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Abandoned property, presumption, 120A.500
Abstract of laws to be posted by employer, 608.013, 608.0197, 608.01975
Actions for recovery of wages
Assignment of claims to Labor Commissioner, 607.175, 611.135
Attorney General, prosecution of claims, 607.160
Award of attorney’s fees to plaintiff, 608.140
Commencement of action by Labor Commissioner, 607.170
Compromise and settlement, 607.170, 607.185
Contractors, actions against, 11.209, 607.170, 608.150, 608.152, 624.273
Estates, priority of payment of labor claims, 147.195, 150.230
Minimum wage, 608.260
Preferred labor claims, 100.010-100.030
Public works, withholding from payments due contractor, 338.515, 338.560
Right-to-sue notices, issuance by Labor Commissioner, 613.134
Unpaid wages upon termination, private right of action for certain claims, 608.135
Adjustment for additional payments, 608.090
Agreements for other than semimonthly payments, 608.060, 608.070
Applicant’s wage and salary history, prohibited acts, penalties, 613.133
Apprenticeship agreements, contents, 610.150
Assembling of employees to obtain wage increase, right unrestricted, 613.220
Assignment
Child support, 31A.250-31A.330, 125.007, 425.350
Claims for wages, assignment to Labor Commissioner, 607.175
Commissions, assignment of claims to Labor Commissioner, 607.170-607.180
Credit unions, security for loans, 672.740
Deferred deposit loans, assignment as security prohibited, 604A.502, 604A.5021, 604A.930
High-interest loans, assignment as security prohibited, 604A.5048, 604A.5049, 604A.930
Parole, restitution as condition, 213.126
Probation, restitution as condition, 176A.430
Title loans, assignment as security prohibited, 604A.5071, 604A.5072, 604A.930
Void assignments, 608.170, 675.340
Checks or drafts
Issuance without sufficient money, property or credit
Reimbursement to employee for penalties or charges incurred, 608.130
Rights of holder in due course, 608.130
Manner of payment of wages, 608.120
Child support withholdings (See CHILD SUPPORT—Recovery of support debts)
Collective bargaining, payment of less than agreed wage unlawful, 608.100
Commissions, assignment of claims to Labor Commissioner, 607.170-607.180
Contracted rate, unlawful to pay lower than agreed amount, 608.100
Contractors
Actions for recovery of wages
Bond or deposit, claims against, 624.273
District attorneys, powers, 608.150
Indebtedness for labor, liability, 608.150, 608.152
Labor Commissioner, powers and duties, 607.170
Statute of limitations, 11.209
Bonds or cash deposits, persons benefited, 624.273
Community redevelopment, payment of prevailing wage, 279.500
Highway construction, payment at legal wage fixed by law, 408.393
Local improvement projects, payment of prevailing wage, 271.710, 271.800
Public works (See PUBLIC WORKS)
State Contractor’s Board, receipt of notice of wage claims filed, 624.270
Subcontractors, liability of original contractor for indebtedness, exceptions, 608.150
Tax increment areas, payment of prevailing wage, 278C.240
Criminal violations, prosecution by Attorney General, 607.220
Debts owed to state agencies, collection procedures, immunities, 353C.171-353C.179
Decrease in wages, prerequisites, unlawful acts, 608.100
Deductions
Child support (See CHILD SUPPORT—Recovery of support debts)
Direct deposit into financial institution, 608.110
Federal income tax, 227.130
Health benefits, costs of coverage for certain children, 31A.350, 608.1576
Industrial insurance premiums, deductions prohibited, 616D.240, 616D.620
Juvenile justice, restitution through work programs, 62E.580
Local government officers and employees, 287.030, 287.040
Prepaid Tuition Program, payroll deductions authorized, 353B.105
Private employees, 608.110
State officers and employees, 227.130, 281.129, 287.044, 287.048
Time checks, deductions or discounts unlawful, 613.170
Unemployment compensation fraud, recover of money, 612.7102-612.7116
Unemployment contributions, deduction from wages prohibited, 612.700
Unlawful acts or agreements, 612.700, 616D.120, 616D.240, 616D.410, 616D.620
Definition of wages
Compensation, wages and hours, 608.012
Industrial insurance, 616A.065
Public works, 338.010
Unemployment compensation, 612.190
Direct deposit of wages into financial institution, requirements, 608.110
Discharge or lay off from employment (See also Unpaid wages, this heading)
Immediate payment of employee, 608.020
Penalties for employer’s failure to pay within certain time, 608.040, 608.050, 613.030
Discussions regarding wages, discrimination based on discussion prohibited, 613.330
Displaced homemakers, report of wages and hours, 388.655
Domestic servants (See DOMESTIC SERVICE)
Employee misclassifications
Administrative penalties, 608.400
Agency communications to address, 607.217
Complaints, procedure, liability of employers, 608.410
Employer’s ability to pay wages, penalty for false representations or pretenses, 613.030
Employment agent or broker, fraudulent representations concerning wages, 613.020
Employment Security Division, disclosure of information, 612.265
Entertainment producer-promoter-employers, security for payment, 608.300-608.330
Execution, exemptions from, 21.090
Explosives manufacturing, payment of employees, 608.0165
Failure to pay wages due prohibited, 608.190
Garnishment (See GARNISHMENT)
Government Employee-Management Relations Act, ch. 288
Gross weekly salary or wage, determination for execution of civil judgments, 21.005
Health insurance for certain children, withholding of premiums from parents’ wages, 31A.350, 608.1576
Hearings by Labor Commissioner, 607.205-607.215
Highway construction and maintenance (See also Contractors, this heading)
Payment at legal wage fixed by law, 408.393
Road districts, wages and hours, 404.200, 404.210
History of wages or salary of applicants for employment, authorized and prohibited acts by employers, 245.0465
Home care employees, 608.260, 608.270, 608.620-608.640, 608.670-608.690
Housing authorities, compliance with wage and hour laws, 315.450
Industrial insurance (See INDUSTRIAL INSURANCE)
Information and statistics, furnishing to Labor Commissioner, 607.140
Inquiries regarding wages, discrimination based on inquiry prohibited, 613.330
Involuntary servitude, penalty for collection of wages for labor, 613.080
Juvenile detention facilities, employment of children, 63.220
Labor Commissioner, duties, 607.160-607.190, 608.013, 608.180, 608.270
Legislative declaration, 608.005
Liens
Corporations, employee’s lien against insolvent corporation, 78.720
Limited-liability companies, employees’ lien against insolvent companies, 86.5428
Mechanics’ or materialmen’s liens, 108.221-108.246
Nonprofit organizations, employee’s lien against insolvent entity, 82.521
Termination of service, employee’s lien for wages due, 608.050
Vessels, employee’s lien for work or services rendered, 108.670
Lodging as part of wages or compensation, exception, 608.154, 613.620
Meals as part of wages or compensation, exception, 608.155, 613.620
Medicaid, withholding of parents’ wages to reimburse agency, 31A.350
Medium of payment, 608.120, 608.130
Minimum wage
Action for recovery, 608.260
Administration and enforcement of laws, 608.270
Children’s camp employees, exception, 444.300
Constitutional mandate, Art. 15 § 16
Employee misclassifications, administrative penalties, liability of employers, 608.400, 608.410
Employer to post minimum wage law, 608.013
Fines, community service in lieu of, minimum wage to be credited toward payment in certain circumstances, 176.087
Health benefits provided by employer, determination of minimum wage, 608.258
Hearings by Labor Commissioner, 607.205-607.215
Home care employees, 608.260, 608.270, 608.670-608.690
Incremental annual increase, Art. 15 § 16, 608.250
Jobs and day training services, arrangements to pay less than minimum wage, 435.305, 435.307, 435.310, 608.255
Legislature, authority, Art. 15 § 16
Prosecution of violations, 607.220, 608.270, 608.280
Relationships not constituting employment, exception, 608.255
Requirement of employer to pay, Art. 15 § 16, 608.250
Tips, credit toward payment of wage by employer prohibited, 608.160
Unlawful to pay wage less than minimum established by law, exception, Art. 15 § 16, 608.100, 608.250
Violations, penalties, 608.290, 608.690
Nonworking status, payment of employee upon placement, 608.020, 608.040
Overtime compensation
Home care employees, 608.670
Public works, 338.020
Requirement, exceptions, 608.018
Paydays
Absent employees, payment after making written demand, 608.080
Agreements for other than semimonthly payments, 608.070
Semimonthly payments, exceptions, 608.060
Time and place of payment, notice, 608.080
Payment for each hour of work, exception, 608.016
Payroll taxes, ch. 363A, ch. 363B
Preferred labor claims, 100.010-100.030
Prepaid Tuition Program, payroll deductions authorized, 353B.105
Prevailing wages (See PUBLIC WORKS—Wages)
Private employment defined, 608.0113
Public works (See PUBLIC WORKS)
Rebates unlawful, 197.050, 197.060, 608.100
Records of wages, 608.115
Refusal to pay wages due prohibited, 608.190
Renewable energy facilities, wage defined for purposes of partial tax abatement, payroll reports, 701A.379
Resigning or quitting employment (See also Unpaid wages, this heading)
Penalties for employer’s failure to pay within certain time, 608.040, 613.030
Time when payment of final wages or compensation to be paid, 608.030
Semimonthly payments, exceptions, 608.060, 608.070
Sleeping period, agreements to exclude from wages, requirements, 608.0195
Subcontractors
Community redevelopment, payment of prevailing wage, 279.500
Liability of original contractor for indebtedness, exceptions, 608.150
Local improvement projects, payment of prevailing wage, 271.710, 271.800
Tax increment areas, payment of prevailing wage, 278C.240
Time checks, discounts unlawful, 613.170
Tips
Employer prohibited from taking or crediting toward payment of wage, 608.160
Industrial insurance, declaration of tips as wages, 616A.065, 616B.227
Unemployment compensation, tips as wages, 612.190
Trial or break-in period, payment of wages required, 608.016
Unemployment compensation
Definition of wages, 612.190
Notice, wages in lieu of, 612.420
Severance pay, effect, 612.420
Unlawful deductions, 612.700
Unlawful discriminatory practices (See also EQUAL RIGHTS COMMISSION, NEVADA)
Date of occurrence, determination, 233.160
Sex discrimination, remedies, 233.170, 608.017
Wage discussions by employee, discrimination based on, 613.330, 613.405
Unpaid wages
Employee’s lien, 608.050
Interest, 99.040
Penalties for employer’s failure to pay within certain time, 608.040, 608.050, 613.030
Presumption of abandonment, 120A.500
Time when payment of final wages or compensation to be paid, 608.030
Violation of wage laws
Administrative penalties, 608.195, 608.290
Criminal penalties, 608.195, 608.290, 608.690
Prosecution, 608.180
Wage or salary range or rate for a position, promotion or transfer to new position, disclosures, requirements, 613.133
Week of work defined, 608.0123
Withholdings (See Deductions, this heading)
Workday defined, 608.0126
WAITERS AND WAITRESSES (See FOOD AND DRINK ESTABLISHMENTS; FOOD HANDLERS; TIPS AND TIPPING)
WALKER LAKE (See generally LAKES)
WALKER RIVER (See also RIVERS; WATER)
California-Nevada Interstate Compact, 538.600 (Art. VIII)
Interstate compact relative to distribution and use of water, 538.380
WALKER RIVER STATE RECREATION AREA (See generally STATE PARKS)
Bank deposits and collections, delay caused by, 104.4109
Code of Military Justice
Court-martial, sentencing during certain period, 412.322
Spying, prosecution for, 412.5245
Continuity of government in case of enemy attack, Art. 4 § 37, 239C.260
Emergency Account, use, 353.263
Emergency Management Assistance Compact, 415.010
Homeland security (See HOMELAND SECURITY)
Levying against the State defined, 196.020
Limitation of actions, suspension, 11.330
Necessity of information and indictment in criminal prosecutions, Art. 1 § 8
Quartering of soldiers in private homes in time of war, Art. 1 § 12
Sale of goods, UCC, seller’s duty to obtain war risk insurance, 104.2320
Standing army, appropriation for, Art. 1 § 11
State officers and employees, leave for military service, 284.358
Taking private property without compensation, Art. 1 § 8
WARD CHARCOAL OVENS (See generally STATE PARKS)
Cities, election wards, 266.095
Guardians and wards
Adults (See generally GUARDIANSHIPS OF ADULTS)
Minors
Children in need of supervision, detention of wards of federal court, 62C.050
Guardianships of minors (See generally GUARDIANSHIPS OF MINORS)
Veterans (See VETERANS’ GUARDIANSHIP ACT, UNIFORM)
Additional terms inserted in receipt authorized, 104.7202
Advances made, statement, 104.7202
Agents, signatures, 104.7202
Agricultural commodities, 104.7201
Alcoholic beverages, 104.7201
Altered receipts, effect, 104.7208
Blanks in receipt, filling in without authority, effect, 104.7208
Bonded storage, 104.7201
Cancellation of receipt or indication of partial deliveries, 104.7403
Claims, provisions regarding presentation may be included, 104.7204
Commencement of actions, provisions may be included, 104.7204
Commingling of fungible goods, liability of warehouse, 104.7207
Common ownership of goods, 104.7202
Contents of receipt, requirements, effect of omission, 104.7202
Contractual limitation of warehouse’s liability, 104.7204
Conversion
Bailee, 104.7601
Delivery of goods under missing document, 104.7601
Rights acquired by due negotiation, 104.7502
Sale to enforce lien, violations, 104.7210
Course of performance, course of dealing and usage of trade, 104.1303
Damages
Commingling of fungible goods, 104.7207
Duplicates, failure to indicate, 104.7402
Limitation, 104.7204
Loss of or injury to goods, 104.7204
Nonreceipt or misdescription of goods, 104.7203
Omissions in receipt, 104.7202
Overissue of receipts, 104.7402
Remedies to be liberally administered, 104.1305
Sale to enforce lien, 104.7210
Definitions, 104.1201, 104.7102
Delivery of goods
Conflicting claims, effect, 104.7603
Conversion, 104.7601
Good-faith delivery, liability, 104.7404, 104.7601
Judicial process, lien, delivery under, 104.7602
Lost, stolen or destroyed receipts, remedy, 104.7601
Missing negotiable receipt, delivery under, liability of bailee, 104.7601
Obligation of bailee, excuse, liability, 104.7403, 104.7404
Partial delivery, procedures, 104.7403
Sale of goods, procedure, 104.7206
Satisfaction of bailee’s lien upon delivery, 104.7403
Statement as to delivery, 104.7202
Stoppage by seller, 104.7502, 104.7504
Unjustified refusal to deliver, loss of lien, 104.7209
Upon demand, 104.7206
Voluntary delivery of goods, loss of lien, 104.7209
Delivery orders, 104.7102, 104.7502, 104.7503
Demurrage charges, lien of warehouse, 104.7209
Description of goods
Liability for misdescription, 104.7203
Qualified description, effect, 104.7203
Receipt to include, 104.7202
Sale to enforce lien, contents of notice, 104.7210
Deterioration of goods, sale, 104.7206
Duty of care, 104.1302, 104.7202, 104.7204
Electronic receipts
Control, 104.7106
Negotiation, 104.7501
Reissuance in alternative medium, 104.7105, 104.7402
Endorsements, 104.7505, 104.7506
Field warehousing arrangement, 104.7202
Forgery, 205.090
Form of receipt, particular form unnecessary, 104.7202
Fungible goods
Commingling, effect, 104.7207
Overissue of documents, 104.7207, 104.7402
Title under receipt, 104.7205
Good-faith purchasers
Altered receipts, effect, 104.7208
Form of negotiation, 104.7501
Judicial process, lien, 104.7602
Nonreceipt or misdescription of goods, recovery, 104.7203
Sale to enforce warehouse’s lien, 104.7210
Goods, legal interest before issuance of receipt, 104.7503
Governing law, parties’ power to choose, 104.1301
Handling charges, 104.7202
Hazardous goods, disposition, 104.7206
Identification code of receipt required, 104.7202
Insertions in receipt without authority, 104.7208
Interpleader action, authority of bailee, 104.7603
Intoxicating liquors, 104.7201
Irregularities in conduct of issuer, effect, 104.7401
Issuance of receipt
Date of issuance to be included in receipt, 104.7202
Duplicates, liability of issuer, 104.7402
Irregularity in issue, 104.7401
Negotiable receipt omitting fact of warehouseman’s ownership unlawful, 205.560
Person that may issue, 104.7201
Statute requiring license to issue, effect, 104.7201
Substitute receipt, issuance upon court order, 104.7601
Joint ownership of goods, 104.7202
Labels, description of goods, 104.7203
Labor, lien, 104.7209
Liabilities incurred, contents of receipt, 104.7202
Liens
Delivery of goods by bailee, 104.7403
Enforcement, 104.7210, 104.7403
Generally, 104.7209
Household goods, 104.7209
Judicial process, effect on lien, 104.7602
Labor, 104.7209
Loss of lien, 104.7209
Receipt, contents, 104.7202
Termination of storage, effect, 104.7206
Location of warehouse to be included in receipt, 104.7202
Loss of or injury to goods, liability, exception, 104.7204
Marks, description of goods, 104.7203
Merchant, enforcement of lien on stored goods, 104.7210
Misdescription of goods, liability, 104.7203
Negotiable or nonnegotiable receipts, generally, 104.7104
Negotiation
Absence of due negotiation, rights of transferee, 104.7504
Endorsements, 104.7501, 104.7506
Form and requirements, 104.7501
Goods not in bailee’s possession, 205.590
Injunction against, 104.7602
Intent to defraud, 205.570
Rights acquired by due negotiation, defeat, 104.7205, 104.7502
Warranties, 104.7507
Nonreceipt of goods, liability, 104.7203
Notice
Enforcement of lien, 104.7210
Termination of storage, 104.7206
When effective, 104.1202
Option
Acceleration of payment or performance at will, 104.1309
Termination of storage, 104.7206
Overissue of documents for fungible goods, 104.7207, 104.7402
Ownership of goods, statement regarding, 104.7202
Personal property in transit, property tax exemption, 361.160-361.185
Preservation of goods, lien of warehouse, 104.7209
Rate of storage, 104.7202, 104.7204, 104.7209
Removal of certain goods, warehouse may shorten time for, 104.7206
Reservation of rights, 104.1308
Rights acquired by due negotiation, defeat, 104.7205, 104.7502
Sale of goods
Commercially reasonable manner required, 104.7210
Deteriorating or declining goods, 104.7206
Enforcement of lien, 104.7210, 104.7403
Hazardous goods, 104.7206
Satisfaction of lien, 104.7206, 104.7210
Termination of storage, 104.7206, 104.7403
Seasonableness, 104.1205
Security interest, 104.7202, 104.7209
Separation of goods, 104.7207
Signature, 104.7202
Sole ownership of goods, 104.7202
Storage agreements, contents, 104.7204
Storage and handling charges, terms, lien, 104.7202, 104.7209
Storage under bond, 104.7201
Subordinated obligations, 104.1310
Substitute receipts, 104.7402, 104.7601
Terminal charges, lien of warehouse, 104.7209
Termination of storage, 104.7206, 104.7403
Time
Presentation of claims and institution of actions, 104.7204
Reasonable time, 104.1205, 104.1302
Title
Acquired by due negotiation, 104.7502
Buyer in ordinary course of business of fungible goods, defeat of claim under receipt, 104.7205
Legal interest before issuance of receipt, 104.7503
Sale of goods to enforce lien, good faith purchasers, 104.7210
Transferee, title and rights, 104.7504
Unaccepted delivery order, titled based upon, 104.7503
Transferee, title and rights, 104.7504, 104.7506
Transportation charges, lien of warehouse, 104.7209
Value, when given, 104.1204
Waiver or renunciation of claim or right following breach, 104.1306
Warranties, 104.7105, 104.7507, 104.7508
Cleaning or washing of garments or household goods, storage liens, exemption, 108.780
Controlled substances, possession in course of business, 453.226
Explosives and flammable materials, making or possessing in cities or towns, 476.060
Firearms, unlawful discharge, 202.285, 202.287
Free Port Law, Art. 10 § 1, 361.160-361.185
Household goods and effects, storage
Carriers (See also MOTOR CARRIERS)
Complaints against carriers, 706.442, 706.443
Charges not to exceed written estimate, exception, 706.442
Damaged or lost goods, resolution of disputes and filing of claims, 706.442
Definition, 712.030
Enforcement of requirements, 706.443
Inspection of property, books and records, 712.060
Lien of warehouse, 104.7209
Nevada Transportation Authority, supervision and regulation, 706.1514, 706.166
Permits, requirements, 712.040, 712.050
Violations
Criminal penalty, 712.090
Prosecution by Attorney General or district attorney, 706.1715
Written estimate of cost to be provided by carrier upon request, 706.442
Industrial development (See INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT)
Inland Port Authority Act, ch. 277B
Inspections by Commissioner of Food and Drugs, 585.240, 585.245
Livestock and poultry carcasses, registration and regulation, 583.481, 583.539
Mini warehouses (See STORAGE FACILITIES)
State purchasing warehouses, payment of construction costs, 331.137
Tobacco warehouses, minors’ employment unlawful, 609.190
Unclaimed Property Act, Uniform, ch. 120A
Warehouse receipts (See WAREHOUSE RECEIPTS)
Bank deposits and collections, 104.4207-104.4209
Builder’s warranties (See CONSTRUCTIONAL DEFECTS)
Commercial coaches, 489.416, 489.751
Common-interest communities, quality, 116.4113-116.4116
Condominium hotels, quality, 116B.780
Contractors
