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2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns › NRS 269.210 - Abatement of nuisance: Procedure; costs.

1. For the purposes of this section, nuisances in any unincorporated town in this state shall be deemed to consist of permitting filth heaps, garbage, unprotected sewage or drainage pipes or boxes, cesspools, obstructions to the safe and convenient passage of vehicles and pedestrians through and over the public highways, streets and alleys, and other such nuisances as may be named by the State Board of Health or county board of health to remain unabated after due notice to abate or remove the same as required by the provisions of this section.
2. Upon the complaint of any resident in any unincorporated town in this state to the sheriff or constable of such unincorporated town that a nuisance exists therein of the nature mentioned in subsection 1, or from the personal observation and knowledge of such sheriff or constable that a nuisance of the nature mentioned in subsection 1 exists in the unincorporated town, the sheriff or constable shall notify the property owner or occupants of the premises causing or permitting the nuisance to exist that unless the nuisance is abated or removed within 10 days after service of notice, the sheriff or constable will abate or remove, or cause to be abated or removed, at the expense of the owner of the property, the nuisance complained of or found to exist. Notice to abate or remove any nuisance shall be served upon the owner or occupants of the premises, or agent of the owner of the property or premises responsible for the unabated nuisance. If the owner of the property is unknown or absent with no known representative or agent upon whom notice can be served, then the sheriff or constable shall post a written or printed notice upon the property premises, setting forth that unless the nuisance is abated or removed within 10 days the sheriff or constable will abate or remove, or cause to be abated or removed, at the expense of the owner and property, the nuisance complained of and found to exist; but in carrying out the provisions of this section, no charge, debt or claim against any individual owner or any one piece of real property shall exceed the sum of $50.
3. Any unpaid sum of money against the property or owner accrued in abating or removing nuisances contemplated by this section shall be a claim against the property and may be recovered in an action at law in any court of competent jurisdiction in the county in which the unincorporated town is situated. The amount recovered shall be disbursed in paying the expenses of abating or removing the nuisance and court expenses.
[1:105:1905; RL § 919; NCL § 1306] + [2:105:1905; RL § 920; NCL § 1307] + [3:105:1905; RL § 921; NCL § 1308]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns › NRS 269.215 - Disorderly conduct: Prevention and punishment.

In addition to the powers and jurisdiction conferred by other laws, the town board or board of county commissioners shall have the power to prevent, punish and restrain any disorderly conduct.
[Part 1:48:1881; A 1889, 43; 1903, 55; 1919, 408; 1943, 65; 1951, 455]—(NRS A 1967, 1730)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns › NRS 269.217 - Loitering and prowling ordinances: Enactment and enforcement by town board or board of county commissioners.

In addition to the powers and jurisdiction conferred by other laws, the town boards or boards of county commissioners of the counties of this state are empowered to enact and enforce loitering and prowling ordinances.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1506; A 1969, 39; 1993, 810)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns › NRS 269.220 - Regulation of storage of explosive and combustible materials.

In addition to the powers and jurisdiction conferred by other laws, the town board or board of county commissioners may regulate the storage of gunpowder and other explosive or combustible materials. Any ordinance adopted pursuant to this section that regulates places of employment where explosives are stored must be at least as stringent as the standards and procedures adopted by the Division of Industrial Relations of the Department of Business and Industry pursuant to NRS 618.890.
[Part 1:48:1881; A 1889, 43; 1903, 55; 1919, 408; 1943, 65; 1951, 455]—(NRS A 1967, 1730; 1999, 1858)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns › NRS 269.225 - Dogs: Tax; extermination when tax not paid.

The boards of county commissioners may levy and collect an annual tax on all dogs owned or kept within the limits of any unincorporated town in their respective counties, and provide for the extermination of all dogs for which the tax has not been paid.
[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 269.227 - Ordinance for control of rabies.

In order to control rabies and to protect the public health and welfare, each town board or board of county commissioners shall enact an ordinance providing for a rabies control program and shall include within that ordinance the requirements established by regulations adopted by the State Board of Health.
(Added to NRS by 1965, 1073; A 1967, 1730; 1989, 302)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns › NRS 269.230 - Duties of certain officers concerning riotous assembly; penalty.

