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2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 282 - Official Bonds and Oaths › NRS 282.190 - Surety’s statement desiring release from liability: Filing and service of notice; publication.

1. Any surety desiring to be released from liability on the bond of the State Treasurer shall file with the Governor or Secretary of State a statement in writing duly subscribed by the surety, or someone in the surety’s behalf, setting forth:
(a) The name and office of the person for whom the surety is surety;
(b) The amount for which the surety is liable as surety; and
(c) The surety’s desire to be released from further liability on account thereof.
A notice containing the objects of such statement shall be served personally on the State Treasurer unless the State Treasurer has left the State, in which case the notice may be served by publication for 20 days in some newspaper printed at Carson City, or if none is printed there, then in such newspaper as shall be designated by the Governor or Secretary of State.
2. Any surety desiring to be released from the official bond of any county officer shall file and serve a similar statement. The statement, except when it concerns the county clerk personally, shall be filed with the clerk of the board of county commissioners, and when the county clerk is personally concerned, the statement shall be filed with the county auditor.
3. Any surety desiring to be released from liability on the bond of a city officer shall file and serve a similar statement with the city clerk or other proper officer.
4. Any surety desiring to be released from an executor’s or administrator’s bond or undertaking shall file and serve a similar statement with the clerk of the district court.
5. Any surety desiring to be released from any other official bond or undertaking shall file and serve a similar statement with the proper officer, person or authority.
6. All statements provided for in this section must be served as provided in subsection 1, except:
(a) That the notice, if served by publication, may be published in a newspaper in the same county, and if no newspaper is published therein, then in an adjoining or other county, without any order from any court or other authority.
(b) That in all cases for which publication is provided, a printed or written notice, posted in at least 10 conspicuous places within the county, for the time specified, shall be deemed legal notice thereof.
[2:15:1867; B § 2930; BH § 1751; C § 1888; RL § 2881; NCL § 4908]—(NRS A 1975, 342)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 282 - Official Bonds and Oaths › NRS 282.200 - Forfeiture of office or appointment upon failure to file new or additional bond; suspension of functions of office.

1. If any officer or person fails within 10 days from the date of a personal service, or within 30 days from the date of the first insertion of a publication or posted service, to file a new or additional bond or undertaking, the office or appointment of the person or officer so failing shall become vacant, and such officer or person shall forfeit such office or appointment. The office or appointment shall be filled as in other cases of vacancy, and in the manner provided by law, and the person applying to be released from liability on the bond or undertaking shall not be liable thereon after the date provided for the vacating and forfeiting of such office or appointment.
2. If a number of sureties on any bond or undertaking, representing half the amount of the penalty thereof, unite in the same, or file and serve separate statements as provided in NRS 282.180 to 282.220, inclusive, the right of such officer or person to exercise the duties and functions of such office or appointment immediately ceases until the officer or person files and has accepted and approved a new or additional bond or undertaking.
3. Whenever, by operation of NRS 282.180 to 282.220, inclusive, the functions of any sheriff become suspended, the county clerk shall succeed to all the powers and discharge all the duties of the sheriff of the county, during such suspension of the functions of the sheriff.
[3:15:1867; B § 2931; BH § 1752; C § 1889; RL § 2882; NCL § 4909]—(NRS A 1959, 25)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 282 - Official Bonds and Oaths › NRS 282.210 - Liability of sureties on original and new or additional bond.

In case a new or additional bond or undertaking is filed, the sureties on the original bond or undertaking, not asking to be released, and on the new or additional bond or undertaking shall be and continue liable for the official acts of such officer or person jointly and severally, the same as if all were sureties on one and the same instrument.
[4:15:1867; B § 2932; BH § 1753; C § 1890; RL § 2883; NCL § 4910]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 282 - Official Bonds and Oaths › NRS 282.220 - Amount or penalty of new or additional bond or undertaking: How determined.

Whenever a statement is filed, or filed and served, as provided in NRS 282.180 to 282.220, inclusive, the proper authority shall prescribe the penalty or amount in which a new or additional bond or undertaking shall be filed, and if no such order be made, then such new or additional bond or undertaking shall be executed for the same amount as the original.
[5:15:1867; B § 2933; BH § 1754; C § 1891; RL § 2884; NCL § 4911]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 282 - Official Bonds and Oaths › NRS 282.290 - Faith of State pledged; consent of State to suit on bond; restitution.

The faith of the State is pledged to the provisions of all surety bonds which have been issued or undertaken under the provisions of chapter 193, Statutes of Nevada 1937, as amended, which established the bond trust fund, and the State consents to suit against it on such bonds. In cases of loss to a county, township, incorporated city or irrigation district, under circumstances upon which its surety bonds are conditioned, the State is charged with the responsibility of making restitution to any funds suffering loss up to the full amount specified in the surety bond.
[6:193:1937; 1931 NCL § 4915.26]—(NRS A 1959, 836; 1975, 342)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 282 - Official Bonds and Oaths › NRS 282.315 - Costs of investigations paid from Reserve for Statutory Contingency Account; limitations.

