governing body of a city that creates a district may by ordinance change: (a) The rate of tax in an amount not to exceed the maximum amount authorized by NRS 268.804 . (b) The number of rooms used to determine the rate of tax.

2. Any changes made pursuant to this section may be challenged in the manner set forth in NRS 268.808 .

3. If general or special obligations are issued for the purposes of NRS 268.801 to 268.808 , inclusive, the governing body must not change: (a) The boundaries of the district; (b) The rate of tax; or (c) The boundaries of the areas in which a different rate of tax is charged, in a manner which would materially impair the security for the bonds.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 270.060 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 270 / Section 270.060
City to commence action in district court; contents of complaint; notice of lis pendens; service of summons
Status: in_force

1. Within 30 days after the expiration of the 60 days from the date of the first publication, the city council, or other legislative board of the city shall commence an action in the district court of the State of Nevada, in and for the county in which the city is situate, in which such city shall be the party plaintiff and in which shall be joined as parties defendant all persons who are by the plaintiff known to have, or appear by the county assessor's lists in the county to have, any interest, whether legal or equitable and whether in possession or expectancy in or to any of the blocks, lots or any other pieces or parcels of property, whose title would be affected by the adoption of the map or maps, or plat or plats.

2. Such action shall be commenced by the filing of a complaint, in which the plaintiff shall set forth the making and filing of the map or maps, plat or plats, in accordance with the provisions of NRS 270.010 to 270.150 , inclusive, and the other and further things and notices herein required. Together with the complaint the plaintiff shall file such map or maps, or plat or plats, together with such written objections or exceptions thereto as may have been filed as herein provided, and shall pray the court for an order adopting, fixing and establishing the map or maps, or plat or plats, and fixing, settling, establishing, determining and adjudicating the points, lines, descriptions, metes, bounds, names, numbers and letters of all blocks, lots, streets, alleys, highways, parks, schools, cemeteries and other properties devoted to public use and all lines and corners therein shown.

3. At the time of commencing such action the plaintiff shall cause to be filed in the office of the county recorder of the county in which the property is situate, a notice of the pendency of the action, and such notice, when recorded, shall be considered a notice thereof to all persons to the extent and effect now provided by law.

4. The summons shall be served as provided in NRS and the Nevada Rules of Civil Procedure; but if the corrections shall not change the boundaries in any property owner's property, the summons shall be served by publication thereof for 4 consecutive weeks in some newspaper in the county in which the property is situated, and such publication shall be deemed to be legal service thereof.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.411 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.411
Waste of water may be prohibited
Status: in_force

The governing body of an incorporated city may prohibit by ordinance any waste of water within its jurisdiction. Any ordinance adopted under this section may:

1. Classify the conditions under which specified kinds and amounts of consumption or expenditure of water are wasteful;

2. Provide for reasonable notice of which of such conditions, if any, exist in the city;

3. Allow any person, group of persons, partnership, corporation or other business or governmental entity which: (a) Furnishes water to persons within the city for business, manufacturing, agricultural or household use; and (b) Is not a public utility regulated by the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada, to reduce or terminate water service to any customer or user who wastes water, according to reasonable standards adopted by the board; and

4. Provide other appropriate penalties for violation of the ordinance which are based upon the classification adopted under subsection 1.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 266.085 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 266 / Section 266.085
City is municipal corporation; name; general powers
Status: in_force

1. Cities incorporated pursuant to this chapter: (a) Are municipal corporations. (b) Shall be known and designated by the name and style adopted.

2. Under such name, cities may: (a) Sue and be sued. (b) Contract and be contracted with. (c) Acquire and hold real and personal property for corporate purposes. (d) Have a common seal and change the same at pleasure. (e) Have perpetual succession. (f) Exercise all the powers conferred in this chapter.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 269.550 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 269 / Section 269.550
Procedure following presentation of petition: Adoption of ordinance; submission of question to voters
Status: in_force

1. If the petition presented to the board contains the requisite number of signatures pursuant to subsection 1 of NRS 269.540 and otherwise meets the requirements provided in NRS 269.545 , the board may, by ordinance, proceed with the formation of the unincorporated town. The ordinance must contain a clear designation of the boundaries, a listing of services to be provided and the number of members to be on the town advisory board.

2. If the petition presented to the board contains the requisite number of signatures pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 269.540 , the board may, by resolution adopted at a regular meeting, provide for submission of the question of the formation of an unincorporated town to the registered voters residing within the boundaries of the area proposed for that town at the next succeeding primary or general election. As a part of the question there must be included the statement that an affirmative vote carries with it the assent to be taxed for the service or services indicated in the board's resolution.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.626 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.626
Annexation commission: Creation in certain counties; number and selection of members; transfer of duties to regional planning commission
Status: in_force

1. There is hereby created, in each county of the State whose population is 100,000 or more and less than 700,000, a city annexation commission which consists of members to be selected as follows: (a) Two members representing the county, one of whom must be the chair of the board of county commissioners and the other a member of the board to be chosen by the board. (b) One member representing each city, who must be a member of the governing body to be chosen by the governing body. (c) If the provisions of paragraphs (a) and (b) result in an even number of members, the Governor shall appoint an additional member who is the chair of the regional planning commission.

2. The governing bodies of a county and each incorporated city in the county may execute an interlocal agreement to transfer the duties of the city annexation commission to the regional planning commission.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.523 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.523
“Warehousing” defined
Status: in_force

“Warehousing” means the consignment of personal property from outside this state to a private warehouse within this state for temporary storage during the transit of the property to a final destination outside the State.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.097995 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.097995
Ordinance regulating sidewalk vendors: Requirements
Status: in_force

An ordinance adopted by a city council or other governing body of an incorporated city regulating sidewalk vendors pursuant to NRS 268.097993 may require that a sidewalk vendor:

1. Hold: (a) A permit or license for sidewalk vending; (b) A state business license; and (c) Any other licenses issued by a state or local governmental agency to the extent otherwise required by law. Nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize a sidewalk vendor to not comply with any requirement to obtain a state business license or other license issued by a state agency or any permit or license issued by a local government, agency or board of health to the extent otherwise required by law.

2. Submit information to the designated representative of the city relating to his or her operations, including, without limitation: (a) The name and current mailing address of the sidewalk vendor; (b) If the sidewalk vendor is an agent of an individual, company, partnership or corporation, the name and business address of the principal office; (c) A description of the food offered for sale; and (d) A certification by the sidewalk vendor that, to the best of his or her knowledge and belief, the information submitted pursuant to this section is true.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 266.033 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 266 / Section 266.033
Canvass of votes; notice of results
Status: in_force

1. The board of county commissioners shall canvass the votes in the same manner as votes are canvassed in a general election. Upon the completion of the canvass, the board shall immediately notify the county clerk of the result.

2. The county clerk shall immediately, upon receiving notice of the canvass from the board of county commissioners, cause to be published a notice of the results of the election in a newspaper of general circulation in the county. If the incorporation is approved by the voters, the notice must include the population category of the incorporated city, as described in NRS 266.055 . The county clerk shall file a copy of the notice with the Secretary of State.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 269.115 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 269 / Section 269.115
Power of county commissioners to levy taxes
Status: in_force

1. Except as provided in subsection 2, the boards of county commissioners shall levy a tax, not exceeding 1.5 percent per annum, upon the assessed value of all real and personal property situated in any unincorporated town in their respective counties, made taxable by law for state and county purposes.

2. In addition to the taxes levied in accordance with the provisions of subsection 1, each board of county commissioners shall levy a tax for the payment of interest and redemption of outstanding bonds of the unincorporated town issued pursuant to the provisions of NRS 269.400 to 269.470 , inclusive.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.0973 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.0973
Pawnbrokers: Licensing; additional license required to accept motor vehicles as collateral; fee
Status: in_force

1. If the governing body of an incorporated city requires a license to engage in business as a pawnbroker, it shall also require an additional license if the pawnbroker accepts motor vehicles as pledged property or in any other manner allows the use of a motor vehicle as collateral for a loan.

2. The governing body shall charge and collect an additional fee of not more than $500 for each license authorizing a pawnbroker to accept motor vehicles as pledged property, and shall issue the license upon payment of the prescribed fee.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.0979 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.0979
Prohibition against imposing tax, fee or requirements on use of blockchain
Status: in_force

1. The city council or other governing body of an incorporated city, whether organized under general law or special charter, shall not: (a) Impose any tax or fee on the use of a blockchain by any person or entity; (b) Require any person or entity to obtain from the incorporated city any certificate, license or permit to use a blockchain; or (c) Impose any other requirement relating to the use of a blockchain by any person or entity.

2. Nothing in this section prohibits an incorporated city from using a blockchain in the performance of its powers or duties in a manner not inconsistent with the provisions of chapter 719 of NRS .

3. As used in this section, “ blockchain ” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 719.045 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.691 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.691
“Flood management project” defined
Status: in_force

“ Flood management project ” or any phrase of similar import, means a project or improvement that is located within or without a city in a county whose population is 100,000 or more but less than 700,000 and is established for the control or management of any flood or storm waters of the city or any flood or storm waters of a stream of which the source is located outside of the city. The term includes, without limitation:

1. A drainage project or flood control project;

2. A project to construct, repair or restore an ecosystem;

3. A project to mitigate any adverse effect of flooding or flood management activity or improvement;

4. A project to conserve any flood or storm waters for any beneficial and useful purpose by spreading, storing, reusing or retaining those waters or causing those waters to percolate into the ground to improve water quality;

5. A project that alters or diverts or proposes to alter or divert a natural watercourse, including any improvement for the passage of fish;

6. A recreational project that is related to a flood management project;

7. Any landscaping or similar amenity that is constructed: (a) To increase the usefulness of a flood management project to any community or to provide aesthetic compatibility with any surrounding community; or (b) To mitigate any adverse effect on the environment relating to a flood management project;

8. A project to relocate or replace a utility, transmission line, conduit, bridge or similar feature or structure that exacerbates any flooding or is located in an area that is susceptible to flooding;

9. A project to protect and manage a floodplain;

10. A project that is designed to improve the quality of any flood or storm waters or the operation of any flood management system, including, without limitation, any monitoring, measurement or assessment of that system; and

11. The acquisition of any real property or interest in real property to support the carrying out of a flood management project, including, without limitation, any property that may become flooded because of any improvement for flood management,

or any combination thereof and any other structure, fixture, equipment or property required for a flood management project.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 270.070 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 270 / Section 270.070
Contents and posting of summons; property deemed within jurisdiction of district court; fictitious defendants
Status: in_force

1. The summons in the action need not contain a description by lot or block numbers or by metes and bounds, but shall refer generally to the purpose of the action and shall contain the name of the city or part thereof or addition thereto to be affected by the action.

2. A copy of the summons shall be posted in 3 conspicuous places within the city within 10 days after the filing of the complaint.

3. After the service of the summons and complaint, as herein provided, and the filing of the notice of the pendency of such action and the posting of summons, as in this section specified, all of the property within such city or part thereof or addition thereto shall, for all of the purposes of the action, be conclusively deemed within the jurisdiction of the district court in which such action is brought.

4. If the names of the owner or owners of any of the property within the city shall be unknown to the plaintiff, such fact may be recited in the complaint in the action and any and all such owners impleaded under fictitious names, and the complaint may be thereafter amended if the true names of such fictitious defendants or any of them be thereafter ascertained. The judgment and decree in the action shall be binding and conclusive as to all of the property affected, whether the owners, or one or more thereof, of any of the parcels of property within the city be actually named as party or parties defendant or not.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.097985 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.097985
Authority to impose additional requirements and penalties related to residential units; exception
Status: in_force

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 and subsection 4 of NRS 268.09795 , a city council or other governing body of an incorporated city may impose additional requirements on a person or accommodations facilitator related to the rental of a residential unit or a room within a residential unit for purposes of transient lodging that are more restrictive than the provisions of NRS 268.09791 to 268.09799 , inclusive.

2. A city council or other governing body of an incorporated city shall not prohibit a person who has been lawfully issued a permit, license, registration or any other form of authorization from the city council or other governing body of an incorporated city or its designee before July 1, 2022, from continuing to operate under his or her original authorization due to a conflict with the provisions of the ordinance relating to the location or type of residential unit. The provisions of this subsection do not prohibit a city council or other governing body from suspending, terminating or revoking an authorization issued before July 1, 2022, for a violation of a provision of the ordinance other than those relating to the location or type of residential unit.

3. A city council or other governing body of an incorporated city may impose a civil penalty or fine on a person or accommodations facilitator for a violation of any additional requirement imposed on a person or accommodations facilitator pursuant to subsection 1 if the additional requirement was imposed on the person or accommodations facilitator who committed the violation.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.552 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.552
Option to purchase
Status: in_force

1. If the project is to be leased, the lease may grant the lessee an option to purchase all or a part of the project at a stipulated purchase price or prices or at a price or prices to be determined upon appraisal as provided in the lease.

2. The option may be exercised at such time or times as the lease may provide.

3. The city and the lessee may agree and provide in the lease that all or a part of the rentals paid by the lessee prior to and at the time of the exercise of such option shall be applied toward such purchase price and shall be in full or partial satisfaction thereof.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 269.083 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 269 / Section 269.083
Public hearing for dismissed employee
Status: in_force

1. When an employee of an unincorporated town other than a department head who has been employed by the unincorporated town for 12 or more months is dismissed from employment, the dismissed employee may request within 15 days of the date of dismissal a written statement specifically setting forth the reasons for such dismissal. Within 15 days of the date of such request, the dismissed employee shall be furnished such a written statement. Within 30 days after receipt of such written statement, the dismissed employee may, in writing, request a public hearing before the town board or board of county commissioners to determine the reasonableness of such action. The town board or board of county commissioners shall grant the dismissed employee a public hearing within 15 days after receipt of the written request. At the public hearing, technical rules of evidence shall not apply.

2. Town boards or boards of county commissioners are authorized to enact town ordinances necessary to make effective the purposes of this section.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 266.358 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 266 / Section 266.358
Payment of child support: Statement by applicant for license, permit or certificate; grounds for denial of license, permit or certificate; duty of city council
Status: in_force

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1. If a city council requires a person to obtain a license, permit or certificate to practice a profession or occupation pursuant to NRS 266.355 or 268.0887 , an applicant for the issuance or renewal of such a license, certificate or permit shall submit to the city council the statement prescribed by the Division of Welfare and Supportive Services of the Department of Health and Human Services pursuant to NRS 425.520 . The statement must be completed and signed by the applicant.

2. The city council shall include the statement required pursuant to subsection 1 in: (a) The application or any other forms that must be submitted for the issuance or renewal of the license, certificate or permit; or (b) A separate form prescribed by the city council.

3. A license, certificate or permit may not be issued or renewed by the city council pursuant to NRS 266.355 or 268.0887 if the applicant: (a) Fails to submit the statement required pursuant to subsection 1; or (b) Indicates on the statement submitted pursuant to subsection 1 that he or she is subject to a court order for the support of a child and is not in compliance with the order or a plan approved by the district attorney or other public agency enforcing the order for the repayment of the amount owed pursuant to the order.

4. If an applicant indicates on the statement submitted pursuant to subsection 1 that he or she is subject to a court order for the support of a child and is not in compliance with the order or a plan approved by the district attorney or other public agency enforcing the order for the repayment of the amount owed pursuant to the order, the city council shall advise the applicant to contact the district attorney or other public agency enforcing the order to determine the actions that the applicant may take to satisfy the arrearage.

5. As used in this section, “license, permit or certificate to practice a profession or occupation” does not include a general business license issued by a city council.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 267.100 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 267 / Section 267.100
Recording and attesting of charter and amendments; judicial notice of charter and amendments
Status: in_force

1. Immediately after being certified as provided in NRS 267.090 , the charter shall be recorded by the city clerk in a book to be provided and kept for that purpose and known as the charter book of the city of ________________, and when so recorded shall be attested by the clerk and the mayor of the city under the corporate seal thereof.

