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2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 403 - County Roads, Highways and Bridges › NRS 403.170 - Designation of main, general and minor county roads; immunity of State and county from liability resulting from use of minor county roads; reclassification and abandonment of roads; hearing.

1. The board of county highway commissioners of each of the several counties of the State of Nevada shall:
(a) Lay out and designate which of the roads, generally termed public highways, are the most important to the people of the whole county and over which there is the greatest amount of general public travel and shall designate these roads as main county roads.
(b) Lay out and designate other roads of the county over which there is general public travel, and which are generally termed county roads, and shall designate these roads as general county roads.
(c) Lay out and designate other roads which are neither main nor general county roads but have been established by usage, or were constructed for use by the public, and shall designate these roads as minor county roads. This section does not require any maintenance for minor county roads. The State and the county are immune from liability for damages suffered by a person as a result of using any road designated as a minor county road.
2. The board of county highway commissioners may, from time to time, reclassify the roads and may lay out new roads of any class, or the board may change or abandon any roads termed as public highways.
3. The designation of a new road as a main county road, as a general county road or as a minor county road, or the reclassification of any road, or the abandonment of any road does not become effective until after a public hearing is held at which parties in interest and citizens have an opportunity to be heard. At least 10 days’ notice of the time and place of the hearing must be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county.
[1: Art. 4:257:1913; 1919 RL p. 2903; NCL § 5375]—(NRS A 1979, 1173; 1993, 1399)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 403 - County Roads, Highways and Bridges › NRS 403.180 - Standard county roads: Designation; maintenance.

1. When any roads shall have been rebuilt or constructed and made to meet with such specifications as may be outlined by the board of county highway commissioners, which shall include grading, draining, macadamizing, graveling or retrofitting pursuant to NRS 403.575, and shall have been declared by the board of county highway commissioners to be standard county roads, then they shall be termed and designated as standard county roads.
2. When the board of county highway commissioners shall have declared and designated any road to be a standard county road, then, except as otherwise provided in NRS 403.575, the cost of maintaining such road shall be paid out of the county general fund in the same manner as provided in NRS 403.460.
[2: Art. 4:257:1913; 1919 RL p. 2903; NCL § 5376]—(NRS A 2013, 2820)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 403 - County Roads, Highways and Bridges › NRS 403.190 - Map of county roads filed by board of county highway commissioners; effect of filing of map that includes an R.S. 2477 road; authority of user to file map of minor county road; fees.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, upon laying out and designating the county roads as required in NRS 403.170, the board of county highway commissioners shall cause a map of the county to be made, showing the county roads and their designations. The board shall file one copy of the map with the clerk of the board of county highway commissioners, one copy with the Department of Transportation, one copy with the county clerk and one copy with the county recorder.
2. If the map required pursuant to subsection 1 includes a county road located on a right-of-way that the board of county highway commissioners has located, determined the width of and opened for public use pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 405.191:
(a) The filing of copies of the map pursuant to subsection 1 constitutes the establishment of the existence and location of a right-of-way that is open for public use; and
(b) Acceptance of the map by the Department of Transportation constitutes acknowledgment by the Department of the establishment of the existence and location of a right-of-way that is open for public use.
3. When any road has been designated by the board of county highway commissioners as a standard county road, as provided in NRS 403.180, that designation must be made on the copies of the map on file with the clerk of the board of county highway commissioners, the county clerk, the Department of Transportation and the county recorder.
4. The board of county highway commissioners need not include a minor county road upon the map required by subsection 1. Any person who uses a minor county road may file with the county recorder a map showing the location of the road, appropriately emphasized in black ink upon the map by the person filing it. The map must:
(a) Be a topographical map prepared by the United States Geological Survey, unless the board of county highway commissioners determines that other specific maps are acceptable.
(b) Have written on its face, in black ink, the townships, ranges and sections through which the road traverses.
The map so filed is evidence of the existence and location of the road. Each person filing such a map shall pay to the county recorder a fee of $17 for the first sheet of the map plus $10 for each additional sheet.
[3: Art. 4:257:1913; 1919 RL p. 2903; NCL § 5377]—(NRS A 1979, 1174; 1993, 1400; 2001, 3220; 2011, 299)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 403 - County Roads, Highways and Bridges › NRS 403.200 - Priority of construction and improvement.

1. The roads designated by the board of county highway commissioners as main county roads shall be the first to be constructed or improved and made to meet the requirements and specifications of standard county roads; but no road or roads shall receive the attention of the board of county highway commissioners or the county road supervisor to the exclusion of the other county roads.
2. It is the intention and purpose of this chapter to improve all of the county roads in the proportion of their public travel and their degree of importance to the people of the whole county, and the board of county highway commissioners will be so guided in its operations.
[4: Art. 4:257:1913; 1919 RL p. 2904; NCL § 5378]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 403 - County Roads, Highways and Bridges › NRS 403.210 - Creation of county road and bridge fund; issuance of bonds.

