Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts

NRS 539.030 - Petition filed in office of county clerk; publication of notice of time of meeting; newspaper in which publication to be made; contents of notice. - 1. The petition shall be filed in the office of...

NRS 539.033 - Presentation of petition to county commissioners; hearing. - When the petition is presented, and it shall appear that...

NRS 539.035 - Adjournment of hearing. - The board of county commissioners may adjourn the hearing from...

NRS 539.037 - Determination as to land to be formed into district. - 1. Contiguous or neighboring lands susceptible of irrigation from the...

NRS 539.040 - Informalities in petition to be disregarded; reason for refusal or dismissal of petition; mandamus. - 1. In the hearing of any petition, the board of...

NRS 539.043 - Order granting or denying petition; order granting petition to establish boundaries and designate name. - Upon the completion of the hearing, the board of county...

NRS 539.045 - Order calling election. - 1. Upon making an order granting the prayer of the...

NRS 539.047 - Notice of election: Contents; publication. - 1. The board of county commissioners shall give notice of...

NRS 539.050 - Election precincts. - For the purpose of the election to organize the district,...

NRS 539.053 - Conduct of election; absent voters’ ballots. - Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, all such elections...

NRS 539.055 - Canvass of votes; order declaring territory formed as district under designated name; recording of order and plat. - 1. The board of county commissioners shall meet on or...

NRS 539.057 - Conclusiveness of record of county commissioners concerning proceedings. - The record of the board of county commissioners of the...

NRS 539.060 - Name of district; change of name of certain districts. - 1. The name of any district organized after July 1,...

NRS 539.063 - Officers of district. - The officers of an irrigation district shall consist of three,...

NRS 539.065 - Directors: Terms of office; qualifications. - 1. The directors elected at the organization election shall be...

NRS 539.067 - Directors: Oaths; bonds. - 1. Within 10 days after receiving the certificate of his...

NRS 539.070 - Directors: Vacancies in office. - 1. Any vacancy in the office of director shall be...

NRS 539.071 - Expansion of number of directors authorized if federal reclamation project operated and project authorized for additional purposes; procedure. - 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, if an...

NRS 539.073 - Organization of board; election and appointment of officers. - 1. Immediately upon their election and qualification following the organization...

NRS 539.075 - Secretary and treasurer: Appointment; bond. - 1. The secretary and the treasurer shall be appointed by...

NRS 539.077 - Assistant secretary: Appointment; duties. - The board may also appoint an assistant secretary who shall...

NRS 539.080 - Compensation and expenses of directors and other officers. - 1. A member of the board of directors is entitled...

NRS 539.081 - Interest in certain contracts prohibited; penalties. - 1. All directors and other officers named in this chapter...

NRS 539.083 - Office of board. - The board of directors shall designate some place within the...

NRS 539.085 - Regular meetings: Time and place; notice of change of time; judicial day. - 1. The board shall hold a regular monthly meeting in...

NRS 539.087 - Special meetings: Calling by president or board; notice; business to be transacted. - 1. The board of directors shall hold such special meetings...

NRS 539.090 - Legal meeting: Attendance of all members. - Whenever all members of the board are present at a...

NRS 539.093 - Meetings public. - All meetings of the board shall be public. [Part 9:64:1919;...

NRS 539.095 - Quorum; affirmative vote of majority required for certain questions. - A majority of the members constitutes a quorum for the...

NRS 539.097 - Records open to inspection. - 1. All records of the board shall be open to...

NRS 539.103 - Director not to be employed by district as engineer, watermaster or manager. - 1. No director shall, during the director’s term of office,...

NRS 539.105 - Establishment of precincts and polling places. - 1. Each division shall constitute an election precinct for the...

NRS 539.107 - Procedure for change of boundaries. - 1. Whenever in the opinion of the board of directors...

NRS 539.110 - Procedure for changing number of directors and divisions; election required. - 1. The number of directors and the number of divisions...

NRS 539.113 - Procedure for election of directors. - 1. Not later than 60 days before any general election...

NRS 539.115 - When regular elections of irrigation districts to be held. - The regular elections of irrigation districts shall be held on...

NRS 539.117 - When election need not be held; declaration of election of candidates. - If there shall be no contests for office, and no...

NRS 539.120 - Declarations of candidacy; filing fees. - 1. Nominations for the office of director shall be made...

NRS 539.123 - Eligibility to vote; number of votes elector may cast; certain persons and entities entitled to vote and exercise rights of electors; filing of designations or written consents. - 1. Any person 18 years of age or older, whether...

NRS 539.125 - Notice of election: Contents; publication. - The secretary shall cause to be published a notice specifying...

NRS 539.127 - Registration of electors required; reregistration. - 1. No election for any purpose except for organization shall...

NRS 539.130 - Secretary is ex officio district registrar; appointment of field registrars; duties. - 1. The secretary is ex officio district registrar of the...

NRS 539.133 - Close of registration: Time. - Registration of voters for any regular or special election must...

