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2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 281A - Ethics in Government › NRS 281A.540 - Governmental grant, contract or lease and certain actions taken in violation of chapter are voidable; prohibited contract is void; recovery of benefit received as result of violation.

1. In addition to any other penalties provided by law, a governmental grant, contract or lease entered into in violation of this chapter is voidable by the State, county, city or political subdivision. In a determination under this section of whether to void a grant, contract or lease, the interests of innocent third parties who could be damaged must be taken into account. The Attorney General, district attorney or city attorney must give notice of the intent to void a grant, contract or lease under this section no later than 30 days after the Commission has determined that there has been a related violation of this chapter.
2. In addition to any other penalties provided by law, a contract prohibited by NRS 281.230 which is knowingly entered into by a person designated in subsection 1 of NRS 281.230 is void.
3. Any action taken by the State in violation of this chapter is voidable, except that the interests of innocent third parties in the nature of the violation must be taken into account. The Attorney General may also pursue any other available legal or equitable remedies.
4. In addition to any other penalties provided by law, the Attorney General may recover any fee, compensation, gift or benefit received by a person as a result of a violation of this chapter by a public officer. An action to recover pursuant to this section must be brought within 2 years after the violation or reasonable discovery of the violation.
(Added to NRS by 1991, 1593; A 2009, 1068)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 281A - Ethics in Government › NRS 281A.665 - Opinions of Commission may include guidance to public officer or employee.

The Commission’s opinions may include guidance to a public officer or employee on questions whether:
1. A conflict exists between the public officer’s or employee’s personal interest and the public officer’s or employee’s official duty.
2. The public officer’s or employee’s official duties involve the use of discretionary judgment whose exercise in the particular matter would have a significant effect upon the disposition of the matter.
3. The conflict would materially affect the independence of the judgment of a reasonable person in the public officer’s or employee’s situation.
4. The public officer or employee possesses special knowledge which is an indispensable asset of the public officer’s or employee’s public agency and is needed by it to reach a sound decision.
5. It would be appropriate for the public officer or employee to withdraw or abstain from participation, disclose the nature of the public officer’s or employee’s conflicting personal interest or pursue some other designated course of action in the matter.
(Added to NRS by 1977, 1107; A 1985, 2126; 1987, 2097; 1997, 258; 2005, 2280)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 281A - Ethics in Government › NRS 281A.675 - Initiation of request for advisory opinion; purpose of request; form and contents; Commission may decline to render advisory opinion under certain circumstances.

1. A public officer or employee may file with the Commission a request for an advisory opinion to:
(a) Seek guidance on matters which directly relate to the propriety of his or her own past, present or future conduct as a public officer or employee under the statutory ethical standards set forth in this chapter; or
(b) Request relief pursuant to NRS 281A.410, 281A.430 or 281A.550.
2. The request for an advisory opinion must be:
(a) Filed on a form prescribed by the Commission; and
(b) Submitted with all necessary information for the Commission to render an advisory opinion in the matter.
3. The Commission may decline to render an advisory opinion if the public officer or employee does not:
(a) Submit all necessary information for the Commission to render an advisory opinion in the matter; or
(b) Declare by oath or affirmation that he or she will testify truthfully regarding the matter.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 2479)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 281A - Ethics in Government › NRS 281A.680 - Rendering of advisory opinion by Commission; deadline and waiver; certain advisory opinions binding upon requester; judicial review; confidentiality and waiver.

1. If a public officer or employee properly files a request for an advisory opinion, the Commission shall render an advisory opinion that interprets the statutory ethical standards and applies those standards to the given set of facts and circumstances. The Commission shall render the advisory opinion within 45 days after receiving the request, unless the requester waives this time limit.
2. If the advisory opinion rendered by the Commission relates to the propriety of the present or future conduct of the requester, the advisory opinion is:
(a) Binding upon the requester with regard to the future conduct of the requester; and
(b) A final decision that is subject to judicial review pursuant to NRS 233B.130.
3. If the requester seeks judicial review pursuant to NRS 233B.130, any proceedings concerning such judicial review must be confidential and held in closed court without admittance of persons other than those necessary to the proceedings, unless the requester waives this right to confidential proceedings.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 2479)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 281A - Ethics in Government › NRS 281A.685 - Confidentiality of certain materials; no duty on Commission or staff to protect confidentiality of materials not in their possession; exceptions.

