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2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 258 - Constables › NRS 258.205 - Penalties for failure of constable to file report, oath or other document with county or Peace Officers’ Standards and Training Commission.

In addition to any fine imposed pursuant to NRS 258.200, a board of county commissioners may establish, by resolution or ordinance, penalties for the failure of the constable of a township in the county to file any report, oath or other document required by statute to be filed with the county or the Peace Officers’ Standards and Training Commission.
(Added to NRS by 2013, 2947)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 258 - Constables › NRS 258.210 - Punishment for taking excessive fees.

If any constable shall take more or greater fees than are allowed by law, the constable shall be liable to indictment, and on conviction shall be removed from office and fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000.
[Part 22:49:1883; BH § 2363; C § 2487; RL § 2024; NCL § 2955]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 258 - Constables › NRS 258.220 - Table of fees to be posted; penalties.

Any constable receiving fees as provided by law shall publish and set up in some conspicuous place in his or her office a fee table for public inspection. A sum not exceeding $20 for each day of the constable’s omission so to do shall be forfeited, which sum with costs may be recovered by any person by an action before any justice of the peace of the same county.
[Part 23:49:1883; BH § 2364; C § 2488; RL § 2025; NCL § 2956]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 258 - Constables › NRS 258.230 - Fees payable in advance; execution.

Except with respect to the fees described in paragraphs (a) and (d) of subsection 2 of NRS 258.125, all fees prescribed in this chapter shall be payable in advance, if demanded. If a constable shall not have received any or all of his or her fees, which may be due the constable for services rendered by him or her in any suit or proceedings, the constable may have execution therefor in his or her own name against the party or parties from whom they are due, to be issued from the court where the action is pending, upon the order of the justice of the peace or court upon affidavit filed.
[Part 25:49:1883; BH § 2366; C § 2490; RL § 2027; NCL § 2958]—(NRS A 2007, 105; 2011, 1908)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 258 - Constables › NRS 258.240 - Limitation on mileage.

When any constable serves more than one process in the same cause, not requiring more than one journey from his or her office, the constable shall receive mileage only for the most distant service.
[Part 35:49:1883; BH § 2376; C § 2500; RL § 2037; NCL § 2968]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 259 - Coroners › NRS 259.010 - Coroners’ districts; inapplicability of certain provisions of chapter.

1. Every county in this State constitutes a coroner’s district, except a county where a coroner is appointed pursuant to the provisions of NRS 244.163.
2. The provisions of this chapter, except NRS 259.025, 259.045, 259.047, 259.049, subsections 3 and 4 of NRS 259.050, NRS 259.053 and 259.150 to 259.180, inclusive, do not apply to any county where a coroner is appointed pursuant to the provisions of NRS 244.163.
[1:107:1909; RL § 7542; NCL § 11425]—(NRS A 1963, 198; 1969, 664; 1979, 1368; 2005, 1063; 2017, 475; 2019, 4163)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 259 - Coroners › NRS 259.020 - Sheriffs are ex officio coroners; exceptions.

Except in any county where a coroner is appointed pursuant to NRS 244.163, all sheriffs in this state are ex officio coroners, unless such an arrangement is altered pursuant to the mechanism set forth in NRS 244.1507.
[Part 2:107:1909; A 1911, 58; 1949, 595; 1943 NCL § 11426]—(NRS A 1979, 1368; 2009, 594)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 259 - Coroners › NRS 259.025 - Account for support of office of county coroner.

1. The board of county commissioners of each county may create in the county general fund an account for the support of the office of the county coroner. The county treasurer shall deposit in that account the money received from:
(a) The State Registrar of Vital Statistics pursuant to NRS 440.690; and
(b) A district health officer pursuant to NRS 440.715.
2. The money in the account must be accounted for separately and not as a part of any other account.
3. The interest and income earned on the money in the account, after deducting any applicable charges, must be credited to the account.
4. Claims against the account must be paid as other claims against the county are paid.
5. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 8, the county coroner may use the money in the account to pay expenses relating to:
(a) A youth program involving the office of the county coroner, including, without limitation, a program of visitation established pursuant to NRS 62E.720;
(b) Training for a member of the staff of the office of the county coroner;
(c) Training an ex officio coroner and his or her deputies on the investigation of deaths;
(d) The purchase of specialized equipment for the office of the county coroner; and
(e) Any program established by the coroner pursuant to NRS 259.049.
6. Any money remaining in the account at the end of any fiscal year does not revert to the county general fund and must be carried forward to the next fiscal year.
7. Before the end of each fiscal year:
(a) The board of county commissioners of each county that constitutes a coroner’s district pursuant to NRS 259.010 and which has created an account for the support of the office of the county coroner pursuant to subsection 1 shall designate the office of a county coroner created pursuant to NRS 244.163 to receive the money in the account.
(b) The county treasurer of each county that constitutes a coroner’s district pursuant to NRS 259.010 and for which the board of county commissioners has created an account for the support of the office of the county coroner pursuant to subsection 1 shall transfer all money in the account to the county treasurer of the county in which the office of the county coroner designated pursuant to paragraph (a) is established.
(c) The county treasurer of the county in which the office of the county coroner designated pursuant to paragraph (a) is established shall:
(1) Deposit all the money received pursuant to paragraph (b) into the account created in that county pursuant to subsection 1; and
(2) Account for the money received from each county in separate subaccounts.
8. The office of the county coroner designated to receive money pursuant to subsection 7 may only use the money in each subaccount and any interest attributable to that money to pay expenses which are incurred in the county from which the money was transferred and which relate to the training of an ex officio coroner and his or her deputies on the investigation of deaths.
(Added to NRS by 2005, 1062; A 2019, 4164)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 259 - Coroners › NRS 259.040 - Deputies.