Builder’s warranty, failure to provide or to respond to claim made under, 624.3016
Noncompliance, penalty, 624.301
Disabilities, persons with, sale or lease of assistive devices, 597.264-597.2667
Documents of title, 104.7105, 104.7507, 104.7508
Estates in property, lineal and collateral warranties abolished, 111.100
Factory-built housing, implied warranty for essential systems, 489.751
Farm equipment, 597.1177
Fraudulent and malicious destruction, penalty, 206.260
Human blood and body parts, 460.010
Inspection of property by public employee, no warranty created, 41.033
Investment securities (See SECURITIES)
Leases of personal property, 104A.2209-104A.2216
Letters of credit, 104.5110
Manufactured buildings, implied warranty for essential systems, 489.751
Manufactured or mobile homes
Essential systems, implied warranty, 489.751
Penalty for failure to honor warranty, 489.416
Motor vehicles
Audits to confirm warranty repairs, prohibited acts, 482.36385
Commercial vehicle leases, disclosures, 100.105
Marketing purposes, release of personal information by Department of Motor Vehicles restricted, 481.063
New vehicles, express warranties, lemon law buybacks, 597.600-597.688
Notice of warranty coverage, prevention prohibited, 482.36389
Used vehicles, express warranties for certain vehicles, 482.36655-482.36667
Negotiable instruments, 104.3416, 104.3417
Sales of personal property, 104.2312-104.2318
Service contracts, applicability of laws, 690C.100
Solar energy distributed generation systems, contents of certain agreements, 598.9821
State Engineer, laws and performance of duties create no warranty, 535.040
Arrest (See ARREST)
Attachment and commitment, 22.040
Bench warrants, 34.540, 179.395, JCRLV 31, JCRNLV 31, JCRPT 32
Child abduction prevention, taking child into physical custody, 125D.200
Cities (See CITIES—Finances and funds)
Constables, duties, 258.070
Counties (See COUNTIES—Finances and funds)
Death warrants
Issuance, 176.0919, 176.345, 176.495, 176.505
New, execution of judgment when defendant found sane, 176.445
Notice to Supreme Court, S.C.R. 250
Return on warrant by Director of Department of Corrections, 176.365
Extradition, issuance by Governor, 171.158
Forgery, 205.090
Missing children, warrant to take physical custody of, procedures, 432.207
Nevada System of Higher Education (See NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION)
Oath and affirmation, Art. 1 § 18
Search warrants (See SEARCH WARRANTS)
State warrants (See STATE FINANCES AND FUNDS)
Tax liens, enforcement, 360.483, 360.485
Towns (See TOWNS—Finances and funds)
Legal holiday, 236.015
WASHOE COUNTY (For general provisions, see COUNTIES)
Assembly districts, 218B.260
Ballistics testing, procedures, designation of forensic laboratories, 202.25305
Baseball stadium project, financing, 244A.058, 244A.800-244A.830, 482.313, 482C.230
Cannabis establishments, adult-use
Monopolistic practices, restrictions to prevent, exception, 678B.270
Number of licenses issued, restrictions, reallocation, 678B.260
Chief Planning Officer member of Advisory Planning Commission, Nevada Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, 278.808
Common-interest communities, hours of construction, restriction, 244.3679
Complete Streets Program, authority to adopt, 244.2641-244.2645
County commissioners, number and terms, 244.014
County seat, 243.360
Deed restrictions for subdivisions in unincorporated areas, 278.563-278.568
Defibrillators, placement in certain public buildings, 450B.600
Dental services for underserved populations, issuance of restricted geographical license, 631.274
DNA Database, State, duties of Sheriff’s Office, 176.09121
Family court (See also FAMILY COURTS)
Establishment, 3.0105
Local rules (See DISTRICT COURTS, LOCAL RULES OF PRACTICE)
Number of judges, 3.0125
Flood management projects, funding, 244A.0297, 268.691
Governmental services tax, use of proceeds of supplemental tax, 371.043, 482.181
Hospitals, closure or conversion
Civil penalties, 439A.310
Licenses
Denial, suspension or revocation, 449.160
Expiration and renewal, 449.089
Issuance, validity and nontransferability, 449.080
Revocation of approval, 449.087
Requirements, 439A.102
Indigent Defense Services, Board on, nomination of member, 180.300
Judicial district, designation, Art. 6 § 5, 3.010
Juvenile justice (See JUVENILE JUSTICE SERVICES)
Lake County, creation, consolidation with Washoe County, 243.345-243.355
Local Government Tax Act of 1991, Special & Local Acts Volume pp. 421-428
Marlette Lake Water System, duties, 331.160
Medical cannabis establishments
Licenses issued in each jurisdiction, limitation, reallocation of certain licenses, 678B.220
Monopolistic practices, restrictions to prevent, 678B.230
Number located in any one jurisdiction, limitations, 678B.230
Nevada Coordinate System, included in west zone, 327.010
Officers’ salaries, 245.043
Peace Officers’ Standards and Training Commission, membership, 289.500
Public notices of planning commissions, availability in certain languages, 244.1843
Railroad grade separation projects (See also RAILROADS)
Room tax, imposition for purposes of projects, 268.0968, 268.7845
Sales and use tax, imposition for purposes of projects, Special & Local Acts Volume pp. 346-347
Regional planning (See REGIONAL PLANNING)
Reno-Tahoe Airport Authority (See also AIRPORT AUTHORITIES)
Generally, Special & Local Acts Volume pp. 27-43
Room tax, additional tax, 244A.900-244A.920, 268.0968, 268.7845, 268.798-268.7987, Special & Local Acts Volume pp. 403-413
Roop County, creation, consolidation with Washoe County, 243.345-243.355
School district, performance audits, requirements, reports, 218G.600-218G.625
School facilities
Tax for school capital projects, ch. 377C
Zoning standards and specifications, 278.0211
Senate districts, 218B.250
Sentencing Commission, Nevada, membership of County Public Defender, 176.0133
Sidewalk vendors, regulation of, 244.35481-244.35488, 446.861
Tourism, district for promotion of, 244A.900-244A.920
Truckee River, actions to maintain regular flow authorized, 535.080
United States, State’s consent to acquisition of state lands given, 328.310, 328.320
Water, regional planning and management, ch. 540A
Wedding services, display of information at offices of county clerk, 122.280
Western Regional Water Commission, Special & Local Acts Volume pp. 563-580
WASHOE LAKE (See also LAKES; STATE PARKS)
State Recreational Area, designation, 407.155
WASHOE TRIBE (See generally NATIVE AMERICANS)
WASHROOMS (See LAVATORIES)
Estates of decedents, actions by or against personal representatives, 143.070, 143.080
Eviction of tenant committing or permitting waste, 40.2514, 40.254, 40.360
Food waste fed to livestock or fish, regulation, 571.135
Game animals, 501.388, 503.050
Garbage disposal (See GARBAGE AND RUBBISH)
Hazardous waste (See HAZARDOUS MATERIALS)
Medical waste, establishment of protocols and procedures by schools, 392.425, 394.1999
Mine waste, acquisition, 517.115
National Guard members, punishable acts, 412.508, 412.528, 412.532
Oil and gas, waste prohibited, 522.010, 522.039
Poisonous waste dangerous to livestock, fencing required, 575.040
Public money, by agency or contractor, reporting, confidentiality, 353A.049
Real property
Action, 40.150
Damages, 40.150
Definition, 21.240
Eviction of tenant committing or permitting waste, 40.2514, 40.254, 40.360
Restraining waste until expiration of redemption period, 21.240
Recycling (See RECYCLING)
Solid waste disposal (See SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL)
Water pollution control (See WATER POLLUTION)
WATCHES (See JEWELRY AND JEWELERS)
Adjudication of vested water rights (See WATER RIGHTS AND APPROPRIATION OF PUBLIC WATERS)
Analyses
Hazardous waste or regulated substances, detection of presence, 445A.427, 459.501
Nevada System of Higher Education, 396.620-396.660
Standards for certification of laboratories, 445A.425, 445A.428
Transfer of real property, water analysis by certified laboratory, 445A.863, 445A.943, 445A.952
Appropriation of public waters (See WATER RIGHTS AND APPROPRIATION OF PUBLIC WATERS)
Appurtenance to place of use, exceptions, 533.040, 533.060
Aquatic invasive species laws (See BOATS AND BOATING)
Aqueducts, eminent domain, 37.010
Aquifer defined, 534.0105
“Area of active management” defined, 534.011
Arrest powers of State Engineer and assistants, 533.475
Artificial lakes or streams, restrictions on use of water and effluent for recreational purposes, 318.1445, 533.030, 541.207, 704.667
Attorney General
Commencement and defense of actions, 228.180
Intervention in actions concerning interstate waters, 228.190
Printing of findings of fact, conclusions of law and decrees when more than 100 litigants, 228.200
Beneficial use
Appropriation for, 533.030
Appurtenance to place of use, exceptions, 533.040, 533.060
Basis of right to use water, 533.035
Limit of right to use water, 533.035
Livestock watering, 533.490
Measure of right to use water, 533.035
Proof required for appropriation, 533.400, 533.405
Public use, 533.050
Quantity appropriated limited to, 533.070
Recreational purposes, 533.030
Removal of water to alleviate hazards caused by secondary recharge, 534.025
Rotation authorized, 533.075
Boating (See BOATS AND BOATING)
Breweries, injury to or obstruction of natural flow, 535.100, 535.200
Camping (See CAMPS AND CAMPING)
Canals (See DITCHES)
Channel Clearance, Maintenance, Restoration, Surveying and Monumenting Program, 532.220, 532.230
City water and water supplies (See CITIES)
Common-interest communities, authority of association to enter vacant units to repair water damage, 116.310312
Conservation (See WATER CONSERVATION)
Cooperative agreements, 277.060
Counties (See COUNTIES)
Cyanide ponds, permit requirements, penalty for violation, 502.390
Dams (See DAMS)
Development projects, duties of State Engineer, 532.165
Disaster Relief Account, grants and loans to state and local agencies, 353.2705-353.2771
Ditches (See DITCHES)
Diversion
Irrigation water, unlawful diversion, 207.225, 533.463
Right ceases when necessity for use nonexistent, 533.045
Water turned into natural channel or watercourse, 533.055
Drinking water
Financial assistance for public water systems, 349.980-349.987, 445A.200-445A.295
Impure water, furnishing for public use unlawful, 445A.015
Protection and control, 445A.800-445A.955
State Board of Health, regulations for sanitary protection, 439.200
Economic Development Revenue Bond Law, City, 268.512-268.568
Economic Development Revenue Bond Law, County, 244A.669-244A.763
Emergency response plans, preparation by certain utilities, 239C.270
Eminent domain, 37.010, 533.050
Financing of water projects, 349.935-349.961
Fire extinguishment, water used by public agencies or volunteer fire departments to extinguish fires in emergency situations, applicability of laws, 533.027
Flood control (See FLOOD CONTROL)
Fluoridation of water
Adjustment of fluoride concentration, 445A.015, 445A.045
Bottled water purveyors, 445A.050
Exemptions, 445A.050
Proposal to adjust fluoride concentration, 445A.025
Regulation in larger counties, 445A.055
Vote on question, 445A.030-445A.040, 445A.055
Groundwater (See Underground water, this heading)
Guards, employment by State Engineer, 533.470
Headgates, 533.305, 533.465, 536.010-536.030
Highways
Construction, temporary use of water, 534.050
Prevention of damage to highways by water, 405.120-405.180
Homeland security, ch. 239C
Hydraulic fracturing, assessment and disclosure program, 522.119
Hydrographic basins, compilation of data, 540.051
Impure water, furnishing for public use unlawful, 445A.015
Infrastructure Bank, Nevada State, financing of certain projects, 226.700-226.832
Infrastructure projects to support development of qualified projects, financing, 360.981-360.992
Injurious aquatic species laws (See BOATS AND BOATING)
Interstate Waters, California-Nevada Compact for Jurisdiction on, 171.076, 171.077
Interstate waters, California-Nevada Interstate Compact Commission, duties, 538.380
Irrigation systems (See IRRIGATION SYSTEMS)
Judicial review of State Engineer’s orders and decisions, 533.450, 534.037, 534.110
Lakes (See LAKES; specific lakes)
Las Vegas Valley Groundwater Basin, Special & Local Acts Volume pp. 531-536
Logging operations, restrictions, 528.053-528.0554
Manufactured home parks, reports and tests regarding water quality, 118B.077
Master plans, inclusion of development and utilization of water resources, 278.160
Measurement, standards for, 533.065
Meters (See WATER METERS)
Mitigation bank or in-lieu fee program, establishment, use and operation, 244.388
Natural Resources, Joint Interim Standing Committee on, powers and duties of Subcommittee on Public Lands, 218E.525
Navigable waters
Colorado River declared navigable, 537.010
Virgin River declared navigable, 537.020
Winnemucca Lake declared navigable, 537.030
Obstructing, public nuisance, 202.450-202.480
Oil wells, contamination or waste of water, 522.040
Outdoor youth programs, water for clients, 432A.520
Ownership by public, 533.025
Penalty for violations
Appropriation of public water, 533.480, 533.481
Wells, 534.193
Personal property for purposes of crimes, 193.021
Poisoning unlawful, 202.170
Pollution (See WATER POLLUTION)
Precipitation, rooftop collection from single-family dwelling, applicability of appropriation laws, 533.027
Projects for recharge, storage and recovery of water
Annual fee paid by holder of permit, 534.310
Annual report to State Engineer, 534.280
Area of hydrologic effect defined, 534.0115
Cease and desist orders, 534.320
Definition, 534.0145
Designation of areas of active management, 534.340
Injunctions, 534.320
Limit on amount of water recovered, 534.290, 534.300
Monitoring requirements, 534.250
Penalties, 534.330
Permit
Application, fees, 534.260
Issuance, 534.250
Modification and assignment, 534.250
Protests, 534.270
Requirement, 534.250
Review of application, 534.270
Revocation or suspension, 534.320
Recharged water defined, 534.015
Recovery well, permit for, 534.290
Storage accounts to be established, 534.300
Use or exchange of stored water, 534.290
Public offenses committed on vessels in state waters, 171.040
Public ownership, 533.025
Public utilities (See WATER COMPANIES)
Public water systems (See WATER SYSTEMS)
Railroad corporations, authority to cross, 78.075
Recreational use of artificial lake or stream, restriction by ordinance, 533.030
Reservoirs (See RESERVOIRS)
Rivers (See RIVERS; specific rivers)
Rotation in use authorized, 533.075
Sales and use taxes, exemption, 372.295, 374.300
Sales of property, disclosure of rates for certain water services required, 113.060
Sawmills, injury to or obstruction of natural flow, 535.100, 535.200
School districts, eminent domain, 37.010
Slaughterhouses, injury to or obstruction of natural flow, 535.100, 535.200
Standards of measurement, 533.065
State Board of Health, regulations for sanitary protection, 439.200
State Engineer (See STATE ENGINEER)
Steam (See also GEOTHERMAL RESOURCES)
Appropriation procedures when encountered during exploration, 534A.040
Probate leases, 149.080
Storage
For beneficial purpose, authority and rights, 533.055
Recharge (See Projects for recharge, storage and recovery of water, this heading)
Reservoirs (See RESERVOIRS)
Stored water may be conveyed through streams and reclaimed, 533.055, 533.525
Stormwater retention or detention, land use planning, certain laws inapplicable in certain counties, 533.028
Streams (See STREAMS)
Subdivision of land (See SUBDIVISION OF LAND—Water and sewer facilities)
Tanneries, injury to or obstruction of natural flow, 535.100, 535.200
Tax for infrastructure, ch. 377B
Tax increment areas, ch. 278C
Towns, eminent domain, 37.010
Treatment works (See WATER POLLUTION—Nevada Water Pollution Control Law)
“Tribal government” defined, 532.005
Tunnel companies, power of Legislature to establish and regulate, Art. 4 § 20
Unauthorized use unlawful, 533.460
Underground water
Abandoned wells, use to monitor groundwater, 534.060
Abandonment of rights, 534.090
Adjudication of vested rights, 534.100
Appropriation (See also WATER RIGHTS AND APPROPRIATION OF PUBLIC WATERS)
Acquisition, generally, 534.080
Counties, right to appropriate water that is dedicated and relinquished, 534.350
Determinations of State Engineer, 534.110
Geothermal resources, applicability of laws, 534A.040
Irrigation purposes, priorities, 533.357
Permit required before sinking well in designated groundwater basin, 534.050
California-Nevada Interstate Compact, use under, 538.600 (Art. IX)
District court water judges, specialized education and designation, S.C.R. 18
Existing rights recognized, 534.100
Forfeiture of rights, 534.090
Groundwater basins
Administration by State Engineer, 534.030, 534.110
Appropriation permit required before drilling, exception, 534.050, 534.110
Assessment for payment of administrative expenses, 534.040
Boundaries defined by State Engineer, 534.030
Critical management areas, designation, management plan, 534.037, 534.039, 534.110
Groundwater boards in certain counties, creation and duties, 534.035
Interbasin transfers of groundwater, requirements for certain transfers, 533.364
Inventory of water, calculation and maintenance, 532.167
Las Vegas Valley Groundwater Basin, Special & Local Acts Volume pp. 531-536
Management of interstate basins, agreements, 532.175
Preferred uses of water upon depletion, 534.120
Pumping tests, 534.110
Regulations of State Engineer, 534.110
Supervision of wells, 534.030, 534.110
Temporary appropriation permits, 534.120, 534.125
Water budget, preparation, 532.167
Water conservation or water district board to assist State Engineer, 534.030
Well supervisors, employment and compensation, 534.040
Injunctions, 534.195
Legislative declaration, 534.020
Livestock, herding or grazing near certain water unlawful, 568.330, 568.340
Mapping of water rights statewide, program, 532.165
Percolating waters defined, 534.0135
Public ownership, 533.025, 534.020
Recharge (See Projects for recharge, storage and recovery of water, this heading)
Reservation of certain amount of uncommitted water, duties of State Engineer, effect, 533.0241, 533.370, 533.371
Studies, agreements concerning, 532.170
Vested right defined, 534.100
Waste unlawful, penalty, 534.070, 534.190, 534.193
Wells (See WELLS)
Washoe County, regional planning and management, ch. 540A, Special & Local Acts Volume pp. 563-580
Waste of water (See WATER CONSERVATION)
Water boxes, interference unlawful, 533.465
Water emergencies, ch. 416
Water meters (See WATER METERS)
Water Planning, Division of (See CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES, STATE DEPARTMENT OF)
Water pollution (See WATER POLLUTION)
Water resources
Agreements concerning development or use of water resources, 532.170, 532.180
Master plans, inclusion of development and utilization of water resources, 278.160
Planning and development, ch. 540
Plans, development and maintenance by cities and counties, exceptions, 278.0228
Zoning regulations to be designed to preserve water resources, 278.250
Water rights (See WATER RIGHTS AND APPROPRIATION OF PUBLIC WATERS)
Waterfront maintenance projects, 271.252, 271.265, 271.306, 271.379
Waterfront projects, 271.253, 271.265
Waterholes (See also WILDLIFE)
Camping in manner denying access to animals unlawful, 503.660
Deposit of substances deleterious to wildlife unlawful, 503.430
Polluting of waterholes to trap, wound, kill or maim wild horses unlawful, 504.490
Waterpower (See WATERPOWER)
Wells (See WELLS)
Western Regional Water Commission, Special & Local Acts Volume pp. 563-580
WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICTS (See GENERAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS)
WATER AND SEWER REVENUE BOND LAW
WATER, APPROPRIATION OF PUBLIC WATERS (See WATER RIGHTS AND APPROPRIATION OF PUBLIC WATERS)
County Bond Law, infrastructure project defined, 244A.034
Fluoridation of water, 445A.025-445A.050
Natural Resources, Joint Interim Standing Committee on, powers and duties of Subcommittee on Public Lands, 218E.525
Purchase of municipal securities by State, ch. 350A
Sale or lease of water rights, 533.560
Southern Nevada (See SOUTHERN NEVADA WATER AUTHORITY)
Tax for infrastructure, ch. 377B
WATER COMPANIES (See also PUBLIC UTILITIES)
Artificial lakes, supply of water unnecessary where restricted, exemptions, 704.667
Assessments by Public Utilities Commission, 703.145, 704.033, 704.035
Beneficial use, appropriations for, 533.030
Building containing multiple occupancy units, water to be provided through single connection, exception, 704.665
Certificates of public convenience and necessity, 704.330-704.410
Cities, water to be furnished for fire protection, 704.660
Computer crimes causing service disruption, penalty, 205.477, 205.492
Connection to utility facility by users of certain water systems, mandatory, 244.3655, 268.4102
Construction of utility facilities, Utility Environmental Protection Act, 704.820-704.900
Damage to property, penalties, civil remedies, 704.800, 704.805
Dedication of right to appropriate water, requirements, exceptions, 533.565
Deposits made by customers, payment of interest, 704.655
Emergency response plans and vulnerability assessments, duties, 239C.270
Excavation or demolition near subsurface installation, 455.080-455.180
Exempt water companies
Franchises generally, 709.050-709.170
