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Assembly Bill No. 568–Committee on Government Affairs

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AN ACT relating to county recorders; revising the provisions governing county recorders; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. NRS 244.3605 is hereby amended to read as follows:

244.3605 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of NRS 244.360 and

244.3601, the board of county commissioners of a county may adopt by

ordinance procedures pursuant to which the board or its designee may

order an owner of property within the county to:

(a) Repair, safeguard or demolish a dangerous structure;

(b) Clear debris, rubbish and refuse which is not subject to the

provisions of chapter 459 of NRS; or

to protect the public health, safety and welfare of the residents of the

county.

2. An ordinance adopted pursuant to subsection 1 must:

(a) Contain procedures pursuant to which the owner of the property is:

(1) Sent notice, by certified mail, return receipt requested, of the

existence on his property of a condition set forth in subsection 1 and the

date by which he must abate the condition; and

(2) Afforded an opportunity for a hearing before the designee of the

board and an appeal of that decision to the board.

(b) Provide that the date specified in the notice by which the owner

must abate the condition is tolled for the period during which the owner

requests a hearing and receives a decision.

expended for labor and materials used to abate the condition on the

property if the owner fails to abate the condition.

(d) Provide for civil penalties for each day that the owner did not abate

the condition after the date specified in the notice by which the owner was

required to abate the condition.

3. The board or its designee may direct the county to abate the

condition on the property and may recover the amount expended by the

county for labor and materials used to abate the condition if:

(a) The owner has not requested a hearing within the time prescribed in

the ordinance adopted pursuant to subsection 1 and has failed to abate the

condition on his property within the period specified in the notice.

(b) After a hearing in which the owner did not prevail, the owner has

not filed an appeal within the time prescribed in the ordinance adopted

pursuant to subsection 1 and has failed to abate the condition within the

period specified in the order.

failed to abate the condition within the period specified in the order.

4. In addition to any other reasonable means of recovering money

expended by the county to abate the condition, the board may provide that

the expense is a lien upon the property upon which such a condition is

located. The lien must be perfected by:

(a) Mailing by certified mail a notice of the lien, separately prepared for

each lot affected, addressed to the last known owner of the property at his

last known address, as determined by the real property assessment roll in

the county in which the property is located; and

(b) [Filing] Recording with the county recorder of the county in which

the property is located, a statement of the amount due and unpaid and

describing the property subject to the lien.

Sec. 2. NRS 246.020 is hereby amended to read as follows:

246.020 1. Each county clerk shall, before entering upon the duties

of his office:

(a) Take the oath prescribed by law.

(b) Execute to the county a penal bond in the sum of $10,000,

conditioned for the faithful discharge of the duties of his office, which

bond must be approved by the district judge and [filed] recorded in the

office of the county recorder, unless a blanket fidelity bond is furnished by

the county.

2. In all counties where the county clerk is ex officio county recorder,

the official bond of the county clerk must be recorded in the manner and

place as provided in subsection 1, and immediately thereafter must be

deposited for safekeeping in the office of the county treasurer.

Sec. 3. NRS 246.030 is hereby amended to read as follows:

246.030 1. All county clerks are authorized to appoint deputies, who

are authorized to transact all official business appertaining to the office[,]

to the same extent as their principals. A deputy must be at least 18 years of

age.

2. County clerks are responsible on their official bonds for all official

malfeasance or nonfeasance of their deputies. Bonds for the faithful

performance of their official duties may be required of deputies by county

clerks.

3. All appointments of deputies under the provisions of this section

must be in writing, and must, together with the oath of office of the

deputies, be [filed and recorded in a book provided for that purpose]

recorded in the office of the recorder of the county within which the

principal legally holds and exercises his office. Revocations of such

appointments must [also be filed and recorded as herein provided.] be

recorded in the same manner. From the time of the [filing] recording of

the appointments or revocations , [therein,] persons shall be deemed to

have notice of the [same.] appointment or revocation.

Sec. 4. Chapter 247 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a

new section to read as follows:

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires,

“document” means a written instrument, paper, notice, deed,

conveyance, map, chart, survey or any other writing, without regard to:

1. The form in which the document is received by a county recorder;

2. The method used to transmit the document to a county recorder;

3. The method used by a county recorder to store, access or retrieve

the document.

