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NRS 266.005 - Inapplicability to certain cities. - Except as otherwise provided in a city’s charter, the provisions...
NRS 266.007 - Special election may be held upon determination by city council that emergency exists. - 1. For the purposes of NRS 266.290 and 266.386, a...
NRS 266.010 - Home rule granted; limitations. - Subject to the right of the Legislature to create or...
NRS 266.015 - Municipal government vested in mayor and city council. - The municipal government of all incorporated cities under this chapter...
NRS 266.016 - Definitions. - As used in NRS 266.016 to 266.0445, inclusive, unless the...
NRS 266.017 - Area suitable for incorporation. - The area to be included in a city proposed to...
NRS 266.018 - Notice to incorporate: Filing; contents. - 1. If a committee of five qualified electors wishes to...
NRS 266.019 - Petition for incorporation: Contents; form. - 1. The petition for incorporation must include the following information...
NRS 266.021 - Petition for incorporation: Information; affidavits. - 1. The petition may consist of more than one document....
NRS 266.022 - Petition for incorporation: Invalidation of signatures; number of signatures; filing. [Effective through December 31, 2023.] Petition for incorporation: Invalidation of signatures; number of signatures; filing. [Effective January 1, 202... - 1. The county clerk shall invalidate the signature of any...
NRS 266.023 - Verification of signatures; request to remove name from petition. - 1. Within 30 days after the petition is filed pursuant...
NRS 266.024 - Amendment of petition; verification of additional signatures. - 1. A petition which lacks the required number of signatures...
NRS 266.026 - Determination of sufficiency of petition; review by board of county commissioners. - 1. The county clerk shall promptly file with the board...
NRS 266.0261 - Request for report from Committee on Local Government Finance; submission of copies of petition to planning agencies, local governments and Department of Taxation. - Upon receipt of a petition that has been certified as...
NRS 266.0262 - Review of petition by planning agencies and local governments. - A commission, agency or district that receives a petition pursuant...
NRS 266.0263 - Estimated fiscal effect of incorporation: Statement by Department of Taxation; review of statement by Committee on Local Government Finance. - 1. The Department of Taxation shall prepare a concise statement...
NRS 266.0264 - Determination by Committee on Local Government Finance that proposed area is unsuitable for incorporation. - 1. If the Committee on Local Government Finance determines that...
NRS 266.0265 - Judicial review of determination that proposed area is unsuitable for incorporation. - A qualified elector or any other person who has an...
NRS 266.027 - Public hearing on petition and report of Committee on Local Government Finance. - 1. The board of county commissioners shall, within 14 days...
NRS 266.028 - Record of public hearing; testimony at hearing; additional hearings. - 1. The board of county commissioners shall keep a record...
NRS 266.0285 - Factors for consideration in determining advisability of incorporation and feasibility of proposed city. - 1. To determine the advisability of incorporation and the feasibility...
NRS 266.029 - Opinion of board of county commissioners on advisability of incorporation and feasibility of proposed city; election required. - 1. Upon conclusion of the final hearing, the board of...
NRS 266.031 - Withdrawal of petition. - A petition for incorporation may be withdrawn at any time...
NRS 266.032 - Form and contents of ballot. - The ballots used for the election held pursuant to NRS...
NRS 266.0325 - Sample ballot: Distribution; form and contents; notice concerning availability of ballots in large type. - 1. At least 10 days before an election held pursuant...
NRS 266.033 - Canvass of votes; notice of results. - 1. The board of county commissioners shall canvass the votes...
NRS 266.0335 - Preparation of legal description of incorporated city. - Upon approval of the incorporation by the voters, the board...
NRS 266.034 - Liability for costs of incorporation. - 1. The costs incurred by the board of county commissioners...
NRS 266.036 - Election of officers of city; notice. - 1. Upon approval of the incorporation by the voters, the...
NRS 266.037 - Limitations on circulation of petition for incorporation. - A petition for incorporation must not be circulated for signatures...
NRS 266.038 - Candidate for elective office of newly created city. - A person who wishes to become a candidate for an...
NRS 266.039 - Articles of incorporation. - 1. The mayor of the city shall file three copies...
NRS 266.041 - Powers of elected officers before incorporation becomes effective. - Before the incorporation of the city becomes effective, the elected...