1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the following materials are confidential and are not public records pursuant to chapter 239 of NRS:
(a) A request for an advisory opinion;
(b) The advisory opinion rendered by the Commission in response to the request;
(c) Any information, communications, records, documents or other materials in the possession of the Commission or its staff that are related to the request; and
(d) Any information, communications, records, documents or other materials in the possession of the requester of the advisory opinion that are related to the request and, if disclosed by the requester, would reveal the existence, nature or content of the request or the advisory opinion.
2. The provisions of subsection 1 do not create or impose any duty on the Commission or its staff to protect or defend against the disclosure of any materials not in the possession of the Commission or its staff, regardless of whether the materials are related to the request.
3. The provisions of subsection 1 do not apply to any materials in the possession of the Commission or its staff that are related to the request if the requester of the advisory opinion:
(a) Acts in contravention of the advisory opinion, in which case the Commission may disclose the request, the advisory opinion and any information, communications, records, documents or other materials in the possession of the Commission or its staff that are related to the request;
(b) Authorizes the Commission, in writing, to make the request, the advisory opinion or any information, communications, records, documents or other materials in the possession of the Commission or its staff that are related to the request publicly available; or
(c) Voluntarily discloses, in any manner, the request, the advisory opinion or any information, communications, records, documents or other materials in the possession of the Commission or its staff that are related to the request, except to:
(1) The public body, agency or employer of the requester or the legal counsel of the requester;
(2) Any person to whom the Commission authorizes the requester to make such a disclosure; or
(3) Any person to whom the requester makes such a disclosure for the purposes of judicial review pursuant to NRS 281A.680.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 2479)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 281A - Ethics in Government › NRS 281A.690 - Inapplicability of Open Meeting Law to proceedings concerning request for advisory opinion; exceptions.

1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the provisions of chapter 241 of NRS do not apply to:
(a) Any meeting or hearing held by the Commission to receive information or evidence concerning a request for an advisory opinion; and
(b) Any deliberations or actions of the Commission on such information or evidence.
2. The public officer or employee who files the request for an advisory opinion may also file a request with the Commission to hold a public meeting or hearing regarding the request for an advisory opinion.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 2480)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 281A - Ethics in Government › NRS 281A.705 - Legal defense of state officer or employee subject to ethics complaint.

1. If an ethics complaint is filed with or initiated by the Commission concerning a present or former state officer or employee, unless the state officer or employee retains his or her legal counsel or the Attorney General tenders the defense of the state officer or employee to an insurer who, pursuant to a contract of insurance, is authorized to defend the state officer or employee, the Attorney General shall defend the state officer or employee or employ special counsel to defend the state officer or employee in any proceeding relating to the ethics complaint if:
(a) The state officer or employee submits a written request for defense in the manner provided in NRS 41.0339; and
(b) Based on the facts and allegations known to the Attorney General, the Attorney General determines that the act or omission on which the alleged violation is based:
(1) Appears to be within the course and scope of public duty or employment of the state officer or employee; and
(2) Appears to have been performed or omitted in good faith.
2. The Attorney General shall create a written record setting forth the basis for the Attorney General’s determination of whether to defend the state officer or employee pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 1. The written record is not admissible in evidence at trial or in any other judicial or administrative proceeding in which the state officer or employee is a party, except in connection with an application to withdraw as the attorney of record.
(Added to NRS by 2005, 2556; A 2017, 2500)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 281A - Ethics in Government › NRS 281A.710 - Initiation of ethics complaint; form and contents; Commission may decline to render opinion under certain circumstances.

1. Except as otherwise provided in this section and NRS 281A.280, the Commission may render an opinion that interprets the statutory ethical standards and applies those standards to a given set of facts and circumstances regarding the propriety of the conduct of a public officer or employee if an ethics complaint is:
(a) Filed by a specialized or local ethics committee established pursuant to NRS 281A.350.
(b) Filed by any person, except a person who is incarcerated in a correctional facility in this State or any other jurisdiction.
(c) Initiated by the Commission on its own motion, except the Commission shall not initiate such an ethics complaint based solely upon an anonymous complaint.
2. An ethics complaint filed by a person must be:
(a) Verified under oath and filed on a form prescribed by the Commission; and
(b) Submitted with sufficient evidence to support the allegations in order for the Commission to make a determination of whether it has jurisdiction in the matter and whether an investigation is warranted in the matter pursuant to NRS 281A.715 and 281A.720.
3. The Commission may decline to render an opinion if the person who files the ethics complaint does not submit all necessary evidence in the matter.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 2480)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 281A - Ethics in Government › NRS 281A.715 - Determination of jurisdiction and whether evidence warrants investigation; deadline and waiver; dismissal for lack of jurisdiction or insufficient evidence; initiation of investigation.

