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2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.017 - Area suitable for incorporation.

The area to be included in a city proposed to be incorporated pursuant to NRS 266.016 to 266.0445, inclusive, must:
1. Be currently used or suitable for residential, commercial, industrial or governmental purposes.
2. Be contiguous and urban in character, and include all contiguous area used for residential purposes.
3. In a county whose population is 100,000 or more, have an average population density which is:
(a) Not less than four persons per acre if the proposed city is within 7 miles of the county seat; or
(b) At least equal to the density of any city that is within 7 miles of the proposed boundaries, if the proposed city is not within 7 miles of the county seat.
If the area proposed to be included in the city is more than 7 miles away from the county seat and more than 7 miles away from any existing city, there is no requirement concerning density of population.
4. Not include any portion of a parcel of privately owned real property that has not been subdivided and is 100 acres or more in area without the written consent of the owner.
5. Not include any area within the boundaries of an existing incorporated city.
6. If the area of a city proposed to be incorporated is located in a county whose population is 100,000 or more and includes the area of any unincorporated town, include the entire area of the unincorporated town.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 1700; A 1989, 235; 1999, 880)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.018 - Notice to incorporate: Filing; contents.

1. If a committee of five qualified electors wishes to organize an incorporated city, it may file a notice to incorporate with the county clerk of the county in which the city proposed to be incorporated is located.
2. The notice to incorporate must include:
(a) A copy of the petition for incorporation which will be circulated; and
(b) An affidavit signed by each member of the committee.
3. The affidavit must include:
(a) A statement that the committee will be responsible for circulating and filing the petition with the county clerk;
(b) The names and addresses of the members of the committee; and
(c) The address to which written notices relating to the incorporation must be sent.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 1700)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.019 - Petition for incorporation: Contents; form.

1. The petition for incorporation must include the following information concerning the area proposed to be incorporated:
(a) A description of the area prepared by a professional land surveyor licensed pursuant to chapter 625 of NRS, which need not be made from a current survey nor contain courses and distances measured from fixed points, but may be based upon assessor’s parcel maps, existing boundaries of subdivision or parcel maps, visible ground features, extensions of the visible ground features, or by any boundary that coincides with the official boundary of the state, a county, a city, a township, a section or any combination thereof.
(b) The proposed name of the city.
(c) The total acreage of the area.
(d) The number of persons who reside in the area.
(e) The number of owners of record of real property within the area.
(f) A statement that the area meets the requirements of NRS 266.017.
(g) A statement of the committee’s plans for providing police and fire protection, maintaining the streets, providing water and sewer services, collecting the garbage and providing administrative services in the proposed city, with an estimate of the costs and sources of revenue.
(h) A map or plat of the area which is prepared from the description required by paragraph (a) and that shows the existing dedicated streets, sewer interceptors and outfalls and their proposed extensions.
2. The petition must be substantially in the following form:
PETITION FOR INCORPORATION
To the Board of County Commissioners of ................ County, Nevada:
We, the undersigned qualified electors of the State of Nevada respectfully petition the board of county commissioners to submit a proposal to incorporate as a city certain unincorporated contiguous area located within ................ County namely, ......................... (describe area to be incorporated), to the qualified electors who reside within the area to be incorporated, for their approval or disapproval at a special election to be held for that purpose.
Each signer of this petition states:
1. I have personally signed this petition as a qualified elector of this state; and
2. I have correctly stated on this petition my residence, mailing address and the date of my signature.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 1701; A 1989, 235; 1997, 1062)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.021 - Petition for incorporation: Information; affidavits.

1. The petition may consist of more than one document. Each document must:
(a) Be uniform in size and form;
(b) Have affixed to it when filed, an affidavit signed by the person who circulated the petition which attests that:
(1) He or she personally circulated the document;
(2) Each signature contained in the document was signed in his or her presence and is genuine to the best of his or her knowledge and belief; and
(3) Each signer had an opportunity before signing to examine the document and the information which is required to be attached to the document pursuant to subsection 1 of NRS 266.019.
2. Each document of the petition must have affixed to it the information described in subsection 1 of NRS 266.019.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 1701)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.022 - Petition for incorporation: Invalidation of signatures; number of signatures; filing.

