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2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 324 - Lands Under Carey Act › NRS 324.130 - Report of State Engineer on application for segregation; action by Division.

1. All applications for Carey Act lands which are prepared and submitted in accordance with the regulations of the Division and of the Department of the Interior must be referred to the State Engineer. The State Engineer shall submit a written report which includes information regarding the water supply, the status of the water right, and other data necessary to enable the State Registrar of Lands Under the Carey Act to make the proper application and certification required by the Bureau of Land Management in such cases.
2. No application on which the State Engineer has reported adversely may be approved by the Division. If the State Engineer reports favorably on an application, the Division shall, at its earliest convenience, consider the application. If the Division approves the application, or if the applicant accepts and the Division approves a modified application, the State Registrar of Lands Under the Carey Act shall file in the proper office of the Bureau of Land Management a request for the segregation of the lands described.
[5:76:1911; RL § 3068; NCL § 5479]—(NRS A 1975, 109; 1977, 1195; 1979, 231)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 324 - Lands Under Carey Act › NRS 324.140 - Deposits required of applicants to cover costs; reimbursements.

1. Immediately after an application has been approved by the Division, and before the filing of the request for the segregation of land with the Bureau of Land Management, the applicant shall deposit with the Division a sum which, according to the estimate of the Division, will cover the entire cost of the surveys, determinations, maps and plats required by the Secretary of the Interior before it approves a segregation and allotment of those lands to the State.
2. The deposit is a guarantee that the surveys, determinations, maps and plats are made properly and in good faith by the applicant, and will be completed and filed with the Division for its examination within 90 days after the Division receives the deposit. As work on the surveys, determinations, maps and plats progresses, the Division shall, upon request, reimburse the applicant from the deposit amounts which equal the aggregate cost of the work done. An applicant desiring to relinquish and abandon the project before completion of the surveys and determinations may serve written notice to that effect upon the Division, accompanied with a relinquishment to the State of his or her application for a water right, and the Division shall refund to the applicant the unexpended balance of his or her deposit.
[6:76:1911; RL § 3069; NCL § 5480]—(NRS A 1977, 1195; 1979, 231)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 324 - Lands Under Carey Act › NRS 324.160 - Contract between Division and applicant: Contents; conditions; bond; forfeiture.

1. Upon approval by the Secretary of the Interior of the application for a segregation, the Division must enter into a contract with the applicant for the segregation. The contract must contain:
(a) Such complete specifications with respect to the system of irrigation works proposed to reclaim the lands of the segregation as the Division prescribes by regulation.
(b) The price, conditions and terms per acre at which the irrigation works and perpetual water rights will be sold to settlers.
(c) The price, terms and conditions on which the State is to dispose of the lands to settlers.
(d) Such additional requirements and stipulations as are necessary to protect the good reputation of the State and the rights of all parties in interest from the date of the contract to the complete consummation of the enterprise.
2. The contract must not be entered into until the contractor has filed a satisfactory bond in a penal sum equal to 5 percent of the estimated cost of the works which is conditioned upon the faithful performance of the contract with this state.
3. If, within 3 months after notice by the Division to the applicant, by registered or certified letter addressed to the applicant’s last known address, that the segregation has been approved by the Secretary of the Interior, the applicant or his or her agent fails to appear and execute a contract with the State and supply the bond as required, the applicant defaults his or her interest in the land to the State, unless the Division grants an extension of time which may not exceed 30 days. The Division may advertise the interest of the applicant for sale and sell it to the highest bidder under such regulations as the Division prescribes, and sell the interest and enter into a contract covering the segregation with the purchaser. In such a case the State Engineer shall transfer the application for the water right to the purchaser. The proceeds of the sale must be used to reimburse the Division for the costs of the advertisement and sale. The surplus, if any, must be deposited in the Carey Act Account.
[8:76:1911; RL § 3071; NCL § 5482]—(NRS A 1969, 95; 1977, 1196; 1979, 232, 665; 1991, 1765)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 324 - Lands Under Carey Act › NRS 324.170 - Further conditions of contracts; exceptions to forfeitures.

1. All contracts shall state:
(a) That the works covered by the contract shall begin within 6 months from the date of the contract;
(b) That the construction shall be prosecuted diligently and continuously to completion; and
(c) That the cessation of work under the contract for a period of 6 months shall forfeit to the State all rights under the contract and the penal sum named in the bond.
2. No property or right which was vested in the applicant or contractor at the date of the contract shall be forfeited.
3. In cases of contractors who, at the date of the application, own or have vested rights in water, and in a reservoir site, canals or other irrigation works, the forfeitures shall extend only to such portions of the system unconstructed at the time of default and to the penalty of the bond given by such contractor.
[9:76:1911; A 1919, 232; 1919 RL § 3072; NCL § 5483]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 324 - Lands Under Carey Act › NRS 324.180 - Modifications of contracts.

