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2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns › NRS 269.071 - Member of town board or county commissioner not to become contractor under certain contracts; penalties.

1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 281.230, 281A.430 and 332.800, it is unlawful for any member of a town board or board of county commissioners acting for any town to become a contractor under any contract or order for supplies or any other kind of contract authorized by or for the board of which he or she is a member, or to be interested, directly or indirectly, as principal in any kind of contract so authorized.
2. Any person who violates this section is guilty of a gross misdemeanor and shall forfeit his or her office.
(Added to NRS by 1977, 1111; A 2013, 3786)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns › NRS 269.072 - Town officer not to be interested in certain contracts and purchases; penalties.

1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 281.230, 281A.430 and 332.800, it is unlawful for any town officer, directly or indirectly, to be interested in any contract made by the town officer or to be a purchaser or interested in any purchase under a sale made by the town officer in the discharge of his or her official duties.
2. Any person who violates this section is guilty of a gross misdemeanor and shall forfeit his or her office.
(Added to NRS by 1977, 1111; A 2013, 3786)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns › NRS 269.073 - Avoidance of unlawful contract.

Any contract made in violation of NRS 269.071 or 269.072 may be declared void at the instance of the town or any person interested in the contract except an officer prohibited from making or being interested in the contract.
(Added to NRS by 1977, 1111)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns › NRS 269.075 - Town treasurer may refuse to redeem warrants.

The several town treasurers of the State shall refuse to redeem any warrants, scrip, orders or other evidences of indebtedness against the town whenever it shall come to their knowledge that such warrants, scrip or other evidences of indebtedness have been purchased, sold, received or transferred in violation of law.
[Part 98:108:1866; B § 2696; BH § 1733; C § 1879; RL § 2845; NCL § 4845]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns › NRS 269.080 - Officers may sell indebtedness for personal services rendered.

All town officers shall have the right to sell or transfer any evidences of public indebtedness which may be issued according to law, for services rendered by them to the town, legally and justly due, and this chapter shall not be deemed to prevent the purchase, sale or transfer of any funded public indebtedness whatever of the State, or of any county, city or town.
[Part 99:108:1866; B § 2697; BH § 1734; C § 1880; RL § 2846; NCL § 4846]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns › NRS 269.082 - Deduction from employee’s salary for service as volunteer firefighter or volunteer driver or attendant prohibited.

1. All employees of unincorporated towns must be paid their salaries as fixed by law or ordinance without diminution on account of any time spent away from town employment while acting as:
(a) Volunteer firefighters of any regular organized and recognized fire department in the protection of life or property; or
(b) Volunteer ambulance drivers or attendants,
during working hours or fractions thereof which should otherwise have been devoted to town employment.
2. As used in this section, "volunteer ambulance driver or attendant" means a person who is a driver of or attendant on an ambulance owned or operated by:
(a) A nonprofit organization that provides volunteer ambulance service in any county, city or town in this State; or
(b) A political subdivision of this State.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 43; A 1997, 468; 2005, 321)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns › NRS 269.083 - Public hearing for dismissed employee.

1. When an employee of an unincorporated town other than a department head who has been employed by the unincorporated town for 12 or more months is dismissed from employment, the dismissed employee may request within 15 days of the date of dismissal a written statement specifically setting forth the reasons for such dismissal. Within 15 days of the date of such request, the dismissed employee shall be furnished such a written statement. Within 30 days after receipt of such written statement, the dismissed employee may, in writing, request a public hearing before the town board or board of county commissioners to determine the reasonableness of such action. The town board or board of county commissioners shall grant the dismissed employee a public hearing within 15 days after receipt of the written request. At the public hearing, technical rules of evidence shall not apply.
2. Town boards or boards of county commissioners are authorized to enact town ordinances necessary to make effective the purposes of this section.
(Added to NRS by 1965, 309; A 1967, 1724)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns › NRS 269.084 - Limitations on consideration of wage or salary history of applicant for employment by town.

