Title 26

NRS 322.0038 “Boat ramp” defined. “Boat ramp” means a ramp for launching vessels into, or retrieving vessels from, a navigable body of water. (Added to NRS by 1993, 1456)

NRS 322.004 “Boat slip” defined. “Boat slip” means a space, other than a space inside a boat house, designed for the mooring or storage of vessels on a navigable body of water. (Added to NRS by 1993, 1456; A 1995, 2511)

NRS 322.0042 “Commercial use” defined. “Commercial use” means any use conducted primarily for profit, except a use conducted by a governmental or quasi-governmental entity. (Added to NRS by 1993, 1456; A 1997, 972)

NRS 322.0043 “Deck” defined. “Deck” means a fixed or floating platform or other structure, other than a boat house or pier, which is attached to the shore or bed of, and extends into or over, a navigable body of water. (Added to NRS by 1995, 2510)

NRS 322.0044 “Dredging” defined. “Dredging” means the removing or rearranging of any material below the high water elevation of a navigable body of water. (Added to NRS by 1993, 1456)

NRS 322.0046 “Filling” defined. “Filling” means the deposit of any material below the high water elevation of a navigable body of water. (Added to NRS by 1993, 1456)

NRS 322.005 “Geothermal resource” defined. “Geothermal resource” means the natural heat of the earth and the energy associated with that natural heat, pressure and all dissolved or entrained minerals that may be obtained from the medium used to transfer that heat, but excluding h…

NRS 322.0052 “Littoral or riparian residential parcel” defined. “Littoral or riparian residential parcel” means a parcel of land which: 1. Adjoins the bed of a navigable body of water; and 2. Is restricted to single-family residential use. (Added to NRS by 1993, 1456)

NRS 322.0054 “Mooring buoy” defined. “Mooring buoy” means a float: 1. Which is anchored to the bed of a navigable body of water; and 2. To which a vessel is fastened through the use of cables, lines, ropes or anchors for the purpose of maintaining the vessel in a stationary posit…

NRS 322.0056 “Multiple residential use” defined. “Multiple residential use” means the use of a facility, structure or other object, except a commercial use, exclusively by the owners of two or more littoral or riparian residential parcels and their families and guests. (Added to …

NRS 322.0058 “Pier” defined. “Pier” means a fixed or floating platform or other structure, other than a boat house or deck, which: 1. Extends into or over a navigable body of water; 2. Is attached to pillars, piles, rocks or metal or is anchored to the bottom of the body of water…

NRS 322.006 “Recreational dredging” defined. “Recreational dredging” means dredging conducted primarily for personal pleasure using a portable vacuum or suction dredge which has an intake that does not exceed 4 inches in diameter. (Added to NRS by 1993, 1456)

NRS 322.0062 “Single residential use” defined. “Single residential use” means the use of a facility, structure or other object, except a commercial use, exclusively by the owner of a littoral or riparian residential parcel and his or her family and guests. (Added to NRS by 1993, …

NRS 322.0066 “Vessel” defined. “Vessel” means any boat or other watercraft used as a means of transportation on water. (Added to NRS by 1993, 1457)

NRS 322.007 Approval of certain leases required. Any lease of state land, except a lease for residential purposes, a lease for farming or grazing or a lease authorized pursuant to NRS 321.008 or 322.061, whose term extends or is renewable beyond 1 year must be approved by the Sta…

NRS 322.010 Authorization. Except as provided in NRS 334.070, 407.0653 and 504.147, the Administrator of the Division of State Lands of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, as ex officio State Land Registrar, may lease any land except contract land now or h…

NRS 322.020 Sizes of leased areas; conformity to governmental subdivisions. Such leases shall be in blocks of not less than 40 acres nor more than 1,280 acres each, and shall conform to governmental subdivisions. [2:183:1921; NCL § 5549]

NRS 322.030 Rentals and royalties. 1. Such leases shall be based upon a fixed rental of not less than $1 per acre annually for each acre contained therein, and shall further provide for a royalty of not less than: (a) Fifteen percent of the gross value of all oil, gas or other hy…

NRS 322.040 Form of lease; preparation by Attorney General. Such leases shall be executed upon a form to be prepared by the Attorney General, which form shall contain all of the covenants and agreements usual and necessary to leases for the extraction of coal, oil and gas, or the…

