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NRS 278.378 Certificate by clerk of governing body, planning commission or other authorized person or agency; clerk to present final map to county recorder for recording. 1. A final map presented to the county recorder for recording must include a certificate by the clerk of the …

NRS 278.380 Approval of final map: General requirements; acceptance of dedications; imposition and appeal of requirements for improvements and security. 1. After receipt of the final map: (a) The governing body or planning commission, at its next meeting; or (b) If authorized by …

NRS 278.385 Approval of final map: Submission of plans to install water meters. The governing body, planning commission or director of planning or other authorized person or agency shall not approve any final map for a subdivision served by a public water system which it receives…

NRS 278.390 Title to dedicated property passes when final map recorded; offer of dedication may remain open. Title to property dedicated or accepted for streets and easements passes when the final map is recorded. If at the time the final map is approved any streets are rejected,…

NRS 278.450 Fee for recording final map. For the recordation of any final map, the county recorder shall collect a fee of $50 for the first sheet of the map and $10 for each additional sheet. The fee must be deposited in the general fund of the county where it is collected. [32:1…

NRS 278.460 Requirements for recording final map; county recorder to provide copy of final map or access to digital final map to county assessor. 1. A county recorder shall not record any final map unless the map: (a) Contains or is accompanied by the report of a title company an…

NRS 278.461 General requirements; exemptions. 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a person who proposes to divide any land for transfer or development into four lots or less shall: (a) Prepare a parcel map and file the number of copies, as required by local ordinance…

NRS 278.462 Requirements which may be imposed by governing body. The governing body or, if authorized by the governing body, the planning commission or other authorized person: 1. May require street grading, drainage provisions and lot designs as are reasonably necessary. 2. If i…

NRS 278.4625 Minimum size of mobile home lot. The governing body of a city or county may not require the minimum size of a mobile home lot that is individually owned to be larger than the minimum size of a mobile home lot that is leased to a tenant. (Added to NRS by 1993, 1470)

NRS 278.463 Survey required; exception. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a parcel map must be based on a survey made for that purpose. The county surveyor, city surveyor or professional land surveyor appointed by the governing body, may pursuant to NRS 278.464 waive …

NRS 278.464 Action on parcel map by planning commission, governing body or other authorized person or agency; waiver of requirement for map and survey; consideration of certain criteria authorized in determining approval of certain parcel maps; appeals; certificate of approval of…

NRS 278.466 Form and contents of parcel map; reference to parcel number and recording. 1. The parcel map must be legibly drawn in permanent black ink on tracing cloth or produced by the use of other materials of a permanent nature generally used for that purpose in the engineerin…

NRS 278.467 Preparation, recordation and contents of document which may be required if parcel map waived; statement indicating that property taxes have been paid; county recorder to provide copy of document or access to digital document to county assessor. 1. If the requirement f…

NRS 278.468 Duties of preparer of parcel map upon approval; duties of county recorder. 1. If a parcel map is approved or deemed approved pursuant to NRS 278.464, the preparer of the map shall: (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, cause the approved map to be recorded…

NRS 278.469 Map to indicate record of survey not in conflict with planning and zoning requirements. If a record of survey contains two or more lots or parcels, the surveyor or a person for whom the record of survey is made shall place upon the map thereof a statement of the facts…

NRS 278.471 Divisions of land subject to NRS 278.471 to 278.4725, inclusive; exemption. 1. Except as provided in subsections 2 and 3, a proposed division of land is subject to the provisions of NRS 278.471 to 278.4725, inclusive, if each proposed lot is at least: (a) One-sixteent…

NRS 278.4713 Preparation, contents and filing of tentative map; affidavit required. 1. Unless the filing of a tentative map is waived, a person who proposes to make a division of land pursuant to NRS 278.471 to 278.4725, inclusive, must first: (a) File a tentative map for the are…

NRS 278.4715 Waiver of requirement to file tentative map; designation of easements. 1. The planning commission or, if there is no planning commission, the governing body or its authorized representative may waive the requirement of filing the tentative map. 2. If the tentative ma…

NRS 278.472 Final map: Filing; form and contents. 1. After the planning commission or the governing body or its authorized representative has approved the tentative map or waived the requirement of its filing, or 60 days after the date of its filing, whichever is earlier, the per…

NRS 278.4725 Final map: Action by planning commission or governing body; appeal; procedures in event of disapproval; conditions for approval; filing; contents; fee for recording; county recorder to provide copy of final map or access to digital final map to county assessor. 1. Ex…

NRS 278.473 Certificate of amendment to correct or amend recorded plat, survey or map if correction or amendment does not change location of survey monument, property line or boundary line: Request; preparation, contents and recordation. 1. To correct an error or omission in or t…

NRS 278.475 Amended plat, survey or map to correct or amend recorded plat, survey or map if correction or amendment changes location of survey monument, property line or boundary line: Request; preparation and recordation. 1. To correct an error or omission in or to amend any rec…

NRS 278.477 Amendment of recorded plat, map or survey which changes location of survey monument, property line or boundary line: Procedures and requirements. 1. In addition to the requirements of subsection 2, an amendment of a recorded subdivision plat, parcel map, map of divisi…

