Nev. Rev. Stat. § 269.084 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 269 / Section 269.084
Limitations on consideration of wage or salary history of applicant for employment by town
Status: in_force

1. The town board, board of county commissioners or any other person acting on behalf of an unincorporated town shall not, orally or in writing, personally or through an agent: (a) Seek the wage or salary history of an applicant for employment by the unincorporated town; (b) Rely on the wage or salary history of an applicant to determine: (1) Whether to offer employment to an applicant; or (2) The rate of pay for the applicant; or (c) Refuse to interview, hire, promote or employ an applicant, or discriminate or retaliate against an applicant if the applicant does not provide wage or salary history.

2. A town board, board of county commissioners or any other person acting on behalf of an unincorporated town shall provide: (a) To an applicant for employment by an unincorporated town who has completed an interview for a position the wage or salary range or rate for the position; and (b) The wage or salary range or rate for a promotion or transfer to a new position if an employee of an unincorporated town has: (1) Applied for the promotion or transfer; (2) Completed an interview for the promotion or transfer or been offered the promotion or transfer; and (3) Requested the wage or salary range or rate for the promotion or transfer.

3. Nothing in this section prohibits the town board, board of county commissioners or any other person acting on behalf of the unincorporated town from asking an applicant for employment by the unincorporated town about his or her wage or salary expectation for the position for which the applicant is applying.

4. As used in this section, “ wage or salary history ” means the wages or salary paid to an applicant for employment by the current or former employer of the applicant. The term includes, without limitation, any compensation and benefits received by the applicant from his or her current or former employer.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.4133 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.4133
Ordinance regulating battery-charged fences: Requirements; prohibitions
Status: in_force

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, a city council or other governing body of an incorporated city shall enact ordinances regulating battery-charged fences.

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

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

4. As used in this section: (a) “ Alarm system ” means a device or system that transmits an audible, visual or electronic signal intended to summon or alert law enforcement. The term does not include a system which does not transmit a signal from outside of a building or residence and is intended to alert only occupants of a building or residence. (b) “ Battery-charged fence ” means a fence that interfaces with an alarm system in a manner that enables the fence to cause the connected alarm system to transmit a signal intended to summon law enforcement in response to an intrusion and has an energizer that is driven by a battery.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.564 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.564
Eminent domain not available
Status: in_force

No land acquired by a city by the exercise of condemnation through eminent domain can be used for the project to effectuate the purposes of NRS 268.512 to 268.568 , inclusive.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 266.555 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 266 / Section 266.555
Jurisdiction
Status: in_force

1. The municipal court has jurisdiction to hear, try and determine all cases, whether civil or criminal, for the breach or violation of any city ordinance or any provision of this chapter of a police or municipal nature, and shall hear, try and determine cases in accordance with the provisions of those ordinances or of this chapter.

2. The municipal court has jurisdiction of offenses committed within the city, which violate the peace and good order of the city or which invade any of the police powers of the city, or endanger the health of the inhabitants thereof, such as breaches of the peace, drunkenness, intoxication, fighting, quarreling, dogfights, cockfights, routs, riots, affrays, violent injury to property, malicious mischief, vagrancy, indecent conduct, lewd or lascivious cohabitation or behavior, and all disorderly, offensive or opprobrious conduct, and of all offenses under ordinances of the city.

3. The municipal court has jurisdiction of: (a) Any action for the collection of taxes or assessments levied for city purposes, when the principal sum thereof does not exceed $2,500. (b) Actions to foreclose liens in the name of the city for the nonpayment of those taxes or assessments when the principal sum claimed does not exceed $2,500. (c) Actions for the breach of any bond given by any officer or person to or for the use or benefit of the city, and of any action for damages to which the city is a party, and upon all forfeited recognizances given to or for the use or benefit of the city, and upon all appeal bonds given on appeals from the municipal court, when the principal sum claimed does not exceed $2,500. (d) Actions for the recovery of personal property belonging to the city, when the value thereof does not exceed $2,500. (e) Actions by the city for the collection of any damages, debts or other obligations when the amount claimed, exclusive of costs or attorneys' fees, or both if allowed, does not exceed $2,500.

4. Nothing contained in subsection 3 gives the municipal court jurisdiction to determine any such cause when it appears from the pleadings that the validity of any tax, assessment or levy, or title to real property is necessarily an issue in the cause, in which case the court shall certify the cause to the district court in like manner and with the same effect as provided by law for certification of causes by justice courts.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.0962 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.0962
Tax on revenues from rental of transient lodging: Distribution of proceeds, penalty and interest
Status: in_force

The proceeds of the tax imposed pursuant to NRS 268.096 and any applicable penalty or interest must be distributed as follows:

1. In a county whose population is 700,000 or more: (a) Three-eighths of the first 1 percent of the proceeds must be paid to the Department of Taxation for deposit with the State Treasurer for credit to the Fund for the Promotion of Tourism. (b) The remaining proceeds must be transmitted to the county treasurer for deposit in the county school district's fund for capital projects established pursuant to NRS 387.328 , to be held and expended in the same manner as other money deposited in that fund.

2. In a county whose population is less than 700,000: (a) Three-eighths must be paid to the Department of Taxation for deposit with the State Treasurer for credit to the Fund for the Promotion of Tourism. (b) Five-eighths must be deposited with the county fair and recreation board created pursuant to NRS 244A.599 or, if no such board is created, with the city council or other governing body of the incorporated city, to be used to advertise the resources of that county or incorporated city related to tourism, including available accommodations, transportation, entertainment, natural resources and climate, and to promote special events related thereto.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.570 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.570
Applicability
Status: in_force

The provisions of NRS 268.570 to 268.608 , inclusive, apply only to cities located in a county whose population is 700,000 or more.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.644 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.644
Scope of public hearing; regulations
Status: in_force

At the hearing, the commission shall hear only interested persons who have made formal request to appear and be heard, and the report of the commission's staff. The commission and its presiding officer shall have the power to make and enforce such rules and regulations as will provide for orderly and fair conduct of the hearings. The statements of interested persons shall be confined to the criteria listed in NRS 268.646 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 269.235 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 269 / Section 269.235
Police officers: Appointment; bond; salaries; duties
Status: in_force

1. The town board or board of county commissioners may appoint from the residents of an unincorporated town one chief of police and as many other peace officers as may be necessary, not exceeding seven. Two-thirds of the peace officers must be named and appointed by a majority of the board, and one-third by a minority.

2. Each officer shall give a bond, in ordinary form of official bonds, in such amount as may be designated by the town board or board of county commissioners.

3. The chief of police is entitled to receive for his or her services such sum as may be fixed by the town board or board of county commissioners not to exceed $250 per month. Other peace officers are entitled to receive for their services such sum as may be fixed by the town board or board of county commissioners not to exceed $225 each per month.

4. The peace officers are ex officio collectors of all licenses and taxes, other than property taxes, to be collected for the use of the town, and shall exercise such other powers and perform such other duties, including police duties, as may be authorized, directed or required by the town board or board of county commissioners.

5. Each officer shall transmit any money collected pursuant to any law or ordinance to the county treasurer for distribution to the proper fund of the town.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.409 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.409
Loitering and prowling ordinances: Enactment and enforcement by governing body of incorporated city
Status: in_force

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 to enact and enforce loitering and prowling ordinances.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 269.130 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 269 / Section 269.130
Power of board of county commissioners
Status: in_force

The boards of county commissioners may condemn property for the use of the inhabitants of any unincorporated town in their respective counties, in the manner provided in NRS 269.135 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.5227 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.5227
“Supplemental facility for a health and care facility” defined
Status: in_force

“Supplemental facility for a health and care facility” includes a clinic, facility for outpatients, and any other structure or facility directly related to the operation of a health and care facility.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 269.123 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 269 / Section 269.123
Town'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 of an unincorporated town for the location and construction of all public works are subordinate to the powers of such regional planning agency.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.0882 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.0882
“Apartment complex” defined
Status: in_force

“ Apartment complex ” means a building or group of buildings, each building of which is arranged in several units of connecting rooms, with each unit designed for independent housekeeping.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.4075 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.4075
“Graffiti” defined
Status: in_force

1. “ Graffiti ” means any unauthorized inscription, word, figure or design that is marked, etched, scratched, drawn, painted on or affixed to the public or private property, real or personal, of another, including, without limitation, an estray or one or more head of livestock, which defaces such property.

2. The term does not include any item affixed to property which may be removed: (a) By hand without defacing the property; (b) Through the use of a chemical or cleaning solvent commonly used for removing an adhesive substance without defacing the property; or (c) Without the use of a decal remover tool.

3. As used in this section, “ decal remover tool ” means any device using power or heat to remove an adhesive substance.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.4065 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.4065
Temporary limited appointments of certified persons with disabilities
Status: in_force

1. To assist persons with disabilities certified by the Rehabilitation Division of the Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation, the governing body of each city is encouraged and authorized to make temporary limited appointments of certified persons with disabilities for a period not to exceed 700 hours for each appointment notwithstanding that the positions so filled are permanent positions. A person with a disability who is certified by the Rehabilitation Division must be placed on the appropriate list for which the person is eligible.

2. Each such person must possess the training and experience necessary for the position for which the person is certified. The Rehabilitation Division must be notified of the request of the governing body of a city for a list of eligibility on which the names of one or more certified persons with disabilities appear.

3. The governing body of the city shall adopt regulations to carry out the provisions of this section.

4. This section does not prevent a city from employing: (a) A person with a disability if the person is available and eligible for permanent employment. (b) A person with a disability who is employed pursuant to the provisions of this section in permanent employment if the person qualifies for permanent employment before the termination of the person’s temporary limited appointment.

5. If a person appointed pursuant to this section is appointed to a permanent position during or after the 700-hour period, the 700 hours or portion thereof must be included in calculating the employee's probationary period.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 270.150 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 270 / Section 270.150
Additional rights and remedies
Status: in_force

The rights and remedies provided for in NRS 270.010 to 270.150 , inclusive, shall be in addition to those existing under subsisting law in regard to the establishing and vacating of townsites or parts thereof or property devoted to public purposes therein.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 267.123 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 267 / Section 267.123
Public works: 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 of a city organized under NRS 267.010 to 267.140 , inclusive, with respect to the location and construction of all public works are subordinate to the powers of such regional planning agency.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.045 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.045
Capital improvement fund: Accumulation; purpose; repayment from general fund
Status: in_force

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, every incorporated city in this state, whether incorporated under the provisions of chapter 266 or 267 of NRS or under the provisions of a special act, may accumulate a fund for a period of time not to exceed 10 years for the purpose of making future municipal capital improvements, but no special tax may be levied for this purpose. The fund must not exceed the amount of 25 cents per year on each $100 of assessed value of real and personal property in such city.

2. Every incorporated city in this state, whether incorporated under the provisions of chapter 266 or 267 of NRS or under the provisions of a special act, may accumulate any money received from the sale or lease of real and personal property, which property was transferred to the city by the Federal Government or one of its agencies without consideration, for the purpose of making future municipal capital improvements, without regard to the limitations of time and amount contained in subsection 1.

3. All money so accumulated from whatever source must be placed in a fund to be designated as the ________ capital improvement fund.

4. A city may, by payments from the general fund of the city scheduled over a period of years, return to a fund accumulated pursuant to subsection 2 money withdrawn from that fund to finance a specific municipal capital improvement.

5. No money in the capital improvement fund at the end of the fiscal year may revert to the general fund of the city, nor may the money be a surplus.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 267.455 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 267 / Section 267.455
“Acquisition” and “acquire” defined
Status: in_force

“Acquisition” or “acquire” means the opening, laying out, establishment, purchase, construction, securing, installation, reconstruction, lease, gift, grant from the Federal Government, this state, any public body therein, or any person, the endowment, bequest, devise, condemnation, transfer, assignment, option to purchase, other contract, or other acquirement (or any combination thereof) of any properties pertaining to a project, or an interest therein.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.718 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.718
“State” defined
Status: in_force

“State” means the State of Nevada, or any agency, instrumentality or corporation thereof; and where the context so indicates, “State” means the geographical area comprising the State of Nevada.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 269.010 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 269 / Section 269.010
Automatic application to disincorporated cities or towns, and towns formed by board of county commissioners; petition required in certain towns or cities
Status: in_force

1. In the case of any disincorporated town or city, or any town formed by the board of county commissioners, all the provisions of this chapter immediately apply thereto.

2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 1, in a county whose population is less than 700,000 which has not adopted the Unincorporated Town Government Law, none of the powers or jurisdiction in this chapter authorized or required may be exercised in any town or city until there has been filed in the office of the county clerk a written petition for the application of the provisions of this chapter to the town or city, signed by a majority of the actual residents thereof, representing at least three-fifths of its taxable property. When a petition is filed, the genuineness of its signatures and the qualification of its subscribers must be established by the affidavits of reliable taxpayers of the town or city filed with the petition.

3. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 269.016 to 269.022 , inclusive, the boards of county commissioners constitute the governing body of all unincorporated towns within their respective counties.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.425 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.425
Speed limits in school zones and school crossing zones: Posting of informational signs and devices
Status: in_force

The city council or other governing body of each incorporated city, whether incorporated by general or special act, shall cause to be displayed, in each school zone and school crossing zone where the city has posted a speed limit, signs or other devices designating the times during which the speed limit in the zone is to apply.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 269.173 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 269 / Section 269.173
Application for license, certificate or permit must include social security number of applicant
Status: in_force

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

1. An application for the issuance of a license, permit or certificate to practice a profession or occupation pursuant to NRS 269.170 must include the social security number of the applicant.

2. 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 town board or board of county commissioners.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 269.240 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 269 / Section 269.240
Tax for support of police department; police department fund; appointment of police officers; applicability of section
Status: in_force

1. The boards of county commissioners of the various counties of this State may levy and collect a tax of not exceeding one-half of 1 percent upon the assessed value of property within any unincorporated town for the benefit of the police department of the town.

2. The board of county commissioners shall prescribe the boundaries within which the tax is to be collected, but the boundaries must not extend beyond the limits of the town.

3. The tax must be assessed and collected at the same time and by the same officers who assess and collect state and county taxes, and under the same provisions of law, and must be paid over to the county treasurer.

4. The county treasurer shall keep the money in a separate fund to be denominated the police department fund. No money may be paid out of the police department fund, except by order of the town board or board of county commissioners. The town board or board of county commissioners may use the police department fund in paying the expenses of the police department within the boundaries of the town, as prescribed by the county commissioners. Any warrant drawn on the police department fund, when there is not sufficient money in the treasury to pay the whole amount of the warrant, is void.

5. The town board or board of county commissioners of any county shall appoint police officers, not exceeding two in number, in any unincorporated town and fix their compensation. The town board or board of county commissioners may, at any time, remove the police officers and appoint others in their place, whenever the board deems it necessary for the public good. The police officers shall serve within the limits of the unincorporated town. The board of county commissioners may appoint such other special police officers as, in its judgment, the public safety may require, whose compensation must be fixed by the board, and who shall continue to serve only during the pleasure of such board.

6. The provisions of this section have no effect in any town unless a majority of the property holders of the town petitions the board of county commissioners of the county wherein the town is situated, setting forth the following facts: (a) That the petition contains the names of the majority of the property holders of the town. (b) That they request the appointment of such police officers and the levying of a tax of one-half of 1 percent as a compensation therefor, as provided in this section.

7. Upon the presentation of a petition, in compliance with the provisions of subsection 6, the board of county commissioners in which county the town is situated shall levy the tax and the town board or board of county commissioners shall make the appointment of one or more police officers, in accordance with the request of the petition.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.692 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.692
“Hereby,” “herein,” “hereinabove,” “hereinafter,” “hereinbefore,” “hereof,” “hereto” and “hereunder” defined
Status: in_force

“Hereby,” “herein,” “hereinabove,” “hereinafter,” “hereinbefore,” “hereof,” “hereto” and “hereunder” refer to this City Bond Law and not solely to the particular portion thereof in which such word is used.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.792 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.792
Sufficiency of petition; public hearing; determination by city council
Status: in_force

1. The city attorney shall examine any petition filed pursuant to NRS 268.791 . If it appears that the petition is sufficient in form and number of signatures, creation of the district may be consummated, but only if the conditions required by this section, NRS 268.793 and 268.794 are satisfied.

2. The city council must hold a public hearing on the petition. At least 20 days before the public hearing, the city 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 and general location of the proposed district and the date, time and place of the public hearing.

3. 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) The petition does not contain a sufficient number of qualified signatures; or (b) The finding required by subsection 4 cannot reasonably be made with respect to any part of the area.