1. The town board, board of county commissioners or any other person acting on behalf of an unincorporated town shall not, orally or in writing, personally or through an agent:
(a) Seek the wage or salary history of an applicant for employment by the unincorporated town;
(b) Rely on the wage or salary history of an applicant to determine:
(1) Whether to offer employment to an applicant; or
(2) The rate of pay for the applicant; or
(c) Refuse to interview, hire, promote or employ an applicant, or discriminate or retaliate against an applicant if the applicant does not provide wage or salary history.
2. A town board, board of county commissioners or any other person acting on behalf of an unincorporated town shall provide:
(a) To an applicant for employment by an unincorporated town who has completed an interview for a position the wage or salary range or rate for the position; and
(b) The wage or salary range or rate for a promotion or transfer to a new position if an employee of an unincorporated town has:
(1) Applied for the promotion or transfer;
(2) Completed an interview for the promotion or transfer or been offered the promotion or transfer; and
(3) Requested the wage or salary range or rate for the promotion or transfer.
3. Nothing in this section prohibits the town board, board of county commissioners or any other person acting on behalf of the unincorporated town from asking an applicant for employment by the unincorporated town about his or her wage or salary expectation for the position for which the applicant is applying.
4. As used in this section, "wage or salary history" means the wages or salary paid to an applicant for employment by the current or former employer of the applicant. The term includes, without limitation, any compensation and benefits received by the applicant from his or her current or former employer.
(Added to NRS by 2021, 1682)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns › NRS 269.085 - Claims against town: Auditing; allowance.

The boards of county commissioners shall audit and allow all claims properly payable out of the funds of any unincorporated town in their respective counties.
[Part 1:48:1881; A 1889, 43; 1903, 55; 1919, 408; 1943, 65; 1951, 455]—(NRS A 1985, 262)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns › NRS 269.095 - Taxes, fines and forfeitures paid to county treasurer; general fund and debt service fund.

1. All taxes, fines, forfeitures or other moneys collected or received by any officer or person, under or by virtue of any of the provisions of this chapter, shall be paid by the officer or person collecting or receiving the same to the county treasurer of the county in which the taxes or moneys were collected or received.
2. The county treasurer shall:
(a) Set the same apart as a fund to be used solely for the benefit of the town or city in which they were collected or received.
(b) Enter the same upon the county treasurer’s books to the credit of the town or city.
(c) Divide the fund into two equal portions, one to be designated as the general fund and the other as a debt service fund.
(d) Not pay any money out of the general fund except upon warrants drawn upon the county treasurer by the county auditor of the county.
(e) Not pay any money out of the debt service fund except in the manner specified in this chapter.
3. When all claims payable from the debt service fund shall have been satisfied, then the fund shall cease and any money therein remaining shall be transferred to the general fund.
4. If at any time after creating a debt service fund there shall be more money in the general fund than is necessary to meet current or anticipated expenses, the board of county commissioners shall direct the county treasurer to transfer such surplus to the debt service fund, and the same shall thereafter be used as other moneys belonging to that fund.
[3:48:1881; A 1883, 51; BH § 2026; C § 2176; RL § 879; NCL § 1233]—(NRS A 1965, 738)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns › NRS 269.100 - Transfer of surplus money to other funds.

Whenever there shall be any surplus money in either the fire department fund, general fund, or police department fund, now or hereafter created by virtue of the laws of this state, in any unincorporated town, the town board or board of county commissioners may, and they are authorized and empowered to, transfer such surplus, or any portion thereof, from any one to either of the funds, in the manner and proportion best calculated, in the judgment of the town board or board of county commissioners, to subserve and protect the credit of the other.
[1:24:1881; BH § 2078; C § 2228; RL § 894; NCL § 1281]—(NRS A 1965, 738; 1967, 1725)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns › NRS 269.115 - Power of county commissioners to levy taxes.

1. Except as provided in subsection 2, the boards of county commissioners shall levy a tax, not exceeding 1.5 percent per annum, upon the assessed value of all real and personal property situated in any unincorporated town in their respective counties, made taxable by law for state and county purposes.
2. In addition to the taxes levied in accordance with the provisions of subsection 1, each board of county commissioners shall levy a tax for the payment of interest and redemption of outstanding bonds of the unincorporated town issued pursuant to the provisions of NRS 269.400 to 269.470, inclusive.
[Part 1:48:1881; A 1889, 43; 1903, 55; 1919, 408; 1943, 65; 1951, 455]—(NRS A 1963, 1165; 1985, 262; 1989, 43)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns › NRS 269.120 - Levy and collection of taxes.