2. Thereafter any and all amendments to the charter shall be in a like manner recorded and attested.

3. When so recorded and attested, all courts in this state shall take judicial notice of the charter and all amendments thereto.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 266.235 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 266 / Section 266.235
Quorum
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided in NRS 241.0355 , a majority of all members of the city council constitutes a quorum to do business, but fewer members may meet and adjourn from time to time and may compel the attendance of absentees under such penalties as may be prescribed by ordinance.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 270B.040 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 270B / Section 270B.040
Applicability of laws and regulations
Status: in_force

Any such municipal corporation so entering this state for the purpose of doing business herein shall be subject to all of the laws of this state and all of the regulations of this state specifically applicable to any particular business or activity in which such municipalities may engage, as the same are now, or hereafter may be made, applicable to foreign corporations doing like or similar business or work in this state.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.110 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.110
Creation by ordinance
Status: in_force

The city council or governing body under any other name of any incorporated city may, by ordinance, create a city planning commission for such city.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.030 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.030
Publication or posting of quarterly financial statements; supporting documents are public records; penalty
Status: in_force

1. After March 23, 1939, the city clerk and city council of every incorporated city in this state, whether incorporated under the provisions of chapter 266 of NRS or under the provisions of a special act, shall cause to be published quarterly in some newspaper, published as hereinafter provided, a statement of the finances of the city, showing the total amounts of receipts, disbursements and bills allowed and paid for the period covered by the statement. The statement must: (a) Inform the public of the provisions of subsection 3; (b) If the city maintains an official Internet website, inform the public of where the financial statement is posted on the Internet website pursuant to subsection 2; (c) Provide a telephone number the public may call for further instructions on how to obtain the detailed financial documents; (d) Provide the address of the city office or offices where the public may view the detailed financial documents; (e) Be signed by the mayor and attested by the city clerk; and (f) Be published in a newspaper published in the city for a period of at least 5 consecutive days. If no newspaper is published in the city, then the financial statement must be published in a newspaper published in the county, and if no newspaper is published in the county, the financial statement must be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county or posted by the city clerk at the door of the city hall.

2. If a city maintains an official Internet website, the city clerk and city council shall maintain and update quarterly on the Internet website of the city a statement of the finances of the city, showing the receipts, disbursements and bills allowed and paid for the period covered by the statement. The statement must: (a) Inform the public of the provisions of subsection 3; (b) Provide a telephone number the public may call for further instructions on how to obtain the detailed financial documents; (c) Provide the address of the city office or offices where the public may view the detailed financial documents; and (d) Be signed by the mayor and attested by the city clerk.

3. The original and any duplicate or copy of each receipt, bill, invoice, check, warrant, voucher or other similar document that supports a transaction, the amount of which is shown in the financial statement published pursuant to this section is a public record that is available for inspection and copying by any person pursuant to the provisions of chapter 239 of NRS .

4. Any city officer who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 266.095 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 266 / Section 266.095
Number; population and form; division of city by county commissioners during incorporation; change of boundaries
Status: in_force

1. In a city incorporated pursuant to this chapter, the city may be divided into wards by ordinance as follows: (a) A city of population category one, into four or six wards. (b) A city of population category two or three, into three or five wards.

2. The division of cities into wards must, during the incorporation thereof, be made by the board of county commissioners. The wards must as nearly as practicable be of equal population and in compact form.

3. Once established, the boundaries of wards must be changed by ordinance of the city council.

4. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 293.209 , the boundaries of the wards: (a) Must be changed whenever the population, as determined by the last preceding national decennial census conducted by the Bureau of the Census of the United States Department of Commerce, in any ward exceeds the population in any other ward by more than 5 percent. (b) May be changed to include territory which has been annexed, or whenever the population in any ward exceeds the population in any other ward by more than 5 percent by any measure that is found to be reliable by the city council.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.025 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.025
Deposit of money of city or other local government in bank, credit union, savings and loan association or savings bank; agreement for redeposit of money
Status: in_force

1. Any incorporated city or other local government may deposit any money under the control of its treasurer in any insured state or national bank, credit union, savings and loan association or savings bank which has an office within the State of Nevada.

2. Any incorporated city or other local government may enter into an agreement with an insured state or national bank, credit union, savings and loan association or savings bank to: (a) Arrange for the redeposit of any money under the control of its treasurer that exceeds the limits of insurance provided by an instrumentality of the United States or pursuant to NRS 672.750 into one or more insured deposit accounts in one or more insured state or national banks, credit unions, savings and loan associations or savings banks; and (b) Ensure that the total amount of money redeposited and any interest accrued on that money is within the limits of insurance provided by an instrumentality of the United States or pursuant to NRS 672.750 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.41015 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.41015
Regulation and control of mobile carrying devices and personal delivery devices; limitations
Status: in_force

1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the city council or other governing body of each incorporated city in this State, whether or not organized under general law or special charter, may, to protect the health and safety of the public, enact an ordinance which: (a) Regulates the time, place and manner of the operation of a mobile carrying device or personal delivery device in the city, including, without limitation, by prohibiting the use of a mobile carrying device or personal delivery device in a specified area of the city; and (b) Establishes additional standards for the safe operation of a personal delivery device.

2. A city council or governing body, in enacting an ordinance pursuant to subsection 1, may not prohibit the use of a mobile carrying device on a sidewalk in the city that is more than 36 inches wide.

3. The city council or other governing body of each incorporated city in this State, whether organized under general law or special charter, may not enact an ordinance which regulates: (a) The design, manufacture, maintenance, taxation or assessment of a personal delivery device; or (b) The types of property, other than alcohol and cannabis, that may be transported by a personal delivery device.

4. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit a city council or governing body from requiring a personal delivery device operator to obtain from the city a business license or pay any business license fee in the same manner that is generally applicable to any other business that operates within the jurisdiction of the city council or governing body.

5. As used in this section: (a) “ Mobile carrying device ” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 484B.029 . (b) “ Personal delivery device ” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 484B.044 . (c) “ Personal delivery device operator ” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 484B.045 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.785 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.785
Determination of total amount of money to be derived from assessments; citizens' group to advise city council; notice of proposed assessment and hearing; payment; tax as lien; district not entitled to distribution of supplemental city-county relief tax
Status: in_force

1. After creation of the district, the council shall annually ascertain and include in its budget the total amount of money to be derived from assessments required to provide the higher level of police protection found beneficial to the public interest for the next ensuing fiscal year.

2. The city council shall designate an existing citizens' group within the area or create an advisory committee, to recommend to the council any appropriate changes in the level or kind of additional police protection to be provided in the district. The council shall consider these recommendations, and any others that may be offered by interested persons, at a public hearing before adopting its annual budget for the district.

3. The total amount of money to be derived from assessments for the next ensuing fiscal year must be apportioned among the individual property owners in the district based upon the relative special benefit received by each property using an apportionment method approved by the city council. On or before April 20 of each year, a notice specifying the proposed amount of the assessment for the next ensuing fiscal year must be mailed to each property owner. The city council shall hold a public hearing concerning the assessments at the same time and place as the hearing on the tentative budget. The city council shall levy the assessments after the hearing but not later than June 1. The assessments so levied must be paid in installments on or before the dates specified for installments paid pursuant to subsection 6 of NRS 361.483 . Any installment payment that is not paid on or before the date on which it is due, together with any interest or penalty and the cost of collecting any such amounts, is a lien upon the property upon which it is levied equal in priority to a lien for general taxes and may be collected in the same manner.

4. A district is not entitled to receive any distribution of supplemental city-county relief tax.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.429 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.429
Ordinance required
Status: in_force

The governing board of each city in the State shall adopt an ordinance regulating and licensing outdoor assemblies. The minimum requirements set forth in NRS 268.429 to 268.4298 , inclusive, may be incorporated in such ordinance.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 269.220 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 269 / Section 269.220
Regulation of storage of explosive and combustible materials
Status: in_force

In addition to the powers and jurisdiction conferred by other laws, the town board or board of county commissioners may regulate the storage of gunpowder and other explosive or combustible materials. Any ordinance adopted pursuant to this section 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 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 269.200 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 269 / Section 269.200
Ordinance prohibiting animals from running at large: Petition; publication; penalty
Status: in_force

1. The town board or board of county commissioners shall, when petitioned by 25 percent of the taxpayers of any town or voting precinct not maintaining a separate and independent local government, pass an ordinance to prevent the running at large of any horse, mule, ass, kine, hog, sheep or goat in the town or precinct, and provide in the ordinance for the impounding of the animals as estrays and the payment of certain fees and costs before the release of such animals.

2. When the ordinance is properly drawn and signed by the chair of the town board or board of county commissioners, before going into effect it shall be published, for a period of at least 10 days, in some newspaper of general circulation published in the town or precinct, and if there be none, then in some newspaper published in the county. The cost of publication shall be paid by the town or county out of the general fund of the town or county the same as other bills.

3. A violation of any such ordinance shall be a misdemeanor.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.616 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.616
“Commission” defined
Status: in_force

“Commission” means a city annexation commission or, for the purposes of NRS 268.630 to 268.671 , inclusive, in counties where no city annexation commission exists, the board of county commissioners, or in Carson City, the board of supervisors or, in a county which has entered an interlocal agreement pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 268.626 , the regional planning commission.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.09791 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.09791
Applicability
Status: in_force

1. The provisions of NRS 268.09791 to 268.09799 , inclusive, apply to a city whose population is 25,000 or more in a county whose population is 700,000 or more.

2. The provisions of NRS 268.09791 to 268.09799 , inclusive, do not apply to a residential unit located within a building that is: (a) Located on land not zoned exclusively for residential use; and (b) Owned or operated by a person who holds a nonrestricted license for gaming issued pursuant to NRS 463.170 or an affiliate of a person who holds a nonrestricted license for gaming.

3. As used in this section: (a) “ Affiliate ” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 463.0133 . (b) “ Nonrestricted license ” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 463.0177 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.510 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.510
Examination of books, papers and records by city and its agents
Status: in_force

The municipality or its duly authorized agents are hereby empowered to examine the books, papers and records of any person in interest.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.048 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.048
Acquisition, sale or lease of real property by certain cities for industrial development; notice; hearing; option to purchase property
Status: in_force

1. The governing body of a city located in a county whose population is less than 15,000, upon making a finding pursuant to a public hearing that a city industrial park is necessary to meet the needs of the city, and that no private enterprise has presented an acceptable proposal for industrial development, may develop a plan and establish requirements for the: (a) Acquisition, sale or lease of real property by the city for industrial development; and (b) Design, engineering and construction of industrial developments.

2. The governing body shall: (a) Give notice of its intention by publication at least once in a newspaper of general circulation published in the city, or if there is no such newspaper then in a newspaper of general circulation in the city published in the State; and (b) Hold its public hearing not less than 10 nor more than 20 days after the date of publication of the notice.

3. The governing body may grant an option to purchase property designated for industrial development. The duration of the option must not exceed 3 years but afterward the governing body may extend it year by year. Any attempted assignment of the option, whether contractual or effected by operation of law, is void. Upon its execution, the option must immediately be recorded by the governing body with the county recorder.

4. After review by the planning commission, a member of the governing body or the purchaser or lessee of the property shall present the proposed plan for an industrial development to the governing body.

5. The governing body shall, after a public hearing, approve or reject the proposed plan.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 265.130 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 265 / Section 265.130
Appointment of trustees by county commissioners
Status: in_force

Whenever the board of county commissioners shall dissolve any corporation, the board may appoint three competent persons to act as trustees for the corporation so dissolved.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.532 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.532
Bonds to be special obligations
Status: in_force

1. All bonds issued by a city under the authority of NRS 268.512 to 268.568 , inclusive, shall be special, limited obligations of the city. The principal of and interest on such bonds shall be payable, subject to the security provisions herein, solely out of the revenues derived from the financing, leasing or sale of the project to be financed by the bonds.

2. The bonds and interest coupons, if any, appurtenant thereto shall never constitute the debt or indebtedness of the city within the meaning of any provision or limitation of the Constitution of the State of Nevada or statutes, and shall not constitute nor give rise to a pecuniary liability of the city or a charge against its general credit or taxing powers. Such limitation shall be plainly stated on the face of each such bond.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 269.110 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 269 / Section 269.110
Payment of funded debt, outstanding bonds and other debt of disincorporated city: Procedure
Status: in_force

1. In all cases where a town or city in any county of this state has been incorporated by an act of the Legislature thereof, or of the Territory of Nevada, or otherwise, or may be incorporated, and the same has been or may hereafter be disincorporated, and where at the time of such disincorporation there exists any funded debt or outstanding bonds, the board of county commissioners shall provide for the payment of the principal and interest of the same substantially in time, manner and form as provided by law or ordinance existent touching the same at the time of disincorporation. If there be no such law or ordinance, all such claims shall be paid out of the debt service fund of such town or city, as provided in this chapter for the payment of other indebtedness.

2. The board of county commissioners of such county shall take possession of all the books, papers, documents, money, credits, claims, demands and other property of the town or city, and collect, hold or dispose of the same for the use and benefit of the inhabitants thereof; and in case the town or city shall have been at the time of disincorporation involved in debt, other than as above specified, the board of county commissioners shall ascertain the amount thereof, and cause evidences of indebtedness bearing interest on the principal sum thereof from date, at the legal rate of interest per annum, to be issued to the holder of the indebtedness, which evidences of indebtedness shall be in the following form: No _________ _________(month) _______(day) _____(year) $__________ This is to certify that the (designating the town or city by its name) is indebted to ________________ in the sum of ________ dollars principal, and ________ dollars interest, payable out of the debt service fund of ________________; the principal sum of ________ dollars to bear interest from this date at the legal rate per annum, principal, interest, and accruing interest payable in lawful money of the United States. ________________________________________________, Chair of the Board of County Commissioners of _______________________ County, Nevada ________________________________________________ Clerk of __________ County, Nevada All blanks shall be appropriately filled.

3. No such evidence of indebtedness shall be issued upon any account, claim, demand, bond, warrant, scrip or other instrument, unless the same be filed with the clerk of the board of county commissioners within 3 months after the disincorporation of the town or city; and simultaneously upon issuance the account, claim or demand on which the same is issued shall be receipted, and the bond, warrant, scrip or other instrument shall be cancelled.

4. The county treasurer shall only use the money of the debt service fund for the payment of the preexisting bonds or funded debt not otherwise provided for, as hereinbefore mentioned, and such evidences as shall be issued as last hereinbefore mentioned, and the interest thereon as provided in this chapter.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 266.0264 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 266 / Section 266.0264
Determination by Committee on Local Government Finance that proposed area is unsuitable for incorporation
Status: in_force

1. If the Committee on Local Government Finance determines that a petition for incorporation does not satisfy the requirements set forth in NRS 266.017 , it shall notify the board of county commissioners in writing.

2. After a determination by the Committee on Local Government Finance that a petition does not satisfy the requirements of NRS 266.017 , no further action on the petition for incorporation may be taken unless the determination is reversed by a district court pursuant to NRS 266.0265 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 266.230 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 266 / Section 266.230
Limitation on council member's appointment to office created or which had salary increased while he or she was member of council
Status: in_force

No member of any city council shall, during the term for which the council member was elected and for 1 year after the expiration of such term, hold or be appointed to any office which shall have been created, or the salary or emoluments of which shall have been increased, while he or she was such member.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 269.127 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 269 / Section 269.127
Provision of translator signals for television or FM radio broadcasts
Status: in_force

1. A town board or board of county commissioners may: (a) Make application for and hold any license required to provide television or FM radio broadcast translator signals, or both. (b) Contract with any person, corporation or association to provide the equipment, facilities and services necessary to furnish such broadcast translator signals for a period not to exceed 10 years. (c) Enter into contracts for the purposes of this section that extend beyond the term of office of any member of the board or commission. (d) Levy and collect a tax upon the assessed value of property within an unincorporated town to cover the costs of providing such broadcast translator signals to that town.