NRS 539.135 - Oath of individual registrant. - The registrars shall require registrants to take the following oath...

NRS 539.137 - Oath of registrants on behalf of entity that is not natural person. - The registrar shall require registrants on behalf of an entity...

NRS 539.140 - Persons who may administer registration oath. - 1. The registration oath may be taken before the registrar...

NRS 539.143 - Designation of registered voters in rosters and lists of registered electors. - In all rosters and lists of registered electors prepared for...

NRS 539.145 - Appointment of inspectors and clerks; designation of time and place of election. - 1. Before publishing a notice pursuant to NRS 539.125, the...

NRS 539.147 - Compensation of registrars and election officers. - Registrars and election officers may receive such compensation for their...

NRS 539.150 - Election officers: Oath; vacancies. - 1. Before opening the polls each inspector and each clerk...

NRS 539.153 - Applicability of general election laws. - The time of opening and closing the polls, the manner...

NRS 539.155 - Returns delivered to secretary; canvass by board of directors; declaration of result. - 1. The returns shall be delivered to the secretary of...

NRS 539.157 - Declaration of candidates receiving highest number of votes; certificates of election. - 1. The board of directors must declare elected the person...

NRS 539.160 - Directors subject to recall from office. - Every director of an irrigation district organized and existing under...

NRS 539.163 - Petition for recall: Contents; required signatures; filing. - 1. For the purpose of recalling any director of an...

NRS 539.165 - Petition for recall: Use of copies; verification. - The petition may consist of any number of copies thereof,...

NRS 539.167 - Petition for recall: Director must hold office 6 months. - No petition for the recall of any director shall be...

NRS 539.170 - Special election: Call; when held. - Upon the filing of the petition, the board of directors...

NRS 539.173 - Vacancy filled if director resigns; continuance in office if director does not resign. - 1. If the director shall offer his or her resignation...

NRS 539.175 - Removal of signature from recall petition: Procedure. - Any signer of a petition to recall a director of...

NRS 539.177 - Nominating petitions for successors; filing. - 1. Other candidates for the office may be nominated to...

NRS 539.180 - Recall ballots: Reasons for recall and answer thereto; form of proposal; names of nominees. - 1. Upon the ballot for the election there shall be...

NRS 539.183 - Result of recall election: Successor elected or vacancy in office created. - 1. If there are other candidates nominated to be voted...

NRS 539.185 - Subsequent recall proceedings barred during director’s term unless previous election expenses paid by petitioners. - After one recall petition is filed and a special election...

NRS 539.187 - Applicability of general election laws to recall elections. - The general election laws of this state, so far as...

NRS 539.188 - Special election may be held upon unanimous vote of board of directors. - For the purposes of NRS 539.237, 539.240, 539.243, 539.297, 539.380,...

NRS 539.189 - Notice of election for election for issuance of bonds or other securities: Contents. - The notice of election for any election held pursuant to...

NRS 539.190 - General powers of board of directors. - The board of directors may: 1. Do any and every...

NRS 539.193 - Agents and employees: Employment and appointment; duties; compensation. - The board of directors shall have power to employ and...

NRS 539.195 - Entry upon land to make surveys and locate works. - The board and its agents and employees shall have the...

NRS 539.197 - Contracts. - The board of directors shall have power to make and...

NRS 539.200 - Contracts of indemnity and guaranty. - The board of directors of any district now or hereafter...

NRS 539.201 - Purchase of liability insurance. - An irrigation district may purchase and maintain insurance or make...

NRS 539.203 - Board of directors authorized to sue and to be sued. - The board is authorized and empowered to institute, maintain and...

NRS 539.205 - Annual report to State Engineer; recommendations of State Engineer. - 1. At least as often as once a year after...

NRS 539.207 - Acquisition of property. - The board of directors shall have the right to acquire,...

NRS 539.210 - Use of proceeds of bonds for acquisition. - In case of purchase of property the bonds of the...

NRS 539.213 - Lease of lands for community pasture. - 1. The board of directors is empowered, without calling an...

NRS 539.215 - Investigations and representations requisite to acquiring control over governmental lands. - For the purpose of acquiring control over government lands within...

NRS 539.217 - Conveyance or donation of lands acquired by district. - 1. Any lands bought by an irrigation district at a...

NRS 539.220 - Construction of works across watercourse, road, railway, conduit or other property; restoration of crossed property. - 1. The board of directors shall have the power to...

NRS 539.223 - Rights-of-way over state lands granted; duties of State Engineer and Director of State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. - 1. The right-of-way is hereby given, dedicated and set apart...

NRS 539.225 - Eminent domain; rules of practice. - 1. All irrigation districts organized under the laws of the...

NRS 539.227 - Vested rights used in connection with mining or generation of power not to be affected or taken. - Vested interests in or to structures, works and property or...

NRS 539.230 - Appropriation and distribution; use by irrigation district declared public use; place of use of water. - 1. The board of directors may appropriate or otherwise acquire...

