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2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 321 - Administration, Control and Transfer of State Lands › NRS 321.755 - Executive Council.

1. The Executive Council of the Land Use Planning Advisory Council is hereby created to resolve inconsistencies between the land use plans of local government entities.
2. The Executive Council consists of the Administrator and four persons selected by the Land Use Planning Advisory Council from among its members. To the extent practicable, the members selected to serve on the Executive Council must be representative of the various geographic areas of this State. Each member of the Executive Council shall serve for 2-year terms.
(Added to NRS by 1977, 1552; A 1979, 151; 2015, 375)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 321 - Administration, Control and Transfer of State Lands › NRS 321.761 - Technical assistance; submission of matter to Executive Council.

1. If an inconsistency in land use plans develops between two or more adjacent or overlapping local government entities which cannot be resolved between them, one or more of them may request the State Land Use Planning Agency to study and assist in resolving the inconsistency.
2. Upon receipt of such a request the Administrator shall convene a meeting of all the affected entities and shall provide technical assistance and advice in resolving the inconsistency.
3. If, after subsequent meetings over a reasonable period of time as determined by the Administrator, the affected entities cannot resolve the inconsistency, the matter shall be submitted to the Executive Council of the Land Use Planning Advisory Council for a decision.
(Added to NRS by 1977, 1552)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 321 - Administration, Control and Transfer of State Lands › NRS 321.763 - Duties of State Agency; adoption, enforcement and expiration of plans and regulations.

1. When an inconsistency in land use plans is submitted for decision, the Executive Council may direct the staff of the State Land Use Planning Agency to conduct studies, assemble information and prepare proposals for alternative courses of action if necessary.
2. The Executive Council shall conduct public hearings in the affected areas before arriving at a decision in the matter.
3. In rendering its decision, the Executive Council may sustain the position of one or more of the local government entities involved or prescribe its own land use plan for the area of inconsistency. The Executive Council may adopt land use regulations to carry out its decision.
4. All land use plans and regulations adopted by the Executive Council pursuant to this section supersede inconsistent plans and regulations of the affected local government entities, but the local government entities are responsible for enforcing the plans and regulations of the Executive Council.
5. In the event of noncompliance with such plans or regulations, any affected local government entity may bring an action to obtain injunctive relief against such noncompliance.
6. The Executive Council, upon petition from all of the affected local government entities or on its own motion, may determine the expiration date of the plans and regulations imposed pursuant to this section.
(Added to NRS by 1977, 1552; A 1979, 152)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 321 - Administration, Control and Transfer of State Lands › NRS 321.770 - Duties of Administrator and Land Use Planning Advisory Council.

1. The State Land Use Planning Agency shall provide assistance in land use planning for areas of critical environmental concern:
(a) When the Governor directs that the Agency review and assist in land use planning for an area the Governor finds to be of critical environmental concern.
(b) When one or more local government entities request that the Agency advise and assist in land use planning for an area which affects them and which they consider to be of critical environmental concern.
2. Upon receipt of a directive or a request pursuant to subsection 1, the Administrator shall study the problems of the area described and meet with the affected local government entities to receive their initial comments and recommendations. The Administrator shall then submit the matter of planning for the area of critical environmental concern to the Land Use Planning Advisory Council for consideration and recommendation.
3. The Land Use Planning Advisory Council shall include in its procedures one or more public hearings upon notice given by at least one publication at least 10 days before the hearing in a newspaper or combination of newspapers having general circulation throughout the area affected and each city and county any portion of whose territory lies within such area. The notice shall state with particularity the subject of the hearing.
4. Following completion of the hearings and consideration of other information, the Land Use Planning Advisory Council shall make its final recommendations for land use planning policies in the area of critical environmental concern. The recommendations may include proposed land use regulations to carry out such policies.
5. No land use regulation adopted by the Land Use Planning Advisory Council pursuant to this section may become effective without the approval of the Governor.
(Added to NRS by 1973, 820; A 1975, 105; 1977, 1556; 2015, 375; 2021, 3400)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 322 - Use of State Lands › NRS 322.003 - Definitions.

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 322.0032 to 322.0066, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 1456; A 1995, 2510)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 322 - Use of State Lands › NRS 322.0036 - "Boat hoist" defined.

"Boat hoist" means a hoist, other than a hoist inside a boat house, for raising vessels from, or lowering vessels into, a navigable body of water.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 1456; A 1995, 2511)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 322 - Use of State Lands › NRS 322.005 - "Geothermal resource" defined.

"Geothermal resource" means the natural heat of the earth and the energy associated with that natural heat, pressure and all dissolved or entrained minerals that may be obtained from the medium used to transfer that heat, but excluding hydrocarbons and helium.
(Added to NRS by 1975, 512; A 1981, 659; 1993, 1459)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 322 - Use of State Lands › NRS 322.0052 - "Littoral or riparian residential parcel" defined.