2. As used in this section, “FM radio” means a system of radio broadcasting by means of frequency modulation.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.600 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.600
Preparation of map or plat of annexed territory; recording of map or plat and ordinance; county recorder to provide copy of map or plat or access to digital map or plat to county assessor
Status: in_force

1. Whenever the corporate limits of any city are extended in accordance with the provisions of NRS 268.570 to 268.608 , inclusive, the governing body of such city shall cause an accurate map or plat of the annexed territory, prepared under the supervision of a competent surveyor or engineer, together with a certified copy of the annexation ordinance in respect thereof, to be recorded in the office of the county recorder of the county in which such territory is situated, which recording shall be done prior to the effective date of the annexation as specified in the annexation ordinance. A duplicate copy of such map or plat and such annexation ordinance shall be filed with the Department of Taxation.

2. A county recorder who records a map or plat pursuant to this section shall, within 7 working days after recording the map or plat, provide to the county assessor at no charge: (a) A duplicate copy of the map or plat and any supporting documents; or (b) Access to the digital map or plat and any digital supporting documents. The map or plat and the supporting documents must be in a form that is acceptable to the county recorder and the county assessor.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 266.285 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 266 / Section 266.285
Provision of utilities
Status: in_force

The city council may:

1. Provide, by contract, franchise or public enterprise, for any utility to be furnished to the city for the residents thereof.

2. Provide for the construction of any facility necessary for the provision of the utility.

3. Fix the rate to be paid for any utility provided by public enterprise. Any charges due for services, facilities or commodities furnished by any utility owned by the city is a lien upon the property to which the service is rendered and must be perfected by recording with the county recorder a statement by the city clerk of the amount due and unpaid and describing the property subject to the lien. Each such lien: (a) Is coequal with the latest lien thereon to secure the payment of general taxes. (b) Is not subject to extinguishment by the sale of any property because of the nonpayment of general taxes. (c) Is prior and superior to all liens, claims, encumbrances and titles other than the liens of assessments and general taxes.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 269.0166 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 269 / Section 269.0166
Additional qualifications of voters in election on initiative petition
Status: in_force

In addition to the qualifications prescribed in NRS 293.485 for electors in all elections, a person may vote in an election held pursuant to NRS 269.0165 only if the person has been a resident of the area for which it is proposed to establish a town board form of government for at least 30 days prior to such election.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 266.330 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 266 / Section 266.330
Public health
Status: in_force

The city council may:

1. Provide for safeguarding public health in the city.

2. Create a board of health and prescribe the powers and duties of such board.

3. Provide for the enforcement of all regulations and quarantines established by the board of health by imposing adequate penalties for violations thereof.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 266.050 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 266 / Section 266.050
Specially chartered city may surrender charter and become organized under this chapter: Procedure
Status: in_force

Any city now or hereafter organized pursuant to a special charter may surrender that charter and become organized pursuant to this chapter in the following manner:

1. Whenever a petition signed by 15 percent of the qualified electors of the city, as they appear from the registration list of qualified electors at the last preceding city election for city officers, is presented to the legislative body of that city, praying that the special charter may be surrendered, and that the city is to be organized pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, the city council shall submit the question at the next primary or general municipal election or primary or general state election.

2. If a majority of the votes cast at the election are for city organization pursuant to this chapter, the city shall, on the date the results of the election are declared, be deemed to have surrendered its charter and to be organized pursuant to this chapter.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.0885 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.0885
“Property management” defined
Status: in_force

“ Property management ” means the physical, administrative or financial management of a property.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.010 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.010
Methods of amending city charter
Status: in_force

1. As used in this section, “city” means an incorporated city.

2. An amendment to the charter of a city may be: (a) Made by the Legislature. (b) Proposed and submitted to the registered voters of the city by a majority of the whole governing body, and must be so submitted by a petition signed by registered voters of the city equal to 15 percent or more of the voters who voted at the last preceding general city election, setting forth the proposed amendments.

3. An amendment proposed pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 2 must be submitted at the next primary or general city election or primary or general state election.

4. The city attorney shall draft any amendment proposed in the petition mentioned in paragraph (b) of subsection 2 and an explanation thereof for submission to the registered voters.

5. The petition must be filed with the city clerk. It must be in the form and its sufficiency must be determined in the manner provided for city initiative petitions.

6. When an amendment is adopted by the registered voters of the city, the city clerk shall, within 30 days thereafter, transmit a certified copy of the amendment to the Legislative Counsel.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.0888 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.0888
Ordinance to require certain property to be managed by person issued certificate; penalty; exceptions
Status: in_force

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, the city council or other governing body as any incorporated city in the State of Nevada, whether organized under general law or special charter may, by ordinance, require that a property which is located in the incorporated area of the city must be managed by a person issued a certificate pursuant to the provisions of NRS 268.0887 .

2. If a city council or other governing body adopts an ordinance pursuant to the provisions of subsection 1, the city council or other governing body may: (a) Establish any other requirements necessary to carry out the ordinance, including, without limitation, the imposition of a penalty for a violation of the ordinance. (b) Adopt, amend and repeal regulations relating to the ordinance.

3. An ordinance adopted pursuant to the provisions of this section must not apply to: (a) A property managed by a person who holds a license issued pursuant to chapter 645 of NRS ; or (b) A property where gaming is conducted under a nonrestricted license for gaming issued pursuant to NRS 463.170 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 269.579 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 269 / Section 269.579
Mandatory training for members
Status: in_force

Each member of a town advisory board shall, at least once during the first year of the member’s initial term of office and at least once during every subsequent year that the member serves in office, attend training relating to:

1. State statutes and regulations and local ordinances, resolutions and regulations concerning land use planning, development and any other subject matter that the board of county commissioners deems necessary; and

2. The provisions of chapter 241 of NRS .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 266.041 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 266 / Section 266.041
Powers of elected officers before incorporation becomes effective
Status: in_force

Before the incorporation of the city becomes effective, the elected officers of the city may:

1. Prepare and adopt a budget;

2. Adopt ordinances, including an ordinance fixing the salaries of the officers first elected or appointed for the city, including those officers who enact and sign the ordinance;

3. Levy a tax ad valorem on property within the area of the city, at the time and in the amount prescribed by law for cities, for the fiscal year beginning on the date the incorporation of the city becomes effective;

4. Negotiate an equitable apportionment of the fixed assets of the county pursuant to NRS 266.044 ;

5. Negotiate contracts for the employment of personnel;

6. Negotiate contracts to provide services for the city, including those services provided for by chapter 277 of NRS ; and

7. Negotiate contracts for the purchase of equipment, materials and supplies.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.055 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.055
Conveyance of property to corporation for public benefit
Status: in_force

1. The governing body of a city may convey real property of the city without consideration to a corporation for public benefit if the property is not needed for the public purposes of the city and the property is actually used for charitable or civic purposes.

2. A conveyance pursuant to this section may be made on such terms and conditions as seem proper to the governing body of the city.

3. If a corporation for public benefit to which property is conveyed pursuant to this section ceases to use the property for charitable or civic purposes, the property automatically reverts to the city.

4. As used in this section, “corporation for public benefit” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 82.021 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 266.395 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 266 / Section 266.395
Appointment of officers by mayor
Status: in_force

The mayor, with the advice and consent of the city council, shall appoint all such officers as may be provided for by law or ordinance.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 269.014 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 269 / Section 269.014
Seal
Status: in_force

An unincorporated town in this state shall have a common seal and may change the seal at pleasure.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.0955 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.0955
Business required to submit affidavit or attestation concerning industrial insurance upon application for license or post office box; provision by city of monthly report to Division of Industrial Relations; governing body of incorporated city to provide business with document or access to information setting forth rights and responsibilities of employers and employees for promotion of safety in workplace
Status: in_force

1. In an incorporated city in which a license to engage in a business is required, the city council or other governing body of the city shall not issue such a license unless the applicant for the license: (a) Signs an affidavit affirming that the business: (1) Has received coverage by a private carrier as required pursuant to chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, and chapter 617 of NRS ; (2) Maintains a valid certificate of self-insurance pursuant to chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, of NRS; (3) Is a member of an association of self-insured public or private employers; or (4) Is not subject to the provisions of chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, or chapter 617 of NRS ; or (b) If the applicant submits his or her application electronically, attests to his or her compliance with the provisions of paragraph (a).

2. In an incorporated city in which such a license is not required, the city council or other governing body of the city shall require a business, when applying for a post office box, to submit to the governing body the affidavit or attestation required by subsection 1.

3. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, each city council or other governing body of an incorporated city shall submit to the Administrator of the Division of Industrial Relations of the Department of Business and Industry monthly a report of the names of those businesses which have submitted an affidavit or attestation required by subsections 1 and 2. A city council or other governing board of an incorporated city is not required to include in the monthly report the name of a business which has submitted an attestation electronically via the state business portal.

4. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 5, upon receiving an affidavit required by this section, the city council or other governing body of an incorporated city shall provide the applicant with a document setting forth the rights and responsibilities of employers and employees to promote safety in the workplace in accordance with regulations adopted by the Division of Industrial Relations of the Department of Business and Industry pursuant to NRS 618.376 .

5. If a business submits an attestation required by this section electronically via the state business portal, the state business portal shall provide the owner of the business with access to information setting forth the rights and responsibilities of employers and employees to promote safety in the workplace, in accordance with regulations adopted by the Division of Industrial Relations of the Department of Business and Industry pursuant to NRS 618.376 .

6. As used in this section, “ state business portal ” means the state business portal established pursuant to chapter 75A of NRS.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 270.180 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 270 / Section 270.180
NRS 270.160 and 270.170 supplementary; applicability
Status: in_force

NRS 270.160 and 270.170 are intended to supplement and not to supersede the existing laws relating to the vacation of city and town plats and do not apply to land divided pursuant to NRS 278.010 to 278.630 , inclusive.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.4079 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.4079
“Residential property” defined
Status: in_force

“ Residential property ” means a parcel of land, including all structures thereon, that is an owner-occupied single-family residence.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.544 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.544
Limitation on city's obligation
Status: in_force

In making such agreements or provisions, a city shall not obligate itself, except with respect to the project and the application of the revenues therefrom and bond proceeds therefor.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 266.316 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 266 / Section 266.316
Acquisition, maintenance and abolishment of cemeteries
Status: in_force

The city council may, by any lawful means, acquire, control, maintain, enlarge or abolish cemeteries.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.0951 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.0951
Multijurisdictional business license for certain contractors: Interlocal agreement; ordinance establishing system for issuance; eligibility
Status: in_force

1. The governing body of each incorporated city whose population is 150,000 or more and which is located in a county whose population is 700,000 or more, whether organized under general law or special charter, shall enter into an agreement in accordance with the provisions of NRS 277.080 to 277.180 , inclusive, with the board of county commissioners of the county in which the city is located, with the governing body of every other city located within the county whose population is 150,000 or more and with the governing body of each city located within the county whose population is less than 150,000 who chooses to enter into such an agreement for the establishment of a business license to authorize a person who is licensed as a contractor pursuant to chapter 624 of NRS to engage in the business of contracting within the county and each of those cities.

2. The agreement required pursuant to subsection 1 must set forth the purposes, powers, rights, obligations and responsibilities, financial and otherwise, of the county and each city that enters into the agreement.

3. Upon entering into the agreement required pursuant to subsection 1, the governing body of the city shall establish by ordinance a system for issuing such a business license that authorizes a person who is licensed as a contractor pursuant to chapter 624 of NRS to engage in the business of contracting within the county and cities that entered into the agreement pursuant to subsection 1 and in which the person intends to conduct business.

4. An ordinance adopted pursuant to the provisions of subsection 3 must include, without limitation: (a) The requirements for obtaining the business license; (b) The fees for the issuance and renewal of the business license; and (c) Any other requirements necessary to establish the system for issuing the business license.

5. A person who is licensed as a contractor pursuant to chapter 624 of NRS is eligible to obtain from the city a business license that authorizes the person to engage in the business of contracting within the county and each city located in the county which enters into an agreement pursuant to subsection 1 and in which the person intends to conduct business if the person meets the requirements set forth in the ordinance to qualify for the license and: (a) The person maintains only one place of business within the county and the place of business is located within the jurisdiction of the city; (b) The person maintains more than one place of business within the county and each of those places of business is located within the jurisdiction of the city; or (c) The person does not maintain any place of business within the county.

6. A person who obtains a business license described in this section is subject to all other licensing and permitting requirements of the State and any other counties and cities in which the person does business.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.0881 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.0881
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in NRS 268.0881 to 268.0888 , inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 268.0882 to 268.0886 , inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.817 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.817
Authorized uses of pedestrian mall; control and regulation of mall by governing body
Status: in_force

1. A pedestrian mall may be used for any purpose that will enhance the movement, safety, convenience, enjoyment, entertainment, recreation or relaxation of pedestrians, and other purposes necessary or appropriate to carry out the provisions of NRS 268.810 to 268.823 , inclusive, including, without limitation, seating, merchandising, exhibiting, advertising and any other use, activity or special event which in the judgment of the governing body or operating entity will accomplish any of those purposes.

2. The governing body may control or regulate or authorize the control or regulation of: (a) The distribution and location of movable furniture, sculpture, devices to control pedestrian traffic, landscaping and other facilities that are incidental to the pedestrian mall; (b) The uses to be permitted or restricted on the pedestrian mall by occupants of abutting property, any transit or telephone utility, concessionaires, vendors, newspaper vending machines and others to serve the convenience and enjoyment of pedestrians and the location of such uses; (c) The raising of revenue through the imposition of a fee for the use of all or a portion of the pedestrian mall for special events or activities to offset the cost of operating and maintaining the pedestrian mall; (d) The use of the pedestrian mall for advertising purposes and the charging of a fee in connection therewith; (e) The operation of any lighting, heating or other facilities in the pedestrian mall; (f) The replacement of any landscaping and maintenance of the furniture and facilities in the pedestrian mall; (g) The access to the pedestrian mall by the public and closure of the pedestrian mall to the public for purposes of special events or activities for limited periods of time; (h) The use of the pedestrian mall for parades and other similar activities; and (i) Other activities, actions or conduct to promote the best interests of the public and carry out the provisions of NRS 268.810 to 268.823 , inclusive.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 266.310 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 266 / Section 266.310
Fire department; arson investigators; storage of hazardous material; fire code
Status: in_force

The city council may:

1. Organize, regulate and maintain a fire department.

2. Prescribe the duties of the fire chief.

3. Designate arson investigators as peace officers.

4. Regulate or prohibit the storage of any explosive, combustible or inflammable material in or transported through the city, and prescribe the distance from any residential or commercial area where it may be kept. Any ordinance adopted pursuant to this subsection 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 .

5. Establish, by ordinance, a fire code and other regulations necessary to carry out the purposes of this section.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.150 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.150
Office
Status: in_force

The city council shall assign to the commission an office or headquarters in the city hall, if possible, in which to hold its meetings, transact its business, and keep its records.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.402 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.402
Use of criminal history in evaluating employment applications; exceptions
Status: in_force

1. Unless, pursuant to a specific provision of state or federal law, a person is disqualified from employment in a particular position because of the particular criminal history of the person, the criminal history of an applicant for employment by an incorporated city may be considered only after the earlier of: (a) The final interview conducted in person; or (b) The incorporated city has extended to the applicant a conditional offer of employment.

2. The governing body of an incorporated city or a city officer may, before selecting an applicant as a finalist for a position or extending to an applicant a conditional offer of employment, notify the applicant of any provision of state or federal law that disqualifies a person with a particular criminal history from employment in a particular position.

3. Unless, pursuant to a specific provision of state or federal law, a person is disqualified from employment in a particular position because of the particular criminal history of the person, the governing body or a city officer may decline to make an offer of employment or rescind a conditional offer of employment extended to an otherwise qualified applicant who has criminal charges pending against him or her that were filed within the previous 6 months or has been convicted of a criminal offense only after considering: (a) Whether any criminal offense charged against the applicant or committed by the applicant directly relates to the responsibilities of the position for which the applicant has applied; (b) The nature and severity of each criminal offense charged against the applicant or committed by the applicant; (c) The age of the applicant at the time of the commission of each criminal offense; (d) The period between the commission of each criminal offense and the date of the application for employment; and (e) Any information or documentation demonstrating the applicant's rehabilitation.

4. The governing body of an incorporated city or a city officer shall not consider any of the following criminal records in connection with an application for employment: (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, an arrest of the applicant which did not result in a conviction; (b) A record of conviction which was dismissed, expunged or sealed; or (c) An infraction or misdemeanor for which a sentence of imprisonment in a county jail was not imposed.