1. Based on the evidence submitted with an ethics complaint filed with the Commission pursuant to NRS 281A.710, the Commission shall determine whether it has jurisdiction in the matter and whether an investigation is warranted in the matter. The Commission shall make its determination within 45 days after receiving the ethics complaint, unless the public officer or employee who is the subject of the ethics complaint waives this time limit.
2. If the Commission determines that it does not have jurisdiction in the matter, the Commission shall dismiss the matter.
3. If the Commission determines that it has jurisdiction in the matter but the evidence submitted with the ethics complaint is not sufficient to warrant an investigation in the matter, the Commission shall dismiss the matter, with or without issuing a letter of caution or instruction to the public officer or employee pursuant to NRS 281A.780.
4. If the Commission determines that it has jurisdiction in the matter and the evidence submitted with the ethics complaint is sufficient to warrant an investigation in the matter, the Commission may direct the Executive Director to investigate the ethics complaint pursuant to NRS 281A.720.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 2481)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 281A - Ethics in Government › NRS 281A.720 - Investigation by Executive Director; notice of investigation; opportunity to submit response; deadline and extension; purpose of response; preservation of objections and defenses.

1. If the Commission directs the Executive Director to investigate an ethics complaint pursuant to NRS 281A.715 or if the Commission initiates an ethics complaint on its own motion pursuant to NRS 281A.710, the Executive Director shall investigate the facts and circumstances relating to the ethics complaint to determine whether the Executive Director believes that there is just and sufficient cause for the Commission to render an opinion in the matter in order to present a written recommendation to the review panel pursuant to NRS 281A.725.
2. The Executive Director shall provide notice of the investigation pursuant to this section to the public officer or employee who is the subject of the ethics complaint and provide the public officer or employee an opportunity to submit to the Executive Director a response to the allegations against the public officer or employee in the ethics complaint. The response must be submitted within 30 days after the date on which the public officer or employee receives the notice of the investigation pursuant to this section, unless the Executive Director grants an extension.
3. The purpose of the response submitted pursuant to this section is to provide the Executive Director and the review panel with any information relevant to the ethics complaint which the public officer or employee believes may assist:
(a) The Executive Director in performing his or her investigation and other functions pursuant to this section and NRS 281A.725; and
(b) The review panel in performing its review and other functions pursuant to NRS 281A.730.
4. The public officer or employee is not required in the response submitted pursuant to this section or in any proceedings before the review panel to assert, claim or raise any objection or defense, in law or fact, to the allegations against the public officer or employee, and no objection or defense, in law or fact, is waived, abandoned or barred by the failure to assert, claim or raise it in the response or in any proceedings before the review panel.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 2481)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 281A - Ethics in Government › NRS 281A.725 - Completion of investigation by Executive Director; presentation of written recommendation to review panel; deadline and waiver; contents of recommendation.

1. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the Executive Director shall complete the investigation required by NRS 281A.720 and present a written recommendation to the review panel within 70 days after the Commission directs the Executive Director to investigate the ethics complaint or after the Commission initiates the ethics complaint on its own motion, as applicable. The public officer or employee who is the subject of the ethics complaint may waive this time limit.
2. The recommendation must:
(a) Set forth the factual and legal basis for the recommendation;
(b) State whether the Executive Director believes that there is just and sufficient cause for the Commission to render an opinion in the matter; and
(c) If the Executive Director believes that a disposition of the matter without an adjudicatory hearing is appropriate under the facts and circumstances, state any suggested disposition that is consistent with the provisions of this chapter, including, without limitation, whether the Executive Director believes that the conduct at issue may be appropriately addressed through additional training or other corrective action under the terms and conditions of a deferral agreement.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 2482)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 281A - Ethics in Government › NRS 281A.730 - Consideration of recommendation by review panel; determination of just and sufficient cause; deadline and waiver; record of proceedings; dismissal; approval of deferral agreement; referral to Commission for further proceedings.

1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the review panel shall determine whether there is just and sufficient cause for the Commission to render an opinion in the matter within 15 days after the Executive Director provides the review panel with the recommendation required by NRS 281A.725. The public officer or employee who is the subject of the ethics complaint may waive this time limit.
2. The review panel shall cause a record of its proceedings to be kept.
3. The review panel shall not determine that there is just and sufficient cause for the Commission to render an opinion in the matter unless the Executive Director has provided the public officer or employee an opportunity to respond to the allegations as required by NRS 281A.720.
4. If the review panel determines that there is not just and sufficient cause for the Commission to render an opinion in the matter, it shall dismiss the matter, with or without prejudice, and with or without issuing a letter of caution or instruction to the public officer or employee pursuant to NRS 281A.780.
5. If the review panel determines that there is just and sufficient cause for the Commission to render an opinion in the matter but reasonably believes that the conduct at issue may be appropriately addressed through additional training or other corrective action under the terms and conditions of a deferral agreement, the review panel may:
(a) Approve a deferral agreement proposed by the Executive Director and the public officer or employee instead of referring the ethics complaint to the Commission for further proceedings in the matter; or
(b) Authorize the Executive Director and the public officer or employee to develop such a deferral agreement and may thereafter approve such a deferral agreement instead of referring the ethics complaint to the Commission for further proceedings in the matter.
6. If the review panel does not approve a deferral agreement pursuant to subsection 5 or if the public officer or employee declines to enter into such a deferral agreement, the review panel shall refer the ethics complaint to the Commission for further proceedings in the matter.
7. If the review panel determines that there is just and sufficient cause for the Commission to render an opinion in the matter and reasonably believes that the conduct at issue may not be appropriately addressed through additional training or other corrective action under the terms and conditions of a deferral agreement, the review panel shall refer the ethics complaint to the Commission for further proceedings in the matter.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 2482)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 281A - Ethics in Government › NRS 281A.735 - Inapplicability of Open Meeting Law to proceedings of review panel.