1. The county clerk shall invalidate the signature of any qualified elector if the signature is not signed in ink and dated or if the signature is executed before the notice to incorporate and the petition for incorporation are filed with the county clerk pursuant to NRS 266.018. The county clerk shall not invalidate a signature because it does not correspond exactly to the signature in the database created by the Secretary of State pursuant to NRS 293.675 if the county clerk is able to determine the identity of the signer from the signature on the petition.
2. A petition for incorporation must contain a number of signatures equal to at least one-third of the qualified electors within the boundaries of the city proposed to be incorporated.
3. The petition containing the required number of signatures must be filed with the county clerk within 90 days after the notice to incorporate is filed pursuant to NRS 266.018.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 1701; A 2021, 3847)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.023 - Verification of signatures; request to remove name from petition.

1. Within 30 days after the petition is filed pursuant to NRS 266.022, the county clerk shall verify the signatures and issue a certificate as to the sufficiency of the petition and send a copy of the certificate by registered or certified mail to the committee. If the petition is insufficient, the county clerk shall include in the certificate the reasons for the insufficiency of the petition.
2. A person who signs the petition may request that his or her name be removed from the petition by submitting to the county clerk a written request therefor under penalty of perjury not later than 15 days after the petition for incorporation is filed pursuant to NRS 266.022.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 1702)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.024 - Amendment of petition; verification of additional signatures.

1. A petition which lacks the required number of signatures may be amended once if the committee files a notice to amend with the county clerk within 2 days after it receives written notice from the county clerk pursuant to NRS 266.023. The committee must file with the county clerk an amended petition containing the additional required signatures within 8 days after it files a notice to amend. An amended petition must comply with the requirements of the petition as originally filed.
2. Within 10 days after the amended petition is filed, the county clerk shall verify the signatures and send a copy of the certificate by registered or certified mail to the committee.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 1702)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.026 - Determination of sufficiency of petition; review by board of county commissioners.

1. The county clerk shall promptly file with the board of county commissioners the certificate for:
(a) A petition or amended petition which the county clerk determines is sufficient; and
(b) A petition or amended petition which the county clerk determines is insufficient if a notice to amend or a notice to review is not timely filed by the committee.
The sufficiency of the petition as certified by the county clerk shall be deemed a final determination of the board.
2. The committee may, within 2 days after it receives written notice from the county clerk that the petition or amended petition is insufficient, file a notice to review with the board of county commissioners. The board shall determine the sufficiency of the petition within 30 days after it receives the notice to review. The decision of the board is a final determination for the purposes of judicial review.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 1702)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.0261 - Request for report from Committee on Local Government Finance; submission of copies of petition to planning agencies, local governments and Department of Taxation.

Upon receipt of a petition that has been certified as sufficient by the county clerk, the board of county commissioners shall:
1. Within 30 days request a report on the advisability of incorporation and the feasibility of the proposed city, including, but not limited to, the factors set forth in NRS 266.0285 and a determination of whether the requirements set forth in NRS 266.017 have been satisfied, from the Committee on Local Government Finance. The report must be in writing and be delivered to the board of county commissioners not later than 90 days after the report is requested, unless the Committee determines the requirements set forth in NRS 266.017 have not been satisfied. Upon receipt of the report, the board shall supply a copy of the report upon request to any person for the cost of reproduction.
2. Within 30 days transmit a copy of the petition to the Executive Director of the Department of Taxation.
3. Transmit a copy of the petition to any state, county or regional planning commission or agency that exercises planning authority over any part of the area proposed to be incorporated and to every other local government within the county.
(Added to NRS by 1989, 231; A 1995, 146)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.0262 - Review of petition by planning agencies and local governments.

A commission, agency or district that receives a petition pursuant to subsection 3 of NRS 266.0261 may:
1. Review the petition for the proposed incorporation considering:
(a) The operating charter or enabling laws of the commission, agency or district;
(b) The factors set forth in NRS 266.0285; and
(c) Any other information in its possession.
2. Report its recommendations regarding the proposed incorporation to the board of county commissioners in writing, not later than 60 days after it receives the petition.
(Added to NRS by 1989, 232)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.0263 - Estimated fiscal effect of incorporation: Statement by Department of Taxation; review of statement by Committee on Local Government Finance.

