Nevada Code — 23
Browse 869 sections in division 23 of the Nevada code. Each section page includes the full statutory text, official source links, and citation guidance.
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- § 281.001. Persons employed by State to be afforded respect, dignity and equity in workplace
- § 281.002. Persons employed by State to reflect diversity of State; policy to be posted on website maintained by state agency
- § 281.005. “Public officer” and “special use vehicle” defined
- § 281.010. Elected and appointed officers
- § 281.020. State officers to receive commissions from Governor
- § 281.030. Official oath: Endorsement on commission or certificate of election
- § 281.040. Eligibility for office of honor, profit or trust
- § 281.050. Residence for purposes of eligibility for office is actual residence; effect of temporary absence; vacancy in candidacy upon moving actual residence; preelection actions challenging actual residence; legal standards and evidence for determining actual residence
- § 281.055. Prohibition against filing for or holding more than one elective office at same time; exceptions
- § 281.057. Change of political party: Disqualification for appointment to certain boards and commissions
- § 281.060. Preferential employment by State and political subdivisions; employment of aliens; penalty
- § 281.080. Deputy to take official oath
- § 281.090. Deputies and clerks to perform work for state boards and commissions without compensation
- § 281.100. Hours of service of employees of State and political subdivisions; exceptions; penalty
- § 281.110. State offices to maintain minimum 40-hour workweeks; variable schedules for workweek; posting of days and hours of operation
- § 281.120. Semimonthly paydays for state officers and employees; exceptions
- § 281.1205. Payment of salary and wages of state officers and employees by direct deposit; waiver
- § 281.121. Compensation for employees required to wear uniforms
- § 281.122. Limitations on employment contracts entered into by public body; exceptions
- § 281.1233. Procedure for state agency to obtain exception to limitation on salary
- § 281.125. Restrictions upon payment of salary of appointive officer or employee when salary determined by law
- § 281.127. State officers and employees paid one salary for all services rendered; exceptions
- § 281.1275. Reduction in salary of certain public officers and employees for part-day absence from work prohibited; accounting for part-day absence; exception
- § 281.129. Deductions from payroll for state officers and employees; regulations
- § 281.130. Salaries and fees of public officers and employees subject to attachment, garnishment and execution; fraudulent assignment void; restriction on running of statute of limitations
- § 281.140. State officers may sell evidence of public indebtedness issued for services rendered
- § 281.145. Leave of absence for military duty; compensation
- § 281.147. Leave of absence for duty as American National Red Cross disaster technician
- § 281.149. Leave of absence for duty as emergency communications technician
- § 281.150. Payment of stipends for educational leave
- § 281.153. Program for police officers and firefighters with temporary disabilities: Election of salary in lieu of compensation for injury or disease; notice to insurer of election to receive salary; accrual of benefits
- § 281.155. Payment of compensation due to deceased employee of State or political subdivision
- § 281.157. Commission to Review Compensation: Definition
- § 281.1571. Commission to Review Compensation: Creation; composition
- § 281.1572. Commission to Review Compensation: Notification of appointment; terms; removal; vacancy
- § 281.1573. Commission to Review Compensation: Salary; meetings; administrative support
- § 281.1574. Commission to Review Compensation: Quorum; vote required to approve recommendations regarding compensation
- § 281.1575. Commission to Review Compensation: Duties
- § 281.160. Persons entitled to payment for expenses; rate of allowance for travel; use of private or special use vehicles; reimbursement of weekend travel expenses; regulations
- § 281.165. District judge to submit claims for travel and subsistence to Court Administrator
- § 281.167. Payment of subsistence and expenses of travel and moving on transfer or hiring of state employee; repayment on voluntary termination of employment; regulations; claims
- § 281.169. Payment of travel and per diem expenses of applicant for employment; claims
- § 281.172. Application; approval by administrative head or State Controller; payment upon approval
- § 281.173. Advance constitutes lien on accrued wages of officer or employee
- § 281.174. Payment for amount in excess of advance
