Nevada · statute · Nev. Rev. Stat. ch. 247 · 48 active provisions
1. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, “document” means a written instrument, paper, notice, deed, conveyance, map, chart, survey or any other writing, without regard to: (a) The form in which the document is received by a county recorder; (b) The method used to transmit the document to a co…
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3 or as altered pursuant to the mechanism set forth in NRS 244.1507, county recorders must be: (a) Registered to vote in the county; and (b) Elected by the qualified electors of their respective counties. 2. County recorders must be chosen by the electors of their respectiv…
Each of the county recorders of the several counties, before entering upon the duties of office, shall: 1. Take the constitutional oath of office. 2. Enter into a bond in the penal sum of not less than $10,000 nor more than $50,000, at the discretion of the board of county commissioners with two or more sureties, to be…
1. All county recorders may appoint deputies, who are authorized to transact all official business pertaining to the office to the same extent as their principals. A deputy must be at least 18 years of age. The appointment of a deputy must not be construed to confer upon that deputy policymaking authority for the offic…
County recorders shall keep an office at the county seat of their county which shall be kept open in accordance with the provisions of NRS 245.040.
A county recorder may take and certify the acknowledgment and proof of all documents affecting any real property for which the county recorder is entitled to receive the same fees as are prescribed by law. A county recorder shall deposit all such fees in the county general fund.
1. A county recorder may purchase a subscription for not more than three newspapers printed and published in the county where the county recorder holds office. 2. The county recorder may microfilm each issue of the newspaper or newspapers subscribed for as provided in subsection 1.
Each county recorder shall take custody of and is responsible for all documents deposited in his or her office.
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 and NRS 239B.030, all documents on file in the office of the county recorder must, during office hours, be open for inspection by any person without charge. The county recorder must arrange the books of record and indexes in the county recorder’s office in such suitable p…
Each county recorder shall: 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 247.145, record each document in the order in which it is received; 2. Maintain a record of all transactions conducted within the office and a record of all fees collected; and 3. Make the records maintained pursuant to subsection 2 available for public…
1. When a document authorized, entitled or required by law to be recorded is deposited in the county recorder’s office for recording, the county recorder shall: (a) Endorse upon it 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 amo…
1. A county recorder may elect to accept electronic documents for recording in accordance with the provisions of NRS 111.366 to 111.3697, inclusive. 2. If a county recorder elects to accept electronic documents for recording and there is a conflict between the provisions of NRS 111.366 to 111.3697, inclusive, and the p…
1. If a law requires, as a condition for recording, that a document: (a) Be an original, be on paper or another tangible medium, or be in writing; or (b) Be signed, Ê the requirement is satisfied by a certified paper copy of an electronic document that satisfies the provisions of NRS 111.366 to 111.3697, inclusive. 2.…
1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 247.145, each county recorder shall, upon the payment of the prescribed statutory fees, record separately, in a manner which will allow a legible copy to be made, the following specified documents: (a) Deeds, grants, patents issued by the State of Nevada or by the United States, t…
1. In lieu of any of the separate books provided for in NRS 247.120, the county recorder may record a document designated in NRS 247.120 in one general series to be called “Official Records.” 2. The recording of a document in such “Official Records” will impart notice in like manner and effect as if the document were r…
1. County recorders may record any document authorized, entitled or required by law to be recorded when presented for recording. 2. A county recorder may deny a request to record a document if, within 2 judicial days after presentation of the document, the recorder determines that the document is unauthorized, falsifie…
1. Each county recorder shall maintain two separate indexes in his or her office for the separate alphabetical recordation of the various classes of documents specified in NRS 247.120. One of the indexes must be for the grantors, defendants, mortgagors, trustors, lessors, vendors, assignors, appointors, parties releasi…
1. If a document contains the names of 200 or more persons which must be indexed in accordance with NRS 247.150, a county recorder may require the person who requests the recording of that document to provide the office of the county recorder with an electronic version or other copy of the document that: (a) Is compati…
Whenever a document is recorded by a county recorder or a copy of a document has been inserted into a book of record other than that designated by law, but is later included in the correct index, the document from the date of indexing imparts notice of its contents to all persons. Subsequent purchasers, mortgagees, lie…
1. Whenever a document has been recorded by a county recorder as a deed of trust, mortgage or financing statement, or a copy of a document has been inserted into a book of deeds, deeds of trust, mortgages or financing statement, the document need not be again recorded in the office as a different document from that so…
1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 111.312 and 247.145, whenever a document conveying, encumbering or mortgaging both real and personal property is presented to a county recorder for recording, the county recorder shall record the document. The record must be indexed in the real estate index as deeds and other conv…
1. A document acknowledged or proved and certified and recorded in the manner prescribed in this chapter from the time of depositing the document with the county recorder of the proper county for record, provides notice to all persons of the contents thereof, and all third parties shall be deemed to purchase and take w…
A document affecting real property must be recorded in the office of the county recorder of the county in which the real property is situated.
A copy or abstract of a document once recorded or filed in any recording office of any state, certified by the county recorder or other appropriate officer in whose public office the document is recorded or filed, may be recorded in any county of this state, and when so recorded, the record thereof has the same force a…
In lieu of producing a certified copy of a certificate of marriage, the county recorder may produce an abstract of the recorded certificate of marriage and certify the abstract in his or her official name and title, and under his or her official seal.