"Littoral or riparian residential parcel" means a parcel of land which:
1. Adjoins the bed of a navigable body of water; and
2. Is restricted to single-family residential use.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 1456)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 322 - Use of State Lands › NRS 322.0054 - "Mooring buoy" defined.

"Mooring buoy" means a float:
1. Which is anchored to the bed of a navigable body of water; and
2. To which a vessel is fastened through the use of cables, lines, ropes or anchors for the purpose of maintaining the vessel in a stationary position in the water.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 1456)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 322 - Use of State Lands › NRS 322.0058 - "Pier" defined.

"Pier" means a fixed or floating platform or other structure, other than a boat house or deck, which:
1. Extends into or over a navigable body of water;
2. Is attached to pillars, piles, rocks or metal or is anchored to the bottom of the body of water; and
3. Affords convenient passage to and from vessels or provides a mooring for vessels.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 1456; A 1995, 2511)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 322 - Use of State Lands › NRS 322.007 - Approval of certain leases required.

Any lease of state land, except a lease for residential purposes, a lease for farming or grazing or a lease authorized pursuant to NRS 321.008 or 322.061, whose term extends or is renewable beyond 1 year must be approved by the State Board of Examiners and the Interim Finance Committee.
(Added to NRS by 1983, 7; A 1989, 511, 1782; 2001, 906; 2013, 2691)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 322 - Use of State Lands › NRS 322.010 - Authorization.

Except as provided in NRS 334.070 and 504.147, the Administrator of the Division of State Lands of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, as ex officio State Land Registrar, may lease any land except contract land now or hereafter owned by the State of Nevada, or which may hereafter be granted to it by the United States of America, upon terms as provided in NRS 322.020, 322.030 and 322.040.
[1:183:1921; NCL § 5548]—(NRS A 1957, 649; 1961, 588; 1975, 106; 1979, 906; 1983, 1250)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 322 - Use of State Lands › NRS 322.030 - Rentals and royalties.

1. Such leases shall be based upon a fixed rental of not less than $1 per acre annually for each acre contained therein, and shall further provide for a royalty of not less than:
(a) Fifteen percent of the gross value of all oil, gas or other hydrocarbons extracted therefrom.
(b) Ten percent of the gross value of any geothermal resource derived from the lease and sold or utilized or reasonably susceptible to sale or utilization by the lessee and 5 percent of the gross value of any by-product sold or utilized or reasonably susceptible to sale or utilization by the lessee.
2. Each lease shall be negotiated upon such terms and for such rent and royalty as are most favorable to the State and not less favorable than similar leaseholds in the vicinity.
3. As used in this section, "by-product" means a tangible substance produced or extracted in the utilization of a geothermal resource.
[3:183:1921; NCL § 5550]—(NRS A 1975, 511; 1977, 805)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 322 - Use of State Lands › NRS 322.040 - Form of lease; preparation by Attorney General.

Such leases shall be executed upon a form to be prepared by the Attorney General, which form shall contain all of the covenants and agreements usual and necessary to leases for the extraction of coal, oil and gas, or the utilization of geothermal resources, or both, as the situation may require.
[4:183:1921; NCL § 5551]—(NRS A 1975, 512)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 322 - Use of State Lands › NRS 322.050 - Leases of or easements over state lands authorized; concurrence of contracting parties and state agencies required.

Except as otherwise provided in NRS 334.070 and 504.147, the Administrator of the Division of State Lands of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, as ex officio State Land Registrar, may, in addition to the authority to lease provided in NRS 322.010, 322.020 and 322.030, lease or grant easements over or upon any land now or hereafter owned by the State of Nevada, or which may hereafter be granted it by the United States of America, upon terms as provided in NRS 322.060. Leases or grants of easements over or upon contract lands may be made only with the consent of the contracting party, who must be paid all money received from any such lease or grant. Leases or grants of easements over or upon any lands which are used by any office, department, board, commission, bureau, institution or other agency of the State of Nevada may be granted only with the concurrence of the agency.
(Added to NRS by 1961, 588; A 1963, 534; 1975, 106; 1979, 906; 1983, 1250; 1989, 511; 1995, 834)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 322 - Use of State Lands › NRS 322.060 - Certain leases or easements over state lands: Size of area; terms and consideration; form and preparation.