- § 281.1745. Cash advance when reimbursement may be delayed; withholding of pay upon delinquency
- § 281.175. Rules and regulations of State Controller
- § 281.177. Diversity and racial equity
- § 281.180. Record of official acts of person taking acknowledgments; liability and penalty
- § 281.190. Unlawful withholding or destruction of records; penalties
- § 281.195. Access by state agency to computers assigned or loaned to officers, employees and contractors: Requirements; exceptions; reports of inappropriate use; adoption of policies and procedures for responding to such reports
- § 281.210. Officers of State, political subdivision and Nevada System of Higher Education prohibited from employing relatives; exceptions; penalties
- § 281.221. Contracts in which state officer has interest prohibited; exceptions; penalties
- § 281.230. Unlawful commissions, personal profit and compensation of public officers and employees; penalties; payment of commission, profit or compensation to public employer
- § 281.240. Grant of authority to discharge duties of public office unlawful; giving consideration for grant unlawful; penalties
- § 281.250. Administration of oaths and affirmations by officers
- § 281.260. Fees for returns prohibited; computation of mileage; penalty
- § 281.270. Officer to prevent duel: Penalty
- § 281.280. Officer refusing to receive or arrest person charged with criminal offense: Penalties
- § 281.290. Officer executing process may command assistance when resistance made
- § 281.310. Audits and allowances of accounts of state officers: Affidavits; oaths and affirmations
- § 281.320. Withholding of settlement and payment of accounts of public officers
- § 281.330. Advocating overthrow of government cause for dismissal of public employee
- § 281.340. Obtaining appointment by false letter or certificate: Penalty
- § 281.350. Grafting by public officer or employee: Penalty
- § 281.360. Failure by public officer or employee to perform duty: Penalty
- § 281.370. Actions concerning personnel to be based on merit and fitness; discrimination prohibited
- § 281.371. Employer authorized to enforce health and safety requirements notwithstanding protections for hair texture and protective hairstyles
- § 281.375. Application for employment: Volunteer work must be considered
- § 281.380. Public officers and employees required to accept reproductions of business records for examination and other purposes
- § 281.390. Sick leave of public employees: Election of benefits; amount limited when eligible for benefits for industrial or occupational disease
- § 281.400. Coercion respecting membership in organizations for persons who are aged, blind or disabled prohibited
- § 281.405. Validity of lien or encumbrance against property of public officer, candidate for public office, public employee or participant in official proceeding, or immediate family members thereof
- § 281.5555. Short title
- § 281.556. Definitions
- § 281.558. “Candidate” defined
- § 281.55805. “Declaration of candidacy” defined
- § 281.5581. “Domestic partner” defined
- § 281.5582. “Domestic partnership” defined
- § 281.5583. “Educational or informational meeting, event or trip” defined
- § 281.5584. “Financial disclosure statement” and “statement” defined
- § 281.5585. “Gift” defined
- § 281.5586. “Interested person” defined
- § 281.5587. “Member of the public officer's or candidate's household” defined
- § 281.5588. Secretary of State to provide for electronic filing of financial disclosure statements; date on which statement deemed filed
- § 281.559. Electronic filing by certain appointed public officers; exceptions
- § 281.561. Electronic filing by certain candidates and certain elected public officers; exceptions
- § 281.571. Contents
- § 281.572. Affidavit for exemption from requirement of electronic filing; nonelectronic filing of statement
- § 281.573. Retention by Secretary of State
- § 281.574. Certain public officers required to submit electronically to Secretary of State list of public officers required to file statement and candidates
- § 281.5745. Administration and interpretation of provisions; regulations; coordination with Director of Legislative Counsel Bureau regarding Nevada Lobbying Disclosure and Regulation Act
- § 281.581. Civil penalty for failure to disclose: Procedure; amount; waiver
- § 281.611. Definitions
- § 281.621. Declaration of public policy
- § 281.631. State or local governmental officer or employee: Certain requirements and prohibitions regarding the use of authority or influence
- § 281.635. Local government required to enact ordinance providing the same or greater protection to local governmental officers and employees against reprisal and retaliation