NRS 322.050 Leases of or easements over state lands authorized; concurrence of contracting parties and state agencies required. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 334.070, 407.0653 and 504.147, the Administrator of the Division of State Lands of the State Department of Conservat…

NRS 322.060 Certain leases or easements over state lands: Size of area; terms and consideration; form and preparation. Subject to the provisions of NRS 321.335, leases or easements authorized pursuant to the provisions of NRS 322.050, and not made for the purpose of extracting oi…

NRS 322.061 Lease of land at reduced rate to persons who intend to locate or expand business in this State; requirements; approval of lease; determination of rent; waiver of requirements. 1. The Administrator of the Division of State Lands of the State Department of Conservation …

NRS 322.063 Lease of state land to certain state officers or employees for reduced charge; approval of lease; determination of rent; waiver of fee; separate accounting and use of money collected from leases; nonreversion. 1. The Administrator of the Division of State Lands of the…

NRS 322.065 Lease of state land to certain nonprofit organizations or educational institutions for reduced charge; approval of lease; determination of rent; waiver of fee; exclusions. 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, land may be leased pursuant to NRS 322.060 to: …

NRS 322.067 Waiver of fee for grant of easement to local government for public road. 1. Upon the request of the governing body of a local government, the Administrator of the Division of State Lands of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, as ex officio Stat…

NRS 322.070 Leases of land for private development. The State Land Registrar may lease for private development any land except contract land owned by the State of Nevada to produce public revenue. Such a lease may be for a term not to exceed 99 years. (Added to NRS by 1983, 1260)

NRS 322.075 Fees for leases of land for grazing livestock: Conditions; determination of minimum fee. Repealed. (See chapter 397, Statutes of Nevada 2025, at page 2629.) OTHER LAWFUL USES

NRS 322.100 Authority of State Land Registrar to issue permit, license or other authorization for any lawful use; fees. 1. In addition to any other authority granted pursuant to this chapter, the State Land Registrar may: (a) Issue a permit, license or other authorization for any…

NRS 322.1003 Permit, license or other authorization to use state land or state facilities for recreational purpose: Statement by applicant concerning payment of child support; grounds for denial. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requirin…

NRS 322.1005 Permit, license or other authorization to use state land or state facilities for recreational purpose: Suspension for failure to pay child support or comply with certain subpoenas or warrants; reinstatement. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666,…

NRS 322.1007 Performance of work below high water mark of navigable river: Application and fees for permit; conditions under which permit not required. 1. If an emergency causes an immediate threat to life, health or property, a person may perform work below the high water mark o…

NRS 322.110 Establishment of fees for consideration of applications for use of state lands; waiver of fee. 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section or by specific statute, the State Land Registrar shall charge a nonrefundable fee in an amount established by regulation for …

NRS 322.120 Establishment of fees: Permit for use of piers or other related facilities; permit for use of boat hoist, boat house, boat ramp, boat slip, deck, mooring buoy or similar devices. Except as otherwise provided in this section or by specific statute, the State Land Regis…

NRS 322.125 Credit toward fee for commercial use of state land. 1. The State Land Registrar shall grant a person credit towards the fee imposed pursuant to NRS 322.120 for the commercial use of state land in an amount equal to: (a) The amount that the total fees charged to that p…

NRS 322.130 Fee for permit for dredging or filling, construction or installation of certain structures. Except as otherwise provided by specific statute, the State Land Registrar shall charge for: 1. A permit to engage in a project for dredging or filling, to construct or install…

NRS 322.140 Waiver of fees by State Land Registrar. The State Land Registrar may waive a fee for the issuance of any permit, license or other authorization for the use of state land: 1. To protect or promote the public health or safety; or 2. For a short term, if the use: (a) Is …

NRS 322.150 Exemption from fees for assignment of state lands to state agency. The State Land Registrar shall not charge any fee pursuant to NRS 322.100 to 322.130, inclusive, for the assignment of any land or interest in land, pursuant to NRS 321.003, to a state agency for use a…

NRS 322.160 Accounting and use of proceeds of fees. The proceeds of any fee charged pursuant to NRS 322.100 to 322.130, inclusive, must be accounted for by the State Land Registrar and: 1. If the fee is for any authorization to use land granted to the State by the Federal Governm…

NRS 322.170 Regulations. The State Land Registrar shall adopt such regulations as are necessary to carry out the provisions of NRS 322.100 to 322.160, inclusive. (Added to NRS by 1993, 1459; A 1995, 2512; 1997, 1262, 2046)