NRS 539.233 - Regulations for distribution and use of water; regulating and measuring devices; distribution of regulations. - 1. The board of directors shall have power to establish...

NRS 539.234 - Petition for State Engineer to prescribe or clarify rules and regulations relating to distribution and use of water within district. - 1. An owner or an association of owners of water...

NRS 539.235 - Distribution of water by division or district for appropriate charge. - Water may be supplied by contract, agreement or other legal...

NRS 539.237 - Authority to generate, transmit, sell and acquire electric power. - 1. The board of directors may: (a) Generate, produce, transmit...

NRS 539.240 - Election required for approval of certain contracts; notice; ballots; limitation; judicial determination of validity. - 1. Any proposal to enter into a contract for the...

NRS 539.243 - Election required for approval of lease of power plant or transmission system owned or controlled by district. - No contract for the leasing of any electric power plant...

NRS 539.245 - Authority of board of directors to provide for drainage. - 1. To secure complete drainage of the lands within any...

NRS 539.255 - Award of contract in case of emergency or necessity without advertising for bids. - In case of necessity, the board of directors, by unanimous...

NRS 539.260 - Direction and satisfaction of district engineer; approval by board. - The work shall be done under the direction and to...

NRS 539.263 - Contract not to be let unless sufficient money in treasury or payable in district’s bonds. - No contract of any kind shall be let by the...

NRS 539.265 - When bids may be dispensed with; use of construction fund. - On the petition of a majority of the electors of...

NRS 539.267 - Performance of acts necessary to carry out enlarged powers. - The board of directors shall generally perform all such acts...

NRS 539.270 - General powers. - In addition to the powers with which irrigation districts are...

NRS 539.273 - Purposes of cooperation and contract. - The cooperation and contract authorized by NRS 539.270 may be...

NRS 539.275 - Provisions includable in contract. - The board of directors may enter into obligations or contracts...

NRS 539.277 - Bonds: Transfer to or deposit with United States; payment of interest and principal; rate of interest; call for repayment. - 1. When a contract has been or may hereafter be...

NRS 539.280 - Payment in installments; rate of interest; assessment and levy; lien. - 1. The contract with the United States may also call...

NRS 539.283 - Distribution and apportionment of water; refusal of service to delinquent land; assessment to maintain existing works. - 1. All water delivered to the district or the right...

NRS 539.285 - Rent or lease of water. - Districts cooperating with the United States may rent or lease...

NRS 539.287 - Dissolution of district or change of boundaries: Consent of Secretary of Interior; excluded areas free from liens and charges. - 1. When a contract shall have been entered into and...

NRS 539.290 - Collection of money or action as fiscal agent of United States: Acceptance of appointment; duties, liabilities and powers of district. - The board of directors may accept on behalf of the...

NRS 539.293 - Additional bonds of district officers: When required; inspection of district books by federal agents. - 1. In any case where an irrigation district is appointed...

NRS 539.295 - Conveyance of property to United States. - Any rights-of-way or other property owned or acquired by the...

NRS 539.297 - Authorization of proposal to enter into contract. - Any proposal to enter into a contract with the United...

NRS 539.300 - Notice of election: Contents. - Notice of the election provided for in NRS 539.297 shall...

NRS 539.303 - Ballots: Form. - The ballots at the election shall contain a brief statement...

NRS 539.305 - Validation proceedings. - The board of directors may submit any contract or proposed...

NRS 539.307 - Directors relieved of certain duties; adoption of surveys and plans made by United States. - The board of directors of a district is relieved from...

NRS 539.310 - Payments from revenue derived from annual assessments upon real property; property liable to assessment and levy. - All payments due or to become due to the United...

NRS 539.313 - Annual levy or imposition of tolls or charges to meet payments. - The board of directors annually shall levy an assessment or...

NRS 539.315 - Apportionment of assessment in accordance with benefits; ascertainment of benefits. - 1. The assessment required in any year to meet the...

NRS 539.317 - Assessment of federal public land. - Public lands of the United States within any district shall...

NRS 539.320 - Obligation of district in case of default of land. - Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to relieve...

NRS 539.323 - Money paid to district treasury and held in United States Contract Fund; disposition of surplus. - 1. All moneys collected in pursuance of the contract by...

NRS 539.325 - Contracts for release of mortgages or liens; assumption by district of indebtedness due United States; apportionment of benefits; collection and payment of taxes and assessments. - 1. The board of directors may also provide by contract...

NRS 539.327 - Exclusion of district division outside scope of contract. - When an irrigation district comprises lands which are or may...

NRS 539.330 - Contracts of district divisions with United States. - Divisions of a district may contract with the United States...

NRS 539.333 - General power; purposes. - 1. In addition to the powers with which irrigation districts...

NRS 539.335 - Authority to enter into agreements with districts in adjoining states. - It shall be lawful for irrigation districts organized or existing...