1. All coroners may appoint deputies, who are authorized to transact such official business pertaining to the office as their principals direct. Coroners are responsible for the compensation of the deputies and are responsible on their official bonds for all official malfeasance or nonfeasance of the deputies. The appointment of a deputy must not be construed to confer upon that deputy policymaking authority for the office of the county coroner or the county by which the deputy is employed.
2. All appointments of deputies must be made in writing and must, with the oath of office, be filed in the office of the recorder of the county within which the principal holds and exercises his or her office.
[Part 2:107:1909; A 1911, 58; 1949, 595; 1943 NCL § 11426]—(NRS A 1979, 1368; 2005, 683)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 259 - Coroners › NRS 259.045 - Coroner to notify next of kin of decedent of fact of death; authority to notify and provide coroner’s report to decedent’s parents, guardians, adult children or custodians.

1. The coroner shall make a reasonable effort to notify a decedent’s next of kin who is authorized to order the burial or cremation of the human remains of the decedent pursuant to NRS 451.024 of the fact of the decedent’s death without unreasonable delay.
2. The coroner may notify the parents, guardians, adult children or custodians of a decedent of the fact of the decedent’s death and provide a copy of the report of the coroner to the parents, guardians, adult children or custodians regardless of whether they are the next of kin authorized to order the burial or cremation of the human remains of the decedent pursuant to NRS 451.024.
3. As used in this section, "custodian" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 432B.060.
(Added to NRS by 1973, 900; A 2017, 475)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 259 - Coroners › NRS 259.047 - Test of decedent for communicable diseases; report of results.

1. The coroner may cause a decedent under the jurisdiction of the coroner to be tested for communicable diseases without obtaining a court order if:
(a) A law enforcement officer, emergency medical attendant or firefighter came in contact with the blood or bodily fluids of the decedent in the course of his or her official duties before the decedent came under the jurisdiction of the coroner;
(b) The coroner or an employee of the coroner comes in contact with the blood or bodily fluids of a decedent in the course of his or her official duties; or
(c) Any other person came in contact with the blood or bodily fluids of the decedent while rendering care or assistance in an emergency before the decedent came under the jurisdiction of the coroner.
2. The coroner shall report the results of any test conducted pursuant to subsection 1 to the local health officer.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 4163)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 259 - Coroners › NRS 259.049 - Program to promote mental health of certain persons; program to provide bereavement services to public.

A coroner may establish:
1. A program to promote the mental health of:
(a) The employees of the office of the coroner; and
(b) Any person impacted as a result of providing services in his or her professional capacity in response to an incident involving mass casualties within the county.
2. A program that provides bereavement services to members of the public within the county.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 4163)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 259 - Coroners › NRS 259.050 - Investigation into cause of death; postmortem examination; inquest.

