Nevada § 539.365 - Petition to district directors: Contents; appointment of local board
Full text of Nevada Nevada Revised Statutes § 539.365 — Petition to district directors: Contents; appointment of local board, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 539.365. Petition to district directors: Contents; appointment of local board
Upon presentation to the board of directors of the district of a petition, signed
by a majority of the electors of such division representing at least one-half of the
total acreage thereof, describing in a general way the local matters proposed to be
undertaken, and the estimated cost of preliminary surveys and engineering data, and
naming two electors of such division for local directors thereof, the board of directors
of the district shall consider such petition at a regular meeting, and, if it finds
that the law has been complied with, shall approve the same and appoint the electors
named in the petition as members of the local board.
Source: official Nevada text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 539.365 ("Petition to district directors: Contents; appointment of local board") 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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