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2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.405 - Election or appointment of certain city officers; consolidation of offices of city clerk and city treasurer.

1. In addition to the mayor and city council, there must be in each city of population category one or two a city clerk, a city treasurer, or if those offices are combined pursuant to subsection 4, a city clerk and treasurer, a municipal judge and a city attorney. The offices of city clerk, city treasurer, municipal judge and city attorney may be either elective or appointive offices, as provided by city ordinance. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the elected officers shall hold their respective offices for 4 years and until their successors are elected and qualified. The cities of population category three may by ordinance provide that the mayor and city council members must be elected and shall hold office for 2 years.
2. In each city of population category one or two, in which the officers are appointed pursuant to ordinance, the mayor, with the advice and consent of the city council, shall appoint all of the officers.
3. In cities of population category three, the mayor, with the advice and consent of the city council, may appoint any officers as may be deemed expedient.
4. The city council may provide by ordinance for the office of city clerk and the office of city treasurer to be combined into the office of city clerk and treasurer.
[36:125:1907; A 1911, 374; 1915, 66; 1923, 186; 1951, 53]—(NRS A 1983, 902; 1985, 672, 1173; 1989, 1164; 2001, 630; 2003, 679; 2019, 3546)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.410 - Officers of cities of population categories one and two to hold only one office; exception.

Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4 of NRS 266.405 for the clerk and treasurer, in cities of population categories one and two, a mayor, council member, clerk, auditor, attorney or treasurer shall not hold any other office under the city government during his or her term of office.
[47:125:1907; RL § 813; NCL § 1148]—(NRS A 1985, 1173; 1989, 1164; 2001, 631)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.415 - Appointed officers serve at pleasure of mayor and city council; removal by city council; veto by mayor.

Except as otherwise provided by specific law or ordinance, all appointed officers serve at the pleasure of the mayor and city council and may be removed by a majority vote of the city council. The mayor may exercise the right of veto as provided in NRS 266.200.
[38:125:1907; A 1947, 273; 1943 NCL § 1139]—(NRS A 1987, 366; 2001, 631)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.420 - Oath and bond.

1. Every officer of any city, whether elected or appointed, shall, before entering upon the duties of the office take and subscribe to the constitutional oath of office.
2. Every officer of any city who is responsible for the handling of city funds shall execute a bond payable to the city in such penal sum as may, by resolution or ordinance, be directed, conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of the office, and the payment of all moneys received by such officer according to law and the ordinances of the city.
[39:125:1907; RL § 805; NCL § 1140]—(NRS A 1971, 309; 1977, 411)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.425 - Bonds filed with clerk; council may require additional bonds.

1. All bonds given by the officers of any city shall be filed with the city clerk.
2. The city council may at any time require further and additional bonds of all officers elected and appointed.
[41:125:1907; RL § 807; NCL § 1142]—(NRS A 1971, 309)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.430 - Nonfeasance, misfeasance or malfeasance; penalty.

In case the mayor or any municipal officer is adjudged guilty of nonfeasance, misfeasance or malfeasance by any court of competent jurisdiction he or she shall be fined in a sum not exceeding $1,000. The court in which such conviction shall be had shall enter an order removing such officer from office; and the officer shall not be eligible to any municipal office thereafter.
[42:125:1907; RL § 808; NCL § 1143]—(NRS A 1971, 309)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.435 - Delivery of property to successor; liability.

Every officer of the city shall, within 5 days after notification and request, deliver to his or her successor in office all properties, books and effects of every description in the officer’s possession belonging to the city or appertaining to the office; and upon the officer’s failure, refusal or neglect to do so the officer shall be liable for all damages caused thereby, and to such penalty as may be by ordinance prescribed.
[43:125:1907; RL § 809; NCL § 1144]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.450 - Compensation; restrictions on increase or decrease.

All elected officers of any city are entitled to receive such compensation as may be fixed by ordinance, but, except as otherwise provided in NRS 266.041, the compensation of any elected officers must not be increased or diminished to take effect during the term for which the officer was elected. All appointed officers are entitled to receive such compensation as may be fixed by ordinance.
[48:125:1907; RL § 814; NCL § 1149]—(NRS A 2001, 631, 701; 2003, 14)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.455 - Deputies: Appointment; powers; compensation.

The city officers, except the mayor, council members and municipal judge, may, after being first duly authorized by ordinance of the city council, appoint a deputy or deputies who have the same powers as their principals and whose compensation may be prescribed by the city council. The city council may authorize the appointment of a deputy on condition that no charge be made against the city for the deputy’s services.
[49:125:1907; RL § 815; NCL § 1150]—(NRS A 1983, 903)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.460 - Duties of officers may be defined by ordinance.