1. When a coroner or the coroner’s deputy is informed that a person has been killed, has committed suicide or has suddenly died under such circumstances as to afford reasonable ground to suspect that the death has been occasioned by unnatural means, the coroner shall make an appropriate investigation.
2. In all cases where it is apparent or can be reasonably inferred that the death may have been caused by a criminal act, the coroner or the coroner’s deputy shall notify the district attorney of the county where the inquiry is made, and the district attorney shall make an investigation with the assistance of the coroner. If the sheriff is not ex officio the coroner, the coroner shall also notify the sheriff, and the district attorney and sheriff shall make the investigation with the assistance of the coroner.
3. If it is apparent to or can be reasonably inferred by the coroner that a death may have been caused by drug use or poisoning, the coroner shall cause a postmortem examination to be performed on the decedent by a forensic pathologist unless the death occurred following a hospitalization stay of 24 hours or more.
4. A coroner may issue a subpoena for the production of any document, record or material that is directly related or believed to contain evidence related to an investigation by the coroner.
5. The holding of a coroner’s inquest is within the sound discretion of the district attorney or district judge of the county. An inquest need not be conducted in any case of death manifestly occasioned by natural cause, suicide, accident, motor vehicle crash or when it is publicly known that the death was caused by a person already in custody, but an inquest must be held unless the district attorney or a district judge certifies that no inquest is required.
6. If an inquest is to be held, the district attorney shall call upon a justice of the peace of the county to preside over it. The justice of the peace shall summon three persons qualified by law to serve as jurors, to appear before the justice of the peace forthwith at the place where the body is or such other place within the county as may be designated by him or her to inquire into the cause of death.
7. A single inquest may be held with respect to more than one death, where all the deaths were occasioned by a common cause.
[3:107:1909; A 1919, 60; 1949, 152; 1943 NCL § 11427]—(NRS A 1977, 666; 1979, 1369; 2015, 1660; 2019, 4165)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 259 - Coroners › NRS 259.053 - Postmortem examination by forensic pathologist: Determination of cause of death; death certificate.

If a forensic pathologist performs a postmortem examination on a body under the jurisdiction of the coroner:
1. The forensic pathologist shall determine the cause of death of the decedent; and
2. The certifier of death shall record on the death certificate the exact cause of death as determined by the forensic pathologist.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 4163)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 259 - Coroners › NRS 259.060 - Penalty for failure to attend as juror.

Every person summoned as a juror who fails to appear without having a reasonable excuse, shall forfeit a sum, not exceeding $100, to be recovered by the district attorney, in any court of competent jurisdiction, and paid by the person into the county treasury.
[4:107:1909; RL § 7545; NCL § 11428]—(NRS A 1979, 1369)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 259 - Coroners › NRS 259.070 - Oath of juror.

When the jurors attend, they must be sworn by the justice of the peace to inquire who the person was, and when, where and by what means the person came to his or her death, and into the circumstances attending his or her death, and to render a true verdict thereon according to the evidence.
[5:107:1909; A 1919, 60; 1919 RL § 7546; NCL § 11429]—(NRS A 1979, 1369)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 259 - Coroners › NRS 259.080 - Fees of jurors; expenses of transportation of jury.

1. Jurors of coroners’ juries (with not more than three persons upon the jury) are entitled to receive for each day’s service $15, to be certified to the county clerk by the justice of the peace, and audited, allowed and paid as are other claims against the county.
2. When it is necessary for a coroner’s jury to travel a greater distance than 1 mile to view the remains, or to the place where the inquest is to be held, the necessary and actual expenses incurred for the transportation of the jury must be allowed, audited and paid as are other claims against the county, after having been duly certified by the justice of the peace.
[Part 2:69:1919; A 1933, 68, 152; 1937, 210; 1949, 10; 1951, 107; 1953, 134]—(NRS A 1963, 348; 1979, 1370; 1983, 1010)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 259 - Coroners › NRS 259.090 - Inquest: Summoning and examination of witnesses; examination of decedent; adjournment.

1. The justice of the peace may issue subpoenas for witnesses, returnable as the justice of the peace may direct, and served by such person as he or she may direct.
2. He or she must summon and examine as witnesses every person who, in his or her opinion or that of any of the jurors, has any knowledge of the facts, and he or she may summon a qualified surgeon or physician to inspect the body, or hold a postmortem examination thereon, or a chemist to make an analysis of the stomach or the tissues of the deceased and give a professional opinion as to the cause of the death.
3. The coroner may adjourn the inquest from time to time as may be necessary.
[6:107:1909; A 1949, 595; 1943 NCL § 11430]—(NRS A 1979, 1370)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 259 - Coroners › NRS 259.100 - Witness failing to attend punishable for contempt.

Any witness failing to obey the subpoena of the justice of the peace may be attached and fined for contempt in like manner as in a justice court.
[7:107:1909; RL § 7548; NCL § 11431]—(NRS A 1979, 1370)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 259 - Coroners › NRS 259.110 - Rendition of verdict: Certification; contents.

After inspecting the body and hearing the testimony, the jury shall render their verdict and certify the same by an inquisition in writing, signed by them, and setting forth the name of the deceased, when, where and by what means the deceased came to his or her death; if by criminal means, the name of the person causing the death.
[8:107:1909; RL § 7549; NCL § 11432]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 259 - Coroners › NRS 259.120 - Testimony to be reduced to writing and filed with clerk of district court.

The testimony at such an inquest must be reduced to writing in such manner as the justice of the peace may direct, and filed by him or her, without delay, in the office of the clerk of the district court of the county.
[9:107:1909; RL § 7550; NCL § 11433]—(NRS A 1979, 1370)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 259 - Coroners › NRS 259.130 - Warrant to issue for accused.