1. The Department of Taxation shall prepare a concise statement concerning the estimated fiscal effect of the incorporation on the residents of the proposed city, including an estimated tax rate and an example of that tax rate applied for 1 year to a median-priced home in the area of the proposed city compared to an example of the present tax rate in the area applied for the same period to the same home.
2. Within 30 days after receipt of the petition from the board of county commissioners, the Department of Taxation shall file with the Committee on Local Government Finance a statement of estimated fiscal effect prepared pursuant to subsection 1, and any explanatory material and calculations.
3. The Committee on Local Government Finance shall:
(a) Approve or revise and approve the statement of estimated fiscal effect at a public meeting; and
(b) Transmit the statement to the county clerk within 30 days after receipt of the statement from the Department of Taxation.
4. The statement of estimated fiscal effect prepared by the Department of Taxation must not affect any subsequent calculations made by the Department if the city is incorporated.
(Added to NRS by 1989, 232; A 1995, 146)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.0264 - Determination by Committee on Local Government Finance that proposed area is unsuitable for incorporation.

1. If the Committee on Local Government Finance determines that a petition for incorporation does not satisfy the requirements set forth in NRS 266.017, it shall notify the board of county commissioners in writing.
2. After a determination by the Committee on Local Government Finance that a petition does not satisfy the requirements of NRS 266.017, no further action on the petition for incorporation may be taken unless the determination is reversed by a district court pursuant to NRS 266.0265.
(Added to NRS by 1989, 232; A 1995, 147)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.0265 - Judicial review of determination that proposed area is unsuitable for incorporation.

A qualified elector or any other person who has an ownership interest in real property within the area proposed to be incorporated, and who is aggrieved by the determination of the Committee on Local Government Finance pursuant to NRS 266.0264 may appeal the determination to the district court within 30 days after the Committee notifies the board of county commissioners of the determination. The district court shall limit its review to the issues contained within the record of the public hearing and in the determination. The district court may allow the record to be supplemented by additional evidence concerning those issues. The determination of the Committee on Local Government Finance may be reversed only upon a showing that the determination is in violation of constitutional or statutory provisions, is arbitrary or capricious or involves an abuse of discretion. If the determination of the Committee on Local Government Finance is reversed, the Committee shall complete its report pursuant to NRS 266.0261 and the procedure for incorporation must be continued as if the Committee on Local Government Finance had not made its determination.
(Added to NRS by 1989, 234; A 1995, 147)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.027 - Public hearing on petition and report of Committee on Local Government Finance.

1. The board of county commissioners shall, within 14 days after it receives the report requested pursuant to NRS 266.0261, designate a date, time and place for a public hearing on the petition and the report.
2. The date of the public hearing must not be earlier than 14 days nor later than 30 days after the date on which the date, time and place of the public hearing was designated.
3. The board of county commissioners shall cause notice of the public hearing, including a copy of the petition without signatures, to be published in a newspaper of general circulation within the county at least 7 days before the hearing is held. The board shall provide notice of the date, time and place set for the public hearing at least 7 days before the hearing is held to the governing body of each city or town within the county.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 1702; A 1989, 236)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.028 - Record of public hearing; testimony at hearing; additional hearings.

1. The board of county commissioners shall keep a record of the hearing and include as part of the record the report requested pursuant to NRS 266.0261 and any report submitted by a commission, agency or district pursuant to NRS 266.0262.
2. The board of county commissioners shall allow any interested person to present oral or written testimony at the hearing. The board may invite representatives from state and local governments to present testimony.
3. The board may hold additional hearings but all hearings on the petition must be completed within 30 days after the initial hearing is held.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 1703; A 1989, 237)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.029 - Opinion of board of county commissioners on advisability of incorporation and feasibility of proposed city; election required.

1. Upon conclusion of the final hearing, the board of county commissioners may take the matter under consideration and shall, within 30 days after the conclusion of the hearing, issue an opinion, in writing, concerning the advisability of the incorporation and the feasibility of the proposed city.
2. The board shall designate a date on which the election will be held. The date of the election must not be earlier than 60 days nor later than 120 days after the board issues its opinion.
3. The board shall cause notice of the election to be published in a newspaper of general circulation within the county at least once each week for 3 consecutive weeks. The final publication of notice must be published before the day of the election.
4. The notice must include a copy of the petition, a description of the area proposed to be incorporated, the statement of the estimated fiscal effect of the proposed incorporation prepared pursuant to NRS 266.0263, the location of the polling places and the date and time of the election.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 1703; A 1989, 237)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.031 - Withdrawal of petition.