The duties, powers and privileges of all officers in any way connected with the city government, not defined in this chapter, shall be defined by the city council; and the defining by this chapter of the duties of city officers shall not preclude the city council from defining by ordinance further and additional duties to be performed by any such officer.
[51:125:1907; RL § 817; NCL § 1152]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.465 - Qualifications.

No person is eligible to the office of city attorney unless he or she is an attorney in good standing admitted to practice law in all the courts of this State.
[Part 54:125:1907; A 1947, 737; 1951, 389]—(NRS A 1991, 13)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.470 - Duties.

The city attorney shall be the legal adviser of the city council and all officers of the city in all matters respecting the affairs of the city and shall perform such duties as may be required by the city council or prescribed by ordinance.
[Part 54:125:1907; A 1947, 737; 1951, 389]—(NRS A 1971, 309; 2001, 631)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.475 - Employment of counsel to assist city attorney.

The city council may, in the exercise of its sound discretion, employ counsel to aid the city attorney whenever, in its judgment, the public interests require such employment, and the expense thereof must be allowed and paid in the same manner as other claims against the city.
[Part 54:125:1907; A 1947, 737; 1951, 389]—(NRS A 2001, 631)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.480 - Duties.

The city clerk shall:
1. Keep the office of the city clerk at the place of meeting of the city council, or some other place convenient thereto, as the council may direct.
2. Keep the corporate seal and all papers and records of the city.
3. Keep a record of the proceedings of the city council, whose meetings the city clerk shall attend.
4. Countersign all contracts made in behalf of the city, and every such contract or contracts to which the city is a party shall be void unless signed by the city clerk.
[18 1/2:125:1907; added 1921, 216; NCL § 1118] + [Part 52:125:1907; RL § 818; NCL § 1153] + [53:125:1907; RL § 819; NCL § 1154]—(NRS A 1971, 309; 2011, 3577)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.500 - Duties.

The city treasurer shall perform such duties as may be designated by ordinance.
[57:125:1907; RL § 823; NCL § 1158] + [58:125:1907; RL § 824; NCL § 1159]—(NRS A 1971, 311)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.510 - Receipt for payment.

The treasurer shall:
1. Give to every person paying money into the city treasury a receipt therefor, specifying the date of payment and upon what account paid.
2. File the duplicate of such receipt with the auditor or city clerk, as the city council may direct, at the date of the treasurer’s monthly report.
[60:125:1907; RL § 826; NCL § 1161]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.515 - Deposit of city’s money in bank, credit union, savings and loan association or savings bank; agreement for redeposit of money.

1. The treasurer, or the county treasurer when acting as ex officio city treasurer, shall keep all money belonging to the city separate from all other money held for any other purpose or fund and may, when one or more insured banks, credit unions, savings and loan associations or savings banks are located in the city, deposit, with unanimous consent of his or her bondsmen, city money in such banks, credit unions, savings and loan associations or savings banks in demand or time accounts. When no such banks, credit unions, savings and loan associations or savings banks exist in the city, the treasurer or county treasurer may deposit, with the unanimous consent of his or her bondsmen, city money with any insured bank, credit union, savings and loan association or savings bank in the State of Nevada in demand or time accounts.
2. The treasurer or county treasurer may, with unanimous consent of his or her bondsmen, enter into an agreement with an insured bank, credit union, savings and loan association or savings bank to:
(a) Arrange for the redeposit of any money belonging to the city that exceeds the limits of insurance provided by an instrumentality of the United States or pursuant to NRS 672.750 into one or more insured deposit accounts in one or more insured state or national banks, credit unions, savings and loan associations or savings banks; and
(b) Ensure that the total amount of money redeposited and any interest accrued on that money is within the limits of insurance provided by an instrumentality of the United States or pursuant to NRS 672.750.
3. The accounts must be kept in the name of the city in such manner as the governing board of the city may prescribe and under such terms and conditions for the protection of the money as the governing board may determine, not inconsistent with other laws of the State of Nevada regulating the deposit of public money.
4. The balances in banks, credit unions, savings and loan associations or savings banks, as certified to by the proper officer thereof, and by the oath of the city treasurer, may be counted as cash.
[6:125:1907; A 1933, 86; 1931 NCL § 1162]—(NRS A 1975, 1797; 1979, 1883; 1999, 1465; 2015, 345)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.520 - Treasurer’s report: Contents.