Subject to the provisions of NRS 321.335, leases or easements authorized pursuant to the provisions of NRS 322.050, and not made for the purpose of extracting oil, coal or gas or the utilization of geothermal resources from the lands leased, must be:
1. For such areas as may be required to accomplish the purpose for which the land is leased or the easement granted.
2. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 322.061, 322.063, 322.065 and 322.067, for such term and consideration as the Administrator of the Division of State Lands of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, as ex officio State Land Registrar, may determine reasonable based upon the fair market value of the land.
3. Executed upon a form to be prepared by the Attorney General. The form must contain all of the covenants and agreements usual or necessary to such leases or easements.
(Added to NRS by 1961, 588; A 1975, 107, 512; 1989, 511; 1995, 834; 1997, 512; 2001, 906; 2005, 1457, 2680; 2013, 2691)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 322 - Use of State Lands › NRS 322.063 - Lease of state land to certain state officers or employees for reduced charge; approval of lease; determination of rent; waiver of fee.

1. The Administrator of the Division of State Lands of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, as ex officio State Land Registrar, may, pursuant to NRS 322.060, lease residential property owned by the State of Nevada for less than the fair market value of the property to an officer or employee of this State who is required as a condition of his or her employment to reside in residential property owned by this State.
2. Before residential property may be leased pursuant to this section, the State Land Registrar, in cooperation with the head of the state agency that manages the property, must approve the lease and determine the amount of rent for the lease of the property.
3. The State Land Registrar may waive any fee for the consideration of an application to lease property pursuant to this section.
(Added to NRS by 2001, 906)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 322 - Use of State Lands › NRS 322.065 - Lease of state land to certain nonprofit organizations or educational institutions for reduced charge; approval of lease; determination of rent; waiver of fee; exclusions.

1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, land may be leased pursuant to NRS 322.060 to:
(a) A nonprofit organization that is recognized as exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and is affiliated by contract or other written agreement with an agency of this State; or
(b) A public educational institution,
under such terms and for such consideration as the Administrator of the Division of State Lands of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, as ex officio State Land Registrar, determines reasonable based upon the costs and benefits to the State and the recommendation of the persons who approve the lease.
2. To lease property pursuant to this section, at least two of the following persons must approve the lease and establish the recommended amount of rent to be received for the property:
(a) The Administrator of the Division of State Lands of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, as ex officio State Land Registrar.
(b) The Administrator of the State Public Works Division of the Department of Administration.
(c) The Director of the Department of Health and Human Services or a person designated by the Director.
Such persons shall render a decision on an application to lease property pursuant to this section within 60 days after the application is filed with the Administrator of the Division of State Lands.
3. In determining the amount of rent for the lease of property pursuant to this section, consideration must be given to:
(a) The amount the lessee is able to pay;
(b) Whether the property will be used by the lessee to perform a service of value to members of the general public; and
(c) Whether the service to be performed on the property will be of assistance to any agency of this State.
4. The State Land Registrar may waive any fee for the consideration of an application submitted pursuant to this section.
5. The provisions of this section do not apply to property granted to the State by the Federal Government and held in trust by the State for educational purposes.
(Added to NRS by 1995, 833)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 322 - Use of State Lands › NRS 322.067 - Waiver of fee for grant of easement to local government for public road.

1. Upon the request of the governing body of a local government, the Administrator of the Division of State Lands of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, as ex officio State Land Registrar, may grant an easement for a public road to the governing body without charging a fee if the governing body agrees to pay the actual costs incurred by the State Land Registrar in granting the easement.
2. As used in this section, "local government" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 354.474.
(Added to NRS by 1995, 834)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 322 - Use of State Lands › NRS 322.075 - Fees for leases of land for grazing livestock: Conditions; determination of minimum fee.

Unless the fee for the term or any portion of the term of a lease of land for grazing livestock is determined pursuant to NRS 322.060:
1. The fee for the term or any portion of the term of the lease must be based on the fair market value of the interest leased, but must not be less than:
(a) The minimum grazing fee determined pursuant to subsection 2; or
(b) The base value specified in subsection 3,
whichever is greater, for each animal unit month leased.
2. To determine the minimum grazing fee for the purposes of subsection 1, the Administrator of the Division of State Lands of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, as ex officio State Land Registrar, shall:
(a) For each of the 3 years immediately preceding the year in which the land is leased:
(1) Divide the price of beef cattle as set forth in the beef price index for that year by the cost to produce livestock as set forth in the production price index for that year; and
(2) Multiply the quotient calculated pursuant to subparagraph (1) by the base value specified in subsection 3 for that year; and
(b) Upon determining an amount for each year pursuant to paragraph (a), add each of those amounts and divide the sum by 3.
3. For the purposes of this section, the base value is $1.94 for the period beginning on July 1, 1997, and ending on December 31, 2003. On January 1, 2004, and every 6 years thereafter, the Administrator shall revise the base value to adjust for inflation.
4. As used in this section:
(a) "Animal unit month" means the amount of forage required to sustain one cow for one month.
(b) "Beef price index" means the index that:
(1) Indicates the price of beef cattle in this State; and
(2) Is calculated by the Administrator from data published annually by the United States Department of Agriculture.
(c) "Production price index" means the index that:
(1) Indicates the cost to produce livestock, including the costs related to interest, taxes and wages; and
(2) Is published annually by the United States Department of Agriculture.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 3394)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 322 - Use of State Lands › NRS 322.100 - Authority of State Land Registrar to issue permit, license or other authorization for any lawful use; fees.