Inspection of books and records, 709.146
Services provided by Public Utilities Commission, 709.145
Financing of water projects, 349.935-349.961
Fluoridation of water, 445A.015-445A.055
Franchises from counties or towns, 709.050-709.170
Impersonation of officer or employee of utility company, penalty, 207.345
Impure water, furnishing for public use unlawful, 445A.015
Local governments, use of utility facilities for treatment or transfer of water, 704.235
Mining, water facilities excluded as public utilities, 704.021
Property, disposal or encumbrance by certain utilities, approval, 704.668
Property tax
Assessment of interstate or intercounty property, 361.318-361.321, 361.403
Exemption for water users’ nonprofit associations and corporations, 361.073
Public utility, water company defined as, 704.020
Public water systems (See WATER SYSTEMS)
Rates
Change, simplified procedure for changing rates for certain utilities, 704.095
City council’s powers to fix, 266.285
Conservation plans, recovery of costs associated with, 704.663
Filing fees, 703.197
Fire protection of cities and towns, Public Utilities Commission to fix rates, 704.660
General rate application, filing, 704.110
Legislative declaration, 540.011
Receiver, appointment, 704.6674, 704.6676
Regulation by county, 704.6674
Relocation of lines, reimbursement by State, 408.407
Resource plans, requirements, waiver, 704.661
Smaller businesses excluded as public utilities, 704.021
Subdivision or other development of land, 704.6672
Surplus water, purchases regulated, 704.320
Termination of service by utility, regulation, notice, 704.1835
Theft of property, penalties, civil remedies, 704.800, 704.805
Towns
Fire protection, water to be furnished for, 704.660
Licensure and regulation, 269.170
Trespass upon infrastructure, 704.800, 704.805
Violations, penalties, 703.380, 704.640
Water conservation plans, adoption, 704.662-704.6624
Water meters, installation in cities and towns, 704.230
Water rights, sale or lease to utility
County authority, 244.279
Department of Transportation Board of Directors, authority, 408.146
Waterworks (See WATER SYSTEMS)
Weeds, control of noxious weeds, 555.150-555.201
WATER CONSERVANCY DISTRICTS (For general provisions, see DISTRICTS)
Acquisition of works, 541.340
Artificial lakes or streams, water supply by district in populous counties, 541.207
Boundaries, 541.080, 541.310, 541.320
Businesses, procedure for adoption of rules affecting, 237.030-237.150
Carson Water Subconservancy District, Special & Local Acts Volume pp. 453-457
Contingency Account, distribution to protect water right or supply from out-of-state challenge, 538.650
Contracts for use of water, 541.260, 541.270
Dedication of right to appropriate water, requirements, exceptions, 278.5691, 533.565
Definitions, 541.020
Directors
Appointment, 541.100
Bylaws, 541.140
Compensation, 541.110
Meetings, ch. 241, 541.080, 541.100
Oaths, 541.110
Quorum, 541.120
Regulations concerning projects, 541.145
Reports, 541.100
Vacancies, 541.100
Divisions, 541.050
Eminent domain power, 37.015, 541.140
Employees (See also DISTRICTS)
Establishment, 541.050-541.090
Exclusion of lands, 541.320
Inclusion of lands, 541.310
Indebtedness
Procedure for creation, 541.340-541.370
Investments, 99.070, 355.165-355.177, 541.140
Irrigation districts, name, 539.060
Judicial determinations, ch. 43, 541.380
Jurisdiction of district courts, 541.040, 541.380-541.400
Legislative declaration, 541.030
Name, 541.080
Natural Resources, Joint Interim Standing Committee on, powers and duties of Subcommittee on Public Lands, 218E.525
Office, 541.080
Plan of water conservation, 540.121-540.151
President, selection, 541.110
Seal, 541.110
Sinking fund, 541.280
Special assessments, 541.160, 541.180-541.220, 541.240, 541.250
Subdistricts, 541.150
Taxes, levy and collection, 541.160, 541.170, 541.230-541.270
United States, contracts with authorized, 541.330
Vegetative cover in forests, on rangelands and on watershed land, contracts with State Forester Firewarden, 472.043
Building codes, requirements, 278.582
Colorado River Water Act, Conservation of, Special & Local Acts Volume pp. 459-463
Flood management projects, inclusion of conservation projects, 244A.0297, 268.691
Las Vegas Valley Groundwater Basin, management, Special & Local Acts Volume pp. 531-536
Local committee or task force on sustainable energy, duties, 278.02081
Local government purchasing, contracts for operating cost-savings measures, 332.300-332.440
Manufactured buildings, requirements, 461.175
Manufactured or mobile homes, requirements, 489.706
Master plans to include conservation plans, 278.160
Projects for recharge, storage and recovery of water (See WATER)
Public buildings, requirements, 338.193
Regional development authorities, conservation plans, 231.054
State buildings or other projects, adoption of standards and guidelines relating to efficient use of water, 341.091
State purchasing, contracts for operating cost-savings measures, ch. 333A
Suppliers of water
Adoption of water conservation plans, 540.121-540.151, 704.662-704.6624
Grants for capital improvements to publicly owned water systems, 349.980-349.987
Pricing, legislative declaration, 540.011
Recovery of costs associated with conservation plan, 704.663
Urban and Community Forestry Program, 528.131-528.138
Waste of water
City ordinance may prohibit, 268.411
County ordinance may prohibit, 244.3665
Definition, 534.0165
Flood control districts, power to prevent waste, 543.360, 543.410
Legislative declaration, 534.020
Natural Resources, Joint Interim Standing Committee on, powers and duties of Subcommittee on Public Lands, 218E.525
Oil wells, contamination or waste of water, 522.040
Penalties, 533.480, 533.481, 534.070, 534.190, 534.193
Unlawful acts, 533.460, 533.463, 534.070, 534.190
Water meters (See WATER METERS)
Water Planning Section of Division of Water Resources, duties, 540.051
WaterSense program, compliance with federal law, 278.582, 338.193, 461.175, 489.706
WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICTS (See also IRRIGATION DISTRICTS)
Conservation of water generally, ch. 548
WATER DISTRICTS (For general provisions, see DISTRICTS)
Businesses, procedure for adoption of rules affecting, 237.030-237.150
Capital improvements, grants, 349.980-349.987
Carey Act lands, ch. 324
Community gardens and urban farms, provision of water to, requirements, 244.291, 268.0191
Conservation of water, 540.121-540.151
Contingency Account, distribution to protect water right or supply from out-of-state challenge, 538.650
Dedication of right to appropriate water, requirements, exceptions, 278.5691, 533.565
Emergency response plans and vulnerability assessments, duties, 239C.270
General improvement districts (See GENERAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS)
Las Vegas Valley Water District (See LAS VEGAS VALLEY WATER DISTRICT)
Lincoln County Water District, Special & Local Acts Volume pp. 505-510
Moapa Valley Water District
Generally, Special & Local Acts Volume pp. 515-521
Public works laws, certain provisions inapplicable, 338.1385, 338.143
Natural Resources, Joint Interim Standing Committee on, powers and duties of Subcommittee on Public Lands, 218E.525
Nye County Water District, Special & Local Acts Volume pp. 523-529
Resource plans, development and maintenance by cities and counties, exception, 278.0228
Safe drinking water, financial assistance, 349.980-349.987, 445A.200-445A.295
Sale or lease of water rights, 533.560
Special District Control Law, applicability, 308.020
State
Advisory boards, appointment and meetings, 533.300
Budgets, preparation by State Engineer, 533.280, 533.285
Commissioners, appointment, 533.270
Creation by State Engineer, 533.300
Refunds to water users of Carson River, 533.540
Tax for infrastructure, ch. 377B
Virgin Valley Water District
Generally, Special & Local Acts Volume pp. 551-562
Natural Resources, Joint Interim Standing Committee on, powers and duties of Subcommittee on Public Lands, 218E.525
Public works laws, certain provisions inapplicable, 338.1385, 338.143
Water conservancy district assessments, water district property exempt, 541.250
WATER IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS (See also IRRIGATION DISTRICTS)
Tax for infrastructure, ch. 377B
Cities and towns, installation in, 704.230
Company towns, charges, 704.940
Damage or theft of property of public utility, penalties, remedies, 704.800, 704.805
Domestic wells, installation, 534.193
Manufactured home parks, requirements, 118B.140, 461A.230, 704.940
Subdivision of land, submission of plans for installation, 278.385
Water conservation plans, contents, 540.141
WATER PLANNING, DIVISION OF (See CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES, STATE DEPARTMENT OF)
WATER POLLUTION (See also ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION)
Actions to enforce laws and regulations, 41.540-41.570
Analysis of water
Hazardous waste or regulated substances, detection of presence, 445A.427, 459.501
Laboratories, certification, duties, penalties, 445A.425, 445A.428, 445A.863, 445A.943, 445A.952
Nevada System of Higher Education, 396.620-396.660
Standards for certification of laboratories, 445A.425, 445A.428
Transfer of real property, performance of analysis, 445A.863, 445A.943, 445A.952
Boats, penalties for unlawful discharge of sewage, 488.320
City Economic Development Revenue Bond Law, 268.512-268.568
Coal-fired electric generating plants, remediation, 704.7318
County Economic Development Revenue Bond Law, 244A.669-244A.763
County Sewage and Wastewater Law, 244A.455-244A.573
Crematories, use of alkaline hydrolysis, 451.637
Cyanide ponds, permit requirements, penalty for violation, 502.390
Fish
Deposit of substances deleterious to fish unlawful, 503.430
Killing with toxicants, permit to Department of Wildlife, 445A.615
Flood control districts, power to prevent pollution, 543.410
General improvement districts, tests of discharge of pollutants, 318.140
Highways, prohibited discharges, remedies, 408.441-408.451
Hydraulic fracturing, assessment and disclosure program, 522.119
Impure water, furnishing for public use unlawful, 445A.015
Industrial waste, control of discharges, 350.370
Infrastructure Bank, Nevada State, financing of certain projects, 226.700-226.832
Inspectors of solid waste management, authority to issue citations, 171.17751
Lake Tahoe watershed protection
Construction permits required, 445A.170
Inspections, enforcement of regulations, 445A.180
Pollution of waters prohibited, 445A.175, 445A.185
Sewage, discharge prohibited, 445A.175, 445A.185
Unlawful acts, penalties, 445A.190
Master plans, inclusion of provisions for prevention and control of pollution, 278.160
Mining waste, control of discharges, 350.370
Natural gas electric generating plants, remediation, 704.7318
Nevada Water Pollution Control Law
Administration, 445A.440, 445A.720
Administrative fees, 445A.430
Attorney General, duties, 445A.670
Definitions, 445A.310-445A.420
Diffuse sources
Availability of information to public upon request, 445A.572
Controls for sources, conditions, 445A.570
Definition, 445A.335
Plans, recommendations and policies, 445A.572
Remedies for violations, 445A.680
Division of Environmental Protection
Disqualification of Administrator, grounds, 445A.460
Powers and duties may be delegated from Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, 445A.450
Effluent limitations, 445A.355, 445A.525, 445A.530
Federal licenses, permits and certification, 445A.620
Fees, 445A.430
Hazardous wastes (See Radioactive or hazardous wastes, this subhead)
Health, State Board of, receipt of notice, 445A.425
Hearings
Appeal of revocation, modification or suspension of permit, 445A.610
Application for permit, 445A.595
Federal licenses, permits and certification, 445A.620
Procedure, 445A.715
Injection of fluid through well
Pollutants, definition excludes injected fluids, 445A.400
Radioactive or toxic waste prohibited, 445A.490
Regulation, 445A.425, 445A.445, 445A.450, 445A.465-445A.515
Inspections, 445A.655
Killing of fish with toxicants, issuance of permit to Department of Wildlife, 445A.615
Legislative declaration, 445A.305
Municipality, authority to recover costs of sewage treatment or to refuse to receive wastes, 445A.650
Permits
Conditions, 445A.515
Definitions, 445A.360, 445A.365, 445A.385
Federal permits, 445A.620
General permits, 445A.360, 445A.475
Individual permits, 445A.365, 445A.480
Infiltration of contaminants to underground water, reports, 445A.505
Issuance, conditions, 445A.490, 445A.500, 445A.505
Notice, hearing on application, 445A.590, 445A.595
Radioactive or hazardous wastes, underground disposal, 445A.625-445A.645
Reapplication required on new or increased discharge, 445A.505
Requirement, 445A.465
Revocation, modification or suspension, 445A.600-445A.610
Temporary permits, 445A.485
Term, renewal, 445A.495
Planning program, 445A.580
Point source defined, 445A.395
Radioactive or hazardous wastes
Discharge into waters of State, prohibition, 445A.490, 445A.575
Laboratories for detection of wastes, 445A.425-445A.428
Permit for underground disposal, 445A.625-445A.645
Records and reports
Confidentiality of certain information, 445A.665
Discharges, report required, 445A.660
False information, furnishing unlawful, 445A.710
Infiltration of contaminants to underground water, 445A.505
Inspection, 445A.655
Public access, 445A.665
Tampering with monitoring device unlawful, 445A.710
Regulations, 445A.425-445A.435, 445A.730
State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
Compliance orders, 445A.690
Disqualification of Director, grounds, 445A.455
Independent investigations before determination to take corrective action, 445A.707
Powers and duties, regulations, 445A.445, 445A.450, 445A.580
Water pollution control agency, designation as, 445A.440
State Environmental Commission (See also ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION, STATE)
Powers and duties, 445A.425
Regulations, 445A.730
Water quality standards, establishment, 445A.520
Toxic wastes (See Radioactive or hazardous wastes, this subhead)
Treatment works
Account to Finance the Construction of Treatment Works, creation and use, 445A.060-445A.160
County facilities, acquisition and construction, 704.664-704.6646
Definitions, 445A.065-445A.115, 445A.410
Drones, operation near certain facilities, prohibited acts, penalty, 493.109
Environmental assessment, preparation and review, 445A.160
Environmental Commission, State, regulations, 445A.135
Excise tax on use of water for costs of new facilities, 244.3661, 268.4112, 704.664-704.6646
Gifts and grants, acceptance authorized, 445A.125
Legislative declaration, 445A.060
Loans to local governments, requirements, 445A.140, 445A.145
Permits (See also Permits, this subhead)
Requirement, 445A.585
Pollutants, increase or introduction in system, 445A.505
Pollution control project defined, 445A.110
Public utilities, use of facilities by local governments, 704.235
Veterans certified as plant operators, collection of data, reports, 417.0194
Violations
Civil penalties, 445A.700
Compliance orders, 445A.690
Criminal penalties, 445A.705
Furnishing false information or tampering with devices, 445A.710
Injunctive relief, 445A.695
Water quality standards
Definition, 445A.420
Establishment by State Environmental Commission, 445A.520
Protection of waters of higher quality, 445A.565
Oil wells, 522.040
Package plants for sewage treatment (See SEWAGE DISPOSAL)
Property tax exemption for water pollution control devices, 361.077
Public water systems
Administrative fines for violations, 445A.950, 445A.952
Advisory board regarding certification of operators, composition, 445A.870
Analysis of water, requirements, laboratories, 445A.863, 445A.943, 445A.952
Cease and desist, orders to, 445A.943, 445A.950, 445A.952
Civil penalties for violations, 445A.950, 445A.952
Construction, operation and maintenance of system, 445A.860, 445A.943, 445A.950
Cooperative agreements, 445A.865
Criminal penalties for violations, 445A.955
Declaration of state policy, 445A.800
Definitions, 445A.200-445A.250, 445A.805-445A.850
District board of health, powers and duties, 445A.925
Emergency orders, public warnings, 445A.930, 445A.950
Imminent hazards, 445A.930
Injunctions, 445A.945, 445A.950, 445A.952
Investigations and inspections, 445A.925
Nonemergency orders by Division, issuance, 445A.943, 445A.950, 445A.952
Operators, certification, 445A.870-445A.880, 445A.950
Plans and specifications of system, review and approval, 445A.920
Public Utilities Commission of Nevada, participation in hearings, 445A.935
Regulations
Construction, operation and maintenance of system, 445A.860, 445A.943, 445A.950
Drinking water standards, 445A.855, 445A.950
Enforcement, 445A.925
Operators, certification, 445A.880, 445A.950
Variances, exemptions, 445A.935, 445A.950
Safe Drinking Water Act, financial assistance, 349.980-349.987, 445A.200-445A.295
Standards for drinking water, 445A.855, 445A.950
State Environmental Commission, powers and duties, 445A.855-445A.870, 445A.880, 445A.925
Suppliers of water
Notifications to Division of Environmental Protection, district boards of health and users, 445A.940, 445A.950
Variance, application for, 445A.935, 445A.950
Systems constructed after June 30, 1991, requirements, 445A.885-445A.915
Renewable energy facilities, remediation, 704.7318
Sawdust, prevention of pollution by, 244.365
Self-audits, effect, presumptions, burden of proof, 445C.010-445C.120
Solid waste disposal, 361.610, 444.440-444.620
Treatment of water, federal defense public works law, 268.450
Underground water, Legislative declaration, 534.020
Urban and Community Forestry Program, 528.131-528.138
Vessels, penalties for unlawful discharge of sewage, 488.320
Washoe County, remediation of quality of water, 540A.250-540A.285
Wildlife, deposit of substances deleterious to wildlife unlawful, 503.430
Zoning regulations to be designed to preserve water resources, 278.250
Account for Financing Water Projects, creation, 349.952
Board for Financing Water Projects
Administrative Procedure Act, ch. 233B
Audits by Legislative Auditor, 232B.235
Budget
Base budgets, fundamental review, 218E.435-218E.450
State Budget Act, 353.150-353.246
Chair, 349.959
Creation, 349.957
Criminal actions in which position of State vexatious, frivolous or in bad faith, award of attorney’s fees and litigation expenses to prevailing party, 41.0393
Gifts or grants, authority to accept, 353.335-353.339, 534.360
Grant program, administration, 349.982
Internet website, duties, immunities, 237.360, 239.008, 239B.050, 239B.060
Legislative review of public agencies, ch. 232B
Members, ch. 232A, 349.957, 349.958
Payments of money for services provided by agency, procedures, 353.146-353.148
Preliminary plans for water projects, preparation, approval, 349.960, 349.961
Records official, designation, duties, 239.008
Sovereign immunity waived, 41.0305-41.039
State Engineer may advise, 349.960
Sunset Subcommittee, review of Board, 232B.220-232B.250
Vacancies, 232A.020
Water Planning Section of Division of Water Resources to provide assistance, 540.051
Water Rights Technical Support Account, administration, 534.360
Capital improvements to publicly owned water systems, grants for, 349.980-349.987
City Bond Law, 268.672-268.740
County Bond Law, 244A.011-244A.065
Exemption of water projects from other statutory requirements, exception, 349.956
Faith of State pledged, 349.955
Fees charged against obligor, 349.951
Form and terms of bonds, 349.949
Infrastructure projects to support development of qualified projects, 360.981-360.992
Issuance of state securities or revenue bonds, limitation, payment, 349.950
Legislative declaration, 349.950
Limitation of actions, 349.954
Local Government Securities Law, 350.500-350.720
Preliminary plan for project, approval, 349.961
Prerequisites for financing, 349.948
Safe Drinking Water Act, assistance to public water systems, 349.980-349.987, 445A.200-445A.295
State Engineer, advisory assistance, 349.960
WATER RESOURCES, DIVISION OF (See CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES, STATE DEPARTMENT OF)
WATER RIGHTS AND APPROPRIATION OF PUBLIC WATERS (See also WATER)
Abandonment of rights, 533.060, 533.087, 534.090
Adjudication of vested water rights
1913, rights vested before unimpaired, 533.085
Actions to determine rights, admissibility of maps, plats and surveys, 533.250
Adjudication Emergency Account, 532.200
Adjudication other than by State Engineer’s determination
Actions to determine rights, 533.240
Administration of stream system by State Engineer, 533.310-533.320
Transfer to State Engineer for determination, 533.240
Appeals by State Engineer, 533.455
Budgets for adjudicated stream systems or water districts, 533.280, 533.285, 533.320
Certificates of water rights, issuance after final determination, 533.265
Conveyance of land, presumption of conveyance of water rights with, 111.167
Distribution of water by State Engineer, 533.305
Ditches, investigation of flow by State Engineer, 533.100
Enforcement of orders or decisions by State Engineer, 533.220
Engineer for supervision of stream systems, appointment, 533.275
Federal reclamation projects, priority of water rights, 533.037
Fees of State Engineer, 533.135
Headgates, regulation by State Engineer, 533.305
Hydrographic surveys
