NV Rev Stat § 278.473 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 278 - Planning and Zoning|NRS 278.473 - Certificate of amendment to correct or amend recorded plat, survey or map if correction or amendment does not change location of survey monument, property line or boundary line: Request; preparation, contents and recordation.

  1. To correct an error or omission in or to amend any recorded subdivision plat, record of survey, parcel map, map of division into large parcels or reversionary map, if the correction or amendment does not change or purport to change the physical location of any survey monument, property line or boundary line, a certificate of amendment must be requested and recorded pursuant to this section.  2. A certificate of amendment may be requested by:  (a) The county surveyor to make a correction or amendment which affects land located within the boundaries of an unincorporated area or Carson City;  (b) The city surveyor or a professional land surveyor appointed by the governing body of the city to make a correction or amendment which affects land located within an incorporated city;  (c) The planning commission if authorized by local ordinance; or  (d) A professional land surveyor registered pursuant to chapter 625 of NRS.  3. If a certificate of amendment is requested to correct or amend a record of survey, the surveyor who:  (a) Requests the certificate of amendment; or  (b) Is responsible for an error or omission which is to be corrected,  shall prepare and record the certificate of amendment within 90 days after the surveyor receives notification of the request made pursuant to subsection 2. If the surveyor is no longer professionally active, the county surveyor, city surveyor or a professional land surveyor appointed by the governing body shall prepare and file the certificate.  4. The certificate of amendment must:  (a) Be in the form of a letter addressed to the county surveyor, the city surveyor, a professional land surveyor appointed by the governing body of the city or, if authorized by local ordinance, the planning commission;  (b) Specify the title, legal description and recording date of the document being corrected or amended;  (c) Concisely state the data being changed and the correction or amendment;  (d) Be dated, signed and sealed by the surveyor preparing the certificate; and  (e) Contain the following statement, dated and signed by the county surveyor, city surveyor or a professional land surveyor appointed by the governing body:  I hereby certify that I have examined the certificate of amendment and that the changes to the original document specified therein are provided for in applicable sections of NRS 278.010 to 278.630, inclusive, 625.340 to 625.380, inclusive, and local ordinances adopted pursuant thereto, and I am satisfied that this certificate of amendment so amends or corrects the document as to make it technically correct.  5. Upon the recording of a certificate of amendment, the county recorder shall cause a proper notation to be entered upon all recorded sheets of the original document being amended, if the county recorder does not maintain a cumulative index for such maps and amendments. If such an index is maintained, the county recorder shall direct an appropriate entry for the amendment.  (Added to NRS by 1977, 1505; A 1979, 1500; 1987, 380; 1989, 795; 1991, 1151; 1993, 2577; 1997, 2432)