The provisions of chapter 241 of NRS do not apply to:
1. Any meeting or hearing held by the review panel to receive information or evidence concerning an ethics complaint; and
2. Any deliberations or actions of the review panel on such information or evidence.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 2483)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 281A - Ethics in Government › NRS 281A.745 - Adjudicatory hearings: Powers and duties of Commission; deadline and waiver; procedural rights; evidence; use of telephone or video conference.

1. If the review panel refers an ethics complaint to the Commission for further proceedings in the matter pursuant to NRS 281A.730 or if the Commission vacates a deferral agreement and conducts further proceedings in the matter pursuant to NRS 281A.740, the Commission shall hold an adjudicatory hearing and render an opinion in the matter within 60 days after the date on which the review panel refers the ethics complaint to the Commission or the Commission vacates the deferral agreement, as appropriate, unless the public officer or employee who is the subject of the ethics complaint waives this time limit.
2. If the Commission holds an adjudicatory hearing to receive evidence concerning an ethics complaint, the Commission shall:
(a) Notify the public officer or employee who is the subject of the ethics complaint of the date, time and place of the hearing;
(b) Allow the public officer or employee to be represented by legal counsel; and
(c) Allow the public officer or employee to hear the evidence presented to the Commission and to respond and present evidence on his or her own behalf.
3. Unless the public officer or employee agrees to a shorter time, an adjudicatory hearing may not be held less than 10 days after the date on which the notice of the hearing is given to the public officer or employee.
4. For good cause shown, the Commission may take testimony from a person by telephone or video conference at an adjudicatory hearing or at any other proceedings concerning the ethics complaint.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 2484)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 281A - Ethics in Government › NRS 281A.750 - Confidentiality of certain materials; exceptions; confidentiality of identity of certain requesters; disclosure of identity under certain circumstances.

1. Except as otherwise provided in this section and NRS 281A.755, all information, communications, records, documents or other materials in the possession of the Commission, the review panel or their staff that are related to an ethics complaint are confidential and are not public records pursuant to chapter 239 of NRS until:
(a) The review panel determines whether there is just and sufficient cause for the Commission to render an opinion in the matter and serves written notice of its determination on the public officer or employee who is the subject of the ethics complaint; or
(b) The public officer or employee who is the subject of the ethics complaint authorizes the Commission, in writing, to make the information, communications, records, documents or other materials that are related to the ethics complaint publicly available,
whichever occurs first.
2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, if a person who files an ethics complaint asks that his or her identity as the requester be kept confidential, the Commission:
(a) Shall keep the identity of the requester confidential if he or she is a public officer or employee who works for the same public body, agency or employer as the public officer or employee who is the subject of the ethics complaint.
(b) May keep the identity of the requester confidential if he or she offers sufficient facts and circumstances showing a reasonable likelihood that disclosure of his or her identity will subject the requester or a member of his or her household to a bona fide threat of physical force or violence.
3. If the Commission keeps the identity of the requester confidential, the Commission shall not render an opinion in the matter unless there is sufficient evidence without the testimony of the requester to consider the propriety of the conduct of the public officer or employee who is the subject of the ethics complaint. If the Executive Director intends to present the testimony of the requester as evidence for consideration by the Commission at the adjudicatory hearing or in rendering an opinion in the matter and the public officer or employee who is the subject of the ethics complaint submits a written discovery request to the Commission pursuant to NRS 281A.755, the Commission shall disclose the name of the requester only as a proposed witness within a reasonable time before the adjudicatory hearing on the matter.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 2484)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 281A - Ethics in Government › NRS 281A.755 - Confidentiality of investigative file; exceptions; discovery request for list of proposed witnesses and certain portions of investigative file; contents of investigative file.