1. In addition to any other authority granted pursuant to this chapter, the State Land Registrar may:
(a) Issue a permit, license or other authorization for any lawful use of state land administered by the Division of State Lands of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources; and
(b) Except as otherwise provided by specific statute, charge a fee for the issuance of such a permit, license or other authorization in such an amount as the State Land Registrar determines to be reasonable based upon the fair market value of the use.
2. The receipt of a permit, license or other authorization issued pursuant to this section does not excuse the recipient from compliance with any other provision of law regarding the use to which the permit, license or other authorization applies, including any requirements to obtain any other permits, licenses or authorizations regarding that use.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 1457)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 322 - Use of State Lands › NRS 322.1003 - Permit, license or other authorization to use state land or state facilities for recreational purpose: Statement by applicant concerning payment of child support; grounds for denial. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state to establish procedures for withholding, suspending and restricting the professional, occupational and recreational licenses for child support arrearages and for noncompliance with certain processes relating to paternity or child support proceedings.]

1. An applicant for a permit, license or other authorization to use state land or state facilities for a recreational purpose shall, if the permit, license or other authorization does not expire less than 6 months after it is issued, submit to the State Land Registrar the statement prescribed by the Division of Welfare and Supportive Services of the Department of Health and Human Services pursuant to NRS 425.520. The statement must be completed and signed by the applicant.
2. The State Land Registrar shall include the statement required pursuant to subsection 1 in:
(a) The application or any other forms that must be submitted for the issuance of the permit, license or other authorization; or
(b) A separate form prescribed by the State Land Registrar.
3. A permit, license or other authorization to use state land or state facilities for a recreational purpose that does not expire less than 6 months after it is issued may not be issued by the State Land Registrar if the applicant:
(a) Fails to submit the statement required pursuant to subsection 1; or
(b) Indicates on the statement submitted pursuant to subsection 1 that the applicant is subject to a court order for the support of a child and is not in compliance with the order or a plan approved by the district attorney or other public agency enforcing the order for the repayment of the amount owed pursuant to the order.
4. If an applicant indicates on the statement submitted pursuant to subsection 1 that he or she is subject to a court order for the support of a child and is not in compliance with the order or a plan approved by the district attorney or other public agency enforcing the order for the repayment of the amount owed pursuant to the order, the State Land Registrar shall advise the applicant to contact the district attorney or other public agency enforcing the order to determine the actions that the applicant may take to satisfy the arrearage.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 2045)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 322 - Use of State Lands › NRS 322.1005 - Permit, license or other authorization to use state land or state facilities for recreational purpose: Suspension for failure to pay child support or comply with certain subpoenas or warrants; reinstatement. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state to establish procedures for withholding, suspending and restricting the professional, occupational and recreational licenses for child support arrearages and for noncompliance with certain processes relating to paternity or child support proceedings.]

1. If the State Land Registrar receives a copy of a court order issued pursuant to NRS 425.540 that provides for the suspension of all professional, occupational and recreational licenses, certificates and permits issued to a person who is the holder of a permit, license or other authorization to use state land or state facilities for a recreational purpose, the State Land Registrar shall, if the permit does not expire less than 6 months after it is issued, deem the permit, license or other authorization issued to that person to be suspended at the end of the 30th day after the date on which the court order was issued unless the State Land Registrar receives a letter issued to the holder of the permit, license or other authorization by the district attorney or other public agency pursuant to NRS 425.550 stating that the holder of the permit, license or other authorization has complied with the subpoena or warrant or has satisfied the arrearage pursuant to NRS 425.560.
2. The State Land Registrar shall reinstate a permit, license or other authorization to use state land or state facilities for a recreational purpose that has been suspended by a district court pursuant to NRS 425.540 if the State Land Registrar receives a letter issued by the district attorney or other public agency pursuant to NRS 425.550 to the person whose permit, license or other authorization was suspended stating that the person whose permit, license or other authorization was suspended has complied with the subpoena or warrant or has satisfied the arrearage pursuant to NRS 425.560.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 2046)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 322 - Use of State Lands › NRS 322.110 - Establishment of fees for consideration of applications for use of state lands; waiver of fee.