Any contract entered into pursuant to the provisions of this chapter may subsequently be modified if in the opinion of the Division the modification conserves and protects the public welfare and the rights of settlers. If the modification relates to changes in the irrigation works or to an extension of time for its completion, the consent of the State Engineer is a condition precedent to any modification by the Division.
[10:76:1911; RL § 3073; NCL § 5484]—(NRS A 1977, 1197; 1979, 232)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 324 - Lands Under Carey Act › NRS 324.200 - Payment not required until water available, bond deposited or guarantees made.

1. A person, association, company or corporation contracting with the State under the provisions of this chapter, or their assigns, shall not require any advance payment of any settler or prospective settler prior to the time when water for the irrigation of his or her entry or allotment is actually available, unless a satisfactory bond in such sum as the Division requires is deposited with the Division, conditioned on the return to the settler, with interest at 6 percent per annum, of all payments so made, if water for the irrigation of his or her entry or allotment is not available at the time stipulated in the agreement with the settler.
2. In lieu of a bond as provided in subsection 1, the Division may authorize advance sales to be made by or through the agency of a bank or trust company furnishing satisfactory assurances and guarantees that if the project is not consummated to deliver water for the irrigation of such settler’s entry or allotment within the time specified, such payments with interest shall be returned to the settler.
[14:76:1911; RL § 3077; NCL § 5488]—(NRS A 1977, 1198)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 324 - Lands Under Carey Act › NRS 324.210 - Forfeiture of contract and bond: Notice; sale of uncompleted works.

1. Upon the failure of any party having a contract with the State for the construction of irrigation works to begin the works within the time specified by the contract, or to complete the works within the time or in accordance with the specifications of the contract to the satisfaction of the State Engineer, the Division shall give the party written notice of the failure. If after a period of 60 days after the sending of the notice, the party fails to proceed with the work or to conform to the specifications of the contract, the bond and contract of the party and all works constructed under it are forfeited to the State. The Division shall at once so declare and give notice once a week for a period of 4 weeks in some newspaper of general circulation in the county or counties in which the work is situated, and in one newspaper at the State Capital in like manner and for a like period, of:
(a) The forfeiture of the contract; and
(b) That upon a fixed day proposals will be received at the office of the Division for the purchase of the uncompleted works and for the completion of the contract.
2. The Division shall give notice in its advertisement for proposals for the purchase of the uncompleted works that the successful bidder is required, before the transfer of ownership, to furnish a satisfactory bond in a prescribed sum conditioned for the faithful fulfillment of the uncompleted provisions of the contract.
3. The time of receiving bids must be at least 60 days after the issuing of the last notice of forfeiture.
4. The money received by the Division from the sale of partially completed works under the provisions of this section must first be applied to the expenses incurred by the State in their forfeiture and disposal and to satisfy the bond. The surplus, if any exists, must be deposited in the Carey Act Account.
[15:76:1911; RL § 3078; NCL § 5489]—(NRS A 1975, 110; 1977, 1198; 1979, 233; 1991, 1765)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 324 - Lands Under Carey Act › NRS 324.220 - Entry upon land: Conditions.

1. Before entering upon any land pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, the applicant shall file with the Division:
(a) A certified copy of a water permit or a contract for a perpetual water right into which the applicant has entered with whomever is authorized by the Division to furnish water for the reclamation of the land.
(b) Any payments required by regulation.
(c) A written statement from the board of county commissioners of each county in which the land for which application is made is located which certifies the land is zoned for the intended use of the applicant or will be so zoned by the time the applicant intends to put it to such use.
2. The Division shall file all papers submitted by the applicant and, if allowed, shall issue a certificate of location to the applicant. All certificates, when issued, must be recorded in a book kept for that purpose.
3. The balance unpaid on the price fixed by the Division for the land allowed an applicant is payable in such installments and at such times as the Division prescribes, but before a patent is issued the full price of the land must be paid by the settler.
[17:76:1911; RL § 3080; NCL § 5491]—(NRS A 1971, 217; 1977, 376, 1199; 1979, 233)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 324 - Lands Under Carey Act › NRS 324.230 - Final proof of reclamation, settlement and occupation; patents.

1. Within 1 year after a water right is available for the irrigation of the land described in a certificate of location, the settler shall cultivate and reclaim not less than one-sixteenth part of the land filed on, and within 2 years thereafter, shall have actually irrigated and cultivated not less than one-eighth. Within 3 years thereafter, the settler shall appear before the State Registrar of Lands Under the Carey Act to make a final proof of reclamation, settlement and occupation, in such form and according to such requirements as may be prescribed by the Division or the Department of the Interior.
2. The State Registrar of Lands Under the Carey Act or his or her designee may administer oaths required under this chapter.
3. All proofs so received must be accompanied with the final payment for the land, and upon approval by the Division the settler is entitled to a patent.
[18:76:1911; RL § 3081; NCL § 5492]—(NRS A 1975, 111; 1977, 376, 1199; 1979, 234)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 324 - Lands Under Carey Act › NRS 324.240 - Issuance of patent to settler.