1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the investigative file related to an ethics complaint is confidential and is not a public record pursuant to chapter 239 of NRS.
2. At any time after being served with written notice of the determination of the review panel regarding the existence of just and sufficient cause for the Commission to render an opinion in the matter, the public officer or employee who is the subject of the ethics complaint may submit a written discovery request to the Commission for a list of proposed witnesses and a copy of any portion of the investigative file that the Executive Director intends to present as evidence for consideration by the Commission at the adjudicatory hearing or in rendering an opinion in the matter.
3. Any portion of the investigative file which the Executive Director presents as evidence for consideration by the Commission at the adjudicatory hearing or in rendering an opinion in the matter becomes a public record and must be open for inspection pursuant to chapter 239 of NRS.
4. For the purposes of this section:
(a) The investigative file includes, without limitation:
(1) Any response concerning the ethics complaint prepared by the public officer or employee pursuant to NRS 281A.720 and submitted to the Executive Director and the review panel during the course of the investigation and any proceedings before the review panel;
(2) Any recommendation concerning the ethics complaint prepared by the Executive Director pursuant to NRS 281A.725 and submitted to the review panel during the course of the investigation and any proceedings before the review panel; and
(3) Any other information provided to or obtained by or on behalf of the Executive Director through any form of communication during the course of the investigation and any proceedings before the review panel and any records, documents or other materials created or maintained during the course of the investigation and any proceedings before the review panel which relate to the public officer or employee who is the subject of the ethics complaint, including, without limitation, a transcript, regardless of whether such information, records, documents or other materials are obtained pursuant to a subpoena.
(b) The investigative file does not include any deferral agreement.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 2485)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 281A - Ethics in Government › NRS 281A.760 - Inapplicability of Open Meeting Law to certain proceedings of Commission.

The provisions of chapter 241 of NRS do not apply to:
1. Any meeting or hearing held by the Commission to receive information or evidence concerning an ethics complaint; and
2. Any deliberations of the Commission on such information or evidence.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 2486)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 281A - Ethics in Government › NRS 281A.765 - Opinions must include findings of fact and conclusions of law; dismissal of matter if violation not proven; authorized actions if violation proven.

1. If the Commission renders an opinion in proceedings concerning an ethics complaint, the opinion must include findings of fact and conclusions of law.
2. If, in proceedings concerning an ethics complaint, the Commission determines that a violation of this chapter:
(a) Has not been proven, the Commission shall dismiss the matter, with or without prejudice, and with or without issuing a letter of caution or instruction to the public officer or employee pursuant to NRS 281A.780.
(b) Has been proven, the Commission may take any action authorized by this chapter.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 2486)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 281A - Ethics in Government › NRS 281A.770 - General standards for resolving ethics complaints by stipulations, agreed settlements or consent orders and for approving deferral agreements.

In any matter in which the Commission disposes of an ethics complaint by stipulation, agreed settlement or consent order or in which the review panel approves a deferral agreement, the Commission or the review panel, as appropriate, shall treat comparable situations in a comparable manner and shall ensure that the disposition of the matter bears a reasonable relationship to the severity of the violation or alleged violation.
(Added to NRS by 2013, 3764; A 2017, 2500)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 281A - Ethics in Government › NRS 281A.775 - Additional standards for determining whether violation is willful violation and type of penalty imposed and for approving deferral agreements.

1. The Commission, in determining whether a violation of this chapter is a willful violation and, if so, the penalty to be imposed on a public officer or employee or former public officer or employee pursuant to NRS 281A.785 or 281A.790, or the review panel, in determining whether to approve a deferral agreement regarding an alleged violation, shall consider, without limitation:
(a) The seriousness of the violation or alleged violation, including, without limitation, the nature, circumstances, extent and gravity of the violation or alleged violation;
(b) The number and history of previous warnings, letters of caution or instruction, deferral agreements or violations or alleged violations of the provisions of this chapter relating to the public officer or employee;
(c) The cost to conduct the investigation and any meetings, hearings or other proceedings relating to the violation or alleged violation;
(d) Any mitigating factors, including, without limitation, any self-reporting, prompt correction of the violation or alleged violation, any attempts to rectify the violation or alleged violation before any ethics complaint is filed and any cooperation by the public officer or employee in resolving the ethics complaint;
(e) Any restitution or reimbursement paid to parties affected by the violation or alleged violation;
(f) The extent of any financial gain resulting from the violation or alleged violation; and
(g) Any other matter justice may require.
2. The factors set forth in this section are not exclusive or exhaustive, and the Commission or the review panel, as appropriate, may consider other factors in the disposition of the matter if they bear a reasonable relationship to the determination of the severity of the violation or alleged violation.
3. In applying the factors set forth in this section, the Commission or the review panel, as appropriate, shall treat comparable situations in a comparable manner and shall ensure that the disposition of the matter bears a reasonable relationship to the severity of the violation or alleged violation.
(Added to NRS by 2013, 3765; A 2015, 921; 2017, 2500)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 281A - Ethics in Government › NRS 281A.780 - Letters of caution or instruction: Contents; confidentiality; effect on subsequent ethics complaints.