The State Treasurer is hereby authorized to pay from the Reserve for Statutory Contingency Account on warrants issued by the State Controller, a total sum not to exceed $2,500 in any 1 year in payment of approved claims for costs of investigations incurred by the State Board of Examiners in carrying out the provisions of subsection 5 of NRS 282.330.
(Added to NRS by 1957, 632; A 1975, 342; 1991, 1759)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 282 - Official Bonds and Oaths › NRS 282.330 - Certain officers to report losses to State Board of Examiners; investigations; procedure for restitution.

1. Losses to counties which occur from defalcation, misappropriation or negligent loss of public money or from failure faithfully to perform the duties of office on the part of a county or township officer or employee must be reported by the district attorney of that county to the State Board of Examiners.
2. Losses to cities which occur from defalcation, misappropriation or negligent loss of public money or from failure faithfully to perform the duties of office on the part of a city officer or employee must be reported by the city attorney of that city to the State Board of Examiners.
3. In the case of the State, any losses must be reported to the State Board of Examiners by the Attorney General.
4. In the case of an irrigation district, any losses must be reported to the State Board of Examiners by the board of directors of the irrigation district.
5. In each case the State Board of Examiners shall make, or cause to be made, a full investigation. If, from the investigation, the State Board of Examiners determines that the loss comes under the conditions of a surety bond issued pursuant to the provisions of chapter 193, Statutes of Nevada 1937, as amended, which established the bond trust fund, the State Board of Examiners shall order that restitution be made in the following manner:
(a) If there is a sufficient amount in the Reserve for Statutory Contingency Account to cover the loss, the State Controller shall draw a warrant on the Reserve for Statutory Contingency Account for the full amount of the loss as covered by the surety bond, in the manner in which claims against the State are usually paid, and the State Treasurer shall pay the warrant.
(b) If there is insufficient money in the Reserve for Statutory Contingency Account to cover the loss, the State Controller shall draw a warrant for the full amount in the Reserve for Statutory Contingency Account for the purpose of making restitution in part, and the State Controller shall report the condition of the account to the Governor. The Governor shall take the necessary steps to have the balance due included in the budget, and report to the next succeeding Legislature. When the balance is thus secured, the restitution is completed.
[7:193:1937; 1931 NCL § 4915.27]—(NRS A 1957, 633; 1959, 836; 1963, 546; 1973, 556; 1975, 343; 1991, 1759)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 282 - Official Bonds and Oaths › NRS 282.340 - Civil liability on bond of officer or employee: Action for recovery of loss; lien; judgment; execution.

1. If any public officer or employee defaults, misappropriates or otherwise is responsible for loss of funds committed to the officer’s or employee’s care, the officer or employee is civilly liable for the amount thereof in an action to be prosecuted by:
(a) The district attorney in cases of county and township officers and employees.
(b) The city attorney in cases of city officers and employees.
(c) The Attorney General in cases of state officers and irrigation district officers and employees.
2. The State, county, city or irrigation district, as the case may be, has a lien on all real or personal property, not exempt from execution, of any such officer or employee against whom such an action is brought for default, misappropriation, or other violation of the conditions of the officer’s or employee’s surety bond given under the provisions of chapter 193, Statutes of Nevada 1937, as amended, and such lien becomes effective upon the execution of such surety bonds by state, county, township, city and irrigation district officers and employees, and takes precedence over any other unrecorded lien or encumbrance.
3. Upon judgment being entered in favor of the State, county, incorporated city or irrigation district, all property owned, either legally or equitably, by the State, county, township, city or irrigation district officer or employee violating any condition of such bond, not exempt from execution, or so much thereof as may be necessary to cover the amount of the judgment entered, may be sold, as in cases of execution, and the proceeds applied to payment of the judgment rendered to cover the shortage. If there is an insufficiency of such property, or the judgment or any part of it remains unsatisfied, then a deficiency judgment may be entered by the court.
[10:193:1937; 1931 NCL § 4915.30]—(NRS A 1973, 557; 1975, 343)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 282 - Official Bonds and Oaths › NRS 282.350 - Revocation of bond by State Board of Examiners: Grounds.

The State Board of Examiners may revoke the surety bond of any public officer or employee:
1. If, after due investigation, notice and hearing, the officer or employee is found to be addicted to gambling, excessive drinking of intoxicants or to the use of narcotics.
2. Upon conviction of the officer or employee of a gross misdemeanor or any more serious crime.
3. When the officer or employee is legally determined to be insane.
4. For any other cause deemed reasonable by the Board.
[11:193:1937; 1931 NCL § 4915.31]—(NRS A 1957, 634; 1973, 558; 1975, 344)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 283 - Resignations, Vacancies and Removals › NRS 283.010 - Resignation may be made before oath taken.

Any person who shall receive a commission or a certificate of the person’s election or appointment shall be at liberty to resign such office, though the person may not have entered upon the execution of its duties or taken the requisite oath of office.
[Part 33:108:1866; B § 2631; BH § 1668; C § 1814; RL § 2797; NCL § 4797]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 283 - Resignations, Vacancies and Removals › NRS 283.020 - Resignation of state officers commissioned by the Governor.