If the jury finds that the dead person was killed by another person under circumstances not excusable or justifiable in law, and that the person who committed the act is not in custody, the justice of the peace shall issue a warrant signed by him or her, with his or her name of office, for the arrest of the accused.
[10:107:1909; RL § 7551; NCL § 11434]—(NRS A 1979, 1370)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 259 - Coroners › NRS 259.140 - Service and return of warrant.

The warrant of the justice of the peace may be served in any county of the State, and the officer serving such a warrant may return it before a magistrate of the county in which it is issued. The officer receiving such a warrant has the same power under the warrant as the officer would have by virtue of a warrant from any court or magistrate of this state.
[11:107:1909; RL § 7552; NCL § 11435]—(NRS A 1979, 1370)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 259 - Coroners › NRS 259.145 - Fee of justice of the peace for holding inquest.

1. A justice of the peace is entitled, for each day necessarily employed in holding an inquest, to a fee of $23.
2. This fee must be paid out of the county treasury as other demands against the county are paid.
[17:107:1909; A 1933, 259; 1949, 152; 1953, 127]—(NRS A 1979, 1370; 1993, 1353; 2001, 3213)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 259.200)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 259 - Coroners › NRS 259.150 - Inventory of money and property of decedent; delivery to county treasurer; signs prohibiting entrance to residence of decedent; penalty for disregard of prohibition.

1. The coroner shall inventory, in the presence of at least one other person, any money or property which may have been found on or about the deceased, unless taken from his or her possession by legal authority, and shall deliver without delay a signed copy of the inventory and the money or property to the treasurer of the county. If the coroner fails to pay or deliver such money or property to the county treasurer, the county treasurer may recover it by an action at law.
2. The coroner shall affix appropriate seals, signs or other devices prohibiting entrance to the residence of a deceased person who had lived alone under circumstances indicating that no other person can reasonably be expected to provide immediate security for the deceased’s property. Any person, except the coroner, the coroner’s deputy, a law enforcement officer or the executor or administrator of the deceased’s estate, who removes such a coroner’s seal, sign or other device or who enters upon any property bearing such a seal, sign or other device is guilty of a misdemeanor.
[12:107:1909; RL § 7553; NCL § 11436]—(NRS A 1977, 910; 1979, 14)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 259 - Coroners › NRS 259.160 - Duties of county treasurer pertaining to money and property of decedent.

1. Upon payment of money into the county treasurer’s office in such case, he or she shall place it to the credit of the county. Upon the delivery of property, he or she shall:
(a) Deliver such property to the public administrator or a person employed or contracted with pursuant to NRS 253.125, as applicable, for disposition according to law; or
(b) Give written notice to the public administrator or a person employed or contracted with pursuant to NRS 253.125, as applicable, of his or her intention to sell such property at public sale.
2. If within 10 days after the giving of notice pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 1, the public administrator or a person employed or contracted with pursuant to NRS 253.125, as applicable, claims the property for disposition, the county treasurer shall deliver it to him or her.
3. If the public administrator or a person employed or contracted with pursuant to NRS 253.125, as applicable, does not claim the property as provided in subsection 2, the county treasurer may, after giving notice by posting at the courthouse for at least 10 days, sell the property at public sale and place the proceeds to the credit of the county.
[13:107:1909; RL § 7554; NCL § 11437]—(NRS A 1969, 664; 2019, 1543)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 259 - Coroners › NRS 259.170 - Payment to representatives of decedent.

If the money or the proceeds from the sale of property are demanded within 6 years, the county treasurer shall pay the same to the person legally authorized to receive it, but the same may be paid at any subsequent time to the representatives of the deceased upon an order from the tribunal invested with the power to allow claims against the county.
[14:107:1909; A 1911, 59; RL § 7555; NCL § 11438]—(NRS A 1969, 664)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 259 - Coroners › NRS 259.180 - Burial of decedent; payment of expenses.

After the inquest, if no one takes charge of the body, the coroner shall cause it to be decently buried. The expenses of the burial must be paid from the money deposited with the county treasurer or the estate of the deceased, as the case may be. If the deceased has no money or estate, or the money or estate of the deceased is insufficient to bear the entire cost of burial, the county in which the deceased is buried shall bear the cost of the burial in excess of any money or estate available.
[16:107:1909; RL § 7557; NCL § 11440]—(NRS A 1969, 664; 1979, 14)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 260 - County Public Defenders › NRS 260.010 - Creation of office by ordinance; restrictions on creation; appointment; term of office; cooperation of county commissioners with Board on Indigent Defense Services and Department of Indigent Defense Services.