1. In proceedings concerning an ethics complaint, the Commission or the review panel, as appropriate, may issue a letter of caution or instruction to the public officer or employee who is the subject of the ethics complaint to caution or instruct the public officer or employee regarding the propriety of his or her conduct under the statutory ethical standards set forth in this chapter.
2. If the Commission or the review panel issues a letter of caution or instruction to the public officer or employee, the letter:
(a) Is confidential and is not a public record pursuant to chapter 239 of NRS.
(b) May be considered in deciding the appropriate action to be taken on any subsequent ethics complaint involving the public officer or employee, unless the letter is not relevant to the issues presented by the subsequent ethics complaint.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 2486)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 282 - Official Bonds and Oaths › NRS 282.010 - Oaths and official bonds of officers; when term of office begins.

1. Members of the Legislature and all officers, executive, judicial and ministerial, shall, before entering upon the duties of their respective offices, provide the official bond required by law, when such bond shall be required, and take and subscribe to the official oath.
2. All officers elected, except Senators and members of the Assembly, shall qualify, and execute and deliver their official bonds when required, as provided in this section, prior to the Tuesday after the first Monday in January ensuing their election.
3. All officers appointed to fill vacancies, in the cases provided by law, shall qualify and give bond when required, within 30 days from the time of their appointment.
4. The term of office of all officers, elected or appointed, shall begin from the time of their qualification, unless some other express provision is made by law.
[22:108:1866; B § 2620; BH § 1657; C § 1803; RL § 2786; NCL § 4786]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 282 - Official Bonds and Oaths › NRS 282.020 - Form of official oath.

Members of the Legislature and all officers, executive, judicial and ministerial, shall, before they enter upon the duties of their respective offices, take and subscribe to the following oath:
I, ........................., do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support, protect and defend the Constitution and Government of the United States, and the Constitution and government of the State of Nevada, against all enemies, whether domestic or foreign, and that I will bear true faith, allegiance and loyalty to the same, any ordinance, resolution or law of any state notwithstanding, and that I will well and faithfully perform all the duties of the office of ................, on which I am about to enter; (if an oath) so help me God; (if an affirmation) under the pains and penalties of perjury.
[1:185:1915; 1919 RL § 2891; NCL § 4925]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 282 - Official Bonds and Oaths › NRS 282.040 - Form.

All official bonds required by law of officers shall be:
1. In form joint and several.
2. Made payable to the State of Nevada.
3. In such penal sum and with such conditions as may be required by law.
[1:135:1865; B § 2917; BH § 1738; C § 1892; RL § 2868; NCL § 4890]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 282 - Official Bonds and Oaths › NRS 282.050 - Bond in force during term of office; effect of subsequent law; conditions.

1. Every official bond executed by any officer pursuant to law shall be deemed and taken to be in force, and shall be obligatory upon the principal and sureties thereon for any and all breaches of the condition or conditions thereof committed during the time such officer shall continue to discharge any of the duties of or hold such office.
2. Every such bond shall be deemed to be in force and obligatory upon the principal and sureties thereon for the faithful discharge of all duties which may be required of such officer by any law enacted subsequently to the execution of such bond, and such condition shall be expressed therein.
[2:135:1865; B § 2918; BH § 1739; C § 1893; RL § 2869; NCL § 4891]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 282 - Official Bonds and Oaths › NRS 282.060 - Bond for benefit of injured or aggrieved person; action on bond without assignment.

1. Every official bond executed by any officer pursuant to law shall be in force and obligatory upon the principal and sureties thereon, to and for the State of Nevada, and to and for the use and benefit of all persons who may be injured or aggrieved by the wrongful act or default of such officer in the officer’s official capacity.
2. Any person so injured or aggrieved may bring suit on such bond, in his or her own name, without an assignment thereof.
[3:135:1865; B § 2919; BH § 1740; C § 1894; RL § 2870; NCL § 4892]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 282 - Official Bonds and Oaths › NRS 282.070 - Defects in bond immaterial.