Expenses defined to include surveys, 533.295
Investigation of flow of stream and ditches, 533.100
Payment of certain costs in judicial proceedings, 533.315
Preparation of surveys, 533.100, 533.105, 533.240, 533.310
State Engineer, duties, 533.100, 533.105, 533.240, 533.310
Injunctions, 533.482
Intervention by unserved interested person, 533.130
Judicial review of State Engineer’s orders and decisions, 533.450
Maps, authority of State Engineer to dispense with preparation, 533.105
Notice of entry of order and of pendency of proceedings, 533.095, 533.215
Order of State Engineer for determination of relative rights, 533.090
Orders of determination
Certification, 533.160
Certified copy filed with clerk of district court, 533.165
Distribution of water under district court supervision, 533.220
District court proceedings
Decrees
Affirmation or modification of State Engineer’s order, 533.185
Certified copy transmitted to State Engineer, 533.225
Finality, modification, 533.210
Distribution of water to be under supervision of court, 533.220
Division of water by State Engineer, 533.230
Enforcement of order or decision of State Engineer, 533.220
Exceptions to order of determination, 533.170
Experts, employment by court, 533.175
Findings of fact, 533.170
Maps, plats and surveys
Admissibility in evidence, 533.250
Revised map to conform to court decree, court may require, 533.185
New trial, motion for, 533.205
Pleadings, 533.170
Procedure, 533.170
Reference to State Engineer for further evidence, 533.180
Service of proposed findings, decree, 533.170
Successor judge, powers, 533.195
Time for hearing, order setting, 533.165
Entry by State Engineer, 533.160
Filing of orders with district court, 533.165, 533.215
Legal effect, 533.160
Service of copies, 533.160, 533.165, 533.215
Show cause orders, petition by State Engineer, 533.220
Stay on filing of bond, 533.235
Waiver of notices by claimants or appropriators, 533.215
Petition for determination of relative rights, 533.090
Preliminary order of determination, 533.140-533.155
Proofs as to rights
Abstract of proofs, preparation and printing, 533.140
Blueprints attached to forms by claimants, 533.260
Certification of claimants’ statements, 533.120
Claimant of vested water right, requirement to submit proof of claim, 533.087
Commencement of taking of proofs, 533.125, 533.215
Defective proof of appropriation or map, correction, 533.125
Failure to file, effect, 533.087
Form of proof of appropriation, 533.115
Forms for claimants’ statements provided by State Engineer, 533.115, 533.120
Maps to accompany proofs, 533.115, 533.125
Neglect or refusal to make proofs, procedures upon, 533.125
Nonreappointment of right to use, proofs, 533.060
Notice of commencement of taking of proofs, 533.095, 533.215
Streams or stream systems
Administration of stream system by State Engineer, 533.310-533.320
Hydrographic surveys (See Hydrographic surveys, this subhead)
Investigation of flow by State Engineer, 533.100
Stream measurements, authority of State Engineer to dispense with, 533.105
Underground water, 534.100
United States Geological Survey, use of data compiled by, 533.105
Water commissioners, 533.270, 533.305
Water District Account, 533.290, 533.295, 533.320
Water districts
Advisory board, appointment and meetings, 533.300
Creation by State Engineer, 533.300
Adverse possession, acquisition of prescriptive right impermissible, 533.060
Agricultural water rights, temporary conversion for certain purposes, 533.0243
Appropriation of public waters
1913, rights vested before unimpaired, 533.085
Agricultural water rights, temporary conversion for certain purposes, 533.0243
Applications for permits to appropriate, change use of or divert water
Approval, 533.365, 533.370, 533.3705, 533.372, 533.375
Colorado River, procedure, 538.171
Consumptive use of water right or proposed beneficial use of water, consideration, 533.3703
Conveyance of application, requirements, 533.382-533.387
Conveyance of land, presumption of conveyance of application with, 111.167
Defective application, 533.355
Endorsement of approval, requirements, regulation, 533.380
Fees, 533.435
Fire-resistant vegetative cover, water to establish, 533.436
Initial quantity of water approved, limitation, action on other applications, 533.3705
Irrigation purposes, priority among applications from same basin, 533.357
Limitations, 533.330
Maps and other data to accompany applications, 533.350
Notice, contents and publication, 533.360
Outside boundaries of State, conditions, 533.520
Protests by interested persons, procedure, 533.365, 533.370
Qualified projects, expedited determination of water rights in area of, 360.992
Recording, 533.355
Rejection, 533.355, 533.370-533.375
Requirement, 533.325
Temporary changes, 533.345
Water already appropriated, definition, 533.324
Beneficial use required, 533.030
Certificates of appropriation, 533.425, 533.430
Colorado River waters, procedure, 538.171
Counties
County commissioners to be notified of application to use water in county other than that in which appropriated, 533.363
Monitoring, management and mitigation plans, participation, 533.353
Relinquishment of certain dedicated rights, 534.350
Sale or lease of water rights to public utilities, 244.279
Dams, permit requirements, 535.010
Dedication of right to appropriate water, suppliers of water, 278.5691, 533.565
Developed shortage supply or intentionally created surplus, use of certain water for, 533.030
Dissolved mineral resource exploration projects, 534B.110
Energy for export, use of water to generate, 533.372
Environmental permits, procedures, restrictions, 533.437-533.4377
Federal agency, procedure, 328.065-328.135
Fees of State Engineer, 533.364, 533.435
Fire-resistant vegetative cover, water to establish, 472.040, 533.024, 533.436
Flood control districts, 543.410, 543.430
Geothermal exploration, 534A.040
Groundwater
Acquisition, generally, 534.080
Counties, right to appropriate water that is dedicated and relinquished, 534.350
Determinations of State Engineer, 534.110
Geothermal resources, applicability of laws, 534A.040
Irrigation purposes, priorities, 533.357
Permit required before sinking well in designated groundwater basin, 534.050
Replacement well, procedures, 534.065
Guzzlers, laws inapplicable to de minimus collection of precipitation in certain guzzlers, 533.027
Highway construction, temporary use of water, 534.050
Injunctions, 533.482
Interbasin transfers of groundwater, requirements for, 533.364, 533.370
Intercounty or interstate transfers, fees, mitigation of effects, 533.438, 533.4385
Interference unlawful, 535.090
Interstate streams, 533.524
Irrigation
Priority among applications from same basin, 533.357
State Engineer, duties concerning diversion and storage, 533.070
Irrigation districts, 539.230
Judicial review of State Engineer’s orders and decisions, 533.450
Legislative declaration, 533.024
Livestock watering (See also LIVESTOCK)
Migratory bird refuges, acquisition of land for, 328.195
Mineral exploration, temporary use of water, 534.050
Monitoring, management and mitigation plans, development, approval, 533.353
Obstructions unlawful, 535.090
Permits
Cancellation, 533.390, 533.395, 533.410
Colorado River water, 538.171
Conveyance of land, presumption of conveyance of permit with, 111.167
Conveyance of permit, form, acknowledgment and recording, 533.382-533.387
Determinations by State Engineer, 533.070
Diversion point located outside Nevada, 533.515
Environmental permits, 533.437-533.4377
Existing rights, subject to, 533.430
Proof of beneficial status, 533.400-533.415
Statements of work progress to be filed, 533.390
Time for completion of work and application of water to beneficial use, 533.380
Use outside State, application, approval and conditions, 533.520
Precipitation, rooftop collection from single-family dwelling, applicability of appropriation laws, 533.027
Quantity limited to amount reasonably required for beneficial use, 533.070
Recreational purposes, 533.030
Rooftop of single-family dwelling, provisions inapplicable to de minimus collection of precipitation from, 533.027
Special Account for Studies Concerning Water, 533.369
Studies and inventories, 532.165, 533.364, 533.368, 533.369
Time for completion of work and application of water to beneficial use, 533.380
Underground waters, 534.050, 534.080, 534.110, 534A.040
Wildlife, access to water customarily used required, exception, 533.367
Beneficial use of water
Appropriation for, 533.030
Appurtenance to place of use, exceptions, 533.040, 533.060
Basis of right to use water, 533.035
Limit of right to use water, 533.035
Livestock watering, 533.490
Measure of right to use water, 533.035
Proof required for appropriation, 533.400, 533.405
Public use, 533.050
Quantity appropriated limited to amount reasonably required for beneficial use, 533.070
Recreational purposes, 533.030
Removal of water to alleviate hazards caused by secondary recharge, 534.025
Rotation authorized, 533.075
District court water judges, specialized education and designation, S.C.R. 18
Forfeiture of rights, 534.090
Grants for protection and enhancement of existing rights, 534.360
Land use planning, retention and detention of stormwater in certain counties, certain laws inapplicable, 533.028
Mapping of water rights statewide, program, 532.165
Sale or lease of right
By public body, procedures, 533.550, 533.560
Dedicated rights, restrictions, 533.565
Lease to political subdivision for municipal use, assessment of certain appurtenant property as open space, ch. 361A
Surveyors
Appointment, qualifications and compensation, 533.080
Certificates and examinations, 533.080
Penalty for swearing to false information, 533.420
Water Rights Technical Support Account, creation, administration, uses, 534.360
WATER SKIING (See also BOATS AND BOATING)
Prohibited acts, 488.400
Regulation, 488.570
Assessments by Public Utilities Commission, 703.145, 704.033, 704.035
Certificates of public convenience and necessity, municipal utilities exempt, 704.340
Cities (See also CITIES—Water and sewer facilities)
City Bond Law, water project defined, 268.728
Delinquent charges, collection on tax roll, 268.043
Excise tax on use of water for costs of new facilities, 268.4112
Franchises, provision of services, 268.081, 268.083
Map or model of infrastructure prohibited, requests for information restricted, 268.414
Powers generally, 266.261, 266.285-266.293, 268.4102
Public utility facilities, use for treatment, transportation or exchange of water, 704.235
Community gardens and urban farms, provision of water to, 244.291, 268.0191
Computer crimes causing service disruption, penalty, 205.477, 205.492
Cooperative agreements concerning, 277.060, 277.0705-277.0755
Counties (See also COUNTIES—Water and sewer facilities)
County Bond Law, 244A.011-244A.065
Delinquent charges or repayments, collection on tax roll, 244.36605
Excise tax on use of water for costs of new facilities, 244.3661, 704.664-704.6646
Financial assistance to persons to connect to public system, 244.3651, 244.36605, 244A.0505, 244A.056, 350.2011
Franchises, provision of services, 244.187, 244.188
Map or model of infrastructure prohibited, requests for information restricted, 244.19455
Powers, generally, 244.3655, 244.366
Public utility facilities, use for treatment, transportation or exchange of water, 704.235
Disaster Relief Account, grants and loans to state and local agencies, 353.2705-353.2771
Ditches (See DITCHES)
Drones, operation near certain facilities, prohibited acts, penalty, 493.109
Emergency response plans and vulnerability assessments of utilities, preparation and maintenance, 239C.270
Eminent domain powers, 533.050
Federal Government, contracts with municipalities to undertake project, 267.450-267.530
Federal loans or grants, acceptance authorized, 268.450
Financing of water projects, 349.935-349.961
Flood damage, loan to political subdivision for repairs, 543.150
Fluoridation of water, 445A.015-445A.055
Impact fees for water projects, ch. 278B
Impure water, furnishing for public use unlawful, 445A.015
Infrastructure Bank, Nevada State, financing of certain projects, 226.700-226.832
Lake Tahoe watershed, construction permit required, 445A.170
Local improvements, ch. 271
Manufactured home parks, reports and tests regarding water quality, 118B.077
Map or model of infrastructure by local governmental entities prohibited, requests for information restricted, 244.19455, 268.414, 277A.265
Marlette Lake (See MARLETTE LAKE WATER SYSTEM)
Natural Resources, Joint Interim Standing Committee on, powers and duties of Subcommittee on Public Lands, 218E.525
Nonprofit associations or cooperative corporations, grants for capital improvements, 349.980-349.987
Plans for conservation of water, 540.121-540.151, 704.662-704.6624
Public utilities (See WATER COMPANIES)
Public water systems
Acquisition or expansion of utilities by local governments, 360.800-360.840
Capital improvements, grants, 349.980-349.987
Counties, sale or lease of water rights to public utilities, 244.279
Credits for addition of new customers to system, 534.350
Mandatory connection to public system
Domestic wells, grants to cover costs, 349.981
Users of certain water systems, 244.3655, 268.4102
Safe Drinking Water Act, financial assistance, 349.980-349.987, 445A.200-445A.295
Subdivision of land, review of maps by water supplier, 278.3355, 278.347, 278.349, 278.3765
Water pollution (See WATER POLLUTION)
Southern Nevada Water System, Special & Local Acts Volume pp. 537-549
Tax for infrastructure, ch. 377B
Tax increment areas, ch. 278C
Tourism improvement districts, ch. 271A
Town water systems (See TOWNS)
Water meters (See WATER METERS)
WATER TREATMENT WORKS (See WATER POLLUTION—Nevada Water Pollution Control Law)
WATERCRAFT (For specific provisions, see BOATS AND BOATING)
Generally, ch. 488
WATERFOWL (See also BIRDS)
Federal migratory bird hunting stamps, requirement, 503.135
Hunting and fishing licenses and permits, deposit and use of percentage of fees for waterfowl projects, 502.310, 502.322
Live wildlife, unlawful to possess without license, 504.295
Waterholes, unlawful to camp in manner denying waterfowl access, 503.660
Wildlife refuges, federal acquisition of land for, 328.195
Appropriation of public water, approval or rejection of application to use water to generate energy for export, 533.372
Building design and construction, allowances for renewable energy sources, 701.220
Colorado River Commission (See COLORADO RIVER COMMISSION OF NEVADA)
Construction codes and energy codes, adoption and enforcement, 278.581
Eminent domain, water for generation and transmission of electricity, 37.010
Master plans, contents of conservation plan, 278.160
Net metering systems, 701.240, 701.380, 704.766-704.776
Nevada Clean Energy Fund, 701B.930-701B.995
Office of Energy, creation, powers and duties, 701.150-701.180
Optional pricing program for electricity generated from renewable energy, 704.736, 704.738
Portfolio standard for provider of electric service, 704.7801-704.7828
Renewable energy generally (See RENEWABLE ENERGY)
State energy plan, 701.190, 701.200
State policy on energy, 701.010
Tax exemption or abatement
Qualified systems for heating, cooling or providing electricity to buildings, 701A.200
Renewable energy facilities, 701A.300-701A.390
Water conservancy districts, generation and distribution of electricity, 541.140, 541.300
Waterpower Energy Systems Demonstration Program
Administration, duty of utility, 701B.830
Annual plans, 701B.005, 701B.850
Applications to participate, 701B.007
Capacity goals and incentives, establishment, 701B.840
Categories of participation, 701B.820
Certification of compliance, 701B.865
Construction of waterpower energy system, authorization, 701B.865
Costs, recovery by utility, 701B.860
Creation, 701B.820
Definitions, 701B.003, 701B.710-701B.810
Incentive
Amount, determination, 701B.865
Claim form and supporting information, submission, 701B.865
Eligibility, 701B.880
Forfeiture, 701B.865
Net metering, participation, 701B.880
Participation, eligibility for, 701B.820
Performance-based incentives, 701B.005
Portfolio energy credits, issuance, 701B.870
Regulations, 701B.820, 701B.840, 701B.865
Selection and notification of participants, 701B.865
Withdrawal of participant, 701B.865
Building codes, standards for plumbing fixtures in certain structures, 278.582
Manufactured buildings, minimal standards for plumbing fixtures, 461.175
Mobile and manufactured homes, minimal standards for plumbing fixtures, 489.706
Public works, standards for plumbing fixtures, 338.193
Additional penalty when used in commission of crime, 193.165, 193.169
Armed associations, Governor’s permission required, exceptions, 203.080
Arrest, taking weapons from arrested person, 171.146
Assault with deadly weapon, penalty, 200.471
Battery with deadly weapon, penalty, 200.481
Billy clubs, blackjacks or brass knuckles
Manufacture, sale or possession prohibited, 202.350
Prisoners, possession or control prohibited, 212.185
School property, possession, penalties, 202.265
Burglary, penalty for possession or gaining possession of deadly weapon, 205.060
Child care facilities, possession of certain weapons restricted, 202.265
Concealed weapons
Carrying without permit unlawful, exceptions, 202.350
Domestic violence, carrying without permit may constitute act of, 33.018
Firearms, permits for, 202.3653-202.369
Confiscation and disposition by law enforcement agencies, 202.340
Criminal suspects, stopping and searching, 171.1232, 484A.7033
Deadly missiles, throwing unlawful, 202.280, 202.290
Deadly weapon defined, 193.165
Drawing weapon in threatening manner, 202.320
Drones, prohibited acts, penalties, 493.106
Duel resulting in death, penalty, 200.410
Escape by use of deadly weapon, 62B.400, 212.090, 212.100
Evidence in court, viewing and photographing, S.C.R. Part XI
Felony, search of person charged with felony, 179.065
Fight involving use of deadly weapon, penalty, 200.450
Firearms (See FIREARMS)
Forfeiture of property used in commission of certain crimes, 179.121
High-risk behavior, acts which constitute, protection orders against, 33.550-33.670
Hoax substances, unlawful acts, penalty, 202.4432, 202.449
Importation of certain weapons unlawful, 202.350
Invasion of the home, penalty for possession or gaining possession of weapon, 205.067
Juvenile detention facilities, escape with use of deadly weapon, 62B.400
Knives (See KNIVES)
Lethal agents, toxins and delivery systems, use as weapon prohibited, 202.446
Manufacture of certain weapons unlawful, 202.350
Mass destruction (See WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION)
Metal knuckles (See Billy clubs, blackjacks or brass knuckles, this heading)
Natural substances used for defense, 202.370
Nevada System of Higher Education, possession of dangerous weapons on property or in vehicle prohibited, exceptions, 202.265, 202.3673, 396.110
Nunchaku (See NUNCHAKU)
Peace officers, authority to possess or carry concealed or dangerous weapons, 202.350
Peeping Toms, prohibited acts, penalty, 200.603
Possessing or lending dangerous weapons unlawful, 202.350
Prisoners
Furnishing weapon or facsimile to unlawful, 212.160
Possession of dangerous weapon prohibited, 212.185
Rescuing prisoner with use of dangerous weapon, penalty, 199.100
Probation
Disposal of weapons as condition of probation, 176A.400
Prohibited when deadly weapon used in commission of crime, 193.165
Seizure, custody, use and sale by probation officers, 213.10985
Racketeering, crimes related to, 207.360
Registration of persons convicted of crimes related to deadly weapons, ch. 179C
Rescue of prisoner, punishment for using deadly weapon, 199.100
Resisting officer, punishment for using deadly weapon, 199.280
Right to keep and bear arms, Art. 1 § 11
Sand-club or sandbag
Manufacture, sale or possession prohibited, 202.350
Prisoners, possession or control prohibited, 212.185
School property, possession, penalties, 202.265
School property or school vehicle
Challenge schools, grounds for removal of pupil, procedure, 388D.355
Criminal penalties for possession while on school property, 202.265, 393.410
Forfeiture of property used in commission of certain crime, 179.121
Loitering or trespassing on school property with dangerous weapon, penalty, 393.410
Nuisance on school property with dangerous weapon, penalty, 393.410
Simulating dangerous weapon or wearing certain clothing or accessories, discipline restricted, 392.4634
Suspension or expulsion, grounds, 392.466
Selling or giving away dangerous weapons unlawful, 202.350
Slungshot
Manufacture, sale or possession prohibited, 202.350
Prisoners, possession or control prohibited, 212.185
School property, possession, penalties, 202.265
Small weapons containing CS tear gas used for defense, 202.375, 202.380
Spring gun or other deadly weapon, setting, 202.255
Stun guns, authorized and prohibited acts, penalties, 202.357
Switchblade knives (See KNIVES)
Swords
Fraternal orders, wearing of swords authorized, 203.080
Use in fighting duel resulting in death, penalty, 200.410
Tear gas bombs (See TEAR GAS BOMBS)
Throwing stars (See TREFOILS)
Tracer or incendiary ammunition, discharge in certain areas unlawful, 476.070
Trefoils (See TREFOILS)
WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION (See also TERRORISM)