1. In counties whose population is 100,000 or more, the boards of county commissioners shall provide by ordinance for the office of public defender.
2. Except as otherwise provided by subsection 4 and except if the county voluntarily transfers or has been required to transfer responsibility for the provision of indigent defense services to the State Public Defender pursuant to NRS 180.450, in counties whose population is less than 100,000, boards of county commissioners may in their respective counties provide by ordinance, at the beginning of a fiscal year, for the office of public defender.
3. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, if a board of county commissioners intends to provide by ordinance for the office of county public defender, the board shall notify the State Public Defender in writing on or before March 1 of any odd-numbered year and the office may not be created before July 1 of the same year in which the notice was given.
4. If the county contribution approved by the Legislature exceeds the estimate provided to the county on December 1 by more than 10 percent for either year of the biennium, the board of county commissioners may provide for the office of county public defender on July 1 of the next even-numbered year if the board notifies the State Public Defender on or before March 1 of the same year in which the office is to be created.
5. The office of public defender when created must be filled by appointment by the board of county commissioners.
6. The public defender serves at the pleasure of the board of county commissioners.
7. Each board of county commissioners shall cooperate with the Board on Indigent Defense Services created by NRS 180.300 and the Department of Indigent Defense Services created by NRS 180.400. The board of county commissioners shall:
(a) Ensure that data and information requested by the Board or Department is collected and maintained; and
(b) Provide such information and reports concerning the provision of indigent defense services as requested by the Board or the Department.
8. As used in this section, "indigent defense services" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 180.004.
(Added to NRS by 1965, 597; A 1969, 1475, 1545; 1979, 525; 1989, 1646; 1991, 994; 1995, 499; 2019, 2890)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 260 - County Public Defenders › NRS 260.030 - Qualifications; representation of indigent person charged with public offense.

1. The public defender shall be a qualified attorney licensed to practice in this state.
2. The public defender shall, when designated pursuant to NRS 171.188, represent, without charge, each indigent person who is under arrest and held for a public offense.
(Added to NRS by 1965, 597; A 1967, 1471; 1969, 479; 1973, 358)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 260 - County Public Defenders › NRS 260.040 - Compensation; deputies and employees; private practice of law limited; expenses; deputies in certain counties governed by merit personnel system.

1. The compensation of the public defender must be fixed by the board of county commissioners and, in counties whose population is less than 100,000, must comply with the regulations adopted by the Board on Indigent Defense Services pursuant to NRS 180.320. The public defender of any two or more counties must be compensated and be permitted private civil practice of the law as determined by the boards of county commissioners of those counties, subject to the provisions of subsection 4 and NRS 7.065.
2. The public defender may appoint as many deputies or assistant attorneys, clerks, investigators, stenographers and other employees as the public defender considers necessary to enable him or her to carry out his or her responsibilities, with the approval of the board of county commissioners. An assistant attorney must be a qualified attorney licensed to practice in this State and may be placed on a part-time or full-time basis. The appointment of a deputy, assistant attorney or other employee pursuant to this subsection must not be construed to confer upon that deputy, assistant attorney or other employee policymaking authority for the office of the public defender or the county or counties by which the deputy, assistant attorney or other employee is employed.
3. The compensation of persons appointed under subsection 2 must be fixed by the board of county commissioners of the county or counties so served.
4. The public defender and his or her deputies and assistant attorneys in a county whose population is less than 100,000 may engage in the private practice of law. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, in any other county, the public defender and his or her deputies and assistant attorneys shall not engage in the private practice of law except as otherwise provided in NRS 7.065. An attorney appointed to defend a person for a limited duration with limited jurisdiction may engage in private practice which does not present a conflict with his or her appointment.
5. The board of county commissioners shall provide office space, furniture, equipment and supplies for the use of the public defender suitable for the conduct of the business of his or her office. However, the board of county commissioners may provide for an allowance in place of facilities. Each of those items is a charge against the county in which public defender services are rendered. If the public defender serves more than one county, expenses that are properly allocable to the business of more than one of those counties must be prorated among the counties concerned.
6. In a county whose population is 700,000 or more, deputies are governed by the merit personnel system of the county, and their compensation is not subject to the regulations adopted by the Board on Indigent Defense Services pursuant to NRS 180.320.
(Added to NRS by 1965, 597; A 1973, 678; 1979, 525; 1989, 203; 1993, 2260; 1999, 161; 2005, 684; 2011, 1129; 2021, 2269)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 260 - County Public Defenders › NRS 260.050 - Interview with and representation of indigent person.