4. After consideration of any objections made at the hearing and of any other information reasonably known to it, the council must find, as a condition precedent to the creation of the proposed district, that the public interest will benefit by providing maintenance within that part of the area. In making this determination, the council shall consider the differences it finds between the area as a whole and the territory within and adjacent to the proposed district.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 269.600 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 269 / Section 269.600
Bylaws for internal governance
Status: in_force

Each town advisory board shall establish bylaws for town meetings and other matters of internal governance.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.002 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.002
“City government” defined
Status: in_force

“ City government ” means any public body, agency, bureau, board, commission, department, division, office or other unit of city government, or any officer or employee thereof, within the jurisdiction of the governing body of an incorporated city.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 269.420 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 269 / Section 269.420
Fees, rates and charges: Establishment, maintenance and revision of schedules
Status: in_force

In order to insure the payment of the general obligation bonds of the town, the payment of which is additionally secured by a pledge of revenues of such improvements, of any such other income-producing project and of any such excise taxes, as provided in NRS 269.410 , or other such additionally secured general obligation securities of the town, the board may establish and maintain, and from time to time revise, a schedule or schedules of fees, rates and charges for services, facilities and commodities rendered by or through such improvements and any such other income-producing project and a schedule or schedules of any such excise taxes, as the case may be, in an amount sufficient for that purpose and also sufficient to discharge any covenant in the proceedings authorizing the issuance of any of the bonds or other securities, including any covenant for the establishment of reasonable reserve funds.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.516 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.516
“Bonds” and “revenue bonds” defined
Status: in_force

“Bonds” or “revenue bonds” means bonds, notes or other securities evidencing an obligation and issued under NRS 268.512 to 268.568 , inclusive.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.526 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.526
General powers
Status: in_force

In addition to any other powers which it may now have, each city shall have the following powers:

1. To finance or acquire, whether by construction, purchase, gift, devise, lease or sublease, or any one or more of such methods, and to improve and equip one or more projects, or part thereof. Such projects, upon completion of such acquisition, shall be located within, or within 10 miles of, the city.

2. To finance, sell, lease or otherwise dispose of any or all of its projects upon such terms and conditions as the governing body considers advisable.

3. To issue revenue bonds for the purpose of financing or defraying the cost of acquiring, improving and equipping any project as set forth in NRS 268.556 .

4. To secure payment of such bonds as provided in NRS 268.512 to 268.568 , inclusive, including, without limitation, from the proceeds of the surcharge imposed pursuant to NRS 244A.830 .

5. To take such actions as are necessary or useful in order to undertake, carry out, accomplish and otherwise implement the provisions of NRS 268.512 to 268.568 , inclusive, including the adoption of resolutions, which may be introduced and adopted at the same special or regular meeting of the governing body and which shall become effective upon adoption.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 266.3863 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 266 / Section 266.3863
Measure and explanation to be drafted by city attorney
Status: in_force

When proceedings are instituted to sell or lease a city-owned electric light and power system, the city attorney shall draft the measure and an explanation thereof for submission to the registered voters.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 266.105 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 266 / Section 266.105
Power of city council to pass ordinances, resolutions and orders and provide fines or penalties for enforcement of ordinances
Status: in_force

1. The city council may make and pass all ordinances, resolutions and orders, not repugnant to the Constitutions of the United States or of the State of Nevada or to the provisions of this chapter, necessary for the municipal government and the management of the city affairs, for the execution of all powers vested in the city, and for making effective the provisions of this chapter.

2. The city council may provide for fines or penalties to enforce such ordinances, not to exceed those provided for by law for misdemeanors.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 269.129 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 269 / Section 269.129
Displacement or limitation of competition: Methods
Status: in_force

A town board or board of county commissioners may:

1. Provide those services set forth in NRS 269.128 on an exclusive basis or, by ordinance, adopt a regulatory scheme for providing those services or controlling development on an exclusive basis within the boundaries of the town; or

2. Grant an exclusive franchise to any person to provide those services within the boundaries of the town.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.5975 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.5975
Request by county assessor to adjust boundary that bisects single legal parcel; assumption of certain financial obligations relating to such property
Status: in_force

1. A county assessor may request that the governing body of a city realign one or more of the boundary lines between the city and the unincorporated area of the county or between two cities to adjust a boundary that bisects a parcel of land causing the creation of more than one tax parcel from a single legal parcel. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the governing body may, by ordinance or other appropriate legal action, with the consent of the board of county commissioners or the governing body of the other city, respectively, adjust the boundary to exclude the portion of the split parcel from the city.

2. Where any territory is detached from a city as provided in this section, provision must be made for such proportion of any outstanding general obligations of the city as the assessed valuation of property in the territory bears to the total assessed valuation of property in the 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 included in another city, the proportionate obligation must be assumed according to its terms by the annexing city; (b) If the territory is included in the unincorporated area of the county, taxes must be levied by the board of county commissioners upon all taxable property in the district, sufficient to discharge the proportionate share of the debt for the general obligation according to its terms; or (c) Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, where substantially all of the physical improvements for which the obligation was incurred are within the territory remaining in the city, 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 the city from which such territory is detached and the detached territory released therefrom. The consent of the holders of such obligations is not required if the total assessed value of the territory that is detached from the city on or after July 1, 2003, is not in excess of 0.01 percent of the assessed value of the city at the time the territory is detached.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.220 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.220
Receipt of gifts
Status: in_force

The city planning commission may receive gifts, bequests or devises of property to carry out any of the purposes of NRS 268.110 to 268.220 , inclusive, and has control and distribution over those gifts, bequests and devises of property.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.097993 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.097993
Adoption of ordinance regulating sidewalk vendors: Exceptions; prohibitions
Status: in_force

1. A city council or other governing body of an incorporated city may adopt an ordinance regulating sidewalk vendors in accordance with the requirements of NRS 268.097991 to 268.097998 , inclusive.

2. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 268.097991 to 268.097998 , inclusive, a city council or other governing body of an incorporated city shall not: (a) Enact or enforce a complete prohibition on sidewalk vendors. (b) Impose a criminal penalty on the act of sidewalk vending in a residential area.

3. A city council or other governing body of an incorporated city that does not adopt an ordinance that complies or substantially complies with NRS 268.097991 to 268.097998 , inclusive, shall not cite, fine or prosecute a sidewalk vendor for a violation of any rule or regulation that is inconsistent with the provisions of NRS 268.097991 to 268.097998 , inclusive.

4. If a city council or other governing body of an incorporated city adopts an ordinance pursuant to this section, the city council or other governing body shall post on its Internet website a map of the zones where a person may engage in the act of sidewalk vending.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.093 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.093
Farmers' markets: Responsibilities of licensee; unlawful acts
Status: in_force

1. The person licensed by the city council or other governing body of an incorporated city to establish a farmers' market is: (a) Responsible for the collection of any taxes required pursuant to chapters 372, 374 and 377 of NRS. (b) An employer as defined in NRS 616A.230 for the purpose of providing coverage under the Nevada Industrial Insurance Act.

2. A person who sells farm products within the farmers' market is not required to be licensed.

3. It is unlawful for any person to sell, within the farmers' market, any product which is not a farm product.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.0025 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.0025
“Incorporated city” and “city” defined
Status: in_force

“ Incorporated city ” or “ city ” means a city organized pursuant to the provisions of chapter 266 of NRS or incorporated pursuant to a special charter.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 269.250 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 269 / Section 269.250
Fire companies or departments: Appointment of officers and employees; salaries; arson investigators designated as peace officers
Status: in_force

1. The town board or board of county commissioners shall in any unincorporated town in their respective counties: (a) Provide for the prevention and extinguishment of fires. (b) Organize, regulate, establish and disband fire companies or fire departments. (c) Provide for the payment of fire companies or fire departments, and the appointment and payment of officers thereof.

2. All payments authorized under the provisions of subsection 1 must be made from the separate fund of the town where service is performed or required when the fire company or department operates in the town alone, and if used outside of the town the board of county commissioners may provide for contribution from general county funds if provided for in the county budget.

3. A majority of the town board or board of county commissioners shall name and appoint two-thirds of all such officers and employees, and the minority thereof shall name and appoint one-third.

4. The fire chief and the personnel of the fire department are entitled to receive such compensation as the town board or board of county commissioners prescribes.

5. The town board or board of county commissioners may designate arson investigators as peace officers.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.612 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.612
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in NRS 268.610 to 268.671 , inclusive, the words and terms defined in NRS 268.614 to 268.624 , inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 266.039 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 266 / Section 266.039
Articles of incorporation
Status: in_force

1. The mayor of the city shall file three copies of the articles of incorporation of the city with the Secretary of State.

2. The articles of incorporation must be signed and verified by the mayor and include the name of the city, a description of its location and its population category, as described in NRS 266.055 .

3. The Secretary of State shall certify the articles of incorporation upon receipt and send one copy to the county clerk of the county in which the city is located and one copy to the mayor of the city. The Secretary of State shall retain a copy for his or her records and furnish a certified copy to any person who requests a copy upon payment of a reasonable fee as determined by the Secretary of State.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.470 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.470
Retention of reasonable costs of collection
Status: in_force

The city so collecting such a county license tax may retain from time to time the amounts equal to the reasonable costs of so collecting such tax not exceeding for any collection period an amount equal to 10 percent of the gross revenues collected therefrom.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 267.510 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 267 / Section 267.510
Repayment contracts: Powers of municipality
Status: in_force

In the contracts, documents and other instruments designated in NRS 267.505 , the governing body may:

1. Obligate the municipality to repay to the Federal Government the cost of the project undertaken by it for the municipality, including without limitation all incidental costs pertaining thereto, over a term of not exceeding 40 years commencing on any specified date in the calendar year next following the calendar year in which the project is completed or is estimated to be completed in any such contract between the municipality and the Federal Government, or in any other such document or any other such instrument, whichever period is later, and otherwise upon such terms and conditions and with such other provisions as the municipality and the Federal Government may provide, except as otherwise provided in NRS 267.450 to 267.530 , inclusive.

2. Obligate the municipality to pay to the Federal Government interest on the project cost, except to the extent an allowance is made in the project cost for interest during the period of construction or during any other period determined by the municipality and the Federal Government, at a rate or rates which do not exceed by more than 3 percent: (a) For general obligations, the Index of Twenty Bonds; and (b) For other obligations, the Index of Revenue Bonds, which is in effect at the time the agreement is made.

3. Obligate the municipality to operate and maintain the facilities resulting from the project or otherwise pertaining thereto, in such manner, upon such terms and conditions, and otherwise with such other provisions as the municipality and the Federal Government may provide.

4. Pledge the full faith and credit of the municipality for the payment of the money due under such contracts, documents and other instruments.

5. Provide for the payment of such money as general obligations or special obligations of the municipality, or as general obligations of the municipality the payment of which is additionally secured by a pledge of revenues derived from any utility or other income-producing project of the municipality legally available therefor.

6. Otherwise pledge the full faith and credit of the municipality for the performance and observance of all covenants, conditions, limitations, promises and undertakings made or specified to be kept, observed or fulfilled on the part of the municipality in any such contract with the Federal Government.

7. Exercise any combination of powers provided in NRS 267.450 to 267.515 , inclusive.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.515 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.515
“Affordable housing” defined
Status: in_force

“Affordable housing” means multifamily housing for families of low or moderate income that is eligible for tax-exempt financing under section 142 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 , in effect on July 1, 1993, future amendments to that section and the corresponding provisions of future internal revenue laws.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.660 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.660
Denial of annexation; annexation over protest; exclusion of lands owned by public body
Status: in_force

1. Except as provided in subsection 2, the annexation must be denied if protests are made, either in writing as provided in NRS 268.656 or at the public hearing, by: (a) A majority in number of the real property owners of the territory proposed to be annexed; or (b) The owners of real property whose combined value is greater than 50 percent of the total value of real property in the territory proposed to be annexed, as determined by assessment for taxation.

2. Annexation of territory to a city may be approved over any protest if: (a) The territory proposed to be annexed is entirely surrounded by such city and: (1) Does not exceed 40 acres in area; or (2) Is subdivided for residential, commercial or industrial purposes; (b) Provision of municipal services, including without limitation water, sewerage, police protection and fire protection, to the territory proposed to be annexed is necessary to the public health, safety, convenience or welfare; and (c) The city to which annexation is proposed is or within a reasonable time will be able to supply the municipal services so required.

3. In a county that is subject to the provisions of NRS 278.026 to 278.029 , inclusive, if an annexation is denied because of: (a) A protest made pursuant to subsection 1, the regional planning commission shall review the program of annexation and the comprehensive regional plan and shall: (1) Place the territory removed from the program of annexation in a category in the comprehensive regional plan that is not scheduled to receive public facilities or public services for the duration of the annexation program; (2) Place the territory removed from the program of annexation, with the consent of the governing body of the county and the governing body of the affected city, in a category in the comprehensive regional plan that is scheduled to receive public facilities and public services from the county; or (3) Retain the territory within the program of annexation. This subparagraph does not preclude a subsequent proceeding with respect to all or part of that territory if the proceeding is commenced more than 1 year after the public hearing. (b) A failure of the city to put into effect the program of annexation, the regional planning commission may direct that the territory be placed in a category in the comprehensive regional plan that allows the county to provide services to the territory.

4. A public body may exclude its own lands from annexation if they are held for purposes other than highways.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.410 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.410
Regulation and control of smoke and pollution of air
Status: in_force

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, and in addition to any authority 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 authority, by ordinance regularly enacted, to regulate, control and prohibit, as a public nuisance, the excessive emission of dense smoke and air pollution caused by excessive soot, cinders, fly ash, dust, noxious acids, fumes and gases within the corporate limits of the city.

2. If an ordinance adopted pursuant to subsection 1 involves or affects agricultural operations, any plan or program to carry out that ordinance must allow for customarily accepted agricultural practices to occur on agricultural land. A governmental entity which is considering the adoption of such a plan or program shall consult with the State Department of Agriculture or local conservation districts to determine the customarily accepted agricultural practices that may be affected by the proposed plan or program.

3. An existing compliance schedule, variance order or other enforcement action relating to air pollution by fossil fuel-fired steam generating facilities, with a capacity greater than 1,000 megawatts, may not be enforced until July 1, 1977.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 266.3864 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 266 / Section 266.3864
Registration of voters for special election; notice; office hours of county clerk
Status: in_force

1. If the question of the sale or lease of the city-owned electric light and power system is submitted at a city or state primary or general election, no notice of registration of electors is required other than that required by the general election laws for such election. If the question is submitted at a special election, the county clerk shall, at the expense of the city, cause to be published at least once a week for 5 consecutive weeks by five weekly insertions a week apart, the first publication to be not more than 60 days nor less than 45 days next preceding the election, in a newspaper published within the county and having a general circulation in the city, a notice signed by the county clerk to the effect that registration for the special election will be closed on a date designated therein, as provided in this section.

2. Except as provided in this subsection, the office of the county clerk shall be open for such a special election from 9 a.m. to 12 m. and from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Mondays through Fridays, with Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays excepted, for the registration of any qualified elector. During the 5 days preceding the close of registration before such a special election, the office of the county clerk shall be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Monday through Saturday, with Sunday and any legal holidays excepted.

3. The office of the county clerk shall be opened for registration of voters for such special election from and including the 20th day next preceding such election and up to but excluding the 10th day next preceding such election and during regular office hours.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.712 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.712
“Refuse project” defined
Status: in_force

“Refuse project” means facilities for the collection and disposal of garbage, refuse and solid waste, including without limitation sites therefor, incinerators, motor vehicles, other collection and disposal facilities (or any combination thereof), and buildings, structures, fixtures, furnishings and equipment therefor.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.09792 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.09792
“Accommodations facilitator” defined
Status: in_force

“ Accommodations facilitator ” means a person, other than the owner, lessee or other lawful occupant of a residential unit, or a manager of a residential unit, who, for a fee or other charge, brokers, coordinates, makes available or otherwise arranges for the rental of the residential unit or a room within a residential unit for the purpose of transient lodging. The term includes, without limitation, a hosting platform.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 267.515 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 267 / Section 267.515
Cooperation with Federal Government
Status: in_force

Any municipality may cooperate with the Federal Government in connection with any project undertaken by the Federal Government, including, without limitation, in the manner provided in the Federal Reclamation Law approved June 17, 1902 (32 Stat. 388), all acts amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto, and any other act of Congress enacted before, on or after March 28, 1969, authorizing or permitting such cooperation.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 266.019 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 266 / Section 266.019
Petition for incorporation: Contents; form
Status: in_force

1. The petition for incorporation must include the following information concerning the area proposed to be incorporated: (a) A description of the area prepared by a professional land surveyor licensed pursuant to chapter 625 of NRS , which need not be made from a current survey nor contain courses and distances measured from fixed points, but may be based upon assessor's parcel maps, existing boundaries of subdivision or parcel maps, visible ground features, extensions of the visible ground features, or by any boundary that coincides with the official boundary of the state, a county, a city, a township, a section or any combination thereof. (b) The proposed name of the city. (c) The total acreage of the area. (d) The number of persons who reside in the area. (e) The number of owners of record of real property within the area. (f) A statement that the area meets the requirements of NRS 266.017 . (g) A statement of the committee's plans for providing police and fire protection, maintaining the streets, providing water and sewer services, collecting the garbage and providing administrative services in the proposed city, with an estimate of the costs and sources of revenue. (h) A map or plat of the area which is prepared from the description required by paragraph (a) and that shows the existing dedicated streets, sewer interceptors and outfalls and their proposed extensions.