1. Upon the issuance of a patent to any lands by the United States, notice shall be forwarded to the settler upon such land. All patents issued by the State to the settler shall be:
(a) Signed by the Governor.
(b) Attested by the State Registrar of Lands Under the Carey Act.
(c) Under such seal as the Division may adopt for such purpose.
(d) Recorded in the Office of the State Registrar of Lands Under the Carey Act in a book kept for that purpose.
2. A patent shall not issue on an assignment of a certificate of location, or by reason of a process of foreclosure, unless the assignee or purchaser under foreclosure possesses all the qualifications of an original applicant.
[19:76:1911; RL § 3082; NCL § 5493]—(NRS A 1975, 111; 1977, 1200)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 324 - Lands Under Carey Act › NRS 324.250 - Water rights: Attachment to land; liens.

1. The water rights to all lands acquired under the provisions of this chapter shall attach to and become appurtenant to the land as soon as the title passes from the United States to the State. Any person or persons, association, company or corporation furnishing water for any tract of land shall have a first and prior lien on the water right and land upon which the water is used, for all deferred payments for the water right. The lien shall be in all respects prior to any other and all other liens created or attempted to be created by the owner and possessor of the land, and the lien shall remain in full force and effect until the last deferred payment for the water right is fully paid and satisfied according to the terms of the contract under which the water right is acquired.
2. The contract for the water right upon which the lien is founded shall be recorded in the office of the county recorder of the county where the land is situated.
[20:76:1911; RL § 3083; NCL § 5494]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 324 - Lands Under Carey Act › NRS 324.290 - Division not to obligate State under contracts.

This chapter does not authorize the Division to obligate the State to pay for any work constructed under any contract or to hold the State in any way responsible to settlers for the failure of contractors to complete the work according to the terms of their contracts with the State.
[11:76:1911; RL § 3074; NCL § 5485]—(NRS A 1977, 1200)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 325 - Municipalities Located on Public Lands › NRS 325.010 - Entry by corporate authorities or district judge in trust for occupants; conveyance of title.

When the corporate authorities of any city or town, or the judge of the district court for any county in this state in which any unincorporated town is situated, shall have entered at the proper office of the Bureau of Land Management the land, or any part of the land, settled and occupied as the site of such city or town, pursuant to and by virtue of the Act of Congress entitled "An act for the relief of the inhabitants of cities and towns upon the public lands," approved March 2, 1867 (43 U.S.C. §§ 718 to 723, inclusive), the corporate authorities or the judge of the district court shall dispose of and convey the title to such lands, or to the several blocks, lots, parcels or shares thereof, to the persons specified in this chapter.
[1:28:1869; B § 3856; BH § 411; C § 339; RL § 1980; NCL § 2905]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 325 - Municipalities Located on Public Lands › NRS 325.020 - Recording of certificate of entry or patent; proof of payment of taxes not required.

1. Whenever the corporate authorities or the judge of the district court shall have received a certificate of entry, patent or other evidence of title to the real property embraced within the limits of any city or town, the corporate authorities or the judge of the district court shall cause the same to be recorded in the land records of the proper county.
2. A certificate of entry, patent or other evidence of title shall be recorded by the county recorder; and to entitle the certificate of entry, patent or other evidence of title to be recorded it shall not be necessary to present or make, nor shall the county recorder require, any oath or affirmation that all or any part of the taxes for county and state purposes, assessed, due or payable upon the real property, have been paid.
[1:9:1875; BH § 423; C § 351; RL § 1992; NCL § 2917]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 325 - Municipalities Located on Public Lands › NRS 325.030 - Conveyance of title by corporate authorities or district judge: Grantees’ rights; execution and acknowledgment of deeds.

1. Any corporate authorities, the judge of the district court holding the title to any land in trust, as declared in 43 U.S.C. §§ 718 to 723, inclusive, or any one of his or her successors in office shall, by a good and sufficient deed of conveyance, grant and convey the title to each block, lot, share or parcel of the same to the person or persons who shall have, possess or be entitled to the right of possession or occupancy thereof, according to his, her or their several and respective rights or interests in the same, as they existed in law or equity at the time of the entry of such lands, or to his, her or their heirs or assigns.
2. When any parcel or share of such lands shall be occupied or possessed by one or more persons claiming the same by grant, lease or sale from one or more other persons, the respective rights and interests of such persons, in relation to each other, in the same, shall not be changed or impaired by any such conveyance.
3. Every deed of conveyance made by any corporate authorities or the judge of the district court, pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, shall be so executed and acknowledged as to admit the same to be recorded.
[2:28:1869; B § 3857; BH § 412; C § 340; RL § 1981; NCL § 2906]—(NRS A 1969, 154)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 325 - Municipalities Located on Public Lands › NRS 325.040 - Notice of receipt of patent by corporate authorities or district judge: Contents; publication; posting.