5. If the criminal history of an applicant is used as a basis for rejecting an applicant or rescinding a conditional offer of employment, such rejection or rescission of a conditional offer of employment must: (a) Be made in writing; (b) Include a statement indicating that the criminal history of the applicant was the basis for the rejection or rescission of the offer; and (c) Provide an opportunity for the applicant to discuss the basis for the rejection or rescission of the offer with the director of the department of human resources of the incorporated city or a person designated by the director.

6. An application for employment must include a statement that: (a) A record of conviction will not necessarily bar the applicant from employment; and (b) The governing body of an incorporated city or a city officer will consider factors such as: (1) The length of time that has passed since the offense; (2) The age of the applicant at the time of the offense; (3) The severity and nature of the offense; (4) The relationship of the offense to the position for which the applicant has applied; and (5) Evidence of the rehabilitation of the applicant.

7. This section does not apply to any applicant for employment: (a) As a peace officer or firefighter; or (b) In any position that entails physical access to a computer or other equipment used for access to the Nevada Criminal Justice Information System or the National Crime Information Center.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.0886 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.0886
“Unit” defined
Status: in_force

“ Unit ” means a structure or the part of a structure that is occupied as, or designed or intended for occupancy as, a residence or sleeping place by one person who maintains a household or by two or more persons who maintain a common household.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 266.017 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 266 / Section 266.017
Area suitable for incorporation
Status: in_force

The area to be included in a city proposed to be incorporated pursuant to NRS 266.016 to 266.0445 , inclusive, must:

1. Be currently used or suitable for residential, commercial, industrial or governmental purposes.

2. Be contiguous and urban in character, and include all contiguous area used for residential purposes.

3. In a county whose population is 100,000 or more, have an average population density which is: (a) Not less than four persons per acre if the proposed city is within 7 miles of the county seat; or (b) At least equal to the density of any city that is within 7 miles of the proposed boundaries, if the proposed city is not within 7 miles of the county seat. If the area proposed to be included in the city is more than 7 miles away from the county seat and more than 7 miles away from any existing city, there is no requirement concerning density of population.

4. Not include any portion of a parcel of privately owned real property that has not been subdivided and is 100 acres or more in area without the written consent of the owner.

5. Not include any area within the boundaries of an existing incorporated city.

6. If the area of a city proposed to be incorporated is located in a county whose population is 100,000 or more and includes the area of any unincorporated town, include the entire area of the unincorporated town.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 269.011 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 269 / Section 269.011
Applicability of NRS 269.016 to 269.022, inclusive, and 269.024 to 269.0248, inclusive
Status: in_force

The provisions of NRS 269.016 to 269.022 , inclusive, and 269.024 to 269.0248 , inclusive, apply to each unincorporated town in a county having a population of less than 100,000 which has not elected to accept the provisions of the Unincorporated Town Government Law.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 269.260 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 269 / Section 269.260
Ex officio fire wardens: Appointment; duties
Status: in_force

1. The police officers appointed under the provisions of NRS 269.240 are ex officio fire wardens of the unincorporated towns for which they are acting as police officers.

2. The fire wardens shall: (a) In the daytime, examine all houses, buildings or superstructures within the town where they are acting as fire wardens and police officers, and ascertain from personal examination the condition of all the chimneys, stovepipes, stoves, flues, ranges, grates, furnaces or other articles, or anything used in the houses, buildings or superstructures in which to hold fire or to conduct the smoke from any fire. (b) When any of the articles or fixtures mentioned in paragraph (a) are found to be so defective in make or material, or so situated as to endanger any of the property of the town, or the property of any of the inhabitants thereof, to loss from fire by or on account of any of the defects, notify in writing the owner or occupant of the house, building or superstructure where such defective chimney, flue, stovepipe or other article is situated to repair it, so as to prevent danger from fire to the property in the town. (c) Direct the manner in which the repairs required by the provisions of paragraph (b) must be made. (d) Under the direction of the chief engineer of the fire department, where there is one, and where there is no chief engineer of a fire department in a town, then under the direction of the town board or board of county commissioners, examine streets, alleys, outlots and the surrounding of houses and buildings in the town where they are acting as fire wardens, and direct the removal, by the owner of the premises, of any inflammable matter or material found thereon. (e) Generally, perform such duties as directed by the town board or board of county commissioners or the chief of the fire department in the town, to protect fully the property of the town from loss by conflagration.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.684 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.684
“Electric project” defined
Status: in_force

“Electric project” means facilities pertaining to a municipal electric heat, light and power system for the generation, transportation and distribution of electrical energy, including without limitation ponds, lakes, dams, spillways, reservoirs, towers, generators, pumping plants, power plants, pumping stations, gauging stations, conduits, transmission lines, engines, boilers, pumps, meters, poles, resistors, transformers, apparatus, tools, equipment, fixtures, structures, buildings and other electric energy generation, transmission and distribution facilities (or any combination thereof).
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.682 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.682
“Drainage project” and “flood control project” defined
Status: in_force

“ Drainage project ” or “ flood control project ,” or any phrase of similar import, means any natural and artificial water facilities 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, bucket machines, inlet and outlet cleaners, backhoes, draglines, graders, other equipment, apparatus, fixtures, structures and buildings, flood warning service and appurtenant telephone, telegraph, radio and television apparatus and other water diversion, drainage and flood control facilities, or any combination thereof. The term includes a flood management project.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.0972 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.0972
Paging services: Regulation required in certain cities
Status: in_force

1. The governing body of each city in a county whose population is 700,000 or more shall enact an ordinance requiring a person other than a public utility who: (a) Purchases paging services from a public utility; and (b) Resells those paging services to another person for use primarily in the incorporated area of the city, to maintain such records of the names and addresses of the persons to whom the paging services are resold as the governing body deems necessary.

2. The ordinance must include: (a) The information that must be included in the records required to be maintained; and (b) The length of time that the records must be maintained.

3. As used in this section, “ public utility ” means: (a) A public utility as defined in NRS 704.020 ; and (b) A provider of a “commercial mobile service” as defined in 47 U.S.C. § 332 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.686 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.686
“Equipment” and “equip” defined
Status: in_force

“Equipment” or “equip” means the furnishing of all necessary, desirable, useful, related or appurtenant furniture, fixtures and other facilities (or any combination thereof) pertaining to any project, or any interest therein herein authorized, and includes the acquisition of passenger cars, pickups, other trucks and other motor vehicles for use by the municipality in connection with municipal facilities or division of government to which such project pertains, as the governing body of the municipality may determine.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 267.480 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 267 / Section 267.480
“Municipal” defined
Status: in_force

“Municipal” means pertaining to a municipality as defined in NRS 267.485 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.018 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.018
Power to establish misdemeanors by ordinance
Status: in_force

Except when specifically prohibited by law, an incorporated city by ordinance may establish as a city misdemeanor offense any offense which is a misdemeanor pursuant to the laws of the State of Nevada.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.662 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.662
Determination of number and identity of owners of real property; sufficiency of petitions and protests
Status: in_force

1. Whenever it is necessary for the purposes of NRS 268.610 to 268.671 , inclusive, to determine the number or identity of the owners of real property in a territory proposed to be annexed, a list of such owners, certified by the county assessor on any date between the initiation as provided in NRS 268.636 and the hearing as provided in NRS 268.658 , both dates inclusive, shall be prima facie evidence that only those persons named thereon are such owners.

2. A petition or protest is sufficient for the purposes of NRS 268.610 to 268.671 , inclusive, as to any parcel of real property: (a) Which is owned by more than one natural person, if it is signed by a majority of the owners. (b) Which is owned by an artificial person, if it is signed by any authorized agent.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 269.245 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 269 / Section 269.245
Prevention of breach of the peace
Status: in_force

Any officer having the direction of the police in a town shall order a force sufficient to keep the peace to attend any public meeting, when the officer is satisfied that a breach of the peace is to be apprehended.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 269.575 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 269 / Section 269.575
Town services
Status: in_force

1. Town services, any one of which or any combination of which may be supplied to the residents of a particular unincorporated town include, but need not be limited to: (a) Cemetery; (b) Dump stations and sites; (c) Fire protection; (d) Flood control and drainage; (e) Garbage collection; (f) Police; (g) Parks; (h) Recreation; (i) Sewage collection; (j) Streets; (k) Street lights; (l) Swimming pools; (m) Television translator; (n) Water distribution; and (o) Acquisition, maintenance and improvement of town property.

2. Each unincorporated town is limited to that service or those services whose supply provided the basis for the formation of the town, as adjusted from time to time pursuant to NRS 269.570 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 266.410 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 266 / Section 266.410
Officers of cities of population categories one and two to hold only one office; exception
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4 of NRS 266.405 for the clerk and treasurer, in cities of population categories one and two, a mayor, council member, clerk, auditor, attorney or treasurer shall not hold any other office under the city government during his or her term of office.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 269.095 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 269 / Section 269.095
Taxes, fines and forfeitures paid to county treasurer; general fund and debt service fund
Status: in_force

1. All taxes, fines, forfeitures or other moneys collected or received by any officer or person, under or by virtue of any of the provisions of this chapter, shall be paid by the officer or person collecting or receiving the same to the county treasurer of the county in which the taxes or moneys were collected or received.

2. The county treasurer shall: (a) Set the same apart as a fund to be used solely for the benefit of the town or city in which they were collected or received. (b) Enter the same upon the county treasurer’s books to the credit of the town or city. (c) Divide the fund into two equal portions, one to be designated as the general fund and the other as a debt service fund. (d) Not pay any money out of the general fund except upon warrants drawn upon the county treasurer by the county auditor of the county. (e) Not pay any money out of the debt service fund except in the manner specified in this chapter.

3. When all claims payable from the debt service fund shall have been satisfied, then the fund shall cease and any money therein remaining shall be transferred to the general fund.

4. If at any time after creating a debt service fund there shall be more money in the general fund than is necessary to meet current or anticipated expenses, the board of county commissioners shall direct the county treasurer to transfer such surplus to the debt service fund, and the same shall thereafter be used as other moneys belonging to that fund.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 266.0285 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 266 / Section 266.0285
Factors for consideration in determining advisability of incorporation and feasibility of proposed city
Status: in_force

1. To determine the advisability of incorporation and the feasibility of the proposed city, the board of county commissioners shall consider the following factors with regard to the area proposed to be incorporated: (a) Its population and, if the area is located in a county whose population is 100,000 or more, the density of population; (b) The land area, land uses, topography, natural boundaries and drainage basin; (c) The extent to which the area is devoted to agriculture, mineral production or other uses that may not require significant improvements to the property; (d) The extent of commercial and industrial development; (e) The extent and age of residential development; (f) The comparative size and assessed value of subdivided land and unsubdivided land; (g) Current and potential issues concerning transportation; (h) Past expansion of population and construction; (i) The likelihood of significant growth in the area and in adjacent incorporated and unincorporated areas during the next 10 years; (j) The present cost, method and adequacy of regulatory controls and governmental service, including, but not limited to, water and sewer service, fire rating and protection, police protection, improvement and maintenance of streets, administrative services and recreational facilities in the area and the future need for such services and controls; (k) The present and projected revenues for the county and the proposed city; (l) The probable effect of incorporation on revenues and services in the county and local governments in adjacent areas; (m) The probable effect of the proposed incorporation and of any alternatives to incorporation on the social, economic and governmental structure of the affected county and adjacent areas; (n) The probable effect of the proposed incorporation and of any alternatives to incorporation on the availability and requirement of water and other natural resources; and (o) Any determination by a governmental agency that the area is suitable for residential, commercial or industrial development, or that the area will be opened to private acquisition.

2. If the area proposed to be incorporated is within 5 miles of an existing city, in addition to the factors listed in subsection 1, the board of county commissioners shall consider: (a) The size and population of the existing city; (b) Growth in population and commercial and industrial development in the existing city during the past 10 years; (c) Any extension of the boundaries of the existing city during the past 10 years; (d) The probability of growth of the existing city toward the area proposed to be incorporated in the next 10 years, considering natural barriers and other factors that might influence such growth; and (e) The willingness of the existing city to annex the area proposed for incorporation and to provide services to the area.

3. The board of county commissioners shall also consider: (a) The recommendations of any commission, agency, district or member of the public who submits a written report; (b) Testimony from any person who testifies at a hearing; and (c) Existing petitions for annexation of any part of the area.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 267.080 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 267 / Section 267.080
Canvass and declaration of result of election; when charter becomes organic law of city
Status: in_force

The officers conducting the election shall make returns thereof within the time and in the manner provided by the state election laws. The vote thereof shall be canvassed and the result declared as provided by such laws. If upon the canvass it shall be found that a majority of the votes so cast at the election were cast in favor of the ratification of the charter, the charter shall become the organic law of the city and shall supersede any existing charter, and all amendments thereto and all special laws inconsistent therewith, when authenticated, recorded and attested as provided in NRS 267.010 to 267.140 , inclusive.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.734 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.734
Additional powers of governing body
Status: in_force

Subject to the provisions of NRS 268.732 , in connection with any project herein authorized the governing body of any municipality may, on the behalf and in the name of the municipality, borrow money, otherwise become obligated and evidence obligations by the issuance of general obligation bonds and other general obligation securities, and in connection with the undertaking or project, the governing body may otherwise proceed as provided in the Local Government Securities Law.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.4292 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.4292
License required
Status: in_force

Every person who permits, maintains, promotes, conducts, advertises, operates, undertakes, organizes, manages, sells or gives away tickets to an actual or reasonably anticipated assembly of 1,000 or more individuals shall obtain a license from the city council of each incorporated city in which such assembly is proposed in accordance with the provisions of NRS 268.429 to 268.4298 , inclusive.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.5385 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.5385
Issuance by governing body of city of bonds for project for affordable housing or residential housing for corporation for public benefit: Requirements
Status: in_force

The governing body of a city may approve the issuance of bonds for a project for affordable housing or for any form of residential housing for the purposes of a corporation for public benefit only if:

1. The amount of the bonds to be issued is less than $15,000,000;

2. An independent consultant hired by the governing body has reported favorably on the financial feasibility of the project;

3. The bonds will be sold to not more than 10 investors, each of whom certifies that he or she: (a) Has a net worth of $500,000 or more; and (b) Is purchasing the bonds for investment and not for resale; and

4. The issuance of the bonds is approved by the State Board of Finance, unless the amount of the bonds to be issued is $5,000,000 or less.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 266.346 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 266 / Section 266.346
Establishment of advisory committee to develop plan to enhance telephone system for reporting emergency; creation of special revenue fund; use of money in fund
Status: in_force

If a city council imposes a surcharge pursuant to NRS 266.344 , the city council shall:

1. Establish by ordinance an advisory committee to develop a plan, consistent with the master plan adopted by the city council pursuant to NRS 266.344 , to enhance the telephone system for reporting an emergency in the city and to oversee any money allocated for that purpose. The advisory committee must consist of not less than five members who: (a) Are residents of the city; (b) Possess knowledge concerning telephone systems for reporting emergencies; and (c) Are not elected public officers. At least one member of an advisory committee established pursuant to this section must be a representative of an incumbent local exchange carrier that provides service to persons in that city. As used in this subsection, “ incumbent local exchange carrier ” has the meaning ascribed to it in 47 U.S.C. § 251(h)(1) , as that section existed on October 1, 1999, and includes a local exchange carrier that is treated as an incumbent local exchange carrier pursuant to that section.

2. Create a special revenue fund of the city for the deposit of the money collected pursuant to NRS 266.344 . The money in the fund must be used only to enhance the telephone system for reporting an emergency so that the number and address from which a call received by the system is made may be determined, including only: (a) Paying recurring and nonrecurring charges for telecommunication services necessary for the operation of the enhanced telephone system; (b) Paying costs for the personnel and training associated with the routine maintenance and updating of the database for the enhanced telephone system; (c) Purchasing, leasing or renting the equipment and software necessary to operate the enhanced telephone system; and (d) Paying costs associated with any maintenance, upgrade and replacement of equipment and software necessary for the operation of the enhanced telephone system.