1. The public defender may, before being designated as counsel for that person pursuant to NRS 171.188, interview an indigent person when he or she has been arrested and confined for a public offense or for questioning on suspicion of having committed a public offense.
2. The public defender shall, when designated pursuant to NRS 62D.030 or 171.188, represent without charge each indigent person for whom he or she is appointed.
3. When representing an indigent person, the public defender shall:
(a) Counsel and defend the person at every stage of the proceedings, including, without limitation, during the initial appearance and proceedings relating to admission to bail and the revocation of probation or parole; and
(b) Prosecute, subject to the provisions of subsection 4 of NRS 180.060, any appeals or other remedies before or after conviction that he or she considers to be in the interests of justice.
(Added to NRS by 1965, 598; A 1967, 1471; 1969, 479; 1971, 1412; 1973, 358; 1975, 42; 1977, 339; 1985, 1400; 2003, 1130; 2019, 2891; 2021, 2270)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 260 - County Public Defenders › NRS 260.060 - Appointment and compensation of other or additional defense counsel.

For cause, the magistrate or district court may, on its own motion or upon motion of the public defender or the indigent person, order the appointment of another attorney and refer the selection of the attorney in the manner set forth in NRS 7.115. Such an attorney:
1. May be other than, or in addition to, the public defender to represent such indigent person at any stage of the proceedings or on appeal in accordance with the laws of this state pertaining to the appointment of counsel to represent indigent criminal defendants.
2. Must be compensated out of county funds.
(Added to NRS by 1965, 598; A 1969, 479; 2021, 2270)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 260 - County Public Defenders › NRS 260.065 - County may contract for services of State Public Defender.

Any county in which the office of public defender has been created may contract for the services of the State Public Defender in providing representation for indigent persons when the court, for cause, disqualifies the county public defender or when the county public defender is otherwise unable to provide representation.
(Added to NRS by 1977, 338)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 260 - County Public Defenders › NRS 260.070 - Annual or quarterly reports.

1. The public defender shall make an annual report to:
(a) The board of county commissioners covering all cases handled by his or her office during the preceding year.
(b) The Department of Indigent Defense Services created by NRS 180.400 which includes any information required by the Department.
2. The board of county commissioners of each county with a public defender or which contracts for indigent defense services shall provide an annual report to the Department on or before May 31 of each year, unless the Department requires the report to be provided on a quarterly basis. The report must include any information requested by the Department concerning the provision of indigent defense services in the county and must include, without limitation, the plan for the provision of indigent defense services for the county for the next fiscal year or, if the Department requires the report to be provided on a quarterly basis, for the next quarter.
3. As used in this section, "indigent defense services" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 180.004.
(Added to NRS by 1965, 598; A 2019, 2891; 2023, 3062)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 265 - Incorporation and Disincorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 265.010 - Requirement of more than 1,000 inhabitants for incorporation.

No city or town in this state may be organized into an incorporated city unless there were more than 1,000 inhabitants residing within the limits of the city or town as determined by the last federal decennial census or the population certified by the governor pursuant to NRS 360.285, whichever is most recent, preceding the application for incorporation.
[1:32:1919; A 1945, 48; 1943 NCL § 1213]—(NRS A 1987, 1699; 2001, 2702)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 265 - Incorporation and Disincorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 265.030 - Disincorporation to follow general election.

If the whole number of electors, residing within the limits of any incorporated city who cast ballots at any general election, is less than 150, that city is disincorporated from and after the 1st Monday in March next succeeding that general election.
[3:32:1919; A 1945, 48; 1943 NCL § 1215]—(NRS A 1987, 1700)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 265 - Incorporation and Disincorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 265.040 - Disincorporation to be automatic.

The disincorporations mentioned in NRS 265.010 to 265.100, inclusive, shall operate without further act or enactment from any source whatsoever.
[4:32:1919; 1919 RL p. 2661; NCL § 1216]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 265 - Incorporation and Disincorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 265.050 - Duties of county commissioners on disincorporation; establishment of special district.

1. Whenever any city or town shall become disincorporated by the force of NRS 265.010 to 265.100, inclusive, the board of county commissioners of the county wherein such city or town is situated shall:
(a) Immediately establish a special district identical in boundaries and territory with the disincorporated city or town.
(b) Proceed to wind up the affairs of the late corporation.
(c) Dispose of its property.
(d) Make provision for the payment of all indebtedness thereof and for the performance of its contracts and obligations.
(e) Levy such taxes from time to time against the property within such special district as may be requisite therefor.
2. Such taxes shall be collected by the county treasurer like other taxes and paid out under the orders of the board of county commissioners, and any surplus shall be paid into the school fund for the school district where the same is levied and all property remaining shall revert to such school district, which is hereby empowered to enforce all claims and to have the use of all property so vesting.
3. If there shall be any debt or outstanding bonds of any disincorporated city or town the board of county commissioners shall provide for the payment of the principal and interest of the same substantially in the time, manner and form provided by law or ordinance touching the same at the time of disincorporation, substituting the district established in lieu of the city or town disincorporated.
[5:32:1919; 1919 RL p. 2661; NCL § 1217]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 265 - Incorporation and Disincorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 265.060 - Disposition of records; justice of peace to complete all unfinished business of court.

