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2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.560 - Operation by city prohibited.

1. When all principal of, interest on and any prior redemption premiums due in connection with the bonds issued for a project have been paid in full, and if the option to purchase or option to renew a lease, if any, contained in the lease has not been exercised as to all of the property contained in the project, the lease shall terminate and the city shall sell such remaining property or devote the same to municipal purposes other than those authorized by NRS 268.512 to 268.568, inclusive.
2. No city may operate any project as a business or in any other manner as a lessor or seller thereof.
3. Any such sale which is not made pursuant to exercise of an option to purchase by the lessee or pursuant to an agreement of sale shall be conducted in the same manner as is then provided by law governing the issuer’s sale of surplus property.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1758; A 1977, 598)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.562 - City’s property exempt from taxation; taxation of lessees, purchasers and obligors.

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.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1758; A 1977, 599)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.564 - Eminent domain not available.

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.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1758)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.566 - Limitation of actions.

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.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1758; A 1977, 599)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.570 - Applicability.

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.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1601; A 1969, 1538; 1979, 526, 790; 1989, 1914; 2001, 605; 2003, 2783; 2011, 1161; 2019, 570; 2023, 246)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.572 - Legislative declaration.

It is hereby declared as a matter of legislative determination that:
1. Sound urban development is essential to the continued economic development of this State.
2. Municipalities are created to provide the governmental services essential for sound urban development and for the protection of health, safety and welfare in areas being used for residential, commercial, industrial, institutional and governmental purposes, or in areas undergoing such development.
3. Municipal boundaries should be extended, in accordance with legislative standards, to include such areas and to provide the high quality of governmental services needed therein for the protection of the public health, safety and welfare.
4. Areas annexed to municipalities in accordance with such uniform legislative standards should receive the services provided by the annexing municipality as soon as possible following the annexation.
5. Areas annexed to municipalities should include all of the urbanized unincorporated areas adjacent to municipalities, and piecemeal annexation of unincorporated areas should be avoided, securing to residents within the area proposed to be annexed the right of protest.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1601)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.574 - Definitions.

As used in NRS 268.570 to 268.608, inclusive:
1. "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.
2. "Lot or parcel" means any tract of land of sufficient size to constitute a legal building lot as determined by the zoning ordinance of the county in which the territory proposed to be annexed is situated. If such county has not enacted a zoning ordinance, the question of what constitutes a building lot shall be determined by reference to the zoning ordinance of the annexing municipality.
3. "Majority of the property owners" in a territory means the record owners of real property:
(a) 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
(b) Whose combined area is greater than 50 percent of the total area of the territory, excluding lands held by public bodies.
4. A lot or parcel of land is "used for residential purposes" if it is 5 acres or less in area and contains a habitable dwelling unit of a permanent nature.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1602; A 1971, 277; 2003, 2783; 2019, 571; 2023, 247)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.576 - Procedure for extension of corporate limits.

The governing body of any incorporated city, whether incorporated or governed under a general act, special legislative act or special charter enacted, adopted or granted pursuant to either Section 1 or Section 8 of Article 8 of the Constitution of the State of Nevada, may extend the corporate limits of such city under the procedures or alternative procedures set forth in NRS 268.570 to 268.608, inclusive.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1602; A 1979, 790)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.581 - Annexation of certain territory prohibited; exceptions.

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.
(Added to NRS by 2023, 245)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.582 - Commencement of action by governing body on receipt of petition.

In addition to initiating annexation proceedings on its own motion pursuant to NRS 268.584, the governing body of any city shall commence action in accordance with the provisions of NRS 268.584 to 268.590, inclusive, upon the petition of the board of county commissioners, or upon the petition of a majority of the owners of real property in an unincorporated area developed for urban purposes which is approximately described in the petition.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1605; A 1983, 738)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.584 - Resolution of intent to consider annexation: Contents.

