Title 23

NRS 282.050 Bond in force during term of office; effect of subsequent law; conditions. 1. Every official bond executed by any officer pursuant to law shall be deemed and taken to be in force, and shall be obligatory upon the principal and sureties thereon for any and all breaches…

NRS 282.060 Bond for benefit of injured or aggrieved person; action on bond without assignment. 1. Every official bond executed by any officer pursuant to law shall be in force and obligatory upon the principal and sureties thereon, to and for the State of Nevada, and to and for …

NRS 282.070 Defects in bond immaterial. Whenever any official bond shall not contain the substantial matter, or condition or conditions, required by law, or there shall be any defect in the approval or filing thereof, such bond shall not be void so as to discharge such officer an…

NRS 282.080 Approval, filing and recording of official bonds. The official bonds of officers shall be approved and filed as follows: 1. The official bond of the State Treasurer shall be approved by the Governor, and filed and recorded in the Office of the Secretary of State. 2. T…

NRS 282.090 Additional bond of county or township officer: Showing of insufficiency; execution and filing; office vacated for failure to execute and file bond. 1. Whenever the sureties, or any one of them, on the official bond of any county or township officer shall die, remove w…

NRS 282.100 Insufficiency of State Treasurer’s bond: Procedure for procurement of additional bond. Whenever the official bond of the State Treasurer becomes insufficient from any cause, like proceedings as provided in NRS 282.090 may be had with reference thereto before the distr…

NRS 282.110 Additional bond: Force and liabilities. Every such additional bond shall be of like force and obligation upon the principal and sureties thereon, and shall subject the officer and the officer’s sureties to the same liabilities as are prescribed respecting the original…

NRS 282.120 Number of sureties on official bond. Unless otherwise expressly provided, there shall be at least two sureties upon the official bond of every officer. [10:135:1865; B § 2926; BH § 1747; C § 1901; RL § 2877; NCL § 4899]

NRS 282.130 Subscription to official bond: Manner; liability. Subscriptions to official bonds shall be taken singly, and for a liability not exceeding the amount subscribed. [1:14:1883; BH § 1755; C § 1885; RL § 2885; NCL § 4912]

NRS 282.140 Justification of surety on bond of county or township officer. In all cases where official bonds are required from county or township officers, the officer whose duty it is to approve such bonds shall not accept or approve any bonds unless the sureties thereon several…

NRS 282.150 Liability of sureties when penal sum exceeds $2,000: Several liability for portions not less than $500. When the penal sum of any bond amounts to more than $2,000, the sureties may become severally liable for portions not less than $500 of such penal sum, making in th…

NRS 282.160 Liability of sureties for ratable proportion; release of surety on payment of pro rata liability; limitation on amount of judgment. 1. If the official bond of the State Treasurer or any county or township officer becomes insufficient by reason of the insolvency of any…

NRS 282.163 Blanket bonds. A blanket fidelity bond or blanket position bond may be furnished at county expense for all elected county officers except the county treasurer. This blanket bond must be in an amount not less than $10,000, and conditioned on the faithful performance of…

NRS 282.165 City employee regularly handling public money required to furnish corporate surety bond; form and approval of bond. Every employee of an incorporated city who regularly handles public funds as part of the employee’s official duties shall be required to furnish a corpo…

NRS 282.170 Companies which may execute bond; payment of premiums; acceptance of bond. 1. The State Treasurer and every district, county, township and city officer within the State of Nevada, who is required by law to give an official bond, may have a surety company, which has co…

NRS 282.180 Procedure. Any surety on the official bond of the State Treasurer or any county or city officer, or on the official bond of any executor or administrator, or on the bond or undertaking of any person, where, by law, a bond or undertaking is required, may be released fr…

NRS 282.190 Surety’s statement desiring release from liability: Filing and service of notice; publication. 1. Any surety desiring to be released from liability on the bond of the State Treasurer shall file with the Governor or Secretary of State a statement in writing duly subscr…

NRS 282.200 Forfeiture of office or appointment upon failure to file new or additional bond; suspension of functions of office. 1. If any officer or person fails within 10 days from the date of a personal service, or within 30 days from the date of the first insertion of a public…

NRS 282.210 Liability of sureties on original and new or additional bond. In case a new or additional bond or undertaking is filed, the sureties on the original bond or undertaking, not asking to be released, and on the new or additional bond or undertaking shall be and continue …

NRS 282.220 Amount or penalty of new or additional bond or undertaking: How determined. Whenever a statement is filed, or filed and served, as provided in NRS 282.180 to 282.220, inclusive, the proper authority shall prescribe the penalty or amount in which a new or additional bo…

NRS 282.290 Faith of State pledged; consent of State to suit on bond; restitution. The faith of the State is pledged to the provisions of all surety bonds which have been issued or undertaken under the provisions of chapter 193, Statutes of Nevada 1937, as amended, which establis…

NRS 282.305 Secretary of State to ensure compliance by state officers. The Secretary of State shall ensure that state officers comply with the provisions of this chapter. (Added to NRS by 1993, 1550)

NRS 282.315 Costs of investigations paid from Reserve for Statutory Contingency Account; limitations. The State Treasurer is hereby authorized to pay from the Reserve for Statutory Contingency Account on warrants issued by the State Controller, a total sum not to exceed $2,500 in…

NRS 282.330 Certain officers to report losses to State Board of Examiners; investigations; procedure for restitution. 1. Losses to counties which occur from defalcation, misappropriation or negligent loss of public money or from failure faithfully to perform the duties of office …

NRS 282.340 Civil liability on bond of officer or employee: Action for recovery of loss; lien; judgment; execution. 1. If any public officer or employee defaults, misappropriates or otherwise is responsible for loss of funds committed to the officer’s or employee’s care, the offi…

NRS 282.350 Revocation of bond by State Board of Examiners: Grounds. The State Board of Examiners may revoke the surety bond of any public officer or employee: 1. If, after due investigation, notice and hearing, the officer or employee is found to be addicted to gambling, excessi…