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NRS 266.390 Officers and offices: General powers of council. The city council may: 1. Create any office that may be deemed necessary for the city. 2. Provide for filling all vacancies in elective and appointive offices. 3. Regulate and prescribe the powers, duties and compensatio…

NRS 266.395 Appointment of officers by mayor. The mayor, with the advice and consent of the city council, shall appoint all such officers as may be provided for by law or ordinance. [37:125:1907; RL § 803; NCL § 1138]—(NRS A 1971, 308; 2001, 630)

NRS 266.400 Eligibility for office; power of city council to adopt requirements concerning residency. 1. The city council, by ordinance, may require, as a qualification for an appointive office of the city, other than city attorney, and for appointment as a deputy pursuant to NRS…

NRS 266.405 Election or appointment of certain city officers; consolidation of offices of city clerk and city treasurer. 1. In addition to the mayor and city council, there must be in each city of population category one or two a city clerk, a city treasurer, or if those offices …

NRS 266.410 Officers of cities of population categories one and two to hold only one office; exception. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4 of NRS 266.405 for the clerk and treasurer, in cities of population categories one and two, a mayor, council member, clerk, auditor…

NRS 266.415 Appointed officers serve at pleasure of mayor and city council; removal by city council; veto by mayor. Except as otherwise provided by specific law or ordinance, all appointed officers serve at the pleasure of the mayor and city council and may be removed by a majori…

NRS 266.420 Oath and bond. 1. Every officer of any city, whether elected or appointed, shall, before entering upon the duties of the office take and subscribe to the constitutional oath of office. 2. Every officer of any city who is responsible for the handling of city funds shal…

NRS 266.425 Bonds filed with clerk; council may require additional bonds. 1. All bonds given by the officers of any city shall be filed with the city clerk. 2. The city council may at any time require further and additional bonds of all officers elected and appointed. [41:125:190…

NRS 266.430 Nonfeasance, misfeasance or malfeasance; penalty. In case the mayor or any municipal officer is adjudged guilty of nonfeasance, misfeasance or malfeasance by any court of competent jurisdiction he or she shall be fined in a sum not exceeding $1,000. The court in which…

NRS 266.435 Delivery of property to successor; liability. Every officer of the city shall, within 5 days after notification and request, deliver to his or her successor in office all properties, books and effects of every description in the officer’s possession belonging to the c…

NRS 266.450 Compensation; restrictions on increase or decrease. All elected officers of any city are entitled to receive such compensation as may be fixed by ordinance, but, except as otherwise provided in NRS 266.041, the compensation of any elected officers must not be increase…

NRS 266.455 Deputies: Appointment; powers; compensation. The city officers, except the mayor, council members and municipal judge, may, after being first duly authorized by ordinance of the city council, appoint a deputy or deputies who have the same powers as their principals an…

NRS 266.460 Duties of officers may be defined by ordinance. The duties, powers and privileges of all officers in any way connected with the city government, not defined in this chapter, shall be defined by the city council; and the defining by this chapter of the duties of city o…

NRS 266.465 Qualifications. No person is eligible to the office of city attorney unless he or she is an attorney in good standing admitted to practice law in all the courts of this State. [Part 54:125:1907; A 1947, 737; 1951, 389]—(NRS A 1991, 13)

NRS 266.470 Duties. The city attorney shall be the legal adviser of the city council and all officers of the city in all matters respecting the affairs of the city and shall perform such duties as may be required by the city council or prescribed by ordinance. [Part 54:125:1907; …

NRS 266.475 Employment of counsel to assist city attorney. The city council may, in the exercise of its sound discretion, employ counsel to aid the city attorney whenever, in its judgment, the public interests require such employment, and the expense thereof must be allowed and p…

NRS 266.480 Duties. The city clerk shall: 1. Keep the office of the city clerk at the place of meeting of the city council, or some other place convenient thereto, as the council may direct. 2. Keep the corporate seal and all papers and records of the city. 3. Keep a record of th…

NRS 266.490 Duties. The city auditor, in cities having an auditor, shall perform such duties as may be designated by ordinance. [55:125:1907; RL § 821; NCL § 1156]—(NRS A 1971, 310) CITY TREASURER

NRS 266.500 Duties. The city treasurer shall perform such duties as may be designated by ordinance. [57:125:1907; RL § 823; NCL § 1158] + [58:125:1907; RL § 824; NCL § 1159]—(NRS A 1971, 311)

NRS 266.505 Payment of warrants. All warrants shall be paid out of their respective funds in the order in which they shall be issued. [59:125:1907; RL § 825; NCL § 1160]

NRS 266.510 Receipt for payment. The treasurer shall: 1. Give to every person paying money into the city treasury a receipt therefor, specifying the date of payment and upon what account paid. 2. File the duplicate of such receipt with the auditor or city clerk, as the city counc…

NRS 266.515 Deposit of city’s money in bank, credit union, savings and loan association or savings bank; agreement for redeposit of money. 1. The treasurer, or the county treasurer when acting as ex officio city treasurer, shall keep all money belonging to the city separate from …