1. When six or more persons, whether armed or not, shall be unlawfully or riotously assembled in any town, the sheriff of the county and the sheriff’s deputies, or the constable of the town, and the justice of the peace shall go among the persons so assembled, or as near as possible, and shall command them, in the name of the people of the United States and the State of Nevada, to disperse immediately.
2. If the persons assembled do not immediately disperse, the magistrates and officers shall arrest them, that they be punished according to law, and for that purpose may command the aid of all persons present or within the county.
3. If a magistrate or officer, having notice of an unlawful or riotous assembly, as provided in subsection 1, neglect or refuse to proceed to the place of assembly, or as near thereto as the magistrate or officer can with safety, and to exercise the authority with which the magistrate or officer is invested for suppressing the same and arresting the offenders, the magistrate or officer shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished accordingly.
[Part 87:108:1866; B § 2685; BH § 1722; C § 1868; RL § 2836; NCL § 4836] + [88:108:1866; B § 2686; BH § 1723; C § 1869; RL § 2837; NCL § 4837] + [90:108:1866; B § 2688; BH § 1725; C § 1871; RL § 2838; NCL § 4838]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns › NRS 269.233 - Duty to designate certain sites for sales initiated on Internet; limitation of action.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, each town board or the board of county commissioners shall designate at least one police station, or part thereof, as a site at which two or more persons may meet to complete the sale of an item of personal property that was initiated on the Internet.
2. If the town is within the jurisdiction of a metropolitan police department formed pursuant to chapter 280 of NRS or if police protection for the town is provided by the sheriff of the county, the board of county commissioners shall designate at least one sheriff’s office, or part thereof, located in or in close proximity to the town as a site at which two or more persons may meet to complete the sale of an item of personal property that was initiated on the Internet.
3. No action may be brought against the county, sheriff, town, police department or an officer or employee thereof based on an incident that occurs when two or more persons meet at a location designated pursuant to subsection 1 or 2.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 256)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns › NRS 269.234 - Prohibition on sounding of certain sirens, bells or alarms; penalty.

1. An unincorporated town in this State may not sound a siren, bell or alarm if a siren, bell or alarm is currently or was previously sounded on specific days or times in association with an ordinance enacted by the town which required persons of a particular race, ethnicity, ancestry, national origin or color to leave the town by a specific time, for a purpose other than:
(a) Alerting persons to an emergency;
(b) Testing the siren, bell or alarm at reasonably scheduled intervals of not more than once every 6 months; or
(c) Celebrating or recognizing a day declared to be a legal holiday pursuant to NRS 236.015 on the day of the legal holiday or the day on which the legal holiday is recognized.
2. Any unincorporated town that sounds a siren, bell or alarm in violation of subsection 1 is subject to a penalty of not more than $50,000 for each violation. The Attorney General may recover the penalty in a civil action brought in the name of the State of Nevada in any court of competent jurisdiction. Such an action must be commenced within 1 year after the violation.
3. An unincorporated town shall not take adverse employment action against an employee who reports a violation of this section to law enforcement.
(Added to NRS by 2021, 2074; A 2023, 1408)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns › NRS 269.235 - Police officers: Appointment; bond; salaries; duties.

1. The town board or board of county commissioners may appoint from the residents of an unincorporated town one chief of police and as many other peace officers as may be necessary, not exceeding seven. Two-thirds of the peace officers must be named and appointed by a majority of the board, and one-third by a minority.
2. Each officer shall give a bond, in ordinary form of official bonds, in such amount as may be designated by the town board or board of county commissioners.
3. The chief of police is entitled to receive for his or her services such sum as may be fixed by the town board or board of county commissioners not to exceed $250 per month. Other peace officers are entitled to receive for their services such sum as may be fixed by the town board or board of county commissioners not to exceed $225 each per month.
4. The peace officers are ex officio collectors of all licenses and taxes, other than property taxes, to be collected for the use of the town, and shall exercise such other powers and perform such other duties, including police duties, as may be authorized, directed or required by the town board or board of county commissioners.
5. Each officer shall transmit any money collected pursuant to any law or ordinance to the county treasurer for distribution to the proper fund of the town.
[12:48:1881; A 1943, 65; 1943 NCL § 1242]—(NRS A 1967, 1730; 1985, 265)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns › NRS 269.245 - Prevention of breach of the peace.

Any officer having the direction of the police in a town shall order a force sufficient to keep the peace to attend any public meeting, when the officer is satisfied that a breach of the peace is to be apprehended.
[82:108:1866; B § 2680; BH § 1717; C § 1863; RL § 2832; NCL § 4832]—(NRS A 1983, 124)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns › NRS 269.247 - Crash reports and related materials: Provision upon receipt of reasonable fee; exceptions.

A police department or other law enforcement agency of a town shall, within 7 days after receipt of a written request of a person who claims to have sustained damages as a result of a crash, or the person’s legal representative or insurer, and upon receipt of a reasonable fee to cover the cost of reproduction, provide the person, the person’s legal representative or insurer, as applicable, with a copy of the crash report and all statements by witnesses and photographs in the possession or under the control of the department or agency that concern the crash, unless:
1. The materials are privileged or confidential pursuant to a specific statute; or
2. The crash involved:
(a) The death or substantial bodily harm of a person;
(b) Failure to stop at the scene of a crash; or
(c) The commission of a felony.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 1052; A 2005, 702; 2015, 1661)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns › NRS 269.250 - Fire companies or departments: Appointment of officers and employees; salaries; arson investigators designated as peace officers.

