Title 20

NRS 244.165 Prosecution and defense of suits. The boards of county commissioners shall have power and jurisdiction in their respective counties to control the prosecution or defense of all suits to which the county is a party. [Part 8:80:1865; A 1871, 47; 1931, 52; 1933, 203; 195…

NRS 244.167 Employment of security officers. A board of county commissioners may employ security officers. (Added to NRS by 1985, 257; A 1993, 2529)

NRS 244.170 Rewards for apprehension or conviction of defaulting or absconding county or township officers. The boards of county commissioners shall have power and jurisdiction in their respective counties to offer and allow rewards for the apprehension or conviction of defaultin…

NRS 244.175 Rewards for apprehension of murderers. 1. When it shall come to the personal knowledge of the county commissioners, or a majority thereof, of any of the counties in this state, that the crime of murder has been committed in the county, or whenever one or more of the r…

NRS 244.180 Indexing of records and proceedings. 1. The board of county commissioners of the several counties may, in their discretion, cause to be compiled a full and complete alphabetical index and page citation of and for all of its records and proceedings, where the same do n…

NRS 244.183 Special census. 1. If any board of county commissioners determines that it is advisable to have a special census taken, it may contract with the Bureau of the Census of the United States Department of Commerce to have a special census conducted under federal supervisi…

NRS 244.184 Language access plan: Development and biennial revision; requirements; public comment; inclusion of necessary funding in proposed budget of county; submission to Office for New Americans. 1. Each board of county commissioners shall designate one or more employees of t…

NRS 244.1843 Public notice issued by planning commission in certain counties required to be available in certain languages. 1. The board of county commissioners in a county whose population is 100,000 or more shall: (a) Ensure that any public notice issued by the planning commiss…

NRS 244.186 Sale of video service over video service network: Prohibitions; enforcement; remedy not exclusive. 1. If the governing body of a county is authorized pursuant to NRS 711.175 to sell video service to the general public over a video service network, the governing body, …

NRS 244.187 Displacement or limitation of competition: Services. A board of county commissioners may, to provide adequate, economical and efficient services to the inhabitants of the county and to promote the general welfare of those inhabitants, displace or limit competition in …

NRS 244.188 Displacement or limitation of competition: Areas in which authorized; methods; limitation. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3 and NRS 269.128 and 269.129, a board of county commissioners may, outside the boundaries of incorporated cities and general impro…

NRS 244.189 Development of attainable housing, control and protection of animals, and rehabilitation of certain residential property; taxes; civil penalty in lieu of criminal penalty. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 and in addition to any other powers authorized b…

NRS 244.190 Cooperative agreements for modification of weather; expenses. 1. The boards of county commissioners of the various counties are empowered to enter into cooperative agreements with the State of Nevada, other counties of this state, or any private or public organization…

NRS 244.194 Voting or counting devices: Rental, lease or other acquisition. Boards of county commissioners may rent, lease or otherwise acquire voting or counting devices in whatever manner will best serve local interests. (Added to NRS by 1965, 615; A 1975, 570; 1977, 240)

NRS 244.1945 Advisory boards: Establishment; travel expenses. 1. The board of county commissioners of any county may establish by ordinance advisory boards for any purpose relating to the county about which the board desires study or advice. 2. Members of such an advisory board a…

NRS 244.19455 Creation, maintenance or display of comprehensive model or map of physical location of facilities of public utility, public water system or video service provider prohibited. 1. A county, including, without limitation, any board or planning agency of the county, sha…

NRS 244.195 Other powers. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 244.137 to 244.146, inclusive, the boards of county commissioners shall have power and jurisdiction in their respective counties to do and perform all such other acts and things as may be lawful and necessary to the fu…

NRS 244.196 Applicability. 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 244.196 to 244.1995, inclusive, the provisions of chapter 82 of NRS apply to a nonprofit corporation formed pursuant to NRS 244.197. 2. To the extent that the provisions of NRS 244.196 to 244.1995, inclusive, confl…

NRS 244.197 Formation; bylaws; members of board of directors; annual report. 1. The board of county commissioners of a county may form a nonprofit corporation to aid the county during an emergency in providing to residents and visitors emergency assistance or any other government…

NRS 244.198 Powers of nonprofit corporation. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a nonprofit corporation formed pursuant to NRS 244.197 has the powers set forth in NRS 82.121 and 82.131. 2. A nonprofit corporation formed pursuant to NRS 244.197 shall not exercise the…

NRS 244.199 Liability or action against nonprofit corporation; nonprofit corporation deemed political subdivision of State. Any liability or action against a nonprofit corporation formed pursuant to NRS 244.197 must be determined in the same manner and with the same limitations a…

NRS 244.1995 Dissolution. Upon the dissolution of a nonprofit corporation formed pursuant to NRS 244.197, the assets of the nonprofit corporation must be distributed to the county which formed the nonprofit corporation and used in a manner consistent with the purposes of the nonp…

NRS 244.200 Examination and audit: Officers’ accounts; money and property entrusted to and fees or compensation received by public administrators or persons employed or contracted to perform the duties of public administrator. The boards of county commissioners shall have power a…

