Title 28

NRS 340.050 Institution of proceedings: Filing and form of petition. A proceeding may be instituted under this chapter by the filing of a petition which shall be sufficient if it sets forth: 1. The name of the petitioner. 2. A description of the property, sufficient for the ident…

NRS 340.060 Inclusion of several parcels. Any number of parcels of land, whether owned by the same or different persons and whether contiguous or not, may be included and condemned in one proceeding if such parcels are to be used for a single public works project. [6:135:1935; 19…

NRS 340.070 Notice of proceedings. 1. Notice of such proceedings shall be given by one publication in a newspaper having a general circulation in each county in which any part of the property sought to be condemned is located. Such publication shall be at least 20 days and not mo…

NRS 340.080 Waiver of right to file objections; determination by court of issues raised by objections filed; appointment of guardian ad litem for legally incompetent persons. 1. All persons who have not filed written objections with the court prior to the time of the hearing spec…

NRS 340.090 Special master: Appointment; duties; qualifications; compensation; oath. 1. The court, at the time of the hearing, shall appoint a special master to fix the amount of damages and compensation for the taking and condemnation of the property described in the petition an…

NRS 340.100 Notice and conduct of hearing by special master. 1. Immediately after appointment and taking of oath, the special master shall cause notice to be sent by registered or certified mail to all persons who have appeared in the proceedings or to their attorneys of record a…

NRS 340.110 Evidence admissible before special master. 1. For the purpose of determining the value of the land sought to be condemned and fixing just compensation therefor, the following evidence (in addition to other evidence which is relevant, material and competent) shall be r…

NRS 340.120 Filing of report of special master. The report of the special master must be filed with the clerk of the court in which the proceeding is pending within 30 days after the date of the taking of the oath, unless further time is granted by the court. The court shall gran…

NRS 340.130 Notice of report; filing of objections. Upon the filing of such report by the special master, the court, without delay, shall fix a date for the hearing of any objections filed thereto. Notice that the report has been filed, that all objections thereto must be filed w…

NRS 340.140 Hearing of objections to and action on report by court; appointment of another special master if report is rejected; final judgment; vesting of title; possession. 1. If no objections are filed to the special master’s report, the court (but only on motion of the petiti…

NRS 340.150 Certified copy of judgment. Upon the rendition of the final judgment vesting title in the petitioner, the clerk of the court shall make and certify, under the seal of the court, a copy or copies of such judgment, which shall be filed or recorded in the proper county o…

NRS 340.160 Declaration of taking: Filing by petitioner; sufficiency; effect; duties of court. 1. At any time at or after the filing of the petition referred to in NRS 340.050, and before the entry of final judgment, the petitioner may file with the clerk of the court a declarati…

NRS 340.170 Right to withdraw or dismiss petition. At any time before the vesting of title to the property in the petitioner, the petitioner may withdraw or dismiss its petition with respect to any or all of the property therein described. [17:135:1935; 1931 NCL § 6179.37]—(NRS A…

NRS 340.180 Divesting title of owner. Upon vesting of title to any property in the petitioner, all the right, title and interest of all persons having any interest therein or lien thereupon shall be divested immediately, and such persons thereafter shall be entitled only to recei…

NRS 340.190 Payment of award or deposit into court; disbursement. 1. The payment into court by the petitioner of the amount of any award or the deposit in court of the amount estimated by the petitioner to be the just compensation for the property taken or condemned, shall be dee…

NRS 340.200 Recovery of award paid to unentitled person. If an award shall be paid to a person not entitled thereto, the sole recourse of the person to whom it should have been paid shall be against the person to whom it shall have been paid. In such event the person entitled to …

NRS 340.210 Appeal. 1. Any time within 30 days from the filing of any interlocutory or final order or judgment by the court, any person or persons of record in the proceedings, who shall have filed exceptions at any stage of the proceedings within the time and in the manner speci…

NRS 340.220 Costs. If the petitioner, prior to the making of the award, shall have tendered to an interested person for his or her property or deposited in court for such property an amount which such interested person refused to accept or agree to as just compensation, all costs…

NRS 340.230 Powers supplemental. 1. The powers conferred by this chapter shall be in addition and supplemental to and not in substitution for the power conferred by any other law. The power of eminent domain may be exercised hereunder notwithstanding that any other law may provid…