All state officers commissioned by the Governor shall resign their commissions to the Governor.
[Part 34:108:1866; B § 2632; BH § 1669; C § 1815; RL § 2798; NCL § 4798]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 283 - Resignations, Vacancies and Removals › NRS 283.030 - Resignation of appointive officers.

All officers holding office by appointment shall resign their offices to the officer, body or board that appointed them when no express method is specified by NRS.
[Part 34:108:1866; B § 2632; BH § 1669; C § 1815; RL § 2798; NCL § 4798]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 283 - Resignations, Vacancies and Removals › NRS 283.050 - Removal on impeachment and conviction: Duties of Secretary of State.

Whenever any officer shall be removed from office on impeachment and conviction, as declared in the constitution and laws of this state, the Secretary of State shall transmit a certified copy thereof to the officer whose duty it shall be to make an appointment to supply the vacancy caused by the removal of such officer from office.
[37:108:1866; B § 2635; BH § 1672; C § 1818; RL § 2801; NCL § 4801]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 283 - Resignations, Vacancies and Removals › NRS 283.070 - Certification to Governor by Secretary of State of cause of vacancy in certain state offices; certified copy of judgment of insanity or record of conviction.

Whenever a vacancy occurs in any state office, except in the case of resignation made to the Governor or the Legislature, the Secretary of State shall certify to the Governor the cause of such vacancy. If such vacancy occurs from the confirmed insanity of the incumbent, or from the incumbent’s conviction of a felony or an offense involving a violation of the incumbent’s official oath or bond, the Secretary of State shall accompany the certificate with a certified copy of a judgment found upon the lunacy commission, or a certified copy of the record of conviction for such felony or offense, as the case may be.
[Part 39:108:1866; B § 2637; BH § 1674; C § 1820; RL § 2803; NCL § 4803]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 283 - Resignations, Vacancies and Removals › NRS 283.080 - Filling vacancy where power of appointment vested in Governor and Senate or in Legislature.

Whenever a vacancy shall occur, during the recess of the Legislature, in any office which the Legislature is authorized to fill by election, or which the Governor, subject to confirmation by the Senate, is authorized to fill, the Governor, unless it is otherwise specially provided, may appoint some suitable person to perform the duties of such office.
[40:108:1866; B § 2638; BH § 1675; C § 1821; RL § 2804; NCL § 4804]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 283 - Resignations, Vacancies and Removals › NRS 283.090 - Qualifications and duties of person appointed pursuant to NRS 283.080.

Any person appointed pursuant to the provisions of NRS 283.080 shall:
1. Before proceeding to execute the duties assigned to the person, qualify in the same manner as required by law of the officer in whose place the person shall be appointed.
2. Continue to exercise and perform the duties of the office to which the person shall be so appointed until the election of the person’s successor at the next session of the Legislature, or the next general election, and the qualification of such successor thereafter.
[42:108:1866; B § 2640; BH § 1677; C § 1823; RL § 2806; NCL § 4806]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 283 - Resignations, Vacancies and Removals › NRS 283.100 - Vacancy filled by Governor during recess of Legislature.

Vacancies that may occur in office, the appointment of which is vested in the Governor and Senate, or in the Legislature, shall be filled by the Governor during the recess of the Legislature, by granting commissions which shall expire whenever the Governor and Senate, or the Legislature, shall appoint a person or persons to fill the offices.
[46:108:1866; B § 2644; BH § 1681; C § 1827; RL § 2810; NCL § 4810]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 283 - Resignations, Vacancies and Removals › NRS 283.110 - Vacancy in state office filled by Governor; term of appointee.

Whenever any vacancy shall occur in the office of any state officer, the Governor shall fill the same by granting a commission, which shall expire at the next general election by the people and upon the qualification of a successor, at which election such officer shall be chosen for the balance of the unexpired term.
[Part 48:108:1866; B § 2646; BH § 1683; C § 1829; RL § 2812; NCL § 4812]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 283 - Resignations, Vacancies and Removals › NRS 283.120 - Vacancy in state appointive office or position; limitation upon term of appointment by Governor.

Whenever any vacancy shall occur in any appointive office or position in this state required by law to be filled by the Governor, such vacancy remaining unfilled for a period of 90 days, the Governor shall not, within 60 days preceding the expiration of the Governor’s term in office, fill the vacancy to be effective beyond the termination of the Governor’s own term in office.
[1:130:1927; NCL § 7393]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 283 - Resignations, Vacancies and Removals › NRS 283.125 - Notice of appointment to fill vacancy; contents; applicability.

1. Upon making an appointment to fill a vacancy in an elected office, the appointing authority shall notify the filing officer for that elected office. The notice must include:
(a) The name, residence address and telephone number of the appointed person;
(b) The political party of the appointed person; and
(c) The term of the appointment.
2. This section applies to each appointment to fill a vacancy in an elected office, including, without limitation, the initial appointment to fill a vacancy in a newly created elected office.
3. As used in this section, "filing officer" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 293.057.
(Added to NRS by 2001, 2970)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 283 - Resignations, Vacancies and Removals › NRS 283.130 - Commission or certificate of election or appointment of officer filling vacancy.