1. The town board or board of county commissioners shall in any unincorporated town in their respective counties:
(a) Provide for the prevention and extinguishment of fires.
(b) Organize, regulate, establish and disband fire companies or fire departments.
(c) Provide for the payment of fire companies or fire departments, and the appointment and payment of officers thereof.
2. All payments authorized under the provisions of subsection 1 must be made from the separate fund of the town where service is performed or required when the fire company or department operates in the town alone, and if used outside of the town the board of county commissioners may provide for contribution from general county funds if provided for in the county budget.
3. A majority of the town board or board of county commissioners shall name and appoint two-thirds of all such officers and employees, and the minority thereof shall name and appoint one-third.
4. The fire chief and the personnel of the fire department are entitled to receive such compensation as the town board or board of county commissioners prescribes.
5. The town board or board of county commissioners may designate arson investigators as peace officers.
[Part 1:48:1881; A 1889, 43; 1903, 55; 1919, 408; 1943, 65; 1951, 455]—(NRS A 1957, 539; 1967, 1732; 1985, 266)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns › NRS 269.255 - Tax for benefit of fire department; fire department fund.

1. The boards of county commissioners of the various counties of this state are empowered to levy and collect a tax of not exceeding 1.5 percent upon the assessed value of the property within any unincorporated town for the benefit of the fire department in the town.
2. The county commissioners shall prescribe the boundaries within which the tax is to be collected, but the boundaries must not extend beyond the limits of the town.
3. The tax must be assessed in the same manner and is subject to the provisions of the general laws for the assessment and collection of taxes. The tax must be collected at the same time and by the same officers who assess and collect the state and county taxes, and must be paid over to the county treasurer.
4. The county treasurer shall keep the money in a separate fund to be denominated the fire department fund. No money may be paid out of the fire department fund except by order of the town board or board of county commissioners. The town board or board of county commissioners shall use the fire department fund to aid in sustaining the fire companies within the boundaries of the town, as prescribed by the town board or board of county commissioners. No debt is authorized by this section to be made. Any warrant drawn on the fire department fund when there is not sufficient money in the treasury to pay the whole amount of the warrant is void.
[1:91:1865; A 1881, 110; 1911, 34; 1913, 12; 1919 RL § 895; NCL § 1282] + [2:91:1865; B § 3120; BH § 2071; C § 2221; RL § 896; NCL § 1283] + [3:91:1865; B § 3121; BH § 2072; C § 2222; RL § 897; NCL § 1284] + [4:91:1865; B § 3122; BH § 2073; C § 2223; RL § 898; NCL § 1285] + [5:91:1865; B § 3123; BH § 2074; C § 2224; RL § 899; NCL § 1286] + [6:91:1865; B § 3124; BH § 2075; C § 2225; RL § 900; NCL § 1287] + [7:91:1865; B § 3125; BH § 2076; C § 2226; RL § 901; NCL § 1288]—(NRS A 1967, 1732; 1983, 124)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns › NRS 269.260 - Ex officio fire wardens: Appointment; duties.

1. The police officers appointed under the provisions of NRS 269.240 are ex officio fire wardens of the unincorporated towns for which they are acting as police officers.
2. The fire wardens shall:
(a) In the daytime, examine all houses, buildings or superstructures within the town where they are acting as fire wardens and police officers, and ascertain from personal examination the condition of all the chimneys, stovepipes, stoves, flues, ranges, grates, furnaces or other articles, or anything used in the houses, buildings or superstructures in which to hold fire or to conduct the smoke from any fire.
(b) When any of the articles or fixtures mentioned in paragraph (a) are found to be so defective in make or material, or so situated as to endanger any of the property of the town, or the property of any of the inhabitants thereof, to loss from fire by or on account of any of the defects, notify in writing the owner or occupant of the house, building or superstructure where such defective chimney, flue, stovepipe or other article is situated to repair it, so as to prevent danger from fire to the property in the town.
(c) Direct the manner in which the repairs required by the provisions of paragraph (b) must be made.
(d) Under the direction of the chief engineer of the fire department, where there is one, and where there is no chief engineer of a fire department in a town, then under the direction of the town board or board of county commissioners, examine streets, alleys, outlots and the surrounding of houses and buildings in the town where they are acting as fire wardens, and direct the removal, by the owner of the premises, of any inflammable matter or material found thereon.
(e) Generally, perform such duties as directed by the town board or board of county commissioners or the chief of the fire department in the town, to protect fully the property of the town from loss by conflagration.
[Part 1:56:1875; BH § 2155; C § 2277; RL § 903; NCL § 1290] + [2:56:1875; BH § 2156; C § 2278; RL § 904; NCL § 1291]—(NRS A 1967, 1733; 1983, 125)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns › NRS 269.265 - Failure to repair defective fixture: Penalty.