NRS 539.337 - Written contracts or resolutions. - Such agreements may be evidenced by written contracts executed on...

NRS 539.340 - Recordation of contracts and resolutions. - Such contracts or certified copies thereof and certified copies of...

NRS 539.343 - Provisions as to ownership of property. - Such agreements may provide for joint or several ownership or...

NRS 539.345 - Trial of disputes and enforcement of rights. - Any rights or disputes arising out of or from the...

NRS 539.347 - Meeting in adjoining state valid. - Any meeting of the board of directors of any such...

NRS 539.350 - Diversion of water. - It shall be lawful for the purposes of such cooperative...

NRS 539.353 - Holding of property in this state or in adjoining state. - So far as may be necessary for fully carrying out...

NRS 539.355 - Foreign irrigation district authorized to acquire land by purchase or condemnation; conditions. - Any irrigation district heretofore organized and existing under the laws...

NRS 539.357 - Use of land declared public use. - The use of any land and the necessity therefor within...

NRS 539.360 - Provisions applicable if reciprocal rights granted. - The provisions of NRS 539.355 and 539.357 shall apply to...

NRS 539.363 - Power of division to construct improvements. - Any one of the several divisions of a district may...

NRS 539.365 - Petition to district directors: Contents; appointment of local board. - Upon presentation to the board of directors of the district...

NRS 539.367 - Local board: Composition; terms of office; vacancies. - 1. One local director shall hold office until his or...

NRS 539.370 - Compensation of local directors. - Each member of the local board of a division shall...

NRS 539.373 - Powers of local board concerning improvements. - The local board may provide for the local undertakings named...

NRS 539.375 - Board of directors of district may incur debts and issue warrants; limitations; assessments. - 1. The board of directors of the district may: (a)...

NRS 539.377 - Plans and estimates of local undertakings: Preparation; statement of source of money; statement of purposes. - The local board shall thereupon prepare plans and estimates of...

NRS 539.380 - Filing of plans and estimates or statement with district secretary; request for election. - The plans and estimates or statement must be filed with...

NRS 539.383 - Notice of election: Contents; publication. - 1. The secretary of the district shall give notice of...

NRS 539.385 - Conduct of election. - The election shall be held, as near as may be,...

NRS 539.387 - Terms of local directors terminate and local board dissolved if proposal fails. - If such election fails of the required two-thirds vote of...

NRS 539.390 - Authorization for improvements at election; levy and collection of assessments. - If the special assessment or certificates or notes of indebtedness...

NRS 539.393 - Certificates of indebtedness and notes: Signatures of officers of district; treated as bonds of district. - Certificates of indebtedness or notes shall be signed by the...

NRS 539.395 - Apportionment of benefits; method of levy and collection of assessments. - Benefits shall be apportioned upon the land within such division...

NRS 539.397 - Validation proceedings. - All the proceedings described in NRS 539.363 to 539.395, inclusive,...

NRS 539.400 - Full payment of local undertakings; termination of terms of local directors; disposition of remaining money. - When the local undertakings provided for in NRS 539.363 to...

NRS 539.403 - Local improvements affecting two or more divisions: Applicability of NRS 539.363 to 539.403, inclusive. - If such local improvements affect two or more divisions of...

NRS 539.405 - Petition for creation of local board. - When an irrigation district comprises lands which are served by...

NRS 539.407 - Powers of local board. - Subject to the limitations contained in NRS 539.410, the local...

NRS 539.410 - Election required for approval to enter contract and levy assessment. - The local board of directors shall submit to the electors...

NRS 539.413 - Applicability of laws relating to contracts between districts and United States. - The provisions of this chapter relating to cooperation between a...

NRS 539.415 - Validation proceedings. - The execution of a contract with the United States and...

NRS 539.417 - Assumption of operation and maintenance of existing works only; power of local board to levy assessments and impose tolls and charges. - Where it is proposed that a division assume only the...

NRS 539.420 - Construction, replacement or extension of works: Power of local board to levy assessments and impose tolls and charges. - 1. Where local drains, laterals or improvements are to be...

NRS 539.423 - Purposes for which land may be formed into improvement district. - The board of directors may provide for the construction of...

NRS 539.425 - Proposal of formation: Recommendation of district engineer; petition of landowners; designation of area by directors. - Upon the recommendation in writing by the district engineer, or...

NRS 539.427 - Plans and estimates of cost of improvement; provision for payment of costs. - The board of directors may prepare plans and estimates of...

NRS 539.430 - Submission of proposed improvement, estimated cost and methods of financing to Department of Taxation. - The proposed local improvement, accompanied by the estimated cost thereof,...

NRS 539.433 - Election required after approval by Department of Taxation. - After approval by the Department of Taxation, the board of...

NRS 539.435 - Form of question to be submitted to voters. - The question submitted to the voters pursuant to NRS 539.433...

NRS 539.437 - Conduct of election. - The election shall in all other respects, including the qualification...