1. Within 90 days after the receipt by the corporate authorities or the judge of the district court of a patent for such lands, the corporate authorities or the judge of the district court entering the lands shall give public notice thereof by:
(a) Publication of a notice once a week for at least 6 successive weeks or 30 days daily in a newspaper printed and published in the county in which such city or town is situated, but if no newspaper is printed and published in the county, publication of the notice shall be made in some newspaper printed and published in Carson City, Nevada; and
(b) Posting notices in six of the most public places in the city or town for 30 days.
2. The notice shall contain a correct description of the lands so entered as the same is stated in the patent.
[3:28:1869; A 1871, 163; B § 3858; BH § 413; C § 341; RL § 1982; NCL § 2907]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 325 - Municipalities Located on Public Lands › NRS 325.050 - Claimants to sign and deliver written statements describing claimed lands; effect of failure to act; exceptions.

1. Within 6 months after the first publication of the notice provided for in NRS 325.040, each person, company, corporation or association claiming to be an occupant or occupants, or to have, possess or be entitled to the right of occupancy or possession of such lands, or any block, lot, share or parcel thereof, shall, in person or by the duly authorized attorney of the person, company, corporation or association, sign a written statement containing a correct description of the particular parcel or parts in which the person, company, corporation or association claims to be entitled to receive, and deliver the same to, or into the office of, the corporate authorities or the judge of the district court.
2. All applications for conveyances under this chapter for the benefit of minors and insane persons shall be made by the guardian or trustee of such minor or insane person. All applications for such conveyances for the benefit of married persons may be made by their spouses, if in this state, but in case of the absence of the spouse from this state or his or her refusal to make such application, then a married person may apply in his or her own name.
3. Except as provided in subsection 4 and in NRS 325.130, all persons, companies, corporations or associations or their heirs, successors or assigns failing to sign and deliver such statement within the time specified in subsection 1 shall be forever debarred the right of claiming or recovering such lands or any interest or entail therein, or in any part, parcel or share thereof, in any court of law or equity.
4. The bar to the right of claiming or recovering such lands or any interest or entail therein as provided in subsection 3 shall not apply to minors or insane persons.
[4:28:1869; A 1871, 163; B § 3859; BH § 414; C § 342; RL § 1983; NCL § 2908]—(NRS A 1969, 155; 2017, 788)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 325 - Municipalities Located on Public Lands › NRS 325.060 - Contest on adverse claims by two or more persons: Proceedings certified to district court; appeal; conveyance after final determination.

1. Should two or more persons, companies, corporations or associations claim adversely the title to any lot, lots or parcels of land within the boundaries of such city or town, the corporate authorities, the judge of the district court having entered the same, or any one of his or her successors in office shall, immediately after the time for filing claims has expired, either by force of NRS 325.050 or 325.140, certify and transmit all proceedings and papers had or being before them, him or her in the premises to the district court of the county in which the lot, lots or parcels of land are situated.
2. Upon the receipt of the papers and proceedings, properly certified, and upon payment of court fees and costs, the clerk of the district court shall:
(a) Enter the case upon the register of actions. The name of the claimant whose claim was first filed with and by the corporate authorities or the judge of the district court shall be entered upon the register of actions as plaintiff, and the name or names of the other claimant or claimants who filed adversely shall be entered as defendant or defendants.
(b) Serve upon each claimant or his or her agent or attorney a written notice that the claim of such claimant is contested. The notice shall specify the particular lot, block or parcel so contested and the name of the adverse claimant.
Thereafter, the cause shall proceed in all respects as in cases originally brought in the district court.
3. Any party in the action deeming himself or herself aggrieved by the determination or judgment of the district court may appeal therefrom to the appellate court of competent jurisdiction pursuant to the rules fixed by the Supreme Court pursuant to Section 4 of Article 6 of the Nevada Constitution, as in other cases.
4. Upon the final determination of the contest, the clerk of the district court or the clerk of the supreme court, as the case may be, forthwith shall certify the decision to the corporate authorities or the judge of the district court. Upon receipt of the decision, duly certified, the corporate authorities or the judge of the district court shall, as in other cases, make out, execute and deliver to the party or parties in whose favor the decision is made a conveyance in fee simple for the lot, lots or parcels of land awarded in the decision.
[5:28:1869; B § 3860; BH § 415; C § 343; RL § 1984; NCL § 2909] + [6:28:1869; B § 3861; BH § 416; C § 344; RL § 1985; NCL § 2910]—(NRS A 1969, 155; 2013, 1780)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 325 - Municipalities Located on Public Lands › NRS 325.070 - Fee simple deeds to be executed and delivered by trustees on payment of purchase money and expenses; deeds to minors and insane persons.