Dentists, dental hygienists, dental therapists and expanded function dental assistants, response training, 631.342
Development or possession prohibited, penalty, 202.446
Emergency medical technicians, response training, 450B.180
Forfeiture of property used in commission of crime, 179.121
Hoax substances, unlawful acts, penalty, 202.4432, 202.449
Nurses, response training, 632.343
Physicians, physician assistants and anesthesiologist assistants, response training, 630.253
Racketeering, crimes related to, 207.360
Threats or false information concerning, 202.448
Advisory committees, establishment, 544.080
Clouding seeding, generally, ch. 544
Compacts with other states, 544.080
Construction of laws, 544.230
Cooperative agreements, 244.190, 544.080
Gifts or grants, authority to accept, 353.335-353.339, 544.110
Licenses
Child support obligations, effect, 544.132, 544.134
Criminal history disqualification, petitions to determine, fee, 544.147
Debt owed state agency, effect, 353C.1965, 544.145
Exemptions, 544.130
Fees, 544.140
Internet publication of requirements and list of disqualifying crimes, 544.147
Qualifications, 544.140
Renewal, 353C.1965, 544.132, 544.140, 544.145
Requirement, 544.120
Suspension or revocation, 544.100, 544.134, 544.200, 544.220
Notice of intention, 544.160-544.180
Permits
Conditions for issuance, 544.150
Criminal history disqualification, petitions to determine, fee, 544.147
Exemptions, 544.130
Fees, 544.200
Internet publication of requirements and list of disqualifying crimes, 544.147
Modification, 544.160, 544.220
Proof of financial responsibility, 544.150, 544.190
Requirement, 544.120
Separate permit required for each operation, 544.160
Suspension or revocation, 544.220
Records and reports required of licensees, 544.210
Regulations and orders, 544.080, 544.130, 544.140, 544.150, 544.240
Research programs
Agreements between counties and State, 544.050
County financial participation, 544.040
Desert Research Institute, utilization of facilities, 544.060
Promotion, 544.090
Standards for research, 544.080
State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, authority, 544.030
WEDDING CHAPELS (See MARRIAGE)
WEED CONTROL DISTRICTS (For general provisions, see DISTRICTS)
Action of county commissioners or board of directors, review, 555.208
Assessments of real property in district, reconsideration, 555.215
Board of directors, 555.205-555.208
Boundaries, procedure to change, 555.217
Civil penalty for violations, 555.220
Creation, procedure, 555.203
Legislative declaration, 555.202
Loans, 555.215
Medium-term obligations, 555.215
Pesticides, regulation of application, 555.26155, 555.2657, 555.273
Regulations, 555.209
Special District Control Law, applicability, 308.020
Weed control officer, 555.207, 555.210
WEED KILLERS (See generally PESTICIDES)
Account for the Control of Weeds
Creation, administration, 555.035
Sources, fines for violations
Agricultural products and seeds, 587.900
Animal remedies, veterinary biologics and pharmaceuticals, 577.200
Bees and apiaries, 552.095
Commercial feed, 587.895
Commercial fertilizers and feed, 588.350
Diseases in animals, control and eradication, 571.250
Livestock and farm product dealers, brokers, merchants, buyers and agents, 576.150
Livestock sales, 573.190
Meat, fish, produce, poultry and eggs, 583.700
Nevada Antifreeze Act, 590.450
Pesticides, 586.965
Quarantine of agricultural commodities, 554.235
Rodent control districts, 555.570
Weights and measures, 581.417
Agricultural commodities exposed to or infested with weed seeds, quarantine, 554.020
Noxious weeds
Agricultural police officers, 289.290
Agriculture, State Department of
Agricultural products, program to certify as being free from noxious weeds and propagative parts, 555.010
Director, authority to investigate and control, 555.010
Inspections, notices, 555.100
Laboratories, establishment, use of fees, 561.305, 561.355
Nuisance abatement, 555.110
Plant Health and Compliance, Division of, duties, 561.218
Civil penalties for violations, 555.201
Declaration, limitations, 555.130
Definitions, 555.005
Funds, use, 555.140
General improvement districts, powers, 318.116
Plant Health and Compliance, Division of, funding and expenditures, duties, 375.026, 561.355
Program for the Control of Pests and Plant Diseases, 561.375
Property owners, costs of control constitutes lien, 555.180
Public domain, removal from, reimbursement by Federal Government, 555.200
State Quarantine Officer, powers and duties, 555.130-555.201
Nuisance abatement, 244.3605, 244.3607, 268.019, 268.4122
Quarantine of agricultural commodities, ch. 554
School districts, integrated pest management, 386.422-386.428
Weed control districts (See WEED CONTROL DISTRICTS)
Weed seeds
Commercial feed, adulteration, 587.889
Noxious weed seeds, 587.046, 587.0535, 587.083
Penalty for violations, 587.123
Regulations, 587.083
Screening containing weed seeds, prohibited acts, 587.055, 587.119
Proclamation, 236.073
Pupils, receipt of information during, 388.1395
WEIGHMASTERS, PUBLIC (For specific provisions, see PUBLIC WEIGHMASTERS)
Generally, ch. 582
Administrative appeal of civil penalty, 581.417
Advertising commodities packaged with retail price stated, 581.315
Agricultural police officers, 289.290
Deceptive or unfair dealing, prevention, 581.065
Devices for weighing or measuring
Approval of types and designs, 581.050
Assurance of suitability and accuracy, 581.065, 581.067
Calibration and certification facilities, availability, 581.065
Inspections and tests, 581.067, 581.075
License fees, 581.075
Presumption that device regularly used for business purposes, 581.395
Prohibited acts, penalties, 581.415-581.445
Registration of persons who repair or adjust devices
Child support obligations, effect, 581.1032, 581.1034
Criminal history disqualification, petitions to determine, fee, 581.1033
Debt owed state agency, effect, 353C.1965, 581.1036
Fees for issuance of certificates, 581.075
Internet publication of requirements and list of disqualifying crimes, 581.1033
Issuance of certificates, regulations, 581.050
Requirement, 581.103
Standards for equipment used to repair or adjust devices, 581.050
Sunset Subcommittee, review of restrictions on criminal history of applicants, recommendations, 232B.237, 232B.250
Standards, regulations, 581.050, 581.067
Entry into commercial premises or cannabis establishment for enforcement purposes, 581.057
Equity between buyers and sellers, promotion, 581.065
Exemptions from laws and regulations, 581.067
Fees generally, deposits and expenditures, 561.412
Fertilizers or agricultural minerals, penalty for short weight, 588.290
Field reference standards, establishment and use, presumption, 581.225
Governmental employees, training, 581.067
Injunctions, 581.059
Inspections
Commercial motor vehicles, 581.057
Hindering or obstructing inspection prohibited, penalties, 581.415, 581.445
Weights and measures, 581.067
Investigations, 581.067
Livestock auction scales, inspection and testing, 573.150
Milk and cream, 581.320, 584.255, 584.260, 584.280
Official standards of weights and measures, safekeeping and maintenance, 561.305
Packaging, requirements and exemptions, 581.304-581.320
Point-of-sale systems or cash registers
Accuracy of prices, systems and registers, random tests to determine, adoption of standards, 581.067
Penalties for noncompliance with laws, regulation, 581.067
Prices, determination of accuracy, 581.067
Public weighmasters, ch. 582
Registration of persons repairing or adjusting devices
Child support obligations, effect, 581.1032, 581.1034
Criminal history disqualification, petitions to determine, fee, 581.1033
Debt owed state agency, effect, 353C.1965, 581.1036
Fees for issuance of certificates, 581.075
Internet publication of requirements and list of disqualifying crimes, 581.1033
Issuance of certificates, regulations, 581.050
Requirement, 581.103
Standards for equipment used to repair or adjust devices, 581.050
Sunset Subcommittee, review of restrictions on criminal history of applicants, recommendations, 232B.237, 232B.250
Restraining orders, 581.059
Sales of commodities and services by weight, measure or count
Bulk sales and deliveries, requirements regarding delivery tickets, 581.385
Misrepresentation of quantity or price prohibited, 581.375, 581.377
Presumption that weight or measure, or weighing or measuring device regularly used for business purposes, 581.395
Price and quantity comparisons, provision of information necessary to make, 581.365
Quantity of commodities, standards for determining, 581.365
Seizure of incorrect or unapproved weight, measure, package or commodity, 581.057, 581.067
State Sealer (See MEASUREMENT STANDARDS, STATE SEALER OF)
Stop-use, hold and removal orders, 581.057
Terms and units of weights and measures, regulations, 581.067
Transfer standards, establishment and use, 581.205
Uniformity of laws, promotion, 581.065
Violations
Civil penalties, use of money, 581.067, 581.415, 581.417
Criminal penalties, 581.445
Water, standards of measurement, 533.065
WELFARE (See PUBLIC ASSISTANCE)
WELFARE AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES, DIVISION OF (See HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF)
WELL DRILLERS (See also WELLS)
Advisory Board, 232B.220-232B.250, 534.140, 534.150
Continuing education, 534.140
Definition, 534.017
Dissolved mineral resource exploration wells, requirements, 534B.080
Examination, 534.150
Licenses
Applications, 534.140, 534.146
Criminal history disqualification, petitions to determine, fee, 534.1405
Debt owed state agency, effect, 353C.1965, 534.141
Denial or refusal to renew, child support violations grounds for, 534.142
Examination, 534.150
Expiration, 534.140
Fees, 534.140
Form, 534.140
Internet publication of requirements and list of disqualifying crimes, 534.1405
Nontransferability, 534.140
Renewal, 353C.1965, 534.140-534.142
Requirement, 534.160
Revocation, 534.160
Suspension, 534.144
Logs, 534.170
Penalty for allowing unlicensed person to drill, 534.160
Lawyer wellness programs, S.C.R. 106.5
Major hospitals, sponsorship, 439B.280
Maternal and child health (See generally HEALTH, MATERNAL AND CHILD)
State Program for Wellness and the Prevention of Chronic Disease, 439.514-439.525
Definition, regulation, 629.580
Abandonment of rights, 533.060, 534.090
Adjacent wells, effect of certain wells on, reports to State Engineer, 534.110
Appliances required, 534.060
Artesian wells
Carey Act lands, construction on, 324.120-324.290
Definition, 534.012
Inspections, 534.130
Waste of water unlawful, 534.0165, 534.070, 534.190
Casings, 534.060
Contractors, violation of health and safety laws grounds for disciplinary action, 624.3011
Defective wells, repair, 534.060
Dissolved mineral resources, exploration wells and boreholes, ch. 534B
District court water judges, specialized education and designation, S.C.R. 18
Domestic wells
Abandonment and plugging, 534.125
Accessory dwelling units, regulation of wells for, 534.180
Applicability of underground water law, 534.180
Appropriation of public water (See also WATER)
Critical management areas, restrictions on withdrawal of water, 534.110
Draught not exceeding 2 acre-feet per year, date of priority of use, 534.080
Protest of application by successor in interest, 533.370
Temporary appropriation permits, 534.120, 534.125
Water meters, installation, 534.193
Depth limitations, 534.120
Domestic use and domestic purposes defined, 534.013
Grants for costs of mandatory connection to municipal water system, 349.981
Legislative declaration, 533.024
Parcels served by domestic well, requisites for approval of certain maps, 534.120
Plugging, 349.981, 534.180, 534.350
Public water systems, credits for addition of customers voluntarily ceasing to use wells, 534.350
Repairs, regulation, 534.120, 534.125
Restrictions on drilling, 534.120
Restrictions on withdrawals, limitations, 534.110
Waiver of certain requirements for domestic wells, 534.185
Withdrawals, restrictions to conform to priority rights, requirements, 534.110
Drilling
Critical management areas, restrictions on drilling of wells, 534.110
Regulation, 534.0175, 534.110, 534.120, 534.140
State Engineer’s fees, 533.435
Fence or other safeguard required around excavation, hole or shaft, 455.010, 455.020
Forfeiture of rights, 534.090
Geothermal wells, 534A.040, 534A.060-534A.080
Hydraulic fracturing, assessment and disclosure program, 522.119
Injection of fluid through well, regulation, 445A.400, 445A.465-445A.515
Injunctions, 534.195
Inspection, 534.130
Livestock
Drought, temporary permit to appropriate groundwater during, 533.504
Herding near well belonging to another unlawful, 568.340
Oil and gas wells (See OIL AND GAS)
Permit to appropriate underground water required, exception, 534.050, 534.110
Plugging
Domestic wells, required plugging, exception, 534.180, 534.350
Use of well to monitor groundwater in lieu of plugging well, 534.060
Waiver of requirement, 534.060
Well drilled by unlicensed person, 534.160
Poisoning wells unlawful, 202.170
Pollution, Lake Tahoe watershed area, 445A.175
Repairs ordered by State Engineer, 534.060
Replacement well to divert water already appropriated, procedures, 534.065
Restrictions on drilling, 534.110
Sealing of defective wells by State Engineer, 534.060
Use without appropriation permit, when unlawful, 534.080
Waste of water unlawful, 534.070, 534.190
Well drillers (See WELL DRILLERS)
WELLS, CITY OF (For general provisions, see CITIES)
City charter, City Charters Volume
WESTERN INTERSTATE COMMISSION FOR HIGHER EDUCATION (See WESTERN REGIONAL EDUCATION COMPACT)
WESTERN INTERSTATE NUCLEAR COMPACT
WESTERN NEVADA REGIONAL YOUTH FACILITY (See JUVENILE DETENTION OR TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION FACILITIES—Regional facilities for treatment and rehabilitation)
WESTERN REGIONAL EDUCATION COMPACT
Contracts with institution or state outside region, 397.055
Declaration of state policy, 397.040
Distance education, reciprocity agreements, 397.060
Execution, 397.080
Form and contents, 397.020
Nevada Office of WICHE
Account, Nevada Office of the WICHE, 397.062
Activities, accounts of, reports, 397.070
Applicants for programs administered by Nevada Office, duties, 397.060
Assistance of state agencies, 397.040
Audits by Legislative Auditor, 232B.235
Creation of Office, 397.030
Director, appointment, powers, 397.030
Gifts and grants, authority to apply for and accept, 397.0557
Legislative action, recommendations for, 397.070
Legislative recommendations, 397.070
Loan and Stipend Fund, 353.357, 397.063, 397.064
Nevada State Commissioners, 232A.020, 232A.030, 397.030, 397.060
Number, qualifications, terms, removal, 232A.020, 232A.030, 397.030
Regulations, authority, penalties for violation, 397.030, 397.068-397.069
Sunset Subcommittee, review of Commission, 232B.220-232B.250
Temporary advances from State General Fund, 353.357
Vacancies, 232A.020
Participants
Choice of applicants, 397.060
Definition, 397.004
Practice of profession in Nevada, period of required practice, 397.0645, 397.0685, 397.069
Stipends
Conversion to loan, terms, repayment, 397.064, 397.0645, 397.0695
Loan and Stipend Fund, 353.357, 397.063, 397.064
Participants, stipend to be provided to, 397.0615
Penalties for failure to comply with regulations, 397.068
Repayment, 397.0645, 397.0685, 397.069
State officers and agencies, duties, 397.040
Withdrawal, notice, 397.010
WESTERN REGIONAL WATER COMMISSION
Generally, Special & Local Acts Volume pp. 563-580
WETLANDS (For general provisions relating to water, see WATER)
Conservation districts, restoration and repair projects, 548.355
Ecosystems, duties of Division of Natural Heritage, 232.1369
License plates supporting wetlands conservation, use of proceeds, 482.379185
Mitigation bank or in-lieu fee program, establishment, use and operation, 244.388
WHEEL OF FORTUNE (See also generally GAMING)
Defined as gambling game, 463.0152
Execution, equipment prescribed by physician exempt from, 21.090
Express warranties required for sale or lease of assistive devices, 597.264-597.2667
Lift mechanics, certification and regulation, 353C.1965, ch. 455C
Motorized conveyances
Traffic control, defined as pedestrian for purposes of laws, 484A.165
Vehicle registration requirements, exemption, 482.210
Sales and use tax exemptions, Art. 10 § 3B, 360B.456, 372.282, 374.2865
Side-loading wheelchair lifts, designation of parking spaces and restrictions on use, 484B.467
WHISKEY (See INTOXICATING LIQUORS)
Breast milk expression, duty of public employers to provide accommodations, retaliation for certain actions by employees, 281.755
Developmental disabilities, persons with, retaliation for reports of violations, 435.615
False claims for money, property or services made to governmental entity, discharge for disclosure, remedies, 357.250
Good faith communications to public officer or employee, immunities and defense in actions, 41.635-41.670
Health network plans, retaliation against participating health care provider for reporting act or practice by health carrier that jeopardizes health or welfare of covered person prohibited, 687B.800
Homeopathic physicians, disciplinary actions prohibited, 630A.540
Intellectual disabilities, persons with, retaliation for reports of violations, 435.615
Landlords, retaliation against tenants for reporting certain code violations to governmental agency, 118A.510
Medical facilities, retaliation for certain reports or for refusal to perform certain services, 449.205-449.208
Mental health facilities, retaliation for reports of violations, 433.536
Occupational health or safety complaint, discharge of employee prohibited, 618.445
Osteopathic physicians, retaliation against employees for reports of sentinel events prohibited, civil action, 633.750, 633.755
Peace officers
Improper governmental act, reports concerning, 289.110
Racial profiling, disclosure of information concerning, 289.820
Physicians
Disciplinary action for certain disclosures to governmental entity prohibited, 630.364
Retaliation against employees for reports of sentinel events prohibited, civil action, 630.415, 630.417
Psychiatric hospitals or units, retaliation for reporting use of restraints or aversive intervention, 449A.260
Public officers and employees, disclosure of improper governmental action, 281.611-281.671
Schools, retaliation for reporting use of restraints or aversive intervention, 388.511, 394.377
WHITE PINE COUNTY (For general provisions, see COUNTIES)
Acquisition of state lands by United States, State’s consent given, 328.330-328.380
Boundaries, 243.070, 243.365-243.380
County seat, 243.385
Creation, 243.365
District Attorney ex officio Public Administrator, 253.010, 253.050
Judicial district, number and designation, 3.010, 3.017
Legislative districts, apportionment, 218B.250, 218B.260
Nevada Coordinate System, included in east zone, 327.010
Officers’ salaries, 245.043
WHOOPING COUGH (See also COMMUNICABLE DISEASES)
Immunizations, 392.435, 394.192, 432A.230
WHOREHOUSES (See PROSTITUTION)
WIC (See also PUBLIC ASSISTANCE)
Early Childhood Advisory Council, Nevada, representation by parents or guardians, 432A.076
Menstrual products, use of benefits to purchase, 422A.374
Temporary mailing address for persons in crisis, use, 422A.697
WIDOWS AND WIDOWERS (See MARRIED PERSONS—Surviving spouses)
Barbering, practice of barbering includes work on hairpieces, 643.010
Cosmetics, materials used on hairpieces, 585.060
Sale, setting or styling, 644A.920
WILD HORSE STATE RECREATION AREA (See generally STATE PARKS)
WILD HORSES (See also HORSES; WILDLIFE)
Removal from private property, 244.387
Unlawful acts, 504.490
WILD TURKEYS (See also BIRDS)
Tags, bids for or award through auction or Silver State Tag Drawing, 502.250
WILDFLOWERS (See FLORA)
Agricultural water rights, temporary conversion for certain purposes, 533.0243
Aircraft, unlawful use, 501.376, 503.005, 503.010
Alternative livestock
Carcasses, restrictions on bringing into State or possessing, destruction or removal, 501.3845
Definition, 501.003
Hunting unlawful, 503.242
Prevention and mitigation of damage caused by nonactive game mammals, applicability of laws, 504.185
Regulations and permits, 576.129
Running at large, recapture and impoundment, 504.245, 576.131
Unlawful acts, 503.242, 576.129
Antlers
Diseased animal killed by hunter, retention or disposition of antlers, 502.215
Taking of shed antlers, regulations, 503.655
Aquatic invasive species laws (See BOATS AND BOATING)
Bears (See also Big game mammals, this heading)
Fighting, instigating or attending fights unlawful, 574.070-574.090
Beavers
Excess or depredating beavers, removal, 503.470, 503.540, 535.060
Sale of live beaver by Department of Wildlife, 503.575
Big game mammals
Carcasses, restrictions on bringing into State or possessing, destruction or removal, 501.3845
Feeding intentionally, penalties, exceptions, 501.382
Killing or possessing unlawfully
Civil penalties, 62E.685, 501.3855
Criminal penalties, 501.376
Forfeitures, 501.3857
License, suspension or revocation, 62E.685, 501.1816, 501.388
Biological samples obtained on private property, consent requirements, 501.385
Birds (See BIRDS)
Bobcats, permits authorizing killing or nonlethal control by aircraft, 503.005
Classification, 501.110
Collection of live wild animals, permit fee, 502.240
Collection of wildlife for scientific or educational purposes, 503.650