2. The petition must be substantially in the following form: PETITION FOR INCORPORATION To the Board of County Commissioners of ________________ County, Nevada: We, the undersigned qualified electors of the State of Nevada respectfully petition the board of county commissioners to submit a proposal to incorporate as a city certain unincorporated contiguous area located within ________________ County namely, _________________________ (describe area to be incorporated), to the qualified electors who reside within the area to be incorporated, for their approval or disapproval at a special election to be held for that purpose. Each signer of this petition states: 1. I have personally signed this petition as a qualified elector of this state; and 2. I have correctly stated on this petition my residence, mailing address and the date of my signature.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 270.020 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 270 / Section 270.020
Survey may be made; preparation and contents of map
Status: in_force

1. The city council, or other legislative board of any such city, upon its own motion or resolution or upon the petition of any property holder and taxpayer within the city, affected by such loss, destruction, uncertainty, ambiguity, confusion or conflict, may instruct and employ the city surveyor or the county surveyor of the county in which the city is situate, or any other professional land surveyor, to make a complete survey of such city or of such part thereof or addition thereto and to prepare a correct and accurate map or plat of such survey, upon which map or plat all of the blocks, lots, streets, alleys, highways, parks, school property, cemeteries and other properties devoted to public use must be shown.

2. The map or plat must show by course and distance accurate ties with well-known and established section, or quarter section, corner or corners, and with some permanent artificial monument or monuments erected or constructed with definite and exact relation to the center line of the streets of such city or such part thereof or addition thereto and with such marks or monuments of original surveys as may be found and identified, together with an accurate description of each such section, or quarter section, corner, monument or mark.

3. The map must be entitled substantially as follows: “Map of survey of city of ________________(or of ________ addition to city of ________________, as the case may be) under the provisions of chapter 270 of NRS and in accordance with a resolution of the board of supervisors of the city of ________________ (or as the case may be). Passed ________________ (giving date).”

4. The map must bear the sworn certificate of the surveyor making the same and must be made upon vellum, tracing cloth or other material of a permanent nature generally used for such purpose in the engineering profession, and must be drawn to a convenient scale sufficiently large to show clearly all lines and corners of blocks, lots, streets, alleys, highways, parks, school property, cemeteries and other property devoted to public use. Where there is any uncertainty as to the correct position, description or line of any lot, block, street, alley or other piece or parcel of property affected, or wherever there is a conflict or contradiction in point, line, numbering, lettering or other description, by reason of conflicting maps, theretofore filed or recorded, or by reason of mistakes or inaccuracies in any prior map or plat, or otherwise, the same must be clearly shown or indicated. Wherever the line on which fences, buildings or other improvements have been built in accordance with prior maps, plats or surveys, or otherwise, and the same appear to be in conflict with the lines, points or directions, as shown in the map or plat herein provided for, such conflict or conflicts must likewise be clearly shown.

5. The map may be prepared in as many sections and with such changes in scale as may be necessary to show clearly the matters herein required.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 266.022 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 266 / Section 266.022
Petition for incorporation: Invalidation of signatures; number of signatures; filing
Status: in_force

1. The county clerk shall invalidate the signature of any qualified elector if the signature is not signed in ink and dated or if the signature is executed before the notice to incorporate and the petition for incorporation are filed with the county clerk pursuant to NRS 266.018 . The county clerk shall not invalidate a signature because it does not correspond exactly to the signature in the database created by the Secretary of State pursuant to NRS 293.675 if the county clerk is able to determine the identity of the signer from the signature on the petition.

2. A petition for incorporation must contain a number of signatures equal to at least one-third of the qualified electors within the boundaries of the city proposed to be incorporated.

3. The petition containing the required number of signatures must be filed with the county clerk within 90 days after the notice to incorporate is filed pursuant to NRS 266.018 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 269.605 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 269 / Section 269.605
Availability
Status: in_force

Copies of the ordinances of an unincorporated town shall be available from the chair of the town advisory board or from the county clerk.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 266.600 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 266 / Section 266.600
General powers of city council
Status: in_force

The city council may:

1. Control the finances of the corporation.

2. Appropriate money for corporate purposes only, and provide for payment of debts and expenses of the corporation.

3. Levy and collect taxes within the city for general and special purposes on real and personal property, as provided by law.

4. Borrow money on the credit of the city for corporate purposes, in the manner and to the extent allowed by the constitution and the laws, and issue general obligations therefor, but no city may issue or have outstanding at any time bonds in an amount in excess of 30 percent of the total assessed valuation of the taxable property within such city as shown by the last preceding tax list or assessment roll, nor warrants, certificates, scrip or other evidences of indebtedness, excepting the bonded indebtedness, in excess of 20 percent of the assessed valuation. This subsection does not restrict the power of cities as to taxation, assessment, borrowing money, contracting debts or loaning their credit for procuring supplies of water.

5. Secure additionally the payment of any general obligation securities by a pledge of any revenues, other than tax proceeds, legally available therefor.

6. Divide the city into districts for the purpose of local taxation, or create districts for that purpose, as occasion may require.

7. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 576.128 and subsections 4 and 5 of NRS 266.355 , raise revenue by levying and collecting a license fee or tax on any private corporation or business within the limits of the city, and regulate it by ordinance. All such license fees and taxes must be uniform with respect to the class upon which they are imposed.

8. Fix the amount of licenses and the terms and manner of their issuance.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 266.435 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 266 / Section 266.435
Delivery of property to successor; liability
Status: in_force

Every officer of the city shall, within 5 days after notification and request, deliver to his or her successor in office all properties, books and effects of every description in the officer’s possession belonging to the city or appertaining to the office; and upon the officer’s failure, refusal or neglect to do so the officer shall be liable for all damages caused thereby, and to such penalty as may be by ordinance prescribed.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.568 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.568
Sufficiency of NRS 268.512 to 268.568, inclusive
Status: in_force

1. NRS 268.512 to 268.568 , inclusive, without reference to other statutes of the State, constitute full authority for the exercise of powers granted in those sections, including, but not limited to, the authorization and issuance of bonds.

2. No other act or law with regard to the authorization or issuance of bonds that provides for an election, requires an approval, or in any way impedes or restricts the carrying out of the acts authorized in NRS 268.512 to 268.568 , inclusive, to be done, including, without limitation, the charter of any city, applies to any proceedings taken or acts done pursuant to those sections, except for laws to which reference is expressly made in those sections.

3. The provisions of no other law, either general or local, except as provided in NRS 268.512 to 268.568 , inclusive, apply to the doing of the things authorized in NRS 268.512 to 268.568 , inclusive, to be done, and no board, agency, bureau, commission or official not designated in those sections has any authority or jurisdiction over the doing of any of the acts authorized in those sections to be done, except as otherwise provided in those sections.

4. No notice, consent or approval by any public body or officer thereof may be required as a prerequisite to the sale or issuance of any bonds, the making of any contract or lease, or the exercise of any other power under NRS 268.512 to 268.568 , inclusive, except as provided in those sections.

5. A project is not subject to any requirements relating to public buildings, structures, ground works or improvements imposed by the statutes of this state or any other similar requirements which may be lawfully waived by this section, and any requirement of competitive bidding or other restriction imposed on the procedure for award of contracts for such purpose or the lease, sale or other disposition of property of the cities is not applicable to any action taken pursuant to NRS 268.512 to 268.568 , inclusive, except that the provisions of NRS 338.013 to 338.090 , inclusive, apply to any contract for new construction, repair or reconstruction for which tentative approval for financing is granted on or after January 1, 1992, by the city for work to be done in a project. The governing body, the lessee, purchaser or obligor or designee thereof, any contractor who is awarded a contract or enters into an agreement to perform the construction, repair or reconstruction in a project and any subcontractor who performs any portion of the construction, repair or reconstruction in a project shall comply with the provisions of NRS 338.013 to 338.090 , inclusive, in the same manner as if the governing body had undertaken the project or had awarded the contract.

6. Notwithstanding the provisions of NRS 662.245 or any other specific statute to the contrary, any bank or trust company located within or without this state may be appointed and act as a trustee with respect to bonds issued and projects financed pursuant to NRS 268.512 to 268.568 , inclusive, without meeting the qualifications set forth in NRS 662.245 .

7. The powers conferred by NRS 268.512 to 268.568 , inclusive, are in addition and supplemental to, and not in substitution for, and the limitations imposed by those sections do not affect the powers conferred by, any other law.

8. No part of NRS 268.512 to 268.568 , inclusive, repeals or affects any other law or part thereof, except to the extent that those sections are inconsistent with any other law, it being intended that those sections provide a separate method of accomplishing its objectives, and not an exclusive one.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 266.3861 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 266 / Section 266.3861
Appointment of appraisers
Status: in_force

Upon the adoption of a resolution pursuant to NRS 266.386 , the district court of the county shall appoint a qualified firm of licensed engineers to make a true and correct appraisement of the fair market value of the electric light and power system.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.676 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.676
“Building project” defined
Status: in_force

“ Building project ” means any public building or complex of buildings to accommodate or house lawful municipal activities, including, without limitation, courts, records, municipal personnel, administrative offices, welfare facilities, hospital facilities, detention home facilities, jail facilities, facilities for the detention of children or other juvenile home facilities, library facilities, museum facilities, theater facilities, art galleries, picture galleries, auditorium facilities, exposition facilities, athletic facilities, maintenance shops, off-street parking facilities, fire protection and fire-fighting facilities, transportation terminal facilities and fallout shelter facilities (or any combination thereof), and structures, fixtures, furnishings and equipment therefor.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 269.555 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 269 / Section 269.555
Formation of town by action of board; submission of question to voters
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided in NRS 269.563 , 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 the town at the next succeeding primary or general election. As a part of the question there must be included the statement that the affirmative vote carries with it the assent to be taxed for the service indicated in the board's resolution.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.558 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.558
Payment by city prohibited; use of land owned by city limited
Status: in_force

1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a city shall not pay out of its general fund or otherwise contribute any part of the cost of acquiring, improving and equipping a project.

2. A city shall not use land already owned by the city, or in which the city has an equity interest for the construction of a project unless: (a) The land was specifically acquired by the city for the purpose of a project; (b) The governing body determines that the land is no longer necessary for other purposes of the city; or (c) The land is conveyed to a nonprofit organization pursuant to NRS 268.058 .

3. The entire cost of acquiring, improving and equipping any project must be paid out of the proceeds from the sale of the bonds, but this provision does not prevent a city from accepting donations of property to be used as a part of any project or money to be used for defraying any part of the cost of any project, including the completion of the project by the lessee, purchaser or obligor without any cost or liability to the city.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.581 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.581
Annexation of certain territory prohibited; exceptions
Status: in_force

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the governing body of a city shall not annex into the corporate limits of the city territory that: (a) Is conveyed or transferred to the county, or authorized to be conveyed or transferred to the county, pursuant to a federal law that: (1) Is enacted after January 1, 2000; and (2) Conveys or transfers to the county, or authorizes to be conveyed or transferred to the county, at least 5,000 acres for the purpose of: (I) Developing an airport and any related infrastructure; or (II) Addressing noise compatibility issues related to an airport; or (b) Is located not more than 1 mile from any territory described in paragraph (a).

2. The governing body of a city may annex into the corporate limits of the city any territory described in subsection 1 if, in addition to the governing body of the city complying with the procedures for annexation set forth in NRS 268.578 to 268.596 , inclusive, or the alternative procedures set forth in NRS 268.597 , one of the following circumstances apply: (a) The annexation is approved by a resolution of the board of county commissioners of the county; (b) The annexation occurs before May 29, 2023; (c) The annexation occurs before the effective date of the federal law which causes the territory to satisfy the criteria set forth in subsection 1; or (d) The territory is located within the boundaries of an area subject to an interlocal agreement between the governing body of the city and the board of county commissioners for joint land use planning which has a term of not less than 5 years.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.749 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.749
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in NRS 268.745 to 268.761 , inclusive:

1. “Community development program” means a municipal program which: (a) Includes the activities to be undertaken to meet the community development needs and objectives of the city and the estimated costs and general locations of the activities; (b) Identifies the resources, other than those from federal Community Development Block Grants, which are expected to be made available to meet the needs and objectives; and (c) Takes into account appropriate environmental factors.

2. “City” means any incorporated city, including without limitation any such city organized under the provisions of a special legislative act or other special charter as permitted by Sections 1 a nd 8 of Article 8 of the Constitution of the State of Nevada , and any local governmental entity which has been granted municipal powers or which is created by merger or consolidation of city and county government.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.595 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.595
Inclusion of county road, state highway or railroad in annexed territory
Status: in_force

If a city annexes territory which is not included within its existing boundaries, the territory annexed includes the following:

1. If the annexed territory abuts upon one side of a county road, state highway or railroad and the territory which abuts upon the opposite side of the road, highway or railroad is not within the boundaries of the annexing city, the annexed territory extends to the middle of the road, highway or railroad. The governing body of a city may annex the remaining portion of the road, highway or railroad, and that portion of any county road which is then included in the annexed territory becomes a city street.

2. If the annexed territory abuts upon a county road, state highway or railroad on both sides of the road, highway or railroad, or if the annexed territory abuts upon one side of a county road, state highway or railroad and the territory which abuts upon the opposite side of the road, highway or railroad is within the existing boundaries of the annexing city, the annexed territory includes the portion of road, highway or railroad so abutted on both sides, and that portion of any county road which is then included in the annexed territory becomes a city street.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.09795 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.09795
Ordinance regulating rental of residential unit as transient lodging and accommodations facilitators: Requirements; penalties; restrictions on regulations; preexisting authorizations
Status: in_force

1. A city council or other governing body of an incorporated city shall adopt and enforce an ordinance regulating: (a) The rental of a residential unit or a room within a residential unit for the purposes of transient lodging in the incorporated city; and (b) Accommodations facilitators.

2. The ordinance adopted pursuant to subsection 1 must, without limitation: (a) Require the rental to meet the definition of “ transient lodging ” set forth in the ordinance adopted pursuant to NRS 268.0195 by the city council or other governing body of an incorporated city. (b) Set forth the requirements for an application for an authorization issued pursuant to NRS 268.09797 , including, without limitation, designating an agency, officer or department of the incorporated city to administer applications for authorizations. (c) Establish the amount of: (1) The annual fee for an authorization issued pursuant to NRS 268.09797 ; and (2) The minimum liability coverage the holder of an authorization must maintain for the residential unit. (d) Prohibit the rental of a residential unit or a room within a residential unit that is located in an apartment building. (e) Prohibit the rental of a residential unit or a room within a residential unit for less than the minimum period for the residential unit. If the residential unit: (1) Is owner-occupied, the minimum period for the rental is 1 night. (2) Is not owner-occupied, the minimum period for the rental is 2 nights. (f) Establish requirements to ensure a minimum distance: (1) Of 660 feet between any residential units offered for rent for the purposes of transient lodging, except for residential units in a multifamily dwelling, and any other minimum separation requirement the city council or other governing body of the incorporated city, as applicable, determines is necessary; and (2) Of 2,500 feet between any residential units offered for rent for the purposes of transient lodging and a resort hotel, as defined in NRS 463.01865 . (g) Establish the maximum occupancy requirements for a residential unit, which may not exceed more than 16 persons per residential unit. (h) Except as otherwise provided in subsection 5, prohibit the issuance of an authorization pursuant to NRS 268.09797 : (1) If the issuance would result in more than 10 percent of the residential units or rooms within the residential units in a multifamily dwelling being rented for the purposes of transient lodging or if the issuance would violate a prohibition against such rentals or a stricter limitation established by the owner of the multifamily dwelling; or (2) For a residential unit or a room within a residential unit that is located in a common-interest community, unless the governing documents of the community expressly authorize the rental of a residential unit or a room within a residential unit for the purposes of transient lodging. (i) Establish a maximum number of authorizations a person may hold, which may not exceed five authorizations per state business license. (j) Establish a maximum number of authorizations that may be issued for the rental of rooms within a single residential unit. (k) Define “ party ” as a gathering of people that exceeds the maximum occupancy of the residential unit established by the city council or governing body of the incorporated city pursuant to paragraph (g) and prohibit the use of the residential unit for parties, weddings, events or other large gatherings. (l) Establish specific requirements for noise, trash and security for the rental of the residential unit or a room within the residential unit for the purposes of transient lodging. (m) Establish a process for a person to report violations of the requirements established in the ordinance adopted pursuant to subsection 1 or any other issues resulting from the rental of the residential unit or a room within the residential unit for the purposes of transient lodging. (n) Establish a schedule of civil penalties for violations of the ordinance adopted pursuant to subsection 1 by a holder of an authorization or an accommodations facilitator. A civil penalty imposed pursuant to such an ordinance: (1) May not exceed $1,000 for a single violation or the nightly rental value of the residential unit or room within the residential unit, whichever is greater; (2) Is in addition to any other penalty provided by law; and (3) May only be imposed against the holder of the authorization or the accommodations facilitator, as applicable, who has committed the violation.

