Title 35

NRS 404.080 Road supervisor: Appointment. The board of county commissioners shall appoint in each road district one road supervisor. The same road supervisor may serve more than one road district. [Part 2:80:1901; A 1935, 233; 1931 NCL § 5419]—(NRS A 1963, 304)

NRS 404.090 Road supervisor: Compensation. The compensation of road supervisors shall be fixed by the boards of county commissioners. [3:80:1901; RL § 3039; NCL § 5420]

NRS 404.100 Road supervisor: Duties. Each road supervisor shall: 1. Supervise all work upon the roads in his or her road district. 2. Attest to the propriety of all bills for such work. 3. Direct the expenditure of all sums set apart for his or her road district by the board of c…

NRS 404.110 Road supervisor prohibited from using or contracting for use of truck or equipment owned by road supervisor or relative; exception. No road supervisor shall use or contract the use of any motor truck or road building equipment owned by the road supervisor or any relat…

NRS 404.115 Loan or lease of district’s equipment for maintenance. In road districts in counties polling not less than 1,800 votes and not more than 2,999 votes, county or road district maintenance equipment may be loaned or leased to or from other road districts or the county up…

NRS 404.120 Establishment and designation. The board of county commissioners of each county polling at the last general election 3,000 votes or over, to be determined by the vote cast for Secretary of State, shall, for the purpose of supervision of roads, divide the county into r…

NRS 404.130 Road supervisor: Appointment; compensation. The board of county commissioners shall appoint and fix the compensation of one road supervisor in each road district. Each road supervisor shall serve during the pleasure of the board of county commissioners. [2:172:1911; R…

NRS 404.140 Road supervisor: Oath and bond. Before entering upon the duties of office, each road supervisor appointed under the provisions of NRS 404.120 to 404.160, inclusive, shall: 1. Take the oath prescribed by law. 2. Execute a bond to the State of Nevada, to be approved by …

NRS 404.150 Road supervisor: Duties. Each road supervisor appointed under the provisions of NRS 404.120 to 404.160, inclusive, shall: 1. Supervise all work upon the roads in his or her road district. 2. Attest to the propriety and correctness of all bills for such work. 3. Direct…

NRS 404.160 Road supervisor prohibited from using or contracting for use of truck or equipment owned by road supervisor or relative; exception. No road supervisor shall use or contract the use of any motor truck or road building equipment owned by the road supervisor or any relat…

NRS 404.170 Creation of office; appointment. 1. The office of road inspector is hereby created. 2. Each board of county commissioners may appoint one road inspector for each road district now existing or which may hereafter be created in any county. Each road inspector shall hold…

NRS 404.180 Compensation. 1. The office of road inspector shall be without compensation. No money shall be paid from public funds to defray any expenses incurred therein or thereby unless by order of the board of county commissioners there shall be especially prescribed a limit o…

NRS 404.190 Duties. The duties of the office of road inspector shall be: 1. To order, superintend, inspect and approve, if properly done, all work upon the public roads in the road district for which the road inspector may be appointed, as well as that to be done by road supervis…

NRS 404.200 Compensation of other persons. 1. Compensation to others than a road inspector shall be not to exceed the current wage rate for a day’s work for the road district in which such work is performed, and not to exceed the current price for one person and a span of draft a…

NRS 404.210 Day’s work on public roads. A day’s work on the public roads shall consist of at least 8 hours’ actual labor, exclusive of the time spent in going to and returning from the work, and in no case shall pay be given for more than 1 day’s time between sunrise and sunset o…

NRS 404.220 Re-establishment by county commissioners. The board of county commissioners of any county is authorized to re-establish the boundaries of any road district within the county whenever the board shall deem the boundaries of such road district to be indistinct or indefin…

NRS 404.230 New boundaries to conform to surveys of United States Government. Whenever the board of county commissioners shall re-establish the boundaries of road districts in accordance with NRS 404.220 to 404.250, inclusive, the board shall make the new boundaries that it shall…

NRS 404.240 New boundaries to include property and residences within district before re-establishment. Whenever the board of county commissioners shall re-establish the boundaries of road districts in accordance with NRS 404.220 to 404.250, inclusive, the board shall arrange the …

NRS 404.250 Re-establishment of boundaries for welfare of county. Whenever the board of county commissioners shall decide that the boundaries of any road district are so indefinite upon the records of the county as to make it impossible to decide in which road district certain pr…

NRS 405.010 Limiting maximum load upon or closing road damaged by heavy loads; procedure; penalties. 1. Whenever, by reason of excessive moisture or a lack of moisture, a section of public road or highway under the supervision of a board of county highway commissioners or board o…

NRS 405.020 Billboard, sign or other outdoor advertising as public nuisance. Any billboard, sign, placard, notice or other form of outdoor advertisement erected, placed, painted, posted or maintained otherwise than is provided in NRS 405.020 to 405.100, inclusive, or in NRS 408.2…

NRS 405.030 Unlawful placement of certain outdoor advertisements; exceptions; restriction on use of revenue from certain lawfully placed advertisements. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3 and NRS 277A.310, and except within the limits of any city or town through whic…

NRS 405.040 Permit for erection or use of outdoor advertisement; fee; exceptions. 1. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, association or corporation, personally or by agent, to erect, place or maintain any billboard, sign or any form of notice or advertising outside the cit…