Any person, after being notified by a fire warden to repair any defective chimney, flue, furnace, range, oven, stovepipe or fixture therewith connected so as to prevent it from endangering the property of the town from destruction or loss by fire, who neglects or refuses, for a longer time than 24 hours after notice in writing to repair it, to comply with the order and direction of the fire warden, and fails or refuses to make the required repairs, shall be fined in any sum not more than $500.
[3:56:1875; BH § 2157; C § 2279; RL § 905; NCL § 1292]—(NRS A 1967, 545; 1983, 125)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns › NRS 269.270 - Failure to remove dangerous or inflammable material: Penalty; expenses of removal.

1. After receiving written notice from the fire warden ordering the removal of any dangerous or inflammable material from the limits of the town, any owner, occupant or agent in control of the premises where the dangerous or inflammable material is situated who has failed to comply or to remove such matter within 48 hours after receipt of such order shall be fined not more than $500.
2. The court shall then issue an order for the removal of the dangerous or inflammable material, and if the owner, occupant or agent in control of the premises fails to remove such material within 24 hours after receipt of the court order, the fire warden shall remove such material at the expense of the person against whom the court order was issued.
[4:56:1875; BH § 2158; C § 2280; RL § 906; NCL § 1293]—(NRS A 1967, 546; 1983, 126)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns › NRS 269.400 - "Town" defined.

As used in NRS 269.400 to 269.470, inclusive, "town" means an unincorporated town in the State of Nevada having a population of less than 7,500.
(Added to NRS by 1963, 1161; A 1967, 1734; 1969, 1581; 1979, 528)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns › NRS 269.405 - Powers of board to make public improvements.

The town board or board of county commissioners shall have the power, in addition to other powers conferred upon such boards by this chapter or otherwise:
1. To lay out, extend, change the grade, open and alter the highways, streets and alleys within the town.
2. To require and provide for the macadamizing, oiling, curbing, graveling, grading and regrading, paving, draining, cleaning and repairing, lighting, surfacing and resurfacing, and widening of any highway, street or alley, or in any way whatsoever to improve the same.
3. To provide for the purchase, construction, improvement, maintenance and preservation of town parks, swimming pools, tennis courts, public buildings, structures and facilities for recreation and entertainment purposes, and the purchase of sites for all such purposes.
4. To provide for construction, repair, maintenance and preservation of sidewalks, crossings, bridges, drains, underground irrigation pipes, water mains, curbs, gutters and storm sewers.
5. To provide for the purchase, construction, repair, maintenance and preservation of sanitary sewage facilities, sanitary sewer systems and water systems, and the purchase of sites therefor.
6. To provide for the maintenance, repair, alteration, improvement, construction and preservation of all town buildings and property not herein mentioned.
7. To make any other public improvement of any nature, including the purchase and construction of such buildings, structures, edifices and facilities as the town board may deem appropriate.
(Added to NRS by 1963, 1161; A 1967, 1734)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns › NRS 269.410 - Issuance of general and special obligations.

For any such purpose, the town board or the board of county commissioners, at any time or from time to time, in the name and on the behalf of the town, may issue:
1. General obligations, payable from taxes;
2. General obligations, payable from taxes, which payment is additionally secured by a pledge of gross or net revenues derived from the operation of such capital improvements, and, if so determined by the town board or the board of county commissioners, further secured by a pledge of such other gross or net revenues as may be derived from any other income-producing project of the town or from any license or other excise taxes levied by the town for revenue, as may be legally made available for their payment; and
3. Special obligations.
(Added to NRS by 1963, 1162; A 1967, 1734; 1969, 1582; 1981, 955)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns › NRS 269.415 - Applicability of Local Government Securities Law.

Subject to the provisions of NRS 269.410, for any improvements authorized by NRS 269.405, the town board or the board of county commissioners may, on the behalf and in the name of the town, borrow money, otherwise become obligated, and evidence obligations by the issuance of bonds and other town securities, and in connection with the undertaking or improvements, the board may otherwise proceed as provided in the Local Government Securities Law.
(Added to NRS by 1963, 1162; A 1967, 1735; 1969, 1582; 1985, 267)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns › NRS 269.420 - Fees, rates and charges: Establishment, maintenance and revision of schedules.

