Title 21

NRS 266.335 Nuisances: Abatement, prevention and removal; costs as lien. The city council may: 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 3 and 4 of NRS 40.140 and subsections 6, 7, 9 and 10 of NRS 202.450, determine by ordinance what shall be deemed nuisances. 2. Provide for…

NRS 266.342 “Trunk line” defined. As used in NRS 266.342 to 266.348, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, “trunk line” means a line which provides a channel between a switchboard owned by a customer of a telephone company and the local exchange of the telephone compa…

NRS 266.344 Imposition in certain cities; master plan required; amount; collection; penalties for delinquent payment. 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the city council of a city of population category two or three in a county whose population is 700,000 or more ma…

NRS 266.346 Establishment of advisory committee to develop plan to enhance telephone system for reporting emergency; creation of special revenue fund; use of money in fund. If a city council imposes a surcharge pursuant to NRS 266.344, the city council shall: 1. Establish by ordi…

NRS 266.348 Recovering cost of collection. A telephone company that collects the surcharge imposed pursuant to NRS 266.344 is entitled to retain an amount of the surcharge collected which is equal to the cost of collecting the surcharge. (Added to NRS by 2005, 496) LICENSING AND …

NRS 266.355 Power of city council to regulate and license. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 3, 4 and 5, the city council may: (a) Except as otherwise provided in NRS 268.0881 to 268.0888, inclusive, 598D.150 and 640C.100, regulate all businesses, trades and professi…

NRS 266.358 Payment of child support: Statement by applicant for license, permit or certificate; grounds for denial of license, permit or certificate; duty of city council. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state to establi…

NRS 266.362 Suspension of license, certificate or permit for failure to pay child support or comply with certain subpoenas or warrants; reinstatement of license, certificate or permit. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each stat…

NRS 266.368 Application for license, permit or certificate must include social security number of applicant. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state to establish procedures for withholding, suspending and restricting the pr…

NRS 266.386 Resolution proposing sale or lease of system; election required. 1. Proceedings to sell or lease a city-owned electric light and power system may be instituted by the adoption of a resolution by the city council proposing to sell or lease the electric light and power …

NRS 266.3861 Appointment of appraisers. Upon the adoption of a resolution pursuant to NRS 266.386, the district court of the county shall appoint a qualified firm of licensed engineers to make a true and correct appraisement of the fair market value of the electric light and powe…

NRS 266.3862 Negotiation with qualified lessees. If the resolution adopted proposes to lease the electric light and power system, the city council shall, after the return of the appraisement, negotiate with one or more qualified lessees. If such negotiations are successful, the c…

NRS 266.3863 Measure and explanation to be drafted by city attorney. When proceedings are instituted to sell or lease a city-owned electric light and power system, the city attorney shall draft the measure and an explanation thereof for submission to the registered voters. (Added…

NRS 266.3864 Registration of voters for special election; notice; office hours of county clerk. 1. If the question of the sale or lease of the city-owned electric light and power system is submitted at a city or state primary or general election, no notice of registration of elec…

NRS 266.3865 Notice of special election: Publication; contents. 1. If the resolution adopted pursuant to NRS 266.386 calls a special election, the city clerk shall cause a notice of the election to be published in a newspaper printed in the county and having a general circulation…

NRS 266.3866 Powers and duties of county clerk at special election; costs of special election. 1. The county clerk may consolidate or otherwise modify voting precincts, shall designate the polling places, shall appoint officers of the election for each precinct in such number as …

NRS 266.3867 Sale of system: Advertisement; sealed bids. If the resolution adopted proposes to sell the electric light and power system, and a majority of the ballots cast favors such sale, the city council shall advertise the sale of such electric light and power system by notic…

NRS 266.390 Officers and offices: General powers of council. The city council may: 1. Create any office that may be deemed necessary for the city. 2. Provide for filling all vacancies in elective and appointive offices. 3. Regulate and prescribe the powers, duties and compensatio…

NRS 266.395 Appointment of officers by mayor. The mayor, with the advice and consent of the city council, shall appoint all such officers as may be provided for by law or ordinance. [37:125:1907; RL § 803; NCL § 1138]—(NRS A 1971, 308; 2001, 630)

NRS 266.400 Eligibility for office; power of city council to adopt requirements concerning residency. 1. The city council, by ordinance, may require, as a qualification for an appointive office of the city, other than city attorney, and for appointment as a deputy pursuant to NRS…

NRS 266.405 Election or appointment of certain city officers; consolidation of offices of city clerk and city treasurer. 1. In addition to the mayor and city council, there must be in each city of population category one or two a city clerk, a city treasurer, or if those offices …

NRS 266.410 Officers of cities of population categories one and two to hold only one office; exception. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4 of NRS 266.405 for the clerk and treasurer, in cities of population categories one and two, a mayor, council member, clerk, auditor…

NRS 266.415 Appointed officers serve at pleasure of mayor and city council; removal by city council; veto by mayor. Except as otherwise provided by specific law or ordinance, all appointed officers serve at the pleasure of the mayor and city council and may be removed by a majori…

NRS 266.420 Oath and bond. 1. Every officer of any city, whether elected or appointed, shall, before entering upon the duties of the office take and subscribe to the constitutional oath of office. 2. Every officer of any city who is responsible for the handling of city funds shal…