For the purpose of creating a fund in each of the several counties of the State of Nevada, to be known as the county road and bridge fund, and to be used in the construction, repairing and maintaining of county roads and bridges, and the purchasing of machinery and implements necessary in such work, the boards of county commissioners of the several counties, each acting in and for its respective county, shall, within 90 days after the people of the county have authorized the issuance of such bonds, prepare and issue bonds as general obligations of the county in an amount not to exceed the equivalent of 3 percent of the total taxable value of the real and personal property of the county, as shown by the last report of the county assessor, exclusive of interest.
[Part 1: Art. 2:257:1913; 1919 RL p. 2899; NCL § 5359]—(NRS A 1981, 962)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 403 - County Roads, Highways and Bridges › NRS 403.410 - Public highways.

1. All public roads and the streets and alleys in incorporated cities and towns in this state, used or lawfully entitled to be used as such on March 9, 1866, and all such roads, streets and alleys as the board of county commissioners of the county in which they are situated shall thereafter lawfully cause to be opened, are declared to be public highways.
2. Nothing in this section shall be deemed or construed to injure or abridge the rights of any toll road; but all roads shall be entitled to all the protection and benefits arising from this section.
[1:111:1866; A 1867, 72; B § 3931; BH § 440; C § 447; RL § 3004; NCL § 5392]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 403 - County Roads, Highways and Bridges › NRS 403.430 - Procedure for opening, changing or vacating public road.

1. If 24 freeholders of any county shall petition the board of county commissioners for the location, opening to public use, re-establishment, change or vacation of any road or highway to connect with any highway heretofore established, or any street or alley in any unincorporated town in such county, setting forth in the petition the beginning, course and termination of such road, highway, street or alley proposed to be located, opened to public use, re-established, changed or vacated, together with the names of the owners or occupants of the land through which the same may pass, the county clerk shall lay such petition before the board of county commissioners at its next session thereafter.
2. Within 20 days thereafter, the board of county commissioners may proceed to locate, open to public use, re-establish, change or vacate such road, highway, street or alley.
3. The width of all public highways laid out or opened under the provisions of this section shall be regulated and established by the board of county commissioners.
[Part 5:111:1866; A 1887, 56; 1895, 75; 1917, 55; 1951, 119; 1953, 161]—(NRS A 1963, 74, 1170)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 403 - County Roads, Highways and Bridges › NRS 403.435 - Projects in cooperation with federal agency.

The board of county commissioners of any county is hereby authorized to enter into agreements with the appropriate federal agency for the use of federal funds to construct, improve or maintain roads, other than state highways. The share of any county in the cost of such cooperative road project shall be paid:
1. For a project that is a part of a Complete Streets Program pursuant to NRS 403.575, from the Complete Streets Fund created pursuant to NRS 403.573; or
2. For any other project, from county road funds; but donations may be accepted in lieu of appropriations from county road funds.
(Added to NRS by 1965, 611; A 2013, 2820)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 403 - County Roads, Highways and Bridges › NRS 403.440 - Procedure for condemnation of property for new road.

Before opening any new road, street or alley through any property, such property shall be condemned for public use as follows:
1. The board of county commissioners shall appoint two disinterested persons to view, lay out and locate such new road, street or alley, and the two persons, in conjunction with two other persons chosen by any owner or occupant or by the several owners or occupants of the property to be traversed by such road, street or alley, shall ascertain the damage done to any property so traversed, after deducting any advantage arising from such road, street or alley to the owner or occupant of such property.
2. If such four persons cannot agree as to damages, then they shall choose a fifth person, and the decision of a majority of them shall govern and be reported to the board of county commissioners.
3. If the owner or owners or occupants of any property so condemned shall not acquiesce in the amount of damages so reported, an examination may be had before the board of county commissioners. Witnesses may be examined. The decision of the board of county commissioners shall be final unless such owner or owners or occupants appeal from the decision of the board of county commissioners within 30 days after the decision to the district court. An appeal shall be taken in the same manner as an appeal is taken from a Justice Court to the district court.
4. Upon finally determining the damages, the board of county commissioners shall provide for the payment of such damages, either by the person interested in the road, street or alley, or by paying for the same out of the county treasury as other claims are paid. After such payment is made the board of county commissioners shall then cause the road, street or alley to be opened.
[Part 5:111:1866; A 1887, 56; 1895, 75; 1917, 55; 1951, 119; 1953, 161]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 403 - County Roads, Highways and Bridges › NRS 403.450 - Apportionment of county general road fund to incorporated cities.