1. After the issuance of the patent for such lands, the corporate authorities, the judge of the district court to whom the patent has been issued or any one of his or her successors in office shall make out, execute and deliver to each person, company, corporation or association who may be legally entitled to the same, as provided in NRS 325.050, 325.090 or 325.130, or as determined under the provisions of NRS 325.060, a deed in fee simple for such part or parts, or lot or lots, of land on payment of:
(a) His, her or its proper and due proportion of the purchase money for such land, together with his, her or its proportion of such sums as may be necessary to pay for streets, alleys, squares and public grounds, which shall not exceed 50 cents for each lot; and
(b) Such further sums as shall be a reasonable compensation for:
(1) Executing and acknowledging such deed, not exceeding the sum of $3 for the first lot and $1 for each additional lot claimed by the same owner.
(2) Counsel fees and, where determined, moneys expended in the acquisition of the title and the administration of the trust, including reasonable charges for time and services while employed in such trust, not exceeding the sum of $1 for each lot. No estimate shall be made for counsel fees unless the same shall have been actually and necessarily expended.
2. The charges specified in subsection 1 shall be full payment for all expenses attending the execution except for revenue stamps.
3. Deeds made under the provisions of this chapter for the benefit of minors and insane persons shall be to the guardian or trustee of such minor or insane person, as the case may be, in trust for such minor or insane person.
[7:28:1869; A 1871, 163; B § 3862; BH § 417; C § 345; RL § 1986; NCL § 2911]—(NRS A 1965, 83; 1969, 156)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 325 - Municipalities Located on Public Lands › NRS 325.080 - Sale of unclaimed land; disposition of proceeds.

All lots, blocks, shares or parcels of land within the boundaries of the city or town which shall not have been claimed as provided in NRS 325.050 or 325.130 shall, after the limitation provided in NRS 325.050 or 325.140 has expired, be sold and the proceeds of such sale disposed of as provided in NRS 325.090.
[2:9:1875; BH § 424; C § 352; RL § 1993; NCL § 2918]—(NRS A 1969, 156)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 325 - Municipalities Located on Public Lands › NRS 325.090 - Sale or lease of unclaimed land; disposition of proceeds.

1. If any lot, block, share or parcel of such land is not claimed as provided in NRS 325.050 or 325.130, such land shall be sold to the highest bidder, after notice as required in NRS 325.140. The net proceeds, after deduction of all legitimate expenses, shall be applied to the construction and equipment of public buildings, highways, water, light or sewerage systems for the city or town within which the land is situated.
2. The corporate authorities or the judge of the district court are further empowered to lease, for a term not exceeding 10 years, upon such conditions as appear reasonable, any lots, blocks, shares or parcels of land, including areas dedicated as streets and alleys, whenever it shall be made to appear by verified petition and public hearing thereon, after notice as required in NRS 325.040, that such procedure is for the best interests of the city or town. Such lease may include the right to remove any and all mineral-bearing rock and earth contained within such leased area.
[8:28:1869; A 1877, 186; 1927, 109; NCL § 2912]—(NRS A 1969, 157)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 325 - Municipalities Located on Public Lands › NRS 325.100 - Survey of townsite: Expenses.

In all cases where it shall become necessary, in the opinion of the citizens of the town, to make a survey of any townsite for the purpose of identifying or locating the lots, blocks, squares, streets or alleys contained within the limits of the townsite, the costs of the survey shall be paid to the trustees to defray the expenses of the survey. The costs shall be paid by the claimants pro rata.
[5:82:1871; B § 3866; BH § 421; C § 349; RL § 1990; NCL § 2915]—(NRS A 1959, 183)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 325 - Municipalities Located on Public Lands › NRS 325.110 - Trustees: Discharge of trust after going out of office; assumption of trust by successors.

1. Any corporate authorities or the judge of the district court becoming a trustee under 43 U.S.C. §§ 718 to 723, inclusive, who shall, prior to the final execution of their trust, as provided in this chapter, go out of office, are empowered to discharge and execute all trusts which they may have assumed, in all respects in the same manner and subject to the same duties and requirements as if they had continued in office.
2. In case of death, 90 days’ absence from this state, or other disability of the trustees to execute the trust created by 43 U.S.C. §§ 718 to 723, inclusive, it shall be lawful for the corporate authorities or the judge of the district court of the county in which any such city or town is situated, who may succeed the trustee in office, to assume the trust, and the judge or corporate authorities are empowered to execute the same in all respects in the same manner and subject to all the duties and requirements as provided in this chapter.
3. Any district judge who carries out any of the functions or exercises any of the powers which are provided in this chapter does so with the same measure of authority as that which was conferred upon the corporate authorities or the judge of the district court who entered the lands pursuant to 43 U.S.C. §§ 718 to 723, inclusive.
[9:28:1869; B § 3864; BH § 419; C § 347; RL § 1988; NCL § 2913] + [6:82:1871; B § 3867; BH § 422; C § 350; RL § 1991; NCL § 2916]—(NRS A 1969, 157)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 325 - Municipalities Located on Public Lands › NRS 325.120 - Exclusive procedure for determining adverse claims or clouds on title.