The treasurer shall report to the city council at such times as may be prescribed by ordinance, giving a full and detailed account of all receipts and expenditures since the treasurer’s last report, and of the state of the treasury. The treasurer shall also keep a register of all warrants redeemed and paid during the year, and describing such warrants, their date, amount, number, the fund from which paid, and the person to whom paid, specifying also the time of payment. All such warrants shall be examined by the city council at the time of receiving such report.
[62:125:1907; RL § 828; NCL § 1163]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.525 - Money from special assessment kept as special fund; restrictions on use.

All moneys received from any special assessment shall be held by the treasurer as a special fund, to be applied to payment for the improvement for which the assessment was made, and the money shall be used for no other purpose whatever.
[63:125:1907; RL § 829; NCL § 1164]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.530 - Appointment; duties.

1. Each city which is not participating in a metropolitan police department must have a chief of police. The mayor shall appoint the chief of police, subject to confirmation by the city council.
2. The chief of police shall perform such duties as may be designated by ordinance.
[Part 73:125:1907; RL § 839; NCL § 1174]—(NRS A 1963, 8; 1971, 311; 1973, 926; 2001, 631)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.550 - Powers and jurisdiction: Same as justice court; trial summary and without jury; exception; fees.

1. The municipal court shall have such powers and jurisdiction in the city as are now provided by law for justice courts, wherein any person or persons are charged with the breach or violation of the provisions of any ordinance of such city or of this chapter, of a police or municipal nature. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 5 of NRS 5.050, the trial and proceedings in such cases must be summary and without a jury.
2. The powers of the municipal court include the power to charge and collect those fees authorized pursuant to NRS 5.073.
[Part 66:125:1907; RL § 832; NCL § 1167]—(NRS A 1997, 115; 2021, 1321)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.555 - Jurisdiction.

1. The municipal court has jurisdiction to hear, try and determine all cases, whether civil or criminal, for the breach or violation of any city ordinance or any provision of this chapter of a police or municipal nature, and shall hear, try and determine cases in accordance with the provisions of those ordinances or of this chapter.
2. The municipal court has jurisdiction of offenses committed within the city, which violate the peace and good order of the city or which invade any of the police powers of the city, or endanger the health of the inhabitants thereof, such as breaches of the peace, drunkenness, intoxication, fighting, quarreling, dogfights, cockfights, routs, riots, affrays, violent injury to property, malicious mischief, vagrancy, indecent conduct, lewd or lascivious cohabitation or behavior, and all disorderly, offensive or opprobrious conduct, and of all offenses under ordinances of the city.
3. The municipal court has jurisdiction of:
(a) Any action for the collection of taxes or assessments levied for city purposes, when the principal sum thereof does not exceed $2,500.
(b) Actions to foreclose liens in the name of the city for the nonpayment of those taxes or assessments when the principal sum claimed does not exceed $2,500.
(c) Actions for the breach of any bond given by any officer or person to or for the use or benefit of the city, and of any action for damages to which the city is a party, and upon all forfeited recognizances given to or for the use or benefit of the city, and upon all appeal bonds given on appeals from the municipal court, when the principal sum claimed does not exceed $2,500.
(d) Actions for the recovery of personal property belonging to the city, when the value thereof does not exceed $2,500.
(e) Actions by the city for the collection of any damages, debts or other obligations when the amount claimed, exclusive of costs or attorneys’ fees, or both if allowed, does not exceed $2,500.
4. Nothing contained in subsection 3 gives the municipal court jurisdiction to determine any such cause when it appears from the pleadings that the validity of any tax, assessment or levy, or title to real property is necessarily an issue in the cause, in which case the court shall certify the cause to the district court in like manner and with the same effect as provided by law for certification of causes by justice courts.
[Part 66:125:1907; RL § 832; NCL § 1167] + [67:125:1907; RL § 833; NCL § 1168] + [68:125:1907; RL § 834; NCL § 1169]—(NRS A 1973, 199; 1979, 1726; 1981, 470; 1985, 1623; 1991, 466)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.565 - Pleadings; practice.

