2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 278 - Planning and Zoning › NRS 278.477 - Amendment of recorded plat, map or survey which changes location of survey monument, property line or boundary line: Procedures and requirements.

1. In addition to the requirements of subsection 2, an amendment of a recorded subdivision plat, parcel map, map of division into large parcels or record of survey which changes or purports to change the physical location of any survey monument, property line or boundary line is subject to the following requirements:
(a) If the proposed amendment is to a parcel map, map of division into large parcels or record of survey, the same procedures and requirements as in the original filing.
(b) If the proposed amendment is to a subdivision plat, only those procedures for the approval and filing of a final map.
2. Any amended subdivision plat, parcel map, map of division into large parcels or record of survey required pursuant to subsection 1 must:
(a) Be identical in size and scale to the document being amended, drawn in the manner and on the material provided by law;
(b) Have the words "Amended Plat of" prominently displayed on each sheet above the title of the document amended;
(c) Have a legal description that describes only the property which is to be included in the amendment;
(d) Have a blank margin for the county recorder’s index information;
(e) Have a 3-inch square adjacent to and on the left side of the existing square for the county recorder’s information and stamp; and
(f) Contain a certificate of the professional land surveyor licensed pursuant to chapter 625 of NRS who prepared the amendment stating that it complies with all pertinent sections of NRS 278.010 to 278.630, inclusive, and 625.340 to 625.380, inclusive, and with any applicable local ordinance.
3. Any amended subdivision plat, parcel map, map of division into large parcels or record of survey that is recorded in support of an adjusted boundary must:
(a) Contain or be accompanied by the report of a title company and the certificate required by NRS 278.374 or an order of the district court of the county in which the land is located that the amendment may be approved without all the necessary signatures if the order is based upon a finding that:
(1) A bona fide effort was made to notify the necessary persons;
(2) All persons who responded to the notice have consented to the amendment; and
(3) The amendment does not adversely affect the persons who did not respond; and
(b) Contain a certificate executed by the appropriate county surveyor, county engineer, city surveyor or city engineer, if he or she is registered as a professional land surveyor or civil engineer pursuant to chapter 625 of NRS, stating that he or she has examined the document and that it is technically correct.
4. Upon recording the amended document, the county recorder shall cause a proper notation to be entered upon all recorded sheets of the document being amended, if the county recorder does not maintain a cumulative index for such maps and amendments. If such an index is maintained, the county recorder shall direct an appropriate entry for the amendment.
5. A county recorder who records a plat, map or record of survey pursuant to this section shall, within 7 working days after he or she records the plat, map or record of survey, provide to the county assessor at no charge:
(a) A duplicate copy of the plat, map or record of survey and any supporting documents; or
(b) Access to the digital plat, map or record of survey and any digital supporting documents. The plat, map or record of survey and the supporting documents must be in a form that is acceptable to the county recorder and the county assessor.
(Added to NRS by 1977, 1505; A 1979, 1501; 1987, 380; 1989, 796; 1991, 1890; 1993, 2579; 1997, 1065, 2434; 2001, 1563; 2003, 2789)