STATUTORY REFERENCES FOR NEVADA COUNTIES
The statutory references listed below refer the code user to state statutes applicable to Nevada counties. They are up to date through June 23, 2012.
General Provisions
Creation, boundaries, seats, abolishment
NRS ch. 243
General powers
NRS 244.150 et seq.
Ordinances
NRS 244.095 et seq.
County code
NRS 244.116 et seq.
County printing
NRS 244.330
Elections
NRS title 24
County initiative and referendum
NRS 295.075 et seq.
Campaign practices
NRS ch. 294A
Eminent domain
NRS ch. 37
Special census
NRS 244.183
Administration and Personnel
Board of county commissioners
NRS 244.010 et seq.
Meetings of state and local agencies
NRS ch. 241
County managers
NRS 244.125 et seq.
County officers and employees generally
NRS ch. 245
Official bonds
NRS 282.040 et seq.
Office hours
NRS 245.040
County clerks
NRS ch. 246
County recorders
NRS ch. 247
Sheriffs
NRS ch. 248
County treasurers
NRS ch. 249
County assessors
NRS ch. 250
County auditors and comptrollers
NRS ch. 251
Registrar of voters
NRS 244.164
District attorneys
NRS ch. 252
Security officers
NRS 244.167
Public administrators
NRS 253.010 et seq.
Public guardians
NRS 253.150 et seq.
County engineers
NRS ch. 254
County surveyors
NRS ch. 255
Constables
NRS ch. 258
Coroners and coroner districts
County public defenders
NRS ch. 260
County fire departments
NRS 244.2961 et seq.
County park and recreation commissions
NRS 244.3071 et seq.
County park commissions
NRS 244.308 et seq.
County museums, art centers, historical societies
NRS 244.377 et seq.
Department of public works
NRS 244.151 et seq.
Public records
NRS ch. 239
Juvenile forestry camps
NRS 244.2969 et seq.
County property
NRS 244.265 et seq.
Planning commissions
NRS 278.030 et seq.
Cooperative agreements between political subdivisions
NRS ch. 277
Meetings of state and local agencies
NRS ch. 241
General provisions applicable to public officers and employees
NRS ch. 281
Public employees retirement
NRS ch. 286
Programs for public employees
NRS ch. 287
Local Government Employee-Management Relations Act
NRS ch. 288
Advisory boards
NRS 244.1945
Housing authorities
NRS ch. 315
Prosecution and defense of suits
NRS 244.165
Legal notices
NRS ch. 238
Revenue and Finance
Financial powers generally
NRS 244.200 et seq.
Claims against county
NRS 244.245 et seq.
Financing of public improvements
NRS ch. 244A
Graffiti reward and abatement fund
NRS 244.3695
Contracts
NRS 244.320 et seq.
County property
NRS 244.265 et seq.
Levy of taxes
NRS 244.150
Expenditure of public money
NRS 244.1505
Local Government Purchasing Act
NRS ch. 332
Transient lodging tax
NRS 244.3351 et seq.
Business Licenses and Regulations
Regulation and licensing of businesses and occupations
NRS 244.335 et seq.
State gaming laws
NRS title 41
Professions, occupations and businesses: state regulation
NRS title 54
Alcohol sales
NRS 244.350 et seq.
Charitable solicitations
NRS 244.3555
Farmers' markets
NRS 244.336 et seq.
Dance halls, escort services and gambling games or devices, prostitution
NRS 244.345
Pawnbrokers
NRS 244.348 and ch. 646
Tent shows, circuses, theme parks, and permanent exhibitions
NRS 244.340
Business relocation
NRS 244.349
Outdoor assemblies
NRS 244.354 et seq.
Animals
Animal control ordinances authorized
Rabies control
NRS 244.358
Cruelty to animals
NRS ch. 574
Health and Safety
Health and safety generally
NRS 244.355 et seq.
Meat, fish, produce, poultry and eggs
NRS ch. 583
Dairy products
NRS ch. 584
Abatement of nuisances
NRS 244.360
Graffiti
NRS 244.3691 et seq.
Smoke and air pollution
NRS 244.361
Noise control
NRS 244.363
Fireworks
NRS 244.367
Enforcement of fire regulations
NRS 244.3673
Food handlers
NRS 244.369
Care of indigent sick
NRS 244.160
Medical facilities and services
NRS 244.1605
Franchises for garbage collection, disposal services, fire protection, ambulance service
NRS 244.187
Water pollution
NRS 244.365
Public Peace, Morals and Welfare
Police and vagrancy ordinances authorized
NRS 244.357
Juvenile forestry camps
NRS 244.2969 et seq.
Regulation and licensing of outdoor assemblies
NRS 244.354 et seq.
State penal code
NRS title 15
Rehabilitation of delinquent children
NRS 244.162
Promotion of civil and equal rights
NRS 244.161
Weapons and firearms
NRS 244.364
Rewards for apprehension of criminals
Vehicles and Traffic
Traffic ordinances authorized
NRS 244.357 and 484A.400 et seq.
State traffic code
NRS ch. 484A
Motorcycles
NRS ch. 486
Parking facilities
NRS 244.294
Parking ordinances
NRS 244.3575
County owned vehicles
NRS 244.296
Streets, Sidewalks and Public Places
Parks and recreation
NRS 244.300 et seq.
Regulation and licensing of outdoor assemblies
NRS 244.354 et seq.
Public works and planning
NRS title 28
Roads and bridges
NRS 244.155
Graffiti removal
NRS 244.3691 et seq.
Public Services
Financing of public improvements
NRS ch. 244A
Water and sewer facilities
NRS 244.366 et seq.
Wasting water
NRS 244.3665
Cemeteries
NRS 244.292
Public works generally
NRS 244.151 et seq.
Roads and bridges
NRS 244.155
Improvements
NRS 244.157
Neighborhood justice centers
NRS 244.1607
Buildings and Construction
County building codes, regulations
Dangerous structures
NRS 244.3601 et seq.
Impact fees for new development
NRS ch. 278B
Subdivisions
Subdivisions
NRS 278.320 et seq.
Zoning
Planning and zoning
NRS ch. 278