- § 281.641. Violation, reprisal or retaliatory action against state officer or employee who discloses improper governmental action: Written appeal; hearing; order; negative ruling may not be based on identity of persons to whom disclosure was made; rules of procedure
- § 281.645. Violation, reprisal or retaliatory action against local governmental officer or employee who discloses improper governmental action: Procedures for hearing appeals established by ordinance; contents of ordinance
- § 281.651. Use of provisions for harassment prohibited; disciplinary procedures authorized for disclosure of untruthful information
- § 281.661. Certain materials must be provided to state or local governmental officer or employee; confirmation of receipt required; development and revision of materials
- § 281.671. Effect of provisions upon criminal law
- § 281.755. Duties of public body concerning rights of employees to express breast milk under certain circumstances
- § 281.800. Duty of employer of police officer, firefighter or correctional officer to make available information and counseling relating to mental health issues
- § 281.805. Peer support counseling for law enforcement and public safety personnel: Confidential communications; authorized disclosures; applicability; limitations on liability
- § 281A.010. Short title
- § 281A.020. Legislative findings and declarations
- § 281A.030. Definitions
- § 281A.032. “Adjudicatory hearing” defined
- § 281A.033. “Advisory opinion” defined
- § 281A.035. “Agency” defined
- § 281A.040. “Business entity” defined
- § 281A.050. “Candidate” defined
- § 281A.060. “Commission” defined
- § 281A.065. “Commitment in a private capacity” defined
- § 281A.070. “Compensation” defined
- § 281A.080. “Decision” defined
- § 281A.081. “Declaration of candidacy” defined
- § 281A.082. “Deferral agreement” defined
- § 281A.085. “Domestic partner” defined
- § 281A.086. “Domestic partnership” defined
- § 281A.088. “Ethics complaint” defined
- § 281A.090. “Executive Director” defined
- § 281A.100. “Household” defined
- § 281A.105. “Intentionally” defined
- § 281A.115. “Knowingly” defined
- § 281A.119. “Local agency” defined
- § 281A.125. “Member of a local legislative body” defined
- § 281A.135. “Opinion” defined
- § 281A.139. “Pecuniary interest” defined
- § 281A.145. “Political subdivision” defined
- § 281A.150. “Public employee” defined
- § 281A.160. “Public officer” defined
- § 281A.161. “Request for an advisory opinion” defined
- § 281A.162. “Review panel” defined
- § 281A.163. “State agency” defined
- § 281A.165. “State Legislator” or “Legislator” defined
- § 281A.170. “Willful violation” defined
- § 281A.180. Terms “public officer” and “public employee” include former public officer or employee; exceptions
- § 281A.182. Persons serving in certain positions designated as public officers or employees; applicability
- § 281A.185. Abrogation of common-law privileges and immunities; exceptions
- § 281A.190. Computation of time
- § 281A.200. Creation; appointment, terms and qualifications of members; prohibited activities by members; vacancies
- § 281A.210. Chair; meetings; compensation; facilities
- § 281A.220. Review panels: Appointment; composition; functions; disqualification of members from participation in further proceedings in matter
- § 281A.230. Executive Director: Appointment; qualifications; classification; prohibited activities and other employment
- § 281A.240. Executive Director: Duties; employment of staff; designation of qualified person to perform duties when Executive Director unable to act on matter
- § 281A.250. Commission Counsel: Appointment; qualifications; classification; prohibited activities and other employment
- § 281A.260. Commission Counsel: Duties; legal advice; appointment or employment of other counsel by Commission under certain circumstances
- § 281A.265. Discretionary-function immunity for members and employees of Commission
- § 281A.270. Assessment for administrative costs: Determination; payment by certain cities and counties; use of proceeds; collection
- § 281A.275. Authority to apply for and accept grants, contributions, services and money
- § 281A.280. Jurisdiction; statute of limitations
- § 281A.290. Duties of Commission; inclusion of annotations of opinions of Commission in Nevada Revised Statutes
- § 281A.300. Oaths; written requests and subpoenas for participation, attendance and production of books and papers; enforcement by court for noncompliance
- § 281A.350. Establishment; functions; limitations on powers; confidentiality
- § 281A.400. General requirements; exceptions
- § 281A.410. Limitations on representing or counseling private persons before public agencies; request for relief from strict application of certain provisions
- § 281A.420. Requirements regarding disclosure of conflicts of interest and abstention from voting because of certain types of conflicts; effect of abstention on quorum and voting requirements; exceptions