3. If the balance in a fund created pursuant to subsection 2 that has not been committed for expenditure exceeds $500,000 at the end of any fiscal year, reduce the amount of the surcharge imposed during the next fiscal year by the amount necessary to ensure that the unencumbered balance in the fund at the end of the next fiscal year does not exceed $500,000.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.040 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.040
Suit to collect delinquent taxes: Costs not charged against city
Status: in_force

In any suit commenced, or hereafter to be commenced, in any incorporated city of this state for the collection of delinquent taxes, no costs may, in any event, be charged against or collected from the city.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.0966 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.0966
Tax on revenues from rental of transient lodging: Annual report to Department of Taxation
Status: in_force

On or before August 15 of each year, the governing body of each city shall submit a report to the Department of Taxation which states:

1. The rate of all taxes imposed on the revenues from the rental of transient lodging pursuant to NRS 268.095 and 268.096 and any special act in the preceding fiscal year;

2. The total amount of revenue collected from all taxes imposed on the revenues from the rental of transient lodging pursuant to NRS 268.095 and 268.096 and any special act in the preceding fiscal year; and

3. The manner in which the revenue was used in the previous fiscal year.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 269.410 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 269 / Section 269.410
Issuance of general and special obligations
Status: in_force

For any such purpose, the town board or the board of county commissioners, at any time or from time to time, in the name and on the behalf of the town, may issue:

1. General obligations, payable from taxes;

2. General obligations, payable from taxes, which payment is additionally secured by a pledge of gross or net revenues derived from the operation of such capital improvements, and, if so determined by the town board or the board of county commissioners, further secured by a pledge of such other gross or net revenues as may be derived from any other income-producing project of the town or from any license or other excise taxes levied by the town for revenue, as may be legally made available for their payment; and

3. Special obligations.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 269.620 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 269 / Section 269.620
Property
Status: in_force

Any property belonging to an unincorporated town on July 1, 1975, shall continue to be the property of such town as long as it exists as an unincorporated town unless, upon recommendation of the town advisory board, the board of county commissioners provides by ordinance for the disposition of the property.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 266.038 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 266 / Section 266.038
Candidate for elective office of newly created city
Status: in_force

A person who wishes to become a candidate for an elective office of a newly created city must:

1. Reside within the boundaries of the newly created city; and

2. File a declaration of candidacy, as defined in NRS 293.0455 , with the county clerk not less than 30 days and not more than 90 days before the date of the election.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.005 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.005
Corporate powers vested in governing body
Status: in_force

The corporate powers of any incorporated city are vested in the city council or other governing body of such city.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 269.205 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 269 / Section 269.205
Nuisances: Power to prevent, remove and punish
Status: in_force

The town board or board of county commissioners may determine what are nuisances in any unincorporated town, and provide for the punishment, prevention and removal of the nuisances.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 269.0242 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 269 / Section 269.0242
Members; qualifications; election; appointment; terms; duties
Status: in_force

Any ordinance enacted pursuant to NRS 269.024 must include provisions in substance as follows:

1. The citizens' advisory council must consist of not fewer than three nor more than five members.

2. Each member of the advisory council must be a resident and qualified elector in the town.

3. The members of the advisory council must be appointed by the board of county commissioners from a list of a number of qualified persons, equal in number to the number of positions on the advisory council which are to be filled, elected at an informal election. Notice of the election must be posted in accordance with NRS 241.020 . The election must be held in the town in November of the year of the general election.

4. The list of names of the persons elected must be presented to the board of county commissioners at their first meeting in December of the year of the general election. The persons appointed to the advisory council shall serve their respective terms at the pleasure of the board.

5. The members of the advisory council first appointed by the board of county commissioners shall serve until the 1st Monday in January following the next general election, and thereafter the terms of office of the members of the advisory council are for 2 years and begin on the 1st Monday in January following each general election.

6. The advisory council shall assist the board of county commissioners in governing the town by acting as liaison between the residents of the town and the board. The advisory council and the board shall cooperate to inform each other of all matters of interest to the town and its residents. The advisory council shall not expend or contract any town money for any purpose.

7. The members of the advisory council shall serve without compensation.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 266.290 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 266 / Section 266.290
Acquisition or establishment of municipal utility: Procedure
Status: in_force

1. The city council may acquire or establish any public utility in the manner provided in this section.

2. The council shall enact an ordinance which must set forth fully and in detail: (a) The public utility proposed to be acquired or established. (b) The estimated cost thereof, as shown by the report approved by the council and mayor, of an engineer or body theretofore appointed by the council for that purpose. (c) The proposed manner and terms of payment.

3. The ordinance must be published in full at least once a week for 4 successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation published in the city.

4. At the first regular meeting of the council, or any adjournment thereof, after the completion of the publication, the council may proceed to enact an ordinance for that purpose which must conform in all respects to the terms and conditions of the previously published ordinance, unless a petition is presented to it, signed by not less than 15 percent of the qualified electors of the city, as shown by the last preceding registration list, and representing not less than 10 percent of the taxable property of the city as shown by the last preceding tax list or assessment roll, praying for placement on the ballot at a special election or at the next primary or general municipal election or primary or general state election of the question of whether the proposed ordinance is to be passed. Thereupon, no such proposed ordinance may be enacted or become effective for any purpose whatsoever, unless at a special election called and held for the purpose or the next primary or general municipal election or primary or general state election, a majority of the votes cast are for the ordinance.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 270.160 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 270 / Section 270.160
Procedure
Status: in_force

1. Any owner or owners of platted land in an incorporated city may make application in writing to the city council of the city wherein such land is situated for the vacation of the portion of the plat so owned by them, together with such portion of any and all streets, alleys and public ways as adjoin or abut the same.

2. Such application shall particularly describe the portion of the plat, and of the streets, alleys and public ways sought to be vacated, and shall be signed by the applicant or applicants.

3. A copy of such application shall be published at the expense of the applicant or applicants in a newspaper of general circulation published in such city, at least once a week for 3 successive weeks, which publication shall be deemed due and sufficient notice to all persons interested of the nature and purpose of such application.

4. Upon the filing of such application and proof of publication with the city clerk, the city council shall, at its next regular meeting, proceed to hear, consider and dispose of the same, and if the city council be satisfied that neither the public nor any person will be materially injured thereby, it shall order such portion of the plat, streets, alleys and public ways vacated in accordance with such application, a certified copy of which order shall be duly recorded in the office of the recorder of the county wherein such land is situated. Such county recorder shall endorse the information contained in the order on the original plat.

5. Such owner or owners shall cause to be prepared, at their expense, a revised plat plainly showing the approved vacation, and record it with the county recorder of the county in which the property is located after such revised plat has been approved by the city council. Such revised plat shall comply with all requirements of this chapter.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.001 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.001
Legislative findings and declarations
Status: in_force

The Legislature hereby finds and declares that:

1. Historically under Nevada law, the exercise of powers by the governing body of an incorporated city has been governed by a common-law rule on local governmental power known as Dillon's Rule, which is named after former Chief Justice John F. Dillon of the Iowa Supreme Court who in a case from 1868 and in later treatises on the law governing local governments set forth the common-law rule defining and limiting the powers of local governments.

2. In Nevada's jurisprudence, the Nevada Supreme Court has adopted and applied Dillon's Rule to county, city and other local governments.

3. As applied to city government, Dillon's Rule provides that the governing body of an incorporated city possesses and may exercise only the following powers and no others: (a) Those powers granted in express terms by the Nevada Constitution, statute or city charter; (b) Those powers necessarily or fairly implied in or incident to the powers expressly granted; and (c) Those powers essential to the accomplishment of the declared objects and purposes of the city and not merely convenient but indispensable.

4. Dillon's Rule also provides that if there is any fair or reasonable doubt concerning the existence of a power, that doubt is resolved against the governing body of an incorporated city and the power is denied.

5. As a general rule on local governmental power, Dillon's Rule serves an important function in defining the powers of city government and remains a vital component of Nevada law. However, with regard to matters of local concern, a strict interpretation and application of Dillon's Rule unnecessarily restricts the governing body of an incorporated city from taking appropriate actions that are necessary or proper to address matters of local concern for the effective operation of city government and thereby impedes the governing body from responding to and serving the needs of local citizens diligently, decisively and effectively.

6. To provide the governing body of an incorporated city with the appropriate authority to address matters of local concern for the effective operation of city government, the provisions of NRS 268.001 to 268.0035 , inclusive: (a) Expressly grant and delegate to the governing body of an incorporated city all powers necessary or proper to address matters of local concern so that the governing body may adopt city ordinances and implement and carry out city programs and functions for the effective operation of city government; and (b) Modify Dillon's Rule as applied to the governing body of an incorporated city so that if there is any fair or reasonable doubt concerning the existence of a power of the governing body to address a matter of local concern, it must be presumed that the governing body has the power unless the presumption is rebutted by evidence of a contrary intent by the Legislature.

7. The provisions of NRS 268.001 to 268.0035 , inclusive, must not be interpreted to modify Dillon's Rule with regard to: (a) Any local governing body other than the governing body of an incorporated city; or (b) Any powers other than those powers necessary or proper to address matters of local concern for the effective operation of city government.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.081 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.081
Displacement or limitation of competition: Services
Status: in_force

The governing body of an incorporated city may, to provide adequate, economical and efficient services to the inhabitants of the city and to promote the general welfare of those inhabitants, displace or limit competition in any of the following areas:

1. Ambulance service.

2. Taxicabs and other public transportation, unless regulated in that city by an agency of the State.

3. Collection and disposal of garbage and other waste.

4. Operations at an airport, including, but not limited to, the leasing of motor vehicles and the licensing of concession stands, but excluding police protection and fire protection.

5. Water and sewage treatment, unless regulated in that city by an agency of the State.

6. Concessions on, over or under property owned or leased by the city.

7. Operation of landfills.

8. Search and rescue.

9. Inspection required by any city ordinance otherwise authorized by law.

10. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 277A.330 , construction and maintenance of benches and shelters for passengers of public mass transportation.

11. Any other service demanded by the inhabitants of the city which the city itself is otherwise authorized by law to provide.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 270B.010 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 270B / Section 270B.010
Filing requirements
Status: in_force

1. Every municipal corporation organized in another state, that enters this State to do business, shall, before commencing work or doing any business in this State, file in the Office of the Secretary of State: (a) A certified copy of its charter, or of the statute or statutes, or legislative, executive or governmental acts, or other instruments of authority by which it was created; and (b) The information required pursuant to NRS 77.310 .

2. A certified copy of the charter, papers or other instruments and the information required pursuant to NRS 77.310 , certified by the Secretary of State of this State, must also be filed in the office of the county clerk of the county where the principal place of business of the municipality in this State is located.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 265.110 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 265 / Section 265.110
County commissioners may disincorporate city upon petition of majority of resident voters; conditions
Status: in_force

The board of county commissioners of each county shall have the power to disincorporate any city or town which may have been incorporated under the laws of this State or the Territory of Nevada upon the petition of a majority of the legal voters residing within the corporate limits of such city or town; but no corporation shall be dissolved by virtue of NRS 265.110 to 265.180 , inclusive:

1. Unless it shall appear to the satisfaction of the board of county commissioners that notice has been given of the intended application for such dissolution of the corporation, by advertisement in a newspaper published in the city or town praying to be disincorporated, and in case no such newspaper be published in the city or town, then by written notice, posted in 3 of the most public places in such city or town, for at least 30 days prior to such application.

2. Until all the liabilities of such city or town have been paid or secured to the satisfaction of the board of county commissioners.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 266.386 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 266 / Section 266.386
Resolution proposing sale or lease of system; election required
Status: in_force

1. Proceedings to sell or lease a city-owned electric light and power system may be instituted by the adoption of a resolution by the city council proposing to sell or lease the electric light and power system.

2. The resolution adopted pursuant to the provisions of subsection 1 must require that the question of the sale or lease of the electric light and power system be submitted to the voters of the city at a special election or the next primary or general municipal election or primary or general state election.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.650 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.650
Disapproval of annexation: No subsequent notice of intention to annex may be filed within 1 year
Status: in_force

If the annexation of territory to a city is not approved, a notice of intention to annex the same or substantially the same territory to that city must not be filed with the commission for at least 1 year after the date of disapproval.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 266.455 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 266 / Section 266.455
Deputies: Appointment; powers; compensation
Status: in_force

The city officers, except the mayor, council members and municipal judge, may, after being first duly authorized by ordinance of the city council, appoint a deputy or deputies who have the same powers as their principals and whose compensation may be prescribed by the city council. The city council may authorize the appointment of a deputy on condition that no charge be made against the city for the deputy’s services.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 266.605 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 266 / Section 266.605
Levy and collection of taxes
Status: in_force

1. The city council shall annually, at the time prescribed by law for levying taxes for state and county purposes, levy a tax not exceeding 3 percent upon the assessed value of all real estate and personal property within the city made taxable by law, and the tax so levied must be collected at the same time and in the same manner and by the same officers, exercising the same functions, as prescribed and provided in the revenue laws of this State for collection of state and county taxes. The revenue laws of this State shall, in every respect not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter, be deemed applicable to the levying, assessing and collecting of the city taxes. In the matter of the equalization of assessments, the rights of the city and the rights of the inhabitants of the city must be protected in the same manner and to the same extent by the action of the county board of equalization as are the State and county.

2. Whenever or wherever practicable and expedient, all forms and blanks used in levying, assessing and collecting the state and county revenues must, with such alterations or additions as may be necessary, be used in levying, assessing and collecting the revenue of the city.

3. The city council shall enact all such ordinances as it may deem necessary and not inconsistent with this chapter and the laws of this State, for the prompt, convenient and economical collecting of the city revenue.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.580 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.580
General standards of territory to be annexed
Status: in_force

1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 268.581 , the governing body of any city may extend the corporate limits of the city to include any territory which meets the general standards of subsection 2 and every part of which meets the requirements of subsection 3, 4, 5 or 6.

2. The total area proposed to be annexed must meet the following standards: (a) It must be contiguous to the annexing city's boundaries at the time the annexation proceedings are instituted. (b) Not less than one-eighth of the aggregate external boundaries must be contiguous to the boundaries of the annexing city. (c) No part of the territory proposed to be annexed may be included within the boundaries of another incorporated city as those boundaries exist on July 1, 1983. (d) No part of the territory proposed to be annexed may be included within the boundaries of any unincorporated town as those boundaries exist on July 1, 1983, without the prior approval of the governing body of the unincorporated town in which the territory is located.

3. All of the territory proposed to be annexed must be developed for urban purposes. An area developed for urban purposes is defined as any area which meets any one of the following standards: (a) Has a total resident population density of two or more persons per acre of land included within its boundaries; (b) Has a total resident population density of one or more persons per acre of land included within its boundaries, and is subdivided or parceled, through separate ownerships, into lots or parcels such that at least 60 percent of the total acreage consists of lots and parcels 5 acres or less in size and such that at least 60 percent of the total number of lots and parcels are 1 acre or less in size; or (c) Is so developed that at least 60 percent of the total number of lots and parcels in the territory to be annexed, at the time of the annexation, are used for any combination of residential, commercial, industrial, institutional or governmental purposes, and is subdivided or is parceled, through separate ownerships, into lots or parcels such that at least 60 percent of the total acreage, not including the acreage used at the time of annexation for commercial, industrial, institutional or governmental purposes, consists of lots and parcels 5 acres or less in size.

4. In addition to the areas developed for urban purposes, the governing body may include in the territory proposed to be annexed any territory which does not meet the requirements of subsection 3 if the area: (a) Is contiguous to the boundary of the annexing city and lies between the boundary of the annexing city and an area developed for urban purposes, so that the area developed for urban purposes is not adjacent to the boundary of the annexing city or cannot be served by the annexing city without extending services through such sparsely developed territory; and (b) Is contiguous, on at least 60 percent of its aggregate external boundaries, to any combination of the boundary of the annexing city and the boundary of the area or areas developed for urban purposes as defined in subsection 3. The purpose of this subsection is to permit municipal governing bodies to extend corporate limits to include all nearby areas developed for urban purposes where it is necessary to include areas which, at the time of annexation, are not yet developed for urban purposes, but which constitute necessary land connections between the municipality and areas developed for urban purposes or between two or more areas developed for urban purposes.