NRS 266.042 - Effective date of incorporation; presumption of incorporation. - 1. The incorporation of a city becomes effective: (a) If...
NRS 266.043 - County entitled to receive taxes from city between notice of results of election and effective date of incorporation; special districts within city continue to exist. - 1. During the period from the filing of the notice...
NRS 266.044 - Apportionment of county’s fixed assets located within city. - 1. The governing body of the incorporated city and the...
NRS 266.0445 - Assessment and taxation of certain property to pay for indebtedness of county. - Any property located within an incorporated city which was assessed...
NRS 266.045 - Bonds of first elected officers. - Whenever the inhabitants of any territory become incorporated under this...
NRS 266.050 - Specially chartered city may surrender charter and become organized under this chapter: Procedure. - Any city now or hereafter organized pursuant to a special...
NRS 266.055 - Categorization of cities by population. - Municipal corporations organized pursuant to the provisions of this chapter...
NRS 266.060 - Attainment of higher population category; proclamation of Governor. - 1. Whenever any city of population category two attains the...
NRS 266.066 - Judicial proceedings: Judicial notice of change in population category and organization of city and ordinances, rules, resolutions and regulations of city council; pleading and proof. - 1. All courts of this state shall take judicial notice...
NRS 266.070 - Vested rights on incorporation or change in population category; remedies. - 1. All rights and property of every kind which were...
NRS 266.075 - Existing ordinances and resolutions remain effective on organization or change in population category; no alteration in legal identity. - 1. All ordinances and resolutions in force in any city...
NRS 266.080 - Officers continue in office on organization or change in population category; terms of officers elected on organization. - 1. When any city now existing under a special charter...
NRS 266.085 - City is municipal corporation; name; general powers. - 1. Cities incorporated pursuant to this chapter: (a) Are municipal...
NRS 266.095 - Number; population and form; division of city by county commissioners during incorporation; change of boundaries. - 1. In a city incorporated pursuant to this chapter, the...
NRS 266.105 - Power of city council to pass ordinances, resolutions and orders and provide fines or penalties for enforcement of ordinances. - 1. The city council may make and pass all ordinances,...
NRS 266.110 - Enactment of ordinance: Subject; title. - 1. No ordinance shall be passed except by bill, and...
NRS 266.115 - Enactment of ordinance: Style; introduction and notice; final action; publication. - 1. The style of ordinances must be as follows: "The...
NRS 266.118 - Ordinance relating to criminal offense: City clerk to mail copy to court administrator. - If the city council adopts, repeals or amends an ordinance...
NRS 266.165 - Chief executive is mayor. - The chief executive of a city shall be the mayor....
NRS 266.170 - Qualifications. - Mayors shall be qualified electors within their respective cities and...
NRS 266.175 - Election. - Mayors shall be chosen by the qualified electors of their...
NRS 266.180 - Vacancy filled by city council. - Any vacancy occurring in the office of mayor, by death,...
NRS 266.185 - Mayor pro tem. - 1. During the absence or disability of the mayor: (a)...
NRS 266.190 - General duties. - 1. The mayor shall exercise a careful supervision over the...
NRS 266.200 - Mayor is presiding officer of city council; vote; veto; approval of contracts, resolutions and ordinances. - 1. The mayor: (a) Shall preside over the city council...
NRS 266.215 - Qualifications of city council members. - Council members must be: 1. Qualified electors within their respective...
NRS 266.220 - Election and number of council members. - 1. If a city of population category one is: (a)...
NRS 266.225 - Vacancy in office of council member filled by mayor and council; exception. - Except as otherwise provided in NRS 268.325, any vacancy occurring...
NRS 266.230 - Limitation on council member’s appointment to office created or which had salary increased while he or she was member of council. - No member of any city council shall, during the term...
NRS 266.235 - Quorum. - Except as otherwise provided in NRS 241.0355, a majority of...
NRS 266.240 - Rules; punishment or expulsion of members. - The city council shall determine its own rules of procedure,...
NRS 266.245 - Meetings: Frequency, time and place of holding; compliance with Open Meeting Law. - 1. The city council shall prescribe by ordinance the time...
NRS 266.250 - Meetings to be public; minutes; audio recordings or transcripts; required recorded votes; affirmative vote of majority of all members required to pass ordinances and certain propositions. - 1. The deliberations, sessions and proceedings of the city council...