Sec. 5. NRS 247.040 is hereby amended to read as follows:

247.040 1. All county recorders are authorized to appoint deputies,

who are authorized to transact all official business appertaining to the

office[,] to the same extent as their principals. A deputy must be at least

18 years of age.

2. County recorders are responsible on their official bonds for all

official malfeasance or nonfeasance of their deputies. Bonds for the

faithful performance of their official duties may be required of deputies by

county recorders.

3. All appointments of deputies under the provisions of this section

must be in writing, and must, together with the oath of office of the

deputies, be [filed and recorded in a book provided for that purpose]

recorded in the office of the recorder of the county within which the

county recorder legally holds [and exercises his] office. Revocations of

such appointments must [also be filed and recorded as herein provided.] be

recorded in the same manner. From the time of the [filing] recording of

the appointments or revocations , [therein,] persons shall be deemed to

have notice of the [same.] appointment or revocation.

Sec. 6. NRS 247.060 is hereby amended to read as follows:

247.060 A county recorder [is empowered to] may take and certify the

acknowledgment and proof of all [conveyances] documents affecting any

real property[, or of any other written instrument,] for which he [shall] is

entitled to receive the same fees as are prescribed by law. [All] A county

recorder shall deposit all such fees [shall be deposited] in the county

general fund.

Sec. 7. NRS 247.070 is hereby amended to read as follows:

247.070 1. [County recorders shall subscribe for such newspapers, at

least one and] A county recorder may purchase a subscription for not

more than three[,] newspapers printed and published in [their respective

counties, as the board of county commissioners therein may select and

determine.

2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 6, each county recorder

shall:

(a) Receive and preserve every copy of the paper or papers so

subscribed for; and

(b) From time to time, cause the same to be arranged properly and

bound in volumes of convenient size in a substantial manner.

The volumes when bound must be kept in his office for the use of the

courts and the public, all of whom must be given access to the volumes at

all times during office hours, free of charge. Except as otherwise provided

in subsection 4, the county recorder is entitled to receive for his services in

this behalf the sum of $10 for each volume. For neglect of the duties

hereby imposed, he shall forfeit the sum of $50 to be recovered, with

costs, in a civil action before any court, one-half of which must be paid

into the county school fund, and the other half to the person who

prosecutes the action to successful termination.

3.] the county where the county recorder holds office.

2. The county recorder [of each county] may microfilm each issue of

the newspaper or newspapers subscribed for as provided in subsection 1 .

[and keep the microfilm in lieu of keeping the newspapers.

4. The price of the papers, the binding of the several volumes thereof,

the cost of microfilming, and the county recorder’s compensation for the

care and preservation of the newspapers and microfilm must be paid out of

the general fund of the county, in the same manner that other charges are

audited and allowed from the fund by the respective boards of county

commissioners; but in any county in which the county recorder is

compensated by a salary, the county recorder is entitled to receive for such

services no compensation additional to that of his salary, and the expense

of procuring and filing the newspapers or microfilm must be paid as

stationery and books for the office of the county recorder are now paid for.

5. Any person who willfully abstracts, destroys, mutilates or defaces

any microfilm, volume or newspaper purchased in pursuance of this

section is guilty of a misdemeanor.

6. In order to satisfy the requirements of subsection 2, a county

recorder may enter into an agreement with a public library serving that

county which provides that the library will receive, preserve, bind and

make available the newspapers in accordance with subsection 2. Such an

agreement may provide that the library may keep microfilm in lieu of

keeping the newspapers.]

Sec. 8. NRS 247.080 is hereby amended to read as follows:

247.080 [1. Each county recorder must procure such books for

records as the business of his office requires, but orders for the same must

be obtained from the board of county commissioners.

2. The] Each county recorder shall [have the] take custody of and

[shall be] is responsible for all [books, records, maps and papers]

documents deposited in his office.

Sec. 9. NRS 247.090 is hereby amended to read as follows:

247.090 All [books of records, maps, charts, surveys and other papers]

documents on file in the office of the county recorder, must, during office

hours, be open for inspection by any person without charge. The county

recorder must arrange the books of record and indexes in his office in such

suitable places as to facilitate their inspection.

Sec. 10. NRS 247.100 is hereby amended to read as follows:

247.100 [1.] Each county recorder shall:

[(a) Enter]

1. Record each document[, instrument or paper filed in his office in a

book to be known as the receiving book,] in the order in which it is [filed.

