Nevada § 269.120 - Levy and collection of taxes
Full text of Nevada Nevada Revised Statutes § 269.120 — Levy and collection of taxes, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 269.120. Levy and collection of taxes
1. Annually, at the time of assessing or fixing the amount of taxes for county purposes,
the board of county commissioners shall, subject to the restrictions of NRS 269.115 , assess, fix and designate the amount of taxes that should be levied and collected
for city or town purposes on all real and personal property assessable for state or
county purposes within any town or city in their county. The taxes must be collected at the same time, in the same manner and by the same officers
as provided in the revenue laws of this state for the levying and collecting of state
and county taxes. 2. The revenue laws, in every respect not inconsistent with the provisions of this
chapter, apply to the levying and collecting of the taxes pursuant to this section. 3. In all cases where the county commissioners, or the county assessor, or district
attorney of the county, or any other officer, or any judge or justice of the peace
of the county, is required or authorized by law to adopt or use any form appertaining
to the assessment or collection of county taxes, they shall also adopt or use a similar
form in relation to assessing, levying and collecting taxes pursuant to this section,
and may use that form in any book, paper or document in which they have used the first-named
form, and in filling up the blanks of the last-named form there must be inserted the
name of the town or city, using the name by which it is commonly designated, or such
name as will enable the inhabitants thereof to know that their town or city, as the
case may be, is intended to be named in the book, paper or document. 4. All suits instituted to collect state or county taxes on real or personal property
assessed in the town or city, must include the unpaid taxes levied pursuant to this
section, and judgments therein rendered must also include those taxes.
Source: official Nevada text · Last verified 2026-08-27
Frequently Asked Questions About Nevada § 269.120
What does Nevada Revised Statutes § 269.120 cover?
Section 269.120 ("Levy and collection of taxes") 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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