1. The practice and proceedings in the municipal court shall conform, as nearly as practicable, to the practice and proceedings of justice courts in similar cases, except that an appeal perfected transfers the action to the district court for trial anew. The municipal court shall be treated and considered as a justice court whenever the proceedings thereof are called into question.
2. The papers and pleadings filed in the municipal court and process issuing therefrom shall be entitled "In the Municipal Court of the City of ................"
3. In all actions for the violation of any ordinance, it shall be sufficient if the complaint refer to the title and section of the ordinance under which such action is brought.
4. All actions brought to recover any fine or to enforce any penalty under any ordinance of any city shall be brought in the corporate name of the city as plaintiff; and no prosecution, recovery or acquittal for the violation of any such ordinance shall constitute a defense to any other prosecution of the same person for any other violation of any such ordinance, although the different causes of action existed at the same time, and if united would not have exceeded the jurisdiction of a justice court.
[30:125:1907; RL § 796; NCL § 1131] + [Part 32:125:1907; RL § 798; NCL § 1133] + [Part 66:125:1907; RL § 832; NCL § 1167] + [Part 64:125:1907; RL § 830; NCL § 1165] + [Part 69:125:1907; A 1923, 279; NCL § 1170]—(NRS A 1979, 1512)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.570 - Contempt.

A municipal judge may punish for contempt for the same acts or omissions, in the same manner and with the same effects as is provided for judges in chapter 22 of NRS.
[Part 69:125:1907; A 1923, 279; NCL § 1170]—(NRS A 1975, 510; 1983, 903)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.585 - Reports and payments by municipal judge.

The municipal judge shall render monthly, or as often as the city council may require, an exact and detailed statement in writing, under oath, of the business done and of all fines collected, as well as fines imposed but uncollected, since the municipal judge’s last report, and shall at the same time render and pay into the city treasury all fines collected and money received on behalf of the city since the last report.
[Part 69:125:1907; A 1923, 279; NCL § 1170]—(NRS A 1983, 903; 2001, 631)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.590 - Fines and penalties: Commitment; recovery by execution; chain gang.

1. Any person upon whom any fine or penalty shall be imposed may, upon the order of the court before whom the conviction is had, be committed to the county jail or the city jail, or to such other place as may be provided by the city for the incarceration of offenders, until such fine or penalty shall be fully paid.
2. The city council shall have power to provide by ordinance that every person committed shall be required to work for the city at such labor as the person’s strength will permit, not exceeding 8 hours each working day; and for such work the person so employed shall be allowed $4 for each day’s work on account of such fine. The council may provide for the formation of a chain gang for persons convicted of offenses in violation of the ordinances of the city, and for their proper employment for the benefit of the city, and to safeguard and prevent their escape while being so employed.
3. Fines imposed by the municipal court may be recovered by execution against the property of the defendant, or the payment thereof enforced by imprisonment in the city jail of the city at the rate of 1 day for every $4 of such fine, or the court may, in its discretion, adjudge and enter upon the docket a supplemental order that such offender shall work on the streets or public works of the city, at the rate of $4 for each day of the sentence, which shall apply on such fine until the same shall be exhausted or otherwise satisfied.
[Part 32:125:1907; RL § 798; NCL § 1133] + [33:125:1907; RL § 799; NCL § 1134] + [Part 66:125:1907; RL § 832; NCL § 1167]—(NRS A 1967, 1471)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.600 - General powers of city council.

The city council may:
1. Control the finances of the corporation.
2. Appropriate money for corporate purposes only, and provide for payment of debts and expenses of the corporation.
3. Levy and collect taxes within the city for general and special purposes on real and personal property, as provided by law.
4. Borrow money on the credit of the city for corporate purposes, in the manner and to the extent allowed by the constitution and the laws, and issue general obligations therefor, but no city may issue or have outstanding at any time bonds in an amount in excess of 30 percent of the total assessed valuation of the taxable property within such city as shown by the last preceding tax list or assessment roll, nor warrants, certificates, scrip or other evidences of indebtedness, excepting the bonded indebtedness, in excess of 20 percent of the assessed valuation. This subsection does not restrict the power of cities as to taxation, assessment, borrowing money, contracting debts or loaning their credit for procuring supplies of water.
5. Secure additionally the payment of any general obligation securities by a pledge of any revenues, other than tax proceeds, legally available therefor.
6. Divide the city into districts for the purpose of local taxation, or create districts for that purpose, as occasion may require.
7. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 576.128 and subsections 4 and 5 of NRS 266.355, raise revenue by levying and collecting a license fee or tax on any private corporation or business within the limits of the city, and regulate it by ordinance. All such license fees and taxes must be uniform with respect to the class upon which they are imposed.
8. Fix the amount of licenses and the terms and manner of their issuance.
[Part 28:125:1907; RL § 794; NCL § 1128]—(NRS A 1967, 55; 1969, 1580; 1981, 953; 1997, 3168; 2005, 731)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.605 - Levy and collection of taxes.