Any officer elected or appointed to fill any vacancy shall be commissioned, or shall receive a certificate of election or appointment to such office.
[32:108:1866; B § 2630; BH § 1667; C § 1813; RL § 2796; NCL § 4796]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 283 - Resignations, Vacancies and Removals › NRS 283.140 - Officers liable to impeachment.

1. Any state officer shall be liable to impeachment for misdemeanor or malfeasance in office pursuant to Article 7 of the Nevada Constitution.
2. As used in NRS 283.140 to 283.290, inclusive, "state officer" means the Governor and other state and judicial officers, except:
(a) Justices of the peace; and
(b) State Legislators removable from office only through expulsion by their own House pursuant to Section 6 of Article 4 of the Nevada Constitution.
[1911 Cr. Prac. § 28; RL § 6878; NCL § 10675]—(NRS A 2009, 1072)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 283 - Resignations, Vacancies and Removals › NRS 283.150 - All impeachments tried by Senate; Senate to be sworn.

All impeachments shall be tried by the Senate. When sitting for that purpose, the Senators shall be upon oath or affirmation.
[1911 Cr. Prac. § 29; RL § 6879; NCL § 10676]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 283 - Resignations, Vacancies and Removals › NRS 283.160 - Articles of impeachment: Delivery to President of Senate.

When a state officer is impeached by the Assembly for misdemeanor or malfeasance in office, the articles of impeachment shall be delivered to the President of the Senate.
[1911 Cr. Prac. § 30; RL § 6880; NCL § 10677]—(NRS A 2009, 1072)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 283 - Resignations, Vacancies and Removals › NRS 283.170 - Assignment of day of hearing and informing Assembly; service of copy of articles and notice to appear and answer.

1. The Senate shall assign a day for hearing the impeachment, and shall inform the Assembly thereof.
2. Not less than 10 days before the day fixed for the hearing, the President of the Senate shall cause a copy of the articles of impeachment, with a notice to appear and answer the same at the time and place appointed, to be served on the defendant.
[1911 Cr. Prac. § 31; RL § 6881; NCL § 10678]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 283 - Resignations, Vacancies and Removals › NRS 283.180 - Service of copy of articles: Personal service; publication of notice to appear and answer.

The service shall be made upon the defendant personally. If upon diligent inquiry the defendant cannot be found within the State and upon due proof of that fact, the Senate may order publication to be made, in such manner as it deems proper, of a notice requiring the defendant to appear at a specified time and place and answer the articles of impeachment.
[1911 Cr. Prac. § 32; RL § 6882; NCL § 10679]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 283 - Resignations, Vacancies and Removals › NRS 283.190 - Assignment of other hearing day or proceeding in defendant’s absence.

If the defendant does not appear, upon proof of service or publication as provided in NRS 283.170 and 283.180, the Senate may, of its own motion or for cause shown, assign another day for hearing the impeachment; or, in the absence of the defendant, may then, or at any other time which it may appoint, proceed to trial and judgment.
[1911 Cr. Prac. § 33; RL § 6883; NCL § 10680]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 283 - Resignations, Vacancies and Removals › NRS 283.200 - Objection to sufficiency of articles of impeachment; entry and effect of plea of not guilty.

When the defendant appears, the defendant may object in writing to the sufficiency of the articles of impeachment, or the defendant may answer the same by an oral plea of not guilty. The plea of not guilty shall be entered upon the journal, and it puts in issue every material allegation of the articles of impeachment.
[1911 Cr. Prac. § 34; RL § 6884; NCL § 10681]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 283 - Resignations, Vacancies and Removals › NRS 283.210 - Order to answer articles if objection not sustained; judgment on plea of guilty or refusal to plead; trial on plea of not guilty.

1. If the objection to the sufficiency of the articles of impeachment is not sustained by a majority of the members of the Senate who heard the argument, the defendant must be ordered forthwith to answer the articles of impeachment. If the defendant then pleads guilty, or refuses to plead, the Senate must render judgment of conviction against the defendant.
2. If the defendant pleads not guilty, the Senate shall, at such time as it may appoint, proceed to try the impeachment.
[1911 Cr. Prac. § 35; RL § 6885; NCL § 10682]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 283 - Resignations, Vacancies and Removals › NRS 283.220 - Senate to be sworn: Procedure.

At the time and place appointed, and before the Senate proceeds to act on the impeachment, the Secretary shall administer to the President of the Senate, and the President of the Senate to each of the members of the Senate then present, an oath truly and impartially to hear, try and determine the impeachment. No member of the Senate can act or vote upon the impeachment, or upon any question arising thereon, without having taken such oath. When such oath has been administered, the Senate shall proceed to try and determine the impeachment, and may adjourn the trial from time to time.
[1911 Cr. Prac. § 36; RL § 6886; NCL § 10683]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 283 - Resignations, Vacancies and Removals › NRS 283.230 - Concurrence of two-thirds of members elected required for conviction.