3. The ordinance adopted pursuant to subsection 1 may, in addition to any other penalty provided by law, establish a schedule of civil penalties or fines to impose on a person who makes available a residential unit or room within a residential unit without holding an authorization issued pursuant to NRS 268.09797 . Any such civil penalty or fine for a single violation must not be less than $1,000 or more than $10,000. If the ordinance includes a schedule of civil penalties of fines pursuant to this subsection, the city council or other governing body of an incorporated city must establish standards for determining the amount of the civil penalty or fine which take into account, without limitation: (a) The severity of the violation; (b) Whether the person who committed the violation acted in good faith; and (c) Any history of previous violations of the provisions of the ordinance or any other ordinance related to transient lodging.

4. The city council or other governing body of an incorporated city shall not enact or enforce a complete prohibition on the rental of a residential unit or a room within a residential unit for the purposes of transient lodging. Any ordinance or regulation which is inconsistent with this subsection is null and void and the city council or other governing body of an incorporated city shall repeal any such ordinance or regulation.

5. The ordinance adopted pursuant to subsection 1 must allow any 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 the incorporated city or its designee before July 1, 2022, to make available for rent a residential unit or a room within a residential unit for the purposes of transient lodging to continue to operate under his or her original authorization despite any provisions of the ordinance which may conflict with the location or type of residential unit, including, without limitation, any requirements adopted by the ordinance for the minimum distance between residential units. The provisions of this subsection apply only to the original holder of a permit, license, registration or other form of authorization and do not transfer to subsequent owners or occupants of a residential unit or room within a residential unit. An authorization issued before July 1, 2022, shall be deemed an authorization issued pursuant to NRS 268.09797 and may be suspended, terminated or revoked on or after July 1, 2022, in accordance with the provisions of the ordinance adopted pursuant to subsection 1.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 270.040 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 270 / Section 270.040
Filing of original map with clerk; posting of copies; notice of time for objections
Status: in_force

1. When the survey has been completed and the map or maps, or plat or plats, prepared as provided in NRS 270.010 to 270.150 , inclusive, the board or council shall cause sufficient prints thereof to be made, whereupon the original map or maps so prepared shall be filed with the clerk of the board or council, who shall endorse the date of filing thereon and shall cause prints thereof to be placed on display in each of 3 public places within the city and shall give public notice thereof by posting in at least 3 public places in the city and by publication in a newspaper printed and published in the county and of general circulation in the city, at least once a week for 4 successive weeks.

2. The notice shall state briefly the filing of the plat or map, the purpose thereof and the places where the same is on display, and shall notify all persons that may be affected thereby to file their written objections or exceptions thereto, if any they have, with the board or council, not more than 60 days from the date of the first publication of the notice and that after the expiration of such period the maps or plats will be filed with the district court for their adoption and approval in accordance with the provisions of NRS 270.010 to 270.150 , inclusive. The posting shall be made within 5 days of the first publication. If no newspaper is printed or published within the county, the publication shall be made in a newspaper printed and published in one of the counties nearest thereto.

3. The due publication of the notice shall be shown by the affidavit of the manager or publisher of the newspaper in which the same is published, and the posting of the notice shall be shown by affidavit of the clerk or of the person posting the notices.

4. The board or council shall also furnish additional blue or blueline prints of the maps or plats at a reasonable cost to any parties desiring such copies.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 269.510 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 269 / Section 269.510
“Board” defined
Status: in_force

“Board” means the board of county commissioners.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.480 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.480
Regulations for administration and enforcement; employment, compensation and expenses of city's personnel
Status: in_force

Each such city or town is hereby charged with the duty of effecting the enforcement of the provisions of NRS 268.460 to 268.510 , inclusive, and is hereby authorized and empowered to prescribe, adopt and enforce rules and regulations relating to the administration and enforcement thereof. The municipality may employ such accountants, auditors, investigators, assistants and clerks as it may deem necessary for the efficient administration of such sections, and may fix their compensation and provide for their necessary expenses.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 266.263 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 266 / Section 266.263
Public works: City's powers subordinate to powers of regional planning agency
Status: in_force

In any region of this state for which there has been created by interstate compact a regional planning agency, the powers of a city incorporated under this chapter for the location and construction of all public works are subordinate to the powers of such regional planning agency.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 266.110 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 266 / Section 266.110
Enactment of ordinance: Subject; title
Status: in_force

1. No ordinance shall be passed except by bill, and when any ordinance is amended, the section or sections thereof shall be reenacted as amended.

2. Every ordinance, except those revising the city ordinances, shall embrace but one subject and matters necessarily connected therewith and pertaining thereto; and the subject shall be clearly indicated in the title, and in all cases where the subject of the ordinance is not so expressed in the title, the ordinance shall be void as to the matter not expressed in the title.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 267.120 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 267 / Section 267.120
General powers of a city with commission form of government
Status: in_force

Any city adopting a charter under the provisions of NRS 267.010 to 267.140 , inclusive, has all of the powers which are now or may hereafter be conferred upon incorporated cities by the laws of the State, and all such powers as are usually exercised by municipal corporations of like character and degree, whether or not the powers are specifically enumerated in NRS 267.010 to 267.140 , inclusive.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.801 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.801
“District” defined
Status: in_force

As used in NRS 268.801 to 268.808 , inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, “district” means a district created to defray the cost of improving a central business area.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 266.200 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 266 / Section 266.200
Mayor is presiding officer of city council; vote; veto; approval of contracts, resolutions and ordinances
Status: in_force

1. The mayor: (a) Shall preside over the city council when in session, and shall preserve order and decorum among the members and enforce the rules of the city council and determine the order of business, subject to those rules and appeal to the city council, or as provided by ordinance. (b) Is not entitled to a vote except in case of a tie, when the mayor has a casting vote, except as otherwise provided in this chapter.

2. The mayor may exercise the right of veto upon all matters passed by the city council. To pass any matter receiving the mayor's veto requires a five-sevenths vote of a city council composed of seven members, a four-fifths vote of a city council composed of five members, and a unanimous vote of a city council composed of three members.

3. No resolution or contract requiring the payment of money nor any ordinance may go into force or have any effect until approved in writing by the mayor, unless passed over the mayor's veto. If the mayor does not approve the resolution, contract or ordinance so submitted, the mayor shall, within 5 days after the receipt thereof, return it to the city clerk with his or her reasons in writing for not approving it. If the mayor does not so return it, the resolution or contract thereupon goes into effect and the ordinance becomes a law, in like manner and with the same effect as if it had been approved by the mayor.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.540 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.540
Investments and bank deposits
Status: in_force

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

2. The city may also provide that such proceeds or funds or investments and the payments payable under the lease, the agreement of sale or the financing agreement be received, held and disbursed by one or more banks, credit unions or trust companies located within or out of this state.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 269.168 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 269 / Section 269.168
Filing with Librarian of Supreme Court Law Library
Status: in_force

Two copies of the town code shall be filed with the Librarian of the Supreme Court Law Library after such code becomes effective.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 270A.010 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 270A / Section 270A.010
Power of cities and towns to join organization
Status: in_force

It shall be lawful for the governing body of any city or town in this state, whether organized under the general laws or a special or home rule charter, to join with the governing body of any other city or town, or cities or towns, in the formation of an organization of municipalities for the purpose of securing concerted action among such municipalities in behalf of such measures as the organization shall determine to be in the common interest of the municipalities.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.622 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.622
“Majority of the property owners” defined
Status: in_force

“Majority of the property owners” in a territory means the owners of real property:

1. Whose combined value is greater than 50 percent of the total value of real property in the territory, as determined by assessment for taxation; and

2. Whose combined area is greater than 50 percent of the total area of the territory excluding lands held by public bodies.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.404 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.404
Deduction from employee's salary for service as volunteer firefighter or volunteer ambulance driver or attendant prohibited
Status: in_force

1. All employees of incorporated cities which have been organized pursuant to general law or special charter must be paid their salaries as fixed by law or ordinance without diminution on account of any time spent away from city employment while acting as: (a) Volunteer firefighters of any regular organized and recognized fire department in the protection of life or property; or (b) Volunteer ambulance drivers or attendants, during working hours or fractions thereof which should otherwise have been devoted to city employment.

2. As used in this section, “ volunteer ambulance driver or attendant ” means a person who is a driver of or attendant on an ambulance owned or operated by: (a) A nonprofit organization that provides volunteer ambulance service in any county, city or town in this State; or (b) A political subdivision of this State.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.4126 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.4126
Abatement of abandoned nuisance: Ordinance establishing procedures; civil penalties for failure to abate; recovery of money expended by city; special assessment
Status: in_force

1. The governing body of each city which is located in a county whose population is 100,000 or more may, by ordinance, to protect the public health, safety and welfare of the residents of the city, adopt procedures pursuant to which the city attorney may file an action in a court of competent jurisdiction to seek: (a) The abatement of an abandoned nuisance that is located or occurring within the city; (b) The repair, safeguarding or demolition of any structure or property where an abandoned nuisance is located or occurring within the city; (c) Authorization for the city to take the actions described in paragraphs (a) and (b); (d) Civil penalties against an owner of any structure or property where an abandoned nuisance is located or occurring within the city; and (e) Any other appropriate relief.

2. An ordinance adopted pursuant to subsection 1 must: (a) Contain procedures pursuant to which the owner of the property is: (1) Sent notice, by certified mail, return receipt requested, by a person authorized by the city to issue a citation, of the existence on the property of two or more abandoned nuisance activities and the date by which the owner must abate the abandoned nuisance to prevent the matter from being submitted to the city attorney for legal action. (2) If the abandoned nuisance is not an immediate danger to the public health, safety or welfare and was caused by the criminal activity of a person other than the owner, afforded a minimum of 30 days to abate the abandoned nuisance. (3) Afforded an opportunity for a hearing before a court of competent jurisdiction. (b) Provide that the date specified in the notice by which the owner must abate the abandoned nuisance is tolled for the period during which the owner requests a hearing and receives a decision. (c) Provide the manner in which the city will, if the owner fails to abate the abandoned nuisance, recover money expended for labor and materials used to: (1) Abate the abandoned nuisance on the property; or (2) If applicable, repair, safeguard or demolish a structure or property where the abandoned nuisance is located or occurring.

3. If the court finds that an abandoned nuisance exists, the court shall order the owner of the property to abate the abandoned nuisance or repair, safeguard or demolish any structure or property where the abandoned nuisance is located or occurring, and may: (a) Impose a civil penalty: (1) If the property is nonresidential property, of not more than $750 per day; or (2) If the property is residential property, of not more than $500 per day, for each day that the abandoned nuisance was not abated after the date specified in the notice by which the owner was required to abate the abandoned nuisance; (b) If applicable, order the owner of the property to pay reasonable expenses for the relocation of any tenants who occupy the property legally and who are affected by the abandoned nuisance; (c) If the owner of the property fails to comply with the order: (1) Direct the city to abate the abandoned nuisance or repair, safeguard or demolish any structure or property where the abandoned nuisance is located or occurring; and (2) Order the owner of the property to pay the city for the cost incurred by the city in taking the actions described in subparagraph (1); and (d) Order any other appropriate relief.

4. In addition to any other reasonable means authorized by the court for the recovery of money expended by the city to abate the abandoned nuisance and, except as otherwise provided in subsection 5, for the collection of civil penalties imposed pursuant to subsection 3, the governing body of the city or its designee may make the expense and civil penalties a special assessment against the property upon which the abandoned nuisance is or was located or occurring. The special assessment may be collected at the same time and in the same manner as ordinary county taxes are collected, and is subject to the same penalties and the same procedure and sale in case of delinquency as provided for ordinary county taxes. All laws applicable to the levy, collection and enforcement of county taxes are applicable to such a special assessment.

5. Any civil penalties that have not been collected from the owner of the property may not be made a special assessment against the property pursuant to subsection 4 by the governing body or its designee unless: (a) At least 180 days have elapsed after the date specified in the order of the court by which the owner must abate the abandoned nuisance or, if the owner appeals that order, the date specified in the order of the appellate court by which the owner must abate the abandoned nuisance, whichever is later; (b) The owner has been billed, served or otherwise notified that the civil penalties are due; and (c) The amount of the uncollected civil penalties is more than $5,000.

6. If a designee of the governing body imposes a special assessment pursuant to subsection 4, the designee shall submit a written report to the governing body at least once each calendar quarter that sets forth, for each property against which such an assessment has been imposed: (a) The street address or assessor's parcel number of the property; (b) The name of each owner of record of the property as of the date of the assessment; and (c) The total amount of the assessment, stating the amount assessed for the expense of abatement and any amount assessed for civil penalties.

7. As used in this section: (a) An “abandoned nuisance” exists on any property where a building or other structure is located on the property, the property is located in a city that is in a county whose population is 100,000 or more, the property has been vacant or substantially vacant for 12 months or more and: (1) Two or more abandoned nuisance activities exist or have occurred on the property during any 12-month period; or (2) A person associated with the property has caused or engaged in two or more abandoned nuisance activities during any 12-month period on the property or within 100 feet of the property. (b) “ Abandoned nuisance activity ” means: (1) Instances of unlawful breaking and entering or occupancy by unauthorized persons; (2) The presence of graffiti, debris, litter, garbage, rubble, abandoned materials, inoperable vehicles or junk appliances; (3) The presence of unsanitary conditions or hazardous materials; (4) The lack of adequate lighting, fencing or security; (5) Indicia of the presence or activities of gangs; (6) Environmental hazards; (7) Violations of city codes, ordinances or other adopted policy; or (8) Any other activity, behavior, conduct or condition defined by the governing body of the city to constitute a threat to the public health, safety or welfare of the residents of or visitors to the city. (c) “Commercial real estate” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 645.8711 . (d) “ Person associated with the property ” means a person who, on the occasion of an abandoned nuisance activity, has: (1) Entered, patronized or visited; (2) Attempted to enter, patronize or visit; or (3) Waited to enter, patronize or visit, a property or a person present on the property. (e) “ Residential property ” means: (1) Improved real estate that consists of not more than four residential units; (2) Unimproved real estate for which not more than four residential units may be developed or constructed pursuant to any zoning regulations or any development plan applicable to the real estate; or (3) A single-family residential unit, including, without limitation, a condominium, townhouse or home within a subdivision, if the unit is sold, leased or otherwise conveyed unit by unit, regardless of whether the unit is part of a larger building or parcel that consists of more than four units. The term does not include commercial real estate.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 267.520 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 267 / Section 267.520
Validation and ratification of contracts outstanding on March 28, 1969
Status: in_force

All outstanding contracts, documents and other instruments pertaining to any project, and all acts and proceedings had or taken prior to March 28, 1969, or purportedly had or taken, by or on behalf of a municipality preliminary to or in the authorization, execution and otherwise making of such contracts, documents and other instruments or preliminary to or in the undertaking of the project (or any combination thereof) are hereby validated, ratified, approved and confirmed, including without limitation any election for the authorization of such contracts, the terms, provisions, conditions and covenants in any such contracts, documents and other provisions and in any resolutions and ordinances pertaining thereto, except as otherwise provided in NRS 267.525 , notwithstanding any lack of power, authority or otherwise, other than constitutional, and notwithstanding any defects and irregularities, other than constitutional, in the creation of the municipality and in making or adopting such contracts, documents and other instruments, or in undertaking such project, including without limitation such acts and proceedings had or taken prior to March 28, 1969, appertaining thereto but remaining uncompleted, subject to the taking or adoption of such supplemental acts and proceedings prior to March 28, 1969, not had or taken, nor purportedly had or taken, but required by and in substantial and due compliance with NRS 267.450 to 267.530 , inclusive, and any other laws pertaining thereto.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.726 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.726
“Underpass project” defined
Status: in_force

“Underpass project” means any tunnel, tube, open cut, or other subway, structure or facilities for the transportation of pedestrians, railroad, motor and other vehicles, and utility lines, as the case may be, under any street, highway, stream, railroad tracks, and any other way or place, including without limitation approaches, ramps, structures, crosswalks, sidewalks, driveways, culverts, drains, sewers, manholes, inlets, outlets, retaining walls, artificial lights, pumping equipment and ventilating equipment (or any combination thereof).
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 266.321 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 266 / Section 266.321
Police ordinances: Enactment and enforcement; penalty for violation of state law
Status: in_force

1. The city council may enact and enforce such local police ordinances as are not in conflict with the general laws of the State of Nevada.

