1. Any state officer shall be liable to impeachment for misdemeanor or malfeasance in office pursuant to Article 7 of the Nevada Constitution.
2. As used in NRS 283.140 to 283.290, inclusive, "state officer" means the Governor and other state and judicial officers, except:
(a) Justices of the peace; and
(b) State Legislators removable from office only through expulsion by their own House pursuant to Section 6 of Article 4 of the Nevada Constitution.
[1911 Cr. Prac. § 28; RL § 6878; NCL § 10675]—(NRS A 2009, 1072)
Structure Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 283 - Resignations, Vacancies and Removals
NRS 283.010 - Resignation may be made before oath taken.
NRS 283.020 - Resignation of state officers commissioned by the Governor.
NRS 283.030 - Resignation of appointive officers.
NRS 283.040 - Events causing vacancy in office; action by Attorney General or district attorney.
NRS 283.050 - Removal on impeachment and conviction: Duties of Secretary of State.
NRS 283.060 - Governor to declare state offices vacant.
NRS 283.090 - Qualifications and duties of person appointed pursuant to NRS 283.080.
NRS 283.100 - Vacancy filled by Governor during recess of Legislature.
NRS 283.110 - Vacancy in state office filled by Governor; term of appointee.
NRS 283.125 - Notice of appointment to fill vacancy; contents; applicability.
NRS 283.130 - Commission or certificate of election or appointment of officer filling vacancy.
NRS 283.140 - Officers liable to impeachment.
NRS 283.150 - All impeachments tried by Senate; Senate to be sworn.
NRS 283.160 - Articles of impeachment: Delivery to President of Senate.
NRS 283.190 - Assignment of other hearing day or proceeding in defendant’s absence.
NRS 283.220 - Senate to be sworn: Procedure.
NRS 283.230 - Concurrence of two-thirds of members elected required for conviction.
NRS 283.240 - Judgment: Form; resolution of majority as judgment.
NRS 283.250 - Judgment: Suspension or removal and disqualification.
NRS 283.260 - Effect of judgment of suspension on salary, fees or emoluments.
NRS 283.270 - Suspension of officer pending impeachment; filling office pending impeachment.
NRS 283.280 - Notice of impeachment of Lieutenant Governor.
NRS 283.290 - Indictment or information not barred by conviction on impeachment.
NRS 283.310 - Statement of offense.
NRS 283.330 - Appearance and answer; proceeding in defendant’s absence.
NRS 283.340 - Objection to sufficiency or denial of truth of accusation.
NRS 283.350 - Objection to legal sufficiency of accusation: Form and sufficiency.
NRS 283.360 - Denial of truth of accusation.
NRS 283.370 - Answer when objection to sufficiency not sustained.
NRS 283.380 - Conviction on plea of guilty or refusal to answer; trial on denial of matters charged.
NRS 283.390 - Trial by jury; conduct of trial.
NRS 283.400 - Right to process.
NRS 283.410 - Judgment: Pronouncement; entry and assignment of cause of removal.
NRS 283.420 - Appeal; defendant suspended; office may be filled.
NRS 283.430 - Proceedings for removal of district attorney.
NRS 283.440 - Removal of certain public officers for malfeasance or nonfeasance: Procedure; appeal.