The defendant cannot be convicted on impeachment without the concurrence of two-thirds of the members elected, voting by ayes and noes. If two-thirds of the members elected do not concur in a conviction, the defendant shall be acquitted.
[1911 Cr. Prac. § 37; RL § 6887; NCL § 10684]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 283 - Resignations, Vacancies and Removals › NRS 283.240 - Judgment: Form; resolution of majority as judgment.

1. After conviction and at such time as it may appoint, the Senate shall pronounce judgment in the form of a resolution which shall be entered upon the journal of the Senate.
2. On the adoption of the resolution by a majority of the members present who voted on the question of acquittal or conviction, it becomes the judgment of the Senate.
[1911 Cr. Prac. § 38; RL § 6888; NCL § 10685]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 283 - Resignations, Vacancies and Removals › NRS 283.250 - Judgment: Suspension or removal and disqualification.

The judgment may be that the defendant be suspended, or that the defendant be removed from office and disqualified to hold any office of honor, trust or profit under the State.
[1911 Cr. Prac. § 39; RL § 6889; NCL § 10686]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 283 - Resignations, Vacancies and Removals › NRS 283.260 - Effect of judgment of suspension on salary, fees or emoluments.

If judgment of suspension is given, during the continuance of the judgment the defendant is disqualified from receiving the salary, fees or emoluments of the office.
[1911 Cr. Prac. § 40; RL § 6890; NCL § 10687]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 283 - Resignations, Vacancies and Removals › NRS 283.270 - Suspension of officer pending impeachment; filling office pending impeachment.

1. Whenever articles of impeachment against any officer subject to impeachment are presented to the Senate, the officer is temporarily suspended from the officer’s office and cannot act in the officer’s official capacity until the officer is acquitted.
2. Upon temporary suspension of any officer other than the Governor, the officer’s office shall at once be temporarily filled by an appointment made by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, until the acquittal of the officer impeached or, in case of the officer’s removal, until the vacancy is filled as provided by law.
[1911 Cr. Prac. § 41; RL § 6891; NCL § 10688]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 283 - Resignations, Vacancies and Removals › NRS 283.280 - Notice of impeachment of Lieutenant Governor.

If the Lieutenant Governor is impeached, notice of the impeachment shall be immediately given to the Senate by the Assembly in order that another President may be chosen.
[1911 Cr. Prac. § 42; RL § 6892; NCL § 10689]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 283 - Resignations, Vacancies and Removals › NRS 283.290 - Indictment or information not barred by conviction on impeachment.

If the offense for which the defendant is convicted on impeachment is also the subject of an indictment or information, the indictment or information is not barred thereby.
[1911 Cr. Prac. § 43; RL § 6893; NCL § 10690]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 283 - Resignations, Vacancies and Removals › NRS 283.300 - Accusation against certain public officers for willful or corrupt misconduct in office: Presentment by grand jury.

1. An accusation in writing against any district, county, township or municipal officer for willful or corrupt misconduct in office, may be presented by the grand jury of the county for or in which the officer accused is elected or appointed.
2. As used in this section, "district, county, township or municipal officer" does not include:
(a) A justice or judge of the court system;
(b) A state officer removable from office only through impeachment pursuant to Article 7 of the Nevada Constitution; or
(c) A State Legislator removable from office only through expulsion by the State Legislator’s own House pursuant to Section 6 of Article 4 of the Nevada Constitution.
[1911 Cr. Prac. § 44; RL § 6894; NCL § 10691]—(NRS A 1973, 416; 1977, 937; 2009, 1072)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 283 - Resignations, Vacancies and Removals › NRS 283.320 - Delivery of accusation to district attorney; service of copy; notice to appear and answer; filing original accusation.

1. The accusation shall be delivered by the foreman of the grand jury to the district attorney, unless the district attorney is the officer accused.
2. The district attorney shall cause a copy of the accusation to be served upon the defendant, and by notice in writing shall require the accused to appear before the district court of the county, at a time stated in the notice, and answer the accusation. Appearance shall not be required in less than 10 days from the service of the notice. After service, the original accusation shall be filed with the clerk of the district court.
[1911 Cr. Prac. § 46; RL § 6896; NCL § 10693]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 283 - Resignations, Vacancies and Removals › NRS 283.330 - Appearance and answer; proceeding in defendant’s absence.

The defendant shall appear at the time stated in the notice and answer the accusation, unless for some sufficient cause the court assigns another day for that purpose. If the defendant does not appear, the court may proceed to hear and determine the accusation in the defendant’s absence.
[1911 Cr. Prac. § 47; RL § 6897; NCL § 10694]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 283 - Resignations, Vacancies and Removals › NRS 283.340 - Objection to sufficiency or denial of truth of accusation.