2. Any offense made a misdemeanor by the laws of the State of Nevada shall also be deemed to be a misdemeanor in the city whenever such offense is committed within the city.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 269.170 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 269 / Section 269.170
Powers of town board or board of county commissioners; application for certain licenses; imposition of license tax; license tax as lien; exchange of information concerning tax or taxpayer with Department of Taxation
Status: in_force

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 5, 6 and 7 and NRS 576.128 , 598D.150 and 640C.100 , the town board or board of county commissioners may, in any unincorporated town: (a) Fix and collect a license tax on, and regulate, having due regard to the amount of business done by each person so licensed, and all places of business and amusement so licensed, as follows: (1) Artisans, artists, assayers, auctioneers, bakers, banks and bankers, barbers, boilermakers, cellars and places where soft drinks are kept or sold, clothes cleaners, foundries, laundries, lumberyards, manufacturers of soap, soda, borax or glue, markets, newspaper publishers, pawnbrokers, funeral directors and wood and coal dealers. (2) Bootmakers, cobblers, dressmakers, milliners, shoemakers and tailors. (3) Boardinghouses, hotels, lodging houses, restaurants and refreshment saloons. (4) Barrooms, gaming, manufacturers of liquors and other beverages, and saloons. (5) Billiard tables, bowling alleys, caravans, circuses, concerts and other exhibitions, dance houses, melodeons, menageries, shooting galleries, skating rinks and theaters. (6) Corrals, hay yards, livery and sale stables and wagon yards. (7) Electric light companies, illuminating gas companies, power companies, telegraph companies, telephone companies and water companies. (8) Carts, drays, express companies, freight companies, job wagons, omnibuses and stages. (9) Brokers, commission merchants, factors, general agents, mercantile agents, merchants, traders and stockbrokers. (10) Drummers, hawkers, peddlers and solicitors. (11) Insurance analysts, adjusters and managing general agents and producers of insurance within the limitations and under the conditions prescribed in NRS 680B.020 . (b) Fix and collect a license tax upon all professions, trades or business within the town not specified in paragraph (a).

2. No license to engage in business as a seller of tangible personal property may be granted unless the applicant for the license presents written evidence that: (a) The Department of Taxation has issued or will issue a permit for this activity, and this evidence clearly identifies the business by name; or (b) Another regulatory agency of the State has issued or will issue a license required for this activity.

3. Any license tax levied for the purposes of NRS 244A.597 to 244A.655 , inclusive, constitutes a lien upon the real and personal property of the business upon which the tax was levied until the tax is paid. The lien must be enforced in the same manner as liens for ad valorem taxes on real and personal property. The town board or other governing body of the unincorporated town may delegate the power to enforce such liens to the county fair and recreation board.

4. The governing body or the county fair and recreation board may agree with the Department of Taxation for the continuing exchange of information concerning taxpayers.

5. The town board or board of county commissioners shall not require a person to obtain a license or pay a license tax on the sole basis that the person is a professional. As used in this subsection, “ professional ” means a person who: (a) Holds a license, certificate, registration, permit or similar type of authorization issued by a regulatory body as defined in NRS 622.060 , or who is regulated pursuant to the Nevada Supreme Court Rules; and (b) Practices his or her profession for any type of compensation as an employee.

6. The town board or board of county commissioners shall not require a person to obtain a license or pay a license tax pursuant to this section for a cannabis establishment, as defined in NRS 678A.095 .

7. Except as otherwise provided by regulations adopted by the Cannabis Compliance Board pursuant to NRS 678B.645 , the town board or board of county commissioners shall not license or otherwise allow a person to operate a business that allows cannabis, as defined in NRS 678A.085 , or cannabis products, as defined in NRS 678A.120 , to be consumed on the premises of the business, other than a cannabis consumption lounge, as defined in NRS 678A.087 , in accordance with the provisions of chapter 678B of NRS .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 266.034 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 266 / Section 266.034
Liability for costs of incorporation
Status: in_force

1. The costs incurred by the board of county commissioners in carrying out the provisions relating to the incorporation, including the costs incurred in certifying the petition, publishing the notices, requesting the report pursuant to NRS 266.0261 , conducting the public hearing and election, including the cost of distributing the sample ballots, and any appeal pursuant to NRS 266.0265 are a charge against the county if the proposed incorporation is not submitted to the voters or the incorporation is disapproved by the voters, and a charge against the incorporated city if the incorporation is approved by the voters.

2. The costs incurred by the incorporators in carrying out the provisions relating to the incorporation, including the costs incurred in preparation of the petition for incorporation, preparation of the descriptions and map of the area proposed to be incorporated and circulation of the petition are chargeable to the incorporated city if the incorporation is approved by the voters.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 266.295 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 266 / Section 266.295
Railroads and railways
Status: in_force

The city council may:

1. License, regulate or prohibit the location, construction or laying of tracks of any railroad in any public right-of-way.

2. Grant franchises to any person or corporation to operate a railroad upon public rights-of-way and adjacent property.

3. Declare a nuisance and take up and remove, or cause to be taken up and removed, the tracks of any railway which have been laid upon, in, along, through or across any of the streets, alleys, avenues or public places of the city and which have not been operated with cars for public use for 1 year after the laying thereof.

4. Subject to the provisions of NRS 704.300 , condemn rights-of-way for any public purpose across any railroad right-of-way.

5. Prescribe the length of time any public right-of-way may be obstructed by trains standing thereon.

6. Require railroad companies to fence their tracks and to construct cattle guards and crossings and to keep them in repair.

7. Require railroad companies to provide protection against injury to persons or property.

8. Compel railroad companies to raise or lower their tracks to conform to any grade established by the city, so that tracks may be crossed at any place on any street, alley or avenue.

9. Compel railroad companies to provide that drainage from property adjacent to their tracks not be impaired.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.623 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.623
“Sphere of influence” defined
Status: in_force

“Sphere of influence” means an area into which a city plans to expand as designated in a comprehensive regional plan adopted pursuant to NRS 278.026 to 278.029 , inclusive, within the time designated in the comprehensive regional plan.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.630 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.630
Annexation commission: Powers and duties
Status: in_force

The commission shall have the following powers and duties:

1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 268.6257 , to review and approve or disapprove, with or without amendment, wholly, partially or conditionally, proposals for the annexation of territory to cities within the county.

2. To adopt procedures for the evaluation of proposals for the annexation of territory to cities within the county.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 269.577 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 269 / Section 269.577
County whose population is less than 700,000: Appointment or election of members; removal or vacancy; compensation; duties
Status: in_force

1. Except as appointment may be deferred pursuant to NRS 269.567 , the board of county commissioners of any county whose population is less than 700,000 shall, in each ordinance which establishes an unincorporated town pursuant to NRS 269.500 to 269.625 , inclusive, provide for: (a) The appointment by the board of county commissioners or the election by the people of three or five qualified electors who are residents of the unincorporated town to serve as the town advisory board. (b) The removal of a member of the town advisory board if the board of county commissioners finds that the removal of the member is in the best interest of the residents of the unincorporated town. (c) The appointment by the board of county commissioners of a member to serve the unexpired term of a member of the town advisory board removed pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (b) or whose position otherwise becomes vacant.

2. The board of county commissioners may provide by ordinance for compensation for the members of the town advisory board.

3. The duties of the town advisory board are to: (a) Assist the board of county commissioners in governing the unincorporated town by acting as liaison between the residents of the town and the board of county commissioners; and (b) Advise the board of county commissioners on matters of importance to the unincorporated town and its residents.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 269.580 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 269 / Section 269.580
Management of designated services
Status: in_force

The board of county commissioners of any county may, by resolution adopted at a regular meeting, designate any one or more of the services enumerated in NRS 269.575 as properly within the power of a town advisory board to manage.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 270.130 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 270 / Section 270.130
Equitable jurisdiction of court to settle rights, conflicts and controversies; court may vest title; stipulations between parties
Status: in_force

1. The court or judge trying the cause shall have full equitable jurisdiction to settle and determine all rights, conflicts and controversies arising out of any situation wherein it is claimed or alleged that improvements owned by any of the defendants encroach upon any streets, alleys or other public places.

2. If it appear to the court or judge that any of the defendants has constructed improvements upon what appears, from the maps or plats submitted, to comprise streets, alleys or other public places in the city, and that the construction of such improvements was made by such defendant or defendants in good faith and in the supposition that such improvements were constructed within the property lines of such defendant or defendants, or in reliance upon any map or plat supposed to be correct or authentic, or in reliance upon any monuments supposed to be correct or authentic, or in reliance upon the lines upon which other improvements in such block or in other blocks had been constructed, and if it appear that the retention of possession and the vesting of title in such defendants of such portions of the streets, alleys or other public places can be maintained without material injury to the public, or to the other residents of the city, the court shall have full power and authority, in its findings and decree, to declare such title and possession vested in such defendant or defendants; or may, in its discretion and in accordance with the facts, the law and the equities in the case, declare such possession and title vested in such defendant or defendants, upon such terms as may be just and equitable, or upon the payment of such sums as may be right and proper by such defendant or defendants to the city or town.

3. Nothing herein contained shall be construed as making it obligatory upon such court or judge to decree or vest title in any such defendant or defendants to property necessary for public use. The court or judge may, in the findings and decree, recognize and approve any stipulation, otherwise appearing to be fair and equitable and without fraud or collusion, between the city or town, on the one hand, as plaintiff, and any of the separate or several individual defendants, as to the establishing of such lines, and no such stipulation shall be invalid by reason of the fact that any other defendant or defendants shall not be parties thereto, save and except where such stipulation shall affect the actual property lines of other defendants. No such findings or decree shall be invalid by reason of misjoinder or nonjoinder of parties in or to the action in the settlement of such individual conflicts.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 270.110 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 270 / Section 270.110
City attorney or district attorney may prosecute action; employment of other counsel
Status: in_force

The city council, or other legislative board of the city, may cause such action to be commenced and prosecuted by the city attorney of such city or the district attorney of the county in which such city is situate or may retain additional or other counsel for the purpose of the action and may allow a reasonable sum for the compensation of the attorney or attorneys so acting.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.710 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.710
“Recreational project” defined
Status: in_force

“Recreational project” means parks, playgrounds, swimming pools, golf courses, tennis courts, squash courts, other courts, ball fields, other athletic fields, tracks, racecourses, playgrounds, stadiums, fieldhouses, rinks, gymnasiums, appurtenant shower, locker and other bathhouse facilities, amusement halls, dance halls, auditoriums, arenas, theaters, concert halls, museums, exposition buildings, aviaries, aquariums, zoological gardens, biological gardens and vivariums (or any combination thereof), and structures, fixtures, furnishings and equipment therefor.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 267.450 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 267 / Section 267.450
Definitions
Status: in_force

Except where the context otherwise requires, the definitions in NRS 267.455 to 267.500 , inclusive, govern the construction of NRS 267.450 to 267.530 , inclusive.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.0015 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.0015
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in NRS 268.001 to 268.0035 , inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 268.002 , 268.0025 and 268.003 have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 267.140 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 267 / Section 267.140
Election to terminate commission form of government: Notice; form of ballot; canvass and results
Status: repealed

1. The governing body of an incorporated city having a commission form of government may, on its own motion, and shall, upon receiving a written petition signed by a number of registered voters of the city not less than 25 percent of the number who actually voted at the preceding municipal general election seeking the discontinuance and termination in the city of the commission form of government: (a) If the incorporated city has a commission form of government described in paragraph (a) of subsection 1 of NRS 267.010 , fix by resolution the primary or general municipal election or primary or general state election at which the question is to be submitted. The governing body shall cause to be posted at two public bulletin boards within the city, not less than 10 days before the date of the election, a notice that there will appear on the ballot the proposition for the discontinuance and termination of the commission form of government and the repeal of the charter of the city. (b) If the incorporated city has a commission form of government described in paragraph (b) of subsection 1 of NRS 267.010 , fix by resolution the primary or general municipal election or primary or general state election at which the question is to be submitted. The governing body shall cause to be published once in a newspaper of general circulation in the city, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days before the date of the election, a notice that there will appear on the ballot the proposition for the discontinuance and termination of the commission form of government and the repeal of the charter of the city.

2. The proposition appearing on the ballot must be in substantially the following terms: “For termination of the commission form of government and repeal of the charter” and “Against termination of the commission form of government and repeal of the charter.”

3. Following the election and canvass of returns, if it is found that a majority of the votes cast on the issue has been cast for the discontinuance and termination in the city of the commission form of government and for repeal of the charter, the governing body shall proclaim the charter repealed effective: (a) Immediately if the Legislature has not enacted a special charter for the city and the provisions of chapter 266 of NRS supersede the provisions of NRS 267.010 to 267.140 , inclusive, as to the city; or (b) On the date any special charter of the city enacted by the Legislature may become effective.

4. If, following the election and canvass of returns, it is found that a majority of the votes cast on the issue has been cast against the discontinuance and termination in the city of the commission form of government and against the repeal of the charter, the commission form of government and charter continue in effect.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.798 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.798
Creation of district by ordinance; boundaries; surcharge for rental of room in hotel holding nonrestricted gaming license; use of proceeds; report to Legislative Counsel Bureau
Status: in_force

1. The governing body of a city whose population is 220,000 or more in a county whose population is 100,000 or more but less than 700,000 may by ordinance create a district to finance capital projects necessary to improve and maintain publicly owned facilities for tourism and entertainment. Such an ordinance must be approved by a two-thirds majority of the members of the governing body.

2. The boundaries of a district created pursuant to subsection 1 must be as prescribed by the governing body in the ordinance creating the district, except that the boundaries must include only property that is located in or within 4 city blocks, as determined by the governing body, of a district described in NRS 268.780 to 268.785 , inclusive.

3. An ordinance enacted pursuant to subsection 1 must impose a surcharge of $2 on the per night charge for the rental of a room in a hotel in the district that holds a nonrestricted gaming license. The surcharge must not be applied for any time during which the room is provided to a guest free of charge.

4. The proceeds of the surcharge imposed pursuant to this section must be retained by the city and must be used by the city solely to pay the cost of improving and maintaining publicly owned facilities for tourism and entertainment in the district or within 1 mile outside the boundaries of the district, except for a minor league baseball stadium project as defined in NRS 244A.0344 . The proceeds of the surcharge must not be transferred to any other fund or account or used for any other purpose.

5. On or before January 15, 2030, the governing body of a city that has created a district pursuant to this section shall submit a report concerning the district to the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau for transmission to the next regular session of the Legislature. The report must: (a) Address, without limitation, the total amount collected from the surcharge imposed pursuant to this section and all the projects undertaken to improve and maintain the publicly owned facilities for tourism and entertainment in the district. (b) Cover the period between the creation of the district until the end of the calendar year immediately preceding the submission of the report.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 269.215 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 269 / Section 269.215
Disorderly conduct: Prevention and punishment
Status: in_force

In addition to the powers and jurisdiction conferred by other laws, the town board or board of county commissioners shall have the power to prevent, punish and restrain any disorderly conduct.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 269.080 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 269 / Section 269.080
Officers may sell indebtedness for personal services rendered
Status: in_force

All town officers shall have the right to sell or transfer any evidences of public indebtedness which may be issued according to law, for services rendered by them to the town, legally and justly due, and this chapter shall not be deemed to prevent the purchase, sale or transfer of any funded public indebtedness whatever of the State, or of any county, city or town.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 265.060 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 265 / Section 265.060
Disposition of records; justice of peace to complete all unfinished business of court
Status: in_force

All books, documents, records, papers and corporate seal of any disincorporated city or town shall be deposited with the county clerk of the county wherein such city or town may be and all court records shall be deposited with the nearest justice of the peace of such county, who shall execute and complete all unfinished business.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.430 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.430
Special assessments as liens
Status: in_force

All special assessments shall, from the date of the approval thereof, constitute a lien upon the respective lots or parcels of land assessed coequal with the lien of general taxes, not subject to extinguishment by the sale of any property on account of the nonpayment of general taxes, and prior and superior to all liens, claims, encumbrances and titles other than liens of general taxes.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.773 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.773
Tax levy: Approval of voters; exemption from limitations
Status: in_force

The council, upon the approval of the voters of the city pursuant to NRS 268.767 , may levy and collect, from year to year, a tax ad valorem on all taxable property in the district. The district is exempt from the limitation imposed by NRS 354.59811 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.562 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.562
City's property exempt from taxation; taxation of lessees, purchasers and obligors
Status: in_force

Pursuant to NRS 361.060 , all property owned by a city pursuant to NRS 268.512 to 268.568 , inclusive, shall be and remain exempt from taxation. Lessees and purchasers shall pay all taxes assessed to them pursuant to NRS 361.157 and 361.159 , and any obligors shall pay all taxes assessed to them in the same manner as any other taxpayer.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.064 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.064
Lease of building space or other real property that is less than 25,000 square feet
Status: in_force

1. The governing body of a city may offer any city-owned building or any portion thereof or any other real property for lease without complying with the provisions of NRS 268.059 , 268.061 and 268.062 if: (a) The area of the building space or other real property is less than 25,000 square feet; and (b) The governing body adopts a resolution stating that it is in the best interest of the city to lease the property: (1) Without offering the property to the public; and (2) For less than the fair market value of the building space or other real property, if applicable.