(b) Give to each document, instrument or paper thus filed its proper

number in the order of filing.

receiving book the date of filing, the file number so given to it, and the

amount of fees collected for the recording or filing of the same, as the case

may be.

(d) Upon request, issue his receipt for the fee, with the file number

placed thereon.

2. The receiving book, when so kept, shall be the fee book of the

county recorder for the matters mentioned in this section, and shall be

open to the inspection of anyone desiring so to do.

3. The file number of each document, instrument or paper, as

mentioned in this section, shall be placed on such document, instrument or

paper at the time of filing, and on the official record when and where the

same shall be recorded.

4. Any county recorder who shall willfully violate any of the

provisions of this section shall be fined not more than $500.] received;

2. Maintain a record of all transactions conducted within the office

and a record of all fees collected; and

3. Make the records maintained pursuant to subsection 2 available

for public inspection during regular business hours.

Sec. 11. NRS 247.110 is hereby amended to read as follows:

247.110 1. When [any instrument, paper or notice] a document

authorized by law to be recorded [or filed] is deposited in the county

recorder’s office for recording , [or for filing,] the county recorder shall:

(a) Endorse upon it the time when it was received, noting:

(1) The year, month, day, hour and minute of its reception ; [.]

(2) The [file number thereof.

(3) The book and page where recorded or the place where filed.

(4)] document number; and

(3) The amount of fees collected for recording[or filing.] the

document.

(b) Record [or file the instrument] the document without delay, together

with the acknowledgments, proofs and certificates, written upon or

annexed to it, with the plats, surveys, schedules and other papers thereto

annexed, in the order in which the [instruments are] papers are received

for recording . [or for filing.]

[instrument so filed or] document so recorded the exact time of its

reception, and the name of the person at whose request it was recorded .

[or filed.]

(d) Upon request, place a stamp or other notation upon one copy of the

[instrument, paper or notice] document presented at the time of recording

[or filing] to reflect the information endorsed upon the original pursuant to

subparagraphs (1) and (2) of paragraph (a) and as evidence that he

received the original, and return the copy to the person who presented it.

2. In addition to the information described in paragraph (a) of

subsection 1, a county recorder may endorse upon a document the book

and page where the document is recorded.

3. A county recorder shall not refuse to record [or file any instrument,

paper or notice] a document on the grounds that the [instrument, paper or

notice] document is not legally effective to accomplish the purposes stated

therein.

Sec. 12. NRS 247.110 is hereby amended to read as follows:

247.110 1. When a document authorized by law to be recorded is

deposited in the county recorder’s office for recording, the county recorder

shall:

(a) Endorse upon it the time when it was received, noting:

(1) The year, month, day, hour and minute of its reception;

(2) The document number; and

(3) The amount of fees collected for recording the document.

(b) Record the document without delay, together with the

acknowledgments, proofs and certificates, written upon or annexed to it,

with the plats, surveys, schedules and other papers thereto annexed, in the

order in which the papers are received for recording.

document , except a map, so recorded the exact time of its reception, and

the name of the person at whose request it was recorded.

(d) Upon request, place a stamp or other notation upon one copy of the

document presented at the time of recording to reflect the information

endorsed upon the original pursuant to subparagraphs (1) and (2) of

paragraph (a) and as evidence that he received the original, and return the

copy to the person who presented it.

2. A county recorder may endorse the information described in

paragraph (a) of subsection 1 on the book and page where a document is

recorded.

3. A county recorder shall not refuse to record a document on the

grounds that the document is not legally effective to accomplish the

purposes stated therein.

4. A document, except a map, that is submitted for recording must:

(a) Be on paper that is 8 1/2 inches by 11 inches in size;

(b) Have a margin of 1 inch on the left and right sides and at the

bottom of each page; and

the first page and have a margin of 1 inch at the top of each succeeding

page.

Sec. 13. NRS 247.120 is hereby amended to read as follows:

247.120 1. Each county recorder shall, upon the payment of the

prescribed statutory fees, record separately, in a manner which will allow a

legible copy to be made, the following specified [instruments in large,

well-bound separate books, either sewed or of insertable leaves which

when placed in the book cannot be removed:] documents:

(a) Deeds, grants, patents issued by the State of Nevada or by the

United States, transfers and mortgages of real estate, releases of mortgages

of real estate, powers of attorney to convey real estate, and leases of real

estate which have been acknowledged or proved.