1. To provide funds for paying the expenses of road work, the several boards of county commissioners shall, from time to time upon the request of the city council, apportion to each incorporated city within the respective counties such proportion of the general road fund of the county as the value of the whole property within the corporate limits of such city or cities, as shown by the last assessment roll, shall bear to the whole property in the county, inclusive of property within the incorporated cities.
2. The apportionment of moneys to cities as provided in subsection 1 shall not exceed an amount greater than 10 percent of the total amount levied and collected for general road purposes within the county, exclusive of funds for the payment of the principal and interest of bonds for road and street purposes.
3. All such moneys so apportioned shall be expended upon the streets, alleys and public highways of such city or cities under the direction and control of the city council.
[3:111:1866; A 1921, 365; 1925, 241; 1937, 125; 1931 NCL § 5394]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 403 - County Roads, Highways and Bridges › NRS 403.460 - Payment for work on roads and bridges if issuance of bonds not authorized by voters.

1. If, at a primary, general or special election, a majority of the voters of the county vote against the issuance of the bonds for roads and bridges, and no special county road and bridge fund is thereby created, or if for any other reason the fund is not created, except as otherwise provided in NRS 403.575, the cost of all county road and bridge work performed must be paid out of the county general fund by order of the board, if that work was performed by the order of and under the direction of the board of county highway commissioners or the county road supervisor, and according to the provisions of this chapter.
2. All claims presented to the board of county highway commissioners must be sworn and subscribed to and attested by the county road supervisor.
[2: Art. 3:257:1913; 1919 RL p. 2903; NCL § 5373]—(NRS A 1993, 1077; 2013, 2820)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 403 - County Roads, Highways and Bridges › NRS 403.470 - Expenditures of money.

All money appropriated or expended by the board of county highway commissioners, whether it be appropriated or expended out of the county road and bridge fund which may be created by this chapter, the Complete Streets Fund created pursuant to NRS 403.573, or out of the county general fund as provided in NRS 403.460, must be expended by the board of county highway commissioners for the purposes hereinafter named and for no other purposes:
1. For laying out, grading, draining, graveling or macadamizing, maintaining, and, when deemed necessary, sprinkling or oiling roads.
2. The purchase of road machinery necessary for the construction of such roads, and the maintenance of the same.
3. The purchase of property necessary in road construction.
4. The purchase of material and machinery for the construction of all superstructures necessary to the perfect drainage of a highway, and for all work performed by order of and under the direction of the board of county highway commissioners.
5. The execution of a project that is a part of a Complete Streets Program pursuant to NRS 403.575.
[1: Art. 5:257:1913; 1919 RL p. 2904; NCL § 5379]—(NRS A 2013, 2820)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 403 - County Roads, Highways and Bridges › NRS 403.480 - Specifications; order of construction.

1. All superstructures shall consist of masonry, concrete, glazed sewer pipe, iron or steel. No lumber or other perishable material shall be used, except when absolutely necessary.
2. For the better guidance of road construction and the expenditure of money for the same, the board of county highway commissioners shall observe this order of construction as far as it is possible so to do:
First. The laying out of a road on the most practical grades and alignment.
Second. The grading and draining of such road.
Third. The construction of permanent superstructures.
Fourth. The graveling or macadamizing of all such roads.
Fifth. The maintaining of the same.
[2: Art. 5:257:1913; 1919 RL p. 2904; NCL § 5380]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 403 - County Roads, Highways and Bridges › NRS 403.520 - Inspection of work; failure to comply with contract or defect in material or machinery.

1. The county road supervisor shall have power to inspect any work performed under the provisions of this chapter, and advise as to the efficiency or quality of all material and machinery purchased by the board of county highway commissioners or in any manner used for the purposes of this chapter.
2. Any failure to comply with a contract, or any defect in the character of material or machinery, shall be reported to the board of county highway commissioners, and the board shall immediately proceed to have remedied any such failure or defect.
3. The board of county highway commissioners shall have power to deduct the value of such failure or defect from the contract price agreed to be paid the contractor.
[6: Art. 5:257:1913; 1919 RL p. 2905; NCL § 5384]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 403 - County Roads, Highways and Bridges › NRS 403.530 - Partial payments.

The board of county highway commissioners shall have power to make partial payments upon all contracts let by virtue of this chapter, not to exceed 75 percent of the work done, when the same shall be certified by the county road supervisor as properly performed.
[7: Art. 5:257:1913; 1919 RL p. 2905; NCL § 5385]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 403 - County Roads, Highways and Bridges › NRS 403.540 - Limitations on amount of contract.