2. The governing body shall: (a) Cause to be published at least once, in a newspaper qualified under chapter 238 of NRS that is published in the county in which the city-owned building or portion thereof or the other real property is located, a notice setting forth a description of the city-owned building or portion thereof or the other real property proposed to be leased in such a manner as to identify it; and (b) Hold a public hearing on the matter not less than 10 or more than 20 days after the date of publication of the notice.

3. A lease of a city-owned building or any portion thereof or any other real property pursuant to this section may be made on such terms and conditions as the governing body of the city deems proper. The duration of such a lease must not exceed 3 years and may include an extension for not more than an additional 2 years.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 266.515 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 266 / Section 266.515
Deposit of city's money in bank, credit union, savings and loan association or savings bank; agreement for redeposit of money
Status: in_force

1. The treasurer, or the county treasurer when acting as ex officio city treasurer, shall keep all money belonging to the city separate from all other money held for any other purpose or fund and may, when one or more insured banks, credit unions, savings and loan associations or savings banks are located in the city, deposit, with unanimous consent of his or her bondsmen, city money in such banks, credit unions, savings and loan associations or savings banks in demand or time accounts. When no such banks, credit unions, savings and loan associations or savings banks exist in the city, the treasurer or county treasurer may deposit, with the unanimous consent of his or her bondsmen, city money with any insured bank, credit union, savings and loan association or savings bank in the State of Nevada in demand or time accounts.

2. The treasurer or county treasurer may, with unanimous consent of his or her bondsmen, enter into an agreement with an insured bank, credit union, savings and loan association or savings bank to: (a) Arrange for the redeposit of any money belonging to the city 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 .

3. The accounts must be kept in the name of the city in such manner as the governing board of the city may prescribe and under such terms and conditions for the protection of the money as the governing board may determine, not inconsistent with other laws of the State of Nevada regulating the deposit of public money.

4. The balances in banks, credit unions, savings and loan associations or savings banks, as certified to by the proper officer thereof, and by the oath of the city treasurer, may be counted as cash.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.444 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.444
Transportation districts: Boundaries
Status: in_force

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the governing body of a city which establishes a transportation district shall establish the boundaries of the district and may alter those boundaries by ordinance.

2. The boundaries of a transportation district must not be established or altered to include any territory outside the boundaries of the city, but detachments of territory from the city occurring after the effective date of the ordinance creating or altering the boundaries of a district do not affect its boundaries.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.420 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.420
Health districts
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding the provisions of any city charter, or any other law, the governing bodies of any incorporated cities may establish with the board of county commissioners of the county in which the cities are located, or with the governing bodies of any other cities within the county, a health district as provided in chapter 439 of NRS .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.460 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.460
Levy and collection of taxes after incorporation if proceeds pledged for payment or repayment of bonds for recreational facilities; transmission of proceeds
Status: in_force

1. Any license tax levied by any county against any lawful trade, calling, industry, occupation, profession or business conducted in the county and located in an unincorporated area therein, the proceeds of which are pledged before or after the incorporation of the area as a city or town for the repayment of any bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to the provisions of NRS 244.3358 or 244A.597 to 244A.655 , inclusive, must, after the incorporation of the area as a city or town, continue to be levied by the city or town and must be collected by the officer of the city or town charged by law with the collection of its license taxes.

2. If the proceeds of the license tax levied pursuant to subsection 1 are pledged before or after the incorporation of the area as a city or town for the payment of any bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to the provisions of NRS 244.3358 : (a) The city or town shall, after the incorporation of the area as a city or town, transmit the proceeds of that license tax to the district to which the proceeds are assigned, so long as any of the bonds or other obligations remain outstanding and unpaid, both as to principal and interest, in accordance with their terms; and (b) The district to which the proceeds are assigned may, after the incorporation of the city or town, irrevocably pledge those proceeds for the repayment or refinancing of any bonds or short-term or medium-term obligations issued pursuant to the provisions of chapter 318 or 350 of NRS , if the governing body of the city or town consents to the assignment by resolution in lieu of the consent of the board of county commissioners required pursuant to the provisions of NRS 244.3358 .

3. If the proceeds of the license tax levied pursuant to subsection 1 are pledged before or after the incorporation of the area as a city or town for the repayment of any bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to the provisions of NRS 244A.597 to 244A.655 , inclusive, the proceeds must be transmitted to the county officer required by law to collect the license tax, so long as any of the bonds or other obligations remain outstanding and unpaid, both as to principal and interest.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 270.120 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 270 / Section 270.120
Questions of fact may be referred to master; property may be taken for public use; procedure
Status: in_force

1. The court or judge trying the cause may refer any questions of fact arising therein to a master or commissioner for findings and determination, and the findings of such master or commissioner shall be subject to review by such court or judge.

2. The court or judge before whom the cause is tried shall have full jurisdiction over all questions that may be properly at issue upon the pleadings, including such issues that may arise by reason of any conflict between the lots, blocks, streets, alleys, highways, parks, cemeteries, schools and other public properties, or the lines or corners thereof, as shown by the map or maps, or plat or plats, filed with the complaint, and the rights or alleged rights of any one or more of the owners of any of the property described in the complaint or embraced in the map or maps, or plat or plats.

3. In the event that it is necessary, for the purpose of fixing and establishing the map or maps, or plat or plats, to devote any pieces or parcels of property owned by any of the defendants within the city, subdivision or addition to public uses as streets or alleys, it shall be proper for the court or judge to appoint three appraisers, who shall appraise and assess the value of such property, and the court may condition the approval of such map or plat on the payment or proper tender by plaintiff to such party defendant of such assessed sum. Any two of such three appraisers shall be competent to act, and their appraisement or assessment shall be subject to review by the court.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.0199 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.0199
Prohibition on sounding of certain sirens, bells or alarms; penalty
Status: in_force

1. A city 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 city which required persons of a particular race, ethnicity, ancestry, national origin or color to leave the city 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 city 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. A city shall not take adverse employment action against an employee who reports a violation of this section to the Office of the Attorney General.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.4069 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.4069
Use of testing as factor in promotion of employee: Requirements; appeals; exclusion
Status: in_force

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, notwithstanding the provisions of any collective bargaining agreement to the contrary, if the governing body of an incorporated city or a city officer includes testing as a factor in a decision regarding the vertical promotion of an employee: (a) The testing must be conducted by a third party which is independent from the governing body or city officer, as applicable. (b) A third party which conducts a test must send to each employee who takes the test a confidential electronic mail message which contains the employee's test score. The third party must send an employee's test score to the employee and the governing body of an incorporated city or the city officer, as applicable, at the same time. (c) The governing body or city officer, as applicable, shall not produce a list of the employees who took the test, ranked in order of their test scores, until after the third party which conducted the test has sent each employee his or her test score pursuant to paragraph (b). (d) An employee who is aggrieved by his or her test score may appeal the testing process.

2. During the appeal process authorized by paragraph (d) of subsection 1: (a) The employee who appeals the testing process is entitled to see: (1) How his or her test was graded; and (2) The questions which the employee answered incorrectly. (b) The governing body of an incorporated city or the city officer, as applicable, shall ensure that the employee was ranked properly based on the employee's test score.

3. A person who tampers with the score of a test taken by an employee is guilty of a category E felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130 .

4. The provisions of this section do not apply to: (a) A city department that has less than 200 employees; or (b) An incorporated city if the city has a civil service commission that appoints a chief examiner and the chief examiner: (1) Serves at the pleasure of the civil service commission; (2) Is not answerable to any city officer or the governing body of the incorporated city other than the civil service commission; and (3) Is not a director of human resources for the civil service commission or the city.

5. As used in this section, “ test ” and “ testing ” includes, without limitation, a written test or oral board.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.528 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.528
Notice and public hearing by governing body
Status: in_force

Before availing itself of the powers conferred by NRS 268.526 with respect to any project, a governing body shall:

1. Give notice of its intention by publication at least once in a newspaper of general circulation published in the city, or if there is not such newspaper then in a newspaper of general circulation in the city published in the State; and

2. Hold at least one public hearing, not less than 10 nor more than 20 days after the date of publication of the notice.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 266.460 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 266 / Section 266.460
Duties of officers may be defined by ordinance
Status: in_force

The duties, powers and privileges of all officers in any way connected with the city government, not defined in this chapter, shall be defined by the city council; and the defining by this chapter of the duties of city officers shall not preclude the city council from defining by ordinance further and additional duties to be performed by any such officer.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.4137 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.4137
Ordinance restricting hours of construction work in common-interest community
Status: in_force

1. If the governing body of a city located in a county whose population is 700,000 or more adopts an ordinance restricting the hours that construction work may begin in a common-interest community, the hours for construction work in a declarant-controlled common-interest community must be allowed to begin at, but not earlier than, 5 a.m. during the period beginning on April 1 and ending on September 30.

2. As used in this section: (a) “ Common-interest community ” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 116.021 . (b) “ Declarant-controlled common-interest community ” means a common-interest community in which the original developer controls a majority of the units.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.065 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.065
Voting machines: Rental, lease or other acquisition
Status: in_force

Governing bodies of incorporated cities may rent, lease or otherwise acquire voting machines in whatever manner will best serve local interests.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 267.070 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 267 / Section 267.070
Election for adoption or rejection of charter: Publication of charter; form of ballot; alternative propositions
Status: in_force

1. The governing body of the incorporated city shall cause the proposed charter to be published once and posted for 30 days and provide for the submission of the proposed charter to the qualified voters of the incorporated city at the next primary or general municipal election or primary or general state election.

2. The form of ballot concerning the question of the proposed charter at the election must be: “For the proposed charter,” “Against the proposed charter.”

3. In submitting the proposed charter, or amendments thereto, any alternative article or proposition may be presented to the voters of the incorporated city and may be voted on separately without prejudice to the others. In submitting the amendments, article or proposition, the form of the ballot must be: “For Article No._____ of the charter,” “Against Article No._____ of the charter.”
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.524 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.524
Legislative intent
Status: in_force

It is the intent of the Legislature to authorize cities to finance, acquire, own, lease, improve and dispose of properties to:

1. Promote industry and employment and develop trade by inducing manufacturing, industrial, warehousing and other commercial enterprises and organizations for research and development to locate in, remain or expand in this State to further prosperity throughout the State and to further the use of the agricultural products and the natural resources of this State.

2. Enhance public safety by protecting hotels, motels, apartment buildings, casinos, office buildings and their occupants from fire.

3. Protect the health, safety and welfare of the public and promote private industry, commerce and employment in this State by: (a) Reducing, abating or preventing pollution or removing or treating any substance in processed material which would cause pollution; and (b) Furnishing energy, including electricity to the public, if available on reasonable demand, and providing facilities to transmit electricity for sale outside the State.

4. Promote the health of residents of the city by enabling a private enterprise to acquire, develop, expand and maintain health and care facilities and supplemental facilities for health and care facilities which will provide services of high quality to those residents at reasonable rates.

5. Promote the social welfare of the residents of the city by enabling corporations for public benefit to acquire, develop, expand and maintain facilities that provide services for those residents.

6. Promote the social welfare of the residents of the city by financing the acquisition, development, construction, improvement, expansion and maintenance of affordable housing in the city.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 269.021 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 269 / Section 269.021
Effective date of ordinance or other action
Status: in_force

Any ordinance adopted or action taken by a town board shall not take effect or become final until the expiration of 30 days after the ordinance was adopted or the action was taken.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 266.270 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 266 / Section 266.270
Condemnation of property for public uses
Status: in_force

The city council may condemn property for public uses in the manner prescribed by chapter 37 of NRS.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.806 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.806
Tax on revenues from rental of transient lodging located within district: Pledging of proceeds by city
Status: in_force

1. A city may pledge any money received from a tax imposed pursuant to NRS 268.804 or any combination of that money with revenue derived from the projects financed with the proceeds of the obligations for whose payment the money and revenue are pledged, with revenues of other revenue-producing projects of the city, including any existing or future extensions or enlargements of any of those projects, and with any revenues received by the city as grants under an interlocal agreement with any other entity in the county in which the city is located, or otherwise, for payment of general or special obligations of the city issued for projects described in NRS 268.805 .

2. Any money pledged by the city pursuant to subsection 1 may be treated as pledged revenues of the project for the purposes of subsection 3 of NRS 350.020 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 269.122 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 269 / Section 269.122
Town's powers subordinate to powers of Nevada Tahoe Regional Planning Agency
Status: in_force

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

In the region of this state for which there has been established by NRS 278.780 to 278.828 , inclusive, a regional planning agency, the powers of an unincorporated town for the location and construction of all public works are subordinate to the powers of such regional planning agency.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 265.120 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 265 / Section 265.120
Dissolution not to invalidate or affect rights, penalties or contracts
Status: in_force

No dissolution of any corporation under NRS 265.110 to 265.180 , inclusive, shall invalidate or affect any right, penalty or forfeiture accruing to such corporation, or invalidate or affect any contract entered into or imposed upon such corporation.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.09799 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.09799
Tax on revenues from rental of residential unit as transient lodging: Imposition and collection; accommodations facilitator deemed provider of transient lodging for certain purposes
Status: in_force

1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if the city council or other governing body of an incorporated city or its designee issues an authorization pursuant to NRS 268.09797 to authorize an owner, lessee or other lawful occupant of a residential unit or a room within a residential unit located in the incorporated city, or a manager of such a residential unit, to rent the residential unit or a room within the residential unit for the purpose of transient lodging: (a) The city council or other governing body of the incorporated city, as applicable, shall require an accommodations facilitator who brokers, coordinates, makes available or otherwise arranges for the rental of a residential unit or a room within a residential unit in the incorporated city for the purpose of transient lodging to collect and remit to the incorporated city all taxes imposed on the gross receipts from the rental of the residential unit or a room within the residential unit in the incorporated city for the purpose of transient lodging; and (b) An accommodations facilitator who brokers, coordinates, makes available or otherwise arranges for the rental of a residential unit or a room within a residential unit in the incorporated city for the purpose of transient lodging must be deemed to be engaged in the business of providing transient lodging in the incorporated city and to be the person providing the transient lodging.

2. For the purposes of paragraph (b) of subsection 1, the accommodations facilitator shall be deemed to be engaged in the business of providing transient lodging and to be the person providing the transient lodging solely for the purposes of imposing, collecting and remitting all taxes on the gross receipts from the rental of transient lodging. The provisions of this section must not be interpreted or construed to, and the city council or other governing body of an incorporated city shall not, create, expand or alter any other liability, duty, obligation or responsibility of the accommodations facilitator for, or relating to, the residential unit or a room within the residential unit.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 265.100 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 265 / Section 265.100
Provisions mandatory
Status: in_force

NRS 265.010 to 265.100 , inclusive, are mandatory except where the contrary clearly appears.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 269.082 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 269 / Section 269.082
Deduction from employee's salary for service as volunteer firefighter or volunteer driver or attendant prohibited
Status: in_force

1. All employees of unincorporated towns must be paid their salaries as fixed by law or ordinance without diminution on account of any time spent away from town employment while acting as: (a) Volunteer firefighters of any regular organized and recognized fire department in the protection of life or property; or (b) Volunteer ambulance drivers or attendants, during working hours or fractions thereof which should otherwise have been devoted to town employment.

2. As used in this section, “ volunteer ambulance driver or attendant ” means a person who is a driver of or attendant on an ambulance owned or operated by: (a) A nonprofit organization that provides volunteer ambulance service in any county, city or town in this State; or (b) A political subdivision of this State.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.700 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.700
“Overpass project” defined
Status: in_force

“Overpass project” means any bridge, viaduct or other structure or facilities for the transportation of pedestrians, railroad, motor and other vehicles, and utility lines, as the case may be, over any street, highway, stream, railroad tracks, and any other way or place, including without limitation approaches, ramps, structures, crosswalks, sidewalks, driveways, culverts, drains, sewers, manholes, inlets, outlets, retaining walls, artificial lights, pumping equipment and ventilating equipment (or any combination thereof).
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 266.790 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 266 / Section 266.790
Procedure for completion of unfinished business of court
Status: in_force

1. If, at the time of the entry of the judgment disincorporating a city, the provisions of chapter 269 of NRS apply immediately to such disincorporated city, then any justice of the peace within the town, as provided in NRS 269.165 , shall have jurisdiction to execute and complete all unfinished business standing on the court records of the disincorporated city.