Where adverse claims, clouds upon the title or other difficulties associated with or attributable to deficiencies in land title have been asserted or are otherwise related to the claim of title to or interest in any part of the land in any county settled and occupied as the site of a city or town upon public land, pursuant to 43 U.S.C. §§ 718 to 723, inclusive, the procedure provided in this chapter is the exclusive means of determining such claims of title or interest.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 153)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 325 - Municipalities Located on Public Lands › NRS 325.130 - Establishment or confirmation of claim: Filing of statement with clerk of district court; contents; fees.

1. Any person, company, corporation or association that claims any right, title or interest in any block, lot, share or parcel of land situate in any townsite which has been entered or patented pursuant to 43 U.S.C. §§ 718 to 723, inclusive, and that desires to establish or confirm the claim shall, in person or by the duly authorized attorney of the person, company, corporation or association, file a verified statement in the office of the clerk of the district court for the county in which such land is located.
2. The written statement shall contain but shall not be limited to:
(a) An accurate and complete property description.
(b) An account of the nature and extent of the claimant’s interest in or title to such land.
3. The statement shall be accompanied by such fees as the judge or the clerk of the court may request to defray the cost of publication and posting as provided in NRS 325.140.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 154)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 325 - Municipalities Located on Public Lands › NRS 325.140 - Notice of claim: Contents; publication; posting; statements by adverse claimants.

1. Upon the filing of any statement and upon receipt of the accompanying fee, the district judge shall cause notice of the claim to be made by both of the following methods:
(a) Publication of the notice at least once a week for 4 successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation, which is published in the county in which the land is situate. If no newspaper is published in that county, publication must be made in a newspaper of general circulation in the county.
(b) Posting a copy of the notice in three public places in the townsite and in a conspicuous place on the property described in the claim for 30 days.
2. The notice must contain, without limitation:
(a) The name of the claimant.
(b) The interest or title claimed.
(c) A complete and accurate description of the property.
(d) A statement containing the provisions of subsection 3.
3. Any adverse claimant must file a verified statement in the office of the clerk of the district court not later than 30 days from the last publication or 30 days from the posting of the notice provided in subsection 2, whichever is later.
4. No adverse claim, for the purposes of this section, may be asserted in any way other than that provided in subsection 3.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 154; A 1985, 273)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 326 - Possessory Actions Concerning Public Lands › NRS 326.005 - Suspension of NRS 326.010 to 326.070, inclusive, until action by Legislature.

Notwithstanding the provisions of NRS 326.010 to 326.070, inclusive, no person may occupy or settle on any public lands in this State or bring and maintain any action pursuant to those provisions, and no state or county officer or employee may perform any duty required under those provisions, until the Legislature by concurrent resolution authorizes the resumption of those occupations, settlements and actions and the resumption of those duties.
(Added to NRS by 1981, 1548)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 326 - Possessory Actions Concerning Public Lands › NRS 326.010 - Commencement and maintenance of action for interference with possession of public lands occupied for grazing or agricultural purposes; mining rights.

1. Any person legally occupying and settled upon, or who may hereafter occupy or settle upon, any of the public lands in this State, for the purpose of cultivating or grazing the same, may commence and maintain an action for interference with or injuries done to his or her possession of such land, against any person or persons so interfering with or injuring such land or possession.
2. If the lands so occupied and possessed contain mines of any of the precious metals, the possession or claim of the person or persons occupying the same for grazing or agricultural purposes shall not preclude the working of such mines by any person or persons desiring so to do, as fully and unreservedly as they might or could do had no possession or claim been made for grazing or agricultural purposes.
[1:95:1865; B § 78; BH § 3738; C § 3814; RL § 5849; NCL § 9432]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 326 - Possessory Actions Concerning Public Lands › NRS 326.020 - Size of claim and other conditions necessary to maintain action.

No person shall be entitled to maintain an action for possession of or injury to any claim as provided in NRS 326.010 unless:
1. The claim contains 160 acres or less and does not contain more than 160 acres.
2. The claim has been surveyed and marked by metes and bounds so that the boundaries may be readily traced and the extent of the claim easily known.
3. The claimant occupies the claim.
4. The claimant has complied with the provisions of NRS 326.030 and 326.040.
[2:95:1865; B § 79; BH § 3739; C § 3815; RL § 5850; NCL § 9433]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 326 - Possessory Actions Concerning Public Lands › NRS 326.030 - Survey; recording of certified plat.

Any person claiming any of the public lands in this State shall:
1. Have the same surveyed by the county surveyor of the county in which the lands are situated.
2. Have the plat of such survey duly certified to by the county surveyor.
3. Have the plat recorded in the office of the county recorder.
4. Take and subscribe his or her affidavit that he or she has taken no other claim under the provisions of NRS 326.010 to 326.070, inclusive, and that, to the best of his or her knowledge and belief, the lands are not claimed under any existing title.
[3:95:1865; B § 80; BH § 3740; C § 3816; RL § 5851; NCL § 9434]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 326 - Possessory Actions Concerning Public Lands › NRS 326.040 - Improvements: Time limited; value.

