3 opinions issued in 2026.
Opinion No. AGO 2026-03
Mar 25, 2026
Given that Title 54 agencies are in part funded by mandatory membership fees, the lobbying activities by such agencies must be specifically germane to the goals of regulating the professional competence of their members (e.g., discipline and continuing education). Any other forms of lobbying using such funds, such as ideological or political lobbying, would be prohibited by the First Amendment. For this reason, a Title 54 agency also should not lobby for the agency’s continued existence or for the specific structure of its governance, which also may not be consistent with the political prefere
Opinion No. AGO 2026-02
Feb 2, 2026
NRS 238.030 strictly requires that legal notices “shall be published only ina... newspaper of general circulation and printed in whole or in part in the county in which the notice or advertisement is required to be published ... .” While NRS 238.030 also permits additional publication “on the Internet website” of a qualifying newspaper, there is no substitute method for providing legal notice required under NRS 238.030 when a qualifying newspaper is not printed in the county. Based on the plain language of the statute, a county cannot comply with NRS 238.030’s notice requirements if there is n
Opinion No. AGO 2026-01
Jan 27, 2026
A licensed retail liquor store can receive, temporarily store, and transfer liquor to an affiliated licensed retail liquor store provided both retail liquor stores comply with NRS 369.4863’s requirements. So long as the retail liquor stores comply with NRS 369.4863’s requirements, the storage and transfer of the liquor to an affiliated retail liquor store is not a sale and does not incur additional taxes. However, NRS 369.4863 does not apply to beer, and thus storage and transfer of beer do not fall within NRS 369.4863’s exception to Nevada’s three-tier system. With regard to licensing, NRS 36