The defendant may answer the accusation either by objecting to its sufficiency or any article therein, or by denying the truth of the accusation.
[1911 Cr. Prac. § 48; RL § 6898; NCL § 10695]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 283 - Resignations, Vacancies and Removals › NRS 283.350 - Objection to legal sufficiency of accusation: Form and sufficiency.

If the defendant objects to the legal sufficiency of the accusation, the objection shall be in writing. The objection need not be in any specific form. It is sufficient if it presents intelligibly the grounds of the objection.
[1911 Cr. Prac. § 49; RL § 6899; NCL § 10696]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 283 - Resignations, Vacancies and Removals › NRS 283.360 - Denial of truth of accusation.

If the defendant denies the truth of the accusation, the denial may be oral and without oath. The denial shall be entered upon the minutes.
[1911 Cr. Prac. § 50; RL § 6900; NCL § 10697]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 283 - Resignations, Vacancies and Removals › NRS 283.370 - Answer when objection to sufficiency not sustained.

If the objection to the sufficiency of the accusation is not sustained, the defendant shall answer thereto forthwith.
[1911 Cr. Prac. § 51; RL § 6901; NCL § 10698]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 283 - Resignations, Vacancies and Removals › NRS 283.380 - Conviction on plea of guilty or refusal to answer; trial on denial of matters charged.

If the defendant pleads guilty, or refuses to answer the accusation, the court shall render judgment of conviction against the defendant. If the defendant denies the matters charged, the court shall immediately, or at such time as it appoints, try the accusation.
[1911 Cr. Prac. § 52; RL § 6902; NCL § 10699]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 283 - Resignations, Vacancies and Removals › NRS 283.400 - Right to process.

The district attorney and the defendant are each entitled to such process as is necessary to enforce the attendance of witnesses as upon a trial of an indictment.
[1911 Cr. Prac. § 54; RL § 6904; NCL § 10701]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 283 - Resignations, Vacancies and Removals › NRS 283.410 - Judgment: Pronouncement; entry and assignment of cause of removal.

Upon a conviction the court shall immediately, or at such time as it appoints, pronounce judgment that the defendant be removed from office. To warrant a removal, the judgment shall be entered upon the minutes, and the cause of removal shall be assigned therein.
[1911 Cr. Prac. § 55; RL § 6905; NCL § 10702]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 283 - Resignations, Vacancies and Removals › NRS 283.420 - Appeal; defendant suspended; office may be filled.

1. An appeal from a judgment of removal may be taken to the appellate court of competent jurisdiction pursuant to the rules fixed by the Supreme Court pursuant to Section 4 of Article 6 of the Nevada Constitution in the same manner as from a judgment in other criminal actions, but until such judgment is reversed the defendant shall be suspended from office.
2. Pending the appeal, the office may be filled as in case of vacancy.
[1911 Cr. Prac. § 56; RL § 6906; NCL § 10703]—(NRS A 2013, 1772)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 283 - Resignations, Vacancies and Removals › NRS 283.430 - Proceedings for removal of district attorney.

The same proceedings may be had on like grounds for the removal of a district attorney, except that the accusation shall be delivered to the district judge of the district. The district judge shall appoint a person to act as prosecuting officer in the matter, or place the accusation in the hands of the district attorney of an adjoining county and require that district attorney to conduct the proceedings.
[1911 Cr. Prac. § 57; RL § 6907; NCL § 10704]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 283 - Resignations, Vacancies and Removals › NRS 283.450 - Removal of civil officer for excessive use of intoxicants or controlled substances: Procedure; penalties.

1. Any civil officer in this state who, during the civil officer’s term of office, becomes intoxicated or is under the influence of alcoholic, malt or vinous liquors, or becomes or is addicted to the use of controlled substances, so that the civil officer is not at all times in proper condition for the discharge of the duties of the civil officer’s office, is guilty of a gross misdemeanor and if the civil officer is:
(a) A state officer, the state officer is subject to removal from office through impeachment pursuant to Article 7 of the Nevada Constitution;
(b) A State Legislator, the State Legislator is subject to removal from office through expulsion by the State Legislator’s own House pursuant to Section 6 of Article 4 of the Nevada Constitution; or
(c) A county, city or township officer, the county, city or township officer shall be removed from office by the judgment of the court in which the conviction is had, as a part of the penalty in such a conviction.
2. Upon receiving information from any person that the provisions of this section have been violated, sheriffs and their deputies, constables and their deputies, district attorneys, and all other peace officers in this state shall immediately institute proceedings in the proper court against the person complained of, and shall prosecute the same with reasonable diligence to final judgment.
3. If any person makes and files a complaint under oath charging the district attorney with a violation of this section, the Attorney General shall prosecute the district attorney pursuant to the terms of this section.
4. If any state officer is convicted pursuant to this section, the prosecuting officer obtaining the conviction shall file a certified copy of the judgment roll with the Secretary of State. The Secretary of State shall lay the certified copy of the judgment roll before the appropriate House of the Legislature at its next session.
5. The provisions of this section must be specially charged to the grand juries of the several counties by district judges.
[1:56:1887; A 1933, 11; 1935, 272; 1931 NCL § 4875] + [2:56:1887; A 1935, 272; 1931 NCL § 4876] + [3:56:1887; C § 2084; RL § 2863; NCL § 4877]—(NRS A 1967, 139, 551; 1971, 2027; 1987, 1549; 2009, 1073)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 284 - State Human Resources System › NRS 284.010 - Legislative declaration of purpose.