Within 90 days after the date of record, the person recording is required to improve the lands thus recorded to the value of $200, by putting such improvements thereon as shall partake of the realty, unless such improvements shall have been made prior to the application for survey and record, according to NRS 326.030.
[4:95:1865; B § 81; BH § 3741; C § 3817; RL § 5852; NCL § 9435]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 326 - Possessory Actions Concerning Public Lands › NRS 326.050 - Authorized absence of claimant without occupancy: Payment and disposition of fees.

1. At any time after the provisions of NRS 326.020, 326.030 and 326.040 have been complied with, the person so complying may absent himself or herself from such claim, without being required to occupy the same, for a period of not more than 12 months; but the person so wishing to absent himself or herself shall first pay to the county treasurer of the county in which the claim is situated the sum of $15. Upon such payment, the county treasurer shall issue a receipt for the same, and at any time within 12 months after the date thereof the receipt shall be received as prima facie evidence of possession in any court having jurisdiction in such cases.
2. Any person absenting himself or herself from a claim for a longer period than 60 days without first paying the sum provided in subsection 1 forfeits his or her claim to the lands.
3. The amount paid to any county treasurer under the provisions of this section shall be paid by the county treasurer into the general fund of the county.
[5:95:1865; B § 82; BH § 3742; C § 3818; RL § 5853; NCL § 9436]—(NRS A 1971, 204; 1977, 561)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 326 - Possessory Actions Concerning Public Lands › NRS 326.060 - Proof of actual enclosure not required on trial.

On the trial of any such causes, the possession or possessory right of the plaintiff shall be considered as extending to the boundaries embraced in the survey so as to enable the plaintiff, according to NRS 326.030, to have and maintain an action without being compelled to prove an actual enclosure.
[6:95:1865; B § 83; BH § 3734; C § 3819; RL § 5854; NCL § 9437]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 326 - Possessory Actions Concerning Public Lands › NRS 326.070 - Adverse entrant guilty of unlawful entry; proceedings for removal.

1. All lands in this state shall be deemed and regarded as public lands until the legal title is known to have passed from the government to private persons.
2. Every person who shall have complied with the provisions of NRS 326.010 to 326.070, inclusive, shall be deemed and held to have the right or title of possession of all the lands embraced within the survey, not to exceed 160 acres; and any person who shall thereafter, without the consent of the person so complying, enter into or upon such lands adversely, shall be deemed and held guilty of an unlawful and fraudulent entry thereon, and may be removed therefrom by proceedings had before any justice of the peace of the township in which the lands are situated. Such proceedings may be commenced and prosecuted under the provisions of NRS 40.220 to 40.420, inclusive, and all the provisions contained in those sections are made applicable to proceedings under NRS 326.010 to 326.070, inclusive.
[7:95:1865; A 1869, 72; B § 84; BH § 3744; C § 3820; RL § 5855; NCL § 9438]—(NRS A 2015, 3138)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 326 - Possessory Actions Concerning Public Lands › NRS 326.080 - Right to exclusive possession in applicant or contractor.

Every person who has applied to the State of Nevada to purchase any land from the State, or who has contracted with the State of Nevada for such purchase, or who may hereafter apply to or contract with the State of Nevada, in good faith, for the purchase of any of its public land, and who has paid or shall pay to the proper state officers the amount of money requisite under such application or contract, shall be deemed and held to have the right to the exclusive possession of the land described in such application or contract, provided no actual adverse possession thereof existed in another at the date of the application.
[1:133:1887; C § 325; RL § 3224; NCL § 5542]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 326 - Possessory Actions Concerning Public Lands › NRS 326.090 - Right of contractor or applicant to maintain or defend action concerning possession.

1. Every person who has contracted with the State of Nevada, in good faith, to purchase any land from the State shall be entitled to maintain or defend an action at law or in equity concerning such land or its possession, which may be maintained or defended by persons who own land in fee.
2. Every person who has applied or may hereafter apply to the State of Nevada, in good faith, to purchase any land from the State, and has paid or shall pay the amount of money which may be required under such application to the proper state officer, shall be deemed and held to have the right to the exclusive possession of such land, and shall be entitled to maintain and defend an action at law or in equity, concerning such land or the possession thereof, which may be maintained or defended by persons who own land in fee, provided no actual adverse possession of such land existed in another at the date of such application.
[2:133:1887; C § 326; RL § 3225; NCL § 5543]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 326 - Possessory Actions Concerning Public Lands › NRS 326.100 - Prospecting and mining authorized.

Nothing contained in NRS 326.080 and 326.090 shall be so construed as to prevent any person or persons from entering upon such lands for the purpose of prospecting for any of the precious metals, or to prevent the free and economical working of any mine which may be discovered therein.
[3:133:1887; C § 327; RL § 3226; NCL § 5544]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 327 - Nevada Coordinate System; Geographic Names › NRS 327.005 - Sole coordinate system in Nevada for describing land.