In order to insure the payment of the general obligation bonds of the town, the payment of which is additionally secured by a pledge of revenues of such improvements, of any such other income-producing project and of any such excise taxes, as provided in NRS 269.410, or other such additionally secured general obligation securities of the town, the board may establish and maintain, and from time to time revise, a schedule or schedules of fees, rates and charges for services, facilities and commodities rendered by or through such improvements and any such other income-producing project and a schedule or schedules of any such excise taxes, as the case may be, in an amount sufficient for that purpose and also sufficient to discharge any covenant in the proceedings authorizing the issuance of any of the bonds or other securities, including any covenant for the establishment of reasonable reserve funds.
(Added to NRS by 1963, 1162; A 1967, 225; 1969, 1583)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns › NRS 269.425 - Town’s debt limit.

No town shall ever become indebted for any town improvements under the provisions of NRS 269.400 to 269.470, inclusive, or otherwise, by the issuance of such general obligation bonds and other general obligation securities (other than any notes or warrants maturing within 1 year from the respective dates of their issuance), but excluding any outstanding revenue bonds, special assessment bonds, or other special obligation securities, excluding any such outstanding general obligation notes and warrants, and excluding any outstanding indebtedness not evidenced by bonds or other securities, exceeding 25 percent of the total last assessed valuation of the taxable property of the town.
(Added to NRS by 1963, 1162; A 1967, 1735; 1969, 1583)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns › NRS 269.470 - Authority to issue general obligation bonds and securities independent and complete.

The authority to issue general obligation bonds and other general obligation securities conferred by the provisions of NRS 269.400 to 269.470, inclusive, shall be deemed to be independent and complete, and such securities may be issued thereunder without regard to other provisions or sections of this chapter or Nevada Revised Statutes concerning the issuance of bonds or other securities except as otherwise provided in NRS 269.400 to 269.470, inclusive.
(Added to NRS by 1963, 1164; A 1969, 1583)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns › NRS 269.500 - Short title.

NRS 269.500 to 269.625, inclusive, may be cited as the Unincorporated Town Government Law.
(Added to NRS by 1975, 1345; A 1977, 579; 1995, 2178; 2001, 1688; 2023, 251)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns › NRS 269.505 - Definitions.

Whenever used in NRS 269.500 to 269.625, inclusive, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context, the following words and terms defined in NRS 269.510, 269.515 and 269.520 have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
(Added to NRS by 1975, 1345; A 1977, 579; 1985, 2253; 2023, 251)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns › NRS 269.520 - "Unincorporated town" defined.

"Unincorporated town" or "town" means a specific unincorporated area within a county in which one or more governmental services are provided by the county in addition to those services provided in the general unincorporated area of the county, for which the residents of such area pay through ad valorem taxes or for which other revenue is secured from within the area.
(Added to NRS by 1975, 1345)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns › NRS 269.525 - Legislative findings and declaration.

1. It is hereby found and declared that there is a need for special government services in certain unincorporated areas of counties.
2. It is further found and declared that such services heretofore have been provided under varying interpretations of law, leading to widespread disparity in the recognition of the role of town government.
3. It is further found and declared that unincorporated town government is an adjunct of county government.
4. It is further found and declared that the residents of such areas have considerable interest in representative and participatory government for such areas and should be provided a role whereby they may assist the board of county commissioners in the management of government as it relates to such towns.
5. Finally, the purposes of the Unincorporated Town Government Law are to provide for the formation of unincorporated towns and their government according to a uniform plan within the framework of county administration of the unincorporated area.
(Added to NRS by 1975, 1345)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns › NRS 269.530 - Applicability of Unincorporated Town Government Law.

The provisions of the Unincorporated Town Government Law apply:
1. To each unincorporated town in any county having a population of 100,000 or more.
2. To each unincorporated town in any other county, upon the passage of an ordinance adopting the Unincorporated Town Government Law by the board of county commissioners.
(Added to NRS by 1975, 1346; A 1977, 1003; 1979, 528; 1983, 1662)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns › NRS 269.535 - Methods.

An unincorporated town may be formed by means of an initiative petition of the residents of any specified unincorporated area within a county or by resolution of a board of county commissioners, pursuant to the procedure established by the Unincorporated Town Government Law.
(Added to NRS by 1975, 1346)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns › NRS 269.540 - Initiative petition: Use; procedure; number of signatures required.