1. The Legislature declares that the purpose of this chapter is:
(a) To provide all citizens a fair and equal opportunity for public service;
(b) To establish conditions of service which will attract officers and employees of character and ability;
(c) To establish uniform job and salary classifications; and
(d) To increase the efficiency and economy of the agencies in the Executive Department of the State Government by the improvement of methods of human resources administration.
2. The Legislature declares that, in its considered judgment, the proper administration of the Executive Department of our State Government requires the enactment of this chapter.
[Part 1:351:1953]—(NRS A 1963, 485; 2023, 3561)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 284 - State Human Resources System › NRS 284.012 - Policy concerning employment of persons with disabilities.

Subject to other applicable provisions of this chapter, it is the policy of this State that persons with disabilities must be afforded equal opportunities in employment by the State, by its political subdivisions and in all other employment supported in whole or in part by the State.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 586; A 1993, 469)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 284 - State Human Resources System › NRS 284.013 - Applicability; terms and conditions of employment of exempted persons; written contracts required for certain services; inapplicability regarding matters within scope of collective bargaining agreements.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, this chapter does not apply to:
(a) Agencies, bureaus, commissions, officers or personnel in the Legislative Department or the Judicial Department of State Government, including the Commission on Judicial Discipline;
(b) Any person who is employed by a board, commission, committee or council created in chapters 445C, 590, 623 to 625A, inclusive, 628, 630 to 644A, inclusive, 648, 652, 654 and 656 of NRS; or
(c) Officers or employees of any agency of the Executive Department of the State Government who are exempted by specific statute.
2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, the terms and conditions of employment of all persons referred to in subsection 1, including salaries not prescribed by law and leaves of absence, including, without limitation, annual leave and sick and disability leave, must be fixed by the appointing or employing authority within the limits of legislative appropriations or authorizations.
3. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, leaves of absence prescribed pursuant to subsection 2 must not be of lesser duration than those provided for other state officers and employees pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. The provisions of this subsection do not govern the Legislative Commission with respect to the personnel of the Legislative Counsel Bureau.
4. Any board, commission, committee or council created in chapters 445C, 590, 623 to 625A, inclusive, 628, 630 to 644A, inclusive, 648, 652, 654 and 656 of NRS which contracts for the services of a person, shall require the contract for those services to be in writing. The contract must be approved by the State Board of Examiners before those services may be provided.
5. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 284.4086, to the extent that they are inconsistent or otherwise in conflict, the provisions of this chapter do not apply to any terms and conditions of employment that are properly within the scope of and subject to the provisions of a collective bargaining agreement or a supplemental bargaining agreement that is enforceable pursuant to the provisions of NRS 288.400 to 288.630, inclusive.
(Added to NRS by 1963, 485; A 1971, 768; 1979, 1697; 1981, 1277, 1828; 1983, 179; 1989, 1710; 1991, 993; 1995, 801; 1999, 3064; 2003, 908; 2005, 1137; 2019, 3727; 2021, 1610, 1914; 2023, 1698)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 284 - State Human Resources System › NRS 284.014 - No contractual right to employment created or conferred by chapter or regulations; appointing authority prohibited from executing employment contract with state employee; exception.

1. This chapter and the regulations adopted pursuant thereto do not create or confer upon any state employee a contractual right to employment.
2. Except as authorized by specific statute, an appointing authority shall not execute any contract for employment with any state employee.
(Added to NRS by 2023, 3561)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 284 - State Human Resources System › NRS 284.015 - Definitions.

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. "Administrator" means the Administrator of the Division.
2. "Commission" means the Human Resources Commission.
3. "Disability," includes, but is not limited to, physical disability, intellectual disability and mental or emotional disorder.
4. "Division" means the Division of Human Resource Management of the Department of Administration.
5. "Essential functions" has the meaning ascribed to it in 29 C.F.R. § 1630.2.
6. "Marginalized identity" means an identity that causes or has historically caused a person of such an identity to be disproportionately subject to discrimination, harassment or other negative treatment as a result of the identity.
7. "Protective hairstyle" includes, without limitation, hairstyles such as natural hairstyles, afros, bantu knots, curls, braids, locks and twists.
8. "Public service" means positions providing service for any office, department, board, commission, bureau, agency or institution in the Executive Department of the State Government operating by authority of the Constitution or law, and supported in whole or in part by any public money, whether the money is received from the Government of the United States or any branch or agency thereof, or from private or any other sources.
9. "Race" includes traits associated with race, including, without limitation, hair texture and protective hairstyles.
10. "Veteran" means a person who:
(a) Was regularly enlisted, drafted, inducted or commissioned in the:
(1) Armed Forces of the United States and was accepted for and assigned to active duty in the Armed Forces of the United States;
(2) National Guard or a reserve component of the Armed Forces of the United States and was accepted for and assigned to duty for a minimum of 6 continuous years; or
(3) Commissioned Corps of the United States Public Health Service or the Commissioned Corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of the United States and served in the capacity of a commissioned officer while on active duty in defense of the United States; and
(b) Was separated from such service under conditions other than dishonorable.
11. "Veteran with a service-connected disability" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 338.13843 and includes a veteran who is deemed to be a veteran with a service-connected disability pursuant to NRS 417.0187.
[2:351:1953]—(NRS A 1963, 485, 1282; 1965, 674; 1981, 1683; 1983, 618; 1993, 469; 2003, 1436; 2011, 2953; 2013, 694; 2017, 3428; 2019, 173; 2021, 1708, 1886; 2023, 3561)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 284 - State Human Resources System › NRS 284.020 - Duties of state officers and employees in Executive Department; construction of chapter.