1. Annually, at the time of assessing or fixing the amount of taxes for county purposes, the board of county commissioners shall, subject to the restrictions of NRS 269.115, assess, fix and designate the amount of taxes that should be levied and collected for city or town purposes on all real and personal property assessable for state or county purposes within any town or city in their county. The taxes must be collected at the same time, in the same manner and by the same officers as provided in the revenue laws of this state for the levying and collecting of state and county taxes.
2. The revenue laws, in every respect not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter, apply to the levying and collecting of the taxes pursuant to this section.
3. In all cases where the county commissioners, or the county assessor, or district attorney of the county, or any other officer, or any judge or justice of the peace of the county, is required or authorized by law to adopt or use any form appertaining to the assessment or collection of county taxes, they shall also adopt or use a similar form in relation to assessing, levying and collecting taxes pursuant to this section, and may use that form in any book, paper or document in which they have used the first-named form, and in filling up the blanks of the last-named form there must be inserted the name of the town or city, using the name by which it is commonly designated, or such name as will enable the inhabitants thereof to know that their town or city, as the case may be, is intended to be named in the book, paper or document.
4. All suits instituted to collect state or county taxes on real or personal property assessed in the town or city, must include the unpaid taxes levied pursuant to this section, and judgments therein rendered must also include those taxes.
[2:48:1881; BH § 2025; C § 2175; RL § 878; NCL § 1232]—(NRS A 1989, 43)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns › NRS 269.122 - Town’s powers subordinate to powers of Nevada Tahoe Regional Planning Agency. [Effective upon the proclamation by the Governor of this State of the withdrawal by the State of California from the Tahoe Regional Planning Compact or of a finding by the Governor of this State that the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency has become unable to perform its duties or exercise its powers.]

In the region of this state for which there has been established by NRS 278.780 to 278.828, inclusive, a regional planning agency, the powers of an unincorporated town for the location and construction of all public works are subordinate to the powers of such regional planning agency.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 51; A 1979, 1133, effective upon the proclamation by the Governor of this State of the withdrawal by the State of California from the Tahoe Regional Planning Compact or of a finding by the Governor of this State that the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency has become unable to perform its duties or exercise its powers; A 2011, 3739; 2013, 2367)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns › NRS 269.123 - Town’s powers subordinate to powers of regional planning agency.

In any region of this state for which there has been established by interstate compact a regional planning agency, the powers of an unincorporated town for the location and construction of all public works are subordinate to the powers of such regional planning agency.
(Added to NRS by 1968, 13; R 2011, 3740; A 2013, 2366, 2367, 3838)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns › NRS 269.125 - Management, use and sale of property; appraisal.

The town board or board of county commissioners may hold, manage, use and dispose of the real and personal property of any unincorporated town, and the board of county commissioners shall collect all dues and demands belonging to or coming to the town. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a sale of such property must not be made until after its actual market value is appraised by one or more disinterested, competent real estate appraisers who are taxpayers of the town and are appointed by a district judge of the county. If there are no disinterested, competent real estate appraisers who are taxpayers of the town, the sale of the property may be made after its actual market value is appraised by one or more disinterested, competent real estate appraisers who are not taxpayers of the town and are appointed by the district judge of the county. The property must not be sold for less than:
1. Three-fourths of the appraised value, if there is only one appraisal performed; or
2. Three-fourths of the lowest appraised value, if there is more than one appraisal performed.
[Part 1:48:1881; A 1889, 43; 1903, 55; 1919, 408; 1943, 65; 1951, 455] + [Part 8.5:80:1865; added 1955, 139]—(NRS A 1967, 1726; 1969, 768; 1975, 571; 1983, 2010; 1985, 263; 1993, 2512)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns › NRS 269.127 - Provision of translator signals for television or FM radio broadcasts.

1. A town board or board of county commissioners may:
(a) Make application for and hold any license required to provide television or FM radio broadcast translator signals, or both.
(b) Contract with any person, corporation or association to provide the equipment, facilities and services necessary to furnish such broadcast translator signals for a period not to exceed 10 years.
(c) Enter into contracts for the purposes of this section that extend beyond the term of office of any member of the board or commission.
(d) Levy and collect a tax upon the assessed value of property within an unincorporated town to cover the costs of providing such broadcast translator signals to that town.
2. As used in this section, "FM radio" means a system of radio broadcasting by means of frequency modulation.
(Added to NRS by 1975, 711; A 1995, 1907)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns › NRS 269.128 - Displacement or limitation of competition: Services.

