Title 21

NRS 270.050 Objections and exceptions to plat: Form and contents. 1. Objections or exceptions to such maps or plats shall be in writing, under the oath of the objecting or excepting party, and shall be filed with the clerk of the board not later than 60 days after the first publi…

NRS 270.060 City to commence action in district court; contents of complaint; notice of lis pendens; service of summons. 1. Within 30 days after the expiration of the 60 days from the date of the first publication, the city council, or other legislative board of the city shall co…

NRS 270.070 Contents and posting of summons; property deemed within jurisdiction of district court; fictitious defendants. 1. The summons in the action need not contain a description by lot or block numbers or by metes and bounds, but shall refer generally to the purpose of the a…

NRS 270.080 Further pleadings: Nevada Rules of Civil Procedure; hearing given precedence. 1. Further pleadings may be served and filed in the action in all respects as provided in the Nevada Rules of Civil Procedure for other actions and the cause shall proceed in all respects in…

NRS 270.090 Findings of fact, conclusions of law and judgment; recording of certified copy of judgment, map and plat; fees for recording; county recorder to provide copy of map or plat or access to digital map or plat to county assessor. 1. The findings of fact and conclusions of…

NRS 270.100 Appeal: Procedure. 1. In the event of any appeal, as mentioned in NRS 270.090, it shall only be necessary for the appellant: (a) To appeal from such part of the judgment, decree, order denying motion for new trial, etc., as applies to the particular controversy upon w…

NRS 270.110 City attorney or district attorney may prosecute action; employment of other counsel. The city council, or other legislative board of the city, may cause such action to be commenced and prosecuted by the city attorney of such city or the district attorney of the count…

NRS 270.120 Questions of fact may be referred to master; property may be taken for public use; procedure. 1. The court or judge trying the cause may refer any questions of fact arising therein to a master or commissioner for findings and determination, and the findings of such ma…

NRS 270.130 Equitable jurisdiction of court to settle rights, conflicts and controversies; court may vest title; stipulations between parties. 1. The court or judge trying the cause shall have full equitable jurisdiction to settle and determine all rights, conflicts and controver…

NRS 270.140 Applicability of NRS 270.010 to 270.150, inclusive, to towns. NRS 270.010 to 270.150, inclusive, shall apply to like extent to towns within the State of Nevada, the word “town” being substituted wherever the word “city” appears therein and “the legislative board of th…

NRS 270.150 Additional rights and remedies. The rights and remedies provided for in NRS 270.010 to 270.150, inclusive, shall be in addition to those existing under subsisting law in regard to the establishing and vacating of townsites or parts thereof or property devoted to publi…

NRS 270.160 Procedure. 1. Any owner or owners of platted land in an incorporated city may make application in writing to the city council of the city wherein such land is situated for the vacation of the portion of the plat so owned by them, together with such portion of any and …

NRS 270.170 Person claiming material injury may commence action to have order of vacation set aside. Any person claiming material injury by any order so made by the city council may at any time within 60 days after the date of such order commence an action in the district court h…

NRS 270.180 NRS 270.160 and 270.170 supplementary; applicability. NRS 270.160 and 270.170 are intended to supplement and not to supersede the existing laws relating to the vacation of city and town plats and do not apply to land divided pursuant to NRS 278.010 to 278.630, inclusi…