1. The city council shall annually, at the time prescribed by law for levying taxes for state and county purposes, levy a tax not exceeding 3 percent upon the assessed value of all real estate and personal property within the city made taxable by law, and the tax so levied must be collected at the same time and in the same manner and by the same officers, exercising the same functions, as prescribed and provided in the revenue laws of this State for collection of state and county taxes. The revenue laws of this State shall, in every respect not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter, be deemed applicable to the levying, assessing and collecting of the city taxes. In the matter of the equalization of assessments, the rights of the city and the rights of the inhabitants of the city must be protected in the same manner and to the same extent by the action of the county board of equalization as are the State and county.
2. Whenever or wherever practicable and expedient, all forms and blanks used in levying, assessing and collecting the state and county revenues must, with such alterations or additions as may be necessary, be used in levying, assessing and collecting the revenue of the city.
3. The city council shall enact all such ordinances as it may deem necessary and not inconsistent with this chapter and the laws of this State, for the prompt, convenient and economical collecting of the city revenue.
[75:125:1907; RL § 841; NCL § 1176]—(NRS A 2001, 632)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.610 - Apportionment of money from road fund by county commissioners.

The several boards of county commissioners in this state shall, from time to time, upon request of the city council, apportion to each incorporated city within the respective counties such proportion of the general road fund of the county as the value of the whole property within the corporate limits of such city, as shown by the assessment roll, shall bear to the whole property of the county, inclusive of the property within incorporated cities, and all such moneys so apportioned shall be expended upon the streets, alleys and public highways of such city under the direction and control of the council.
[76:125:1907; RL § 842; NCL § 1177]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.615 - Ordinances to carry out revenue laws.

The city council has full power to pass and enact all ordinances necessary or required to carry into effect the revenue laws in the city and to enlarge, fix and determine the powers and duties of all officers in relation thereto.
[77:125:1907; RL § 843; NCL § 1178]—(NRS A 2001, 632)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.620 - Payment of fines, forfeitures and other money into city treasury.

All fines and forfeitures for the violation of ordinances and all money collected for licenses or otherwise shall be paid into the treasury of the city at such times and in such manner as may be prescribed by ordinance.
[31:125:1907; RL § 797; NCL § 1132]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.660 - Costs of municipal capital improvements to be paid from proper fund, including proceeds from bonds.

The cost and expense of buildings and land for the use of the city shall be paid for from the proper fund of the city, including without limitation proceeds of bonds authorized by law.
[80:125:1907; RL § 846; NCL § 1181]—(NRS A 1965, 737; 1969, 1581; 1971, 311)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.775 - Petition for disincorporation; publication of notice by district court; question to be submitted to voters at next city election; determination of registered voters.

1. Whenever one-fourth of the registered voters of any city now existing or hereafter created by general law petition the district court in and for the county in which the corporation is situated for the disincorporation of the city, the district court shall cause to be published, for at least 30 days, a notice stating that the question of disincorporating the corporation will be submitted to the registered voters of the corporation at the next city election. The form of the ballot must be "For Disincorporation" or "Against Disincorporation."
2. The registered voters provided for in this section must be determined from the registration lists as taken from the office of the county clerk for all precincts in the city at the last general election held in the county.
[105:125:1907; A 1915, 35; 1949, 287; 1943 NCL § 1207]—(NRS A 1973, 12; 1987, 366; 1993, 1040)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.780 - Judgment of disincorporation.

The vote must be taken and canvassed in the same manner as in other city elections, and return thereof made to the district court. If the court finds that a majority of the legal votes are cast "For Disincorporation," a judgment must be entered disincorporating the corporation, and upon the entry of the judgment, its corporate powers cease.
[106:125:1907; A 1956, 23]—(NRS A 1987, 366)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.785 - Creation of unincorporated town on disincorporation: Procedure.

1. If there is, at the time of the entry of the judgment disincorporating a city, a voting population of 600 or more therein, then all of the provisions of chapter 269 of NRS shall immediately apply thereto.
2. If there is, at the time of the entry of the judgment disincorporating a city, a voting population of less than 600 therein, and if within 30 days after the entry of the judgment a written petition is not filed in the clerk’s office of the county in which the disincorporated city is situated praying for the application of the provisions of chapter 269 of NRS, then the board of county commissioners of the county wherein such disincorporated city is situated shall immediately proceed to wind up the affairs of the disincorporated city and shall perform all necessary acts as required by the provisions of NRS 265.010 to 265.100, inclusive, as if the disincorporated city had been disincorporated under the provisions of NRS 265.010 to 265.100, inclusive.
[107:125:1907; A 1956, 23]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.790 - Procedure for completion of unfinished business of court.

