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NRS 254.040 Duties. The county engineer shall perform such surveying, engineering and other duties as may be required of him or her by the board of county commissioners. [Part 2:109:1947; 1943 NCL § 2188.12]

NRS 254.050 Assistants and employees; salaries and expenses. 1. The county engineer may, with the approval of the board of county commissioners, appoint such assistants and other employees as are necessary to the proper functioning of his or her office. 2. The salaries of such as…

NRS 255.010 Creation of office. The office of county surveyor is hereby created. [Part 1:64:1861; A 1862, 32; 1949, 144; 1943 NCL § 2164]

NRS 255.020 Appointment. The board of county commissioners may appoint a county surveyor who serves at the pleasure of the board to perform surveying and such other services for the county as the board determines appropriate. [Part 1:64:1861; A 1862, 32; 1949, 144; 1943 NCL § 216…

NRS 255.025 Qualifications. No person may be appointed as a county surveyor unless the person is a professional land surveyor licensed pursuant to the provisions of chapter 625 of NRS. (Added to NRS by 1959, 85; A 1973, 317; 1989, 789; 1997, 271, 1062)

NRS 255.030 Oath and bond. Each county surveyor, before entering upon the duties of office, shall: 1. Take and subscribe to the oath of office. 2. Execute to the State of Nevada a bond in the penal sum of not less than $500 nor more than $5,000, the amount thereof to be determine…

NRS 255.040 Vacancy. Vacancies in the office of county surveyor shall be filled as in the case of other county officers. [6:64:1861; A 1949, 144; 1943 NCL § 2169]

NRS 255.050 Office. The county surveyor shall keep his or her office at the county seat. [Part 1:64:1861; A 1862, 32; 1949, 144; 1943 NCL § 2164]

NRS 255.060 Salary; compensation in lieu of salary; mileage; filing of statement of account by certain surveyors. 1. The board of county commissioners shall pay to each county surveyor appointed pursuant to NRS 255.020: (a) A salary set by the board; or (b) In lieu of a salary, f…

NRS 255.070 Deputies: Appointment; oaths. The county surveyor may appoint deputy surveyors, who shall severally take and subscribe to the oath of office, and for the faithful performance of whose duties the county surveyor shall be responsible. [3:64:1861; B § 3058; BH § 2212; C …

NRS 255.080 Certificate admissible in evidence. The certificate of the county surveyor, or any of the county surveyor’s deputies, shall be submitted as legal evidence in any court of this state, but the same may be subject to be rebutted by other evidence. Surveys made by the mut…

NRS 255.090 Survey by disinterested person when county surveyor an interested party. When it shall appear that the county surveyor is interested in any tract of land, the title of which is in dispute before any court, and a survey of which is necessary, the court shall direct the…

NRS 255.100 Survey ordered by court or board of county commissioners. The county surveyor, either by himself or herself or one of the county surveyor’s deputies, shall execute any survey that may be required by order of any court, or upon the order or at the direction of the boar…

NRS 255.110 Records and maps: Duties; public inspection. 1. The county surveyor shall: (a) Keep a correct and fair record of all surveys made by him or her in his or her official capacity, or by the county surveyor’s deputies acting in his or her stead, in the form of original fi…

NRS 255.120 Survey: Courses; variation of meridian. In all surveys: 1. The courses shall be expressed according to the true meridian. 2. The variation of the magnetic meridian from the true meridian shall be expressed on the plat with the year, month and day of the survey. [9:64:…

NRS 255.130 Certification of subdivision plat; fees. 1. Before a subdivision plat is accepted by a board of county commissioners pursuant to law, the subdivision plat must be submitted to and certified as to its correctness and eligibility for recording by the county surveyor, or…

NRS 257.010 Division of county into townships; publication of description; not more than one incorporated city to be included in township; extension of township’s boundaries. 1. Subject to the limitations contained in subsection 2, the board of county commissioners of each county…

NRS 258.001 Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 258.002 to 258.004, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (Added to NRS by 2013, 2946; A 2019, 1554)

NRS 258.002 “Category I peace officer” defined. “Category I peace officer” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 289.460. (Added to NRS by 2013, 2946)

NRS 258.003 “Category II peace officer” defined. “Category II peace officer” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 289.470. (Added to NRS by 2013, 2946)

NRS 258.0035 “Enterprise fund” defined. “Enterprise fund” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 354.517. (Added to NRS by 2019, 1554)

NRS 258.004 “Peace officer” defined. “Peace officer” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 289.010. (Added to NRS by 2013, 2946)

NRS 258.005 General qualifications. 1. No person is eligible to the office of constable unless the person: (a) Will have attained the age of 21 years on the date he or she would take office if so elected or appointed; (b) Is a qualified elector; and (c) Is registered to vote in t…

NRS 258.007 Certification as category I or category II peace officer required in certain townships; forfeiture of office. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, each constable of a township whose population is 15,000 or more or a township that has within its boundaries …

NRS 258.010 Election; appointment of sheriff to serve ex officio; term of office; abolition of office. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 2 and 3: (a) Constables must be elected by the qualified electors of their respective townships. (b) The constables of the several…