NRS 266.255 - Deferment of final action on committee’s report. - At the request of any two members of the city...
NRS 266.260 - Manner and details for exercise of powers of city council may be provided by ordinance. - When power is conferred upon the city council to do...
NRS 266.261 - Public works: General powers of city council. - 1. The city council, on behalf of the city and...
NRS 266.263 - Public works: City’s powers subordinate to powers of regional planning agency. - In any region of this state for which there has...
NRS 266.265 - City’s property: General powers of city council; exceptions. - 1. The city council may: (a) Control the property of...
NRS 266.267 - Requirements for sale or lease of real property owned by city. - 1. A city council shall not enter into a lease...
NRS 266.270 - Condemnation of property for public uses. - The city council may condemn property for public uses in...
NRS 266.275 - Streets, sidewalks, parks and public grounds. - The city council may: 1. Lay out, maintain, alter, improve...
NRS 266.277 - Traffic and parking. - The city council may, by ordinance, regulate: 1. Except as...
NRS 266.280 - Parking meters; off-street facilities for public parking. - 1. The city council may acquire, install, maintain, operate and...
NRS 266.285 - Provision of utilities. - The city council may: 1. Provide, by contract, franchise or...
NRS 266.290 - Acquisition or establishment of municipal utility: Procedure. - 1. The city council may acquire or establish any public...
NRS 266.293 - Provision of services by municipal utility to real property not to be conditioned upon annexation of property. - If real property is located within the service area of...
NRS 266.295 - Railroads and railways. - The city council may: 1. License, regulate or prohibit the...
NRS 266.300 - Franchises for certain public purposes. - 1. The city council shall have the power: (a) To...
NRS 266.310 - Fire department; arson investigators; storage of hazardous material; fire code. - The city council may: 1. Organize, regulate and maintain a...
NRS 266.316 - Acquisition, maintenance and abolishment of cemeteries. - The city council may, by any lawful means, acquire, control,...
NRS 266.321 - Police ordinances: Enactment and enforcement; penalty for violation of state law. - 1. The city council may enact and enforce such local...
NRS 266.323 - Employment of security officers. - The governing body of a city may employ security officers....
NRS 266.325 - Control of animals and poultry; collection of fee; limitation. - 1. The city council may: (a) Fix, impose and collect...
NRS 266.330 - Public health. - The city council may: 1. Provide for safeguarding public health...
NRS 266.335 - Nuisances: Abatement, prevention and removal; costs as lien. - The city council may: 1. Except as otherwise provided in...
NRS 266.342 - "Trunk line" defined. - As used in NRS 266.342 to 266.348, inclusive, unless the...
NRS 266.344 - Imposition in certain cities; master plan required; amount; collection; penalties for delinquent payment. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the city...
NRS 266.346 - Establishment of advisory committee to develop plan to enhance telephone system for reporting emergency; creation of special revenue fund; use of money in fund. - If a city council imposes a surcharge pursuant to NRS...
NRS 266.348 - Recovering cost of collection. - A telephone company that collects the surcharge imposed pursuant to...
NRS 266.355 - Power of city council to regulate and license. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 3, 4 and...
NRS 266.358 - Payment of child support: Statement by applicant for license, permit or certificate; grounds for denial of license, permit or certificate; duty of city council. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law... - 1. If a city council requires a person to obtain...
NRS 266.362 - Suspension of license, certificate or permit for failure to pay child support or comply with certain subpoenas or warrants; reinstatement of license, certificate or permit. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the... - 1. If a city council receives a copy of a...
NRS 266.368 - Application for license, permit or certificate must include social security number of applicant. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state to establish procedures for withholding, s... - 1. An application for the issuance of a license, permit...
NRS 266.386 - Resolution proposing sale or lease of system; election required. - 1. Proceedings to sell or lease a city-owned electric light...
NRS 266.3861 - Appointment of appraisers. - Upon the adoption of a resolution pursuant to NRS 266.386,...
NRS 266.3862 - Negotiation with qualified lessees. - If the resolution adopted proposes to lease the electric light...
NRS 266.3863 - Measure and explanation to be drafted by city attorney. - When proceedings are instituted to sell or lease a city-owned...
NRS 266.3864 - Registration of voters for special election; notice; office hours of county clerk. - 1. If the question of the sale or lease of...