All books, documents, records, papers and corporate seal of any disincorporated city or town shall be deposited with the county clerk of the county wherein such city or town may be and all court records shall be deposited with the nearest justice of the peace of such county, who shall execute and complete all unfinished business.
[6:32:1919; 1919 RL p. 2662; NCL § 1218]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 265 - Incorporation and Disincorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 265.070 - Expenses of disincorporation; salaries of officers whose offices are abolished.

All expenses arising out of disincorporation under the force of NRS 265.010 to 265.100, inclusive, shall be chargeable against the special district to be established and shall be paid as other indebtedness of such district is paid. Officials and officers whose offices are abolished shall have a claim for 1 month’s salary or compensation dating from the date of disincorporation.
[7:32:1919; 1919 RL p. 2662; NCL § 1219]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 265 - Incorporation and Disincorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 265.080 - Disincorporated cities lose all corporate existence.

After March 10, 1919, all cities and towns disincorporated by the force of NRS 265.010 to 265.100, inclusive, shall lose all corporate existence, and any of their pretended corporate acts and the acts of any of their pretended corporate officers or agents shall be of no effect and null and void.
[8:32:1919; 1919 RL p. 2662; NCL § 1220]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 265 - Incorporation and Disincorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 265.090 - City’s governing board may file declaration of incorporation; duties of Attorney General.

1. It is lawful for any governing board of any incorporated city in this state to cause to be filed in the Office of the Secretary of State and in the Office of the Attorney General its declaration that the city is and remains incorporated according to law. If such declaration is not substantially true the Attorney General shall immediately proceed according to law to establish or disprove the right of the city to act as an incorporated city.
2. The Attorney General shall consult the official records from time to time and advise the Secretary of State, in writing, declaring the date when any incorporated city becomes disincorporated by the force of NRS 265.010 to 265.100, inclusive, and the Secretary of State shall keep such advices in writing on file and of record in his or her office.
3. This section does not provide any condition affecting the taking effect of NRS 265.010 to 265.100, inclusive, or in any manner postponing the effect of those sections.
[9:32:1919; 1919 RL p. 2662; NCL § 1221]—(NRS A 1987, 1700)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 265 - Incorporation and Disincorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 265.110 - County commissioners may disincorporate city upon petition of majority of resident voters; conditions.

The board of county commissioners of each county shall have the power to disincorporate any city or town which may have been incorporated under the laws of this State or the Territory of Nevada upon the petition of a majority of the legal voters residing within the corporate limits of such city or town; but no corporation shall be dissolved by virtue of NRS 265.110 to 265.180, inclusive:
1. Unless it shall appear to the satisfaction of the board of county commissioners that notice has been given of the intended application for such dissolution of the corporation, by advertisement in a newspaper published in the city or town praying to be disincorporated, and in case no such newspaper be published in the city or town, then by written notice, posted in 3 of the most public places in such city or town, for at least 30 days prior to such application.
2. Until all the liabilities of such city or town have been paid or secured to the satisfaction of the board of county commissioners.
[1:30:1865; A 1866, 95; B § 3912; BH § 2079; C § 2229; RL § 967; NCL § 1223]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 265 - Incorporation and Disincorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 265.120 - Dissolution not to invalidate or affect rights, penalties or contracts.

No dissolution of any corporation under NRS 265.110 to 265.180, inclusive, shall invalidate or affect any right, penalty or forfeiture accruing to such corporation, or invalidate or affect any contract entered into or imposed upon such corporation.
[2:30:1865; B § 3913; BH § 2080; C § 2230; RL § 968; NCL § 1224]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 265 - Incorporation and Disincorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 265.130 - Appointment of trustees by county commissioners.

Whenever the board of county commissioners shall dissolve any corporation, the board may appoint three competent persons to act as trustees for the corporation so dissolved.
[3:30:1865; B § 3914; BH § 2081; C § 2231; RL § 969; NCL § 1225]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 265 - Incorporation and Disincorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 265.140 - Trustees: Oath and bond.

The trustees, before entering upon the discharge of their duties, shall:
1. Take and subscribe an oath before some judge or justice of the peace, that they will faithfully discharge the duties of their office.
2. Give bond, with sufficient sureties, to be approved by the board of county commissioners, to the use of such disincorporated city or town, conditioned for the faithful discharge of the duties of their office.
[4:30:1865; B § 3915; BH § 2082; C § 2232; RL § 970; NCL § 1226]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 265 - Incorporation and Disincorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 265.150 - Trustees: Duties.