NRS 258.020 Oath and bond. Each constable elected or appointed in this state shall, before entering upon the duties of office: 1. Take the oath prescribed by law. The oath must be filed and recorded in a book provided for that purpose in the office of the recorder of the county w…

NRS 258.030 Vacancy when office not abolished: Applicable law governing appointment. Except for those townships that the boards of county commissioners have determined do not require an office of constable, if any vacancy exists or occurs in the office of constable in any townshi…

NRS 258.040 Compensation. 1. The several boards of county commissioners of each county, at the regular meeting in July of any year in which an election of constables is held, shall fix the minimum compensation of the constables within their respective townships for the ensuing te…

NRS 258.050 Expenses; claims. 1. When any constable shall be entitled to receive necessary traveling expenses for the transaction of public business, such expenses shall include the constable’s actual living expenses, but the amount allowed for traveling by private conveyance sha…

NRS 258.060 Deputies; certification of deputy as category I or category II peace officer required in certain townships. 1. All constables may appoint deputies, who are authorized to transact all official business pertaining to the office to the same extent as their principals. A …

NRS 258.065 Clerical and operational staff: Appointment; powers; oath; bond; compensation; duties. 1. The constable of a township may, subject to the approval of the board of county commissioners, appoint such clerical and operational staff as the work of the constable requires. …

NRS 258.070 Duties and powers of constable or deputy; circumstances under which constable or deputy has powers of peace officer and may carry firearm; certain constables and deputies required to wear badges; duties and powers of sheriff or deputy. 1. Subject to the provisions of …

NRS 258.0703 Processes, writs and orders: Endorsement and memorandum of receipt. When any process, writ or order is delivered to the constable to be served or executed, the constable shall: 1. Forthwith endorse upon it the year, month, day and hour of its receipt. 2. Give to the …

NRS 258.0705 Processes, writs and orders: Service or execution; return; liability for damages. 1. A constable to whom any process, writ, order or paper is delivered shall: (a) Execute the same with diligence, according to its command or as required by law. (b) Return it without d…

NRS 258.0707 Liability for neglect or refusal to attach, levy upon or sell property pursuant to writ of execution or attachment. If the constable to whom a writ of execution or writ of attachment is delivered neglects or refuses, after being required by the creditor or the credit…

NRS 258.075 Report of deaths to public administrator or certain other person in certain counties. In counties having a population of less than 100,000, every constable shall report immediately to the public administrator or a person employed or contracted with pursuant to NRS 253…

NRS 258.080 Duties in new township. When any constable, by the formation of a new township, shall be brought within the limits thereof, the constable shall continue to act as constable for such new township, and shall continue in office until the expiration of the term for which …

NRS 258.090 Liability on bond: Tender of fees and indemnity bond. No constable shall be liable for any damages for neglecting or refusing to serve any civil process, unless the constable’s legal fees (and an indemnifying bond in cases where the constable has doubts as to the owne…

NRS 258.110 Unlawful failure to arrest offender; penalty. Any constable who willfully refuses to arrest any person charged with a criminal offense is guilty of a gross misdemeanor and shall be removed from office. [Part 67:108:1866; B § 2665; BH § 1702; C § 1848; RL § 2820; NCL §…

NRS 258.120 Purchasing judgment prohibited; penalty. If any constable shall, directly or indirectly, purchase any judgment, or any part thereof, on the docket of any justice of the peace of the same township, the constable is guilty of a misdemeanor. [Part 68:108:1866; B § 2666; …

NRS 258.125 Fees; expenses; accounting. 1. Constables are entitled to the following fees for their services: For serving a summons or any other process in civil cases............................ $26 For summoning a jury before a justice of the peace...............................…

NRS 258.135 Acceptance of credit card, debit card or electronic transfer of money for payment of fees owed constable; convenience fee. 1. A constable may enter into contracts with issuers of credit cards or debit cards or operators of systems that provide for the electronic trans…

NRS 258.170 No other fees to be charged. No other fees shall be charged by constables than those specifically set forth in this chapter, nor shall fees be charged for any other services than those mentioned in this chapter. [Part 17:49:1883; BH § 2358; C § 2482; RL § 2019; NCL § …

NRS 258.180 Fee book. Every constable shall keep in his or her office a fee book in which the constable shall enter in detail the title of the matter, proceeding or action, and the fees charged therein. The fee book shall be open to public inspection. [Part 18:49:1883; BH § 2359;…

NRS 258.190 Quarterly financial statements. 1. In each calendar year, on the first Monday of January, April, July and October, the constables who receive fees under the provisions of this chapter shall make out and file with the boards of county commissioners of their several cou…

NRS 258.200 Failure to comply with certain statutory requirements: Penalty. Any constable who shall violate any of the provisions of NRS 258.170, 258.180 and 258.190 shall be fined not more than $1,000. [Part 21:49:1883; BH § 2362; C § 2486; RL § 2023; NCL § 2954]—(NRS A 1967, 54…