1. If the initiative petition method is followed, the procedures established by NRS 295.085 to 295.125, inclusive, for the adoption of county ordinances by initiative petition shall be followed, subject to the criteria set forth in NRS 269.545 and provided the petitions are signed by a number of registered voters of the area equal to 51 percent or more of the number of voters in such area who voted at the last preceding general election in the county, determined as nearly as is practicable from the voting records of the whole number of precincts within such area.
2. If the petitioners’ committee desires to place the question of formation on the ballot, without reference to the board of county commissioners, the initiative petition shall be signed by a number of voters of the area equal to 10 percent or more of the number of voters in such area who voted at the last preceding general election in the county, determined as provided in subsection 1.
(Added to NRS by 1975, 1346)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns › NRS 269.545 - Initiative petition: Contents.

1. The initiative petition presented to the board or the question placed on the ballot, as provided in NRS 269.540, must contain a statement substantially as follows:
The undersigned declare their purpose to be the support of the concept of unincorporated town government, that they desire hereby to make provision for the supplying of one or more of the town services enumerated in NRS 269.575 and that they acknowledge the fact that the supplying of such service or services will require a special tax levy, the establishment of a user fee schedule or a combination of both.
2. The boundaries of such area sought to be brought within an unincorporated town area must be clearly designated and declared. The area encompassed must be contiguous.
3. The petition shall state whether the town advisory board is to be composed of three members or five members.
(Added to NRS by 1975, 1346; A 1979, 1167)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns › NRS 269.550 - Procedure following presentation of petition: Adoption of ordinance; submission of question to voters.

1. If the petition presented to the board contains the requisite number of signatures pursuant to subsection 1 of NRS 269.540 and otherwise meets the requirements provided in NRS 269.545, the board may, by ordinance, proceed with the formation of the unincorporated town. The ordinance must contain a clear designation of the boundaries, a listing of services to be provided and the number of members to be on the town advisory board.
2. If the petition presented to the board contains the requisite number of signatures pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 269.540, the board may, by resolution adopted at a regular meeting, provide for submission of the question of the formation of an unincorporated town to the registered voters residing within the boundaries of the area proposed for that town at the next succeeding primary or general election. As a part of the question there must be included the statement that an affirmative vote carries with it the assent to be taxed for the service or services indicated in the board’s resolution.
(Added to NRS by 1975, 1347; A 1979, 1167; 1993, 1045)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns › NRS 269.555 - Formation of town by action of board; submission of question to voters.

Except as otherwise provided in NRS 269.563, the board may, by resolution adopted at a regular meeting, provide for submission of the question of the formation of an unincorporated town to the registered voters residing within the boundaries of the area proposed for the town at the next succeeding primary or general election. As a part of the question there must be included the statement that the affirmative vote carries with it the assent to be taxed for the service indicated in the board’s resolution.
(Added to NRS by 1975, 1347; A 1993, 1046; 1995, 2178)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns › NRS 269.560 - Voters’ approval; adoption of ordinance.

If a majority of the registered voters residing within the boundaries of the proposed unincorporated town and voting on the question in the primary or general election as provided in subsection 2 of NRS 269.550 or in NRS 269.555 approve the question, the board shall by ordinance proceed with the formation of the unincorporated town. The ordinance must contain a clear designation of the boundaries, a listing of the services to be provided and the number of members to be on the town advisory board.
(Added to NRS by 1975, 1347; A 1979, 1167; 1993, 1046)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns › NRS 269.563 - Formation of town in area that contains no residents in county whose population is 700,000 or more.

1. The board of county commissioners of a county whose population is 700,000 or more may provide by ordinance for the formation of an unincorporated town in an area that contains no residents if all of the owners of land within the boundaries of the proposed unincorporated town so request in writing. The written request of the owners must include the statement that the owners consent to be taxed for the services to be listed in the ordinance. If any owner withdraws his or her consent before adoption of the ordinance creating the unincorporated town, the owner’s property must be excluded in fixing the boundaries of the town.
2. The ordinance must contain clear designation of the boundaries of the unincorporated town and the boundaries of any area which may be annexed into the unincorporated town, a listing of services to be provided, the number of members to serve on the town advisory board and the conditions that must be satisfied before appointment of the first town advisory board. These conditions may include, without limitation, the number of residents, the level of services being provided and the extent of improvements in place.
(Added to NRS by 1995, 2177; A 2011, 1166)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns › NRS 269.565 - Formation of town when certain services required by law.

1. The boards of county commissioners of the various counties in this State may enact ordinances to provide for and regulate the formation of unincorporated towns if specific unincorporated county areas are directed by federal or state law to administer one or more of the services enumerated in subsection 2.
2. The services to be provided include, but are not limited to, solid waste disposal and compliance with federal water or air quality standards.
3. Any such ordinance must contain a clear designation of the boundaries of the unincorporated town, a listing of services to be provided and the number of members to be on the town advisory board.
(Added to NRS by 1975, 1347; A 1979, 1168)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns › NRS 269.567 - Formation of town consisting of certain territory.