The governing body of any city desiring to annex territory under the provisions of NRS 268.570 to 268.608, inclusive, shall first pass a resolution stating the intent of the city to consider the annexation. The resolution must:
1. Describe the boundaries of the territory proposed to be annexed;
2. Fix the date for a public hearing on the question of annexation, which must not be less than 30 days nor more than 60 days following the passage of the resolution; and
3. Direct that notice of the public hearing be given in the manner provided in NRS 268.586.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1605; A 1983, 738)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.586 - Contents and publication of notice of public hearing; right of owner to appear and file written protest.

1. The notice of public hearing must:
(a) Fix the date, hour and place of the public hearing.
(b) Describe accurately the territory proposed to be annexed.
(c) State that the report required in NRS 268.578 will be available at the office of the city clerk of the annexing city at least 20 days before the date of the public hearing.
(d) Contain a list of the names and addresses of all record owners of real property within the territory proposed to be annexed.
(e) Contain a statement to the effect that unless a majority of the property owners in the territory proposed to be annexed protest the annexation, either orally at the public hearing or in writing within 15 days after the conclusion of the public hearing, the governing body may adopt an ordinance extending the corporate limits of the annexing city to include all, or any part, of the territory described in the notice.
2. Any record owner of real property within the territory proposed to be annexed may:
(a) Appear and be heard at the public hearing;
(b) File with the city clerk of the annexing city a written protest to the annexation at any time within 15 days after the conclusion of the public hearing; or
(c) Do both.
3. The notice must be given by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the territory proposed to be annexed, or, if there is none, in a newspaper of general circulation published in the county. If no such newspapers are published, a copy of the notice must be posted at the front door of the city hall or the county courthouse and in at least two conspicuous places in the territory proposed to be annexed for not less than 20 days before the public hearing. The first publication of the notice must be at least 20 days before the date set for the public hearing, and three publications in a newspaper published at least once a week are sufficient, but the first and last publication must be at least 6 days apart. The period of notice commences upon the first day of publication and terminates either upon the day of the third publication or at the end of the 20th day, including therein the first day, whichever period is longer. At the time of the first publication, the city clerk of the annexing city shall send a copy of the notice by certified mail, return receipt requested, to each record owner of real property within the territory proposed to be annexed.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1605; A 1981, 346)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.588 - Approval of report; preparation of summary for public distribution.

At least 20 days before the date of the public hearing, the governing body of the annexing city shall approve the report provided for in NRS 268.578 and shall make the same available to the public at the office of the city clerk. In addition, the governing body may direct the preparation of a summary of the full report for public distribution with the notice of the public hearing and at such hearing.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1606)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.590 - Explanation of report at public hearing; protests to annexation.

1. At the public hearing a representative of the annexing city shall first make an explanation of the report provided for in NRS 268.578.
2. Following such explanation, any record owner of real property within the territory proposed to be annexed shall be given an opportunity to be heard.
3. Any protest to such annexation shall be deemed waived unless the same is presented verbally at such public hearing, or is filed in writing with the city clerk of the annexing city within 15 days after the conclusion of such public hearing. In the case of mailed protests, the postmark on the envelope shall be deemed to be the date of filing.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1606)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.592 - Disapproval of annexation; adoption of ordinance extending corporate limits.

1. If a majority of the property owners protest the annexation, either orally or in writing at the public hearing or in writing within 15 days after the conclusion of the public hearing, the city shall not annex in that proceeding any part of the territory described in the notice. This provision does not preclude a subsequent proceeding with respect to all or part of that territory if that proceeding is commenced more than 1 year after the public hearing.
2. If a majority of the property owners do not protest the annexation in the manner or within the time limited by subsection 1, the governing body may at any regular or special meeting thereof held not sooner than 16 days after the conclusion of the public hearing and not later than 90 days after the conclusion of the hearing, adopt an ordinance extending the corporate limits of the annexing city to include all, or such part, of the territory described in the notice of public hearing, which meets the requirements of NRS 268.580, and which the governing body has concluded should be annexed; but the governing body may amend the report provided for in NRS 268.578, to make changes in the plans for service to the area proposed to be annexed, so long as the changes meet the requirements of NRS 268.578.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1606; A 1983, 739)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.594 - Determination of number and identity of owners of real property; sufficiency of petitions and protests.

