Nevada § 266.095 - Number; population and form; division of city by county commissioners during incorporation; change of boundaries
Full text of Nevada Nevada Revised Statutes § 266.095 — Number; population and form; division of city by county commissioners during incorporation; change of boundaries, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 266.095. Number; population and form; division of city by county commissioners during incorporation; change of boundaries
1. In a city incorporated pursuant to this chapter, the city may be divided into wards
by ordinance as follows: (a) A city of population category one, into four or six wards. (b) A city of population category two or three, into three or five wards. 2. The division of cities into wards must, during the incorporation thereof, be made
by the board of county commissioners. The wards must as nearly as practicable be of equal population and in compact form. 3. Once established, the boundaries of wards must be changed by ordinance of the city
council. 4. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 293.209 , the boundaries of the wards: (a) Must be changed whenever the population, as determined by the last preceding national
decennial census conducted by the Bureau of the Census of the United States Department
of Commerce, in any ward exceeds the population in any other ward by more than 5 percent. (b) May be changed to include territory which has been annexed, or whenever the population
in any ward exceeds the population in any other ward by more than 5 percent by any
measure that is found to be reliable by the city council.
Source: official Nevada text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 266.095 ("Number; population and form; division of city by county commissioners during incorporation; change of boundaries") is part of the Nevada Revised Statutes, the codified statutory law of Nevada. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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