A town board or board of county commissioners may, to provide adequate, economical and efficient services to the inhabitants of the town and to promote the general welfare of those inhabitants, displace or limit competition in any of the following areas:
1. Ambulance service.
2. Taxicabs and other public transportation, unless regulated in that town by an agency of the State.
3. Collection and disposal of garbage and other waste.
4. Operations at an airport, including, but not limited to, the leasing of motor vehicles and the licensing of concession stands, but excluding police protection and fire protection.
5. Water and sewage treatment, unless regulated in that town by an agency of the State.
6. Concessions on, over or under property owned or leased by the town.
7. Operation of landfills.
8. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 277A.330, construction and maintenance of benches and shelters for passengers of public mass transportation.
(Added to NRS by 1985, 1243; A 2001, 845; 2005, 2319; 2009, 851)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns › NRS 269.129 - Displacement or limitation of competition: Methods.

A town board or board of county commissioners may:
1. Provide those services set forth in NRS 269.128 on an exclusive basis or, by ordinance, adopt a regulatory scheme for providing those services or controlling development on an exclusive basis within the boundaries of the town; or
2. Grant an exclusive franchise to any person to provide those services within the boundaries of the town.
(Added to NRS by 1985, 1243; A 2001, 846)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns › NRS 269.130 - Power of board of county commissioners.

The boards of county commissioners may condemn property for the use of the inhabitants of any unincorporated town in their respective counties, in the manner provided in NRS 269.135.
[Part 1:48:1881; A 1889, 43; 1903, 55; 1919, 408; 1943, 65; 1951, 455]—(NRS A 1985, 263)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns › NRS 269.135 - Procedure.

1. Any property, real or personal, necessary for the public use of the town or city, or the inhabitants thereof, may be condemned and appropriated in the manner provided in this section.
2. The board of county commissioners shall appoint one referee, and the claimant or claimants, or owner or owners of the property sought to be condemned, shall appoint one referee; and in the event the two referees so appointed shall not agree in the valuation of the property or the interest or interests claimed therein, then the two so appointed shall select a third referee, and the decision of the majority of such three, as to the valuation of the property or the interest or interests therein by them appraised, shall be reported to the board of county commissioners, and shall be by them regarded as final and binding, unless the party deeming himself or herself aggrieved by the decision of such referees shall appeal therefrom to the district court of the proper county within 30 days after notice of such decision shall have been served upon the party.
3. Upon the tender, in lawful money of the United States, of the sum named as the value of such property interest or interests to the claimant or claimants, or owner or owners thereof, or agent or attorney thereof, such property, or the interest or interests therein appraised, shall become and be the property of the town or city, and the board of county commissioners may, at any time after 20 days’ notice, cause the sheriff of the county to remove all persons and obstructions from such property, in case the same be real, and may take immediate possession of the condemned property, whether the same be real or personal.
4. In case the claimant or claimants, or owner or owners of property sought to be condemned, as herein provided, shall refuse or neglect, when required by the board of county commissioners, to appoint a referee to value such property, then the board of county commissioners shall constitute a board of appraisers of such property, and their valuation of the same shall be final and binding, subject to right of appeal, as hereinbefore provided; but no act of condemnation of property, or of any claim of interest therein as herein provided, shall be deemed or held as an admission on the part of the town or city, or the inhabitants thereof, of the legality of the asserted claim thereto or right therein.
5. In the condemnation of property, as provided in this section, the referees or county commissioners, as the case may be, shall consider whether the proposed improvement, for which the property is so condemned, will be of any benefit to the person or persons owning or claiming the property or some interest therein, and if they find that the same will be a benefit to such person or persons, they shall estimate the value of such benefit to the person or persons and deduct the amount thereof from the estimated value of the property or interest therein condemned.
[Part 1:48:1881; A 1889, 43; 1903, 55; 1919, 408; 1943, 65; 1951, 455]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns › NRS 269.140 - Powers and duties of town board or board of county commissioners.

1. The town board or board of county commissioners shall institute and maintain any suit in any court necessary in their judgment to enforce any right of any unincorporated town.
2. All such suits must be prosecuted in the name of the town board or board of county commissioners for the use and benefit of the inhabitants of the town, and must be entitled accordingly in all pleadings and proceedings.
[Part 1:48:1881; A 1889, 43; 1903, 55; 1919, 408; 1943, 65; 1951, 455]—(NRS A 1967, 1726; 1985, 263)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns › NRS 269.145 - Duties of district attorney; appointment and duties of town attorney.