Commercial taking of unprotected wildlife, 503.380
Communicable diseases in wildlife, reports, 501.352
Control of wildlife
Beavers, removal, 503.470, 503.540, 535.060
Elk or nonnative game mammals, 504.155-504.185
Fur-bearing mammals doing damage, 503.470
Issuance of game tags for resale as compensation for damage to property, 502.145
Otters, removal, 503.470, 503.540
Prevention or alleviation of damage caused by wildlife generally, 503.595
Cooperative agreements with adjoining states, 501.182, 501.351
Coyotes
Destruction by spring gun or coyote getter, 202.255
Permits authorizing killing or nonlethal control from aircraft, 503.005
Criminal forfeitures, use of proceeds to enforce laws, 179.1187
Crossings Account, deposits, use, administration, 408.656
Culturing facilities, license fees, 502.240
Desert Bighorn Sheep designated state animal, 235.070
Dogs (See also DOGS)
Killing certain wildlife to protect pets, 501.376
Molesting or killing wildlife, unlawful to permit, 503.631, 503.636
Dredging operations, permits and unlawful acts, 503.425
Drones, unlawful killing through use of, forfeitures, 501.376, 501.3857, 503.010
Elk, prevention and mitigation of damage caused by nonnative animals, 504.155-504.185
Endangered species (See Protection of wildlife, this heading)
Escape or unauthorized release, duty and liability of owner or possessor, 504.245
Evidentiary effect of possession of dead wildlife, 503.030
Federal aid
Fish restoration and management projects, 501.117
Wildlife restoration projects, 501.115
Feral livestock (See ESTRAYS AND FERAL LIVESTOCK)
Fishing (See FISH AND FISHING)
Foreign country or state, possession in Nevada of wildlife unlawfully acquired, prohibition, 501.384
Game wardens (See GAME WARDENS)
Guides (See GUIDES)
Habitat, preservation and protection
Board of Wildlife Commissioners, regulations, 501.105
Dream Tags, use of proceeds, 502.219
Eminent domain, 37.039
Game tag processing fee, use of proceeds, 502.253
License and permit fees, use of percentage of proceeds for support, 502.242, 502.296
Urban and Community Forestry Program, 528.131-528.138
Harassment of wildlife, prohibited acts, 503.010
Human food (See also generally SLAUGHTERHOUSES)
Unsound, diseased or unwholesome game sold for prohibited, forfeitures for violations, civil penalties, 583.010, 583.700
Hunting (See HUNTING)
Importation or exportation of wildlife, 501.379, 502.240
Introduction into State, approval, 503.597
Killing or possessing unlawfully, civil penalties, 62E.685, 501.3855
Live wildlife, possession without valid license, 504.295
Management areas (See WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREAS)
Master plans, contents of conservation plan, 278.160
Natural resource, wildlife defined as, 501.100
Pets, killing certain wildlife to protect pets, 501.376
Private collections, 503.590
Protection of wildlife
Bald eagle and golden eagle, 503.582, 503.610
Dream Tags, use of proceeds, 502.219
Endangered species
Animal parts or by-products, prohibited acts, penalties, exceptions, 597.905
Clark County, impact fee, 244.386, 268.4413, 268.4415
Development projects, suspension of time limitations following certain federal actions, 278.350, 278.4983, 278B.260
Esmeralda, Lincoln and Nye County, programs, Special & Local Acts Volume pp. 123-124
General improvement districts, powers, 318.116, 318.1177
Protection and propagation generally, 503.584-503.589
Habitat (See Habitat, preservation and protection, this heading)
Migratory birds, 503.620
Quarantine of agricultural commodities, ch. 554
Rabies
Ordinances for control, 244.358, 268.427, 269.227
Regulations by State Board of Health, 441A.410
Removal from State, approval, 503.597
Restoration projects, acceptance of federal aid, 501.115, 501.117
Rewards for information concerning violations, 501.395
Sale of protected species unlawful, 501.379
Seizure of wildlife taken unlawfully, 501.375
Shipping of wildlife for scientific or educational purposes, 503.650
Subdivision of land, potential impact to wildlife and habitat, requirements for approval of proposals, 278.335
Take, term defined, 501.088
Taking of wildlife by Department of Wildlife employees, authorized activities, 501.3525
Transmitting devices, unlawful use, 503.010
Trapping (See TRAPS AND TRAPPING)
Unlawful acts, generally
Citation or arrest, 501.386-501.3867
Criminal penalties, 501.385
Evidence identification tags, unlawful to remove, tamper with or alter, 501.377
Warrant or summons, issuance, 171.106
Waste of fish and game, 501.388, 503.050
Water
Appropriation of public water
Access for wildlife, requirement, 533.367
Agricultural water rights, temporary conversion for certain purposes, 533.0243
Guzzlers, provisions inapplicable to de minimus collection of precipitation in certain guzzlers, 533.027
Permit to appropriate or change point of diversion or place of use, 533.435
Camping in manner denying animals access to waterholes unlawful, 503.660
Deposit of substances deleterious to wildlife unlawful, 503.430
Guzzlers
Appropriation laws inapplicable to de minimus collection of precipitation in certain guzzlers, 533.027
Posting of contact information, 501.121
Injurious aquatic species laws (See BOATS AND BOATING)
Permit required to maintain body of water lethal to wildlife, 502.390
Use for recreational purposes, regulations and agreements, 501.243
Wetlands (See WETLANDS)
Wildlife Violator Compact, 506.010, 506.020
Controlled substances, possession and administration, 453.375
WILDLIFE COMMISSIONERS, BOARD OF
Antlers, taking of shed antlers, regulations, 503.655
Audits by Legislative Auditor, 232B.235
Big game mammals, authority to establish program for transfer, deferral or return of tag if extenuating circumstances apply, 502.103
Boats and boating
Aquatic invasive species, duties, 488.536
Certificates of number, duties, 488.075, 488.125
Marine sanitation devices, duties, 488.320
Mooring buoys, permits for, duties, 488.261
Pilot rules, authority, 488.540
Regulations, generally, 488.045, 488.055
State hull numbers, duties, 488.169
Use of public waters for recreational purposes, authority, 501.243
Budget
Base budgets, fundamental review, 218E.435-218E.450
Department of Wildlife’s budget, preparation, 501.337
State Budget Act, 353.150-353.246
Chair, selection, term limitation, 501.171
Computers, establishment of written policy on appropriate use, 242.300
Cooperative agreements, 501.182, 501.243
Creation, 501.167
Criminal actions in which position of State vexatious, frivolous or in bad faith, award of attorney’s fees and litigation expenses to prevailing party, 41.0393
Cyanide ponds, powers and duties concerning permits, 502.390
Dam construction or alteration, application filed with Board, 535.020
Deer, special incentive tags, program authorized, 502.143
Demerit points for wildlife convictions, duties, 501.1812-501.1818
Duties generally, 501.181
Elk or nonnative game mammals, special incentive tags
Establishment of program, 502.142
Limitation on reimbursement for property damage caused by elk, 504.165
Fur dealers, regulations, 505.010
Gifts or grants, authority to accept, 353.335-353.339
Golden eagles, possession and use in falconry, regulations, 503.610
Guide service, regulation, 504.390
Hunting tags, establishment of programs authorizing transfer of tags, regulations, 502.102, 502.104
Internet website, duties, immunities, 237.360, 239.008, 239B.050, 239B.060
Legislative review of public agencies, ch. 232B
Management of land to protect endangered species, authority, 503.587
Marlette Lake, cooperation regarding, 331.170, Special & Local Acts Volume pp. 511-512
Meetings, quorum, ch. 241, 501.177
Members
Appointment, number, 501.167, 501.171
Compensation, 501.179
Qualifications, 232A.020, 501.171
Status as civil officers, 232A.030
Vacancies, 232A.020
Native Americans, regulations affecting, duties, 502.280
Nominations for position of Director of Department of Wildlife, 501.333
Orders or regulations generally
Publication, 501.118
Violation, penalty, 501.385
Payments of money for services provided by agency, procedures, 353.146-353.148
Permanent licensing or permitting system, authority to establish, 502.030
Policies and regulations generally, 501.105, 501.181
Predatory Animal and Rodent Committee, State, membership, 567.030
Sagebrush Ecosystem Council, membership, 232.162
Secretary, Director of Department of Wildlife designated nonvoting Secretary, 501.337
Sovereign immunity waived, 41.0305-41.039
Subdivision of land, review of tentative maps, fees, duties, 278.337
Sunset Subcommittee, review of Board, 232B.220-232B.250
Traps and snares, regulations, 503.570
Vice Chair
Advisory Board on Dream tags, member, 502.225
Selection, 501.171
Waters, use of public waters for recreational purposes, authority, 501.243
WILDLIFE, COUNTY ADVISORY BOARDS TO MANAGE
Budgets, 501.320
Creation and composition, 501.260
Evaluating local opinion and advising Commission, 501.297
Funds for the advisory boards, creation, sources and use, 501.310, 501.325
Industrial insurance coverage, 616A.180
Meetings of boards, ch. 241, 501.290
Meetings of Commission, attendance, 501.303
Members
Appointment of members, 501.265, 501.275
Commission, nomination of members, 501.171
Compensation, 501.285
Number of members, 501.260
Qualifications, 501.270
Removal of members, 501.293
Terms of members, 501.275
Vacancies, 501.265
Officers, 501.260
Recommendations to Commission, duties, 501.105, 501.181, 501.303
Records, ch. 239
Sovereign immunity waived, 41.0305-41.039
WILDLIFE, DEPARTMENT OF (See also STATE AGENCIES AND DEPARTMENTS)
Administration of laws, 501.331
Aquatic agriculture, conferences concerning, 561.301
Biological samples or data
Collection on private property without consent of property owner prohibited, 501.385
Obstructing officer or employee in obtaining, penalty, 501.385
Boats and boating, duties, ch. 488, 501.243, 501.331
Budget
Base budgets, fundamental review, 218E.435-218E.450
Preparation by Board of Wildlife Commissioners, 501.337
State Budget Act, 353.150-353.246
Wildlife Trust Fund, inclusion of statement, 501.3585
Child support enforcement, duties
Submission of certain information to Division of Welfare and Supportive Services, 488.078, 502.063, 503.5833, 504.393, 505.025
Suspension of licenses, certificates and permits, 425.510, 488.1826, 502.115, 503.5835, 504.398, 505.035
Citations, notice of failure to appear, duties, 501.3865
Commission’s policies and regulations, recommendations, 501.105, 501.181
Confidentiality of information concerning persons making certain requests or reports, 501.344
Creation, 501.331
Criminal actions in which position of State vexatious, frivolous or in bad faith, award of attorney’s fees and litigation expenses to prevailing party, 41.0393
Cyanide ponds, powers and duties concerning permits, 502.390
Damages caused by nonnative game mammals, duties, 502.145, 504.155-504.185
Dangerous wild animals, authority to seize or impound, 574A.060
Default penalties and installments, collection, 501.3855
Director
Appointment, classification, qualifications, 501.333
Budget, preparation, 501.337
Cooperative agreements, 501.351
Deputies, designation, 501.339
Duties, 501.337
Emergency powers, 501.339
Environmental Commission, State, member, 445B.200
Outdoor Recreation, Advisory Board on, membership, 407A.575
Reports, 501.337
Sagebrush Ecosystem Council, membership, 232.162
Secretary of Board of Wildlife Commissioners, 501.337
Wildlife Crossings Account, duties, 408.656-408.676
Wildlife Violator Compact, appointment of Administrator, 506.020
Diseases in animals, duties, 501.352, 571.120
Eagle permits, duties, 503.610
Employees (See also STATE EMPLOYEES)
Appointment and designation, 501.337, 501.339
Assault or battery committed upon, 200.471, 200.481
Behavioral health issues, interactions with persons suffering from, 289.680
Certification and training, 289.450-289.605
Enforcement responsibilities, 501.349
Murder of officer, first degree, 200.033
Peace officer powers, 289.280
Records official, 239.008
Rights of peace officers, 289.010-289.120
Endangered species, powers and duties, 503.589
Energy development
Geothermal resources, notice of application to drill well, 534A.070
Projects, notice, duties, 501.337, 701.055, 701.600-701.640
Falconry licenses (See FALCONRY LICENSES)
Fences, duties regarding construction, 501.3535
Finances and accounts
Change Account, 501.363
Deposits with State Treasurer, 353.250
Energy Planning and Conservation Account, 701.630
Motor vehicle fuel tax allocations, 365.535
Petty Cash Account, 501.361
Receipts, deposit and expenditure of money, 501.354, 501.356
Recovery of Costs, Account for, 701.640
Warrants, account for lost and stale warrants, 353.140
Wildlife Account
Advertising fees, deposit, 501.346
Aquatic invasive species fees or fines, deposit and use, 488.536, 503.597
Boating fees, deposit and use, 488.075
Carson Lake Wildlife Management Area, deposit of permit fees, 502.410
Civil penalties, deposit, 501.3855
Deer tag fees, deposit, 502.148
Deposits and use, generally, 501.356
Dream Tag proceeds, deposit, 502.219
Game tag application fees, deposits, use, 502.253
Habitat rehabilitation, restoration and monitoring fees, deposit and use, 502.242
Mitigation of damages caused by elk or nonnative game mammals, deposit and use of money, 504.155
Motor vehicle fuel taxes, deposits, use, 365.535
Nonreversion of certain money, 502.242, 502.253
Partnership in Wildlife Drawing, deposit of portion of proceeds, 502.250
Resource enhancement stamps, proceeds from sales, 502.222
Seized property, deposit of proceeds of sale, 501.389
Subdivision of land, review of tentative maps, deposit of fees, 278.337
Timber sold from state lands, deposit of proceeds, 321.385
Trout protection, propagation and management projects, deposit and use of percentage of hunting and fishing license and permit fees, 502.3262, 502.3264
Upland game bird protection and propagation projects, deposit and use of percentage of license and permit fees, 502.294-502.298
Voluntary donations through purchase of resource enhancement stamps, 502.222
Waterfowl projects, deposit and use of percentage of license and permit fees, 502.310, 502.322
Wildlife journals and other publications, deposit of proceeds, 501.343
Wildlife Crossings Account, 408.656
Wildlife Heritage Account, 501.3575, 502.250
Wildlife Imprest Account, 501.359
Wildlife Trust Fund, 353.335, 501.3585
Fish, issuance of permit for killing through use of toxicants, 445A.615
Fur dealers (See FUR DEALERS)
Game mammals, prevention and mitigation of damages caused by nonnative species, 502.145, 504.155-504.185
Gifts, authority to accept, 353.335
Guides (See GUIDES)
Hunting (See also HUNTING)
Deer
Paper or electronic form of certain tags, authority to designate, 502.147
Special incentive tags, program authorized, 502.143
Dream Tags, duties, reports, 502.219-502.225
Elk or nonnative game mammals, special incentive tags
Establishment of program, 502.142
Limitation on reimbursement for property damage caused by elk, 504.165
Juvenile court orders revoking hunting licenses, receipt, 62E.660
Information, collection and dissemination, 501.343
Information services and equipment, 242.131
Internet website
Advertising fees, 501.346
Energy development projects, publication of information, 701.620
Falconry license, certain information, 503.5831
Fur dealer’s license, certain information, 505.013
Guides, licensing, certain information, 504.391
Personal information, disclosure restricted, 239B.050, 239B.060
Request to inspect, copy or receive copy of public records, forms, 239.008
Submission of information to Department, publication of forms, 237.360
Taxidermist’s license, certain information, 502.375
Upland game bird protection and propagation, publication of information, 502.298
Wildlife Trust Fund, publication of information, 501.3585
Legislative review of public agencies, ch. 232B
License agents, appointment and commissions, 488.115, 502.040
Motor vehicles, licensing, 482.368, 482.369
Native American Affairs, Department of, provision of information or assistance on request, 233A.1011, 502.280
Occupational, vocational and technical training, provision for equivalent credit towards requirements for professional and occupational designations, regulations, 622.087
Off-Highway Vehicles, Commission on, duties, 490.067
Offices, 501.341
Payments of money for services provided by state agencies, procedures, 353.146-353.148
Property
Leases of grazing rights, 504.147
Payments in lieu of taxes on real property assigned to Department, 361.055
Sales of agricultural products, 504.147
Seized property, notice to owner, disposition, 501.375, 501.389
Public Works Division, State, exemption from provision of services, 341.141
Publications, 501.343, 501.346
Sagebrush ecosystems, cooperation with Division of State Lands, 321.594
Sovereign immunity waived, 41.0305-41.039
State Controller, provision of certain licensee information to, duties, 353C.1965
Subdivision of land, potential impact to wildlife and habitat, duties, regulations, 278.335
Sunset Subcommittee, review of restrictions on criminal history for occupational license, 232B.237, 232B.250
Taking of wildlife, authorized activities, 501.3525
Taxidermists (See TAXIDERMISTS)
Timber
Sale of timber from state lands, 321.385
Variances for prohibited logging practices, 528.053
Transfer of functions of state agencies and local governments, regulations, 353.203
Trapping (See TRAPS AND TRAPPING)
Upland game birds
Projects for protection and propagation, 502.294-502.298
Shooting preserves for upland game birds, regulation, 504.300-504.380
Veterans, collection of data, reports, 417.0194
Carson Lake Wildlife Management Area, hunting permits required, fees, 502.400, 502.410
Dogs running at large, unlawful to permit, 503.636
Establishment, 504.140
Inventory of real property used as wildlife area, 331.110
Regulation by Board of Wildlife Commissioners, 504.143
Abandoned property, requirements for disposal, 120A.610
Ademption, transfer of protected person’s property not ademption, 159.173
After-acquired property, effect, 133.220
Anatomical gifts by will, 451.558, 451.559
Antilapse statute, 133.200
Arbitration provision, contents, enforceability, 164.930
Attestation, 133.040, 133.050, 133A.060
Boats, effect of certificate of ownership in beneficiary form, 488.1794
Capacity to make, 133.020, 133.090
Certified copy, admissibility, 136.220
Children omitted from will, 133.160-133.190
Codicils
Abandoned property, requirements for disposal, 120A.610
Definition of codicil, 132.070
Definition of will includes codicil, 10.105, 28.110, 64.120, 132.370
Electronic documents, 133.087, 133.320
Electronic Transactions Act inapplicable, 719.200
Forgery, 205.090
No-contest clauses, applicability, 137.005
Commercial coaches, effect of certificate of ownership in beneficiary form, 489.564, 489.585
Community property, rights of spouse, Art. 4 § 31
Contests of wills
After probate
Appeal of final order, 137.140
Citations, issuance, 137.090
Costs, 137.110
Filing of petition, 137.080
Limitation of actions, 137.080, 137.120
Proceedings subsequent to citation, 137.100
Revocation of probate and letters testamentary, 137.100
Subsequent will may be probated, 137.130
Trial, 137.100
Who may contest, 137.080
Before probate
Admissibility of declarations of testator, 137.030
Citations, 137.010
Costs, 137.020
Judgment of court, 137.050
Jury trial, when, 137.020
Order admitting will to probate, 137.060
Perpetuation of testimony, 137.070
Proceedings preliminary to trial, 137.010
Proof of execution, 137.040
Verdict of jury must be special, 137.050
Who may contest, 137.010
Witnesses, examination, 137.040
Fees for filing petition, 19.013
No-contest clauses, enforcement, 137.005
Retention of assets for payment of certain claims, 143.037
Corporations, power to take by devise or bequest, 78.070
Court records, inspection, 136.050
Death of beneficiary, effect, 133.200
Debt discharged by will, effect, 144.060
Declaratory judgments, 30.040, 137.007
Devises
Annulment, revocation of provisions of will in favor of former spouse, 133.115
Bond on petition for partial distribution, 151.010, 151.040
Brands and marks, livestock, 564.110
Cemeteries, endowment care fund devises valid, 452.110, 452.170
Conditional devises, 133.065
Debt discharged by will construed as devise, 144.060
Disclaimer of interests in property, ch. 120
Distribution of property and money, manner, 151.095
Divorce, revocation of provisions of will in favor of former spouse, 133.115
Life estates, 151.220
Medical or care facility owner or administrator, devises from residents restricted, 449A.115
Mortgages or liens, effect on devises, 133.150, 133.155
No-contest clauses, enforcement, effect, 137.005
Payment, 151.003
Presumption that full estate devised, 133.210
Property tax on estate, devisee’s duty to pay, 361.240
Real property, 133.210, 133.220
Sale of property to pay, 148.050
Subscribing witness to will, devise to, 133.060
Uniform Testamentary Additions to Trusts Act, 163.220-163.250
Digital Assets, Fiduciary Access to (Revised Uniform Act of 2015), ch. 722
Disclaimer of interests in property, ch. 120
Disposition of tangible personal property by list or statement, 133.045
Dissection of dead body, authorization by will, 451.010
Distribution of property and money, manner, 151.095
Document preparation services, regulation, ch. 240A
