2011 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 266 - General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns
NRS 266.019 - Petition for incorporation: Contents; form.

1. The petition for incorporation must include the following information concerning the area proposed to be incorporated:

(a) A description of the area prepared by a professional land surveyor licensed pursuant to chapter 625 of NRS, which need not be made from a current survey nor contain courses and distances measured from fixed points, but may be based upon assessor s parcel maps, existing boundaries of subdivision or parcel maps, visible ground features, extensions of the visible ground features, or by any boundary that coincides with the official boundary of the state, a county, a city, a township, a section or any combination thereof.

(b) The proposed name of the city.

(c) The total acreage of the area.

(d) The number of persons who reside in the area.

(e) The number of owners of record of real property within the area.

(f) A statement that the area meets the requirements of NRS 266.017.

(g) A statement of the committee s plans for providing police and fire protection, maintaining the streets, providing water and sewer services, collecting the garbage and providing administrative services in the proposed city, with an estimate of the costs and sources of revenue.

(h) A map or plat of the area which is prepared from the description required by paragraph (a) and that shows the existing dedicated streets, sewer interceptors and outfalls and their proposed extensions.

2. The petition must be substantially in the following form:

PETITION FOR INCORPORATION

To the Board of County Commissioners of ................ County, Nevada:

We, the undersigned qualified electors of the State of Nevada respectfully petition the board of county commissioners to submit a proposal to incorporate as a city certain unincorporated contiguous area located within ................ County namely, ......................... (describe area to be incorporated), to the qualified electors who reside within the area to be incorporated, for their approval or disapproval at a special election to be held for that purpose.

Each signer of this petition states:

1. I have personally signed this petition as a qualified elector of this state; and

2. I have correctly stated on this petition my residence, mailing address and the date of my signature.

(Added to NRS by 1987, 1701; A 1989, 235; 1997, 1062)