1. If, at the time of the entry of the judgment disincorporating a city, the provisions of chapter 269 of NRS apply immediately to such disincorporated city, then any justice of the peace within the town, as provided in NRS 269.165, shall have jurisdiction to execute and complete all unfinished business standing on the court records of the disincorporated city.
2. If, at the time of the entry of the judgment disincorporating a city which has a voting population of less than 600 therein, no written petition is filed as provided in subsection 2 of NRS 266.785, then the provisions of NRS 265.060 shall thereafter apply.
[108:125:1907; A 1956, 23]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns › NRS 266.795 - Judgment disincorporating city: Duties of clerk of district court; delivery of copies; notice of entry; limitation of actions.

1. Immediately following the entry of the judgment disincorporating a city, the clerk of the district court shall:
(a) Transmit certified copies of the judgment to the Secretary of State and to the county recorder of the county wherein the disincorporated city is situated.
(b) Cause a notice thereof to be published once a week for 4 consecutive weeks in a newspaper published in the county, but if no newspaper is published therein, then the clerk shall give such notice as the district court may prescribe.
2. The notice must contain:
(a) A statement of the fact of disincorporation.
(b) A statement of the provisions of subsection 3.
(c) Such other statements as the district court may require.
3. All claims against the disincorporated city must be filed with the clerk of the board of county commissioners within 3 months from the date of the entry of the judgment disincorporating the city, and all claims not so filed are forever barred.
[109:125:1907; A 1956, 23]—(NRS A 1985, 261)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 267 - Commission Form of Municipal Government › NRS 267.010 - Definitions.

As used in NRS 267.010 to 267.140, inclusive:
1. "Commission form of government" means any form of municipal government not contrary to the Constitution and laws of the United States wherein either:
(a) Both legislative and administrative authority is exercised by the same governing body, members of which are elected by the qualified electors of a city; or
(b) All powers of the city are vested in a governing body, members of which are elected by the qualified electors of the city, which enacts local legislation, adopts budgets, determines policies, and appoints a city manager, who executes the laws and administers the municipal government.
2. "Commissioners" means city commissioners or city council members.
[Part 1:192:1915; A 1919, 366; 1919 RL p. 2658; NCL § 1248]—(NRS A 1959, 125)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 267 - Commission Form of Municipal Government › NRS 267.020 - City may adopt commission form of government.

Any incorporated city in the State of Nevada may adopt the commission form of government and frame its own charter therefor.
[Part 1:192:1915; A 1919, 366; 1919 RL p. 2658; NCL § 1248]—(NRS A 1959, 126; 1987, 1706)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 267 - Commission Form of Municipal Government › NRS 267.030 - Petition for adoption of commission form of government; election of electors to frame charter.

Whenever the qualified voters of any incorporated city desiring to adopt a commission form of government so declare their desire by filing with the governing body of that city a petition having the signatures of one-fourth of the qualified voters voting at the last city election, the governing body shall cause 15 qualified electors to be elected at the next primary or general municipal election or primary or general state election to frame a charter which provides for a commission form of government for the city. The persons elected must have been residents of the city for at least 2 years preceding their election.
[2:192:1915; 1919 RL p. 2658; NCL § 1249]—(NRS A 1959, 126; 1963, 803; 1987, 1706; 1993, 1041)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 267 - Commission Form of Municipal Government › NRS 267.040 - Nomination and election of electors to frame charter.

Nominations of the electors must be made by petition of one-fifth of the qualified voters of the incorporated city. The petition must be filed with the governing body of the city at least 30 days before the day of the election, as provided for in NRS 267.030. The names of all candidates so filed must be placed upon the official ballots to be voted at the election.
[3:192:1915; 1919 RL p. 2658; NCL § 1250]—(NRS A 1959, 127; 1963, 804; 1987, 1707; 1993, 1041)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 267 - Commission Form of Municipal Government › NRS 267.050 - Canvass of returns of election; issuance of certificates of election.

Within 6 working days after the date of the election, the legislative authority of the incorporated city shall:
1. Meet and canvass the returns of the election.
2. Declare the result thereof.
3. Issue certificates of election to the 15 qualified electors having the highest vote therefor.
[Part 4:192:1915; 1919 RL p. 2659; NCL § 1251]—(NRS A 1959, 127; 1987, 1707; 2007, 623)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 267 - Commission Form of Municipal Government › NRS 267.060 - Elected persons to frame charter; publication and posting of charter; affidavits of publication and posting.