A petition for incorporation may be withdrawn at any time before the 30th day preceding the day of the election held pursuant to NRS 266.029 if a notice of withdrawal signed by at least four members of the committee is filed with the county clerk. Upon filing the notice of withdrawal, no further action may be taken on the petition for incorporation.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 1703)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.032 - Form and contents of ballot.

The ballots used for the election held pursuant to NRS 266.029 must:
1. Be in substantially the following form:
Shall the area described as .........................(describe area) be incorporated as the City of ................. (name of city)?
Yes ....................
No .....................
The voter shall mark the ballot by placing a cross (x) next to the word "yes" or "no."
2. Contain the statement of the estimated fiscal effect of the proposed incorporation prepared pursuant to NRS 266.0263.
3. Contain a copy of the map or plat that was submitted with the petition pursuant to NRS 266.019 and depicts the existing streets, sewer interceptors and outfalls and their proposed extensions.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 1703; A 1989, 237)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.0325 - Sample ballot: Distribution; form and contents; notice concerning availability of ballots in large type.

1. At least 10 days before an election held pursuant to NRS 266.029, the county clerk or registrar of voters shall distribute to each qualified elector by mail or electronic means, as applicable, a sample ballot for the elector’s precinct with a notice informing the elector of the location of the polling place for that precinct. A sample ballot may be distributed by electronic means to an elector only if the county clerk has established a system for distributing sample ballots by electronic means pursuant to NRS 293.565 and the elector elects to receive a sample ballot by electronic means.
2. The sample ballot must:
(a) Be in the form required by NRS 266.032.
(b) Include the information required by NRS 266.032.
(c) Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, be prepared in at least 12-point type.
(d) Describe the area proposed to be incorporated by assessor’s parcel maps, existing boundaries of subdivision or parcel maps, identifying visible ground features, extensions of the visible ground features, or by any boundary that coincides with the official boundary of the State, a county, a city, a township, a section or any combination thereof.
(e) Contain a copy of the map or plat that was submitted with the petition pursuant to NRS 266.019 and depicts the existing dedicated streets, sewer interceptors and outfalls and their proposed extensions.
(f) Include on the front page, in a separate box created by bold lines, a notice prepared in at least 20-point bold type that states:
NOTICE: TO RECEIVE A SAMPLE BALLOT IN
LARGE TYPE, CALL (Insert appropriate telephone number)
3. A portion of a sample ballot that contains a facsimile of the display area of a voting device may include material in less than 12-point type to the extent necessary to make the facsimile fit on the pages of the sample ballot.
4. The sample ballot distributed to a person who requests a sample ballot in large type by exercising the option provided pursuant to NRS 293.508, or in any other manner, must be prepared in at least 14-point type, or larger when practicable.
5. If a person requests a sample ballot in large type, the county clerk shall ensure that all future sample ballots distributed to that person from the county are in large type.
(Added to NRS by 1989, 234; A 2001, 2003; 2015, 2646, 3178)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.033 - Canvass of votes; notice of results.

1. The board of county commissioners shall canvass the votes in the same manner as votes are canvassed in a general election. Upon the completion of the canvass, the board shall immediately notify the county clerk of the result.
2. The county clerk shall immediately, upon receiving notice of the canvass from the board of county commissioners, cause to be published a notice of the results of the election in a newspaper of general circulation in the county. If the incorporation is approved by the voters, the notice must include the population category of the incorporated city, as described in NRS 266.055. The county clerk shall file a copy of the notice with the Secretary of State.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 1703; A 2001, 624)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.0335 - Preparation of legal description of incorporated city.

Upon approval of the incorporation by the voters, the board of county commissioners shall authorize a professional land surveyor licensed pursuant to chapter 625 of NRS to prepare a legal description of the area of the incorporated city by metes and bounds and courses and distances. The cost of the survey is a charge against the incorporated city.
(Added to NRS by 1989, 234; A 1997, 1063)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.034 - Liability for costs of incorporation.