No contract shall be let in conformity with this chapter exceeding the amount of money in the county road and bridge fund; or, when the cost of work is to be paid out of the county general fund as provided in NRS 403.460, no contract shall be let exceeding in amount the money in the county general fund.
[8: Art. 5:257:1913; 1919 RL p. 2905; NCL § 5386]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 403 - County Roads, Highways and Bridges › NRS 403.550 - Claim for work on county roads and bridges: Procedure; duties of county auditor and county treasurer.

1. All claims against the county in relation to the county roads and bridges shall be presented to the clerk of the board of county highway commissioners on a prepared form at least 1 day before the regular meeting of the board. There shall be printed on the form an oath that the amount claimed is just and correct, which must be subscribed to by the claimant. The claim shall also be certified by the county road supervisor.
2. Upon the approval of any claim by the board of county highway commissioners, the county auditor is authorized and required to draw a warrant for the amount named in the claim to the person or persons named therein as claimants, in the usual manner provided by law. Nothing in this subsection shall interfere with or prevent the county auditor from exercising his or her veto power provided by law.
3. The county treasurer shall keep the county road and bridge fund, provided for in this chapter, in a separate and distinct fund. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 403.573, the county treasurer shall pay out of this fund all warrants drawn on him or her by the county auditor for road purposes, but under no condition shall the county treasurer pay out of this fund for other purposes.
[1:Art. 7:257:1913; 1919 RL p. 2906; NCL § 5389] + [2:Art. 7:257:1913; 1919 RL p. 2906; NCL § 5390] + [3:Art. 7:257:1913; 1919 RL p. 2906; NCL § 5391]—(NRS A 2013, 2821)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 403 - County Roads, Highways and Bridges › NRS 403.560 - Erection of guideboard on county road; penalty for destruction or defacement.

1. The board of county commissioners of each county shall cause to be put up, and to be kept up thereafter, at each crossing or fork of any county road in the county, a guideboard, having thereon an index or pointer and the words "To (naming the place or first point of any importance on such road, and in remote desert and mountain areas to the nearest water, and the number of miles, as near as may be, thereto) miles." The guideboards must be put up and so placed at all such points as to enable travelers readily to understand therefrom the road they wish to travel in order to arrive at the desired destination, or to find water.
2. Unless a greater penalty is provided in NRS 202.287, a person who willfully tears down, digs up, shoots or in any manner defaces, destroys or carries away any such guideboard, road marker, highway sign or descriptive sign is guilty of a misdemeanor.
[1:34:1879; A 1935, 30; 1931 NCL § 5442] + [3:34:1879; A 1895, 40; 1935, 30; 1931 NCL § 5444]—(NRS A 1957, 517; 1989, 1241)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 403 - County Roads, Highways and Bridges › NRS 403.565 - Erection of sign on minor county road; inspection and maintenance.

1. The board of county highway commissioners shall post signs on each road which it has designated a minor county road, advising travelers on that road that the road receives only minimum maintenance and that the traveler should proceed with caution.
2. The county road supervisor shall inspect each sign at least once each year to ensure that it is in place and legible. The county road supervisor shall make necessary repairs to each sign or replace it when any person notifies the county road supervisor or he or she otherwise becomes aware that a sign is missing or in need of repair.
(Added to NRS by 1979, 1173)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 403 - County Roads, Highways and Bridges › NRS 403.570 - Supervision of construction of county highway and expenditure of money by Director of Department of Transportation; repair, removal of snow and clearance of county road.

1. When deemed advisable by the board of county commissioners and upon the board’s request, the Director of the Department of Transportation shall take charge of and supervise the construction of any county highway and the expenditure of money thereon.
2. In case of great necessity or emergency, certified as such by the board of county commissioners of the county involved, the Director of the Department of Transportation may enter into contracts with the board of county commissioners providing for the use of state highway equipment and workers at the expense of the county involved for the repair, snow removal and clearance of county roads.
[33:169:1917; A 1945, 80; 1943 NCL § 5354]—(NRS A 1979, 1799)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 403 - County Roads, Highways and Bridges › NRS 403.573 - Complete Streets Fund: Creation and administration by board of county commissioners; purposes.

1. The board of county commissioners shall create in the county treasury a fund to be known as the Complete Streets Fund, for the purpose of:
(a) Executing projects as a part of a Complete Streets Program pursuant to NRS 403.575; and
(b) Matching federal money from any federal source for the execution of projects as a part of a Complete Streets Program pursuant to NRS 403.575.
2. The county treasurer shall deposit money that is collected pursuant to paragraph (c) of subsection 1 of NRS 482.1825 in the Complete Streets Fund.
3. The board of county highway commissioners shall administer the Complete Streets Fund.
4. The board of county highway commissioners may accept gifts and donations for deposit in the Complete Streets Fund.
(Added to NRS by 2013, 2819)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 403 - County Roads, Highways and Bridges › NRS 403.575 - Complete Streets Program: Adoption by board of county highway commissioners; definition.