The trustees shall:
1. Prosecute to final judgment and defend all suits instituted by or against the corporation.
2. Collect all money due the same.
3. Liquidate all lawful demands against the same, and for that purpose shall sell and convey any property belonging to such corporation, or so much thereof as may be necessary.
4. Generally, do all acts required to bring to a speedy close all of the affairs of the corporation.
5. Make a report of their proceedings to the board of county commissioners at each session of the board.
[5:30:1865; B § 3916; BH § 2083; C § 2233; RL § 971; NCL § 1227]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 265 - Incorporation and Disincorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 265.160 - Trustees: Payment of money; final settlement; compensation.

1. The trustees shall pay over to the board of county commissioners, and the commissioners shall pay the same to the county treasurer, from time to time, such moneys as may come into their hands.
2. When they shall have closed the affairs of the corporation, the trustees shall make a final settlement thereof to the board and deliver up all the books, records, papers, deeds and all other effects belonging to the dissolved corporation.
3. The trustees shall receive for their services such compensation as the board shall deem reasonable.
[6:30:1865; B § 3917; BH § 2084; C § 2234; RL § 972; NCL § 1228]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 265 - Incorporation and Disincorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 265.170 - Annual revenues to be disposed of for benefit of city or town.

If any city or town, disincorporated as provided in NRS 265.110 to 265.180, inclusive, have annual revenue accruing thereto, the same shall be paid to the board of county commissioners by persons owing the same, and all moneys thus paid, as well as all moneys paid to the trustees, shall be held and disposed of by the board for the benefit of such city or town, and may be applied by the board to any specific object upon the petition of a majority of the taxable inhabitants of the city or town; provided always, that all of the just and lawful debts, dues and demands against the corporation shall have been first paid.
[7:30:1865; B § 3918; BH § 2085; C § 2235; RL § 973; NCL § 1229]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 265 - Incorporation and Disincorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 265.180 - Limitation on use of money by county commissioners.

All moneys arising from the collection of taxes, fines, penalties and forfeitures shall be appropriated by the board of county commissioners toward the carrying out of those objects which, by NRS 265.110 to 265.180, inclusive, are placed under its control and jurisdiction, and none others.
[8:30:1865; B § 3919; BH § 2086; C § 2236; RL § 974; NCL § 1230]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.005 - Inapplicability to certain cities.

Except as otherwise provided in a city’s charter, the provisions of this chapter shall not be applicable to incorporated cities in the State of Nevada organized and existing under the provisions of any special legislative act or special charter enacted or granted pursuant to the provisions of Section 1 of Article VIII of the Constitution of the State of Nevada.
(Added to NRS by 1957, 253; A 1989, 967)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.007 - Special election may be held upon determination by city council that emergency exists.

1. For the purposes of NRS 266.290 and 266.386, a special election may be held only if the city council determines, by a unanimous vote, that an emergency exists.
2. The determination made by the city council is conclusive unless it is shown that the city council acted with fraud or a gross abuse of discretion. An action to challenge the determination made by the city council must be commenced within 15 days after the city council’s determination is final.
3. As used in this section, "emergency" means any unexpected occurrence or combination of occurrences which requires immediate action by the city council to prevent or mitigate a substantial financial loss to the city or to enable the city council to provide an essential service to the residents of the city.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 1039)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.010 - Home rule granted; limitations.

Subject to the right of the Legislature to create or alter the form of municipal organization by special act or charter, the right of home rule and self-government is hereby granted to the people of any city incorporated under the provisions of this chapter.
[1:125:1907; RL § 767; NCL § 1100]—(NRS A 1965, 408; 1987, 1706)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.016 - Definitions.

As used in NRS 266.016 to 266.0445, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. "Qualified elector" means a person who is registered to vote in this State and is a resident of the area to be included in the proposed city, as shown by the last official registration lists.
2. A petition is "sufficient" if the county clerk:
(a) Verifies the signatures and addresses of the signers of the petition with the voting list maintained by the county registrar of voters;
(b) Certifies that the number of valid signatures represents the percentage of the total number of qualified electors in the area proposed to be incorporated that is required; and
(c) Determines that the petition for incorporation includes the information required pursuant to NRS 266.019.
3. "Urban in character" means an area that is used intensively for residential, commercial, industrial, institutional, urban recreational or governmental purposes, or as conservation park lands, and that is susceptible to services offered by a city.
4. A lot or parcel is "used for residential purposes" if it is 5 acres or less in area and improved with a habitable dwelling unit of a permanent nature.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 1700; A 1989, 234)