2. If, at the time of the entry of the judgment disincorporating a city which has a voting population of less than 600 therein, no written petition is filed as provided in subsection 2 of NRS 266.785 , then the provisions of NRS 265.060 shall thereafter apply.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 269.0246 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 269 / Section 269.0246
Responsibilities of board of county commissioners unaffected
Status: in_force

It is the intent of NRS 269.024 to 269.0248 , inclusive, that the existence and activities of the advisory council shall in no way diminish the responsibility of the board of county commissioners in its capacity as the governing body of the town and in performing its duties as such, but that it shall bring to bear on the problems of the town the knowledge of a representative group of residents thereof.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 269.5755 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 269 / Section 269.5755
Levy of taxes for common service provided to contiguous towns; rate
Status: in_force

1. The board of county commissioners of a county which has two or more unincorporated towns which: (a) Were formed pursuant to the provisions of NRS 269.500 to 269.625 , inclusive; (b) Provide a common service; and (c) Are contiguous, may by resolution levy a common rate of taxes ad valorem for those unincorporated towns for the common service.

2. In the resolution the board must: (a) Identify the unincorporated towns to which the common rate applies; and (b) State the service common to those unincorporated towns for which the common rate is imposed.

3. If the towns provide more than one common service, the common rate must include all the common service. A separate rate may be levied for a capital improvement in any town, or for a service provided only in the town where that rate is levied.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 269.400 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 269 / Section 269.400
“Town” defined
Status: in_force

As used in NRS 269.400 to 269.470 , inclusive, “town” means an unincorporated town in the State of Nevada having a population of less than 7,500.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.4294 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.4294
Hearing: Notice; investigation; grant, denial or conditioning of license; issuance of license
Status: in_force

1. Upon receipt of a complete application and the application fee, the clerk shall: (a) Set the application for public hearing at a regular meeting of the city council, not less than 15 days nor more than 30 days thereafter, and give not less than 10 days' written notice thereof to the applicant. (b) Promptly give notice of such hearing and copies of the application to the chief of police, the county health officer and the city engineer, who shall investigate the application and report in writing to the city council, not later than the hearing with appropriate recommendations related to their official functions, as to granting a license and conditions thereof.

2. Based upon the testimony of the witnesses and evidence presented at such hearing, including the reports of such officers, the city council shall grant the license, deny the license or set conditions which must be met, or security given that such conditions will be met, before a license is granted. If conditions are imposed by the city council, the applicant shall furnish or cause to be furnished to the clerk proof that all conditions have been met before the license is issued by the clerk.

3. When the clerk certifies that all conditions have been met, the chief of police shall, upon receipt of a license fee in an amount to be determined by the city council, issue a license for the assembly.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 267.470 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 267 / Section 267.470
“Governing body” defined
Status: in_force

“Governing body” means the city council, city commission, board of supervisors, town council, town board or other local legislative or governing body of the municipality.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 266.390 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 266 / Section 266.390
Officers and offices: General powers of council
Status: in_force

The city council may:

1. Create any office that may be deemed necessary for the city.

2. Provide for filling all vacancies in elective and appointive offices.

3. Regulate and prescribe the powers, duties and compensation of all officers of the city, except as otherwise provided by law.

4. Require all officers or employees of the city responsible for the handling of city money to give bond and security, to be paid by the city from its money, for the faithful performance of their duties.

5. Require from every officer of the city at any time a report in detail of all transactions in his or her office, or any matters connected therewith.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.090 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.090
Power to license and regulate sale of intoxicating liquor
Status: in_force

1. In addition to any authority or power now provided by the charter of any incorporated city in this State, whether incorporated by general or special act, or otherwise, except as otherwise provided in this section, there is hereby granted to each of the cities incorporated under any law of this State the power and authority to fix, impose and collect a license tax on, and regulate the sale of, beer, wines or other beverages now or hereafter authorized to be sold by act of Congress.

2. An incorporated city may deny or refuse to renew the license of a person who has willfully violated the provisions of NRS 369.630 more than three times in any 24-month period.

3. An incorporated city shall not deny a license to a person solely because the person is not a citizen of the United States.

4. The Legislative Counsel Bureau is exempt from the provisions of this section with respect to the purchase and sale of souvenir wine pursuant to NRS 218F.430 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.086 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.086
Telecommunication service generally in city whose population is 25,000 or more: Sale of service by city to public prohibited; exception; procedure for city to purchase or construct certain facilities
Status: in_force

1. The governing body of an incorporated city whose population is 25,000 or more: (a) Shall not sell telecommunication service to the general public. (b) May purchase or construct facilities for providing telecommunication that intersect with public rights-of-way if the governing body: (1) Conducts a study to evaluate the costs and benefits associated with purchasing or constructing the facilities; and (2) Determines from the results of the study that the purchase or construction is in the interest of the general public.

2. Any information relating to the study conducted pursuant to subsection 1 must be maintained by the city clerk and made available for public inspection during the business hours of the office of the city clerk.

3. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a) of subsection 1, an airport may sell telecommunication service to the general public.

4. As used in this section: (a) “Telecommunication” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 704.025 . (b) “ Telecommunication service ” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 704.028 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 266.775 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 266 / Section 266.775
Petition for disincorporation; publication of notice by district court; question to be submitted to voters at next city election; determination of registered voters
Status: in_force

1. Whenever one-fourth of the registered voters of any city now existing or hereafter created by general law petition the district court in and for the county in which the corporation is situated for the disincorporation of the city, the district court shall cause to be published, for at least 30 days, a notice stating that the question of disincorporating the corporation will be submitted to the registered voters of the corporation at the next city election. The form of the ballot must be “For Disincorporation” or “Against Disincorporation.”

2. The registered voters provided for in this section must be determined from the registration lists as taken from the office of the county clerk for all precincts in the city at the last general election held in the county.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.771 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.771
Use of 911 as primary telephone number; secondary number
Status: in_force

The system shall use 911 as the primary emergency telephone number. The council may establish a second telephone number to be used in an emergency.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 266.060 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 266 / Section 266.060
Attainment of higher population category; proclamation of Governor
Status: in_force

1. Whenever any city of population category two attains the population of 50,000 or more, or any city of population category three attains the population of 5,000 or more, and that fact is ascertained: (a) By actual census taken and certified to the Governor by the mayor; or (b) At the option of the city council, by the Governor, pursuant to NRS 360.285 , for 2 consecutive years, the Governor shall declare, by public proclamation, that city to be of population category one or two, and the city thus changed is governed by the provisions of this chapter applicable to cities of the higher population category.

2. An authenticated copy of the Governor's proclamation must be filed in the Office of the Secretary of State.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 266.660 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 266 / Section 266.660
Costs of municipal capital improvements to be paid from proper fund, including proceeds from bonds
Status: in_force

The cost and expense of buildings and land for the use of the city shall be paid for from the proper fund of the city, including without limitation proceeds of bonds authorized by law.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.061 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.061
Sale or lease of certain real property: Determination that sale or lease is in best interest of city; notice; appraisal; exceptions; second offering; effect of sale or lease in violation of section
Status: in_force

1. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection and NRS 268.048 to 268.058 , inclusive, 268.063 , 268.064 , 278.479 to 278.4965, inclusive, and subsection 4 of NRS 496.080 , except as otherwise provided by federal law, except as otherwise required pursuant to a cooperative agreement entered into pursuant to NRS 277.050 or 277.053 or an interlocal agreement in existence on October 1, 2004, except if the governing body is entering into a joint development agreement for real property owned by the city to which the governing body is a party, except for a lease of residential property with a term of 1 year or less, except for the sale or lease of real property to a public utility, as defined in NRS 704.020 , to be used for a public purpose and except for the sale or lease of real property larger than 1 acre which is approved by the voters at a primary or general election, primary or general city election or special election: (a) If a governing body has determined by resolution that the sale or lease of any real property owned by the city will be in the best interest of the city, it may sell or lease the real property in the manner prescribed for the sale or lease of real property in NRS 268.062 . (b) Before the governing body may sell or lease any real property as provided in paragraph (a), it shall: (1) Post copies of the resolution described in paragraph (a) in three public places in the city; and (2) Cause to be published at least once a week for 3 successive weeks, in a newspaper qualified under chapter 238 of NRS that is published in the county in which the real property is located, a notice setting forth: (I) A description of the real property proposed to be sold or leased in such a manner as to identify it; (II) The minimum price, if applicable, of the real property proposed to be sold or leased; and (III) The places at which the resolution described in paragraph (a) has been posted pursuant to subparagraph (1), and any other places at which copies of that resolution may be obtained. If no qualified newspaper is published within the county in which the real property is located, the required notice must be published in some qualified newspaper printed in the State of Nevada and having a general circulation within that county. (c) If the governing body by its resolution finds additionally that the real property to be sold is worth more than $1,000, the governing body shall, as applicable, conduct an appraisal or appraisals pursuant to NRS 268.059 to determine the value of the real property. Except for real property acquired pursuant to NRS 371.047 , the governing body shall not sell or lease it for less than: (1) If two independent appraisals were obtained, the average of the appraisals of the real property. (2) If only one independent appraisal was obtained, the appraised value of the real property. (d) If the real property is appraised at $1,000 or more, the governing body may: (1) Lease the real property; or (2) Sell the real property for: (I) Cash; or (II) Not less than 25 percent cash down and upon deferred payments over a period of not more than 10 years, secured by a mortgage or deed of trust bearing such interest and upon such further terms as the governing body may specify. (e) A governing body may sell or lease any real property owned by the city without complying with the provisions of this section and NRS 268.059 and 268.062 to: (1) A person who owns real property located adjacent to the real property to be sold or leased if the governing body has determined by resolution that the sale or lease will be in the best interest of the city and the real property is a: (I) Remnant that was separated from its original parcel due to the construction of a street, alley, avenue or other thoroughfare, or portion thereof, flood control facility or other public facility; (II) Parcel that, as a result of its size, is too small to establish an economically viable use by anyone other than the person who owns real property adjacent to the real property offered for sale or lease; or (III) Parcel which is subject to a deed restriction prohibiting the use of the real property by anyone other than the person who owns real property adjacent to the real property offered for sale or lease. (2) The State or another governmental entity if: (I) The sale or lease restricts the use of the real property to a public use; and (II) The governing body adopts a resolution finding that the sale or lease will be in the best interest of the city. (f) A governing body that disposes of real property pursuant to paragraph (e) is not required to offer to reconvey the real property to the person from whom the real property was received or acquired by donation or dedication. (g) If real property that is offered for sale or lease pursuant to this section is not sold or leased at the initial offering of the contract for the sale or lease of the real property, the governing body may offer the real property for sale or lease a second time pursuant to this section. The governing body must obtain a new appraisal or appraisals, as applicable, of the real property pursuant to the provisions of NRS 268.059 before offering the real property for sale or lease a second time if: (1) There is a material change relating to the title, zoning or an ordinance governing the use of the real property; or (2) The appraisal or appraisals, as applicable, were prepared more than 6 months before the date on which the real property is offered for sale or lease the second time. (h) If real property that is offered for sale or lease pursuant to this section is not sold or leased at the second offering of the contract for the sale or lease of the real property, the governing body may list the real property for sale or lease at the appraised value or average of the appraised value if two or more appraisals were obtained, as applicable, with a licensed real estate broker, provided that the broker or a person related to the broker within the first degree of consanguinity or affinity does not have an interest in the real property or an adjoining property. If the appraisal or appraisals, as applicable, were prepared more than 6 months before the date on which the real property is listed with a licensed real estate broker, the governing body must obtain one new appraisal of the real property pursuant to the provisions of NRS 268.059 before listing the real property for sale or lease at the new appraised value.

2. If real property is sold or leased in violation of the provisions of this section: (a) The sale or lease is void; and (b) Any change to an ordinance or law governing the zoning or use of the real property is void if the change takes place within 5 years after the date of the void sale or lease.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.821 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.821
Governing body may require special license in lieu of imposing special assessment for cost of operation, management, maintenance and improvement of pedestrian mall; adoption of ordinance required; fees for special license; collection and deposit of fees
Status: in_force

1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 268.820 , in lieu of funding by special assessments as provided in NRS 268.820 , the governing body may, by ordinance, require special licenses for businesses that operate in the district created pursuant to NRS 268.820 and establish fees for those licenses in such a manner as to distribute equitably the budgeted costs of operating, managing, maintaining and improving the pedestrian mall for the ensuing fiscal year among those businesses. The ordinance may establish reasonable categories of businesses subject to licensing and reasonable exemptions therefrom or abatements of the fees therefor. The amount of the fee for each license must be determined by floor area of licensed business space, sales volume or another reasonable basis or combination of bases as determined by the governing body. An offset may be allowed for any portion of the cost of operating, managing, maintaining or improving the pedestrian mall which a business has paid directly or through contributions to a private operating entity.

2. All fees imposed pursuant to subsection 1 must be: (a) Collected in the same manner as other business license fees are collected pursuant to this chapter; and (b) Deposited in a separate account for the district.

3. The balance in the account for the district at the end of the fiscal year must be conserved and applied towards the financial requirements of the next ensuing fiscal year.

4. The ordinance requiring the special business license must provide a reasonable appeal procedure for any administrative determination made pursuant to the provisions of this section.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 269.013 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 269 / Section 269.013
Name: Unlawful use by another political subdivision
Status: in_force

It is unlawful for any political subdivision of the State of Nevada to adopt as its official name a name previously officially adopted by any town in this state.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.777 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.777
Collection of taxes; tax as lien
Status: in_force

1. Any officer charged with the duty of collecting taxes shall collect the taxes levied pursuant to NRS 268.775 at the same time and in the same manner, and with like interest and penalties, as other taxes are collected. When the tax is collected, the officer shall pay it monthly to the county treasurer to the credit of the district.

2. The tax levied pursuant to NRS 268.765 to 268.777 , inclusive, with any interest or penalties, and the cost of collecting the unpaid tax, penalty or interest, are a lien on the property until they are paid. The lien must be executed, and has the same priority, as a lien for general taxes.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.670 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.670
Annexation of contiguous territory owned by city or upon petition of all owners of real property: Alternative procedures
Status: in_force

1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 268.6257 , as an alternative to the procedures for initiation of annexation proceedings set forth in NRS 268.610 to 268.668 , inclusive, the governing body of a city may, subject to the provisions of NRS 268.663 and after notifying the board of county commissioners of the county in which the city lies of its intention, annex: (a) Contiguous territory owned in fee by the city. (b) Other contiguous territory if 100 percent of the owners of record of individual lots or parcels of land within such area sign a petition requesting the governing body to annex such area to the city. If such petition is received and accepted by the governing body, the governing body may proceed to adopt an ordinance annexing such area and to take such other action as is necessary and appropriate to accomplish such annexation.

2. For the purposes of this section, “ contiguous ” means either abutting directly on the boundary of the annexing municipality or separated from the boundary thereof by a street, alley, public right-of-way, creek, river or the right-of-way of a railroad or other public service corporation, or by lands owned by the annexing municipality, by some other political subdivision of the State or by the State of Nevada.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 269.415 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 269 / Section 269.415
Applicability of Local Government Securities Law
Status: in_force

Subject to the provisions of NRS 269.410 , for any improvements authorized by NRS 269.405 , the town board or the board of county commissioners may, on the behalf and in the name of the town, borrow money, otherwise become obligated, and evidence obligations by the issuance of bonds and other town securities, and in connection with the undertaking or improvements, the board may otherwise proceed as provided in the Local Government Securities Law.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 266.610 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 266 / Section 266.610
Apportionment of money from road fund by county commissioners
Status: in_force

The several boards of county commissioners in this state shall, from time to time, upon request of the city council, apportion to each incorporated city within the respective counties such proportion of the general road fund of the county as the value of the whole property within the corporate limits of such city, as shown by the assessment roll, shall bear to the whole property of the county, inclusive of the property within incorporated cities, and all such moneys so apportioned shall be expended upon the streets, alleys and public highways of such city under the direction and control of the council.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.084 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.084
Municipal electric utility: Purchase of generating capacity; terms
Status: in_force

A city which operates a municipal utility to distribute electricity may purchase generating capacity on the terms set forth in subsection 3 of NRS 244A.699 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 269.615 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 269 / Section 269.615
Audits
Status: in_force

Audits of the records of unincorporated towns shall be conducted as part of the county audit.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 266.080 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 266 / Section 266.080
Officers continue in office on organization or change in population category; terms of officers elected on organization
Status: in_force

1. When any city now existing under a special charter is organized under the provisions of this chapter, or by proclamation of the Governor changes population category, the officers then in office continue to be officers of the city: (a) If the change in population category results in a change in the number of municipal wards in the city, until the next city election; or (b) In all other cases, until the expiration of their elected terms, and until their successors are elected and qualified.

