Title 26

NRS 325.130 Establishment or confirmation of claim: Filing of statement with clerk of district court; contents; fees. 1. Any person, company, corporation or association that claims any right, title or interest in any block, lot, share or parcel of land situate in any townsite whi…

NRS 325.140 Notice of claim: Contents; publication; posting; statements by adverse claimants. 1. Upon the filing of any statement and upon receipt of the accompanying fee, the district judge shall cause notice of the claim to be made by both of the following methods: (a) Publicat…

NRS 325.150 Prior adverse claim barred on execution and delivery of deed. Upon the execution and delivery of the deed, as provided in NRS 325.070, any prior adverse claim or interest in the property conveyed thereby is forever barred. (Added to NRS by 1969, 154)

NRS 326.005 Suspension of NRS 326.010 to 326.070, inclusive, until action by Legislature. Notwithstanding the provisions of NRS 326.010 to 326.070, inclusive, no person may occupy or settle on any public lands in this State or bring and maintain any action pursuant to those provi…

NRS 326.010 Commencement and maintenance of action for interference with possession of public lands occupied for grazing or agricultural purposes; mining rights. 1. Any person legally occupying and settled upon, or who may hereafter occupy or settle upon, any of the public lands …

NRS 326.020 Size of claim and other conditions necessary to maintain action. No person shall be entitled to maintain an action for possession of or injury to any claim as provided in NRS 326.010 unless: 1. The claim contains 160 acres or less and does not contain more than 160 ac…

NRS 326.030 Survey; recording of certified plat. Any person claiming any of the public lands in this State shall: 1. Have the same surveyed by the county surveyor of the county in which the lands are situated. 2. Have the plat of such survey duly certified to by the county survey…

NRS 326.040 Improvements: Time limited; value. Within 90 days after the date of record, the person recording is required to improve the lands thus recorded to the value of $200, by putting such improvements thereon as shall partake of the realty, unless such improvements shall ha…

NRS 326.050 Authorized absence of claimant without occupancy: Payment and disposition of fees. 1. At any time after the provisions of NRS 326.020, 326.030 and 326.040 have been complied with, the person so complying may absent himself or herself from such claim, without being req…

NRS 326.060 Proof of actual enclosure not required on trial. On the trial of any such causes, the possession or possessory right of the plaintiff shall be considered as extending to the boundaries embraced in the survey so as to enable the plaintiff, according to NRS 326.030, to …

NRS 326.070 Adverse entrant guilty of unlawful entry; proceedings for removal. 1. All lands in this state shall be deemed and regarded as public lands until the legal title is known to have passed from the government to private persons. 2. Every person who shall have complied wit…

NRS 326.080 Right to exclusive possession in applicant or contractor. Every person who has applied to the State of Nevada to purchase any land from the State, or who has contracted with the State of Nevada for such purchase, or who may hereafter apply to or contract with the Stat…

NRS 326.090 Right of contractor or applicant to maintain or defend action concerning possession. 1. Every person who has contracted with the State of Nevada, in good faith, to purchase any land from the State shall be entitled to maintain or defend an action at law or in equity c…

NRS 326.100 Prospecting and mining authorized. Nothing contained in NRS 326.080 and 326.090 shall be so construed as to prevent any person or persons from entering upon such lands for the purpose of prospecting for any of the precious metals, or to prevent the free and economical…

NRS 327.005 Sole coordinate system in Nevada for describing land. 1. On and after publication of the North American Datum of 1983 for Nevada by the National Geodetic Survey of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or the federal agency which succeeds it, the Nevada…

NRS 327.010 Designation of systems; division of State into three zones. 1. The system of plane coordinates which has been established for defining and stating the positions or locations of points on the surface of the earth within the State of Nevada: (a) By the United States Coa…

NRS 327.020 Names of zones. 1. As established for use in the East Zone, the Nevada Coordinate System of 1927 or the Nevada Coordinate System of 1983 must be named, and in any land description in which it is used it must be designated, the “Nevada Coordinate System of 1927, East Z…

NRS 327.030 Plane coordinates. 1. The plane coordinates of a point on the earth’s surface, to be used in expressing the location of the point in the appropriate zone, must consist of two distances, expressed in: (a) Feet and decimals of a foot under the Nevada Coordinate System o…

NRS 327.040 Reference may be made to either zone when tract extends into another zone. When any tract of land to be defined by a single description extends from one into another of the above coordinate zones, the positions of all points on its boundaries may be referred to either…

NRS 327.050 Definitions of Nevada coordinate systems. 1. For purposes of more specifically defining the Nevada Coordinate System of 1927, the following definition by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey is adopted: (a) The Nevada Coordinate System of 1927, East Zone, is a …

NRS 327.060 Limitations on use of coordinates in documents to be recorded. No coordinate based on either of the Nevada coordinate systems which purports to define the position of a point on a land boundary may be presented to be recorded in any public land records or deed records…

NRS 327.070 Limitation on use of terms “Nevada Coordinate System of 1927” and “Nevada Coordinate System of 1983.” The use of the term “Nevada Coordinate System of 1927” or “Nevada Coordinate System of 1983” on any map, report of survey, or other document is limited to use for coo…

NRS 327.090 Purchaser or mortgagee need not rely on description depending exclusively on coordinate system. Nothing contained in this chapter requires any purchaser or mortgagee of real property to rely on a land description, any part of which depends exclusively upon either of t…