1. The persons elected as provided for in NRS 267.050 shall convene within 10 days and commence to frame a charter for the city and within 90 days thereafter they, or a majority of them, shall submit the charter to the legislative authority of the incorporated city.
2. Within 10 days thereafter, the legislative authority of the city shall:
(a) Cause the proposed charter to be published once in a newspaper published in the incorporated city. If no newspaper is published in the city, the proposed charter must be published once in a newspaper published in the county; and
(b) Cause copies of the proposed charter to be posted in three of the most public places of the city for 30 days.
3. The affidavits of the publisher and of the person posting the copies of the charter must be made immediately after publication and after the posting.
[Part 4:192:1915; 1919 RL p. 2659; NCL § 1251]—(NRS A 1959, 127; 1987, 1707)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 267 - Commission Form of Municipal Government › NRS 267.070 - Election for adoption or rejection of charter: Publication of charter; form of ballot; alternative propositions.

1. The governing body of the incorporated city shall cause the proposed charter to be published once and posted for 30 days and provide for the submission of the proposed charter to the qualified voters of the incorporated city at the next primary or general municipal election or primary or general state election.
2. The form of ballot concerning the question of the proposed charter at the election must be: "For the proposed charter," "Against the proposed charter."
3. In submitting the proposed charter, or amendments thereto, any alternative article or proposition may be presented to the voters of the incorporated city and may be voted on separately without prejudice to the others. In submitting the amendments, article or proposition, the form of the ballot must be: "For Article No. ..... of the charter," "Against Article No. ..... of the charter."
[Part 4:192:1915; 1919 RL p. 2659; NCL § 1251]—(NRS A 1959, 128; 1963, 804; 1987, 1707; 1993, 1041)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 267 - Commission Form of Municipal Government › NRS 267.080 - Canvass and declaration of result of election; when charter becomes organic law of city.

The officers conducting the election shall make returns thereof within the time and in the manner provided by the state election laws. The vote thereof shall be canvassed and the result declared as provided by such laws. If upon the canvass it shall be found that a majority of the votes so cast at the election were cast in favor of the ratification of the charter, the charter shall become the organic law of the city and shall supersede any existing charter, and all amendments thereto and all special laws inconsistent therewith, when authenticated, recorded and attested as provided in NRS 267.010 to 267.140, inclusive.
[Part 5:192:1915; 1919 RL p. 2659; NCL § 1252]—(NRS A 1959, 128)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 267 - Commission Form of Municipal Government › NRS 267.090 - Certification of charter.

If upon the canvass it is found that a majority of the votes cast at the election were cast in favor of the ratification of the charter, as provided in NRS 267.080, the mayor of the city shall thereupon attach to the charter a certificate in substance as follows:
I, ................, mayor of ................, do hereby certify that in accordance with the terms and provisions of Section 8 of Article 8 of the Constitution, and the laws of the State of Nevada, an election was held on the .......... day of the month of ………. of the year ….., at which 15 qualified electors were elected to prepare a charter for the city of ......................; that notice of the election was given in the manner provided by law; that on the .......... day of the month of ………. of the year ….., the election was held, and the votes cast at that election were canvassed by the governing body of the city, and the following persons were declared elected to prepare and propose a charter for the city of .................
That thereafter, on the .......... day of the month of ………. of the year …., the board of electors returned a proposed charter for the city of ................, signed by the following members thereof: .................
That thereafter the proposed charter was published once in a newspaper and posted in three of the most public places in the city, to wit: For one publication, the publication in a newspaper on the .......... day of the month of ………. of the year ….., and was posted on the .......... day of the month of ………. of the year ……
That thereafter, on the .......... day of the month of ………. of the year ….., an election was held at which the proposed charter was submitted to the qualified electors of the city, and the returns of the election were canvassed by the governing body at a meeting held on the .......... day of the month of ………. of the year ….., and the result of the election was found to be as follows: For the proposed charter, ........ votes; against the proposed charter, ........ votes. Majority for the proposed charter, ........ votes.
Whereupon the charter was ratified by a majority of the qualified electors voting at the election.
And I further certify that the foregoing is a full, true and complete copy of the proposed charter voted upon and ratified as aforesaid.
In testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand and affix the corporate seal of the city this .......... day of the month of ………. of the year ……
............................................................................. ,
Mayor of the city of...........................................
Attest:............................. ,
Clerk of the city of ......
[Part 5:192:1915; 1919 RL p. 2659; NCL § 1252]—(NRS A 1959, 128; 1987, 1708; 1993, 1042; 2001, 46)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 267 - Commission Form of Municipal Government › NRS 267.100 - Recording and attesting of charter and amendments; judicial notice of charter and amendments.

