Nevada · statute · Nev. Rev. Stat. ch. 266 · 147 active provisions
Except as otherwise provided in a city’s charter, the provisions of this chapter shall not be applicable to incorporated cities in the State of Nevada organized and existing under the provisions of any special legislative act or special charter enacted or granted pursuant to the provisions of Section 1 of Article VIII…
1. For the purposes of NRS 266.290 and 266.386, a special election may be held only if the city council determines, by a unanimous vote, that an emergency exists. 2. The determination made by the city council is conclusive unless it is shown that the city council acted with fraud or a gross abuse of discretion. An acti…
Subject to the right of the Legislature to create or alter the form of municipal organization by special act or charter, the right of home rule and self-government is hereby granted to the people of any city incorporated under the provisions of this chapter.
The municipal government of all incorporated cities under this chapter is hereby vested in a mayor and a city council.
As used in NRS 266.016 to 266.0445, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Qualified elector” means a person who is registered to vote in this State and is a resident of the area to be included in the proposed city, as shown by the last official registration lists. 2. A petition is “sufficient” if the co…
The area to be included in a city proposed to be incorporated pursuant to NRS 266.016 to 266.0445, inclusive, must: 1. Be currently used or suitable for residential, commercial, industrial or governmental purposes. 2. Be contiguous and urban in character, and include all contiguous area used for residential purposes. 3…
1. If a committee of five qualified electors wishes to organize an incorporated city, it may file a notice to incorporate with the county clerk of the county in which the city proposed to be incorporated is located. 2. The notice to incorporate must include: (a) A copy of the petition for incorporation which will be ci…
1. The petition for incorporation must include the following information concerning the area proposed to be incorporated: (a) A description of the area prepared by a professional land surveyor licensed pursuant to chapter 625 of NRS, which need not be made from a current survey nor contain courses and distances measure…
1. The petition may consist of more than one document. Each document must: (a) Be uniform in size and form; (b) Have affixed to it when filed, an affidavit signed by the person who circulated the petition which attests that: (1) He or she personally circulated the document; (2) Each signature contained in the document…
1. The county clerk shall invalidate the signature of any qualified elector if the signature is not signed in ink and dated or if the signature is executed before the notice to incorporate and the petition for incorporation are filed with the county clerk pursuant to NRS 266.018. The county clerk shall not invalidate a…
1. Within 30 days after the petition is filed pursuant to NRS 266.022, the county clerk shall verify the signatures and issue a certificate as to the sufficiency of the petition and send a copy of the certificate by registered or certified mail to the committee. If the petition is insufficient, the county clerk shall i…
1. A petition which lacks the required number of signatures may be amended once if the committee files a notice to amend with the county clerk within 2 days after it receives written notice from the county clerk pursuant to NRS 266.023. The committee must file with the county clerk an amended petition containing the ad…
1. The county clerk shall promptly file with the board of county commissioners the certificate for: (a) A petition or amended petition which the county clerk determines is sufficient; and (b) A petition or amended petition which the county clerk determines is insufficient if a notice to amend or a notice to review is n…
Upon receipt of a petition that has been certified as sufficient by the county clerk, the board of county commissioners shall: 1. Within 30 days request a report on the advisability of incorporation and the feasibility of the proposed city, including, but not limited to, the factors set forth in NRS 266.0285 and a dete…
A commission, agency or district that receives a petition pursuant to subsection 3 of NRS 266.0261 may: 1. Review the petition for the proposed incorporation considering: (a) The operating charter or enabling laws of the commission, agency or district; (b) The factors set forth in NRS 266.0285; and (c) Any other inform…
1. The Department of Taxation shall prepare a concise statement concerning the estimated fiscal effect of the incorporation on the residents of the proposed city, including an estimated tax rate and an example of that tax rate applied for 1 year to a median-priced home in the area of the proposed city compared to an ex…
1. If the Committee on Local Government Finance determines that a petition for incorporation does not satisfy the requirements set forth in NRS 266.017, it shall notify the board of county commissioners in writing. 2. After a determination by the Committee on Local Government Finance that a petition does not satisfy th…
A qualified elector or any other person who has an ownership interest in real property within the area proposed to be incorporated, and who is aggrieved by the determination of the Committee on Local Government Finance pursuant to NRS 266.0264 may appeal the determination to the district court within 30 days after the…
1. The board of county commissioners shall, within 14 days after it receives the report requested pursuant to NRS 266.0261, designate a date, time and place for a public hearing on the petition and the report. 2. The date of the public hearing must not be earlier than 14 days nor later than 30 days after the date on wh…
1. The board of county commissioners shall keep a record of the hearing and include as part of the record the report requested pursuant to NRS 266.0261 and any report submitted by a commission, agency or district pursuant to NRS 266.0262. 2. The board of county commissioners shall allow any interested person to present…
1. To determine the advisability of incorporation and the feasibility of the proposed city, the board of county commissioners shall consider the following factors with regard to the area proposed to be incorporated: (a) Its population and, if the area is located in a county whose population is 100,000 or more, the dens…
1. Upon conclusion of the final hearing, the board of county commissioners may take the matter under consideration and shall, within 30 days after the conclusion of the hearing, issue an opinion, in writing, concerning the advisability of the incorporation and the feasibility of the proposed city. 2. The board shall de…
A petition for incorporation may be withdrawn at any time before the 30th day preceding the day of the election held pursuant to NRS 266.029 if a notice of withdrawal signed by at least four members of the committee is filed with the county clerk. Upon filing the notice of withdrawal, no further action may be taken on…
The ballots used for the election held pursuant to NRS 266.029 must: 1. Be in substantially the following form: Shall the area described as .........................(describe area) be incorporated as the City of ................. (name of city)? Yes .................... No ..................... The voter shall mark the…
1. Before the applicable deadline for distributing mail ballots for an election held pursuant to NRS 266.029, the county clerk or registrar of voters shall distribute to each qualified elector by mail or electronic means, as applicable, a sample ballot for the elector’s precinct with a notice informing the elector of t…