NRS 266.3865 - Notice of special election: Publication; contents. - 1. If the resolution adopted pursuant to NRS 266.386 calls...
NRS 266.3866 - Powers and duties of county clerk at special election; costs of special election. - 1. The county clerk may consolidate or otherwise modify voting...
NRS 266.3867 - Sale of system: Advertisement; sealed bids. - If the resolution adopted proposes to sell the electric light...
NRS 266.390 - Officers and offices: General powers of council. - The city council may: 1. Create any office that may...
NRS 266.395 - Appointment of officers by mayor. - The mayor, with the advice and consent of the city...
NRS 266.400 - Eligibility for office; power of city council to adopt requirements concerning residency. - 1. The city council, by ordinance, may require, as a...
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...
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...
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...
NRS 266.420 - Oath and bond. - 1. Every officer of any city, whether elected or appointed,...
NRS 266.425 - Bonds filed with clerk; council may require additional bonds. - 1. All bonds given by the officers of any city...
NRS 266.430 - Nonfeasance, misfeasance or malfeasance; penalty. - In case the mayor or any municipal officer is adjudged...
NRS 266.435 - Delivery of property to successor; liability. - Every officer of the city shall, within 5 days after...
NRS 266.450 - Compensation; restrictions on increase or decrease. - All elected officers of any city are entitled to receive...
NRS 266.455 - Deputies: Appointment; powers; compensation. - The city officers, except the mayor, council members and municipal...
NRS 266.460 - Duties of officers may be defined by ordinance. - The duties, powers and privileges of all officers in any...
NRS 266.465 - Qualifications. - No person is eligible to the office of city attorney...
NRS 266.470 - Duties. - The city attorney shall be the legal adviser of the...
NRS 266.475 - Employment of counsel to assist city attorney. - The city council may, in the exercise of its sound...
NRS 266.480 - Duties. - The city clerk shall: 1. Keep the office of the...
NRS 266.490 - Duties. - The city auditor, in cities having an auditor, shall perform...
NRS 266.500 - Duties. - The city treasurer shall perform such duties as may be...
NRS 266.505 - Payment of warrants. - All warrants shall be paid out of their respective funds...
NRS 266.510 - Receipt for payment. - The treasurer shall: 1. Give to every person paying money...
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...
NRS 266.520 - Treasurer’s report: Contents. - The treasurer shall report to the city council at such...
NRS 266.525 - Money from special assessment kept as special fund; restrictions on use. - All moneys received from any special assessment shall be held...
NRS 266.530 - Appointment; duties. - 1. Each city which is not participating in a metropolitan...
NRS 266.550 - Powers and jurisdiction: Same as justice court; trial summary and without jury; fees. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] Powers and jurisdiction: Same as justice court; trial summary and without jury; exception; fees. [Effective Jan... - 1. The municipal court shall have such powers and jurisdiction...
NRS 266.555 - Jurisdiction. - 1. The municipal court has jurisdiction to hear, try and...
NRS 266.565 - Pleadings; practice. - 1. The practice and proceedings in the municipal court shall...
NRS 266.570 - Contempt. - A municipal judge may punish for contempt for the same...
NRS 266.585 - Reports and payments by municipal judge. - The municipal judge shall render monthly, or as often as...
NRS 266.590 - Fines and penalties: Commitment; recovery by execution; chain gang. - 1. Any person upon whom any fine or penalty shall...
NRS 266.595 - Appeals. - Appeals to the district court may be taken from any...
NRS 266.600 - General powers of city council. - The city council may: 1. Control the finances of the...
NRS 266.605 - Levy and collection of taxes. - 1. The city council shall annually, at the time prescribed...
NRS 266.610 - Apportionment of money from road fund by county commissioners. - The several boards of county commissioners in this state shall,...
NRS 266.615 - Ordinances to carry out revenue laws. - The city council has full power to pass and enact...
NRS 266.620 - Payment of fines, forfeitures and other money into city treasury. - All fines and forfeitures for the violation of ordinances and...
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...
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...
NRS 266.780 - Judgment of disincorporation. - The vote must be taken and canvassed in the same...
NRS 266.785 - Creation of unincorporated town on disincorporation: Procedure. - 1. If there is, at the time of the entry...
NRS 266.790 - Procedure for completion of unfinished business of court. - 1. If, at the time of the entry of the...
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...