1. A board of county commissioners may provide by ordinance for the formation of an unincorporated town that consists of territory that:
(a) Is conveyed or transferred to the county, or authorized to be conveyed or transferred to the county, pursuant to a federal law that:
(1) Is enacted after January 1, 2000; and
(2) Conveys or transfers to the county, or authorizes to be conveyed or transferred to the county, at least 5,000 acres for the purpose of:
(I) Developing an airport and any related infrastructure; or
(II) Addressing noise compatibility issues related to an airport; or
(b) Is located not more than 1 mile from any territory described in paragraph (a).
2. The ordinance adopted pursuant to subsection 1 must contain a clear designation of the boundaries of the unincorporated town, a listing of services to be provided, the number of members to serve on the town advisory board and the conditions which must be satisfied before the appointment of the first town advisory board. These conditions may include, without limitation, the number of residents, the level of services being provided and the extent of improvements in place.
3. Before a board of county commissioners adopts an ordinance pursuant to subsection 1, the board of county commissioners shall hold a public hearing on the proposed ordinance and provide notice of such public hearing. Notice of the public hearing must, without limitation:
(a) Be mailed not less than 15 days before the date set for the public hearing to each owner of record of real property which is located within the boundaries of the proposed town, as shown in the records of the county recorder as of a date selected by the board of county commissioners that is not more than 90 days before the date of the public hearing;
(b) Set forth the date, time and place of the public hearing; and
(c) Include a copy of the proposed ordinance creating the town.
(Added to NRS by 2023, 251)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns › NRS 269.570 - Amendment of ordinance to adjust list of services.

The board of county commissioners may amend any ordinance providing for the formation of an unincorporated town to adjust the list of services to be provided.
(Added to NRS by 1975, 1348; A 1977, 580; 1979, 1168)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns › NRS 269.575 - Town services.

1. Town services, any one of which or any combination of which may be supplied to the residents of a particular unincorporated town include, but need not be limited to:
(a) Cemetery;
(b) Dump stations and sites;
(c) Fire protection;
(d) Flood control and drainage;
(e) Garbage collection;
(f) Police;
(g) Parks;
(h) Recreation;
(i) Sewage collection;
(j) Streets;
(k) Street lights;
(l) Swimming pools;
(m) Television translator;
(n) Water distribution; and
(o) Acquisition, maintenance and improvement of town property.
2. Each unincorporated town is limited to that service or those services whose supply provided the basis for the formation of the town, as adjusted from time to time pursuant to NRS 269.570.
(Added to NRS by 1975, 1347; A 1977, 1003; 1985, 2254)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns › NRS 269.5755 - Levy of taxes for common service provided to contiguous towns; rate.

1. The board of county commissioners of a county which has two or more unincorporated towns which:
(a) Were formed pursuant to the provisions of NRS 269.500 to 269.625, inclusive;
(b) Provide a common service; and
(c) Are contiguous,
may by resolution levy a common rate of taxes ad valorem for those unincorporated towns for the common service.
2. In the resolution the board must:
(a) Identify the unincorporated towns to which the common rate applies; and
(b) State the service common to those unincorporated towns for which the common rate is imposed.
3. If the towns provide more than one common service, the common rate must include all the common service. A separate rate may be levied for a capital improvement in any town, or for a service provided only in the town where that rate is levied.
(Added to NRS by 1985, 2253)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns › NRS 269.577 - County whose population is less than 700,000: Appointment or election of members; removal or vacancy; compensation; duties.

1. Except as appointment may be deferred pursuant to NRS 269.567, the board of county commissioners of any county whose population is less than 700,000 shall, in each ordinance which establishes an unincorporated town pursuant to NRS 269.500 to 269.625, inclusive, provide for:
(a) The appointment by the board of county commissioners or the election by the people of three or five qualified electors who are residents of the unincorporated town to serve as the town advisory board.
(b) The removal of a member of the town advisory board if the board of county commissioners finds that the removal of the member is in the best interest of the residents of the unincorporated town.
(c) The appointment by the board of county commissioners of a member to serve the unexpired term of a member of the town advisory board removed pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (b) or whose position otherwise becomes vacant.
2. The board of county commissioners may provide by ordinance for compensation for the members of the town advisory board.
3. The duties of the town advisory board are to:
(a) Assist the board of county commissioners in governing the unincorporated town by acting as liaison between the residents of the town and the board of county commissioners; and
(b) Advise the board of county commissioners on matters of importance to the unincorporated town and its residents.
(Added to NRS by 1979, 1166; A 1981, 1784; 1983, 1127; 1989, 1915; 2011, 1167; 2013, 469; 2023, 253)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns › NRS 269.578 - County whose population is less than 700,000: Terms of members.