NRS 266.425 Bonds filed with clerk; council may require additional bonds. 1. All bonds given by the officers of any city shall be filed with the city clerk. 2. The city council may at any time require further and additional bonds of all officers elected and appointed. [41:125:190…

NRS 266.430 Nonfeasance, misfeasance or malfeasance; penalty. In case the mayor or any municipal officer is adjudged guilty of nonfeasance, misfeasance or malfeasance by any court of competent jurisdiction he or she shall be fined in a sum not exceeding $1,000. The court in which…

NRS 266.435 Delivery of property to successor; liability. Every officer of the city shall, within 5 days after notification and request, deliver to his or her successor in office all properties, books and effects of every description in the officer’s possession belonging to the c…

NRS 266.450 Compensation; restrictions on increase or decrease. All elected officers of any city are entitled to receive such compensation as may be fixed by ordinance, but, except as otherwise provided in NRS 266.041, the compensation of any elected officers must not be increase…

NRS 266.455 Deputies: Appointment; powers; compensation. The city officers, except the mayor, council members and municipal judge, may, after being first duly authorized by ordinance of the city council, appoint a deputy or deputies who have the same powers as their principals an…

NRS 266.460 Duties of officers may be defined by ordinance. The duties, powers and privileges of all officers in any way connected with the city government, not defined in this chapter, shall be defined by the city council; and the defining by this chapter of the duties of city o…

NRS 266.465 Qualifications. No person is eligible to the office of city attorney unless he or she is an attorney in good standing admitted to practice law in all the courts of this State. [Part 54:125:1907; A 1947, 737; 1951, 389]—(NRS A 1991, 13)

NRS 266.470 Duties. The city attorney shall be the legal adviser of the city council and all officers of the city in all matters respecting the affairs of the city and shall perform such duties as may be required by the city council or prescribed by ordinance. [Part 54:125:1907; …

NRS 266.475 Employment of counsel to assist city attorney. The city council may, in the exercise of its sound discretion, employ counsel to aid the city attorney whenever, in its judgment, the public interests require such employment, and the expense thereof must be allowed and p…

NRS 266.480 Duties. The city clerk shall: 1. Keep the office of the city clerk at the place of meeting of the city council, or some other place convenient thereto, as the council may direct. 2. Keep the corporate seal and all papers and records of the city. 3. Keep a record of th…

NRS 266.490 Duties. The city auditor, in cities having an auditor, shall perform such duties as may be designated by ordinance. [55:125:1907; RL § 821; NCL § 1156]—(NRS A 1971, 310) CITY TREASURER

NRS 266.500 Duties. The city treasurer shall perform such duties as may be designated by ordinance. [57:125:1907; RL § 823; NCL § 1158] + [58:125:1907; RL § 824; NCL § 1159]—(NRS A 1971, 311)

NRS 266.505 Payment of warrants. All warrants shall be paid out of their respective funds in the order in which they shall be issued. [59:125:1907; RL § 825; NCL § 1160]

NRS 266.510 Receipt for payment. The treasurer shall: 1. Give to every person paying money into the city treasury a receipt therefor, specifying the date of payment and upon what account paid. 2. File the duplicate of such receipt with the auditor or city clerk, as the city counc…

NRS 266.515 Deposit of city’s money in bank, credit union, savings and loan association or savings bank; agreement for redeposit of money. 1. The treasurer, or the county treasurer when acting as ex officio city treasurer, shall keep all money belonging to the city separate from …

NRS 266.520 Treasurer’s report: Contents. The treasurer shall report to the city council at such times as may be prescribed by ordinance, giving a full and detailed account of all receipts and expenditures since the treasurer’s last report, and of the state of the treasury. The t…

NRS 266.525 Money from special assessment kept as special fund; restrictions on use. All moneys received from any special assessment shall be held by the treasurer as a special fund, to be applied to payment for the improvement for which the assessment was made, and the money sha…

NRS 266.530 Appointment; duties. 1. Each city which is not participating in a metropolitan police department must have a chief of police. The mayor shall appoint the chief of police, subject to confirmation by the city council. 2. The chief of police shall perform such duties as …

NRS 266.550 Powers and jurisdiction: Same as justice court; trial summary and without jury; exception; fees. 1. The municipal court shall have such powers and jurisdiction in the city as are now provided by law for justice courts, wherein any person or persons are charged with th…

NRS 266.555 Jurisdiction. 1. The municipal court has jurisdiction to hear, try and determine all cases, whether civil or criminal, for the breach or violation of any city ordinance or any provision of this chapter of a police or municipal nature, and shall hear, try and determine…

NRS 266.565 Pleadings; practice. 1. The practice and proceedings in the municipal court shall conform, as nearly as practicable, to the practice and proceedings of justice courts in similar cases, except that an appeal perfected transfers the action to the district court for tria…

NRS 266.570 Contempt. A municipal judge may punish for contempt for the same acts or omissions, in the same manner and with the same effects as is provided for judges in chapter 22 of NRS. [Part 69:125:1907; A 1923, 279; NCL § 1170]—(NRS A 1975, 510; 1983, 903)