1. A board of county highway commissioners may adopt a policy for a Complete Streets Program and may plan and carry out projects as a part of a Complete Streets Program. To the extent practicable, the projects must integrate bicycle lanes and bicycle routes, facilities and signs into all plans, designs, construction and maintenance of roads.
2. Any money received by a board of county highway commissioners pursuant to paragraph (c) of subsection 1 of NRS 482.1825 must be used solely for the execution of projects as a part of a Complete Streets Program.
3. As used in this section, "Complete Streets Program" means a program for the retrofitting of roads that are under the jurisdiction of the board of county highway commissioners for the primary purpose of adding or significantly repairing facilities which provide road access considering all users of all ages and abilities, including, without limitation, pedestrians, bicycle riders, movers of commercial goods, persons with disabilities, vehicles for public transportation and their passengers, older adults, children and motorists. The term includes the operation of a public transit system as part of a Complete Streets Program, but the term does not include the purchase of vehicles or other hardware for a public transit system.
(Added to NRS by 2013, 2819; A 2021, 1050)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 403 - County Roads, Highways and Bridges › NRS 403.580 - Construction, maintenance or repair.

All public bridges, not otherwise specially provided for, shall be maintained by the road district in which they are situated, the districts which they unite, and the county at large, in the same manner as highways, and under the management and control of the board of county commissioners. The expense of constructing, maintaining and repairing the same shall be payable primarily out of the road fund of the district or districts in the hands of the county treasurer.
[1:42:1877; BH § 466; C § 435; RL § 3017; NCL § 5405]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 403 - County Roads, Highways and Bridges › NRS 403.590 - Payment from general fund or levy of special tax for construction, maintenance or repair of county bridge.

1. Whenever it appears to the board of county commissioners that any road district is or would be unreasonably burdened by the expense of constructing or maintenance and repair of any bridge, the board may:
(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, cause all or a portion of the aggregate cost or expense to be paid out of the county general fund, or a portion out of that fund or out of any other county fund in which there is a surplus; or
(b) Levy a tax therefor, not to exceed one-fourth of 1 percent on the taxable property in the county, annually, until the amount appropriated is raised and paid.
2. A board of county commissioners must not cause or allow any portion of the Complete Streets Fund created pursuant to NRS 403.573 to be used for a purpose other than those set forth in NRS 403.575.
[2:42:1877; BH § 467; C § 436; RL § 3018; NCL § 5406]—(NRS A 1979, 795; 2013, 2821)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 403 - County Roads, Highways and Bridges › NRS 403.600 - Order or petition for construction or repair.

1. No bridge shall be constructed or repaired except on the order of the board of county commissioners, or unless a petition is filed as provided in NRS 403.610.
2. In entering into a contract for the construction or repair of a bridge, the board of county commissioners shall comply with NRS 403.610.
[3:42:1877; A 1911, 369; RL § 3019; NCL § 5407]—(NRS A 1967, 1241; 2013, 1985)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 403 - County Roads, Highways and Bridges › NRS 403.610 - Expenditures for construction or repair of $100 or more: Petition; procedure.

1. When a bridge, the cost of which will exceed $100, is necessary, any five or more freeholders of the road district interested therein may petition the board of county commissioners for the erection of such necessary bridge. The board of county commissioners must advertise such application, giving the location and other facts, for 2 weeks in a newspaper printed in the county if there is one; if none, then by posting a notice at the proposed location, one at the courthouse and one at some other public place in the county.
2. On the day fixed to hear the application, proof of the notice having been given being satisfactorily made, the board of county commissioners must hear the petition, examine witnesses, and determine whether or not a bridge is necessary to be constructed or repaired as petitioned for. If found necessary, the board of county commissioners must determine the character of the bridge to be constructed or repairs to be made, prepare plans and specifications, invite bids or otherwise let the contract for the construction or repair of the same as provided in NRS 403.490.
[4:42:1877; BH § 469; C § 438; RL § 3020; NCL § 5408] + [5:42:1877; A 1911, 369; RL § 3021; NCL § 5409]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 404 - Road Districts › NRS 404.010 - Creation and disorganization.

