Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 246 - County Clerks
NRS 246.140 - Duties of county clerk concerning certificate presented for filing; when certificate is considered filed.


1. When a certificate of marriage is required by law to be filed in the office of the county clerk, the county clerk shall:
(a) Endorse upon the certificate of marriage the time when it was received, noting:
(1) The year, month, day, hour and minute of its reception;
(2) The document number; and
(3) The amount of fees collected for filing the certificate of marriage.
(b) File the certificate of marriage without delay.
(c) Note at the upper right corner of the certificate of marriage the exact time of its reception and the name of the person at whose request it was filed.
(d) Upon request, place a stamp or other notation upon one copy of the certificate of marriage presented at the time of filing to reflect the information endorsed upon the original pursuant to subparagraphs (1) and (2) of paragraph (a) and as evidence that the county clerk received the original, and return the copy to the person who presented it.
2. A certificate of marriage is filed when the information required pursuant to this section is placed on the document and is entered in the record of the county clerk.
(Added to NRS by 2007, 884)

Structure Nevada Revised Statutes

Nevada Revised Statutes

Chapter 246 - County Clerks

NRS 246.010 - Election; term of office.

NRS 246.020 - Oath and bond.

NRS 246.030 - Deputies.

NRS 246.040 - Office; hours to remain open.

NRS 246.060 - Duties.

NRS 246.062 - Duty to notify Court Administrator of adoption, repeal or amendment of county ordinance concerning criminal offense.

NRS 246.065 - Facsimile signature.

NRS 246.070 - Fees relating to public lands deposited in county general fund.

NRS 246.075 - Additional fee for marriage license in certain counties; fund for promotion of marriage tourism; county clerk to report projected expenditures from fund.

NRS 246.100 - Adoption of ordinance.

NRS 246.110 - Typed or printed names required on certificate; affidavit; noncompliance does not invalidate certificate.

NRS 246.120 - Denial of request to file certificate; notice to requester; application to district court for order to file certificate; resubmission of certificate; immunity from liability.

NRS 246.130 - Manner of filing certificates; conditional acceptance of certificate.

NRS 246.140 - Duties of county clerk concerning certificate presented for filing; when certificate is considered filed.

NRS 246.150 - Certificates to be filed in order received; maintenance and public inspection of records of transactions conducted in clerk’s office and fees collected.

NRS 246.160 - Custody and responsibility for certificates filed with clerk’s office; public inspection of certificates.

NRS 246.170 - Production of certified abstract of certificate in lieu of certified copy.

NRS 246.180 - Fees.

NRS 246.190 - Additional fee for filing certificate of marriage: Accounting; use; annual report.