1. The costs incurred by the board of county commissioners in carrying out the provisions relating to the incorporation, including the costs incurred in certifying the petition, publishing the notices, requesting the report pursuant to NRS 266.0261, conducting the public hearing and election, including the cost of distributing the sample ballots, and any appeal pursuant to NRS 266.0265 are a charge against the county if the proposed incorporation is not submitted to the voters or the incorporation is disapproved by the voters, and a charge against the incorporated city if the incorporation is approved by the voters.
2. The costs incurred by the incorporators in carrying out the provisions relating to the incorporation, including the costs incurred in preparation of the petition for incorporation, preparation of the descriptions and map of the area proposed to be incorporated and circulation of the petition are chargeable to the incorporated city if the incorporation is approved by the voters.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 1704; A 1989, 238; 2015, 2647, 3179)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.036 - Election of officers of city; notice.

1. Upon approval of the incorporation by the voters, the board of county commissioners shall designate a date on which an election to elect the officers of the incorporated city will be held. The election must be held not less than 60 days nor more than 120 days after the election conducted pursuant to NRS 266.029.
2. The county clerk shall publish or cause to be published notice of the election in a newspaper of general circulation in the incorporated city. The notice must be published once each week for 3 consecutive weeks. If no newspaper of general circulation is published in the city, the county clerk shall post the notice in at least five public places in the city.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 1704)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.037 - Limitations on circulation of petition for incorporation.

A petition for incorporation must not be circulated for signatures or considered by the board of county commissioners for 1 year after the date on which:
1. A final determination of its insufficiency is made;
2. An election is held in which the proposed incorporation of the area is rejected by the voters;
3. A notice of withdrawal of a petition is filed with the county clerk pursuant to NRS 266.031; or
4. A final disposition is made on a petition for incorporation which was previously filed with the county clerk if that petition included any area which is also included in the petition proposed to be circulated.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 1704)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.038 - Candidate for elective office of newly created city.

A person who wishes to become a candidate for an elective office of a newly created city must:
1. Reside within the boundaries of the newly created city; and
2. File a declaration of candidacy, as defined in NRS 293.0455, with the county clerk not less than 30 days and not more than 90 days before the date of the election.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 1704; A 1997, 3474; 2019, 3416)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.039 - Articles of incorporation.

1. The mayor of the city shall file three copies of the articles of incorporation of the city with the Secretary of State.
2. The articles of incorporation must be signed and verified by the mayor and include the name of the city, a description of its location and its population category, as described in NRS 266.055.
3. The Secretary of State shall certify the articles of incorporation upon receipt and send one copy to the county clerk of the county in which the city is located and one copy to the mayor of the city. The Secretary of State shall retain a copy for his or her records and furnish a certified copy to any person who requests a copy upon payment of a reasonable fee as determined by the Secretary of State.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 1704; A 2001, 625)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.041 - Powers of elected officers before incorporation becomes effective.

Before the incorporation of the city becomes effective, the elected officers of the city may:
1. Prepare and adopt a budget;
2. Adopt ordinances, including an ordinance fixing the salaries of the officers first elected or appointed for the city, including those officers who enact and sign the ordinance;
3. Levy a tax ad valorem on property within the area of the city, at the time and in the amount prescribed by law for cities, for the fiscal year beginning on the date the incorporation of the city becomes effective;
4. Negotiate an equitable apportionment of the fixed assets of the county pursuant to NRS 266.044;
5. Negotiate contracts for the employment of personnel;
6. Negotiate contracts to provide services for the city, including those services provided for by chapter 277 of NRS; and
7. Negotiate contracts for the purchase of equipment, materials and supplies.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 1705; A 2001, 701)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.042 - Effective date of incorporation; presumption of incorporation.

1. The incorporation of a city becomes effective:
(a) If the election held pursuant to NRS 266.036 is held on or before the 1st Tuesday after the 1st Monday of November, on July 1 of the year next following the election; or
(b) If the election held pursuant to NRS 266.036 is held after the 1st Tuesday after the 1st Monday of November, 1 year after July 1 of the year next following the election.
2. A city which levies and collects a tax ad valorem on property for at least 2 years after its incorporation and whose existence as an incorporated city has not been challenged in the district court for the county in which the city is located, is conclusively presumed to be a lawfully existing incorporated city.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 1705)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.043 - County entitled to receive taxes from city between notice of results of election and effective date of incorporation; special districts within city continue to exist.