NRS 266.520 Treasurer’s report: Contents. The treasurer shall report to the city council at such times as may be prescribed by ordinance, giving a full and detailed account of all receipts and expenditures since the treasurer’s last report, and of the state of the treasury. The t…

NRS 266.525 Money from special assessment kept as special fund; restrictions on use. All moneys received from any special assessment shall be held by the treasurer as a special fund, to be applied to payment for the improvement for which the assessment was made, and the money sha…

NRS 266.530 Appointment; duties. 1. Each city which is not participating in a metropolitan police department must have a chief of police. The mayor shall appoint the chief of police, subject to confirmation by the city council. 2. The chief of police shall perform such duties as …

NRS 266.550 Powers and jurisdiction: Same as justice court; trial summary and without jury; exception; fees. 1. The municipal court shall have such powers and jurisdiction in the city as are now provided by law for justice courts, wherein any person or persons are charged with th…

NRS 266.555 Jurisdiction. 1. The municipal court has jurisdiction to hear, try and determine all cases, whether civil or criminal, for the breach or violation of any city ordinance or any provision of this chapter of a police or municipal nature, and shall hear, try and determine…

NRS 266.565 Pleadings; practice. 1. The practice and proceedings in the municipal court shall conform, as nearly as practicable, to the practice and proceedings of justice courts in similar cases, except that an appeal perfected transfers the action to the district court for tria…

NRS 266.570 Contempt. A municipal judge may punish for contempt for the same acts or omissions, in the same manner and with the same effects as is provided for judges in chapter 22 of NRS. [Part 69:125:1907; A 1923, 279; NCL § 1170]—(NRS A 1975, 510; 1983, 903)

NRS 266.585 Reports and payments by municipal judge. The municipal judge shall render monthly, or as often as the city council may require, an exact and detailed statement in writing, under oath, of the business done and of all fines collected, as well as fines imposed but uncoll…

NRS 266.590 Fines and penalties: Commitment; recovery by execution; chain gang. 1. Any person upon whom any fine or penalty shall be imposed may, upon the order of the court before whom the conviction is had, be committed to the county jail or the city jail, or to such other plac…

NRS 266.595 Appeals. Appeals to the district court may be taken from any final judgment of the municipal court in accordance with the provisions of NRS 5.073. [71:125:1907; RL § 837; NCL § 1172]—(NRS A 1991, 467) FINANCES, REVENUE AND TAXATION

NRS 266.600 General powers of city council. The city council may: 1. Control the finances of the corporation. 2. Appropriate money for corporate purposes only, and provide for payment of debts and expenses of the corporation. 3. Levy and collect taxes within the city for general …

NRS 266.605 Levy and collection of taxes. 1. The city council shall annually, at the time prescribed by law for levying taxes for state and county purposes, levy a tax not exceeding 3 percent upon the assessed value of all real estate and personal property within the city made ta…

NRS 266.610 Apportionment of money from road fund by county commissioners. The several boards of county commissioners in this state shall, from time to time, upon request of the city council, apportion to each incorporated city within the respective counties such proportion of th…

NRS 266.615 Ordinances to carry out revenue laws. The city council has full power to pass and enact all ordinances necessary or required to carry into effect the revenue laws in the city and to enlarge, fix and determine the powers and duties of all officers in relation thereto. …

NRS 266.620 Payment of fines, forfeitures and other money into city treasury. All fines and forfeitures for the violation of ordinances and all money collected for licenses or otherwise shall be paid into the treasury of the city at such times and in such manner as may be prescri…

NRS 266.660 Costs of municipal capital improvements to be paid from proper fund, including proceeds from bonds. The cost and expense of buildings and land for the use of the city shall be paid for from the proper fund of the city, including without limitation proceeds of bonds au…

NRS 266.775 Petition for disincorporation; publication of notice by district court; question to be submitted to voters at next city election; determination of registered voters. 1. Whenever one-fourth of the registered voters of any city now existing or hereafter created by gener…

NRS 266.780 Judgment of disincorporation. The vote must be taken and canvassed in the same manner as in other city elections, and return thereof made to the district court. If the court finds that a majority of the legal votes are cast “For Disincorporation,” a judgment must be e…

NRS 266.785 Creation of unincorporated town on disincorporation: Procedure. 1. If there is, at the time of the entry of the judgment disincorporating a city, a voting population of 600 or more therein, then all of the provisions of chapter 269 of NRS shall immediately apply there…

NRS 266.790 Procedure for completion of unfinished business of court. 1. If, at the time of the entry of the judgment disincorporating a city, the provisions of chapter 269 of NRS apply immediately to such disincorporated city, then any justice of the peace within the town, as pr…

NRS 266.795 Judgment disincorporating city: Duties of clerk of district court; delivery of copies; notice of entry; limitation of actions. 1. Immediately following the entry of the judgment disincorporating a city, the clerk of the district court shall: (a) Transmit certified cop…