1. All prosecutions arising under the provisions of this chapter shall be conducted by the district attorney of the county, who shall collect such fees as may be provided by law or ordinance and pay the same to the county treasurer, to be distributed to the proper fund.
2. The district attorney shall also prosecute and defend all suits brought by or against the town board or board of county commissioners under the provisions of this chapter.
3. The town board may appoint a town attorney to act in lieu of the district attorney, in which case the town attorney shall act exclusively in behalf of the town in all civil matters.
[11:48:1881; BH § 2034; C § 2184; RL § 887; NCL § 1241]—(NRS A 1967, 1726)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns › NRS 269.150 - Town printing to be placed with newspaper or commercial establishment within county; exceptions.

1. Except as otherwise provided in this section and NRS 344.050, all public printing required by the various towns of this State must be placed with a bona fide newspaper or bona fide commercial printing establishment within the county in which the town is located. If there is no bona fide newspaper or bona fide commercial printing establishment within the county adequately equipped to do the printing, the printing must be placed with a bona fide newspaper or bona fide commercial printing establishment in the State adequately equipped to do the printing.
2. Except as otherwise authorized in subsection 4, printing required by towns of this State must be done within the State.
3. The provisions of this section are contingent upon satisfactory services being rendered by all such printing establishments and reasonable charges therefor. As used in this subsection, "reasonable charges" means a charge not in excess of the amount necessary to be paid for similar work in other printing establishments.
4. The provisions of this section do not prohibit the printing of town bonds and other evidences of indebtedness outside the State.
[Part 1:120:1925; A 1927, 227; NCL § 5610]—(NRS A 1959, 218; 2005, 1088)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns › NRS 269.155 - Enactment; notice; publication; duration of effect.

1. In addition to the powers and jurisdiction conferred by other laws, the town board or board of county commissioners shall:
(a) Adopt all ordinances, rules and regulations for any unincorporated town; and
(b) Perform all other acts necessary for the execution of the powers and jurisdiction conferred by this chapter.
2. Except as otherwise provided in this section and NRS 269.167, each ordinance must be:
(a) Signed by the chair of the town board and attested to by the town clerk, or signed by the chair of the board of county commissioners and attested to by the county clerk; and
(b) Published in full in a newspaper published in or having a general circulation in the county at least once a week for 2 weeks before the ordinance is effective.
3. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, if the town board or board of county commissioners proposes the adoption of an ordinance for an unincorporated town, the town board or the board of county commissioners shall, not less than 10 days nor more than 20 days before the meeting of the board at which the proposed ordinance is to be adopted or otherwise acted upon, cause the title and a detailed summary of the proposed ordinance to be published in a newspaper published in or having a general circulation in the county.
4. Ordinances relating to the issuance of municipal securities, as that term is defined in the Local Government Securities Law, and ordinances adopting any specialized or uniform codes, including, but not limited to, building, electrical and plumbing codes, printed in book or pamphlet form, may be published by title only, together with the names of the members of the town board or the county commissioners voting for or against their passage, in a newspaper published in or having a general circulation in the county, at least once a week for 2 weeks before the ordinances are effective. Publication by title must set forth a statement indicating that typewritten copies of the ordinance are available for inspection at the office of the town clerk or the county clerk by all interested persons.
5. All ordinances of the town or city that:
(a) Are in effect on the date of the assumption of the town board or board of county commissioners of the powers and duties conferred or imposed by this chapter; and
(b) Are not inconsistent with those powers and duties,
remain in effect and must be enforced until changed or repealed by the board.
[Part 1:48:1881; A 1889, 43; 1903, 55; 1919, 408; 1943, 65; 1951, 455]—(NRS A 1965, 993; 1967, 802, 1727; 1969, 57; 1997, 2409)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns › NRS 269.160 - Punishment for breach of ordinance.

The town board or board of county commissioners shall fix the punishment for the breach of an ordinance adopted by the town board or board of county commissioners for any unincorporated town to be enforced within the town. No fines may be imposed for one offense in a sum greater than $1,000, and no term of imprisonment may be more than 6 months. In lieu of imprisonment any person committed for punishment may be made to work on any public work in the town, and to that end a chain gang may be formed, continued and operated.
[Part 1:48:1881; A 1889, 43; 1903, 55; 1919, 408; 1943, 65; 1951, 455]—(NRS A 1967, 1727; 1985, 263)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns › NRS 269.165 - Jurisdiction of justice of the peace; payment of fees and fines to county treasurer.