1. Except as otherwise provided in this section or by specific statute, the State Land Registrar shall charge a nonrefundable fee in an amount established by regulation for the following:
(a) For the consideration of an application for the issuance of any lease, easement, permit, license or other authorization for:
(1) Any commercial use of state land other than an agricultural use.
(2) Any agricultural use of state land.
(3) Any other use of state land.
(b) For the consideration of an application for the amendment of any lease, easement, permit, license or other authorization for:
(1) Any commercial use of state land other than an agricultural use.
(2) Any agricultural use of state land.
(3) Any other use of state land.
2. The State Land Registrar shall charge a nonrefundable fee in an amount established by regulation for the consideration of an application for the issuance or amendment of a permit to engage in recreational dredging.
3. The State Land Registrar may waive any fee for the consideration of an application regarding any permit, license or other authorization for the use of state land for which no fee is charged.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 1457; A 2017, 2256)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 322 - Use of State Lands › NRS 322.120 - Establishment of fees: Permit for use of piers or other related facilities; permit for use of boat hoist, boat house, boat ramp, boat slip, deck, mooring buoy or similar devices.

Except as otherwise provided in this section or by specific statute, the State Land Registrar shall charge a fee in an amount established by regulation for the issuance of:
1. A permit for:
(a) The commercial use of a pier or other facility for loading passengers on vessels in a navigable body of water.
(b) The multiple residential use of a pier or other facility for loading passengers on vessels in a navigable body of water.
(c) The single residential use of a pier or other facility for loading passengers on vessels in a navigable body of water.
(d) Any other use of a pier or other facility for loading passengers on vessels in a navigable body of water.
2. A permit for:
(a) The commercial use:
(1) Of a boat hoist, boat house, boat ramp, boat slip, deck or a similar device or structure in or on a navigable body of water, except that no fee may be charged for a boat hoist, boat house or deck which is attached to a pier.
(2) Of a mooring buoy or similar device for mooring vessels in or on a navigable body of water.
(b) Any other use:
(1) Of a boat hoist, boat house, boat ramp, boat slip, deck or a similar device or structure in or on a navigable body of water, except that no fee may be charged for a boat hoist, boat house or deck which is attached to a pier.
(2) Of a mooring buoy or similar device for mooring vessels in or on a navigable body of water.
(c) Any use of a boat-fueling facility in or on a navigable body of water.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 1457; A 1995, 578, 2511; 2017, 2256)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 322 - Use of State Lands › NRS 322.125 - Credit toward fee for commercial use of state land.

1. The State Land Registrar shall grant a person credit towards the fee imposed pursuant to NRS 322.120 for the commercial use of state land in an amount equal to:
(a) The amount that the total fees charged to that person pursuant to that section for the previous year exceeded one and one-half cents for each gallon of fuel sold plus 5 percent of that person’s gross revenue from the commercial use of that state land, excluding the sale of fuel, for that year;
(b) The amount that the United States Forest Service returned to the State of Nevada from money that the person was required to pay pursuant to a lease or permit to use federal land during the previous year which is attributable to revenues earned on land belonging to the State of Nevada; and
(c) The difference between the fee for a permit for commercial use and the fee for a permit for multiple residential use if during the previous year the person paid the fee for a permit for commercial use but did not conduct that commercial use.
2. A person who is eligible for a credit pursuant to subsection 1 shall demonstrate to the satisfaction of the State Land Registrar that the person is entitled to such a credit.
3. If the amount of a credit granted pursuant to this section exceeds the amount of the fee imposed pursuant to NRS 322.120 for the year in which the credit will be used, the excess credit is forfeited and the State Land Registrar shall not grant a refund or apply the credit to any other year.
(Added to NRS by 1995, 2510; A 2017, 2257)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 322 - Use of State Lands › NRS 322.130 - Fee for permit for dredging or filling, construction or installation of certain structures.

Except as otherwise provided by specific statute, the State Land Registrar shall charge for:
1. A permit to engage in a project for dredging or filling, to construct or install any gabion, riprap or similar protective structure on state land or in a navigable body of water, or to construct or install any groin, seawall, breakwater, jetty or similar protective structure in a navigable body of water, for:
(a) Any commercial use other than an agricultural use, a fee of $1,000.
(b) Any agricultural use, a fee of $300.
(c) Any other use, except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a fee of $250.
2. A permit to engage in recreational dredging, a fee of $50 per year or $5 per day.
3. A permit to construct or install a structure on state land for the diversion of water to irrigate any land for agricultural use, a fee of $100. The State Land Registrar shall not charge a fee for the use of state land to maintain or repair such a structure.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 1458)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 322 - Use of State Lands › NRS 322.140 - Waiver of fees by State Land Registrar.

The State Land Registrar may waive a fee for the issuance of any permit, license or other authorization for the use of state land:
1. To protect or promote the public health or safety; or
2. For a short term, if the use:
(a) Is not conducted primarily for profit; and
(b) Is conducted in such a manner as to cause no essential change in or damage to the state land.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 1458; A 1995, 2512)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 322 - Use of State Lands › NRS 322.150 - Exemption from fees for assignment of state lands to state agency.