NRS 405.050 No permit to be granted if natural beauty of scenery destroyed or view of highway obstructed; removal of sign as traffic hazard. 1. No permit may be granted for the erection of any billboard, sign or other form of notice on any location which may measurably destroy th…

NRS 405.060 Assignment of number for permit. On granting a permit, the county building official or county clerk shall assign a permit number which shall be painted or printed, together with the name of the county in which the permit is issued, on every sign, billboard or other fo…

NRS 405.070 Duration of permit; destruction of advertisement if permit not renewed. 1. The permit shall run to the end of the calendar year for which it is issued. 2. If the permit shall not be renewed, by application of the person or assignee of the person who applied originally…

NRS 405.080 Apportionment of fees to road funds of county. The money collected for the permits provided for in NRS 405.020 to 405.100, inclusive, shall be apportioned by the board of county commissioners to the road funds of the county. [6:90:1925; NCL § 266]

NRS 405.090 Report of violation. All patrol officers and maintenance and construction employees of the Department of Transportation shall report any violation of NRS 405.020 to 405.100, inclusive, to the board of county commissioners wherein any violation may occur. [7:90:1925; N…

NRS 405.100 Penalty. Any person, firm, association or corporation who shall erect or maintain any billboard, sign, placard, poster or other form of advertising in violation of any of the provisions of NRS 405.020 to 405.100, inclusive, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. [8:90:1925…

NRS 405.110 Unlawful advertising on or near highway or on bridge; exceptions; removal; penalty; liability; restriction on use of revenue from certain lawfully placed advertisements. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 5, no advertising signs, signboards, boards or other…

NRS 405.120 Installation of bridge or culvert if water conducted across highway; construction and repair performed according to specifications of county commissioners. 1. All persons, associations, firms or corporations conducting water across any public road or highway in this s…

NRS 405.130 Notice of violation by chair of county commissioners; repair by county if violator fails or refuses to repair. 1. The chair of the board of county commissioners shall notify at once the person or persons violating the provisions of NRS 405.120 to 405.160, inclusive, t…

NRS 405.140 Recovery of expenses from violator by civil action. Any person, association, firm or corporation owning, leasing, operating or controlling any flume, ditch, canal or any aqueduct conducting water across any public road or highway in this state, or across any street or…

NRS 405.150 District attorney to commence action for recovery of expenses. Upon receiving the bill of expense as provided in NRS 405.130, the district attorney shall immediately commence an action in any court of competent jurisdiction for the recovery of such an amount as is set…

NRS 405.160 Disposition of money collected by civil action. After paying the costs of suit, all moneys collected shall be returned and paid into the fund from which the original bill of expense named in NRS 405.130 shall have been allowed and paid by the board of county commissio…

NRS 405.170 Penalty for failure to construct bridge or culvert. 1. All persons, corporations or associations conducting water across any public road or highway, or across any street or alley in any unincorporated town in this state, for domestic, mining, agricultural or manufactu…

NRS 405.180 Penalty for willfully or negligently allowing water to flow on highway; failure to act upon notice prima facie evidence of negligence. 1. If any person or persons being the owner or owners, superintendent or managing agent of any water ditch, flume or artificial water…

NRS 405.191 “Public road” defined; county roads and highways may be established on rights-of-way over certain public lands. As used in NRS 405.193 and 405.195, “public road” includes: 1. A United States highway, a state highway or a main, general or minor county road and any othe…

NRS 405.193 Public agency not required to maintain or accept road made public by prescriptive use; immunity of county from liability arising from use of certain public roads. 1. No public agency is required to maintain any public road which is so designated only because it meets …

NRS 405.195 Petition to open, reopen, close, relocate or abandon road; hearings and orders by board of county commissioners regarding petition; legal actions authorized. 1. Five or more residents of this state may petition any board of county commissioners to open, reopen, close,…

NRS 405.201 Definitions. As used in NRS 405.201 to 405.204, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Accessory road” means any way established over public lands between 1866 and 1976 pursuant to section 8 of chapter 262, 14 Stat. 253 (1866), former 43 U.S.C. § 932, a…

NRS 405.202 Accessory roads: Use and maintenance; fee prohibited; immunity of state and local governments from liability arising from use. 1. Wherever an accessory road crosses public land, the accessory road is open to: (a) Raisers of livestock in maintaining their herds; (b) An…

NRS 405.203 Accessory roads: Closure or restriction of use. 1. The State Forester Firewarden or the board of directors of a fire protection district may temporarily close or restrict the use of an accessory road when the danger of fire arising from use of the road so requires. Th…

NRS 405.204 Legislative findings and declaration; action by Attorney General authorized; duty to develop, maintain and assist in implementation of legal protocol. 1. The Legislature hereby finds and declares that: (a) Formalizing and finalizing title to accessory roads and public…

NRS 405.205 Erection and maintenance of power lines by rural electric cooperative. A rural electric cooperative which has been formed pursuant to NRS 81.410 to 81.540, inclusive, may erect or bury, and thereafter maintain or operate, power lines, and may permit the maintenance an…

NRS 405.210 Damage to public or private road, bridge or guidepost unlawful; penalty. Every person who shall willfully and maliciously remove, damage or destroy: 1. A highway or a private way laid out by authority of law, or a bridge upon such public or private road, or willfully …