NRS 278.478 Definitions. As used in NRS 278.478 to 278.4789, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 278.4781, 278.4783 and 278.4785 have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (Added to NRS by 1997, 3009)

NRS 278.4781 “Landscaping” defined. 1. “Landscaping” means trees, shrubs, grass and other ornamentation, whether or not natural or artificial, located: (a) On the perimeter of a development or subdivision. (b) On a median strip on the perimeter of a development or subdivision. 2.…

NRS 278.4783 “Public lighting” defined. “Public lighting” means works or improvements useful in lighting a street, sidewalk or other place used for a public purpose. (Added to NRS by 1997, 3009)

NRS 278.4785 “Security wall” defined. “Security wall” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 271.203. (Added to NRS by 1997, 3009)

NRS 278.4787 Assumption of maintenance by governing body. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 5, a person who proposes to divide land for transfer or development into four or more lots pursuant to NRS 278.360 to 278.460, inclusive, or chapter 278A of NRS, may, in lieu o…

NRS 278.4789 Provision through association for common-interest community; notice of failure to maintain; hearings; remedies of governing body. 1. If a person who proposes to divide land for transfer or development into four or more lots pursuant to NRS 278.360 to 278.460, inclusi…

NRS 278.479 “Contiguous” defined. As used in NRS 278.479 to 278.4965, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, “contiguous” means either abutting directly on the boundary or separated by a street, alley, public right-of-way, creek, river or the right-of-way of a railroad…

NRS 278.480 Vacation or abandonment of street or easement: Procedures, prerequisites and effect; appeal; reservation of certain easements; sale of vacated portion. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 11 and 12, any abutting owner or local government desiring the vacati…

NRS 278.490 Reversion of maps and reversion of division of land to acreage: Procedure and requirements; exemption from certain requirements. 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 278.4925, an owner or governing body desiring to revert any recorded subdivision map, parcel map, ma…

NRS 278.4925 Merger and resubdivision of land without reversion to acreage: Authority; procedure; delineation of remaining streets and easements; crediting of security. 1. An owner or governing body that owns two or more contiguous parcels may merge and resubdivide the land into …

NRS 278.4955 Requirements for submitting map of reversion. 1. The map of reversion submitted pursuant to NRS 278.490 must contain the appropriate certificates required by NRS 278.376, 278.3765 and 278.377, if applicable, for the original division of the land, any agreement entere…

NRS 278.496 Requirements for presenting map of reversion for recording. 1. A map of reversion presented for recording must include a certificate signed and acknowledged, pursuant to NRS 240.166, 240.1665 or 240.167, by each person who is an owner of the land consenting to the pre…

NRS 278.4965 Map of reversion must include certificate of approval from appropriate person. A map of reversion presented to the county recorder for recording must include a certificate by the clerk of the governing body or the planning commission or other authorized person statin…

NRS 278.497 Definitions. As used in NRS 278.497 to 278.4987, inclusive, the words and terms defined in NRS 278.4971 to 278.4977, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections, unless the context otherwise requires. (Added to NRS by 1973, 1447; A 1975, 1564; 1977…

NRS 278.4971 “Apartment house” defined. “Apartment house” means a building arranged in several suites of connecting rooms, each suite designed for independent housekeeping, but with certain typical mechanical conveniences, such as air-conditioning, heat, light or elevator service…

NRS 278.4973 “Mobile home” defined. “Mobile home” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 461A.050. (Added to NRS by 1973, 1447; A 1999, 1689)

NRS 278.4975 “Mobile home lot” defined. “Mobile home lot” means any area or tract of land designated, designed or used for the occupancy of a mobile home. (Added to NRS by 1973, 1447)

NRS 278.4977 “Residential dwelling unit” defined. “Residential dwelling unit” means a building or a portion of a building, planned, designed or used as a residence for one family only, living independently of other families or persons, and having its own bathroom and housekeeping…

NRS 278.4979 Governing body may by ordinance require dedication of land for parks or playgrounds. The governing body of a city or county may, by ordinance, require that a subdivider of land or a developer of land for mobile home lots or an apartment house dedicate such land areas…

NRS 278.498 Ordinance requiring dedication: Conformity to or adoption of plan for recreation. 1. The ordinance adopted pursuant to NRS 278.4979 must, insofar as practicable, conform to the recreation plan incorporated in the applicable master plan. 2. If no recreation plan is inc…

NRS 278.4981 Ordinance requiring dedication: Contents. 1. The ordinance adopted pursuant to NRS 278.4979 must set forth the standards to be applied in determining the amount of land that is required to be dedicated. The ordinance must contain standards determining the amount, qua…

NRS 278.4982 Land dedicated for park or playground: Compensation of developer for excess; plan for development; time limited for development. 1. If the land area dedicated by any subdivider or developer exceeds a proportionate contribution to the total park site, taking into cons…

NRS 278.4983 Residential construction tax. 1. The city council of any city or the board of county commissioners of any county which has adopted a master plan and recreation plan, as provided in this chapter, which includes, as a part of the plan, future or present sites for neigh…