The State Land Registrar shall not charge any fee pursuant to NRS 322.100 to 322.130, inclusive, for the assignment of any land or interest in land, pursuant to NRS 321.003, to a state agency for use and administration.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 1458)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 322 - Use of State Lands › NRS 322.160 - Accounting and use of proceeds of fees.

The proceeds of any fee charged pursuant to NRS 322.100 to 322.130, inclusive, must be accounted for by the State Land Registrar and:
1. If the fee is for any authorization to use land granted to the State by the Federal Government for educational purposes, the proceeds must be paid into the State Treasury for credit to the State Permanent School Fund.
2. If the fee is for any authorization to use any other state land, except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the proceeds must be paid into the State Treasury for credit to the State General Fund. If the proceeds of the fees charged pursuant to NRS 322.120 to use any other state land exceed $65,000 in any fiscal year, the amount which is in excess of $65,000 must be accounted for separately and used by the State Land Registrar to carry out programs to preserve, protect, restore and enhance the natural environment of the Lake Tahoe Basin.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 1459; A 1995, 811; 1997, 1262; 2017, 2258)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 322 - Use of State Lands › NRS 322.170 - Regulations.

The State Land Registrar shall adopt such regulations as are necessary to carry out the provisions of NRS 322.100 to 322.160, inclusive.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 1459; A 1995, 2512; 1997, 1262, 2046)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 323 - Exchange of State Lands › NRS 323.010 - "Taylor Grazing Act" defined.

As used in this chapter, "Taylor Grazing Act" means that certain Act of Congress approved June 28, 1934, and being chapter 865, 48 Stat. 1269, together with all acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto.
[Part 1:94:1937; 1931 NCL § 5588.01]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 323 - Exchange of State Lands › NRS 323.020 - Authority of State Land Registrar concerning exchange of state lands for lands of United States.

1. The State Land Registrar is authorized to negotiate with the Secretary of the Interior of the United States concerning the exchange of state lands for lands belonging to the United States within or without the boundaries of stock grazing districts created within this state by the Taylor Grazing Act.
2. The State Land Registrar may, with the approval of the State Board of Examiners and the Interim Finance Committee:
(a) Exchange and cause to be exchanged, pursuant to the negotiations, lands belonging to the State and then and there subject to sale by the State for lands belonging to the United States and subject to exchange for state lands pursuant to section 8 of the Taylor Grazing Act;
(b) Deliver to the United States proper conveyances of title to the state lands so exchanged; and
(c) Require of the proper officer or department of the United States Government similar conveyances of title to the State of the lands received from the United States in the exchange.
[Part 1:94:1937; 1931 NCL § 5588.01]—(NRS A 1975, 107; 1989, 512)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 323 - Exchange of State Lands › NRS 323.030 - Basis of exchange; reservation of mineral rights and easements.

1. The state lands exchanged for lands of the United States under the provisions of this chapter shall be exchanged either upon an equal value basis or upon an equal acreage basis, but upon no other basis.
2. The mineral rights in the state lands exchanged on an equal acreage basis shall be reserved to the State. If such lands are exchanged upon an equal value basis, the mineral rights of the State, if such lands contain minerals, shall be considered in arriving at the valuation for exchange purposes.
3. The State Land Registrar shall make such reservations of easements, rights of use, and rights of ingress and egress with respect to any state land offered for exchange as will protect the citizens and inhabitants of this state and other states in their rights on and concerning public lands as is provided by law and also as contained in section 8 of the Taylor Grazing Act.
[2:94:1937; 1931 NCL § 5588.02]—(NRS A 1975, 107)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 323 - Exchange of State Lands › NRS 323.040 - Agreement concerning exchange not to surrender jurisdiction of State.

The State Land Registrar is empowered to exchange and cause to be exchanged state lands for lands of the United States pursuant to section 8 of the Taylor Grazing Act and the rules and regulations of the Secretary of the Interior relating thereto, but the State Land Registrar shall enter into no agreement concerning the exchange of lands that will surrender or cause to be surrendered any jurisdiction of this state over the lands and people and property thereon situate that the State possesses over the public domain belonging to the United States within this state.
[Part 3:94:1937; 1931 NCL § 5588.03]—(NRS A 1975, 107)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 323 - Exchange of State Lands › NRS 323.050 - Sale of land received in exchange.

All lands received from the United States in exchange for state lands may be sold with the approval of the State Board of Examiners and the Interim Finance Committee.
[Part 3:94:1937; 1931 NCL § 5588.03]—(NRS A 1975, 62; 1989, 512)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 323 - Exchange of State Lands › NRS 323.100 - Authority of State Land Registrar to exchange land of equal value or land whose value is equalized by payment of money.