(b) Certificates of marriage and marriage contracts.

(d) Official bonds.

(e) Notice of mechanics’ liens.

(f) Transcripts of judgments which by law are made liens upon real

estate in this state and affidavits of renewal of those judgments.

(g) Notices of attachment upon real estate.

(h) Notices of the pendency of an action affecting real estate, the title

thereto, or the possession thereof.

(i) Instruments describing or relating to the separate property of married

persons.

(j) Notice of preemption claims.

(k) Notices and certificates of location of mining claims.

(l) Affidavits of proof of annual labor on mining claims.

(m) Affidavits of intent to hold mining claims recorded pursuant to

subsection 3 of NRS 517.230.

(n) Certificates of sale.

(o) Judgments or decrees.

(p) Declarations of homesteads.

(q) Such other writings as are required or permitted by law to be

recorded.

2. Each of the [instruments] documents named in paragraph (a) of

subsection 1 may be recorded in separate books in the discretion of the

county recorder.

3. Before accepting for recording any [instrument] document

enumerated in subsection 1, the county recorder [may] shall require a

[copy] document suitable for recording by a method used by the recorder

to preserve his records. [Where] If any rights may be adversely affected

because of a delay in recording caused by this requirement, the county

recorder shall accept the [instrument] document conditionally subject to

submission of a suitable [copy] document at a later date. [The provisions

of this subsection do not apply where it is impossible or impracticable to

submit a more suitable copy.] Before accepting a document conditionally,

the recorder shall require the person who requests the recording to sign

a statement that the person has been advised of the requirements

described in this subsection and record the statement with the document.

Sec. 14. NRS 247.130 is hereby amended to read as follows:

247.130 1. In lieu of any [or all] of the separate books provided for

in NRS 247.120, the county recorder may[, in his discretion, record any or

all of the instruments] record a document designated in NRS 247.120 in

one general series [of books] to be called “Official Records .” [,” which

books shall be numbered consecutively beginning with number 1.]

2. The recording of [instruments] a document in such “Official

Records” will impart notice in like manner and effect as if [such

instruments] the document were recorded in any of the separate books

provided for in this chapter.

Sec. 15. NRS 247.145 is hereby amended to read as follows:

247.145 1. County recorders may record any [instrument, document,

paper or notice] document authorized, entitled or required by law to be

[filed, when deposited or] recorded when presented for [filing.

2. The following acts shall be deemed equivalent to filing:

(a) Recording.

(b) Recording and microfilming an instrument, document, paper or

notice by county records in counties having microfilm equipment.

in any other manner which will allow a legible copy to be made.]

recording.

2. A document is recorded when the information required pursuant

to NRS 247.110 is placed on the document and is entered in the record

of the county recorder.

Sec. 16. NRS 247.150 is hereby amended to read as follows:

247.150 1. Each county recorder shall [keep] maintain two separate

indexes [for each separate book or series of books maintained] in his

office for the separate alphabetical recordation of the various classes of

[instruments] documents specified in NRS 247.120. One of the indexes

must be for the grantors, defendants, mortgagors, trustors, lessors,

vendors, assignors, appointors, parties releasing, judgment debtors,

testators,

obligors under bonds, parties against whom liens are claimed or

attachments issued, mining locators, name of mine, persons filing or parties

adversely affected by the document indexed, and the other index must be

for the grantees, plaintiffs, mortgagees, beneficiaries, lessees, vendees,

assignees, appointees, parties whose mortgages, deeds of trust, liens and

similar encumbrances are released or the parties benefited by the

document indexed.

2. Each of the indexes must be so arranged as to show:

(a) The names of each of the parties to [every instrument,] each

document except as otherwise provided in subsection 5.

(b) The date on which the [instrument was filed] document was

recorded in the office of the county recorder.

the [file number and file where the instrument may be filed.] document

number.

(d) Such other data as in the discretion of the county recorder may seem

desirable.

If the index is one general series [of books] for all [instruments] documents

recorded, it must also show the character of the [instrument] document

indexed.

3. [The] A county recorder may keep in the same volume any two or

more of the indexes provided for in this section, but the indexes must be

kept distinct from each other. Every volume of indexes must be distinctly

marked on the outside in such a way as to show all of the indexes kept in

it.

