2011 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 283 - Resignations, Vacancies and Removals
NRS 283.140 - Officers liable to impeachment.


NV Rev Stat § 283.140 (2011) What's This?

1. Any state officer shall be liable to impeachment for misdemeanor or malfeasance in office pursuant to Article 7 of the Nevada Constitution.

2. As used in NRS 283.140 to 283.290, inclusive, state officer means the Governor and other state and judicial officers, except:

(a) Justices of the peace; and

(b) State Legislators removable from office only through expulsion by their own House pursuant to Section 6 of Article 4 of the Nevada Constitution.

[1911 Cr. Prac. 28; RL 6878; NCL 10675] (NRS A 2009, 1072)

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