NRS 539.440 - Apportionment of benefits. - After the plan has been approved by the Department of...

NRS 539.443 - Confirmation proceedings in district court: Procedure; notice. - 1. If the proposed improvement is carried by a vote...

NRS 539.445 - Authorization to carry out improvement. - If the qualified electors voting at the election vote in...

NRS 539.447 - Sale of securities; deposit of proceeds in improvement district fund. - 1. Upon confirmation by the district court of the proceedings...

NRS 539.450 - Securities: Execution by district officers; lien upon issuance of bonds. - 1. The securities, whether bonds, notes or certificates of indebtedness,...

NRS 539.453 - Levy and collection of annual assessments for payment of interest and redemption of securities. - 1. For the payment of interest and the redemption of...

NRS 539.455 - Payment of assessments before issuance of securities. - 1. Prior to the issuance of bonds, notes or certificates...

NRS 539.457 - Powers of directors and officers of district. - The board of directors and all other officers of any...

NRS 539.460 - Applicability of chapter to improvement districts. - All the provisions of this chapter, where applicable, shall apply...

NRS 539.463 - Issuance; conditions. - 1. The board of directors of any irrigation district may...

NRS 539.465 - Election required to authorize issuance; conduct of election; maturity of and interest on bonds. - 1. If the proposed plan for the funding or refunding...

NRS 539.467 - Confirmation of proceedings by district court. - 1. If the issuance of such funding or refunding bonds...

NRS 539.470 - Apportionment of benefits; levy of annual assessments for interest and redemption of bonds. - 1. The apportionment of benefits made in connection with the...

NRS 539.473 - Certification of bonds by State Controller. - If the proposed plan for the funding or refunding of...

NRS 539.475 - Sale and exchange of bonds. - 1. Any funding or refunding bonds of a local improvement...

NRS 539.477 - Debt or liability in excess of express provisions void; incurrence forbidden. - The board of directors, or other officers of the district,...

NRS 539.480 - Limitation on indebtedness; issuance of warrants or negotiable notes; levy and collection of assessments; limitation on and calculation of assessments; annual adjustment. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, for the...

NRS 539.483 - Monthly financial reports of district treasurer; verification and filing. - 1. The district treasurer shall report to the board of...

NRS 539.485 - Monthly posting and publication of claims allowed by board of directors. - The board of directors of each irrigation district shall, each...

NRS 539.487 - Annual publication of district financial statement. - On or before the first Tuesday of September of each...

NRS 539.490 - County treasurer to deliver all money collected to treasurer of district. - The county treasurer or treasurers who are required by this...

NRS 539.493 - Funds created. - The following funds are created and established, to which the...

NRS 539.495 - Construction fund: Source. - Moneys accruing from the sale of bonds, and from any...

NRS 539.497 - Construction fund: Authorized disbursements. - The cost and expense of purchasing and acquiring property, and...

NRS 539.500 - Construction fund: Transfers to general fund. - Whenever all construction work is completed, any money remaining in...

NRS 539.503 - Bond fund: Source. - Moneys accruing from assessments levied for the payment of interest...

NRS 539.505 - Bond fund: Investment and transfer of surplus money. - 1. Surplus money in the bond fund may be placed...

NRS 539.507 - General fund: Division into general fund and operation and maintenance fund. - The general fund may be divided into the general fund...

NRS 539.510 - General fund: Source. - All moneys except those required to be deposited in the...

NRS 539.513 - General fund: Board may fix rates of tolls or charges; collection in advance; enforcement of debt; liens. - 1. To defray the organization and current expense of the...

NRS 539.515 - General fund: Expenditures for development, operation and maintenance of recreational grounds; limitations. - 1. Subject to the limitations contained in subsection 2, the...

NRS 539.517 - General fund: Expenditure for exploiting district resources; limitation; tax. - The board of directors is empowered to expend not to...

NRS 539.520 - Duties of district treasurer; liability on official bond. - 1. The treasurer of the district is authorized and required...

NRS 539.523 - Directors may make temporary transfers. - The board of directors may make temporary transfers from the...

NRS 539.525 - Regulation of disbursements from funds; approval of vouchers. - 1. The board of directors may establish rules and regulations...

NRS 539.527 - Interest coupons: Payment by district treasurer. - Interest coupons shall be paid by the district treasurer as...

NRS 539.530 - Deposit of money in bank or credit union in state. - All money belonging to or in the custody of any...

NRS 539.533 - Deposit of district money in accordance with general laws. - The treasurer, or other officer, of an irrigation district having...

NRS 539.537 - Security of deposits: Surety bonds; securities in lieu of surety bond. - 1. For the security of such deposits there shall be...

NRS 539.540 - Resolution of directors: General plan of proposed operations. - As soon as practicable after the organization of a district...

NRS 539.543 - Surveys and examinations; direction and certification by irrigation engineer. - 1. The board of directors shall cause such surveys and...