1. Any justice of the peace within the town or city has jurisdiction of all violations of ordinances applicable thereto under the provisions of this chapter, and may render final judgment, hold to bail, fine or commit to the county jail any offender, in accordance with the provisions thereof, or may suspend the sentence of any offender pursuant to NRS 4.373.
2. All commitments of imprisonment must be directed to the sheriff of the county, and all fees or fines collected must be paid to the county treasurer of the proper county, to be distributed to the proper fund of the town or city.
[10:48:1881; BH § 2033; C § 2183; RL § 886; NCL § 1240]—(NRS A 1987, 1135)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns › NRS 269.166 - Revision and codification of general ordinances; arrangement, publication and sale of code.

1. In addition to the powers and jurisdiction conferred by other laws, the town board or board of county commissioners shall have the power to provide for the revision and codification, including such restatements and substantive changes as are necessary for clarity and consistency, of all general ordinances of any unincorporated town, and may provide for the indexing and publication of such ordinances in the form of a town code.
2. The ordinances in each town code shall be arranged in appropriate chapters and sections, excluding the titles, enacting clauses, signatures, attestations and other formal parts.
3. Copies of the town code and any supplements thereto may be reproduced in printed or typewritten book, pamphlet or loose-leaf form, or such other form as the town board or board of county commissioners may determine, and may be sold at a price fixed by resolution of such board. All proceeds from such sales shall be deposited in the general fund of the town.
4. The town board or board of county commissioners may employ or contract for the services of professional personnel in preparation of the town code.
(Added to NRS by 1963, 75; A 1967, 1727)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns › NRS 269.167 - Adoption by ordinance; procedure; effective date.

1. The town code shall be adopted by an ordinance. The only title necessary for such ordinance shall be "An Ordinance enacting a revision and codification of the general ordinances of the town of ................"
2. The proposed town code may be adopted by reference and need not be read aloud to the town board or board of county commissioners if the board:
(a) Files three or more copies of the proposed code with the town or county clerk at least 1 week before final adoption of the ordinance.
(b) Publishes a notice of such filing in a newspaper having general circulation in the county at least 1 week before final adoption of the ordinance stating that copies of the proposed code may be examined by the general public at the office of the town or county clerk.
3. The ordinance adopting the town code shall be published by title only once a week for a period of 2 weeks in a newspaper having general circulation in the county, and shall state that copies of the code may be examined by the general public at the office of the town or county clerk.
4. The ordinance adopting the town code shall take effect after:
(a) At least 25 copies of the code have been reproduced.
(b) At least three copies of the code have been filed with the town or county clerk.
(c) The newspaper publication required by subsection 3 has been completed.
(Added to NRS by 1963, 76; A 1967, 1728)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns › NRS 269.169 - Amendment and extension; procedure.

The town code may, by ordinance regularly passed, adopted and published, be amended or extended. All general ordinances passed after the adoption of a town code shall be amendments or extensions thereof. No section of the code shall be amended by reference only, but the section, as amended, shall be reenacted and published at length. Three copies of any amendment or extension shall be filed with the town or county clerk and two copies of any amendment or extension shall be filed with the Librarian of the Supreme Court Law Library.
(Added to NRS by 1963, 76; A 1967, 1728; 1975, 143)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns › NRS 269.171 - Payment of child support: Statement by applicant for license, permit or certificate; grounds for denial of license, permit or certificate; duty of town board or board of county commissioners. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state to establish procedures for withholding, suspending and restricting the professional, occupational and recreational licenses for child support arrearages and for noncompliance with certain processes relating to paternity or child support proceedings.]