1. Whenever a majority of the taxpayers of any township or townships in any county polling less than 1,800 votes at the last general election, whose names shall appear on the last previous assessment roll, shall petition the board of county commissioners to divide such township or townships into a road district or districts, the board of county commissioners shall:
(a) Divide the township or townships and create such road district or districts.
(b) Fix the boundaries of the road district or districts and have the same recorded.
2. When a road district is once created it shall remain the same and have the rights and be subject to the duties given and imposed by NRS 404.010 to 404.060, inclusive, until a majority of the taxpayers of the road district shall petition the board of county commissioners to disorganize the district. Upon receipt of such a petition, the board of county commissioners shall disorganize the road district.
[Part 1:101:1875; A 1877, 141; BH § 447; C § 476; RL § 3011; NCL § 5399]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 404 - Road Districts › NRS 404.020 - Sources of road fund.

1. When the board of county commissioners deems it expedient, the board may levy a property tax not to exceed one-fourth of 1 percent on all the property in the county, annually, to be levied, assessed and collected as other taxes, and assigned by the board of county commissioners to the road funds of the several road districts, as the board may deem for the best interest of the county.
2. When a majority of the property owners of any road district shall petition the board of county commissioners for an additional special tax for the benefit of the road district, the board of county commissioners shall levy a tax on all property within the district, at a rate not to exceed $3 on each $1,000 valuation, which shall be paid into the county treasury for the road fund of the district.
[8:101:1875; A 1877, 141; BH § 454; C § 478; RL § 3014; NCL § 5402]—(NRS A 1967, 32; 1969, 237)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 404 - Road Districts › NRS 404.030 - Expenditure of money from road fund.

1. The moneys constituting the road fund of the road district may be used in the payment of demands allowed on the road fund by the board of county commissioners, including building and repairing bridges, aqueducts and highways of the district to which the fund belongs.
2. No money shall be drawn from the road fund without the order and approval of the board of county commissioners.
[Part 7:101:1875; BH § 453; RL § 3013; NCL § 5401]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 404 - Road Districts › NRS 404.040 - Disposition of road fund at end of year or upon disorganization of district.

All moneys remaining in the road fund belonging to any road district at the end of every year, or belonging to any road district that may disorganize as provided in NRS 404.010, may, on petition of a majority of the taxpayers therein, be applied by the board of county commissioners to the building of any bridge or special improvement of any highway in the road district or the county in which the road district is situated; or, upon petition, the moneys may be transferred to the county school district fund and applied to the public schools of the county school district.
[5:101:1875; BH § 451; C § 477; RL § 3012; NCL § 5400]—(NRS A 1971, 524)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 404 - Road Districts › NRS 404.050 - Procedure for opening, changing or vacating public road.

1. At any time when a majority of the resident taxpayers of a road district, according to the last previous assessment roll, petitions the board of county commissioners for the location, opening for public use, establishment, change or vacation of any public road or highway, or road to connect with any highway or any street or alley in any unincorporated town in the county, setting forth in the petition the beginning, course and termination of such road, highway, street or alley proposed to be located and opened for public use, established, changed or vacated, together with the names of the owner or owners of the land through which the same will pass, the petition may be presented to the county clerk of the county. The county clerk shall lay the petition before the board of county commissioners at the next meeting of the board after the reception of the petition.
2. Within 30 days thereafter, the board of county commissioners shall proceed to locate, open to public use, establish, change or vacate such road, highway, street or alley.
[Part 10:101:1875; A 1877, 141; 1895, 35; C § 479; RL § 3015; NCL § 5403]—(NRS A 1977, 1526)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 404 - Road Districts › NRS 404.060 - Procedure for condemnation of property for new road or changing location of road.

Before opening any new road, street or alley, or changing the same through private property, such property shall be condemned for public use as follows:
1. The board of county commissioners shall appoint one disinterested person, and the owners or agents of the land through which the highway may run shall select another disinterested person. The two persons shall proceed to view such road, street or alley, and shall ascertain and make estimates of damages done to any property through which the highway may be located, changed or vacated, after deducting any advantage arising from such location, change or vacation of such road, street or alley, to the owner or owners of such property.
2. If the owner or owners shall refuse or neglect, for a period of 10 days after receiving notice from the board of county commissioners of its appointment, to appoint a person on their part, the board of county commissioners shall appoint such a person for them.
3. If there shall be more than one owner of land through which the highway may run, such owners shall unite in the appointment.
4. If the two viewers cannot agree as to damages, then they shall choose a third person, and the three persons so selected as viewers shall be authorized to administer oaths, compel the attendance of witnesses before them as road viewers, and their decision in the matter shall be final.
5. The viewers shall take an oath prior to entering upon the discharge of their duties before some person authorized to administer oaths, to discharge faithfully the duties of their trust in accordance with the provisions of NRS 404.010 to 404.060, inclusive.
6. Persons aggrieved by the decision of such road viewers may commence an action in the district court within 20 days from the date of the decision to set aside their award.
7. Upon the final award and decision of damages, the board of county commissioners shall cause the road, street or alley to be opened, established, changed or vacated, as the case may be, according to the petition.
[Part 10:101:1875; A 1877, 141; 1895, 35; C § 479; RL § 3015; NCL § 5403]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 404 - Road Districts › NRS 404.070 - Establishment and designation.