1. Immediately after being certified as provided in NRS 267.090, the charter shall be recorded by the city clerk in a book to be provided and kept for that purpose and known as the charter book of the city of ................, and when so recorded shall be attested by the clerk and the mayor of the city under the corporate seal thereof.
2. Thereafter any and all amendments to the charter shall be in a like manner recorded and attested.
3. When so recorded and attested, all courts in this state shall take judicial notice of the charter and all amendments thereto.
[Part 5:192:1915; 1919 RL p. 2659; NCL § 1252]—(NRS A 1959, 129)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 267 - Commission Form of Municipal Government › NRS 267.110 - Powers of city with commission form of government; contents of charter.

1. Any city having adopted a charter pursuant to the provisions of NRS 267.010 to 267.140, inclusive, has pursuant to the charter:
(a) All of the powers enumerated in the general laws of the State for the incorporation of cities.
(b) Such other powers necessary and not in conflict with the Constitution and laws of the State of Nevada to carry out the commission form of government.
2. The charter, when submitted, must:
(a) Fix the number of commissioners, their terms of office and their duties and compensation.
(b) Provide for all necessary appointive and elective officers for the form of government therein provided, and fix their salaries and emoluments, duties and powers.
(c) Fix, in accordance with the provisions of NRS 293C.140 and 293C.175 or with the provisions of NRS 293C.145, the time for the first and subsequent elections for all elective officers. After the first election and the qualification of the officers who were elected, the old officers and all boards or offices and their emoluments must be abolished.
[6:192:1915; 1919 RL p. 2660; NCL § 1253]—(NRS A 1959, 130; 1969, 678; 1987, 366, 1709, 1731; 1997, 3475; 2003, 679; 2019, 3546)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 267 - Commission Form of Municipal Government › NRS 267.120 - General powers of a city with commission form of government.

Any city adopting a charter under the provisions of NRS 267.010 to 267.140, inclusive, has all of the powers which are now or may hereafter be conferred upon incorporated cities by the laws of the State, and all such powers as are usually exercised by municipal corporations of like character and degree, whether or not the powers are specifically enumerated in NRS 267.010 to 267.140, inclusive.
[7:192:1915; 1919 RL p. 2661; NCL § 1254]—(NRS A 1959, 130; 1987, 1710)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 267 - Commission Form of Municipal Government › NRS 267.123 - Public works: City’s powers subordinate to powers of regional planning agency.

In any region of this state for which there has been established by interstate compact a regional planning agency, the powers of a city organized under NRS 267.010 to 267.140, inclusive, with respect to the location and construction of all public works are subordinate to the powers of such regional planning agency.
(Added to NRS by 1968, 13; R 2011, 3740; A 2013, 2366, 2367, 3838)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 267 - Commission Form of Municipal Government › NRS 267.125 - Land improvement fund: Creation by ordinance; composition; expenditures.

1. The governing body of a city having the type of commission form of government described in paragraph (b) of subsection 1 of NRS 267.010, which has acquired by the provisions of any federal or any other law real property within its corporate boundaries, and which has adopted a policy, by its charter, of leasing or selling such real property, or portions thereof, in a manner that will result in the maximum benefit accruing to the city from such leases and sales, may, by ordinance, with the approval of the Department of Taxation, create a land improvement fund, which fund shall not be subject to the provisions of chapter 354 of NRS.
2. The land improvement fund may be composed of:
(a) Moneys transferred from any capital improvement fund existing pursuant to the provisions of the charter when so authorized by the registered voters of the city at an election.
(b) Moneys contributed from the general fund of the city by action of the governing body, which contributions need not be repaid to the general fund of the city.
(c) Such portion of the proceeds received by the city from the lease and sale of the real property as may be provided for by the charter or by city ordinance.
(d) Any other moneys the deposit of which in the land improvement fund is budgeted for by the governing body or authorized by the registered voters of the city.
3. Moneys in the land improvement fund may be expended for:
(a) Preparation of real property for sale or lease and costs incidental thereto.
(b) Acquisition and construction of improvements on such real property prior to its sale or lease.
(Added to NRS by 1963, 641; A 1965, 737; 1975, 1681)