1. The State Land Registrar may, with the approval of the State Board of Examiners and the Interim Finance Committee, exchange state lands or interests in land for any other lands or interests of land. The Division of State Lands of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources shall determine the values of the lands or interests in land which are to be exchanged. The values must be equal or, if the values are not equal, the values may be equalized by the payment of money, if the payment is not more than 25 percent of the total value of the lands or interests in land.
2. Upon effecting an exchange, the State Land Registrar shall deliver to the transferee proper conveyances of title to the state lands exchanged and shall require proper conveyances of title to the State of the lands received pursuant to the exchange.
(Added to NRS by 1981, 383; A 1989, 512; 1997, 972)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 324 - Lands Under Carey Act › NRS 324.010 - Definitions.

As used in this chapter:
1. "Carey Act" means the provisions of 43 U.S.C. §§ 641 et seq., and all acts amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto.
2. "Division" means the Division of State Lands of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.
[Part 1:76:1911; RL § 3064; NCL § 5475] + [Part 2:76:1911; A 1915, 335; 1919 RL § 3065; NCL § 5476] + [Part 28:76:1911; RL § 3091; NCL § 5502]—(NRS A 1977, 373, 1192; 1979, 228)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 324 - Lands Under Carey Act › NRS 324.020 - Acceptance of terms and conditions of Carey Act.

The State of Nevada accepts the terms and conditions of the Carey Act, and all acts amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto which may be passed by the Congress of the United States, together with all the grants of land made to the State by the Federal Government under the provisions of that act.
[Part 1:76:1911; RL § 3064; NCL § 5475]—(NRS A 1979, 228)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 324 - Lands Under Carey Act › NRS 324.030 - Division of State Lands: Selection, management and disposal of land.

The selection, management and disposal of such land is vested in the Division.
[Part 2:76:1911; A 1915, 335; 1919 RL § 3065; NCL § 5476] + [Part 28:76:1911; RL § 3091; NCL § 5502]—(NRS A 1957, 649; 1959, 91; 1969, 1428; 1975, 108; 1977, 373, 1192)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 324 - Lands Under Carey Act › NRS 324.040 - State Registrar of Lands Under Carey Act: Designation; powers and duties; compensation.

1. The Administrator of the Division is designated as the State Registrar of Lands Under the Carey Act.
2. The State Registrar of Lands Under the Carey Act:
(a) Is the custodian of all papers, documents, maps and plats relating to Carey Act lands.
(b) Shall receive and give a receipt for all fees and payments required to be paid pursuant to the provisions of this chapter or any regulation of the Division.
(c) Shall deposit all fees and payments received by him or her with the State Treasurer to the credit of the Carey Act Account.
(d) Shall conduct all correspondence relating to Carey Act lands.
3. The State Registrar of Lands Under the Carey Act is designated as the authorized agent of the State to dispose of lands under the Carey Act.
4. For services performed pursuant to the provisions of this chapter the Administrator of the Division is not entitled to receive additional compensation.
[Part 2:76:1911; A 1915, 335; 1919 RL § 3065; NCL § 5476] + [Part 25:76:1911; A 1915, 333; 1919 RL § 3088; NCL § 5499]—(NRS A 1957, 649; 1975, 108; 1977, 1192; 1979, 228, 664; 1991, 1764)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 324 - Lands Under Carey Act › NRS 324.050 - Report of State Registrar of Lands Under Carey Act; pending proceedings not made public.

1. Before September 1 of each even-numbered year, for the biennium ending June 30 of such year, the State Registrar of Lands Under the Carey Act shall prepare a detailed report of the transactions concerning Carey Act lands and file one copy of the report with the Secretary of State.
2. All pending proceedings before the Division and the State Engineer, except applications for permits for water rights, must not be made public or be open to public inspection until the application for segregation is filed in the Bureau of Land Management.
[29:76:1911; RL § 3092; NCL § 5503]—(NRS A 1969, 1456; 1975, 108; 1977, 1193; 1979, 228)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 324 - Lands Under Carey Act › NRS 324.060 - Regulations: Adoption; publication and distribution.

1. The Division may establish and require the observance of such regulations as the Division may deem necessary, proper or expedient, not in conflict with law or the regulations of the Department of the Interior, for the administration of the provisions of this chapter.
2. Such regulations shall be published from time to time in pamphlet form for free distribution.
[24:76:1911; RL § 3087; NCL § 5498]—(NRS A 1977, 1193)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 324 - Lands Under Carey Act › NRS 324.070 - Division to determine time, manner and conditions under which lands open for entry or sale.