1. Except as appointment may be deferred pursuant to NRS 269.567, the board of county commissioners of any county whose population is less than 700,000 shall appoint members for an appointive town advisory board which is created after June 30, 1983, to initial terms as follows:
(a) For a three-member board:
(1) One member for a term of no more than 1 year; and
(2) Two members for terms of more than 1 year but no more than 2 years.
Each term must end on the first Monday in January of the appropriate year.
(b) For a five-member board:
(1) Two members for terms of no more than 1 year; and
(2) Three members for terms of more than 1 year but no more than 2 years.
Each term must end on the first Monday in January of the appropriate year.
2. As the initial terms expire, the board of county commissioners shall appoint members for terms of 2 years thereafter.
3. If the town board is made elective after June 30, 1983, the ordinance creating it must provide for the division of the first elected board by lot into two classes whose terms will correspond to those provided in subsection 1.
(Added to NRS by 1983, 1128; A 1989, 1915; 2011, 1167; 2023, 253)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns › NRS 269.579 - Mandatory training for members.

Each member of a town advisory board shall, at least once during the first year of the member’s initial term of office and at least once during every subsequent year that the member serves in office, attend training relating to:
1. State statutes and regulations and local ordinances, resolutions and regulations concerning land use planning, development and any other subject matter that the board of county commissioners deems necessary; and
2. The provisions of chapter 241 of NRS.
(Added to NRS by 2001, 1688)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns › NRS 269.580 - Management of designated services.

The board of county commissioners of any county may, by resolution adopted at a regular meeting, designate any one or more of the services enumerated in NRS 269.575 as properly within the power of a town advisory board to manage.
(Added to NRS by 1975, 1348)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns › NRS 269.585 - Notice and information to be provided to town advisory board.

The board of county commissioners shall consult with each town advisory board on matters relating to such town and shall give advance notice to the town advisory board concerning items relating to that town which will be on the board’s agenda. The board shall notify town advisory boards of special projects or improvements pending and relating to such town and shall provide information thereon. Such information shall cover but shall not be limited to commencement dates, completion dates and the scope of the work to be performed or the extent of the services to be supplied.
(Added to NRS by 1975, 1348)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns › NRS 269.590 - Participation in budget and ordinances for town.

1. The board shall:
(a) Solicit the advice of the town advisory board in the preparation of the tentative budget for the town affected.
(b) Allow towns to recommend their own ordinances and codes. If the subject matter covered is the subject of an existing county ordinance, the town ordinance may not be less stringent than the county ordinance.
2. The board may allow town advisory boards to control any expenditures which are a part of a county-approved budget.
(Added to NRS by 1975, 1348)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns › NRS 269.610 - Codification; publication.

1. By agreement of the town advisory boards affected, two or more unincorporated towns may join in a single codification of their respective town ordinances.
2. Publications of town codes by title only is recognized as sufficient for all purposes.
(Added to NRS by 1975, 1348)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns › NRS 269.617 - Powers relating to planning, subdivision regulation and zoning subordinate in region for which Spring Mountains National Recreation Area and Red Rock Canyon Conservation Area and Adjacent Lands Act establish limits upon development.

In the region of this state for which the Spring Mountains National Recreation Area Act and the Red Rock Canyon Conservation Area and Adjacent Lands Act establish limits upon development, the powers conferred by this chapter which relate to planning, subdivision regulation and zoning are subordinate to those limits.
(Added to NRS by 2003, 596; A 2009, 735)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns › NRS 269.620 - Property.

Any property belonging to an unincorporated town on July 1, 1975, shall continue to be the property of such town as long as it exists as an unincorporated town unless, upon recommendation of the town advisory board, the board of county commissioners provides by ordinance for the disposition of the property.
(Added to NRS by 1975, 1349)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns › NRS 269.623 - Alteration of boundaries; merger of towns.

The board of county commissioners in any county to which the Unincorporated Town Government Law applies may adopt ordinances to:
1. Amend the boundaries of any unincorporated town; or
2. Upon request of the respective town boards, merge two or more unincorporated towns.
Such ordinances may be adopted whether or not the unincorporated town was created under the provisions of the Unincorporated Town Government Law.
(Added to NRS by 1977, 579; A 1979, 1168)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 269 - Unincorporated Towns › NRS 269.625 - Dissolution.

An unincorporated town operating pursuant to the provisions of the Unincorporated Town Government Law may be dissolved by resolution of the board of county commissioners following a public hearing at which residents of the town are given an opportunity to speak. The resolution must specify the reasons for the dissolution.
(Added to NRS by 1975, 1349; A 1979, 1168)