2005 Nevada Revised Statutes - Chapter 249 — County Treasurers
CHAPTER 249 - COUNTY TREASURERS
NRS 249.010 Election;term of office; certain county clerks ex officio county treasurers.
NRS 249.020 Oath.
NRS 249.030 Bond.
NRS 249.040 Removalof county treasurer when suit on bond.
NRS 249.050 Facsimilesignature.
NRS 249.060 Deputies.
NRS 249.070 Countytreasurer and deputies may administer oaths.
NRS 249.080 Office;hours to remain open.
NRS 249.085 Monthlyreport of administrative assessments paid by Justice Courts.
NRS 249.090 Receiptand disbursement of money.
NRS 249.100 Arrangementof accounts.
NRS 249.110 Inspectionof books and office.
NRS 249.120 Paymentof county warrants; limitation.
NRS 249.130 Refusalto redeem warrant.
NRS 249.140 Redemptionof order; interest.
NRS 249.150 Redemptionof county orders; receipt for taxes.
NRS 249.170 Deliveryof books and papers to successor.
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1. Except as provided in subsection 3, countytreasurers must be elected by the qualified electors of their respectivecounties.
2. County treasurers must be chosen by the electors oftheir respective counties at the general election in 1922, and at the generalelection every 4 years thereafter, and shall enter upon the duties of theirrespective offices on the first Monday of January subsequent to their election.
3. The county clerks of Churchill, Douglas, Esmeralda,Eureka, Lyon, Mineral, Pershing and Storey Counties are ex officio countytreasurers of their respective counties.
[Part 1:108:1866; B 2599; BH 1636; C 1782; RL 2765; NCL 4765] + [Part 9:108:1866; B 2607; BH 1644; C 1790; RL 2773;NCL 4733] + [Part 17:108:1866; A 1921, 96; NCL 4781](NRS A 1969, 1464;1973, 245; 1987, 56)
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[Part 2:80:1861; A 1923, 14; NCL 2175]
1. The board of county commissioners shall, on orbefore the first Monday in September preceding the election of the county treasurer,and at any other time when the funds are to be substantially increased,prescribe the amount in which the county treasurer must execute an officialbond. The bond and sureties of the county treasurer must, before the bond canbe recorded and filed, be approved by a judge of the district court. Allpersons offered as sureties on the bond may be examined on oath touching theirqualifications, and no person can be admitted as surety on any such bond unlesshe is a resident and freeholder or householder within the State, and is worthin real or personal property, or both, situate in this state, the amount of hisundertaking, over and above all sums for which he is already liable, exclusiveof property exempt from execution and forced sale.
2. The bond shall be:
(a) Recorded in the office of the county recorder andthen filed and kept in the office of the county clerk.
(b) Conditioned that all moneys received by the countytreasurer for the use of the county shall be paid as the board of county commissionersshall from time to time direct, except where special provision is made by lawfor the payment of such moneys, by order of any court, or otherwise, and forthe faithful discharge of his duties.
3. Nothing in this section shall be deemed or construedto prevent the county treasurer from giving a surety company bond in the mannerprescribed by law.
[Part 2:80:1861; A 1923, 14; NCL 2175]
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[12:80:1861; B 2990; BH 2174; C 2333; RL 1685; NCL 2185]
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1. Each county treasurer is authorized to use afacsimile signature produced through a mechanical device in place of hishandwritten signature whenever the necessity may arise and upon approval of theboard of county commissioners, subject to the following conditions:
(a) That the mechanical device shall be of such naturethat the facsimile signature may be removed from the mechanical device and keptin a separate secure place.
(b) That the use of the facsimile signature shall bemade only under the direction and supervision of the county treasurer whosesignature it represents.
(c) That all of the mechanical device shall at alltimes be kept in a vault, securely locked, when not in use, to prevent anymisuse of the same.
2. No facsimile signature produced through amechanical device authorized by the provisions of this section shall becombined with the signature of another officer.
[Part 1:51:1953] + [2:51:1953]
1. County treasurers may appoint one or more deputiesand may take from them bond with sureties. A deputy must be at least 18 yearsof age. Every county treasurer and his sureties are liable for every officialact of his deputies.
2. Any county treasurer may authorize his deputy ordeputies to transact any official business pertaining to the office of countytreasurer in the same manner as the county treasurer. The appointment of adeputy must not be construed to confer upon that deputy policymaking authorityfor the office of the county treasurer or the county by which the deputy isemployed.
3. All appointments of deputies under the provisionsof this section must be in writing and must, together with the oath of officeof the deputies, be recorded in the office of the recorder of the county withinwhich the county treasurer legally holds and exercises his office. Revocationsof such appointments must also be recorded as provided in this section. Fromthe time of the recording of the appointments or revocations therein, personsshall be deemed to have notice of the appointments or revocations.
[4:80:1861; B 2982; BH 2166; C 2325; RL 1677;NCL 2177](NRS A 1959, 416; 1993, 2432;
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[Part 5:80:1861; B 2983; BH 2167; C 2326; RL 1678; NCL 2178]
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[Part 1:178:1907; A 1929, 255; 1955, 6, 471]
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(Added to NRS by 1991, 1557; A
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[3:80:1861; B 2981; BH 2165; C 2324; RL 1676;NCL 2176]
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[6:80:1861; B 2984; BH 2168; C 2327; RL 1679;NCL 2179]
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[7:80:1861; B 2985; BH 2169; C 2328; RL 1680;NCL 2180](NRS A 1993, 150)
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[8:80:1861; A 1913, 54; 1919 RL 1681; NCL 2181] +[Part 3:66:1913]
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[Part 98:108:1866; B 2696; BH 1733; C 1879; RL 2845; NCL 4845]
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[9:80:1861; B 2987; BH 2171; C 2330; RL 1682;NCL 2182]
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[10:80:1861; B 2988; BH 2172; C 2331; RL 1683; NCL 2183]
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[13:80:1861; B 2991; BH 2175; C 2334; RL 1686; NCL 2186](NRS A 1993, 150)
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