The Division shall determine the time, manner and conditions under which lands and water rights of any segregation, or any part thereof, are thrown open for entry by or sale to intending settlers.
[16:76:1911; RL § 3079; NCL § 5490]—(NRS A 1977, 1193)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 324 - Lands Under Carey Act › NRS 324.080 - Division to fix price of lands; Carey Act Account created.

1. The Division may fix the price at which the State disposes of lands in each segregation to settlers at the time of their entry, which must not be less than $10 per acre nor more than the fair market value, including costs incidental to the application.
2. The proceeds must be deposited with the Treasurer for credit to the Carey Act Account, which is hereby created in the State General Fund.
[13:76:1911; RL § 3076; NCL § 5487]—(NRS A 1977, 374, 1193; 1979, 229, 664; 1991, 1764)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 324 - Lands Under Carey Act › NRS 324.090 - Fees.

A nonrefundable fee of $100 must be collected by the Division pursuant to the provisions of this chapter and deposited with the State Treasurer for credit to the Carey Act Account. The fee covers one copy each of all original documents from the time of application to the time of issuance of patent, including the application for segregation. Other fees may be charged as are established by regulations of the Division.
[26:76:1911; RL § 3089; NCL § 5500]—(NRS A 1977, 374, 1193; 1979, 229, 664; 1991, 1764)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 324 - Lands Under Carey Act › NRS 324.100 - Deposit and use of proceeds and fees; appropriation for Carey Act Account.

1. The proceeds derived by the State from fees and the sale of Carey Act lands must be deposited in the Carey Act Account. The money is subject to control and disposition by the Division and may be used by the Division for the following purposes only:
(a) For the payment of all necessary expenses incurred by the State Registrar of Lands Under the Carey Act for administering Carey Act lands.
(b) For the reclamation, under the control and direction of the Division, of desert lands in the State, other than those included in any segregation by any applicant except the State.
(c) For advertisement and publicity of the desert lands of the State to advance their settlement and reclamation.
2. Until the Carey Act Account has received deposits from fees and sales of land under the provisions of this chapter sufficient to meet the necessary disbursements arising pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection 1, the State Controller and the State Treasurer are authorized and directed to transfer from the State General Fund to the Carey Act Account from time to time, sufficient money to meet those disbursements, not exceeding $10,000, and that sum is hereby appropriated for that purpose. As soon as deposits to the Carey Act Account, derived from fees and sales of lands, are sufficient to provide an adequate operating balance in the Carey Act Account, all sums so transferred must be restored to the State General Fund.
3. All disbursements from the Carey Act Account must be on claims of the State Registrar of Lands Under the Carey Act and approved by the State Board of Examiners.
[30:76:1911; RL § 3093; NCL § 5504]—(NRS A 1975, 108; 1977, 374, 1193; 1979, 229, 664; 1991, 1764)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 324 - Lands Under Carey Act › NRS 324.110 - Compensation of State Engineer.

1. The State Engineer must be compensated for his or her services by such fees and expense allowances as are authorized by law to be assessed against an applicant for a water right. The expense of the inspection, supervision and report of the State Engineer upon the proposed irrigation works of an applicant and all other services of the State Engineer, if it is not covered by law, must be assessed against the applicant, and is required in advance. The State Engineer shall submit a statement to the Division.
2. Except in special cases and for unusual services, the work of the State Engineer in connection with the Carey Act must be done under the fee and compensation system of his or her office.
[27:76:1911; RL § 3090; NCL § 5501]—(NRS A 1977, 1194; 1979, 230)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 324 - Lands Under Carey Act › NRS 324.120 - Applications for segregations: Contents; filing fee.

1. Any natural person, association, company or corporation desiring to construct impounding dams, canals, ditches or other irrigation works, pumping plants, or artesian wells to reclaim lands under the provisions of this chapter, may file with the Division an application for any land which is listed by the Division as being available for reclamation through the Division.
2. Any person who is a citizen of the United States, or a lawful permanent resident of the United States, and who is more than 18 years of age may file an application with the Division for that land in an amount not exceeding 160 acres.
3. An application must:
(a) Be prepared and submitted in accordance with such regulations as the Division may adopt, which must conform with applicable regulations of the Department of the Interior.
(b) Be accompanied by proof that an active application for a permit to appropriate water is on file in the Office of the State Engineer.
(c) Be accompanied by the fee prescribed by this chapter.
(d) State that the applicant desires the land for actually reclaiming, cultivating and settling it in accordance with the Carey Act and the laws and regulations of this State.
(e) State that the applicant, if granted the amount of land requested in the application, will not have received a total amount of land through the provisions of this chapter exceeding 160 acres.
[3:76:1911; RL § 3066; NCL § 5477] + [4:76:1911; RL § 3067; NCL § 5478]—(NRS A 1977, 375, 1194; 1979, 230)