NRS 244.205 Examination and allowance of accounts. The boards of county commissioners shall have power and jurisdiction in their respective counties to examine, settle and allow all accounts legally chargeable against the county, in the manner provided in this chapter. [Part 8:80…

NRS 244.207 Central receiving and disbursing systems for county money. 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the boards of county commissioners in their respective counties may establish by ordinance central receiving and disbursing systems for the handling of county mon…

NRS 244.210 Demands: Cumulative voucher sheets; allowance. 1. In any county in which a county comptroller has not been appointed, every demand against the county, except the salaries of the elective officers of the county whose salaries are fixed by law, must be acted upon by the…

NRS 244.215 Procedure when county auditor or county comptroller refuses demand. 1. In any county in which a county comptroller has not been appointed, the county auditor shall sign no warrant authorizing the payment of money by the county treasurer, except for the salary of the c…

NRS 244.220 Conditions precedent to approval of demand: Indebtedness deducted; compliance; exception. 1. Except as provided in subsection 2, no demand upon the treasury shall be approved by the board of county commissioners or allowed by the county auditor: (a) In favor of any pe…

NRS 244.225 Publication of financial statement. 1. The board of county commissioners shall publish quarterly a statement of the total amounts of receipts and expenditures of the 3 months next preceding, and the total amounts of accounts allowed. Publications shall be made by maki…

NRS 244.230 Authorized debts and liabilities only to be created. The board of county commissioners shall not for any purpose contract debts or liabilities, except those expressly authorized by law. Whenever debts or liabilities have been created, which, added to the salaries of c…

NRS 244.235 District attorney to attend board meetings when accounts and claims audited; restriction on presentation of claim by district attorney. 1. As provided in NRS 252.170, the district attorney shall attend the meetings of the board of county commissioners relating to the …

NRS 244.240 Resident taxpayer may file written objection to allowance of claim; action by board. 1. Any person being a resident and taxpayer of the county may appear before and file with the board of county commissioners of the county wherein the person resides written objections…

NRS 244.245 Recovery of costs in action against county. If a party suing a county recovers in the action more than the board of county commissioners allowed, or offered to allow, the board and the county auditor shall allow the amount of the judgment and costs as a just claim aga…

NRS 244.250 Unaudited claims to be presented within 6 months. 1. All unaudited claims or accounts against any county shall be presented to the board of county commissioners within 6 months from the time such claims or accounts become due or payable. 2. No claim or account against…

NRS 244.255 Rejected claim not to be reconsidered. No claim which has once been presented and rejected shall ever again be considered or allowed by the same, or any subsequently elected or appointed, board of county commissioners of the same county. [27:80:1865; B § 3095; BH § 19…

NRS 244.264 Confidentiality of records or other documents. 1. An organization for economic development formed by one or more counties shall, at the request of a client, keep confidential any record or other document in its possession concerning the initial contact with and resear…

NRS 244.2641 “Regional transportation commission” defined. As used in this section and NRS 244.2643 and 244.2645, “regional transportation commission” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 482.1825. (Added to NRS by 2013, 2817)

NRS 244.2643 Adoption of program authorized in certain counties. 1. In a county whose population is 100,000 or more and in which a regional transportation commission does not exist, the board of county commissioners may adopt a policy for a Complete Streets Program and may plan a…

NRS 244.2645 Complete Streets Fund to be created in certain counties; creation of fund; deposits; administration. 1. In a county whose population is 100,000 or more and in which a regional transportation commission does not exist, the board of county commissioners shall create in…

NRS 244.265 Care and preservation of property. The boards of county commissioners shall have power and jurisdiction in their respective counties to make orders respecting the property of the county in conformity with any law of this State, and to take care of and preserve such pr…

NRS 244.270 Control, management and gifts of property. The boards of county commissioners shall have power and jurisdiction in their respective counties to control and manage the property, real and personal, belonging to the county, and to receive, by donation, any property for t…

NRS 244.273 Use of county equipment on private road; conditions. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 244.2731, the board of county commissioners of each county may authorize the use of county highway patrols and snowplows on private roads if: 1. The board declares an emergency; o…

NRS 244.2731 Use of county equipment and county highway patrols in certain counties. In a county whose population is less than 15,000, the board of county commissioners may authorize the use of: 1. County equipment on the property of any local government that is located within th…

NRS 244.275 Purchase or lease of property for use of county; appraisal. 1. The boards of county commissioners shall have power and jurisdiction in their respective counties: (a) To purchase any real or personal property necessary for the use of the county. (b) To lease any real o…

NRS 244.276 Purchase, sale or exchange of property with owners abutting road or flood control facility to adjust road or flood control facility; reversion of property acquired by dedication. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, any county may buy, sell or exchange pro…

NRS 244.277 Acceptance of grant of right-of-way, permit, lease or patent over certain federal lands. The board of county commissioners may apply for and accept: 1. Grants of rights-of-way, permits, leases and patents and subsequent renewals of grants of rights-of-way, permits, le…