1. All officers and employees in the Executive Department of the State Government shall:
(a) Conform to, comply with and aid in all proper ways in carrying out the provisions of this chapter and the regulations prescribed under it.
(b) Furnish any records or information which the Administrator or the Commission may request for any purpose of this chapter.
2. This chapter does not limit the authority of elective officers and heads of departments to conduct and manage the affairs of their departments as they see fit.
[57:351:1953]—(NRS A 1963, 486, 1283; 1983, 619)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 284 - State Human Resources System › NRS 284.022 - Inclusion of employees of certain governmental agencies in State Human Resources System.

The Division may include within the Human Resources System all employees of any governmental agency acquired for administration by the State.
(Added to NRS by 1965, 255; A 1981, 1684; 1983, 619; 2023, 3562)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 284 - State Human Resources System › NRS 284.023 - Appointing authority authorized to enforce health and safety requirements notwithstanding protections for hair texture and protective hairstyles.

Notwithstanding the protections in this chapter for hair texture and protective hairstyles, an appointing authority may enforce health and safety requirements set forth in federal or state law.
(Added to NRS by 2021, 1708)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 284 - State Human Resources System › NRS 284.025 - Division of Human Resource Management: Creation; administration of chapter.

1. The Division of Human Resource Management of the Department of Administration is hereby created.
2. The Division shall administer the provisions of this chapter.
[4:351:1953]—(NRS A 1963, 1035; 1983, 619; 2011, 2953)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 284 - State Human Resources System › NRS 284.030 - Human Resources Commission: Creation; appointment of members and alternate members.

1. There is hereby created in the Division a Human Resources Commission composed of five members appointed by the Governor.
2. The Governor shall appoint:
(a) Three members who are representatives of the general public and have a demonstrated interest in or knowledge of the principles of public human resources administration.
(b) One member who is a representative of labor and has a background in human resources administration.
(c) One member who is a representative of employers or managers and has a background in human resources administration.
(d) An alternate member for each member appointed pursuant to paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) to serve when the regular member is unable to attend a meeting of the Commission.
[Part 5:351:1953]—(NRS A 1963, 1035; 1983, 619, 774; 2011, 2953; 2017, 2766; 2023, 3562)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 284 - State Human Resources System › NRS 284.035 - Human Resources Commission: Prohibition against member holding or seeking partisan political office or employment with State.

No member of the Commission shall have held a partisan political office or have been an employee of the State within the calendar year immediately preceding the member’s appointment, nor shall the member seek or hold such an office or employment during the member’s term on the Commission.
[7:351:1953]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 284 - State Human Resources System › NRS 284.040 - Human Resources Commission: Terms and removal of members.

1. The members of the Commission shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor, but no appointment shall extend beyond a period of 4 years from the date of expiration of the preceding appointment.
2. Continued absence from meetings shall constitute good and sufficient cause for removal of a member by the Governor.
[Part 5:351:1953] + [6:351:1953]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 284 - State Human Resources System › NRS 284.045 - Human Resources Commission: Salaries and expenses of members.

1. While engaged in official business of the Division, the members of the Commission are entitled to receive a salary of not more than $80 per day, as fixed by the Commission.
2. While engaged in the business of the Division, each member and employee of the Commission is entitled to receive the per diem allowance and travel expenses provided for state officers and employees generally.
[10:351:1953]—(NRS A 1963, 1036; 1975, 297; 1981, 1979; 1983, 619; 1985, 391; 1989, 1710)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 284 - State Human Resources System › NRS 284.050 - Human Resources Commission: Chair; Secretary; duty of Administrator to keep minutes and audio recordings or transcripts.

1. The Governor shall designate one of the members of the Commission as Chair of the Commission.
2. The Administrator shall act as the nonvoting recording Secretary of the Commission. The Administrator shall keep the minutes and audio recordings or transcripts of the proceedings of the Commission.
[Part 5:351:1953] + [Part 8:351:1953] + [Part 15:351:1953]—(NRS A 1963, 1036; 1983, 619; 2005, 1408)