1. Whenever it is necessary for the purposes of NRS 268.570 to 268.608, inclusive, to determine the number or identity of the record owners of real property in a territory proposed to be annexed, a list of such owners, certified by the county assessor on any date between the institution of the proceedings, as provided in NRS 268.584, and the public hearing, as provided in NRS 268.590, both dates inclusive, shall be prima facie evidence that only those persons named thereon are such owners.
2. A petition or protest is sufficient for the purposes of NRS 268.570 to 268.608, inclusive, as to any lot or parcel of real property which is owned:
(a) As community property, if it is signed by one spouse.
(b) By two persons, either natural or artificial, other than as community property, if signed by both such owners.
(c) By more than two persons, either natural or artificial, if signed by a majority of such owners.
(d) Either wholly or in part, by an artificial person, if it is signed by an authorized agent and accompanied by a copy of such authorization.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1607; A 2017, 788)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.595 - Inclusion of county road, state highway or railroad in annexed territory.

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.
(Added to NRS by 2001, 605)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.596 - Contents of ordinance.

The annexation ordinance must contain:
1. Specific findings showing that the territory being annexed meets the requirements of NRS 268.580. The external boundaries of the territory being annexed must be accurately described.
2. A statement of the intent of the annexing city to extend services to the territory being annexed as set forth in the report required by NRS 268.578. If the report provides that the extension of those services, or portions thereof, must be done at the expense of the property owners in the territory being annexed, the annexation ordinance must designate which services, or portions thereof, must be extended at the expense of the annexing city and which services, or portions thereof, must be extended at the expense of the property owners.
3. A specific finding that on the effective date of the annexation, the annexing city will have funds appropriated in sufficient amount to finance the extension of any services designated in the report to be made at the expense of the annexing city, into the territory being annexed, or that on the effective date of the annexation the annexing city will have authority to issue bonds in an amount sufficient to finance the extension. If authority to issue the bonds must be secured from the electorate of the annexing city prior to the effective date of the annexation, then the effective date of annexation must be not earlier than the date following the statement of the successful result of the bond election.
4. The specific date on which the annexation becomes effective, which date may be fixed for any date within 12 months from the date of passage of the annexation ordinance; but no such annexation may become effective within 90 days next preceding any general election at which state or county officers, or officers of the annexing city, are chosen.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1607; A 1983, 739)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.597 - Alternative procedures for annexing territory.

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.
(Added to NRS by 1979, 790; A 1983, 740; 1993, 88; 2001, 605, 2943; 2023, 248)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.5973 - Notice of annexation to public utilities and rural electric cooperatives.

1. Whenever an incorporated city annexes territory in accordance with the provisions of this section and NRS 268.570 to 268.608, inclusive, the city clerk of the annexing city shall, not less than 10 working days after the adoption of the ordinance approving the annexation, send by certified mail to each public utility and rural electric cooperative operating within the jurisdiction of the incorporated city:
(a) A notice containing the address and legal description of all property in the territory to be annexed;
(b) An accurate map or plat of the territory to be annexed; and
(c) A copy of the ordinance approving the annexation.
2. As used in this section, "public utility" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 704.020.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 570)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.5975 - Request by county assessor to adjust boundary that bisects single legal parcel; assumption of certain financial obligations relating to such property.

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.
(Added to NRS by 2003, 2782; A 2005, 2668)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.598 - Privileges, benefits and obligations of annexed territory and its inhabitants; municipal taxes.

From and after the effective date of the annexation, the territory annexed and its inhabitants and property shall be subject to all debts, laws, ordinances and regulations in force in the annexing city and shall be entitled to the same privileges and benefits as other parts of the annexing city. The newly annexed territory shall be subject to municipal taxes levied for the fiscal year following the effective date of annexation.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1608)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.600 - Preparation of map or plat of annexed territory; recording of map or plat and ordinance; county recorder to provide copy of map or plat or access to digital map or plat to county assessor.