1. If a town board or board of county commissioners requires a person to obtain a license, permit or certificate to practice a profession or occupation pursuant to NRS 269.170, an applicant for the issuance or renewal of such a license, certificate or permit shall submit to the town board or board of county commissioners the statement prescribed by the Division of Welfare and Supportive Services of the Department of Health and Human Services pursuant to NRS 425.520. The statement must be completed and signed by the applicant.
2. The town board or board of county commissioners shall include the statement required pursuant to subsection 1 in:
(a) The application or any other forms that must be submitted for the issuance or renewal of the license, certificate or permit; or
(b) A separate form prescribed by the town board or board of county commissioners.
3. A license, certificate or permit may not be issued or renewed by a town board or board of county commissioners pursuant to NRS 269.170 if the applicant:
(a) Fails to submit the statement required pursuant to subsection 1; or
(b) Indicates on the statement submitted pursuant to subsection 1 that he or she is subject to a court order for the support of a child and is not in compliance with the order or a plan approved by the district attorney or other public agency enforcing the order for the repayment of the amount owed pursuant to the order.
4. If an applicant indicates on the statement submitted pursuant to subsection 1 that he or she is subject to a court order for the support of a child and is not in compliance with the order or a plan approved by the district attorney or other public agency enforcing the order for the repayment of the amount owed pursuant to the order, the town board or board of county commissioners shall advise the applicant to contact the district attorney or other public agency enforcing the order to determine the actions that the applicant may take to satisfy the arrearage.
5. As used in this section, "license, permit or certificate to practice a profession or occupation" does not include a general business license issued by a town board or board of county commissioners.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 2044; A 2015, 2670)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns › NRS 269.172 - Suspension of license, certificate or permit for failure to pay child support or comply with certain subpoenas or warrants; reinstatement of license, certificate or permit. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state to establish procedures for withholding, suspending and restricting the professional, occupational and recreational licenses for child support arrearages and for noncompliance with certain processes relating to paternity or child support proceedings.]

1. If a town board or board of county commissioners receives a copy of a court order issued pursuant to NRS 425.540 that provides for the suspension of all professional, occupational and recreational licenses, certificates and permits issued to a person who is the holder of a license, certificate or permit to practice a profession or occupation pursuant to NRS 269.170, the town board or board of county commissioners shall deem the license, certificate or permit issued to that person to be suspended at the end of the 30th day after the date on which the court order was issued unless the town board or board of county commissioners receives a letter issued to the holder of the license, certificate or permit by the district attorney or other public agency pursuant to NRS 425.550 stating that the holder of the license, certificate or permit has complied with the subpoena or warrant or has satisfied the arrearage pursuant to NRS 425.560.
2. A town board or board of county commissioners shall reinstate a license, certificate or permit to practice a profession or occupation issued pursuant to NRS 269.170 that has been suspended by a district court pursuant to NRS 425.540 if the town board or board of county commissioners receives a letter issued by the district attorney or other public agency pursuant to NRS 425.550 to the person whose license, certificate or permit was suspended stating that the person whose license, certificate or permit was suspended has complied with the subpoena or warrant or has satisfied the arrearage pursuant to NRS 425.560.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 2045)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns › NRS 269.173 - Application for license, certificate or permit must include social security number of applicant. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state to establish procedures for withholding, suspending and restricting the professional, occupational and recreational licenses for child support arrearages and for noncompliance with certain processes relating to paternity or child support proceedings.]

1. An application for the issuance of a license, permit or certificate to practice a profession or occupation pursuant to NRS 269.170 must include the social security number of the applicant.
2. As used in this section, "license, permit or certificate to practice a profession or occupation" does not include a general business license issued by a town board or board of county commissioners.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 2045; A 2015, 2671)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns › NRS 269.174 - Prohibition against denying application for occupational or professional license, permit or certificate based on immigration or citizenship status of applicant; prohibition against disclosing personal identification number of applicant.

1. A town board or board of county commissioners shall not deny the application of a person for a license, permit or certificate to practice a profession or occupation pursuant to NRS 269.170 based solely on his or her immigration or citizenship status.
2. Notwithstanding the provisions of NRS 269.173, an applicant for a license, permit or certificate to practice a profession or occupation pursuant to NRS 269.170 who does not have a social security number must provide an alternative personally identifying number, including, without limitation, his or her individual taxpayer identification number, when completing an application for a license, permit or certificate.
3. The town board or board of county commissioners shall not disclose to any person who is not employed by the town board or board of county commissioners the social security number or alternative personally identifying number, including, without limitation, an individual taxpayer identification number, of an applicant for a license for any purpose except:
(a) Tax purposes;
(b) Licensing purposes; and
(c) Enforcement of an order for the payment of child support.
4. A social security number or alternative personally identifying number, including, without limitation, an individual taxpayer identification number, provided to the town board or board of county commissioners is confidential and is not a public record for the purposes of chapter 239 of NRS.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 4338)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns › NRS 269.175 - Power to license, regulate or suppress certain businesses.

Except as otherwise provided in NRS 576.128, the boards of county commissioners may in any unincorporated town in their respective counties license, tax, regulate, prohibit and suppress all tippling houses, dramshops, public card tables, raffles, hawkers, peddlers, pawnbrokers, gambling houses, disorderly houses and houses of ill fame.
[Part 1:48:1881; A 1889, 43; 1903, 55; 1919, 408; 1943, 65; 1951, 455]—(NRS A 1985, 265; 1997, 3172)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns › NRS 269.180 - Issuance of licenses: Terms and amounts.