5. A governing body may also annex any territory that does not meet the requirements of subsection 3 if the territory is bounded on at least 75 percent of its aggregate external boundaries by the existing corporate boundaries of the annexing city.

6. A governing body may also annex any territory that does not meet the requirements of subsection 3 if: (a) The owners of record of not less than 75 percent of the individual lots or parcels of land within the territory sign a petition requesting the governing body to annex the territory to the municipality; or (b) The governing body receives a written statement from a governmental entity indicating that the governmental entity: (1) Owns the territory; and (2) Does not object to the annexation of that territory by the governing body.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.628 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.628
Annexation commission: Members; terms; vacancies; chair; expenses
Status: in_force

1. The first members must be chosen by the respective bodies during the month of May 1967, and serve until the selection and qualification of their successors. Thereafter, members of the commission must be chosen by the respective bodies during the month of January of each odd-numbered year, and serve until the selection and qualification of their successors.

2. Any member who ceases to be a member of the body from which the member was chosen ceases to be a member of the commission. Any vacancy must be filled by the body which made the original choice, for the unexpired term.

3. The chair of the regional planning commission shall serve as chair of the commission. The members of the commission shall elect a vice chair, who presides in the absence of the chair.

4. Commission members shall serve without compensation but must be reimbursed the actual amounts of their reasonable and necessary expenses incurred in attending meetings and in performing the duties of their office.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.900 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.900
Police department to provide copy of crash reports and related materials upon receipt of reasonable fee; exceptions
Status: in_force

A police department or other law enforcement agency of a city shall, within 7 days after receipt of a written request of a person who claims to have sustained damages as a result of a crash, or the person's legal representative or insurer, and upon receipt of a reasonable fee to cover the cost of reproduction, provide the person, legal representative or insurer, as applicable, with a copy of the crash report and all statements by witnesses and photographs in the possession or under the control of the department or agency that concern the crash, unless:

1. The materials are privileged or confidential pursuant to a specific statute; or

2. The crash involved: (a) The death or substantial bodily harm of a person; (b) Failure to stop at the scene of a crash; or (c) The commission of a felony.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 267.050 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 267 / Section 267.050
Canvass of returns of election; issuance of certificates of election
Status: in_force

Within 6 working days after the date of the election, the legislative authority of the incorporated city shall:

1. Meet and canvass the returns of the election.

2. Declare the result thereof.

3. Issue certificates of election to the 15 qualified electors having the highest vote therefor.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.759 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.759
Powers to carry out program: Financing; relocation; other payments
Status: in_force

To carry out a community development program, a city may provide payments for:

1. Loss of rental income by housing owners where the loss results from temporarily holding real property used to relocate individuals and families displaced by the community development program.

2. The nonfederal share required in connection with a federal grant-in-aid program undertaken as part of the community development program.

3. Completion and financial settlement of a project funded under the federal Housing Act of 1949 ( P.L. 81-171 , July 15, 1949). 1

4. Relocation of and assistance to individuals, families, businesses, organizations and farm operations displaced as the result of activities conducted under the community development program, including benefits at least equal to the minimum levels established in regulations adopted by the Director of the Department of Transportation pursuant to NRS 342.105 .

1 42 U.S.C.A. § 1471 et seq.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.680 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.680
“Communications project” defined
Status: in_force

“Communications project” means facilities pertaining to a municipal communications system for the broadcast, translation, transmission and relay of television, radio, telephone or telegraph, including without limitation subsurface, surface and elevated transmission and distribution lines, towers, generators, power plants, stations, conduits, engines, meters, poles, resistors, transformers, cables, apparatus, tools, and other buildings, structures, fixtures, furnishings, equipment and other communications facilities (or any combination thereof).
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 269.155 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 269 / Section 269.155
Enactment; notice; publication; duration of effect
Status: repealed

1. In addition to the powers and jurisdiction conferred by other laws, the town board or board of county commissioners shall: (a) Adopt all ordinances, rules and regulations for any unincorporated town; and (b) Perform all other acts necessary for the execution of the powers and jurisdiction conferred by this chapter.

2. Except as otherwise provided in this section and NRS 269.167 , each ordinance must be: (a) Signed by the chair of the town board and attested to by the town clerk, or signed by the chair of the board of county commissioners and attested to by the county clerk; and (b) Published in full in a newspaper published in or having a general circulation in the county at least once a week for 2 weeks before the ordinance is effective.

3. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, if the town board or board of county commissioners proposes the adoption of an ordinance for an unincorporated town, the town board or the board of county commissioners shall, not less than 10 days nor more than 20 days before the meeting of the board at which the proposed ordinance is to be adopted or otherwise acted upon, cause the title and a detailed summary of the proposed ordinance to be published in a newspaper published in or having a general circulation in the county.

4. Ordinances relating to the issuance of municipal securities, as that term is defined in the Local Government Securities Law, and ordinances adopting any specialized or uniform codes, including, but not limited to, building, electrical and plumbing codes, printed in book or pamphlet form, may be published by title only, together with the names of the members of the town board or the county commissioners voting for or against their passage, in a newspaper published in or having a general circulation in the county, at least once a week for 2 weeks before the ordinances are effective. Publication by title must set forth a statement indicating that typewritten copies of the ordinance are available for inspection at the office of the town clerk or the county clerk by all interested persons.

5. All ordinances of the town or city that: (a) Are in effect on the date of the assumption of the town board or board of county commissioners of the powers and duties conferred or imposed by this chapter; and (b) Are not inconsistent with those powers and duties, remain in effect and must be enforced until changed or repealed by the board.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.050 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.050
Reconveyance, sale or exchange of land donated, dedicated or condemned for public purposes
Status: in_force

1. The governing body of any incorporated city in this State may reconvey all the right, title and interest of the city 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, 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 the person's heirs, assigns or successors, upon such terms as may be prescribed by a resolution of the governing body; or (b) From whom the land was acquired in accordance with chapter 37 of NRS, or purchased under the threat of an eminent domain proceeding, or to the 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 governing body.

2. If the governing body determines that maintenance of the property is unnecessarily burdensome to the city or that reconveyance would be in the best interest of the city and its residents, the governing body may formally adopt a resolution stating that determination. Upon the adoption of the resolution, the presiding officer of the governing body shall issue a written offer of reconveyance to the person from whom the land was received or acquired or the person's successor in interest.

3. If the person from whom the real property was received or acquired, or the person's successor in interest: (a) Accepts the offer of reconveyance within 45 days after the date of the offer, the governing body shall execute a deed or reconveyance. (b) Refuses to accept the offer of reconveyance or states in writing that he or she is unable to accept the reconveyance, the governing body may sell or lease the real property in accordance with the provisions of the chapter.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.097915 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.097915
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in NRS 268.09791 to 268.09799 , inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 268.09792 to 268.09794 , inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 266.0265 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 266 / Section 266.0265
Judicial review of determination that proposed area is unsuitable for incorporation
Status: in_force

A qualified elector or any other person who has an ownership interest in real property within the area proposed to be incorporated, and who is aggrieved by the determination of the Committee on Local Government Finance pursuant to NRS 266.0264 may appeal the determination to the district court within 30 days after the Committee notifies the board of county commissioners of the determination. The district court shall limit its review to the issues contained within the record of the public hearing and in the determination. The district court may allow the record to be supplemented by additional evidence concerning those issues. The determination of the Committee on Local Government Finance may be reversed only upon a showing that the determination is in violation of constitutional or statutory provisions, is arbitrary or capricious or involves an abuse of discretion. If the determination of the Committee on Local Government Finance is reversed, the Committee shall complete its report pursuant to NRS 266.0261 and the procedure for incorporation must be continued as if the Committee on Local Government Finance had not made its determination.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.390 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.390
City treasurer may refuse to redeem warrants
Status: in_force

The several city treasurers of the State shall refuse to redeem any warrants, scrip, orders or other evidences of indebtedness against the city whenever it shall come to their knowledge that such warrants, scrip or other evidences of indebtedness have been purchased, sold, received or transferred in violation of any provision of law.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 267.040 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 267 / Section 267.040
Nomination and election of electors to frame charter
Status: in_force

Nominations of the electors must be made by petition of one-fifth of the qualified voters of the incorporated city. The petition must be filed with the governing body of the city at least 30 days before the day of the election, as provided for in NRS 267.030 . The names of all candidates so filed must be placed upon the official ballots to be voted at the election.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.043 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.043
Collection on tax roll of delinquent charges for utility services
Status: in_force

1. The governing body of a city which provides utility services may elect by ordinance to have delinquent charges for any or all of those utility services collected on the tax roll in the same manner, by the same persons, and at the same time as, together with and not separately from, the county's general taxes. The governing body shall cause a description of each parcel of real property with respect to which the charge is delinquent on May 1 and the amount of the delinquent charge to be prepared and filed with the board of county commissioners no later than June 1. The description of each parcel and the amount of the delinquent charge must be filed in a form approved by the county treasurer.

2. The powers authorized by this section are alternative to all other powers of the city for the collection of such charges.

3. The real property may be described by reference to maps prepared by and on file in the office of the county assessor or by descriptions used by the county assessor.

4. The amount of the charge constitutes a lien against the lot or parcel of land against which the charge has been imposed as of the time when the lien of taxes on the roll attach.

5. The county treasurer shall include the amount of the charges on bills for taxes levied against the respective lots and parcels of land. Thereafter, the amount of the charges must be collected at the same time and in the same manner and by the same persons as, together with and not separately from, the general taxes for the county.

6. All laws applicable to the levy, collection and enforcement of general taxes of the county, including, but not limited to, those pertaining to the matters of delinquency, correction, cancellation, refund, redemption and sale, are applicable to delinquent charges for utility services.

7. The county treasurer may issue separate bills for those charges and separate receipts for collection on account of those charges.

8. The governing body shall pay to the county treasurer, on the date it files the information described in subsection 1, 4 percent of the amount of the delinquent charges for the utility services to be collected on the tax roll or the amount estimated by the county treasurer which is necessary to collect and distribute those delinquent charges, whichever is greater. If the amount paid by the governing body to the county treasurer exceeds the actual amount which is necessary to collect and distribute the delinquent charges, the county treasurer shall refund the excess amount to the governing body within 1 year after the date the governing body files the information described in subsection 1.

9. As used in this section, “ utility services ” means sewerage, storm drainage or water service, or any combination of those services.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 266.430 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 266 / Section 266.430
Nonfeasance, misfeasance or malfeasance; penalty
Status: in_force

In case the mayor or any municipal officer is adjudged guilty of nonfeasance, misfeasance or malfeasance by any court of competent jurisdiction he or she shall be fined in a sum not exceeding $1,000. The court in which such conviction shall be had shall enter an order removing such officer from office; and the officer shall not be eligible to any municipal office thereafter.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 266.007 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 266 / Section 266.007
Special election may be held upon determination by city council that emergency exists
Status: in_force

1. For the purposes of NRS 266.290 and 266.386 , a special election may be held only if the city council determines, by a unanimous vote, that an emergency exists.

2. The determination made by the city council is conclusive unless it is shown that the city council acted with fraud or a gross abuse of discretion. An action to challenge the determination made by the city council must be commenced within 15 days after the city council's determination is final.

3. As used in this section, “emergency” means any unexpected occurrence or combination of occurrences which requires immediate action by the city council to prevent or mitigate a substantial financial loss to the city or to enable the city council to provide an essential service to the residents of the city.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 266.795 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 266 / Section 266.795
Judgment disincorporating city: Duties of clerk of district court; delivery of copies; notice of entry; limitation of actions
Status: in_force

1. Immediately following the entry of the judgment disincorporating a city, the clerk of the district court shall: (a) Transmit certified copies of the judgment to the Secretary of State and to the county recorder of the county wherein the disincorporated city is situated. (b) Cause a notice thereof to be published once a week for 4 consecutive weeks in a newspaper published in the county, but if no newspaper is published therein, then the clerk shall give such notice as the district court may prescribe.

2. The notice must contain: (a) A statement of the fact of disincorporation. (b) A statement of the provisions of subsection 3. (c) Such other statements as the district court may require.

3. All claims against the disincorporated city must be filed with the clerk of the board of county commissioners within 3 months from the date of the entry of the judgment disincorporating the city, and all claims not so filed are forever barred.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.642 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.642
Public hearing: Date; notice
Status: in_force

Following receipt of the copy of the report, if any, of the planning commission and of the notice prescribed by NRS 268.638 , the commission shall set the date, time and place for a public hearing on the proposal. The date of the hearing shall not be more than 60 days following receipt by the commission of such notice. The commission shall notify the governing body of each city within 7 miles of the exterior boundaries of the territory proposed to be annexed, any interested person who has filed a written request with the executive officer of the commission for such notice, and the proponents of the annexation, of the date, time and place of the public hearing at least 15 days prior to the date fixed for the hearing.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 269.234 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 269 / Section 269.234
Prohibition on sounding of certain sirens, bells or alarms; penalty
Status: in_force

1. An unincorporated town in this State may not sound a siren, bell or alarm if a siren, bell or alarm is currently or was previously sounded on specific days or times in association with an ordinance enacted by the town which required persons of a particular race, ethnicity, ancestry, national origin or color to leave the town by a specific time, for a purpose other than: (a) Alerting persons to an emergency; (b) Testing the siren, bell or alarm at reasonably scheduled intervals of not more than once every 6 months; or (c) Celebrating or recognizing a day declared to be a legal holiday pursuant to NRS 236.015 on the day of the legal holiday or the day on which the legal holiday is recognized.

2. Any unincorporated town that sounds a siren, bell or alarm in violation of subsection 1 is subject to a penalty of not more than $50,000 for each violation. The Attorney General may recover the penalty in a civil action brought in the name of the State of Nevada in any court of competent jurisdiction. Such an action must be commenced within 1 year after the violation.

3. An unincorporated town shall not take adverse employment action against an employee who reports a violation of this section to law enforcement.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 269.030 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 269 / Section 269.030
Duties of county clerk
Status: in_force

The county clerk in each of the counties of this state shall:

1. Perform the duties required or authorized to be performed under and by virtue of the provisions of this chapter.

2. Be held liable on an official bond for the faithful performance of such duties.

3. Be ex officio clerk of the board of county commissioners in the execution of the provisions of this chapter.

4. Keep a record of the proceedings of the board of county commissioners thereabout in books not used for other purposes.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.521 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.521
“Obligor” defined
Status: in_force

“Obligor” means the individual, partnership, firm, company, corporation (including a public utility), association, trust, estate, political subdivision, state agency or any other legal entity, or its legal representative, agent or assigns, who agrees to make the payments required by the financing agreement.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 269.270 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 269 / Section 269.270
Failure to remove dangerous or inflammable material: Penalty; expenses of removal
Status: in_force

1. After receiving written notice from the fire warden ordering the removal of any dangerous or inflammable material from the limits of the town, any owner, occupant or agent in control of the premises where the dangerous or inflammable material is situated who has failed to comply or to remove such matter within 48 hours after receipt of such order shall be fined not more than $500.

2. The court shall then issue an order for the removal of the dangerous or inflammable material, and if the owner, occupant or agent in control of the premises fails to remove such material within 24 hours after receipt of the court order, the fire warden shall remove such material at the expense of the person against whom the court order was issued.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.140 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.140
Officers; secretary to keep record of proceedings
Status: in_force

1. The members of the city planning commission shall annually elect a president and vice president from the appointed members and may elect a secretary, who need not be a member of the commission.

2. The secretary shall keep an accurate record of all proceedings.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.822 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.822
Preparation and approval of budget of public operating entity; money paid or transferred to private operating entity must be included in budget of governing body or redevelopment agency
Status: in_force

1. If the operating entity is a public operating entity created by the governing body for the purposes of paragraph (b) of subsection 1 of NRS 268.814 , its budget must be prepared and approved in accordance with chapter 354 of NRS and must be submitted to the governing body for approval.