- § 281A.430. Contracts in which public officer or employee has interest prohibited; exceptions; request for relief from strict application of certain provisions
- § 281A.500. Notice and acknowledgment of statutory ethical standards: Distribution of information regarding standards; duty to file acknowledgment; contents; form; retention; penalty for willful refusal to file
- § 281A.510. Public officer or employee prohibited from accepting or receiving honorarium; penalty
- § 281A.520. Public officer or employee prohibited from requesting or otherwise causing governmental entity to incur expense or make expenditure to support or oppose ballot question or candidate in certain circumstances
- § 281A.540. Governmental grant, contract or lease and certain actions taken in violation of chapter are voidable; prohibited contract is void; recovery of benefit received as result of violation
- § 281A.550. Employment of certain former public officers and employees by regulated businesses prohibited; certain former public officers and employees prohibited from soliciting or accepting employment from certain persons contracting with State or local government; request for relief from strict application of certain provisions
- § 281A.665. Opinions of Commission may include guidance to public officer or employee
- § 281A.670. Applicability
- § 281A.675. Initiation of request for advisory opinion; purpose of request; form and contents; Commission may decline to render advisory opinion under certain circumstances
- § 281A.680. Rendering of advisory opinion by Commission; deadline and waiver; certain advisory opinions binding upon requester; judicial review; confidentiality and waiver
- § 281A.685. Confidentiality of certain materials; no duty on Commission or staff to protect confidentiality of materials not in their possession; exceptions
- § 281A.690. Inapplicability of Open Meeting Law to proceedings concerning request for advisory opinion; exceptions
- § 281A.700. Applicability
- § 281A.705. Legal defense of state officer or employee subject to ethics complaint
- § 281A.710. Initiation of ethics complaint; form and contents; Commission may decline to render opinion under certain circumstances
- § 281A.715. Determination of jurisdiction and whether evidence warrants investigation; deadline and waiver; dismissal for lack of jurisdiction or insufficient evidence; initiation of investigation
- § 281A.720. Investigation by Executive Director; notice of investigation; opportunity to submit response; deadline and extension; purpose of response; preservation of objections and defenses
- § 281A.725. Completion of investigation by Executive Director; presentation of written recommendation to review panel; deadline and waiver; contents of recommendation
- § 281A.730. Consideration of recommendation by review panel; determination of just and sufficient cause; deadline and waiver; record of proceedings; dismissal; approval of deferral agreement; referral to Commission for further proceedings
- § 281A.735. Inapplicability of Open Meeting Law to proceedings of review panel
- § 281A.740. Deferral agreements: Development; approval; enforcement; contents; terms and conditions; monitoring and documenting compliance; proceedings for noncompliance; dismissal of matter after satisfactory compliance
- § 281A.745. Adjudicatory hearings: Powers and duties of Commission; deadline and waiver; procedural rights; evidence; use of telephone or video conference
- § 281A.750. Confidentiality of certain materials; exceptions; confidentiality of identity of certain requesters; disclosure of identity under certain circumstances
- § 281A.755. Confidentiality of investigative file; exceptions; discovery request for list of proposed witnesses and certain portions of investigative file; contents of investigative file
- § 281A.760. Inapplicability of Open Meeting Law to certain proceedings of Commission
- § 281A.765. Opinions must include findings of fact and conclusions of law; dismissal of matter if violation not proven; authorized actions if violation proven
- § 281A.770. General standards for resolving ethics complaints by stipulations, agreed settlements or consent orders and for approving deferral agreements
- § 281A.775. Additional standards for determining whether violation is willful violation and type of penalty imposed and for approving deferral agreements
- § 281A.780. Letters of caution or instruction: Contents; confidentiality; effect on subsequent ethics complaints
- § 281A.785. Types of remedies and penalties; judicial review of certain actions of Commission; limitations on judicial review of actions of review panel
