[Rev. 6/29/2024 3:42:13 PM--2023]

CHAPTER 345 - STATE PUBLICATIONS

NRS 345.010           Distribution without charge of Statutes of Nevada.

NRS 345.020           Distribution without charge of Nevada Reports.

NRS 345.023           Distribution of Statutes of Nevada to Supreme Court Law Library.

NRS 345.040           Duty of Legislative Counsel Bureau to stamp books distributed to public officers; requirement that books be retained for use in office and delivered to successor; duty of Legislative Counsel Bureau and Supreme Court to keep certain records of distributed books; replacement of missing books.

NRS 345.050           Sale of state publications.

NRS 345.060           Mailing lists for publications; deletion of names unless retention requested; notices; exception.

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      NRS 345.010  Distribution without charge of Statutes of Nevada.  Upon publication of the Statutes of Nevada, the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau shall distribute them without charge as follows:

      1.  To each of the judges of the District Court of the United States for the District of Nevada, one copy.

      2.  To the Supreme Court Law Library, two copies.

      3.  To each justice of the Supreme Court, Clerk of the Supreme Court, judge of the Court of Appeals, district judge, county clerk, district attorney, justice of the peace and municipal judge in this State, one copy.

      4.  To each public library in this State, one copy.

      5.  To each library in the Nevada System of Higher Education, one copy.

      6.  To the Nevada Historical Society, one copy.

      7.  Upon request, to any state, county or municipal officer.

      [Part 1:3:1871; B § 2802; BH § 1801; C § 1951; RL § 2932; NCL § 5198] + [Part 1:104:1901; RL § 2934; NCL § 5200] + [2:104:1901; RL § 2935; NCL § 5201]—(NRS A 1965, 952; 1967, 86; 1973, 1409; 1975, 1396; 1977, 485; 1979, 23; 1983, 904; 1987, 1305; 1993, 394; 2013, 1781)

      NRS 345.020  Distribution without charge of Nevada Reports.  The Supreme Court shall distribute each volume of Nevada Reports in book or electronic form without charge as follows:

      1.  To each of the judges of the District Court of the United States for the District of Nevada, one copy.

      2.  The Supreme Court Law Library, two copies.

      3.  To each justice of the Supreme Court, Clerk of the Supreme Court, judge of the Court of Appeals, district judge, district attorney, county clerk, justice of the peace and municipal judge in this State, one copy.

      4.  The Legislative Counsel.

      5.  To each public library in this State, one copy.

      6.  To each library in the Nevada System of Higher Education, one copy.

      7.  To the Nevada Historical Society, one copy.

      8.  Upon request, to any state, county or municipal officer.

      [9:187:1915; A 1955, 535]—(NRS A 1965, 952; 1967, 87; 1969, 1525; 1973, 1410, 1478; 1975, 1396; 1977, 485; 1979, 23; 1983, 904; 1985, 454; 1987, 1306; 1993, 394, 1569; 1995, 591; 1997, 7; 2013, 1781; 2021, 221)

      NRS 345.023  Distribution of Statutes of Nevada to Supreme Court Law Library.  The Legislative Counsel Bureau shall distribute, free of charge, such additional copies of the Statutes of Nevada to the Supreme Court Law Library as in the opinion of the Director thereof may secure an interchange of appropriate works for the library.

      (Added to NRS by 1967, 87; A 1973, 1410; 1989, 552; 2021, 221)

      NRS 345.040  Duty of Legislative Counsel Bureau to stamp books distributed to public officers; requirement that books be retained for use in office and delivered to successor; duty of Legislative Counsel Bureau and Supreme Court to keep certain records of distributed books; replacement of missing books.

      1.  The Legislative Counsel Bureau shall stamp or mark all books to be distributed by the Legislative Counsel Bureau or the Supreme Court, as provided by law, to Supreme Court justices, judges of the Court of Appeals, district judges, state, county and municipal officers, justices of the peace and municipal judges as follows: “State property, to be turned over to your successor in office.”

      2.  Each person who receives a book so distributed shall retain the book for the use of the person’s office and deliver all books so received to the person’s successor in office, who shall give his or her receipt therefor.

      3.  The Legislative Counsel Bureau or the Nevada Supreme Court, as applicable, shall keep proper records showing to whom the books were issued and the location of the books so distributed, and shall file the records in its office. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 3.160, the Legislative Counsel Bureau or the Supreme Court, as applicable, shall not supply a missing or second volume other than at the price established pursuant to NRS 345.050.

      [3:104:1901; RL § 2936; NCL § 5202]—(NRS A 1967, 87; 1973, 1410; 1977, 485; 1983, 904; 1989, 552; 2013, 1781; 2021, 221)

      NRS 345.050  Sale of state publications.

      1.  The Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau may sell the following publications:

      (a) Statutes of Nevada.

      (b) Compilation of laws:

             (1) Compiled Laws of Nevada (1861—1873), by Bonnifield and Healy (two volumes).

             (2) General Statutes Nevada 1885 (1861—1885), by Baily & Hammond.

             (3) Compiled Laws of Nevada 1861—1900, by Cutting.

             (4) Revised Laws of Nevada 1912, Volumes I and II (two volumes).

             (5) Revised Laws of Nevada 1919, Volume III.

             (6) Nevada Revised Statutes with annotations, including replacement and supplementary pages.

      (c) Miscellaneous publications:

             (1) Nevada Constitutional Debates & Proceedings 1864.

             (2) Nevada and Sawyer’s Digest 1878.

             (3) Nevada Digest Annotated (1912), by Patrick.

             (4) Journals of the Assembly or Senate.

             (5) Appendices to journals of Senate and Assembly.

      2.  The Director shall:

      (a) Set the prices for the publications sold pursuant to subsection 1.

      (b) Charge and collect a fee to cover the costs of postage and handling related to the sale of copies of Nevada Reports.

      3.  No volume may be sold or delivered until the purchase price for the volume and the fee for postage and handling have been paid.

      4.  Money received from the sale of all publications enumerated in subsection 1 must be deposited in the Legislative Fund.

      5.  The Supreme Court may sell copies of volumes of Nevada Reports at prices set by the Supreme Court, and money received from such sales, including, without limitation, money collected for postage and handling related to such sales, must be accounted for separately in the State General Fund for the exclusive use of the Supreme Court.

      [1:194:1931; A 1935, 16; 1931 NCL § 7433.01] + [Part 9:187:1915; A 1955, 535]—(NRS A 1957, 12; 1959, 879; 1965, 953; 1967, 88; 1973, 3, 1411; 1975, 660; 1989, 250, 552, 593, 604; 2005, 1235; 2021, 221)

      NRS 345.060  Mailing lists for publications; deletion of names unless retention requested; notices; exception.

      1.  As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:

      (a) “Publication” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 378.160.

      (b) “State agency” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 378.160.

      2.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, every state agency which periodically distributes any publication shall at least after every 12 issues, or annually if published more frequently than once a month, notify the person receiving the publication that his or her name will be deleted from the mailing list unless the person notifies the state agency within 30 days that he or she wants to remain on the mailing list.

      3.  This section does not apply if the person subscribes to and pays a fee for the publication.

      (Added to NRS by 1975, 704; A 1979, 197; 2005, 742)