NRS 539.545 - Estimate of amount of money necessary to be raised; election required. - Upon receiving the report of the engineer, the board shall...

NRS 539.547 - Notice of election: Posting; publication; contents. - 1. Notice of the election must be given by: (a)...

NRS 539.550 - Ballots: Form. - At such an election the ballot shall contain the words...

NRS 539.553 - Conduct of election; number of votes elector may cast; certain persons and entities entitled to vote; filing of designations or written consents; informalities not to invalidate election. - In any election to approve any bond issue, contract or...

NRS 539.557 - Additional bond issues: Election required. - Thereafter, whenever the board in its judgment deems it for...

NRS 539.560 - Determination of benefits: Apportionment; procedure. - 1. Whenever the electors shall have authorized an issue of...

NRS 539.563 - Meeting to review apportionment of benefits: Notice; hearing. - 1. Before final action upon the apportionment of benefits provided...

NRS 539.565 - Confirmation proceedings in district court: Petition; contents; notice of hearing on petition; pleadings. - 1. The board of directors of the district shall file...

NRS 539.567 - Confirmation proceedings: Confirmation of apportionment; corrections by court; final judgment; costs. - 1. Upon the hearing of the petition, the court shall...

NRS 539.570 - Sale of bonds authorized; public or private sale; terms. - 1. The board may sell bonds from time to time...

NRS 539.573 - Bonds not to be sold for less than 90 percent of par value and accrued interest. - The board shall in no event sell any of the...

NRS 539.575 - Use of unsold bonds in payment of construction; approval of Department of Taxation. - 1. The board may use any bonds of the district...

NRS 539.577 - Cancellation of authorized bond issue; levy of assessments in lieu of bonds; limitations. - 1. If for any reason the bonds of a district...

NRS 539.580 - Payment of bonds and interest from revenue derived from annual assessments. - Bonds and the interest thereon shall be paid by revenue...

NRS 539.583 - Payment of interest from bond fund. - The treasurer, upon the presentation of interest coupons when due,...

NRS 539.585 - Payment before issuance of bonds, notes or certificates of indebtedness. - 1. Prior to the issuance of bonds, notes or certificates...

NRS 539.587 - Insufficient money to complete improvement: Levy of assessment; issuance of additional bonds. - 1. In case the money raised by the sale of...

NRS 539.590 - Prior liens. - The lien for taxes for the payment of interest and...

NRS 539.593 - Power of directors to levy assessments to spread redemption of bonds. - At any time after a bond issue, the board of...

NRS 539.595 - Directors may execute agreement with bond purchasers guaranteeing tax levy for bond redemption; approval of Department of Taxation; recording of agreement. - 1. Whenever an election has been held in any irrigation...

NRS 539.597 - County auditor to spread minimum sinking fund tax on assessment books. - After a copy of the agreement is filed as provided...

NRS 539.600 - Agreement binding on subsequent boards of directors; directors may increase tax. - After any such agreement has been recorded as provided in...

NRS 539.603 - Proceedings if county officers fail to perform duties pertaining to sinking fund tax. - 1. Any county auditor who shall fail to enter the...

NRS 539.605 - Faith and credit of State pledged. - The full faith and credit of the State of Nevada...

NRS 539.607 - Issuance of notes authorized to meet obligations of district after levy of tax; levy and collection of special tax. - 1. If any installment of taxes has been levied for...

NRS 539.610 - Redemption of bonds before maturity: Procedure. - 1. Whenever after 10 years from the issuance of bonds...

NRS 539.613 - Issuance authorized without election; purposes; exchange or sale; lien. - 1. Any bonds of the district issued in accordance with...

NRS 539.6133 - Voluntary surrender or limitation on maturity; limitation on principal, interest and maturity. - 1. No bonds may be refunded under this chapter unless...

NRS 539.6135 - Use of proceeds; payment of incidental costs. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the proceeds...

NRS 539.6137 - Escrow or trust for payment of refunded or refunding bonds. - 1. Any escrow or trust provided pursuant to NRS 539.6135...

NRS 539.614 - Source of payment and security; applicability of provisions of chapter; conclusiveness of board’s determination of compliance with chapter. - 1. Refunding bonds may be payable from and secured by...

NRS 539.615 - Series and issue of bonds. - 1. The bonds authorized by vote shall be designated as...

NRS 539.617 - Consecutive numbering; negotiability and payment; multiples of $100. - The bonds of such issue shall be numbered consecutively, commencing...

NRS 539.620 - Directors may fix and determine time for issuance and maturity; limit on maturity. - The board of directors may, with the approval of the...

NRS 539.623 - Form of bonds. - 1. Bonds shall express on their faces that they were...

NRS 539.624 - Issuance separately or in combination. - Bonds for refunding and bonds for any other purpose authorized...

NRS 539.625 - Date of bonds. - All bonds and coupons must be dated as provided in...

NRS 539.627 - Denominations. - The bonds shall each be of a denomination of not...