- § 281A.790. Additional types of remedies and penalties; duties of Commission upon finding willful violation; circumstances in which violation not deemed willful; effect of chapter upon criminal law; judicial review of certain actions of Commission; burden of proof
- § 282.010. Oaths and official bonds of officers; when term of office begins
- § 282.020. Form of official oath
- § 282.030. No fee to be charged for administering and certifying oath
- § 282.040. Form
- § 282.050. Bond in force during term of office; effect of subsequent law; conditions
- § 282.060. Bond for benefit of injured or aggrieved person; action on bond without assignment
- § 282.070. Defects in bond immaterial
- § 282.080. Approval, filing and recording of official bonds
- § 282.090. Additional bond of county or township officer: Showing of insufficiency; execution and filing; office vacated for failure to execute and file bond
- § 282.100. Insufficiency of State Treasurer's bond: Procedure for procurement of additional bond
- § 282.110. Additional bond: Force and liabilities
- § 282.120. Number of sureties on official bond
- § 282.130. Subscription to official bond: Manner; liability
- § 282.140. Justification of surety on bond of county or township officer
- § 282.150. Liability of sureties when penal sum exceeds $2,000: Several liability for portions not less than $500
- § 282.160. Liability of sureties for ratable proportion; release of surety on payment of pro rata liability; limitation on amount of judgment
- § 282.163. Blanket bonds
- § 282.165. City employee regularly handling public money required to furnish corporate surety bond; form and approval of bond
- § 282.170. Companies which may execute bond; payment of premiums; acceptance of bond
- § 282.180. Procedure
- § 282.190. Surety's statement desiring release from liability: Filing and service of notice; publication
- § 282.200. Forfeiture of office or appointment upon failure to file new or additional bond; suspension of functions of office
- § 282.210. Liability of sureties on original and new or additional bond
- § 282.220. Amount or penalty of new or additional bond or undertaking: How determined
- § 282.290. Faith of State pledged; consent of State to suit on bond; restitution
- § 282.305. Secretary of State to ensure compliance by state officers
- § 282.315. Costs of investigations paid from Reserve for Statutory Contingency Account; limitations
- § 282.330. Certain officers to report losses to State Board of Examiners; investigations; procedure for restitution
- § 282.340. Civil liability on bond of officer or employee: Action for recovery of loss; lien; judgment; execution
- § 282.350. Revocation of bond by State Board of Examiners: Grounds
- § 283.010. Resignation may be made before oath taken
- § 283.020. Resignation of state officers commissioned by the Governor
- § 283.030. Resignation of appointive officers
- § 283.040. Events causing vacancy in office; action by Attorney General or district attorney
- § 283.050. Removal on impeachment and conviction: Duties of Secretary of State
- § 283.060. Governor to declare state offices vacant
- § 283.070. Certification to Governor by Secretary of State of cause of vacancy in certain state offices; certified copy of judgment of insanity or record of conviction
- § 283.080. Filling vacancy where power of appointment vested in Governor and Senate or in Legislature
- § 283.090. Qualifications and duties of person appointed pursuant to NRS 283.080.
- § 283.100. Vacancy filled by Governor during recess of Legislature
- § 283.110. Vacancy in state office filled by Governor; term of appointee
- § 283.120. Vacancy in state appointive office or position; limitation upon term of appointment by Governor
- § 283.125. Notice of appointment to fill vacancy; contents; applicability
- § 283.130. Commission or certificate of election or appointment of officer filling vacancy
- § 283.140. Officers liable to impeachment
- § 283.150. All impeachments tried by Senate; Senate to be sworn
- § 283.160. Articles of impeachment: Delivery to President of Senate
- § 283.170. Assignment of day of hearing and informing Assembly; service of copy of articles and notice to appear and answer
- § 283.180. Service of copy of articles: Personal service; publication of notice to appear and answer
- § 283.190. Assignment of other hearing day or proceeding in defendant's absence
- § 283.200. Objection to sufficiency of articles of impeachment; entry and effect of plea of not guilty
- § 283.210. Order to answer articles if objection not sustained; judgment on plea of guilty or refusal to plead; trial on plea of not guilty
- § 283.220. Senate to be sworn: Procedure
- § 283.230. Concurrence of two-thirds of members elected required for conviction
- § 283.240. Judgment: Form; resolution of majority as judgment
- § 283.250. Judgment: Suspension or removal and disqualification