1. During the period from the filing of the notice of the results of the election by the county clerk pursuant to NRS 266.033 until the date the incorporation of the city becomes effective, the county is entitled to receive the taxes and other revenue from the incorporated city and shall continue to provide services to the city.
2. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 318.492, all special districts, except fire protection districts, located within the boundaries of an incorporated city continue to exist within that city after the incorporation becomes effective.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 1705; A 1989, 520)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.044 - Apportionment of county’s fixed assets located within city.

1. The governing body of the incorporated city and the board of county commissioners of the county in which the incorporated city is located shall, before the date the incorporation becomes effective or within 90 days thereafter, equitably apportion those fixed assets of the county which are located within the boundaries of the incorporated city. The governing bodies shall consider the location, use and types of assets in determining an equitable apportionment between the county and the incorporated city.
2. Any real property and its appurtenances located within the incorporated city and not required for the efficient operation of the county’s duties must first be applied toward the city’s share of the assets of the county. Any real property which is required by the county for the efficient operation of its duties must not be transferred to the city.
3. If an agreement to apportion the assets of the county is not reached within 90 days after the incorporation of the city, the matter may be submitted to arbitration upon the motion of either party.
4. Any appeal of the arbitration award must be filed with the district court within 30 days after the award is granted.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 1705)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.0445 - Assessment and taxation of certain property to pay for indebtedness of county.

Any property located within an incorporated city which was assessed and taxed by the county before incorporation must continue to be assessed and taxed to pay for the indebtedness incurred by the county before incorporation.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 1706)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.045 - Bonds of first elected officers.

Whenever the inhabitants of any territory become incorporated under this chapter, the officers required by NRS 266.420 to give bonds shall do so in the penal sum of not less than $500, such bonds to remain in force until the passage of ordinances or resolutions by the city council providing for the giving of bonds by such officers.
[40:125:1907; RL § 806; NCL § 1141]—(NRS A 1971, 297)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.050 - Specially chartered city may surrender charter and become organized under this chapter: Procedure.

Any city now or hereafter organized pursuant to a special charter may surrender that charter and become organized pursuant to this chapter in the following manner:
1. Whenever a petition signed by 15 percent of the qualified electors of the city, as they appear from the registration list of qualified electors at the last preceding city election for city officers, is presented to the legislative body of that city, praying that the special charter may be surrendered, and that the city is to be organized pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, the city council shall submit the question at the next primary or general municipal election or primary or general state election.
2. If a majority of the votes cast at the election are for city organization pursuant to this chapter, the city shall, on the date the results of the election are declared, be deemed to have surrendered its charter and to be organized pursuant to this chapter.
[103:125:1907; RL § 869; NCL § 1204]—(NRS A 1971, 297; 1987, 365; 1993, 1039)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.055 - Categorization of cities by population.

Municipal corporations organized pursuant to the provisions of this chapter must be divided into three population categories:
1. Those cities having 50,000 or more inhabitants are cities of population category one.
2. Those cities having 5,000 or more but less than 50,000 inhabitants are cities of population category two.
3. Those cities having less than 5,000 inhabitants are cities of population category three.
[7:125:1907; RL § 773; NCL § 1106]—(NRS A 2001, 625, 2702; 2003, 14)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.060 - Attainment of higher population category; proclamation of Governor.

1. Whenever any city of population category two attains the population of 50,000 or more, or any city of population category three attains the population of 5,000 or more, and that fact is ascertained:
(a) By actual census taken and certified to the Governor by the mayor; or
(b) At the option of the city council, by the Governor, pursuant to NRS 360.285, for 2 consecutive years,
the Governor shall declare, by public proclamation, that city to be of population category one or two, and the city thus changed is governed by the provisions of this chapter applicable to cities of the higher population category.
2. An authenticated copy of the Governor’s proclamation must be filed in the Office of the Secretary of State.
[8:125:1907; RL § 774; NCL § 1107]—(NRS A 1985, 1172; 2001, 625, 2702; 2003, 14)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.066 - Judicial proceedings: Judicial notice of change in population category and organization of city and ordinances, rules, resolutions and regulations of city council; pleading and proof.