Whenever any official bond shall not contain the substantial matter, or condition or conditions, required by law, or there shall be any defect in the approval or filing thereof, such bond shall not be void so as to discharge such officer and the officer’s sureties, but they shall be bound to the State or party interested, and the State or such party may, by action instituted in any court of competent jurisdiction, suggest the defect of such bond, or such approval or filing, and recover the State’s or party’s proper and equitable demand or damages from such officer, and the person or persons who intended to become and were included in such bond as sureties.
[4:135:1865; B § 2920; BH § 1741; C § 1895; RL § 2871; NCL § 4893]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 282 - Official Bonds and Oaths › NRS 282.080 - Approval, filing and recording of official bonds.

The official bonds of officers shall be approved and filed as follows:
1. The official bond of the State Treasurer shall be approved by the Governor, and filed and recorded in the Office of the Secretary of State.
2. The official bonds of all county and township officers shall be approved by the board of county commissioners, and filed and recorded in the office of the county clerk of their respective counties, except:
(a) That the bond of the county clerk shall be filed and recorded in the office of the county recorder of the proper county; and
(b) That where the county clerk is ex officio county recorder, the county clerk’s bond shall be filed, recorded and deposited for safekeeping in the manner provided in NRS 246.020.
[5:135:1865; B § 2921; BH § 1742; C § 1896; RL § 2872; NCL § 4894] + [Part 1:66:1891; C § 2352; RL § 2887; NCL § 4914]—(NRS A 1965, 33; 1975, 340)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 282 - Official Bonds and Oaths › NRS 282.090 - Additional bond of county or township officer: Showing of insufficiency; execution and filing; office vacated for failure to execute and file bond.

1. Whenever the sureties, or any one of them, on the official bond of any county or township officer shall die, remove without the State, become insolvent or insufficient, or the penalty of such bond shall become insufficient on account of recoveries had thereon, or otherwise, the board of county commissioners of the proper county, of its own motion, or on the showing of any person supported by affidavit, shall summon the officer to appear before the board, at a time stated, not less than 3 days after service of such summons, and show cause why the officer should not execute an additional official bond with good and sufficient sureties.
2. Should such officer, after due notice, fail to appear at the time appointed, the matter may be heard and determined in the officer’s absence. If, after examination, the board of county commissioners shall be of the opinion that the bond of such officer has become insufficient, from any cause whatever, the board shall require an additional bond, with such security as may be deemed necessary.
3. The additional bond shall be executed and filed within such time as the board of county commissioners may order, and if any officer shall fail to execute and file such additional bond within the time specified by the order, the office held by the officer shall become vacant.
[6:135:1865; B § 2922; BH § 1743; C § 1897; RL § 2873; NCL § 4895] + [7:135:1865; B § 2923; BH § 1744; C § 1898; RL § 2874; NCL § 4896]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 282 - Official Bonds and Oaths › NRS 282.100 - Insufficiency of State Treasurer’s bond: Procedure for procurement of additional bond.

Whenever the official bond of the State Treasurer becomes insufficient from any cause, like proceedings as provided in NRS 282.090 may be had with reference thereto before the district court of the district in which such officer holds office. Proceedings shall be commenced by a written motion supported by affidavit.
[8:135:1865; B § 2924; BH § 1745; C § 1899; RL § 2875; NCL § 4897]—(NRS A 1975, 340)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 282 - Official Bonds and Oaths › NRS 282.110 - Additional bond: Force and liabilities.

Every such additional bond shall be of like force and obligation upon the principal and sureties thereon, and shall subject the officer and the officer’s sureties to the same liabilities as are prescribed respecting the original bonds of officers.
[9:135:1865; B § 2925; BH § 1746; C § 1900; RL § 2876; NCL § 4898]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 282 - Official Bonds and Oaths › NRS 282.120 - Number of sureties on official bond.

Unless otherwise expressly provided, there shall be at least two sureties upon the official bond of every officer.
[10:135:1865; B § 2926; BH § 1747; C § 1901; RL § 2877; NCL § 4899]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 282 - Official Bonds and Oaths › NRS 282.130 - Subscription to official bond: Manner; liability.

Subscriptions to official bonds shall be taken singly, and for a liability not exceeding the amount subscribed.
[1:14:1883; BH § 1755; C § 1885; RL § 2885; NCL § 4912]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 282 - Official Bonds and Oaths › NRS 282.140 - Justification of surety on bond of county or township officer.

In all cases where official bonds are required from county or township officers, the officer whose duty it is to approve such bonds shall not accept or approve any bonds unless the sureties thereon severally justify before a person authorized to administer oaths, as follows:
1. On a bond given by a county officer, that the surety is a resident and freeholder or householder within that county.
2. That the surety is worth the amount for which the surety becomes surety over and above all the surety’s debts and liabilities in property situated within this state which is not exempt from sale or execution.
[11:135:1865; A 1889, 34; C § 1902; RL § 2878; NCL § 4900]—(NRS A 1975, 340; 1985, 1217)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 282 - Official Bonds and Oaths › NRS 282.150 - Liability of sureties when penal sum exceeds $2,000: Several liability for portions not less than $500.