The board of county commissioners of each county polling at the last general election not less than 1,800 votes and not more than 2,999 votes may, for the purpose of supervision of roads, divide the county into road districts, each appropriately designated.
[1:80:1901; RL § 3037; NCL § 5418]—(NRS A 1963, 304)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 404 - Road Districts › NRS 404.075 - Levy of property tax for maintenance and repair of roads.

In road districts in counties polling not less than 1,800 votes and not more than 2,999 votes, the board of county commissioners may levy a property tax on property within the road district of not more than 30 cents on each $100 of assessed valuation for the maintenance and repair of roads within the road district. The proceeds of the tax shall be placed in the road district fund of the district in which the tax is levied, and shall be used exclusively for the maintenance and repair of roads within the district.
(Added to NRS by 1963, 304)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 404 - Road Districts › NRS 404.080 - Road supervisor: Appointment.

The board of county commissioners shall appoint in each road district one road supervisor. The same road supervisor may serve more than one road district.
[Part 2:80:1901; A 1935, 233; 1931 NCL § 5419]—(NRS A 1963, 304)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 404 - Road Districts › NRS 404.100 - Road supervisor: Duties.

Each road supervisor shall:
1. Supervise all work upon the roads in his or her road district.
2. Attest to the propriety of all bills for such work.
3. Direct the expenditure of all sums set apart for his or her road district by the board of county commissioners.
[Part 2:80:1901; A 1935, 233; 1931 NCL § 5419]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 404 - Road Districts › NRS 404.110 - Road supervisor prohibited from using or contracting for use of truck or equipment owned by road supervisor or relative; exception.

No road supervisor shall use or contract the use of any motor truck or road building equipment owned by the road supervisor or any relative within the third degree of consanguinity or affinity in the construction or maintenance of any county road or highway, except in cases of emergency, when it shall be lawful for the road supervisor to use or contract the use of such truck or equipment for a period of not to exceed 5 days in any 1 month.
[Part 2:80:1901; A 1935, 233; 1931 NCL § 5419]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 404 - Road Districts › NRS 404.115 - Loan or lease of district’s equipment for maintenance.

In road districts in counties polling not less than 1,800 votes and not more than 2,999 votes, county or road district maintenance equipment may be loaned or leased to or from other road districts or the county upon a fair rental basis as determined by the board of county commissioners.
(Added to NRS by 1963, 304)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 404 - Road Districts › NRS 404.120 - Establishment and designation.

The board of county commissioners of each county polling at the last general election 3,000 votes or over, to be determined by the vote cast for Secretary of State, shall, for the purpose of supervision of roads, divide the county into road districts, each appropriately designated.
[1:172:1911; RL § 3041; NCL § 5422]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 404 - Road Districts › NRS 404.140 - Road supervisor: Oath and bond.

Before entering upon the duties of office, each road supervisor appointed under the provisions of NRS 404.120 to 404.160, inclusive, shall:
1. Take the oath prescribed by law.
2. Execute a bond to the State of Nevada, to be approved by the board of county commissioners, in the penal sum of $1,000. The bond shall be conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of the road supervisor’s office, and shall be filed in the office of the county clerk.
[4:172:1911; RL § 3044; NCL § 5425]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 404 - Road Districts › NRS 404.150 - Road supervisor: Duties.

Each road supervisor appointed under the provisions of NRS 404.120 to 404.160, inclusive, shall:
1. Supervise all work upon the roads in his or her road district.
2. Attest to the propriety and correctness of all bills for such work.
3. Direct the expenditures of all sums set apart for his or her road district by the board of county commissioners, but no bills shall be contracted or any money expended by the road supervisor unless he or she shall have first obtained the consent and approval of the board of county commissioners.
[Part 3:172:1911; A 1935, 232; 1931 NCL § 5424]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 404 - Road Districts › NRS 404.160 - Road supervisor prohibited from using or contracting for use of truck or equipment owned by road supervisor or relative; exception.

No road supervisor shall use or contract the use of any motor truck or road building equipment owned by the road supervisor or any relative within the third degree of consanguinity or affinity in the construction or maintenance of any county road or highway, except in cases of emergency, when it shall be lawful for the road supervisor to use or contract the use of such truck or equipment for a period of not to exceed 5 days in any 1 month.
[Part 3:172:1911; A 1935, 232; 1931 NCL § 5424]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 404 - Road Districts › NRS 404.170 - Creation of office; appointment.