NRS 539.630 - Interest. - The bonds must bear interest at a rate which does...

NRS 539.633 - Places of payment. - The principal and interest shall be payable at the place...

NRS 539.635 - Record to be kept by secretary and treasurer. - The secretary and the treasurer shall each keep a record...

NRS 539.6353 - Rights and remedies cumulative. - No right or remedy conferred upon any holder of any...

NRS 539.6355 - Failure of holder of bonds to proceed does not relieve district of liability. - The failure of any holder of any bonds to proceed...

NRS 539.636 - Power of board of directors. - In addition to the other means of providing revenue for...

NRS 539.6361 - Reserve fund from bond proceeds: Creation, accumulation and maintenance; augmentations. - Any resolution authorizing the issuance of bonds under the provisions...

NRS 539.6362 - Payment of deficiency from general fund, reserve fund or other available revenue; levy of ad valorem tax. - 1. If the special fund created by the proceeds of...

NRS 539.6363 - Duties of board of directors in making levy. - 1. To levy and collect taxes, the board of directors...

NRS 539.6364 - Considerations in certifying annual levies; additional levies in event of insufficient revenue. - 1. The board of directors, in certifying annual levies as...

NRS 539.6365 - Payment of taxes to district; lien. - 1. The body having authority to levy taxes within each...

NRS 539.6366 - Sale of property for nonpayment of taxes. - If the general (ad valorem) taxes levied are not paid...

NRS 539.6371 - Issuance authorized to finance revenue-producing project. - Any bonds issued to finance or refinance the costs of...

NRS 539.6375 - Covenants and other provisions. - Any resolution of the board providing for the issuance of...

NRS 539.638 - Liens. - 1. Revenues pledged for the payment of any bonds, as...

NRS 539.6385 - Rights and powers of holders of bonds. - Subject to any contractual limitations binding upon the holders of...

NRS 539.639 - Trustees and receivers. - 1. If a resolution of the board authorizing or providing...

NRS 539.640 - Resolution of district concerning availability of bonds for legal investments; copy filed with Department of Taxation. - Whenever the board of directors of any irrigation district organized...

NRS 539.643 - Investigation of affairs of district; report of Department of Taxation. - The Department of Taxation, upon the receipt of a certified...

NRS 539.645 - Provisions of NRS 539.643 directory only. - The provisions of NRS 539.643 as to the points upon...

NRS 539.647 - Certification of bonds by State Controller. - 1. The written report of the investigation provided for in...

NRS 539.650 - Expenditures from construction fund after certification of bonds prohibited without consent of Department of Taxation. - After the bonds of any irrigation district have been certified,...

NRS 539.653 - Progressive construction: Certification of bonds as needed; prior approval of Department of Taxation if all bonds certified. - 1. Whenever the survey, examinations, drawings and plans of an...

NRS 539.655 - Form of certificate of State Controller; facsimile signature authorized. - 1. Whenever any bond of an irrigation district organized and...

NRS 539.657 - District to pay expenses of investigation and report. - All necessary expenses incurred in making the investigation and report...

NRS 539.660 - Bonds as legal investments and security. - 1. All bonds certified in accordance with the terms of...

NRS 539.663 - Bonds of irrigation districts of other states as legal investments; limitations. - The bonds of irrigation districts of other states having similar...

NRS 539.665 - Faith of State of Nevada pledged. - The faith of the State of Nevada is hereby pledged...

NRS 539.667 - Secretary is district assessor; preparation of assessment book annually; contents of assessment book. - 1. The secretary of the board of directors shall be...

NRS 539.670 - Levy of assessments and tax by board; computation and entry in assessment book. - 1. At its regular meeting in February the board of...

NRS 539.673 - Assessment by district board of land escaping assessment. - If any land within the district subject to assessment for...

NRS 539.675 - Use of preceding assessments for succeeding years; deemed regular levy. - 1. Where the last preceding assessment made will raise a...

NRS 539.677 - Levy of assessments by county commissioners or Department of Taxation; duties of district attorney and Attorney General. - 1. In case of failure or refusal of the board...

NRS 539.680 - Correction of assessments; notice of time of meeting to correct assessments; retention of assessment book in district office for inspection; changes in assessments. - 1. The board shall meet at its regular monthly meeting...

NRS 539.683 - Collection of assessments: Procedure; duties of county and district officers. - 1. An assessment roll shall be made up for the...

NRS 539.685 - Addition of unpaid tolls and charges to assessment levies. - Whenever any tolls or charges for the use of water...

NRS 539.687 - Assessment as lien against property; bond lien as preferred lien. - 1. An assessment is a lien against the property assessed...

NRS 539.690 - Special assessments: Procedure for levy; election; authority to levy assessments for number of years for specific purposes. - 1. The board of directors of a district may, at...

NRS 539.693 - Sale of land in district because of delinquency in payment of tax; land sold subject to accrued and accruing liens for charges, tolls, assessments and taxes. - 1. Whenever the county officers designated in NRS 539.683 shall...