1. Whenever the corporate limits of any city are extended in accordance with the provisions of NRS 268.570 to 268.608, inclusive, the governing body of such city shall cause an accurate map or plat of the annexed territory, prepared under the supervision of a competent surveyor or engineer, together with a certified copy of the annexation ordinance in respect thereof, to be recorded in the office of the county recorder of the county in which such territory is situated, which recording shall be done prior to the effective date of the annexation as specified in the annexation ordinance. A duplicate copy of such map or plat and such annexation ordinance shall be filed with the Department of Taxation.
2. A county recorder who records a map or plat pursuant to this section shall, within 7 working days after recording the map or plat, provide to the county assessor at no charge:
(a) A duplicate copy of the map or plat and any supporting documents; or
(b) Access to the digital map or plat and any digital supporting documents. The map or plat and the supporting documents must be in a form that is acceptable to the county recorder and the county assessor.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1608; A 1973, 1081; 1975, 1682; 2001, 1558; 2003, 2783)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.602 - Mandamus to compel city to extend services after annexation; costs; attorney’s fees.

1. If, not earlier than 24 months after the effective date of the annexation, and not later than 27 months after the effective date of the annexation, any record owner of real property in the annexed territory believes that the annexing city has failed to follow through on its service plans, adopted under the provisions of paragraphs (a) and (d) of subsection 4 of NRS 268.578, with respect to extensions of services to be made at the expense of the annexing city, the property owner may apply to the district court having jurisdiction of the annexing territory for a writ of mandamus to compel the extension of those services.
2. The court may grant the relief prayed for in the application if:
(a) The annexing city has not provided the services set forth in its plan submitted under the provisions of paragraph (a) of subsection 4 of NRS 268.578, on substantially the same basis and in the same manner as such services were provided by the annexing city to the property owners and residents within the remainder of the city on the effective date of the annexation; and
(b) At the time the writ is sought, the services set forth in the plan submitted under the provisions of paragraph (a) of subsection 4 of NRS 268.578 are still being provided to the property owners and residents within the remainder of the city on substantially the same basis and in the same manner as on the effective date of the annexation.
3. The court may also grant the relief prayed for in the application if:
(a) The plans submitted under the provisions of paragraph (d) of subsection 4 of NRS 268.578 require the extension of any services into the annexed territory to be made at the expense of the annexing city;
(b) Contracts have not been let and construction has not begun; and
(c) The applicant demonstrates that the need still exists for the extension of those services into the annexed territory.
4. If a writ is made permanent, the cost in the action, including reasonable attorney’s fees for the aggrieved person, must be assessed against the annexing city.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1608; A 1981, 347)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.604 - Order staying effectiveness of ordinance: Application; limitations.

1. Any person appearing and protesting such annexation at the public hearing, as provided in NRS 268.590, or any person filing with the city clerk of the annexing city a written protest to such annexation within 15 days after the conclusion of such public hearing, who believes that he or she will suffer material injury, by reason of the failure of the governing body of the annexing city to comply with the procedure set forth in NRS 268.570 to 268.608, inclusive, or to meet the requirements set forth in NRS 268.580 as the same applies to his or her property, shall have the right, within 30 days from the date of the adoption of the annexation ordinance, to apply to the district court having jurisdiction of the annexed territory for an order staying the effectiveness of such annexation ordinance.
2. Such application shall explicitly state what exceptions are taken to the action of the governing body and what relief the applicant seeks.
3. The court shall accord such application precedence over any civil business not involving the public interest.
4. In hearing and deciding on such application, the court shall consider any evidence or statements introduced at the public hearing on such annexation, and any evidence which it finds to have been arbitrarily or capriciously excluded. If the court finds that any of the steps required by NRS 268.570 to 268.608, inclusive, have not been taken or that the governing body has abused its discretion in taking any such action, or that the requirements set forth in NRS 268.580 have not been met, the court shall make such temporary or final order in the premises as the ends of justice may require.
5. All actions or suits attacking the validity of the proceedings not brought within the 30-day period shall thereafter be perpetually barred.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1608)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.606 - Expenditures authorized by cities.