2. If the operating entity is a private operating entity with which the governing body entered into a contract, all money which will be paid or otherwise transferred to the operating entity by the governing body or a redevelopment agency must be included in the budget of the governing body or redevelopment agency transferring the money which is prepared and approved in accordance with the provisions of chapter 354 of NRS . The governing body may conduct such review of the budget of the private operating entity as the governing body deems appropriate in connection with such a transfer.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 266.036 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 266 / Section 266.036
Election of officers of city; notice
Status: in_force

1. Upon approval of the incorporation by the voters, the board of county commissioners shall designate a date on which an election to elect the officers of the incorporated city will be held. The election must be held not less than 60 days nor more than 120 days after the election conducted pursuant to NRS 266.029 .

2. The county clerk shall publish or cause to be published notice of the election in a newspaper of general circulation in the incorporated city. The notice must be published once each week for 3 consecutive weeks. If no newspaper of general circulation is published in the city, the county clerk shall post the notice in at least five public places in the city.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 267.500 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 267 / Section 267.500
“Water project” defined
Status: in_force

“Water project” means facilities pertaining to a municipal water system for the collection, transportation, treatment, purification and distribution of water, including without limitation springs, wells, ponds, lakes, other raw water sources, basin cribs, dams, spillways, retarding basins, detention basins, reservoirs, towers, other storage facilities, pumping plants, infiltration galleries, filtration plants, purification systems, other water treatment facilities, power plants, waterworks plants, pumping stations, gauging stations, ventilating facilities, stream gauges, rain gauges, valves, standpipes, connections, hydrants, conduits, flumes, sluices, canals, channels, ditches, pipes, lines, laterals, service pipes, force mains, submains, syphons, other water transmission and distribution mains, engines, boilers, pumps, meters, apparatus, tools, equipment, fixtures, structures, buildings and other facilities for the acquisition, transportation, treatment, purification and distribution of untreated water or potable water for domestic, commercial and industrial use and irrigation (or any combination thereof).
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 269.405 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 269 / Section 269.405
Powers of board to make public improvements
Status: in_force

The town board or board of county commissioners shall have the power, in addition to other powers conferred upon such boards by this chapter or otherwise:

1. To lay out, extend, change the grade, open and alter the highways, streets and alleys within the town.

2. To require and provide for the macadamizing, oiling, curbing, graveling, grading and regrading, paving, draining, cleaning and repairing, lighting, surfacing and resurfacing, and widening of any highway, street or alley, or in any way whatsoever to improve the same.

3. To provide for the purchase, construction, improvement, maintenance and preservation of town parks, swimming pools, tennis courts, public buildings, structures and facilities for recreation and entertainment purposes, and the purchase of sites for all such purposes.

4. To provide for construction, repair, maintenance and preservation of sidewalks, crossings, bridges, drains, underground irrigation pipes, water mains, curbs, gutters and storm sewers.

5. To provide for the purchase, construction, repair, maintenance and preservation of sanitary sewage facilities, sanitary sewer systems and water systems, and the purchase of sites therefor.

6. To provide for the maintenance, repair, alteration, improvement, construction and preservation of all town buildings and property not herein mentioned.

7. To make any other public improvement of any nature, including the purchase and construction of such buildings, structures, edifices and facilities as the town board may deem appropriate.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 270B.030 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 270B / Section 270B.030
Issuance of certificate by Secretary of State
Status: in_force

On filing certified copies of charters, papers or other instruments and the certificate of acceptance as required by NRS 270B.010 , and paying the fees required by NRS 270B.020 , the Secretary of State shall issue to any such municipal corporation a certificate certifying that the filings have been made and fees paid, and that the municipal corporation is authorized under the laws of the State of Nevada to do business within this State.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 270B.020 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 270B / Section 270B.020
Payment of minimum fee
Status: in_force

Any such municipal corporation so entering this state for the purpose of constructing works and doing business herein shall pay to the Secretary of State the minimum fee required by law to be paid by foreign corporations authorized to do business within this state.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.747 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.747
Statement of purpose
Status: in_force

It is the purpose of the Nevada Community Development Program Law to provide for municipal participation in the federal program of Community Development Block Grants, under the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 ( P.L. 93-383, 88 Stat. 633 ) as amended, and to vest in Nevada cities all powers necessary or appropriate to enable the cities to participate fully in such federal program and similar programs and to authorize the cities to perform services, activities, planning and other functions related to community development programs.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 269.024 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 269 / Section 269.024
Creation by board of county commissioners
Status: in_force

If the board of county commissioners determines that the best interest of an unincorporated town of which such board constitutes the governing body would best be served by the appointment of a citizens' advisory council to act in an advisory and liaison capacity with respect to governing the affairs of such town it shall enact an ordinance creating such advisory council, designating its powers and duties and providing the qualifications of the members thereof.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 267.090 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 267 / Section 267.090
Certification of charter
Status: in_force

If upon the canvass it is found that a majority of the votes cast at the election were cast in favor of the ratification of the charter, as provided in NRS 267.080 , the mayor of the city shall thereupon attach to the charter a certificate in substance as follows:

I, ________________, mayor of ________________, do hereby certify that in accordance with the terms and provisions of Section 8 of Article 8 of the Constitution , and the laws of the State of Nevada, an election was held on the __________ day of the month of __________ of the year _____, at which 15 qualified electors were elected to prepare a charter for the city of ______________________; that notice of the election was given in the manner provided by law; that on the __________ day of the month of __________ of the year _____, the election was held, and the votes cast at that election were canvassed by the governing body of the city, and the following persons were declared elected to prepare and propose a charter for the city of _________________.

That thereafter, on the __________ day of the month of __________ of the year____, the board of electors returned a proposed charter for the city of ________________, signed by the following members thereof: _________________.

That thereafter the proposed charter was published once in a newspaper and posted in three of the most public places in the city, to wit: For one publication, the publication in a newspaper on the __________ day of the month of __________ of the year _____, and was posted on the __________ day of the month of __________ of the year ______.

That thereafter, on the __________ day of the month of __________ of the year _____, an election was held at which the proposed charter was submitted to the qualified electors of the city, and the returns of the election were canvassed by the governing body at a meeting held on the __________ day of the month of __________ of the year _____, and the result of the election was found to be as follows: For the proposed charter, ________ votes; against the proposed charter, ________ votes. Majority for the proposed charter, ________ votes.

Whereupon the charter was ratified by a majority of the qualified electors voting at the election.

And I further certify that the foregoing is a full, true and complete copy of the proposed charter voted upon and ratified as aforesaid.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand and affix the corporate seal of the city this __________ day of the month of __________ of the year ______.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.019 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.019
Power to impose civil liability instead of criminal sanction
Status: in_force

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the governing body of an incorporated city may by ordinance provide that the violation of a particular ordinance of such governing body imposes a civil liability to the city in an amount not to exceed $500 instead of a criminal sanction.

2. The governing body of an incorporated city may by ordinance provide that a violation of an ordinance adopted by the governing body pursuant to NRS 268.4122 by the owner of commercial property imposes a civil liability to the city in an amount not to exceed $1,000 instead of a criminal sanction.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 269.623 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 269 / Section 269.623
Alteration of boundaries; merger of towns
Status: in_force

The board of county commissioners in any county to which the Unincorporated Town Government Law applies may adopt ordinances to:

1. Amend the boundaries of any unincorporated town; or

2. Upon request of the respective town boards, merge two or more unincorporated towns.

Such ordinances may be adopted whether or not the unincorporated town was created under the provisions of the Unincorporated Town Government Law.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 269.565 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 269 / Section 269.565
Formation of town when certain services required by law
Status: in_force

1. The boards of county commissioners of the various counties in this State may enact ordinances to provide for and regulate the formation of unincorporated towns if specific unincorporated county areas are directed by federal or state law to administer one or more of the services enumerated in subsection 2.

2. The services to be provided include, but are not limited to, solid waste disposal and compliance with federal water or air quality standards.

3. Any such ordinance must contain a clear designation of the boundaries of the unincorporated town, a listing of services to be provided and the number of members to be on the town advisory board.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 267.460 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 267 / Section 267.460
“Drainage project” defined
Status: in_force

“Drainage project” means any natural and artificial water facilities 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, bucket machines, inlet and outlet cleaners, backhoes, draglines, graders, other equipment, apparatus, fixtures, structures and buildings, flood-warning service and appurtenant telephone, telegraph, radio and television apparatus, and other water diversion, drainage and flood-control facilities (or any combination thereof).
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 266.348 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 266 / Section 266.348
Recovering cost of collection
Status: in_force

A telephone company that collects the surcharge imposed pursuant to NRS 266.344 is entitled to retain an amount of the surcharge collected which is equal to the cost of collecting the surcharge.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 269.182 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 269 / Section 269.182
Pawnbrokers: Licensing; additional license required if motor vehicles accepted as collateral; fee
Status: in_force

1. If the town board or board of county commissioners requires a license to engage in business as a pawnbroker in an unincorporated town, it shall also require an additional license if the pawnbroker accepts motor vehicles as pledged property or in any other manner allows the use of a motor vehicle as collateral for a loan. A license authorizing a pawnbroker to accept motor vehicles as pledged property must not be issued to a person who does not have a license to engage in business as a pawnbroker.

2. The board shall charge and collect an additional fee of not more than $500 for each license authorizing a pawnbroker to accept motor vehicles as pledged property, and shall issue the license upon payment of the prescribed fee.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.4112 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.4112
Tax to finance water facility by city in county whose population is 700,000 or more: Imposition by ordinance; contents of ordinance; rates; penalties for delinquent payment; collection; review of necessity
Status: repealed

1. In a county whose population is 700,000 or more, the governing body of a city that owns a municipal water system may, if requested by a water authority, impose an excise tax on the use of water in an amount sufficient to ensure the payment, wholly or in part, of obligations incurred by the water authority to acquire, establish, construct, improve or equip, or any combination thereof, a water facility. The tax must be imposed by ordinance on customers of the municipal water system that are capable of using or benefiting from the water facility financed, wholly or in part, with the proceeds of the tax.

2. An excise tax imposed pursuant to subsection 1 must be levied at different rates for different classes of customers and must take into account differences in the amount of water used or estimated to be used and the size of the connection.

3. The ordinance imposing the tax must provide: (a) The rate or rates of the tax, which must not exceed one-quarter of 1 percent of the monthly water bill of customers of all residential classes and 5 percent of the monthly water bill of customers of all commercial classes and any other class; (b) The procedure for collection of the tax; (c) The duration of the tax; and (d) The rate of interest that will be charged on late payments.

4. Late payments of the tax must bear interest at a rate not exceeding 1 percent per month, or fraction thereof. The tax due is a perpetual lien against the property served by the water on whose use the tax is imposed until the tax and any interest that may accrue thereon are paid. Collection of the tax may be enforced in any manner authorized by law for the collection of unpaid water bills. In addition to all other methods available to enforce payment of the tax, the city, by ordinance, may provide that it will be collected in the same manner as delinquent charges are collected pursuant to NRS 268.043 for utility services charges.

5. Subject to the provisions of this subsection, the governing body of the city may reduce the amount of the tax imposed pursuant to this section as the obligations of the city and the water authority allow. No ordinance imposing a tax which is enacted pursuant to this section may be repealed or amended or otherwise directly or indirectly modified in such a manner as to impair any outstanding bonds or other obligations which are payable from or secured by a pledge of a tax enacted pursuant to this section until those bonds or other obligations have been discharged in full.

6. The governing body of the city shall review the necessity for the continued imposition of the tax authorized pursuant to this section at least once every 10 years.

7. As used in this section: (a) “Utility services” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 268.043 . (b) “ Water authority ” means a water authority organized as a public agency or entity created by cooperative agreement pursuant to chapter 277 of NRS whose members at the time of formation include the three largest retail water purveyors in the county and which is responsible for the acquisition, treatment and delivery of water and water resources on a wholesale basis to utilities, governmental agencies and entities and other large customers. (c) “ Water facility ” means a facility pertaining to a water system for the collection, transportation, treatment, purification and distribution of water, including, without limitation, springs, wells, ponds, lakes, water rights, other raw water sources, basin cribs, dams, spillways, retarding basins, detention basins, reservoirs, towers and other storage facilities, pumping plants, infiltration galleries, filtration plants, purification systems, other water treatment facilities, waterworks plants, pumping stations, gauging stations, ventilating facilities, stream gauges, rain gauges, valves, standpipes, connections, hydrants, conduits, flumes, sluices, canals, channels, ditches, pipes, lines, laterals, service pipes, force mains, submains, siphons, other water transmission and distribution mains, engines, boilers, pumps, meters, apparatus, tools, equipment, fixtures, structures, buildings and other facilities for the acquisition, transportation, treatment, purification and distribution of untreated water or potable water for domestic, commercial and industrial use and irrigation, or any combination thereof.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 266.585 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 266 / Section 266.585
Reports and payments by municipal judge
Status: in_force

The municipal judge shall render monthly, or as often as the city council may require, an exact and detailed statement in writing, under oath, of the business done and of all fines collected, as well as fines imposed but uncollected, since the municipal judge’s last report, and shall at the same time render and pay into the city treasury all fines collected and money received on behalf of the city since the last report.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 267.475 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 267 / Section 267.475
“Improvement” and “improve” defined
Status: in_force

“Improvement” or “improve” means the extension, widening, lengthening, betterment, alteration, reconstruction or other major improvement (or any combination thereof) of any properties pertaining to a project or an interest therein, but does not mean renovation, reconditioning, patching, general maintenance or other minor repair.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.794 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.794
Second public hearing: Notice; action by city council
Status: in_force

1. The city council shall hold a second public hearing before the first reading of the ordinance drafted pursuant to NRS 268.793 . At least 20 days before the public hearing, the council shall: (a) Mail notice of the hearing to each owner of real property within the area; and (b) Publish notice of the hearing in a newspaper of general circulation in the city, describing the purpose of the proposed district, the boundaries as provided in the ordinance and the date, time and place of the public hearing.

2. At the public hearing, any resident or owner of property within the area may present, orally or in writing, the reasons why he or she believes that: (a) Any specified territory should be excluded from the district or, if the proposed district does not include the entire area, any specified territory within the area should be included within the district; or (b) The proposed level of service should be changed in any specified respect.

3. After consideration of any objections made at the public hearing and of any other information reasonably known to it, the council shall make any appropriate changes in the proposed ordinance and may adopt it.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 266.530 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 266 / Section 266.530
Appointment; duties
Status: in_force

1. Each city which is not participating in a metropolitan police department must have a chief of police. The mayor shall appoint the chief of police, subject to confirmation by the city council.

2. The chief of police shall perform such duties as may be designated by ordinance.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 269.225 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 269 / Section 269.225
Dogs: Tax; extermination when tax not paid
Status: in_force

The boards of county commissioners may levy and collect an annual tax on all dogs owned or kept within the limits of any unincorporated town in their respective counties, and provide for the extermination of all dogs for which the tax has not been paid.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.705 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.705
“Propane gas project” defined
Status: in_force

“ Propane gas project ” means facilities pertaining to a municipal propane gas system for the generation, transmission, storage and distribution of propane gas, including, without limitation, towers, generators, pumping plants, power plants, pumping stations, gauging stations, conduits, transmission lines, engines, boilers, pumps, meters, pipes, resistors, transformers, storage facilities, equipment, fixtures, and any other structures, buildings and facilities for the generation, transmission, storage and distribution of propane gas, or any combination thereof.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.426 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.426
Patrol and provision of public safety within certain areas of mobile home parks by law enforcement agency
Status: in_force

1. Members of the law enforcement agency of an incorporated city, or if the incorporated city is within the jurisdiction of a metropolitan police department, the members of the metropolitan police department, may patrol and provide for the public safety: (a) Within the common areas of a mobile home park that is located within the incorporated city and into or upon which the public is admitted by easement, license or otherwise; and (b) With the permission of the manager of such a mobile home park, within other areas of the mobile home park.