1. On and after publication of the North American Datum of 1983 for Nevada by the National Geodetic Survey of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or the federal agency which succeeds it, the Nevada Coordinate System of 1983, which is a transverse Mercator projection of the North American Datum of 1983, is the sole coordinate system in Nevada for describing land.
2. On and after that date of publication, the Nevada Coordinate System of 1927 may be used only for purposes of reference.
(Added to NRS by 1983, 1338; A 1987, 392)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 327 - Nevada Coordinate System; Geographic Names › NRS 327.010 - Designation of systems; division of State into three zones.

1. The system of plane coordinates which has been established for defining and stating the positions or locations of points on the surface of the earth within the State of Nevada:
(a) By the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey is designated as the Nevada Coordinate System of 1927.
(b) By the National Geodetic Survey of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or the federal agency which succeeds it, is designated as the Nevada Coordinate System of 1983.
2. For the purpose of the use of these systems the State is divided into an East Zone, a Central Zone, and a West Zone. The area now included in:
(a) Clark, Elko, Eureka, Lincoln and White Pine counties constitutes the East Zone.
(b) Lander and Nye counties constitutes the Central Zone.
(c) Carson City and Churchill, Douglas, Esmeralda, Humboldt, Lyon, Mineral, Pershing, Storey and Washoe counties constitutes the West Zone.
[1:84:1945; 1943 NCL § 5589]—(NRS A 1969, 329; 1983, 1339)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 327 - Nevada Coordinate System; Geographic Names › NRS 327.020 - Names of zones.

1. As established for use in the East Zone, the Nevada Coordinate System of 1927 or the Nevada Coordinate System of 1983 must be named, and in any land description in which it is used it must be designated, the "Nevada Coordinate System of 1927, East Zone" or the "Nevada Coordinate System of 1983, East Zone."
2. As established for use in the Central Zone, the Nevada Coordinate System of 1927, or the Nevada Coordinate System of 1983 must be named, and in any land description in which it is used it must be designated, the "Nevada Coordinate System of 1927, Central Zone" or the "Nevada Coordinate System of 1983, Central Zone."
3. As established for use in the West Zone, the Nevada Coordinate System of 1927 or the Nevada Coordinate System of 1983 must be named, and in any land description in which it is used it must be designated, the "Nevada Coordinate System of 1927, West Zone" or the "Nevada Coordinate System of 1983, West Zone."
[2:84:1945; 1943 NCL § 5589.01]—(NRS A 1983, 1339)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 327 - Nevada Coordinate System; Geographic Names › NRS 327.030 - Plane coordinates.

1. The plane coordinates of a point on the earth’s surface, to be used in expressing the location of the point in the appropriate zone, must consist of two distances, expressed in:
(a) Feet and decimals of a foot under the Nevada Coordinate System of 1927; or
(b) Meters and decimals of a meter under the Nevada Coordinate System of 1983.
One of these distances, to be known as the "x-coordinate," must give the position in an east-and-west direction; the other, to be known as the "y-coordinate," must give the position in a north-and-south direction.
2. These coordinates must be made to conform to the values of the plane rectangular coordinates for the monumented stations of the North American Horizontal Geodetic Control Network, as published by the National Geodetic Survey of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration or the federal agency which succeeds it, and whose plane coordinates have been computed on the systems defined in this chapter. Any such station may be used for connecting a survey to either Nevada coordinate system.
3. As used in this section:
(a) "Foot" means the United States Survey Foot.
(b) "Meter" means exactly 39.37 inches.
[3:84:1945; 1943 NCL § 5589.02]—(NRS A 1983, 1340; 1987, 392)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 327 - Nevada Coordinate System; Geographic Names › NRS 327.040 - Reference may be made to either zone when tract extends into another zone.

When any tract of land to be defined by a single description extends from one into another of the above coordinate zones, the positions of all points on its boundaries may be referred to either of such zones, the zone which is used being specifically named in the description.
[4:84:1945; 1943 NCL § 5589.03]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 327 - Nevada Coordinate System; Geographic Names › NRS 327.060 - Limitations on use of coordinates in documents to be recorded.

No coordinate based on either of the Nevada coordinate systems which purports to define the position of a point on a land boundary may be presented to be recorded in any public land records or deed records unless the document to be recorded contains:
1. A description of the monumented station or stations from which the coordinates being recorded have been determined.
2. Annotations which accompany the values for state plane coordinates and clearly describe the method and accuracy of the determinations.
[6:84:1945; 1943 NCL § 5589.05]—(NRS A 1983, 1341; 1987, 393)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 327 - Nevada Coordinate System; Geographic Names › NRS 327.070 - Limitation on use of terms "Nevada Coordinate System of 1927" and "Nevada Coordinate System of 1983."

The use of the term "Nevada Coordinate System of 1927" or "Nevada Coordinate System of 1983" on any map, report of survey, or other document is limited to use for coordinates based on the system as defined in this chapter.
[7:84:1945; 1943 NCL § 5589.06]—(NRS A 1983, 1342)