NRS 327.100 “Board” defined. As used in NRS 327.110 to 327.150, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the term “Board” means the Nevada State Board on Geographic Names. (Added to NRS by 1985, 588)

NRS 327.110 Nevada State Board on Geographic Names: Creation; purpose. The Nevada State Board on Geographic Names is hereby created to coordinate and approve geographic names within the State for official recommendation to the United States Board on Geographic Names. (Added to NR…

NRS 327.120 Nevada State Board on Geographic Names: Composition. The Board consists of: 1. Nine voting members, which include one representative of each of the following agencies or organizations: (a) Bureau of Mines and Geology of the State of Nevada. (b) Faculty of the Universi…

NRS 327.130 Nevada State Board on Geographic Names: Officers; rules; quorum; meetings; compensation. 1. The Board shall designate from among its voting members a Chair and a Vice Chair. The Vice Chair presides in the absence of the Chair. 2. The Board shall adopt rules for its ow…

NRS 327.140 Nevada State Board on Geographic Names: Powers and duties. 1. The Board shall: (a) Receive and evaluate all proposals for changes in or additions to names of geographic features and places in the State to determine the most appropriate and acceptable names for use in …

NRS 327.150 Changes in or additions of geographic names: Submission of proposal; preliminary consideration; final action and notice. 1. Any person, group or agency of federal, state or local government may propose a change in or the addition of any geographic name within the Stat…

NRS 328.065 Application to State for cession of jurisdiction, appropriation of water or consent to close public road. An officer of an agency or instrumentality of the United States: 1. May apply to the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau pursuant to NRS 328.065 to 328.135…

NRS 328.075 Procedure; limits of federal jurisdiction. 1. Upon application by an officer of an agency or instrumentality of the United States in accordance with Clause 17 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution of the United States, the Legislature, or the Legislative Commi…

NRS 328.085 Reservations and conditions. It is the policy of this State, with respect to conditions which may be imposed on a cession of concurrent criminal jurisdiction or a grant of consent to use land or close a public road, to reserve: 1. Its right to tax all the personal pro…

NRS 328.100 Resolution ceding state jurisdiction: Contents; delivery; recordation. 1. The cession of jurisdiction by the State must be evidenced by a resolution signed on behalf of the State by the President of the Senate and Speaker of the Assembly and attested to by the Secreta…

NRS 328.110 Conditions for recording conveyances where United States is grantee; protection of subsequent purchaser. 1. A recorder of conveyances of real property in this State shall not accept for recordation any deed of conveyance wherein the United States is the grantee unless…

NRS 328.120 State Engineer to give technical and engineering advice on water rights, reclamation, control of floods and protection of watersheds. On matters under the provisions of NRS 328.065 to 328.135, inclusive, affecting water rights, reclamation, flood control and watershed…

NRS 328.135 Offer or agreement for cession of state jurisdiction before June 2, 1981: Construction; effect of noncompliance with federal or state laws. Any offer or agreement by the State of Nevada to grant a cession of jurisdiction before June 2, 1981, must be construed accordin…

NRS 328.195 Conditions for state consent to federal acquisition of land for wildlife refuge. 1. The consent of the State of Nevada to the acquisition of lands by the United States for wildlife refuges pursuant to the Migratory Bird Conservation Act of 1929, as amended, 16 U.S.C. …

NRS 328.210 Sale of real property authorized for site of Hoover Dam reservoir (1933). 1. The Board of Capitol Commissioners of the State of Nevada is hereby authorized and empowered to sell and convey the SE 1/4 of NE 1/4, the E 1/2 of SW 1/4 of NE 1/4, and the E 1/2 of NE 1/4 of…

NRS 328.220 Sale of real property authorized (1941). 1. The Board of Control of the State of Nevada is hereby authorized and empowered to sell and convey and do all things whatsoever necessary or incident to effect the conveyance to the United States of America of the E 1/2 of th…

NRS 328.240 Jurisdiction ceded over land for use of Indian School (1897). 1. The jurisdiction of the State of Nevada is hereby ceded to the United States of America over the following lots, pieces and parcels of land, situate, lying and being in Douglas County, State of Nevada, a…

NRS 328.250 Consent to acquisition of site for federal building in Yerington (1937). 1. The consent of the State of Nevada is hereby given, in accordance with Clause 17 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution of the United States, to the acquisition by the United States of …

NRS 328.260 Jurisdiction ceded over U.S.N. Ammunition Depot (1935). 1. The State of Nevada, except as hereinafter reserved and provided, hereby cedes jurisdiction to the United States upon and over the land and within the premises of that certain area situated near Hawthorne, Nev…

NRS 328.270 Conveyance authorized to United States for site for post office and federal building in Tonopah (1939). The Board of County Commissioners of Nye County, State of Nevada, acting as the Town Board of the Town of Tonopah, an unincorporated town, in Nye County, State of N…

NRS 328.280 Consent to acquisition of site for post office and federal building in Tonopah (1939). 1. The consent of the State of Nevada is hereby given, in accordance with Clause 17 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution of the United States, to the acquisition by the Uni…

NRS 328.290 Land for cooperative fire protection headquarters and nursery site to be conveyed to United States (1941). 1. After March 28, 1941, the State Board of Control of the State of Nevada is hereby authorized and directed to make, execute and deliver, without cost, to the U…

NRS 328.300 Consent to acquisition of site for post office and federal building in Lovelock (1937). 1. The consent of the State of Nevada is hereby given, in accordance with Clause 17 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution of the United States, to the acquisition by the Un…