1. The office of road inspector is hereby created.
2. Each board of county commissioners may appoint one road inspector for each road district now existing or which may hereafter be created in any county. Each road inspector shall hold office at the will of the board of county commissioners.
[Part 1:21:1897; C § 468; RL § 3029; NCL § 5410] + [2:21:1897; C § 469; RL § 3030; NCL § 5411]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 404 - Road Districts › NRS 404.180 - Compensation.

1. The office of road inspector shall be without compensation. No money shall be paid from public funds to defray any expenses incurred therein or thereby unless by order of the board of county commissioners there shall be especially prescribed a limit of compensation for the office in each road district. The order shall especially name the road district wherein the compensation may be given, and no road inspector shall receive any compensation as such officer unless such compensation shall have been fixed by the board of county commissioners within the limit prescribed for such road district previous to his or her appointment as road inspector.
2. When a compensation is given it shall be paid to the road inspector from the road fund of the road district in and for which any services are performed by the road inspector.
3. Such compensation shall:
(a) Be a daily wage.
(b) Not exceed the limit especially prescribed by law for that county.
(c) Be fixed by the board of county commissioners before the appointment of the road inspector who is to receive it.
(d) Be in full for all services and expenses of all kinds of the road inspector.
[3:21:1897; C § 470; RL § 3031; NCL § 5412] + [4:21:1897; C § 471; RL § 3032; NCL § 5413] + [5:21:1897; C § 472; RL § 3033; NCL § 5414]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 404 - Road Districts › NRS 404.190 - Duties.

The duties of the office of road inspector shall be:
1. To order, superintend, inspect and approve, if properly done, all work upon the public roads in the road district for which the road inspector may be appointed, as well as that to be done by road supervisors, if there are any, and that done by other persons.
2. To report thereon to the board of county commissioners.
3. To approve all proper bills for road work before they are presented to the board of county commissioners for allowance.
[Part 1:21:1897; C § 468; RL § 3029; NCL § 5410]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 404 - Road Districts › NRS 404.200 - Compensation of other persons.

1. Compensation to others than a road inspector shall be not to exceed the current wage rate for a day’s work for the road district in which such work is performed, and not to exceed the current price for one person and a span of draft animals and the current price for each additional span.
2. The person so compensated shall, without additional charge, furnish such tools, implements, vehicles and other necessary equipment as may be necessary to his or her work.
[6:21:1897; A 1911, 368; 1917, 393; 1919 RL § 3034; NCL § 5415]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 404 - Road Districts › NRS 404.210 - Day’s work on public roads.

A day’s work on the public roads shall consist of at least 8 hours’ actual labor, exclusive of the time spent in going to and returning from the work, and in no case shall pay be given for more than 1 day’s time between sunrise and sunset of the same day, to or for the same person. In cases of emergency, however, more than 8 hours’ labor shall be performed, and the persons so performing such labor shall be compensated for the time spent.
[7:21:1897; A 1917, 393; 1919 RL § 3035; NCL § 5416]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 404 - Road Districts › NRS 404.220 - Re-establishment by county commissioners.

The board of county commissioners of any county is authorized to re-establish the boundaries of any road district within the county whenever the board shall deem the boundaries of such road district to be indistinct or indefinite as such boundaries appear upon the records of the board of county commissioners.
[1:217:1913; 1919 RL p. 2936; NCL § 5932]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 404 - Road Districts › NRS 404.230 - New boundaries to conform to surveys of United States Government.

Whenever the board of county commissioners shall re-establish the boundaries of road districts in accordance with NRS 404.220 to 404.250, inclusive, the board shall make the new boundaries that it shall set forth for such road districts conform to the legal land surveys of the United States Government so far as is possible.
[2:217:1913; 1919 RL p. 2936; NCL § 5933]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 404 - Road Districts › NRS 404.240 - New boundaries to include property and residences within district before re-establishment.

Whenever the board of county commissioners shall re-establish the boundaries of road districts in accordance with NRS 404.220 to 404.250, inclusive, the board shall arrange the new boundaries so that all properties and residences that were in the road districts previous to the re-establishment of boundaries for such road districts under NRS 404.220 to 404.250, inclusive, shall be within the new boundaries that the board of county commissioners may establish under NRS 404.220 to 404.250, inclusive.
[3:217:1913; 1919 RL p. 2937; NCL § 5934]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 404 - Road Districts › NRS 404.250 - Re-establishment of boundaries for welfare of county.

Whenever the board of county commissioners shall decide that the boundaries of any road district are so indefinite upon the records of the county as to make it impossible to decide in which road district certain properties or residences may be located, the board shall proceed to establish new boundaries for such road district as it shall deem best and for the welfare of the county.
[4:217:1913; 1919 RL p. 2937; NCL § 5935]