NRS 539.695 - Procedure for summary foreclosure of lien for accrued charges, tolls or assessments; notice of sale; sale for delinquency in taxes. - 1. In any and all cases where solely on account...

NRS 539.697 - Distribution and sale of water acquired at sale for delinquent tax or summary foreclosure. - The board shall not, however, sell or dispose of water...

NRS 539.700 - Exclusion of land from benefits if land sold for delinquent taxes or assessments: Consent of bondholders and others. - Whenever any lands in the district have been sold for...

NRS 539.703 - Water and water rights become part of general supply when land excluded from further participation in benefits. - Whenever the board of directors of the district shall have...

NRS 539.705 - Land excluded from participation in benefits: Transfer of storage rights and benefits apportioned to other land. - 1. The owner of land excluded from participation in the...

NRS 539.708 - Petition for annexation: Contents; inclusion of lands within municipal corporation. - 1. The holder or holders of any title or evidence...

NRS 539.712 - Notice of filing of petition for annexation: Posting; contents; advancement of costs by petitioners. - 1. The secretary shall cause a notice of the filing...

NRS 539.714 - Hearing on annexation petition. - 1. The board of directors, at the time mentioned in...

NRS 539.716 - Conditions precedent to annexation; apportionment and assessment of benefits. - 1. The board of directors may require as a condition...

NRS 539.718 - Order of annexation: Contents; survey. - 1. The board of directors, if it deems it not...

NRS 539.722 - Resolution approving annexation notwithstanding electors’ objections: Adoption; contents. - If 40 percent of the total number of registered electors...

NRS 539.724 - Election on question of annexation: Notice; procedure; form of ballots. - 1. Upon the adoption of the resolution mentioned in NRS...

NRS 539.726 - Order of annexation following election: Contents; recording. - 1. If at such election a majority of all the...

NRS 539.728 - Apportionment of benefits following annexation: Compliance with statutes. - If the lands are annexed to the district as provided...

NRS 539.732 - Lands in one district not to be included in another district. - No lands while they remain within a district shall be...

NRS 539.734 - Inclusion within district of state lands and state lands held under contract to purchase. - 1. Whenever state lands held under contract to purchase are...

NRS 539.736 - Exclusion of land: Grounds; limitations. - The board of directors of any district now or hereafter...

NRS 539.738 - Notice of proposed exclusion: Publication; contents. - Within 10 days after the receipt of any such application,...

NRS 539.742 - Resolution excluding land; objections. - 1. All persons failing to file written objections within 50...

NRS 539.744 - Order or denial of exclusion; publication of order. - 1. Not less than 50 days after the filing with...

NRS 539.746 - Recording of order excluding land or changing boundaries with plat. - If lands are excluded, or the boundary lines changed pursuant...

NRS 539.748 - Petition to district court by aggrieved persons. - Any holder of title or of evidence of title to...

NRS 539.750 - Petition for dissolution of district: Filing with clerk of district court; order of district judge. - Upon the filing of a petition with the clerk of...

NRS 539.753 - Contents of petition. - The petition shall recite only: 1. That such district was...

NRS 539.755 - Determination of sufficiency of percentages required on petition: What governs clerk of district court. - In determining the sufficiency of the percentages required on the...

NRS 539.757 - Ballots: Form. - At such election the ballot shall contain the words "Dissolution...

NRS 539.760 - Conduct of election; canvass of votes. - 1. The provisions of this chapter relating to general elections...

NRS 539.763 - Certification of election results to district court; examination of returns by court; order of dissolution; filing of financial statement. - 1. The secretary of the district shall at the time...

NRS 539.765 - Court governed by NRS 539.287 where contract with United States exists. - If the district has in force and effect a contract...

NRS 539.767 - Order of dissolution not to be entered until bonded indebtedness liquidated or consent of bondholders filed. - If the district has an outstanding bonded indebtedness or has...

NRS 539.770 - Payment of other indebtedness to be provided for; duties of county officers in closing affairs of district. - 1. In case there is other or current indebtedness of...

NRS 539.773 - Liquidation of indebtedness; levy of assessments; collection of taxes; sale of district property by county commissioners; disposition of proceeds. - 1. The proper county officers shall proceed to levy and...

NRS 539.775 - Contract with United States or bonded indebtedness not bar to dissolution if provision made for payment. - The outstanding indebtedness, except in cases mentioned in NRS 539.765...

NRS 539.777 - Entry of order dissolving district; further indebtedness prohibited. - Upon the entry of the order of the court dissolving...

NRS 539.780 - Unlawful interference with officer, agent or employee of district; criminal and civil penalties. - 1. Any person who wrongfully and maliciously interferes with any...

NRS 539.783 - Liability of water user negligently or wrongfully impairing system of works; notice to repair. - Any water user, or his or her agent or lessee,...

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Nevada Revised Statutes Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts

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Chapter 539 - Irrigation Districts