1. All courts of this state shall take judicial notice in all civil or criminal actions of:
(a) The change in population category and organization of any city.
(b) All ordinances, rules, resolutions or other regulations of the city council.
2. In all such actions, it is not necessary to plead the contents of any order, ordinance, rule, resolution or other regulation, but may be proved prima facie by the introduction of the original entry or a copy thereof certified by the clerk.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 296; A 2001, 625)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.070 - Vested rights on incorporation or change in population category; remedies.

1. All rights and property of every kind which were vested in any municipal corporation under its former organization shall be deemed to be vested in the same municipal corporation upon its becoming incorporated or changing population category pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. No rights or liabilities, either in favor of or against such corporation, existing at the time of becoming incorporated or changing population category pursuant to this chapter, and no action or prosecution shall be affected by the change, but the rights and liabilities, and any action or prosecution, must stand and progress as if no change had been made.
2. Whenever a different remedy is given by this chapter, which may properly be made applicable to any right existing at the time of such city becoming incorporated or changing population category pursuant to this chapter, the remedy shall be deemed cumulative to the remedy before provided, and used accordingly.
[10:125:1907; RL § 776; NCL § 1109]—(NRS A 2001, 625)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.075 - Existing ordinances and resolutions remain effective on organization or change in population category; no alteration in legal identity.

1. All ordinances and resolutions in force in any city when the city becomes organized or changes its population category pursuant to the provisions of this chapter must, if the ordinances and resolutions do not conflict with the provisions of this chapter, remain in effect until repealed or amended, notwithstanding such organization or change of population category.
2. Such organization or change of population category shall not be construed to alter the legal identity of the city.
[11:125:1907; RL § 777; NCL § 1110]—(NRS A 2001, 626)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.080 - Officers continue in office on organization or change in population category; terms of officers elected on organization.

1. When any city now existing under a special charter is organized under the provisions of this chapter, or by proclamation of the Governor changes population category, the officers then in office continue to be officers of the city:
(a) If the change in population category results in a change in the number of municipal wards in the city, until the next city election; or
(b) In all other cases, until the expiration of their elected terms,
and until their successors are elected and qualified.
2. When new territory is organized as a city, by petition and election of officers, the officers first elected serve until the next city election, and until their successors are elected and qualified.
[12:125:1907; RL § 778; NCL § 1111]—(NRS A 1987, 365; 1989, 1164; 2001, 626)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.085 - City is municipal corporation; name; general powers.

1. Cities incorporated pursuant to this chapter:
(a) Are municipal corporations.
(b) Shall be known and designated by the name and style adopted.
2. Under such name, cities may:
(a) Sue and be sued.
(b) Contract and be contracted with.
(c) Acquire and hold real and personal property for corporate purposes.
(d) Have a common seal and change the same at pleasure.
(e) Have perpetual succession.
(f) Exercise all the powers conferred in this chapter.
[13:125:1907; RL § 779; NCL § 1112]—(NRS A 2001, 626)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.095 - Number; population and form; division of city by county commissioners during incorporation; change of boundaries.

1. In a city incorporated pursuant to this chapter, the city may be divided into wards by ordinance as follows:
(a) A city of population category one, into four or six wards.
(b) A city of population category two or three, into three or five wards.
2. The division of cities into wards must, during the incorporation thereof, be made by the board of county commissioners. The wards must as nearly as practicable be of equal population and in compact form.
3. Once established, the boundaries of wards must be changed by ordinance of the city council.
4. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 293.209, the boundaries of the wards:
(a) Must be changed whenever the population, as determined by the last preceding national decennial census conducted by the Bureau of the Census of the United States Department of Commerce, in any ward exceeds the population in any other ward by more than 5 percent.
(b) May be changed to include territory which has been annexed, or whenever the population in any ward exceeds the population in any other ward by more than 5 percent by any measure that is found to be reliable by the city council.
[14:125:1907; RL § 780; NCL § 1113]—(NRS A 1973, 34; 1987, 1304; 1993, 53; 1995, 2064; 2001, 627; 2005, 225)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.105 - Power of city council to pass ordinances, resolutions and orders and provide fines or penalties for enforcement of ordinances.