Education, property bequeathed for, Art. 11 § 3
Eighth Judicial District Court, local rules, EDCR 4.01-EDCR 4.50
Electronic Transactions Act
Construction of laws regarding wills, consistency with Act, 132.015
Inapplicability, 719.200
Electronic wills
Applicability of laws, 133.320
Attesting witnesses, self-proving declarations or affidavits, 133.050, 133.086
Certified paper original
Affidavits, 133.340
Notice, 133.340
Probate, admission to, 133.340, 136.185
Definitions, 132.053, 132.1168
Generally, 133.085
Notarization, 133.087, 133.088
Out-of-state wills, validity, 136.185
Proof, 136.185
Qualified custodians
Access to records in custody of, 133.330
Certified paper original, duties, 133.340
Cessation of service, procedures, 133.310
Destruction of records in custody of, 133.330
Restriction on acting as, 133.320
Successor qualified custodian, appointment, 133.310
Written statement agreeing to serve, 133.300
Revocation, 133.120, 133.310-133.340
Self-proving electronic wills, requirements, 133.086
Encumbrances, effect, 133.150
Execution
Foreign execution, 133.080
Executors (See ESTATES OF DECEDENTS—Personal representatives)
Fee simple conveyance, 111.070
Fiduciaries, provisions governing, 153.010
Foreign wills, execution, 133.080
Forgery, 205.090
Fraudulent and malicious destruction, penalty, 206.260
Gift before death, when not deemed in satisfaction of testamentary gift, 151.161
Guardians
Appointment of guardian for proposed protected minor, court may consider guardian nominated in will, 159A.061
Definition, 132.160
Duty to acquire documents, 159.089, 159A.089
Nomination of guardian by will, authority, procedure, 159.062, 159A.062
Petition to exercise right to take under or against will, 159.113, 159.115, 159A.113, 159A.115
Petition to make or change will of protected person, 159.078, 159.115, 159.191, 159A.078, 159A.115, 159A.191
Holographic wills, 133.090, 136.190
Independent Administration of Estates Act
Annuities, purchase to satisfy devise, 143.620
Option to lease or purchase granted by will, procedures, 143.430
Prohibition on administration under Act, effect, 143.330
Restriction of powers under Act, authority, 143.375
Inspection of court records, 136.050
International Wills Act, Uniform
Attestation, 133A.060
Attorneys, authority, 133A.120
Certificates, 133A.070-133A.090
Citation of laws, 133A.010
Construction of Act, 133A.110
Date of will, 133A.070
Definitions, 133A.020-133A.040
Revocation of will, 133A.100
Safekeeping of will, 133A.070, 133A.080
Signatures by testator, 133A.060-133A.080
Source of Act, 133A.110
Validity of will, 133A.050
Witnesses, 133A.060
Written will required, 133A.060
Intestate succession (See INTESTATE SUCCESSION)
Invalid wills, local and special legislation giving effect to, prohibited, Art. 4 § 20
Later-dated will, reopening of estate based on discovery restricted, 151.240
Letters of administration (See ESTATES OF DECEDENTS—Letters)
Limitations, 133.020
Living wills, 449A.400-449A.481
Lost or destroyed wills
Administration, restraint pending petition, 136.250
Copy proved by witnesses, 136.240
Court may take proof of execution and validity, 136.230
Order admitting will to probate, 136.240
Petition for probate, 136.240
Proceedings to establish, 239.160-239.180
Testimony of witnesses, 136.240
Manufactured or mobile homes, effect of certificate of ownership in beneficiary form, 489.564, 489.585
Mortgages or liens, effect, 133.150, 133.155
Motor vehicles, effect of certificate of title in beneficiary form, 482.247
Murder or felonious killing of decedent, forfeiture of benefits by culpable actor, ch. 41B
Nevada Lockbox, creation, registration of electronic documents, 225.300-225.440
No-contest clauses, definition, enforcement, 137.005
Nonprobate transfers of property on death
Beneficiary designation, revocation or change by will, 111.769
Exemption from laws, 111.751
Nuncupative wills invalid, 133.100
Oral wills invalid, 133.100
Personal representative’s compensation provided in will, effect, 150.010
Pretermitted children
Advancements, 133.190
Source of child’s share, 133.180
Probate of wills
Disqualification of judge, 136.020, 136.030
District courts’ powers, 136.010
Eighth Judicial District Court, local rules, EDCR 4.01-EDCR 4.50
Filing of will after death, 136.050, 136.060
Foreign wills, 136.260
Minors, unborn members of interested class or nonresidents, attorney appointed to represent, 136.200
Petition
2nd Judicial District Court, local rule, WDFCR 57.6
8th Judicial District Court, local rule, EDCR 4.40
Contents, 136.090
Defects, 136.090
Lost or destroyed wills, 136.240
Notice of hearing, 136.100
Proof of notice, 136.140
Publication, mailing of notice, 155.020
Service of petition, 136.120
Summary administration, notice of petition, 145.030
Who may petition, 136.070
Production of will after death, 136.050, 136.060
Proof of will
Affidavits of witnesses, 136.150, 136.160
Copy, proof by, 136.180
Deceased, incompetent or unavailable subscribing witnesses, 136.170
Electronic will, 136.185
Holographic will, 136.190
Lost or destroyed will, 136.230
Seal of court affixed, 1.180
Witnesses, testimony, 136.140
Revocation of real property transfers based on divorce or annulment, applicability of laws regarding, 136.225
Second Judicial District Court, local rules, WDFCR 57-WDFCR 57.8
Transfer of assets without probate of will, 146.080
Transfer of proceedings on judge’s disqualification, 136.030, 136.040
Translation and recording of will in foreign language, 136.210
Revocation of will
Annulment of marriage, 133.115
Conveyance after will, effect, 133.140
Divorce, 133.115
Electronic revocation, 133.120, 133.330
Electronic wills, 133.120, 133.310-133.340
Encumbrances, effect, 133.150
International wills, 133A.100
Marriage, 133.110
Means of revocation, 133.120
Mortgages, effect, 133.150
Revival of prior will, 133.130
Subsequent will or codicil, 133.120
Rule against perpetuities, applicability, 111.1037
Sale, direction given in will, 148.080, 150.225
Separate property, rights of married persons, Art. 4 § 31
Setting aside estate without administration, additional grounds, 146.070
Testamentary trusts (See TRUSTS)
Transfers to minors, ch. 167
Trust powers which may be included in will by reference, 163.260-163.410, 163.5553
Unmentioned children, 133.160-133.190
Value of gift in satisfaction of testamentary gift, determination, 151.162
Who may make, 133.020, 133.090
Will defined, 10.105, 28.110, 64.120, 132.370
Witnesses
Creditors as witnesses, 133.070
Deceased, incompetent or unavailable subscribing witnesses, 136.170
Devise to subscribing witnesses, 133.060
Generally, 133.040
International wills, 133A.060
Lost or destroyed wills, testimony, proof of copy, 136.240
Self-proving affidavit or declaration, signing, 133.050, 133.055
Subpoena of attesting witnesses, 136.130
WIND ENERGY (See also RENEWABLE ENERGY)
Building codes to allow use of wind energy systems, 278.580
Building design and construction, allowances for renewable energy sources, 701.220
Common-interest communities, use of systems, 116.2111
Construction codes and energy codes, adoption and enforcement, 278.581
Financing of renewable energy projects, 349.400-349.670
Master plans, contents of conservation plan, 278.160
Net metering systems, 701.240, 701.380, 704.766-704.776
Office of Energy, creation, powers and duties, 701.150-701.180
Optional pricing program for electricity generated from renewable energy, 704.736, 704.738
Portfolio standard for provider of electric service, 704.7801-704.7828
Restrictive covenants regarding use of system, 111.2395, 278.02077
State buildings, adoption of standards for efficient use of energy, 341.091
State energy plan, 701.190, 701.200
State policy on energy, 701.010
Tax abatement or exemption
Qualified systems for heating, cooling or providing electricity to buildings, 701A.200
Renewable energy facilities, 701A.300-701A.390
Wind Energy Systems Demonstration Program
Administration, duty of utility, 701B.600
Amount of incentive, determination, 701B.615
Annual plans, 701B.005, 701B.610
Applications to participate, 701B.007
Capacity goals and incentives, establishment, 701B.590
Categories of participation, 701B.580
Continued payment of incentives, 701B.590
Costs, recovery by utility, 701B.600
Creation, 701B.580
Definitions, 701B.003, 701B.410-701B.560
Eligibility for incentive, 701B.650
Forfeiture of incentive, 701B.615
Incentive claim form, submission, 701B.615
Installation of wind energy system, 701B.615, 701B.625
Limitations on incentives paid, 701B.005
Net metering, participation, 701B.650
Participation, eligibility for, 701B.580
Performance-based incentives, 701B.005
Portfolio energy credits, issuance, 701B.640
Regulations, 701B.590
Selection and notification of participants, 701B.615
Withdrawal of participant, 701B.615
Zoning ordinances and regulations
Promotion of systems using wind energy, 278.250
Unreasonable restrictions on use of systems prohibited, 278.02077
Use of wind energy systems to be allowed, 278.580
Life preserver, exception to requirement, 488.193
WINE (See INTOXICATING LIQUORS)
WINE-MAKING FACILITIES, INSTRUCTIONAL
Exemption from taxation for certain wine produced on premises, 369.345
Licensure and operation, 369.180, 369.300, 597.245
Unlawful possession, sale or transportation of liquor, exceptions, 369.490
Violations, penalties, 369.550, 597.245, 597.255
Alcoholic beverages generally (See INTOXICATING LIQUORS)
Authorized activities, 597.240
Bond or deposit, 369.350
Estate distilleries (See also ESTATE DISTILLERIES)
Transfer of wine in bulk to distillery, 597.237, 597.240
Labeling of bottles of wine produced, blended or aged by winery, regulation, 597.240
Organic agricultural products, certification of producers and handlers, 587.700-587.830
Sales at retail on premises and one other location authorized, conditions, 597.240
Substitution of brands, penalty, 597.260
Violations, civil penalties, 597.255, 597.260
Viticultural products defined as agricultural products, standards, 587.290-587.450
Wine-maker’s license, fees, 369.180-369.320
WINNEMUCCA LAKE (See also LAKES)
Navigability declared, 537.030
WIRETAPPING (See INTERCEPTION OF COMMUNICATIONS)
WITNESSES AND TESTIMONY (See also DEPOSITIONS; EVIDENCE)
Alcohol counselors, administrative proceedings involving, 641C.730, 641C.740
Appraisers of Real Estate, Commission of, proceedings, 645C.530, 645C.540
Arrest of witness
Appointment of attorney to represent witness, 50.205
Exempt when under interstate subpoena, 174.435
Liability of arresting officer, 50.185
Protection from arrest, 50.175
Void, 50.185
Attendance of witnesses
Bond, forfeiture for nonappearance in criminal proceedings, 178.506
Compelling attendance of witness, 174.305-174.445
Criminal proceedings, undertaking and security, 174.515, 175.341, 178.494
Duty to attend and answer, 50.165
Failure to attend, arrest, appointment of attorney, detention procedures, 50.205
Injunction to restrain unlawful acts against witness, 33.015
Legislators, subpoenas of administrative bodies ineffective during legislative session, 218A.440
Preventing witness from attending, 199.230-199.242, 199.305
Attendant to provide support for witness during testimony, 178.571
Attorney as witness, 50.255, RPC 3.7
Bank examinations, summoning witnesses to testify, 665.135
Barbers’ Health and Sanitation Board, fees and mileage for witnesses, 643.170
Bribery of witness
Accepting or seeking bribe, 199.250
Offender as competent witness, 199.090
Unlawful, 199.240
Check-cashing services, hearings involving, 604A.720
Child abuse or neglect
Admission of certain witnesses to hearing, 432B.457
Privileged communications, exceptions, 49.2549, 49.293, 49.295, 281.805, 432B.250, 432B.255
Child witnesses (See Minor witnesses, this heading)
Clemency hearings, witness with communications disability entitled to services of interpreter, 213.055
Competency of witnesses
Arbitrator as witness, 38.229
Criminal proceedings, 50.068, 175.221
General rule, 50.015
Judge as witness, 50.055
Juror as witness, 50.065
Objection to competency, NRCP 32(d)(3), JCRCP 32(d)(3)
Personal knowledge required, 50.025
Public officers, 49.285
Receipt of certain care or counseling, 50.067
Religious belief, Art. 1 § 4, 50.105
Spouses, 49.305
Victims of crime, 50.067
Compulsion to testify, 50.165, 178.394
Confidential and privileged communications (See also CONFIDENTIAL AND PRIVILEGED INFORMATION)
Accountant and client, 49.125-49.205
Attorneys (See Lawyer and client, this subhead)
Child abuse or neglect, exception to privilege, 49.2549, 49.293, 49.295, 281.805, 432B.250, 432B.255
Clinical professional counselor and client, 49.2502-49.2508
Comment upon claim of privilege, 49.405
Committees to review compliance, 657.130
Confessor and confessant, 49.255
Controlled substances
Dealers, tax records and information concerning, 372A.080
Records excepted from privilege, 49.245
Counselor and pupil, 49.290
Criminal proceedings, governing law, 175.221
Dentist and patient, 49.215-49.245
Disclosure
Under compulsion, 49.395
Without opportunity to claim privilege, 49.395
Doctor and patient
Child abuse or neglect, exceptions, 432B.250, 432B.255
Controlled substances research and treatment, 453.155, 453.157
Definitions, 49.215
Exceptions, generally, 49.025, 49.245
Generally, 49.225
Industrial insurance, exceptions, 616C.140, 616C.350
Persons who may claim privilege, 49.235
Physician’s willful disclosure, 630.3065
Emergency medical services, review committee proceedings and records, 49.117-49.123, 49.265
Forfeiture proceedings, 179.1173
Gaming, required communications or documents, 463.3407
Hospital review committee proceedings and records, 49.117-49.123, 49.265
Identity of informer, 49.335-49.375
Industrial insurance, 616B.012, 616B.015, 616B.021, 616C.350
Inference, adverse inference drawn from claim of privilege, 49.405
Instructions to jury regarding claim of privilege, 49.405
Intellectual disabilities, defendants with, hearing to determine status, privilege prohibited, 174.098
Interpreters, prevention of disclosure of information by, 49.027
Lawyer and client
Exceptions, 49.115, 432B.250, 432B.255
Generally, 49.095, 199.510, RPC 1.6
Grand jury proceedings, 172.139
Property of attorney, search warrants issued for, 179.105, 179.11512-179.11518
Public officers or employees, 41.0343
Who may claim privilege, 49.105
Marriage and family therapist and client, 49.246-49.249
Married persons, 49.295, 49.305, 201.070
Medical society review committee proceedings and records, 49.117-49.123, 49.265
Mental or physical examinations, testimony or reports of examiner, 629.620
National Guard members’ reports and communications, 412.152
Newspaper reporter and source of information, 49.275
Occupational diseases, 617.370
Older persons, abuse, neglect, exploitation, isolation or abandonment of, 49.2549, 49.293, 200.5097, 281.805
Osteopathic physicians (See Doctor and patient, this subhead)
Parentage, actions to establish, 125B.150
Parole and Probation, Division of, employees, 213.1075
Parole Commissioners, State Board of, employees, 213.1075
Physicians (See Doctor and patient, this subhead)
Political vote, 49.315
Privileges recognized only as provided, 49.015
Psychologist and client, 49.207-49.213
Public officers, 49.285
Reporter and source, information, 49.275
Reports required by law, when privileged, 49.025
School counselor or teacher and pupil, 49.290, 49.291
Shield law, 49.275
Social worker and client, 49.251-49.254
Spouses, 49.295, 49.305, 201.070
Teacher and pupil, 49.291
Television reporter and source, 49.275
Trade secrets, 49.325
Victim’s advocate and victim, 49.2541-49.2549
Voluntary disclosure, waiver of privilege by, exceptions, 49.385
Vulnerable persons, abuse, neglect, exploitation, isolation or abandonment of, 49.2549, 49.293, 200.5097, 281.805
Contempt (See CONTEMPT)
Contracts, provisions prohibiting or restricting testimony void and unenforceable under certain conditions, 50.069
Convictions, prior convictions may be used for impeachment purposes or pleaded in subsequent prosecution, 176A.850
Coroner’s inquest, 259.090, 259.100
Courts-martial, 412.384, 412.4495
Cross-examination (See Examination and cross-examination of witness, this heading)
Defendant, provision of information concerning witnesses to prosecuting attorney, 174.233, 174.234
Deferred deposit loans, hearings involving, 604A.720
Definition, 174.405
Detention of witnesses
Domestic violence victims, procedures, 50.205
Procedures, generally, 50.205
Sexual assault victims, procedures, 50.205
Unreasonable detention prohibited, Art. 1 § 6
Disability, persons with, appointment of interpreter for witness, 50.045-50.053
Disobedience of witness (See also CONTEMPT)
Arrest of witness for failure to appear, 50.205
Criminal cases, 50.195, 174.385, 174.415, 174.425
Master’s order, contempt, 21.340
Domestic violence victims
Arrest for failure to appear as witness, appointment of attorney, detention procedures, 50.205
Attendant may be designated witness, 50.400
Employers, unlawful acts, 613.223
Drug counselors, administrative proceedings involving, 641C.730, 641C.740
Employee as witness, threatened or actual employment termination prohibited, 50.070
Examination and cross-examination of witness
Blood or breath tests, affidavit or declaration objected to, 50.315, 50.320
Competency of criminal defendant, hearing to determine, 178.415, 178.455, 178.460
Expert witnesses, 50.320, 175.271
Judge, calling and interrogation of witness by, 50.145
Juvenile court proceedings, 62D.420
Leading questions, 50.115
Mode and order of interrogation, 50.115
Plea bargains, cross-examination of defendant, 175.282
Preliminary examinations, 171.196
Prior statements of witness, 50.135
Scope, JCRCP 26(b)
Writing used to refresh memory, 50.125
Exclusion of witnesses from courtroom, 50.155
Expert witnesses (See also Opinion testimony, this heading)
Alcohol or controlled substance, affidavit or declaration as to existence or quantity, 50.315-50.330
Certified public accountants, NRCP 53(d)(3), JCRCP 53(d)(3)
Criminal cases, 175.271
Depositions, fees, NRCP 30(h), JCRCP 30(h)
Disclosures concerning experts, 174.234, NRCP 16.1(a)(2), NRCP 16.2(e)(3), NRCP 16.205(e)(3)
Discovery of facts known and opinions held, NRCP 26(b)(4), JCRCP 26(b)(4)
Domestic violence, admissibility of evidence of effects, 48.061
Facts or data underlying expert opinion, 50.305
Fees, recoverable as costs of civil action, ch. 18
Financial forgery laboratories, establishment of prima facie case, 205.46513
Forgery, 205.170
Genetic tests to determine parentage or identity, 56.020
Grand jury, receipt of affidavit or declaration, 172.135
Handwriting, genuineness, 52.045
Indian child, proceedings involving, 125E.330, 128.093
Interpreters, 50.045
Justice courts, experts generally, JCRCP 39A(f)
Medical laboratory directors, affidavits or declarations concerning tests, 50.310
Opinion testimony by expert, 50.285
Postsecondary Education, Commission on, requests to other agencies to provide expert witnesses, 394.440
Pretrial procedure, NRCP 16.1(a), JCRCP 16
Professional negligence, 41A.071, 41A.100
Sexual abuse, prosecution for, 50.350
Sexual assault, prosecution for, 50.345
Short trials, N.S.T.R. 19
Testimony, scope, 50.275
Trial preparation, depositions and discovery, NRCP 26(b), JCRCP 26(b)
Water rights adjudications, employment by court, 533.175
Fees and expenses of witnesses
Attorneys as witnesses, 50.255
Boats, operating under the influence, 488.460
Civil infractions, hearings to contest determination that person has committed, 50.225
Costs of civil action, recoverable as, 18.110, 50.225
Counties’ Trial Assistance Account, claims by counties, 353.094
County hearings, 244.3525
Criminal cases in district or justice courts, 353.094
Driving under the influence, 484C.160
Generally, 50.225
Grand jury, 50.225
Justice courts, 69.040
Juvenile courts, 62D.430
Municipal court cases brought before district court, 50.245
Per diem allowance, 50.225
Preliminary examination, postponement, 171.196
Tendered on service of subpoena, NRCP 45(b)(1), JCRCP 45(b)(1)
Felonies, duties of limited jurisdiction peace officers witnessing, 171.1223
Financial Institutions, Commissioner of, authority to compel attendance, 657.210
Financial institutions, use of affidavits in legal proceeding, 171.197, 172.137
Grand jury witnesses (See GRAND JURY)
Guardianship proceedings, 159.0617, 159.0753, 159A.0617
Health care decisions, durable power of attorney for, 162A.790
Hearsay (For specific provisions, see HEARSAY)
Generally, ch. 51
High-interest loans, hearings involving, 604A.720
Hypnosis, admissibility of testimony recalled through, 48.039
Immunity from prosecution, court may order, 178.572-178.578
Impeachment, generally, 50.075-50.105, NRCP 32(a)(2), JCRCP 32(a)
Information, Attorney General or district attorney to endorse names, 173.045
Injunction to restrain unlawful acts against, 33.015
Interpreters, 50.045-50.0545, NRCP 43(d), JCRCP 43(f)
Intimidation of witness (See Protection of witnesses, this heading)
Judge as witness, 50.055
Judicial Discipline, Commission on, perjury before, effect, 1.465
Juror as witness, 50.065
Justice court, authority to examine witnesses upon defendant’s plea of guilty or guilty but mentally ill, 174.055
Juvenile court proceedings, 62D.155, 62D.300, 62D.320, 62D.420, 62D.430
Lay witnesses (See Opinion testimony, this heading)