The boards of county commissioners may in any unincorporated town in their respective counties provide by ordinance for the issuance of all licenses mentioned in this chapter or authorized to be issued, and fix the terms and sums for licenses.
[Part 1:48:1881; A 1889, 43; 1903, 55; 1919, 408; 1943, 65; 1951, 455]—(NRS A 1985, 265)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns › NRS 269.182 - Pawnbrokers: Licensing; additional license required if motor vehicles accepted as collateral; fee.

1. If the town board or board of county commissioners requires a license to engage in business as a pawnbroker in an unincorporated town, it shall also require an additional license if the pawnbroker accepts motor vehicles as pledged property or in any other manner allows the use of a motor vehicle as collateral for a loan. A license authorizing a pawnbroker to accept motor vehicles as pledged property must not be issued to a person who does not have a license to engage in business as a pawnbroker.
2. The board shall charge and collect an additional fee of not more than $500 for each license authorizing a pawnbroker to accept motor vehicles as pledged property, and shall issue the license upon payment of the prescribed fee.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 2324)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns › NRS 269.185 - Power to regulate vehicular traffic; ordinances; posting informational signs and other devices at school zones and school crossing zones.

1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 707.375, in addition to the powers and jurisdiction conferred upon the town boards or boards of county commissioners by this chapter, such boards may:
(a) Regulate traffic upon the streets and alleys of towns or cities governed by such boards pursuant to this chapter.
(b) Regulate the speed, parking, stopping, turning and operation of all motor vehicles and other vehicles using the streets and alleys.
(c) Pass and adopt all ordinances, rules and regulations, and do and perform all acts and things necessary for the execution of the powers and jurisdiction conferred by this section.
2. The town board or board of county commissioners shall cause to be displayed, in each school zone and school crossing zone where the county has posted a speed limit, signs or other devices designating the times during which the speed limit in the zone is to apply.
[1a:48:1881; added 1937, 212; 1931 NCL § 1231.01]—(NRS A 1963, 1294; 1967, 1729; 1993, 2587; 1999, 2675; 2003, 1252)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns › NRS 269.190 - Board of health: Power to establish and maintain.

The boards of county commissioners may establish and maintain a board of health in any unincorporated town in their respective counties.
[Part 1:48:1881; A 1889, 43; 1903, 55; 1919, 408; 1943, 65; 1951, 455]—(NRS A 1985, 265)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns › NRS 269.195 - Animals running at large.

The town board or board of county commissioners may prohibit the keeping of hogs or the running at large of goats, cows or other animals within the limits of any unincorporated town.
[Part 1:48:1881; A 1889, 43; 1903, 55; 1919, 408; 1943, 65; 1951, 455]—(NRS A 1967, 1729; 1985, 265)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns › NRS 269.200 - Ordinance prohibiting animals from running at large: Petition; publication; penalty.

1. The town board or board of county commissioners shall, when petitioned by 25 percent of the taxpayers of any town or voting precinct not maintaining a separate and independent local government, pass an ordinance to prevent the running at large of any horse, mule, ass, kine, hog, sheep or goat in the town or precinct, and provide in the ordinance for the impounding of the animals as estrays and the payment of certain fees and costs before the release of such animals.
2. When the ordinance is properly drawn and signed by the chair of the town board or board of county commissioners, before going into effect it shall be published, for a period of at least 10 days, in some newspaper of general circulation published in the town or precinct, and if there be none, then in some newspaper published in the county. The cost of publication shall be paid by the town or county out of the general fund of the town or county the same as other bills.
3. A violation of any such ordinance shall be a misdemeanor.
[1:265:1915; 1919 RL p. 2843; NCL § 4028] + [2:265:1915; 1919 RL p. 2843; NCL § 4029] + [3:265:1915; 1919 RL p. 2843; NCL § 4030]—(NRS A 1967, 545, 1730)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns › NRS 269.205 - Nuisances: Power to prevent, remove and punish.

The town board or board of county commissioners may determine what are nuisances in any unincorporated town, and provide for the punishment, prevention and removal of the nuisances.
[Part 1:48:1881; A 1889, 43; 1903, 55; 1919, 408; 1943, 65; 1951, 455]—(NRS A 1967, 1730; 1985, 265)