Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 270 - Correction and Vacation of Plats
NRS 270.060 - City to commence action in district court; contents of complaint; notice of lis pendens; service of summons.


1. Within 30 days after the expiration of the 60 days from the date of the first publication, the city council, or other legislative board of the city shall commence an action in the district court of the State of Nevada, in and for the county in which the city is situate, in which such city shall be the party plaintiff and in which shall be joined as parties defendant all persons who are by the plaintiff known to have, or appear by the county assessor’s lists in the county to have, any interest, whether legal or equitable and whether in possession or expectancy in or to any of the blocks, lots or any other pieces or parcels of property, whose title would be affected by the adoption of the map or maps, or plat or plats.
2. Such action shall be commenced by the filing of a complaint, in which the plaintiff shall set forth the making and filing of the map or maps, plat or plats, in accordance with the provisions of NRS 270.010 to 270.150, inclusive, and the other and further things and notices herein required. Together with the complaint the plaintiff shall file such map or maps, or plat or plats, together with such written objections or exceptions thereto as may have been filed as herein provided, and shall pray the court for an order adopting, fixing and establishing the map or maps, or plat or plats, and fixing, settling, establishing, determining and adjudicating the points, lines, descriptions, metes, bounds, names, numbers and letters of all blocks, lots, streets, alleys, highways, parks, schools, cemeteries and other properties devoted to public use and all lines and corners therein shown.
3. At the time of commencing such action the plaintiff shall cause to be filed in the office of the county recorder of the county in which the property is situate, a notice of the pendency of the action, and such notice, when recorded, shall be considered a notice thereof to all persons to the extent and effect now provided by law.
4. The summons shall be served as provided in NRS and the Nevada Rules of Civil Procedure; but if the corrections shall not change the boundaries in any property owner’s property, the summons shall be served by publication thereof for 4 consecutive weeks in some newspaper in the county in which the property is situated, and such publication shall be deemed to be legal service thereof.
[6:120;1919; A 1929, 20; NCL § 1360]

Structure Nevada Revised Statutes

Nevada Revised Statutes

Chapter 270 - Correction and Vacation of Plats

NRS 270.010 - Procedure for correction of maps or plats.

NRS 270.020 - Survey may be made; preparation and contents of map.

NRS 270.030 - Compensation of surveyor; employment of other engineers.

NRS 270.040 - Filing of original map with clerk; posting of copies; notice of time for objections.

NRS 270.050 - Objections and exceptions to plat: Form and contents.

NRS 270.060 - City to commence action in district court; contents of complaint; notice of lis pendens; service of summons.

NRS 270.070 - Contents and posting of summons; property deemed within jurisdiction of district court; fictitious defendants.

NRS 270.080 - Further pleadings: Nevada Rules of Civil Procedure; hearing given precedence.

NRS 270.090 - Findings of fact, conclusions of law and judgment; recording of certified copy of judgment, map and plat; fees for recording; county recorder to provide copy of map or plat or access to digital map or plat to county assessor.

NRS 270.100 - Appeal: Procedure.

NRS 270.110 - City attorney or district attorney may prosecute action; employment of other counsel.

NRS 270.120 - Questions of fact may be referred to master; property may be taken for public use; procedure.

NRS 270.130 - Equitable jurisdiction of court to settle rights, conflicts and controversies; court may vest title; stipulations between parties.

NRS 270.140 - Applicability of NRS 270.010 to 270.150, inclusive, to towns.

NRS 270.150 - Additional rights and remedies.

NRS 270.160 - Procedure.

NRS 270.170 - Person claiming material injury may commence action to have order of vacation set aside.

NRS 270.180 - NRS 270.160 and 270.170 supplementary; applicability.