2. When new territory is organized as a city, by petition and election of officers, the officers first elected serve until the next city election, and until their successors are elected and qualified.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.028 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.028
Expenditure of public money; grant of public money and donation of certain property to certain nonprofit organizations or governmental entities
Status: in_force

1. The governing body of a city may expend money for any purpose that will provide a substantial benefit to the inhabitants of the city. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, the governing body may grant all or part of the money to a nonprofit organization created for religious, charitable or educational purposes to be expended for a selected purpose.

2. The governing body of a city or its authorized representative may donate commodities, supplies, materials and equipment that the governing body determines have reached the end of their useful lives to a nonprofit organization created for religious, charitable or educational purposes or to another governmental entity, to be used for any purpose which will provide a substantial benefit to the inhabitants of the city.

3. A grant or donation to a nonprofit organization created for religious, charitable or educational purposes and a donation to a governmental entity pursuant to this section must be made by resolution. The resolution must specify: (a) The purpose of the grant or donation; (b) If applicable, the maximum amount to be expended from the grant; and (c) Any conditions or other limitations on the expenditure of the grant or the use of the donated property.

4. The provisions of this section do not limit the ability of a governing body of a city or its authorized representative to disburse money pursuant to NRS 321.5956 or any other specific statutory authority.

5. As used in this section: (a) “ Authorized representative ” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 332.025 . (b) “ Nonprofit organization created for religious, charitable or educational purposes ” means an organization that meets the requirements set forth in NRS 372.3261 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.012 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.012
Procedure for adoption by reference of specialized or uniform code
Status: in_force

An ordinance which adopts:

1. A specialized or uniform building, plumbing or electrical code printed in the form of a book or pamphlet;

2. Any other specialized or uniform code; or

3. Any portion of such a code,

may adopt it by reference with such changes as may be necessary to make it applicable to conditions in the city, and with such other changes as may be desirable, without the necessity of reading the code at length. The code, upon adoption, need not be published if an adequate number of copies of the code, either typewritten or printed, with the changes, if any, have been filed for use and examination by the public in the office of the city clerk. Notice of the filing must be given by one publication in a newspaper in the city, if there is one, otherwise in some newspaper published in the county with a general circulation in the city, and the copies must be filed, at least 10 days before the passage of the ordinance.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.698 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.698
“Off-street parking project” defined
Status: in_force

“Off-street parking project” means parking facilities for the parking of motor vehicles off the public streets, including without limitation graded, regraded, graveled, oiled, surfaced, macadamized, paved, curbed, guttered, drained and sidewalked sites therefor, driveways, ramps, structures, buildings, elevators and traffic control equipment (or any combination thereof).
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.4081 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.4081
Abatement of graffiti on residential property
Status: in_force

1. The governing body of a city may adopt by ordinance procedures pursuant to which officers, employees or other designees of the city may cover or remove graffiti that is placed on residential property.

2. An ordinance adopted pursuant to subsection 1 must provide that: (a) Officers, employees or other designees of the city may not cover or remove the graffiti unless: (1) The owner of the residential property consents to the covering or removal of the graffiti; or (2) If the governing body of the city or its designee is unable to contact the owner of the residential property to obtain the owner's consent, the governing body first provides the owner of the property with written notice that is: (I) Sent by certified mail, return receipt requested; and (II) Posted on the residential property on which the graffiti will be covered or from which the graffiti will be removed, at least 5 days before the officers, employees or other designees of the city cover or remove the graffiti. (b) The city shall pay the cost of covering or removing the graffiti.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.105 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.105
City's powers subordinate in region for which Spring Mountains National Recreation Area Act and Red Rock Canyon Conservation Area and Adjacent Lands Act establish limits upon development
Status: in_force

In the region of this State for which the Spring Mountains National Recreation Area Act and the Red Rock Canyon Conservation Area and Adjacent Lands Act establish limits upon development, the powers conferred by this chapter which relate to planning, subdivision regulation and zoning are subordinate to those limits.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.804 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.804
Tax on revenues from rental of transient lodging located within district: Imposition and collection; waiver; cessation
Status: in_force

1. In addition to all other taxes imposed on the revenues from the rental of transient lodging, the governing body may by ordinance impose a tax upon all persons in the business of providing transient lodging within the boundaries of the district at a rate not to exceed 2 percent of the gross receipts from the rental of transient lodging.

2. The collection of the tax imposed pursuant to this section must not commence earlier than the first day of the second calendar month after adoption of the ordinance imposing the tax.

3. The tax may be waived or imposed at different rates in certain areas or for a particular business if: (a) The governing body determines that certain areas will receive less benefits from the project constructed with the proceeds of the tax or any obligations payable therefrom. (b) The governing body determines that a business does not have sufficient rooms dedicated to providing transient lodging for it to benefit equally from the project constructed with the proceeds of the tax or any obligations payable therefrom.

4. The determinations made by the governing body pursuant to subsection 3 are conclusive unless it is shown that it acted with fraud or a gross abuse of discretion.

5. A tax imposed pursuant to this section must be collected and enforced in the same manner as provided for the collection of the tax imposed by NRS 268.096 .

6. The collection of the tax imposed pursuant to this section must cease upon the final payment of: (a) The bonds initially issued to which the tax imposed pursuant to this section is pledged; or (b) Any bonds refunding those initially issued bonds, but any such refunding bonds may not have a final payment date that is later than the final payment date of the bonds initially issued.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.597 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.597
Alternative procedures for annexing territory
Status: in_force

1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 268.581 , as an alternative to the procedures for annexation set forth in NRS 268.578 to 268.596 , inclusive, the governing body of a city may, subject to the provisions of NRS 268.595 , annex territory: (a) That meets the requirements of subsection 2 of NRS 268.580 if all of the owners of record of individual lots or parcels of land within the territory sign a petition requesting the governing body to annex the territory to the city; (b) That, on January 1, 2001, was undeveloped land and was bounded on at least 75 percent of its aggregate external boundaries by the existing corporate boundaries of the annexing city, if the governing body provides or will provide, within a reasonable period, municipal services to the territory that are substantially equivalent to the municipal services provided by the governing body to any area of the city and the governing body does not, on or before October 1, 2001, enter into a cooperative agreement with the governing body of the governmental entity within whose boundaries the territory is located which provides for the cooperation of the parties to the agreement concerning issues of land use and boundaries of that territory; or (c) That is undeveloped land and is bounded on at least 75 percent of its aggregate external boundaries by the existing corporate boundaries of the annexing city and for which the governing body has received 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.

2. If: (a) A petition specified in paragraph (a) of subsection 1 is accepted by the governing body; (b) The territory proposed for annexation meets the requirements of paragraph (b) of subsection 1; or (c) The governing body receives a written statement from a governmental entity pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (c) of subsection 1, the governing body may proceed to adopt an ordinance annexing the territory and to take such other action that is appropriate to accomplish the annexation.

3. As used in this section, “ municipal services ” includes, without limitation: (a) Water; (b) Sewerage; (c) Police protection; (d) Fire protection; (e) Parks; (f) Maintenance of streets; and (g) Master planning for: (1) The development and use of land; (2) The provision of water and sewerage by the governing body; or (3) The construction of regional infrastructure, including systems for the control of floods and street and utility projects.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 265.180 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 265 / Section 265.180
Limitation on use of money by county commissioners
Status: in_force

All moneys arising from the collection of taxes, fines, penalties and forfeitures shall be appropriated by the board of county commissioners toward the carrying out of those objects which, by NRS 265.110 to 265.180 , inclusive, are placed under its control and jurisdiction, and none others.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.818 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.818
Powers of operating entity
Status: in_force

In addition to any other powers, the operating entity may:

1. Unless otherwise limited by ordinance or by an agreement with the governing body: (a) Adopt rules for the management of its affairs and the performance of its functions and duties; (b) Employ such persons as may be required to carry out its duties and fix and pay their compensation from the money available to pay the expenses of the entity; (c) Apply for or otherwise solicit, accept, administer and comply with any requirements of any appropriations of money or any gifts, grants or donations of property or money; (d) Make and execute agreements which may be necessary or convenient to the exercise of the powers and functions of the operating entity, including contracts with any person, firm, corporation, governmental agency or other entity, except that before any such agreement may bind the city in any way, the governing body must specifically approve the agreement; (e) Administer and manage its own money and pay its own obligations; (f) Enforce the conditions of any loan, grant, sale or lease made by the entity; (g) Publicize the pedestrian mall and the businesses that are located within the pedestrian mall; and (h) Recruit new businesses to fill vacancies and balance the combination of types of businesses in and around the pedestrian mall.

2. If specifically approved by the governing body: (a) Fund or assist in the funding of the costs of improving the exterior appearance of property that abuts the pedestrian mall through grants or loans made to the owner or occupant of the property; (b) Fund the rehabilitation of property that abuts the pedestrian mall; (c) Accept, purchase, rehabilitate, sell, lease or manage any property that abuts the pedestrian mall, with the consent of the owner; (d) Provide security, sanitation and other services for the property that abuts the pedestrian mall that are in addition to the services ordinarily provided by the city; and (e) Acquire, construct or otherwise provide improvements that are designed to increase the safety or attractiveness of the pedestrian mall to businesses which may wish to locate there or to visitors to the mall, including, without limitation, cleanup and control of litter, landscaping, parking areas and facilities, recreational and rest areas and facilities pursuant to any applicable regulations of the governing body.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.755 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.755
Acquisition of real property
Status: in_force

To carry out a community development program, a city may acquire real property, including air or water rights or other interests in the real property, by purchase, lease, donation or otherwise, where the real property is:

1. Blighted, deteriorated, deteriorating, undeveloped or inappropriately developed, from the standpoint of sound community development and growth, as determined by state and local laws;

2. Appropriate for: (a) Rehabilitation or conservation activities; (b) Preservation or restoration of historic sites; (c) Beautification of urban land; (d) Conservation of open spaces, natural resources, scenic spaces or areas; (e) Creation of recreational opportunities; or (f) Guidance of urban development; and

3. To be used for public works, facilities, improvements or other public purposes, including the conversion of land to other uses if necessary or appropriate under the community development program.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.534 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.534
Bonds: Form; terms; variable rate of interest; sale
Status: in_force

1. The bonds must: (a) Be authorized by resolution; (b) Be in such denominations; (c) Bear such date or dates; (d) Mature at such time or times not exceeding 40 years from their respective dates; (e) Be in such form; (f) Carry such registration privileges; (g) Be executed in such manner; (h) Be payable at such place or places within or without the State; and (i) Be subject to such terms of redemption, as the authorizing resolution may provide.

2. The resolution may fix a rate or rates of interest, or provide for the determination of the rate or rates from time to time by a designated agent according to a specified standard and procedure.

3. The bonds may be sold in one or more series at par, or below or above par, in such manner and for such price or prices as the city determines. As an incidental expense of the project, the city may employ financial and legal consultants in regard to the financing of the project.

4. The bonds are fully negotiable under the terms of the Uniform Commercial Code--Investment Securities.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 265.150 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 265 / Section 265.150
Trustees: Duties
Status: in_force

The trustees shall:

1. Prosecute to final judgment and defend all suits instituted by or against the corporation.

2. Collect all money due the same.

3. Liquidate all lawful demands against the same, and for that purpose shall sell and convey any property belonging to such corporation, or so much thereof as may be necessary.

4. Generally, do all acts required to bring to a speedy close all of the affairs of the corporation.

5. Make a report of their proceedings to the board of county commissioners at each session of the board.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 270B.050 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 270B / Section 270B.050
Registered agent: Appointment
Status: in_force

Every foreign municipal corporation owning property or doing business in this State shall appoint and keep in this State a registered agent as provided in NRS 14.020 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.566 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.566
Limitation of actions
Status: in_force

No action may be brought questioning the legality of any contract, lease, agreement of sale, financing agreement, indenture, mortgage, resolution proceedings or bonds executed, adopted or taken in connection with any project or improvements authorized by NRS 268.512 to 268.568 , inclusive, from and after 30 days from the effective date of the resolution authorizing the issuance of such bonds.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.0887 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.0887
Certification of persons who engage in property management; application; fees; renewal; conditions; penalty; exceptions
Status: in_force

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, the city council or other governing body of any incorporated city in the State of Nevada, whether organized under general law or special charter, may, by ordinance, require each person who wishes to engage in property management in the incorporated area of the city to obtain a certificate issued by the city council or other governing body before engaging in property management.

2. If a city council or other governing body of an incorporated city adopts an ordinance pursuant to subsection 1: (a) Each person who engages in property management must make application for a certificate to the city council or other governing body of the incorporated city in which the property to be managed is to be located. The application must be in a form and manner prescribed by the city council or other governing body. (b) The city council or other governing board of an incorporated city may: (1) Establish and collect a fee for the issuance or renewal of a certificate. (2) Grant or deny applications for the issuance or renewal of a certificate. (3) Impose conditions, limitations and restrictions upon a certificate. (4) Establish any other requirements necessary to carry out the ordinance, including, without limitation, the imposition of a penalty for a violation of the ordinance. (5) 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 person who holds a license issued pursuant to chapter 645 of NRS ; or (b) A person engaging in property management of a property where gaming is conducted under a nonrestricted gaming license issued pursuant to NRS 463.170 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 269.169 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 269 / Section 269.169
Amendment and extension; procedure
Status: in_force

The town code may, by ordinance regularly passed, adopted and published, be amended or extended. All general ordinances passed after the adoption of a town code shall be amendments or extensions thereof. No section of the code shall be amended by reference only, but the section, as amended, shall be reenacted and published at length. Three copies of any amendment or extension shall be filed with the town or county clerk and two copies of any amendment or extension shall be filed with the Librarian of the Supreme Court Law Library.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 266.362 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 266 / Section 266.362
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

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

1. If a city council 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 issued by the city council pursuant to NRS 266.355 or 268.0887 , the city council 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 city council 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 city council shall reinstate a license, certificate or permit to practice a profession or occupation issued by the city council pursuant to NRS 266.355 or 268.0887 that has been suspended by a district court pursuant to NRS 425.540 if the city council 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. § 268.442 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.442
Transportation districts: Creation; powers of governing body; budget; employees
Status: in_force

1. The governing body of a city may by ordinance, but not as in a case of emergency, create one or more transportation districts in the incorporated area of the city. The governing body of the city is ex officio the governing body of any district created pursuant to this section and may: (a) Organize and maintain the district. (b) Establish, by ordinance, regulations: (1) For the administration of its internal affairs. (2) For the employment of professional, technical, clerical and other personnel necessary to carry out its duties. (3) For the establishment and alteration of the boundaries of the district. (4) Providing for the use of revenue received by the district. (c) Hold meetings as the governing body of a district in conjunction with its meetings as the governing body of the city without posting a separate agenda or posting additional notices of the meetings within the district.

2. The budget of a district created pursuant to this section must comply with NRS 354.470 to 354.626 , inclusive.

3. All persons employed to perform the functions of a district are employees of the city for all purposes.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 268.097925 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 268 / Section 268.097925
“Authorization” defined
Status: in_force

“ Authorization ” means a permit, license, registration or any other type of approval or authorization issued by a city council or other governing body of an incorporated city or its designee to a person who, independently or using an accommodations facilitator, makes available for rent a residential unit or a room within a residential unit for the purposes of transient lodging.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 269.525 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 269 / Section 269.525
Legislative findings and declaration
Status: in_force

1. It is hereby found and declared that there is a need for special government services in certain unincorporated areas of counties.

2. It is further found and declared that such services heretofore have been provided under varying interpretations of law, leading to widespread disparity in the recognition of the role of town government.

3. It is further found and declared that unincorporated town government is an adjunct of county government.

4. It is further found and declared that the residents of such areas have considerable interest in representative and participatory government for such areas and should be provided a role whereby they may assist the board of county commissioners in the management of government as it relates to such towns.

5. Finally, the purposes of the Unincorporated Town Government Law are to provide for the formation of unincorporated towns and their government according to a uniform plan within the framework of county administration of the unincorporated area.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 269.578 — NV Code / Title 21 / Chapter 269 / Section 269.578
County whose population is less than 700,000: Terms of members
Status: in_force

1. Except as appointment may be deferred pursuant to NRS 269.567 , the board of county commissioners of any county whose population is less than 700,000 shall appoint members for an appointive town advisory board which is created after June 30, 1983, to initial terms as follows: (a) For a three-member board: (1) One member for a term of no more than 1 year; and (2) Two members for terms of more than 1 year but no more than 2 years. Each term must end on the first Monday in January of the appropriate year. (b) For a five-member board: (1) Two members for terms of no more than 1 year; and (2) Three members for terms of more than 1 year but no more than 2 years. Each term must end on the first Monday in January of the appropriate year.

2. As the initial terms expire, the board of county commissioners shall appoint members for terms of 2 years thereafter.

3. If the town board is made elective after June 30, 1983, the ordinance creating it must provide for the division of the first elected board by lot into two classes whose terms will correspond to those provided in subsection 1.