- § 283.260. Effect of judgment of suspension on salary, fees or emoluments
- § 283.270. Suspension of officer pending impeachment; filling office pending impeachment
- § 283.280. Notice of impeachment of Lieutenant Governor
- § 283.290. Indictment or information not barred by conviction on impeachment
- § 283.300. Accusation against certain public officers for willful or corrupt misconduct in office: Presentment by grand jury
- § 283.310. Statement of offense
- § 283.320. Delivery of accusation to district attorney; service of copy; notice to appear and answer; filing original accusation
- § 283.330. Appearance and answer; proceeding in defendant's absence
- § 283.340. Objection to sufficiency or denial of truth of accusation
- § 283.350. Objection to legal sufficiency of accusation: Form and sufficiency
- § 283.360. Denial of truth of accusation
- § 283.370. Answer when objection to sufficiency not sustained
- § 283.380. Conviction on plea of guilty or refusal to answer; trial on denial of matters charged
- § 283.390. Trial by jury; conduct of trial
- § 283.400. Right to process
- § 283.410. Judgment: Pronouncement; entry and assignment of cause of removal
- § 283.420. Appeal; defendant suspended; office may be filled
- § 283.430. Proceedings for removal of district attorney
- § 283.440. Removal of certain public officers for malfeasance or nonfeasance: Procedure; appeal
- § 283.450. Removal of civil officer for excessive use of intoxicants or controlled substances: Procedure; penalties
- § 284.010. Legislative declaration of purpose
- § 284.012. Policy concerning employment of persons with disabilities
- § 284.013. Applicability; terms and conditions of employment of exempted persons; written contracts required for certain services; inapplicability regarding matters within scope of collective bargaining agreements
- § 284.014. No contractual right to employment created or conferred by chapter or regulations; appointing authority prohibited from executing employment contract with state employee; exception
- § 284.015. Definitions
- § 284.020. Duties of state officers and employees in Executive Department; construction of chapter
- § 284.022. Inclusion of employees of certain governmental agencies in State Human Resources System
- § 284.023. Appointing authority authorized to enforce health and safety requirements notwithstanding protections for hair texture and protective hairstyles
- § 284.025. Division of Human Resource Management: Creation; administration of chapter
- § 284.030. Human Resources Commission: Creation; appointment of members and alternate members
- § 284.035. Human Resources Commission: Prohibition against member holding or seeking partisan political office or employment with State
- § 284.040. Human Resources Commission: Terms and removal of members
- § 284.045. Human Resources Commission: Salaries and expenses of members
- § 284.050. Human Resources Commission: Chair; Secretary; duty of Administrator to keep minutes and audio recordings or transcripts
- § 284.055. Human Resources Commission: Meetings; quorum; majority vote; rights and duties of alternate members; duty of Commission to keep minutes and audio recordings or transcripts; public records
- § 284.060. Human Resources Commission: Rules for management
- § 284.065. Human Resources Commission: Powers and duties
- § 284.068. Employee-Management Committee: Creation; appointment and terms of members
- § 284.071. Employee-Management Committee: Chair; rules; meetings; secretarial services
- § 284.073. Employee-Management Committee: Duties
- § 284.074. Employee-Management Committee: Issuance and enforcement of subpoenas
- § 284.0745. Employee-Management Committee: Subpoenas extend to all parts of state; service of subpoenas; fees, mileage and expenses of witnesses
- § 284.075. Administrator: Qualifications; other employment prohibited
- § 284.091. Hearing officers: Appointment; duties
- § 284.100. Employees of Division
- § 284.105. Duties of Administrator
- § 284.107. Duties of Administrator: Development and implementation of audit function, centralized job announcement system and centralized employment system
- § 284.108. State as Model Employer Program: Legislative intent
- § 284.109. State as Model Employer Program: Establishment; purpose; technical assistance and training; regulations
- § 284.110. Human Resources Operating Fund: Creation; sources; uses
- § 284.115. Administrative costs: Budgeting; payment by state departments, agencies and institutions
- § 284.121. Reports of appointing authorities regarding appointments, transfers, separations, suspensions, reinstatements, reductions or other changes to positions in public service
- § 284.123. Reports of appointing authorities concerning equity in workplace
- § 284.125. Investigation of duplication of work; duties of Administrator