Municipalities instituting annexations under the provisions of NRS 268.570 to 268.608, inclusive, are authorized to make expenditures for surveys required to describe the territory proposed to be annexed, or for any purpose necessary to plan for the study, annexation, or both, of any unincorporated territory contiguous to the municipality. In addition, following the final passage of the annexation ordinance and prior to the effective date of the annexation, the annexing city shall have authority to proceed with expenditures and take such other actions appropriate for the construction of streets, utility lines and other capital facilities and for any other purpose calculated to bring services into the annexed area in a more effective and expeditious manner.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1609)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.608 - Methods used in determining population, degree of subdivision and use of land; estimates to be accepted by district court.

In determining the population and the degree of land subdivision and use for the purposes of meeting the requirements of NRS 268.580, the annexing city shall use methods calculated to provide reasonably accurate results. In determining whether the standards set forth in NRS 268.580 have been met on appeal to the district court, as provided in NRS 268.604, the court shall accept the estimates of the municipality as to:
1. Population, if the estimate is based upon the number of dwelling units in the area, multiplied by the average family size in the county in which the annexed territory is situate, as determined by the last federal decennial census; or if it is based upon a new enumeration carried out under reasonable rules and regulations by the annexing city; but the court shall not accept such estimates if the applicant demonstrates that such estimates are in error in the amount of 20 percent or more.
2. Total area, if the estimate is based upon an actual survey, or upon county tax maps or records, or upon aerial photographs or upon some other reasonably reliable map used for official purposes by any governmental agency, unless the applicant demonstrates that such estimates are in error in the amount of 20 percent or more.
3. The degree of land subdivision and use, if the estimates are based upon an actual survey, or upon county tax maps or records, or upon aerial photographs or upon some other reasonably reliable source unless the applicant demonstrates that such estimates are in error in the amount of 20 percent or more.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1609)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.610 - Applicability.

1. The provisions of NRS 268.610 to 268.671, inclusive, apply only to cities located in a county whose population is less than 700,000.
2. The provisions of NRS 268.610 to 268.671, inclusive, except NRS 268.6257 and 268.663, do not apply to any city specified in subsection 1 whose charter provides specifically for the creation of an annexation commission to serve the city.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1619; A 1969, 1538; 1973, 1075; 1977, 675; 1979, 527; 1989, 1914; 2011, 1161; 2019, 571; 2023, 249)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.612 - Definitions.

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.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1620; A 1977, 676; 1991, 1737; 2019, 571; 2023, 249)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.616 - "Commission" defined.

"Commission" means a city annexation commission or, for the purposes of NRS 268.630 to 268.671, inclusive, in counties where no city annexation commission exists, the board of county commissioners, or in Carson City, the board of supervisors or, in a county which has entered an interlocal agreement pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 268.626, the regional planning commission.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1620; A 1969, 325; 1991, 1737)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.618 - "Contiguous" defined.

"Contiguous," as applied to an area proposed to be annexed in relation to a city, means that not less than 15 percent of the total boundary of such area is conterminous with the boundary of the city.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1620)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.620 - "Executive officer" defined.

"Executive officer" means:
1. With respect to a city annexation commission, the county manager or like administrative officer of the county.
2. With respect to a city annexation commission in a county that has executed an interlocal agreement pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 268.626, the director of regional planning.
3. With respect to a board of county commissioners, the county manager or like administrative officer of the county, or the clerk of such board.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1620; A 1991, 1737)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.622 - "Majority of the property owners" defined.

"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.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1620; A 1971, 278)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.623 - "Sphere of influence" defined.

"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.
(Added to NRS by 1991, 1736)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.625 - Program of annexation: Adoption by certain cities; requirements for adoption; certification by regional planning commission; appeal of adverse determination.