Legislative proceedings (See LEGISLATURE—Hearings and investigations)
Legislators, subpoenas of administrative bodies ineffective during legislative session, 218A.440
Marriage ceremony, witnesses, 122.110
Master, proceedings before, JCRCP 53
Material witnesses
Eviction proceedings, adjournments for lack of material witness, 40.340
Gaming disciplinary proceeding, 463.3125
Immunity from prosecution, 178.572-178.578
Judicial review of detention and amount of bail, 178.494
Justice of the peace, 66.020, 71.030
Legislature, appearance before, 218E.030, 218E.095
Mental health services, involuntary court-ordered admissions, 433A.280-433A.300
Military deployment of parent, testimony by electronic means authorized, 125C.0663
Minor witnesses
Attendant to provide support for witness during testimony, 178.571
Child Witness Testimony by Alternative Methods Act, Uniform, 50.500-50.620
Continuance or postponement of proceedings, 174.515
Custody proceedings, NRCP 16.215
Exclusion of minors from criminal trials, exceptions, 1.090
Expedited proceedings in criminal cases, 174.515
Juvenile courts, procedure when witness under 16 years of age, 62D.300, 62D.320
Preference in setting date for trial, 174.519
Nonresident witnesses
Affidavit of owner, possessor or occupant of property, 171.197, 172.135, 172.137
Child support proceedings, testimony by electronic means, 130.316
Financial institutions, use of certain affidavits, 171.197, 172.137
Guardianships, taking testimony in other state, 159.1997
Uniform Act To Secure the Attendance of Witnesses From Without a State in Criminal Proceedings, 174.395-174.445
Oaths and affirmations of witnesses, 50.035, NRCP 43(b), JCRCP 43(b)
Opinion testimony
Admissibility, 50.085
Character, methods of proving, 48.055
Expert witnesses, 50.285
Facts or data underlying expert opinions, 50.305
Habit or routine practice, method of proving, 48.059
Handwriting, genuineness, 52.035
Impeachment of witnesses, 50.085
Lay witnesses, 50.265
Sexual assault, prosecution for, 48.069, 50.090, 50.345
Ultimate issue, 50.295
Voice identification, 52.065
Parental rights termination, testimony by electronic means, 128.087
Perjury, incompetency of witness no defense to perjury, 199.180
Prisoners as witnesses
Bribery of witness, offender as competent witness, 199.090
Deposition or production, 50.215, NRCP 30, NRCP 31(a)(2), JCRCP 30, JCRCP 31(a)(2)
Examination or production, order for, 50.215
Problem gambling counselors, administrative proceedings involving, 641C.730, 641C.740
Production, 174.325
Prosecuting attorney, provision to defendant of information relating to witnesses, 174.233, 174.234
Protection of witnesses
Address, prohibition on disclosure, 174.234
Attendant to provide support for witness during testimony, 178.571
Confidentiality of personal information, 178.5691
Continuance of proceeding, notification, 178.5694
Discovery, protective orders, 174.275
Fees for testifying, prosecuting attorney to provide information concerning, 178.5696
Harassment of witness by employer, 178.5694
Influencing testimony, 199.240, 199.242
Injunction to restrain unlawful act against, 33.015
Investigation of threats against witness and provision of protection, 178.5692
Preventing or dissuading from reporting crime or commencing prosecution, 199.305
Preventing or dissuading from testifying or producing evidence, 199.230, 199.242
Prisoners, notification of release, 178.5698
Release of defendant and disposition of case, notification, 178.5698
Separate waiting area to be provided, 178.5696
Stolen or other personal property belonging to witness, disposition, 178.5696
Real Estate Division, proceedings, 645C.530
Reporting crime, unlawful to prevent or dissuade witness from, 199.305
Schools, crimes committed against child by employee or volunteer, interview of child identified as witness, 392.313
Self-incrimination (See SELF-INCRIMINATION)
Sequestration of witnesses, 50.155
Sex offenders, restrictions on contact or communication with witness, 176A.410, 213.1243, 213.1245
Sexual assault victims
Arrest for failure to appear as witness, appointment of attorney, detention procedures, 50.205
Employers, unlawful acts, 613.223
Sexual offenses, psychological or psychiatric examination of witness, exclusion of testimony, 50.700
Small claims court, parties’ right to use witnesses, JCRCP 95
Subpoenas (See SUBPOENAS)
Testimony
Accomplice, testimony of, 175.291
Affidavits supporting testimony, JCRCP 56(e)
Attendant to provide support for witness during testimony, 178.571
Audiovisual technology, use to present live testimony in pretrial proceedings, 171.1975, 172.138
Bribery or corruption, testimony of offender, 199.090
Child Witness Testimony by Alternative Methods Act, Uniform, 50.500-50.620
Hypnosis, admissibility of testimony recalled through, 48.039
Judge may state testimony and law to jury, Art. 6 § 12, 3.230
Oral testimony
Definition, 10.135, 28.140, 64.150
Order of court, NRCP 27(a)(3), JCRCP 27(a)(3)
Taken at trial, JCRCP 43(a)
Plea bargaining in exchange for testimony (See PLEA BARGAINING)
Prima facie evidence when reported by official court reporter, 3.360
Prior conviction may be used for purposes of impeachment, 176A.850
Proof by stenographic report or transcript, NRCP 80, JCRCP 80(c)
Quarantine, involuntary court-ordered proceedings, 441A.670-441A.690
Recording, use of sound recording equipment, 3.380
Seal of court affixed, 1.180
Unsworn declarations, use, 53.045
Threats against witness (See Protection of witnesses, this heading)
Title loans, hearings involving, 604A.720
Wills (See WILLS)
Writing used to refresh memory, 50.125
Affordable Housing, Account for, certain distributions to women who were previously incarcerated, 319.510
Birth control (See BIRTH CONTROL)
BRCA gene, screening for, penalties for failure to comply with provisions, exemptions, 457.301
Breastfeeding (See BREASTFEEDING)
Child care facilities, duties regarding nursing mothers, 432A.1771
Clean Trucks and Buses Incentive Program, amount of incentive, 445B.930
Clinical trials, participation by underrepresented demographic groups, 439.263
Contraception (See Health insurance coverage, this heading; CONTRACEPTION)
Domestic violence (See DOMESTIC VIOLENCE)
Equal Credit Opportunity Law, Nevada, ch. 598B
Equality of rights under law guaranteed to all persons, proposed amendment, Art. 1 § 24
Family planning (See FAMILY PLANNING)
Feminine hygiene products
Sales tax exemptions, 372.283, 372.7297, 374.287, 374.734
School pupils, access to, requirements, reports, 385A.315, 386.900
Women offenders, products provided to, 209.3817
Gestational agreements, 126.500-126.810
Gynecologic specimens, billing for cytologic examinations, 652.195
Health insurance coverage
BRCA gene, screening for
Fraternal benefit societies, 695A.1853
Group health insurance, 689B.0314
Health maintenance organizations, 695C.17347
Individual health insurance, 689A.04049
Managed care organizations, 695G.1712
Nonprofit hospital, medical and dental service corporations, 695B.1911
Small employers, health insurance for, 689C.1673
Contraception
Fraternal benefit societies, 695A.1865
Group policies, 689B.0378
Health maintenance organizations, 695C.1696
Hospital or medical services corporations, 695B.1919
Individual policies, 689A.0418
Managed care organizations, 695G.1715
Small employers, health benefit plans, 689C.1676
Gynecological and obstetrical services
Group policies, 689B.031
Health maintenance organizations, 695C.1713
Individual policies, 689A.0413
Nonprofit hospital or medical services corporations, 695B.1914
Hormone replacement therapy
Group policies, 689B.0376, 689B.0377
Health maintenance organizations, 695C.1694, 695C.1695
Individual policies, 689A.0415, 689A.0417
Nonprofit hospital or medical services corporations, 695B.1916, 695B.1918
Human papillomavirus, certain tests and vaccines
Fraternal benefit societies, 695A.1845
Health maintenance organizations, 695C.1745
Individual and group policies, 689A.044, 689B.0313
Local government officers and employees, 287.0272
Managed care organizations, 695G.171
Medicaid, 422.2718
Nonprofit hospital or medical services corporations, 695B.1925
Small employers, health benefit plans, 689C.1672
Mammograms and imaging tests
Fraternal benefit societies, 695A.1855
Group of blanket health insurance, 689B.0374
Health maintenance organizations, 695C.1735
Hospital or medical services corporations, 695B.1912
Individual health insurance, 689A.0405
Local government officers and employees, 287.0273
Managed care organizations, 695G.1713
Medicaid, 422.27176
Small employers, health benefit plans, 689C.1674
State officers and employees, 287.04337
Postpartum hospital stay
Group policies, 689B.520
Health insurance for small employers, 689C.194
Individual policies, 689A.717
Pregnancy
Complications
Group policies, 689B.260
Health maintenance organizations, 695C.172
Individual policies, 689A.042
Nonprofit hospital or medical services corporations, 695B.192
Examination for certain diseases
Fraternal benefit societies, 695A.1844, 695A.1856
Health maintenance organizations, 695C.1737
Hospital or medical services corporations, 695B.1913, 695B.1926
Managed care organizations, 695G.1707, 695G.1714
Small employers, health benefit plans, 689C.1675
Well-woman preventative visits
Fraternal benefit societies, 695A.1875
Group and blanket health insurance, 689B.03785
Health maintenance organizations, 695C.1698
Individual health insurance, 689A.0419
Managed care organizations, 695G.1717
Nonprofit hospital or medical services corporations, 695B.19195
Small employers, health benefit plans, 689C.1678
Lavatories, employer to provide separate lavatories, 618.720
Legislative Auditor, reports regarding leadership positions in audited agencies, 218G.155
Legislative Counsel Bureau, study to determine if new laws have adverse effect on women, 218E.210
Libraries and Literacy, State Council on, representation, 380A.041
Maternal and child health (See HEALTH, MATERNAL AND CHILD)
Maternity leave, 613.4383
Medicaid, payment of certain costs, 422.27174, 422.27175
National Guard, equality of treatment and opportunity, policy, 412.116
Nevada System of Higher Education
Employment and enrollment of women, reports, 396.532
Power-based violence, reporting, procedures, 396.125-396.1595
Victim’s advocate, confidential communications, privilege, 49.2541-49.2549
Offenders (See PRISONS, STATE)
Parent-child relationship, establishment, 126.041
Pelvic examinations, conditions and limitations on performance or supervision of performance of, 629.085
Pregnancy (See PREGNANCY)
Prisoners, publications encouraging violence against women prohibited, 209.365
Public works, records regarding workers, 338.070
Renewable energy projects, loans and set-aside programs, 701.545-701.595
Reproductive health, establishment of certain rights, constitutional amendment, Art. 1 § 25
Restrictive covenants based on sex deemed void, restrictive covenant modification form, 111.237, 111.2375, 111.312
Schools, efforts to increase enrollment in computer science courses by certain pupils, 389.037
Sex discrimination (See SEX DISCRIMINATION)
Sexual offenses, polygraphic examination of victim restricted, 171.1228
Small Business Enterprise Loan Account, creation, use, 231.1409, 231.14095
Small businesses owned by, provision of information concerning financing and certification programs, 75A.350, 225.081
Solar access program, implementation, certain percentage of expanded program to be reserved for disadvantaged businesses, 704.7865
Spouses (See MARRIED PERSONS)
Suffrage centennial, special license plates, 482.37902
Textbooks in public schools to portray diversity of society, 389.850
Veterans (See also VETERANS)
Affordable Housing, Account for, certain distributions to women who are veterans, 319.510
Alternative special license plates, issuance, 482.3763, 482.377
Women Veterans Advisory Committee, ch. 232A, 417.150, 417.310-417.330
WOMEN, INFANTS AND CHILDREN, SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR (WIC) (See also PUBLIC ASSISTANCE)
Early Childhood Advisory Council, Nevada, representation by parents or guardians, 432A.076
Menstrual products, use of benefits to purchase, 422A.374
Temporary mailing address for persons in crisis, use, 422A.697
Assistance from Department of Administration, 233I.080
Budget
Base budgets, fundamental review, 218E.435-218E.450
State Budget Act, 353.150-353.246
Creation, 233I.020
Gifts or grants, authority to accept, 233I.090, 353.335-353.339
Legislative declaration, 233I.020
Meetings, quorum, 233I.050, ch. 241
Members, ch. 232A, 233I.020-233I.040
Payments of money for services provided by agency, procedures, 353.146-353.148
Powers and duties generally, 233I.050-233I.090
Suffrage centennial, special license plates, duties, use of fees, 482.37902
Volunteer workers and consultants, 233I.080
Domestic fuels, sales and use tax exemption, 372.300, 374.305
Pest control (See also PESTICIDES)
Wood-destroying pests or organism, activities to control, 555.2667, 555.285, 555.350
Petrified wood (See PETRIFIED WOOD)
State parks and recreational areas, unauthorized removal, 407.250
Trespass by cutting or carrying away trees, 40.160
Unlawful cutting or removal of timber, 527.010, 527.020
WOOLGROWERS ASSOCIATION, NEVADA
Committee to Control Predatory Animals, advisory capacity, 567.160
Rangeland Resources Commission, membership, 563.290
Application to offer program, requirements for program, report, 389.167
Credit toward graduation from high school, 389.167
Insurance against liability to cover pupil participating in program, 389.168
School programs, funding, 388.385, 389.167-389.169
Volunteers involved in programs, submission of fingerprints, 391.1035, 391.1055
Prisoners, deductions for costs of acquiring, 209.246
Senior complexes, employees of landlords, 118A.335
Sporting events, issuance to sellers of information relating to, 599B.115
Telemarketing sellers, 599B.090, 599B.115, 599B.140
WORKER COOPERATIVE CORPORATIONS
Articles of incorporation
Contents, 81.919, 81.923, 81.927, 81.929
Internal capital account cooperative, authority to establish, 81.927
Bylaws
Contents, 81.923, 81.927, 81.929
Members, power to amend or repeal, 81.933
Consolidation or merger of cooperative, requirements, 81.959
Directors
Composition of board, 81.931
Decisions of board, override by members, requirements, 81.931
Election, distribution of ballots permitted, 81.955
Exercise of powers, considerations, 81.931
Meetings, 81.931
Membership shares, duties, 81.933
Formation and operation
Capital and reserve accounts, use, 81.923
Internal capital account cooperatives, membership, accounts, 81.927
Net earnings and losses, apportionment and distribution, 81.921
Private corporation, election to be governed as worker cooperative, applicability of laws, 81.919
Reserve accounts, use, 81.925
Governance as worker cooperative corporation, revocation of election, 81.957
Legislative findings and declarations, 81.917
Meetings
Ballots, requirements for use of written ballots, 81.955
Decisions of board, meeting of members to override, 81.931
Members and directors meetings, frequency, 81.931
Notice
Adjournment of meeting to another time or place, 81.951
Content of certain notices, 81.943
Means of provision, 81.945, 81.947, 81.949
Members only meetings, effect of notice not received, 81.941
Special meetings, 81.939
Validity of business transacted when notice requirements not met, 81.953
Voting, meetings in which members are required or permitted to vote, 81.939
Members
Bylaws, power to amend or repeal, 81.933
Decisions of board, override by members, requirements, 81.931
Expulsion, termination or suspension
Action challenging, requirements, 81.937
Procedures, 81.935
Qualifications for membership, establishment, 81.919
Rights and responsibilities, 81.929
Shares, ownership, voting power of shares, 81.933
Shares
Corporate shares, adoption of amendment adversely affecting rights of corporate shareholders prohibited without vote of such shareholders, 81.933
Issuance, fee, 81.933
Ownership, voting power, 81.933
Recall and redemption, 81.923
Technology, use in carrying out powers and duties, regulations, 81.0065
WORKERS’ COMPENSATION (See INDUSTRIAL INSURANCE)
Hospitality industry, joint labor-management programs of workforce training, tax for, ch. 377D
Programs of workforce development (See ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT)
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD, GOVERNOR’S
Advisory technical skills committee, membership, 388.385
Duties, 232.935
Members, 232.935
Reports, receipt, 232.920, 232.935, 232.975
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS (See ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT)
WORKFORCE INNOVATION, GOVERNOR’S OFFICE OF
Career Pathways Demonstration Program, duties, 232.985
Creation, 232.965
Employees, 223.085
Employment, Training and Rehabilitation, Department of, part of, 232.910
Executive Director
Appointment, classification, 232.970
Duties, 232.975
Veterans Affairs, Interagency Council on, member, 417.0191
P-20W Research Data System Advisory Committee, ch. 400
Work-based learning opportunities outside of school, duties, 232.990
WORKS OF ART (See ART, WORKS OF; PHOTOGRAPHS; PORTRAITS)
WORSHIP (See RELIGION)
WRECKERS (See AUTOMOBILE WRECKERS; TOW CAR OPERATORS)
WRESTLING (See UNARMED COMBAT)
WRITINGS (See DOCUMENTS AND WRITINGS)
Application to another judge, when prohibited, D.C.R. 19
Attachment (See ATTACHMENT)
Certiorari (See CERTIORARI)
Constables, duties, liability, 258.070- 258.0707
Definition, 10.115, 28.120, 64.130
Disobedience or resistance to lawful writ, 22.010, 22.100
Execution (See EXECUTION OF CIVIL JUDGMENTS)
First Amendment extraordinary writs, Eighth Judicial District Court, EDCR 2.17
Garnishment (See GARNISHMENT)
Habeas corpus (See HABEAS CORPUS)
Industrial insurance actions, 616A.410
Injunction (See INJUNCTIONS)
Issuance
Court of Appeals, Art. 6 § 4, 2A.180
District courts, Art. 6 § 6
Military courts, 412.574
Municipal courts, 5.060
Supreme Court, Art. 6 § 4, 2.130, NRAP 21
Judgment, relief from, various writs abolished, NRCP 60(e), JCRCP 60(b)
Justices of the peace, fees, 4.060
Mandamus (See MANDAMUS)
Possession (See CLAIM AND DELIVERY)
Prohibition (See PROHIBITION, WRITS OF)
Quo warranto (See QUO WARRANTO)
Restitution of premises (See EVICTION)
Returns, fees not to be charged by public officer, 281.260
Review (See CERTIORARI)
Rules regulating writs, power of Supreme Court to adopt, 2.120
Sequestration, NRCP 70(c), JCRCP 70
Sheriff to endorse, 248.120
Subpoenas (See SUBPOENAS)
Venire (See VENIRE)
WRONGFUL CONVICTION OF FELONY, ACTIONS FOR
Appeal of decisions, 41.930
Attorney appointment for person bringing action, 41.900
Attorney’s fees, award, restrictions, 41.950, 41.960
Certificate of innocence, entry, sealing of certain records upon entry, 41.910
Confidentiality of certain records concerning action, 41.910
Counseling services awarded to person, inclusion of certain relatives, 41.950
Damages
Amount of damages, calculation, restrictions, 41.950
Claims to recover damages, procedures, 41.970
Evidence required for award, 41.900
Limitations on award of damages, action not subject to certain laws, 41.920
Reduction based on previous action or settlement, calculation of award, reimbursement, 41.960
Dismissal of action, 41.910
Evidence, standard of proof, weight and admissibility, 41.900
Immunity of judicial and other officers, applicability of laws, 41.920
Imprisonment, restrictions on award of damages for, 41.950
Innocence defined, 41.900
Limitation of actions, 41.940
Notification of settlement or award to State Board of Examiners, 41.960
Other monetary relief, 41.950
Pleadings, 41.930
Qualifications for bringing action, 41.900
Res judicata and collateral estoppel inapplicable, 41.930
Sealing of certain records of criminal history, 41.910
Setting date for trial, preference, 16.025
Settlement agreements, effect, 41.960
Sovereign immunity, waiver, exceptions, 41.920
Trial without jury, 41.930
Abortions, liability for failure to preserve life of infant under certain conditions, 442.270
Burglary, person using deadly force against intruder, presumption, 41.095
Carjacking, person using deadly force against intruder, presumption, 41.095
Child support enforcement, duties of insurance companies, 425.364
Comparative negligence, 41.141
Constructional defects, liability for death caused by, 11.202, 11.2055
Contribution among tortfeasors, 17.225-17.305
Criminal act, limitation on action against State or political subdivision by person engaged in, 41.0334
Execution of judgments, certain payments received as compensation for wrongful death exempt, 21.090
Hospital lien on proceeds of action, 108.585-108.660
Invasion of the home, person using deadly force against intruder presumed fearful of death or injury, 41.095
Limitation of actions, 11.202, 11.2055
Malpractice (See MALPRACTICE)
Motor vehicle crashes (See ACCIDENTS)
Murder or felonious killing of decedent, wrongful death action by culpable actor prohibited, 41B.330
Negligence (See NEGLIGENCE)
Persons who may sue, 41.085
Proceeds of judgment liable for debts of deceased, 41.085
Ski area operators, liability, 455A.160
Substantial bodily harm defined, 0.060
Survival of actions, 41.100
Trailheads, reports, duties and liability of operators, 455B.450
Water recreation access areas, reports, duties and liability of operators, 455B.450