1. The city council may make and pass all ordinances, resolutions and orders, not repugnant to the Constitutions of the United States or of the State of Nevada or to the provisions of this chapter, necessary for the municipal government and the management of the city affairs, for the execution of all powers vested in the city, and for making effective the provisions of this chapter.
2. The city council may provide for fines or penalties to enforce such ordinances, not to exceed those provided for by law for misdemeanors.
[Part 28:125:1907; RL § 794; NCL § 1128]—(NRS A 1971, 297; 2001, 627)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.110 - Enactment of ordinance: Subject; title.

1. No ordinance shall be passed except by bill, and when any ordinance is amended, the section or sections thereof shall be reenacted as amended.
2. Every ordinance, except those revising the city ordinances, shall embrace but one subject and matters necessarily connected therewith and pertaining thereto; and the subject shall be clearly indicated in the title, and in all cases where the subject of the ordinance is not so expressed in the title, the ordinance shall be void as to the matter not expressed in the title.
[26:125:1907; RL § 792; NCL § 1126]—(NRS A 1971, 298)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.115 - Enactment of ordinance: Style; introduction and notice; final action; publication.

1. The style of ordinances must be as follows: "The City Council of the City of ......................... do ordain." All proposed ordinances, when first proposed, must be read by title to the city council and may be referred to a committee of any number of the members of the council for consideration, after which an adequate number of copies of the ordinance must be deposited with the city clerk for public examination and distribution upon request. Notice of the deposit of the copies, together with an adequate summary of the ordinance, must be published once in a newspaper published in the city, if any, otherwise in some newspaper published in the county which has a general circulation in the city, at least 10 days before the adoption of the ordinance. At any meeting at which final action on the ordinance is considered, at least one copy of the ordinance must be available for public examination. The city council shall adopt or reject the ordinance, or the ordinance as amended, within 30 days after the date of publication, except that in cases of emergency, by unanimous consent of the whole council, final action may be taken immediately or at a special meeting called for that purpose.
2. At the next regular or adjourned meeting of the council following the proposal of an ordinance and its reference to committee, the committee shall report the ordinance back to the council, and thereafter it must be read by title and summary or in full as first introduced, or if amended, as amended, and thereupon the proposed ordinance must be finally voted upon or action on it postponed.
3. After final adoption the ordinance must be signed by the mayor, and, together with the votes cast on it, must be:
(a) Published by title, together with an adequate summary including any amendments, once in a newspaper published in the city, if any, otherwise in a newspaper published in the county and having a general circulation in the city; and
(b) Posted in full in the city hall.
The ordinance must go into effect 20 days after its publication, except emergency ordinances which may be effective immediately.
[27:125:1907; A 1955, 422]—(NRS A 1967, 382; 1971, 298; 1979, 89; 1983, 364; 1987, 1050)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.118 - Ordinance relating to criminal offense: City clerk to mail copy to court administrator.

If the city council adopts, repeals or amends an ordinance concerning a criminal offense, the city clerk shall mail a copy of the ordinance as adopted, repealed or amended to the court administrator.
(Added to NRS by 1991, 1557)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.170 - Qualifications.

Mayors shall be qualified electors within their respective cities and shall have been actually bona fide residents thereof for a period of at least 1 year next preceding their election.
[Part 16:125:1907; RL § 782; NCL § 1115]—(NRS A 1977, 201)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.180 - Vacancy filled by city council.

Any vacancy occurring in the office of mayor, by death, resignation, removal or otherwise, shall be filled by the city council at the first regular meeting after such vacancy, when the council shall by a majority vote elect some competent person who shall hold the office until the election of a successor at the next general city election, and the successor’s qualification.
[19 1/2:125:1907; added 1933, 7; 1931 NCL § 1119.01]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.185 - Mayor pro tem.

1. During the absence or disability of the mayor:
(a) In a city of population category one that is divided into wards, the council member at large shall act as mayor pro tem.
(b) In all other cities incorporated pursuant to this chapter, the city council shall, by ordinance or resolution, provide for the appointment of one of its members as mayor pro tem.
2. During the absence or disability of the mayor, the mayor pro tem shall:
(a) Possess the powers and duties of mayor; and
(b) Except in a city of population category one, hold the office of mayor pro tem at the pleasure of the city council.
[Part 18:125:1907; RL § 784; NCL § 1117]—(NRS A 2001, 627)