Nevada § 244.018 - Establishment of additional or changed commissioners' districts: Manner of electing county commissioners
Full text of Nevada Nevada Revised Statutes § 244.018 — Establishment of additional or changed commissioners' districts: Manner of electing county commissioners, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 244.018. Establishment of additional or changed commissioners' districts: Manner of electing county commissioners
1. If new or changed county commissioner election districts must be established because
of changes in population or applicable law, the board of county commissioners shall
establish those districts by ordinance and provide for the election from specified
districts of the proper numbers of county commissioners for 4-year and 2-year terms
respectively so that the numbers of county commissioners to be elected at each general
election thereafter will be as nearly equal as possible. 2. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 244.011 , if at the time a general election is to be conducted for the election of county
commissioners from new districts there is incumbent any county commissioner, elected
at large or from a validly established election district, whose term extends beyond
the first Monday of January of the following year, such incumbent county commissioner
is entitled to serve out that term and shall be deemed to represent the new district
in which he or she resides.
Source: official Nevada text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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What does Nevada Revised Statutes § 244.018 cover?
Section 244.018 ("Establishment of additional or changed commissioners' districts: Manner of electing county commissioners") 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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