2. As used in this section: (a) “ Manager ” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 118B.0145 ; and (b) “ Mobile home park ” has the meaning ascribed to “ manufactured home park ” in NRS 118B.017 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 269.071 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 269 / Section 269.071
Member of town board or county commissioner not to become contractor under certain contracts; penalties
Status: in_force

1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 281.230 , 281A.430 and 332.800 , it is unlawful for any member of a town board or board of county commissioners acting for any town to become a contractor under any contract or order for supplies or any other kind of contract authorized by or for the board of which he or she is a member, or to be interested, directly or indirectly, as principal in any kind of contract so authorized.

2. Any person who violates this section is guilty of a gross misdemeanor and shall forfeit his or her office.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.514 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.514
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in NRS 268.512 to 268.568 , inclusive, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context, the words and terms defined in NRS 268.515 to 268.523 , inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 267.530 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 267 / Section 267.530
Liberal construction
Status: in_force

NRS 267.450 to 267.525 , inclusive, being necessary to secure the public health, safety, convenience and welfare, they shall be liberally construed to effect their purposes.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 270B.060 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 270B / Section 270B.060
Service of process
Status: in_force

Service of process on a foreign municipal corporation owning property or doing business in this state shall be made in the manner provided in NRS 14.020 and 14.030 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 266.250 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 266 / Section 266.250
Meetings to be public; minutes; audio recordings or transcripts; required recorded votes; affirmative vote of majority of all members required to pass ordinances and certain propositions
Status: in_force

1. The deliberations, sessions and proceedings of the city council must be public.

2. The city council shall keep written minutes and audio recordings or transcripts of its own proceedings as required pursuant to NRS 241.035 . The yeas and nays must be taken upon the passage of all ordinances, and all propositions to create any liability against the city, or to grant, deny, increase, decrease, abolish or revoke licenses, and in all other cases at the request of any member of the city council or of the mayor, which yeas and nays must be entered in the minutes of its proceedings. 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 affirmative vote of a majority of all the members elected to the city council is necessary to pass any such ordinance or proposition.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 269.172 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 269 / Section 269.172
Suspension of license, certificate or permit for failure to pay child support or comply with certain subpoenas or warrants; reinstatement of license, certificate or permit
Status: in_force

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1. If a town board or board of county commissioners receives a copy of a court order issued pursuant to NRS 425.540 that provides for the suspension of all professional, occupational and recreational licenses, certificates and permits issued to a person who is the holder of a license, certificate or permit to practice a profession or occupation pursuant to NRS 269.170 , the town board or board of county commissioners shall deem the license, certificate or permit issued to that person to be suspended at the end of the 30th day after the date on which the court order was issued unless the town board or board of county commissioners receives a letter issued to the holder of the license, certificate or permit by the district attorney or other public agency pursuant to NRS 425.550 stating that the holder of the license, certificate or permit has complied with the subpoena or warrant or has satisfied the arrearage pursuant to NRS 425.560 .

2. A town board or board of county commissioners shall reinstate a license, certificate or permit to practice a profession or occupation issued pursuant to NRS 269.170 that has been suspended by a district court pursuant to NRS 425.540 if the town board or board of county commissioners receives a letter issued by the district attorney or other public agency pursuant to NRS 425.550 to the person whose license, certificate or permit was suspended stating that the person whose license, certificate or permit was suspended has complied with the subpoena or warrant or has satisfied the arrearage pursuant to NRS 425.560 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 266.520 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 266 / Section 266.520
Treasurer's report: Contents
Status: in_force

The treasurer shall report to the city council at such times as may be prescribed by ordinance, giving a full and detailed account of all receipts and expenditures since the treasurer’s last report, and of the state of the treasury. The treasurer shall also keep a register of all warrants redeemed and paid during the year, and describing such warrants, their date, amount, number, the fund from which paid, and the person to whom paid, specifying also the time of payment. All such warrants shall be examined by the city council at the time of receiving such report.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.070 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.070
Public printing to be placed with newspaper or commercial establishment within county; exceptions
Status: in_force

1. Except as otherwise provided in this section and NRS 344.050 , all public printing required by the various cities of this State must be placed with a bona fide newspaper or bona fide commercial printing establishment within the county in which the city is located. If there is no bona fide newspaper or bona fide commercial printing establishment within the county adequately equipped to do the printing, the printing must be placed with a bona fide newspaper or bona fide commercial printing establishment in the State adequately equipped to do the printing.

2. Except as otherwise authorized in subsection 4, printing required by cities of this State must be done within the State.

3. The provisions of this section are contingent upon satisfactory services being rendered by all such printing establishments and reasonable charges therefor. As used in this subsection, “ reasonable charges ” means a charge not in excess of the amount necessary to be paid for similar work in other printing establishments.

4. The provisions of this section do not prohibit the printing of city bonds and other evidences of indebtedness outside the State.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.003 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.003
“Matter of local concern” defined
Status: in_force

1. “ Matter of local concern ” means any matter that: (a) Primarily affects or impacts areas located in the incorporated city, or persons who reside, work, visit or are otherwise present in areas located in the city, and does not have a significant effect or impact on areas located in other cities or counties; (b) Is not within the exclusive jurisdiction of another governmental entity; and (c) Does not concern: (1) A state interest that requires statewide uniformity of regulation; (2) The regulation of business activities that are subject to substantial regulation by a federal or state agency; or (3) Any other federal or state interest that is committed by the Constitution, statutes or regulations of the United States or this State to federal or state regulation that preempts local regulation.

2. The term includes, without limitation, any of the following matters of local concern: (a) Public health, safety and welfare in the city. (b) Planning, zoning, development and redevelopment in the city. (c) Nuisances and graffiti in the city. (d) Outdoor assemblies in the city. (e) Contracts and purchasing by city government. (f) Operation, management and control of city jails and prisoners by city government. (g) Any public property, buildings, lands, utilities and other public works owned, leased, operated, managed or controlled by city government, including, without limitation: (1) Roads, highways and bridges. (2) Parks, recreational centers, cultural centers, libraries and museums.

3. The provisions of subsection 2: (a) Are intended to be illustrative; (b) Are not intended to be exhaustive or exclusive; and (c) Must not be interpreted as either limiting or expanding the meaning of the term “ matter of local concern ” as provided in subsection 1.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.664 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.664
Proceedings for detachment of territory from city
Status: in_force

1. The governing body shall have power by ordinance or other appropriate legal action taken to diminish, reduce and contract the established limits or boundaries of the city and to detach and sever from the city any area or territory within such limits, in the following manner: (a) The governing body, of its own motion or upon petition in writing signed by a majority of the property owners within the area proposed or sought to be detached, shall cause to be prepared and filed with its clerk an accurate map or plat, made and certified by a competent surveyor, showing the area proposed or sought to be detached and the boundaries contemplated to be diminished or contracted. (b) Two copies of such plat, with a brief statement in duplicate of the reasons for the proposed action, shall then be filed with the commission, which shall review the proposal and act upon it in the manner provided by NRS 268.638 to 268.652 , inclusive. (c) The governing body shall then cause to be published in a newspaper in the city for not less than 1 week a notice of its intention to consider and act upon the matter of the proposed change in the boundaries, briefly describing such change and referring to the map on file, and fixing a time when the governing body will meet and consider objections or protests against the proposed change. (d) At the time fixed, unless there is presented and filed written objections or protests against such change, signed by a majority of the property owners within the area proposed or sought to be detached, the governing body may take favorable action upon the matter, and may by ordinance or other appropriate legal action taken declare the area under consideration severed and detached from the city, and the boundaries diminished or contracted as proposed. (e) A copy of the map mentioned in paragraph (a), certified by the surveyor and by the clerk, with a certified copy of the ordinance or action as passed, approved and published, shall be at once filed with the county recorder of the proper county and upon such filing the change in boundaries shall be deemed complete and the area detached.

2. Where any territory is detached from a city as provided in this section, provision shall be made for such proportion of any outstanding general obligations of such city as the assessed valuation of property in the territory bears to the total assessed valuation of property in such city and for such proportion of any obligations secured by the pledge of revenues from a public improvement as the revenue arising within the territory bears to the total revenue from such improvement as follows: (a) If the territory is annexed to another city, such proportionate obligation shall be assumed according to its terms by the annexing city. (b) If the territory is not so annexed, taxes shall be levied by the board of county commissioners upon all taxable property in the district, sufficient to discharge such proportionate general obligation according to its terms. (c) In lieu of either method provided in paragraphs (a) and (b), where substantially all of the physical improvements for which the obligation was incurred are within the territory remaining, and with the consent of the governing body of the city from which such territory is detached and of the holders of such obligations, the entire obligation may be assumed by such city and the detached territory released therefrom.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.780 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.780
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in NRS 268.780 to 268.785 , inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires:

1. “Area” means a redevelopment area or an urban renewal area, as the case may be, within which the creation of a district is proposed.

2. “Council” means the city council.

3. “District” means an assessment district created to defray the cost of additional police protection within the district.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 269.018 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 269 / Section 269.018
Members of town board: Terms of office; vacancies
Status: in_force

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the term of office of a member of the town board is 4 years and begins on the first Monday in January following the general election at which the member is chosen.

2. The initial members of the board elected at a general election shall, at the first meeting of the board after their election and qualification, draw lots to determine which members serve terms of 2 years and which serve terms of 4 years. The drawing must result in, as nearly as possible, the election of half of the members of the board at each subsequent election.

3. A vacancy in the position of a member of a town board must be filled pursuant to the provisions of NRS 245.170 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.690 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.690
“Flood control project” defined
Status: in_force

“Flood control project” means a “drainage project” as herein defined.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.5171 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.5171
“Financing agreement” defined
Status: in_force

“Financing agreement” means an agreement pursuant to which the city agrees to issue bonds pursuant to NRS 268.512 to 268.568 , inclusive, to finance one or more projects and pursuant to which the obligor agrees to:

1. Make payments (directly or through notes, debentures, bonds or other secured or unsecured debt obligations of the obligor executed and delivered by the obligor to the city or the city's designee or assignee, including a trustee, pursuant to such financing agreement) sufficient to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the bonds;

2. Pay other amounts required by NRS 268.512 to 268.568 , inclusive; and

3. Comply with all other applicable provisions of NRS 268.512 to 268.568 , inclusive.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.097994 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.097994
Unlawful acts; penalties; exceptions
Status: in_force

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, a person shall not sell food, beverages or merchandise upon a public sidewalk or pedestrian path from a conveyance, including, without limitation, a pushcart, stand, display, pedal-driven cart, wagon, showcase or rack, within 1,500 feet of: (a) A resort hotel, as defined in NRS 463.01865 ; (b) An event facility that has seating capacity for at least 20,000 people and is constructed to accommodate a major or minor league sports team; (c) A convention facility operated by a county fair and recreation board; or (d) A median of a highway, if the median is adjacent to a parking lot.

2. For any violation of subsection 1, a city council or other governing body of an incorporated city may impose a criminal, civil or administrative penalty in accordance with an ordinance adopted by the city council or other governing body of an incorporated city pursuant to NRS 268.097993 . The maximum criminal penalty that may be specified in an ordinance adopted pursuant to NRS 268.097993 is a misdemeanor. A violation of subsection 1 or such an ordinance does not constitute a crime of moral turpitude.

3. Nothing in this section authorizes a person to sell merchandise 1,500 feet or more from: (a) A resort hotel, as defined in NRS 463.01865 ; (b) An event facility that has seating capacity for at least 20,000 people and is constructed to accommodate a major or minor league sports team; (c) A convention facility operated by a county fair and recreation board; or (d) A median of a highway that is adjacent to a parking lot.

4. A person may sell food, beverages or merchandise within 1,500 feet of a location described in subsection 1 if the conveyance from which the person is selling food, beverages or merchandise is located in an area which is zoned exclusively for residential use, unless the area is on a public sidewalk or pedestrian path that is immediately adjacent to a location described in subsection 1.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.160 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.160
Regulations
Status: in_force

The city planning commission may adopt bylaws and rules and regulations for its government and in connection with its duties, not inconsistent with the provisions of NRS 268.110 to 268.220 , inclusive, or of any ordinance creating the commission.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.099 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.099
City's powers subordinate to powers of regional planning agency
Status: in_force

In any region of this State for which there has been established by interstate compact a regional planning agency, the powers conferred by this chapter which relate to planning, subdivision regulation and zoning are subordinate to the powers of such regional planning agency.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 269.560 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 269 / Section 269.560
Voters’ approval; adoption of ordinance
Status: in_force

If a majority of the registered voters residing within the boundaries of the proposed unincorporated town and voting on the question in the primary or general election as provided in subsection 2 of NRS 269.550 or in NRS 269.555 approve the question, the board shall by ordinance proceed with the formation of the unincorporated town. The ordinance must contain a clear designation of the boundaries, a listing of the services to be provided and the number of members to be on the town advisory board.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.538 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.538
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 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 governing body 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. § 268.490 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.490
Records; confidentiality
Status: in_force

The municipality shall cause to be kept proper records of all license taxes which become due or which are collected, or both, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, records of delinquent taxes, interest thereon and penalties therefrom, which records, except as otherwise provided in NRS 239.0115 , shall be deemed confidential and shall not be revealed in whole or in part to anyone except in the necessary administration of NRS 268.460 to 268.510 , inclusive, or as otherwise provided by law.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.586 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.586
Contents and publication of notice of public hearing; right of owner to appear and file written protest
Status: in_force

1. The notice of public hearing must: (a) Fix the date, hour and place of the public hearing. (b) Describe accurately the territory proposed to be annexed. (c) State that the report required in NRS 268.578 will be available at the office of the city clerk of the annexing city at least 20 days before the date of the public hearing. (d) Contain a list of the names and addresses of all record owners of real property within the territory proposed to be annexed. (e) Contain a statement to the effect that unless a majority of the property owners in the territory proposed to be annexed protest the annexation, either orally at the public hearing or in writing within 15 days after the conclusion of the public hearing, the governing body may adopt an ordinance extending the corporate limits of the annexing city to include all, or any part, of the territory described in the notice.

2. Any record owner of real property within the territory proposed to be annexed may: (a) Appear and be heard at the public hearing; (b) File with the city clerk of the annexing city a written protest to the annexation at any time within 15 days after the conclusion of the public hearing; or (c) Do both.

3. The notice must be given by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the territory proposed to be annexed, or, if there is none, in a newspaper of general circulation published in the county. If no such newspapers are published, a copy of the notice must be posted at the front door of the city hall or the county courthouse and in at least two conspicuous places in the territory proposed to be annexed for not less than 20 days before the public hearing. The first publication of the notice must be at least 20 days before the date set for the public hearing, and three publications in a newspaper published at least once a week are sufficient, but the first and last publication must be at least 6 days apart. The period of notice commences upon the first day of publication and terminates either upon the day of the third publication or at the end of the 20th day, including therein the first day, whichever period is longer. At the time of the first publication, the city clerk of the annexing city shall send a copy of the notice by certified mail, return receipt requested, to each record owner of real property within the territory proposed to be annexed.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.097935 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.097935
“Residential unit” defined
Status: in_force

“ Residential unit ” means a single-family residence or an individual residential unit within a larger building, including, without limitation, a condominium, townhouse, duplex or other multifamily dwelling. The term does not include a timeshare or other property subject to the provisions of chapter 119A of NRS .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.624 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.624
“Value” defined
Status: in_force

“Value” means the assessed valuation for purposes of taxation, as established by the most recent tax roll which has been extended by the county auditor.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 269.0205 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 269 / Section 269.0205
Single candidate declared elected
Status: in_force

If at 5 p.m. on the last day for filing a notice of intention of candidacy for the position of member of a town board, there is only one candidate who has filed a notice of intention for the position, that candidate must be declared elected and no election may be held for that position.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.6255 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.6255
Requirements for land proposed for annexation by certified program of annexation
Status: in_force

1. The land proposed for annexation by a certified program of annexation must be contiguous to the annexing city unless: (a) The proposal is a voluntary annexation; (b) The timing of the proposal is consistent with the certified program of annexation; and (c) The services and facilities required for the development of the land proposed for annexation will be provided upon annexation.

2. The annexation of the land must not have the effect of: (a) Creating an island of 40 acres or less; or (b) Dividing an individual lot or parcel of land so that only a portion of the lot or parcel is proposed for annexation.