1. A city located in a county whose population is 100,000 or more but less than 700,000 that has adopted a comprehensive regional plan pursuant to NRS 278.026 to 278.029, inclusive, shall adopt a program of annexation. The program must identify areas in any sphere of influence of the city to be considered for annexation within the next 7 years. The city shall not consider the annexation of any area that is not within the designated sphere of influence and is not included in its program of annexation.
2. Before adopting a program of annexation pursuant to subsection 1, the city must hold one or more public hearings. Notice of the time and place of the hearing must be mailed to all owners of real property in the proposed program of annexation. At the public hearing the city shall consider:
(a) The location of property to be considered for annexation;
(b) The logical extension of city limits;
(c) The need for the expansion to accommodate planned regional growth;
(d) The location of existing and planned water and sewer service;
(e) Community goals that would be met by any proposed annexation;
(f) The efficient and cost-effective provision of service areas and capital facilities; and
(g) Any other factors concerning any proposed annexation deemed appropriate for consideration by the governing body of the city.
3. The city shall submit its program of annexation adopted pursuant to subsection 1 to the regional planning commission and the county in which the city is located for recommendations.
4. The regional planning commission must certify that a program of annexation adopted pursuant to subsection 1 conforms with the comprehensive regional plan before the program is put into effect. The county or the city may appeal an adverse determination of the regional planning commission in the manner provided in subsections 3 and 4 of NRS 278.028.
5. After certification of a program of annexation pursuant to subsection 4, any facilities plan, capital improvement program, development project or location of facilities by a county, a city, an annexation commission, a regional planning commission, the governing board or any other affected entity must be consistent with the certified program of annexation.
(Added to NRS by 1991, 1736; A 2011, 1161)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.6255 - Requirements for land proposed for annexation by certified program of annexation.

1. The land proposed for annexation by a certified program of annexation must be contiguous to the annexing city unless:
(a) The proposal is a voluntary annexation;
(b) The timing of the proposal is consistent with the certified program of annexation; and
(c) The services and facilities required for the development of the land proposed for annexation will be provided upon annexation.
2. The annexation of the land must not have the effect of:
(a) Creating an island of 40 acres or less; or
(b) Dividing an individual lot or parcel of land so that only a portion of the lot or parcel is proposed for annexation.
(Added to NRS by 1991, 1737; A 1999, 904)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.6257 - Annexation of certain territory prohibited; exceptions.

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 268.610 to 268.668, inclusive, or the alternative procedures set forth in NRS 268.670, 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.
(Added to NRS by 2023, 246)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.626 - Annexation commission: Creation in certain counties; number and selection of members; transfer of duties to regional planning commission.

1. There is hereby created, in each county of the State whose population is 100,000 or more and less than 700,000, a city annexation commission which consists of members to be selected as follows:
(a) Two members representing the county, one of whom must be the chair of the board of county commissioners and the other a member of the board to be chosen by the board.
(b) One member representing each city, who must be a member of the governing body to be chosen by the governing body.
(c) If the provisions of paragraphs (a) and (b) result in an even number of members, the Governor shall appoint an additional member who is the chair of the regional planning commission.
2. The governing bodies of a county and each incorporated city in the county may execute an interlocal agreement to transfer the duties of the city annexation commission to the regional planning commission.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1620; A 1969, 1538; 1979, 527; 1989, 1914; 1991, 1737; 2011, 1162)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.628 - Annexation commission: Members; terms; vacancies; chair; expenses.

1. The first members must be chosen by the respective bodies during the month of May 1967, and serve until the selection and qualification of their successors. Thereafter, members of the commission must be chosen by the respective bodies during the month of January of each odd-numbered year, and serve until the selection and qualification of their successors.
2. Any member who ceases to be a member of the body from which the member was chosen ceases to be a member of the commission. Any vacancy must be filled by the body which made the original choice, for the unexpired term.
3. The chair of the regional planning commission shall serve as chair of the commission. The members of the commission shall elect a vice chair, who presides in the absence of the chair.
4. Commission members shall serve without compensation but must be reimbursed the actual amounts of their reasonable and necessary expenses incurred in attending meetings and in performing the duties of their office.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1620; A 1991, 1738)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 268 - Powers and Duties Common to Cities and Towns Incorporated Under General or Special Laws › NRS 268.630 - Annexation commission: Powers and duties.

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.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1621; A 2023, 250)