When the penal sum of any bond amounts to more than $2,000, the sureties may become severally liable for portions not less than $500 of such penal sum, making in the aggregate at least two sureties for the whole penal sum.
[12:135:1865; B § 2928; BH § 1749; C § 1903; RL § 2879; NCL § 4901]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 282 - Official Bonds and Oaths › NRS 282.160 - Liability of sureties for ratable proportion; release of surety on payment of pro rata liability; limitation on amount of judgment.

1. If the official bond of the State Treasurer or any county or township officer becomes insufficient by reason of the insolvency of any of the sureties thereon, or from any other cause, so that it does not contain at least two good and sufficient sureties for the whole penal sum named in the bond, and any liability occurs or becomes fixed by reason of the defalcation, omission, neglect, misconduct or any act of the officer who is the principal in the bond, then any surety or sureties, upon the payment of the surety’s ratable proportion of the liability on such bond, shall be released from all further liability thereon, so far as any loss to the State or county wherein such officer held office is concerned.
2. Such ratable proportion shall be ascertained by considering each of the sureties on the bond as solvent, liable and able to contribute the surety’s proportion of the whole amount of liability incurred on the bond.
3. The State Board of Examiners, in the case of the State Treasurer, or the boards of county commissioners of the several counties, in the case of county officers, shall in such cases, make settlement with any or all such sureties who propose to pay and do pay their ratable proportions of the liability accrued on the bond.
4. Any surety or sureties neglecting or refusing to pay such ratable proportion, or defending an action for the recovery of any liability on any official bond, is subject to such prosecution, judgments and penalties as are provided for by law; but no judgment shall be rendered against such surety or sureties for an amount above the surety’s pro rata liability on such bond, and costs of suit.
[2:14:1883; A 1885, 81; BH § 1756; C § 1886; RL § 2886; NCL § 4913]—(NRS A 1975, 340)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 282 - Official Bonds and Oaths › NRS 282.163 - Blanket bonds.

A blanket fidelity bond or blanket position bond may be furnished at county expense for all elected county officers except the county treasurer. This blanket bond must be in an amount not less than $10,000, and conditioned on the faithful performance of the respective duties of the several officers covered. The board of county commissioners may also authorize similar blanket bonds for such other county officers or employees as it may designate.
(Added to NRS by 1979, 288)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 282 - Official Bonds and Oaths › NRS 282.165 - City employee regularly handling public money required to furnish corporate surety bond; form and approval of bond.

Every employee of an incorporated city who regularly handles public funds as part of the employee’s official duties shall be required to furnish a corporate surety bond from an insurance company licensed in the State of Nevada. The form of the bond shall be determined by the State Board of Examiners, and all bonds shall be subject to the approval of the Board.
(Added to NRS by 1963, 430)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 282 - Official Bonds and Oaths › NRS 282.170 - Companies which may execute bond; payment of premiums; acceptance of bond.

1. The State Treasurer and every district, county, township and city officer within the State of Nevada, who is required by law to give an official bond, may have a surety company, which has complied with all the laws of this state relating to surety companies, execute such bond for the faithful performance of the duties of the respective office.
2. The premium for any surety bond must be paid for by the State, if the bond is required for the State Treasurer, or by the district, county or city, as the bond may be required, or by the county if the bond is required of a township officer, out of any money in their respective treasuries not otherwise appropriated by law subject to the limitation that no premium or charge on the bond of the State Treasurer may exceed one-half of 1 percent per annum on the amount of the bond.
3. Whenever any of the officials mentioned in this section tenders bonds of any surety company for approval to the Governor, to the district judge, to the board of county commissioners of their respective counties, or to any official board or person required by law to approve such bonds, the board or person shall accept such bonds if they are found good and sufficient.
[1:170:1925; NCL § 4902] + [2:170:1925; A 1933, 34; 1931 NCL § 4903] + [3:170:1925; NCL § 4904]—(NRS A 1975, 341; 1985, 1217)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 282 - Official Bonds and Oaths › NRS 282.180 - Procedure.

Any surety on the official bond of the State Treasurer or any county or city officer, or on the official bond of any executor or administrator, or on the bond or undertaking of any person, where, by law, a bond or undertaking is required, may be released from all liability thereon accruing, from and after proper proceedings had therefor, as provided in NRS 282.180 to 282.220, inclusive.
[1:15:1867; B § 2929; BH § 1750; C § 1887; RL § 2880; NCL § 4907]—(NRS A 1975, 341)