4. The first column of the several indexes for parties adversely affected

and parties benefited must be arranged in alphabetical order.

5. When a conveyance is executed by a sheriff, the name of the

[sheriff] county and the party charged in the execution must both be

inserted in the indexes. When [an instrument] a document is recorded [or

filed] to which an executor, administrator, guardian or trustee is a party,

the name of the executor, administrator, guardian or trustee, together with

the name of the testator, intestate, or ward, or party for whom the trust is

held, must be inserted in the index, except that the name of the trustee in a

deed of trust or in a partial or full deed of reconveyance need not be

indexed. A trustee’s deed given upon exercise of the power of sale under

any deed of trust must be indexed under the names of the original trustor

and the grantee named in it. [An instrument] A document affecting a

limited partnership is not required to be indexed under the names of the

limited partners if it is indexed under the names of the partnership and the

general partners.

6. In addition to the indexes required by this section, the county

recorder shall [also] keep and maintain other indexes required in the

performance of his official duties.

7. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 8, every [instrument

filed] document deposited in the office of any county recorder for [record

or filed, but not for] recordation, must be alphabetically indexed [in the

indexes provided for each separate book or set of books or file,] under the

names of each party adversely affected by the document and under the

names of each party benefited by the document so indexed.

8. A map of a minor county road that is [filed] recorded in the office

of a county recorder must:

(a) Be [filed] recorded in the index for grantors according to the

townships, ranges and sections indicated on the face of the map; and

(b) Show the character of the [instrument] document as a map of a

minor county road.

9. As an alternative to the method of indexing prescribed by this

section, the county recorder may[, with the permission of the board of

county commissioners,] use in place of the index books or volumes:

(a) Card indexes with a metal-reinforced hole punched in them for rod

insertion, and the card indexes must be kept in suitable metal file cabinets.

(b) A secure electronic method of indexing, including , without

limitation , microfilm produced by computer or a system using computer

terminals.

Sec. 17. NRS 247.155 is hereby amended to read as follows:

247.155 1. If a document contains the names of [500] 200 or more

persons which must be indexed in accordance with NRS 247.150, a county

recorder may require [a magnetic tape produced by a computer which can

be used on the computer in the county recorder’s office from] the person

who requests the recording of that document[. If this tape] to provide the

office of the county recorder with an electronic version or other copy of

the document that:

(a) Is compatible with and readable by the computer in the office of

the county recorder; and

(b) Complies with the indexing standards of the county recorder.

2. If an electronic version or other copy described in subsection 1 is

furnished, the county recorder shall not charge a filing fee for any page

which contains those names.

Sec. 18. NRS 247.160 is hereby amended to read as follows:

247.160 Whenever [any instrument filed for record with the] a

document is recorded by a county recorder [of any county] or a copy of

[the instrument] a document has been inserted into a book of record other

than that designated by law, but is later [indexed] included in the [proper

book of indexes, the instrument] correct index, the document from the

date of indexing imparts notice of its contents to all persons. Subsequent

purchasers, mortgagees, lienholders and encumbrancers purchase and take

with like notice and effect as if the [instrument] document had been

recorded in the proper book of record.

Sec. 19. NRS 247.170 is hereby amended to read as follows:

247.170 1. Whenever [any instrument] a document has been [filed

for record with the] recorded by a county recorder [of any county] as a

deed of trust, mortgage or financing statement, or a copy of [the

instrument] a document has been inserted into [any] a book of deeds,

deeds of trust, mortgages or financing statement, the [instrument]

document need not be again [filed for record or] recorded in the office as a

different [instrument] document from that so [filed for record or]

recorded, but the county recorder [must index the instrument] shall:

(a) Index the document in any of the indexes kept in his office upon the

request of the person requesting the recording of the [instrument]

document; and

(b) Index the payment to him of his legal fees for such indexing.

2. The [instrument] document from the date of such indexing imparts

notice of its contents to all persons, and subsequent purchasers,

mortgagees, lienholders and encumbrancers purchase and take with like

notice and effect as if the [instrument] document had been copied or

recorded in the proper book of records corresponding with [such] all

indexes where so indexed.

Sec. 20. NRS 247.180 is hereby amended to read as follows:

247.180 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 111.312, whenever

[an instrument] a document conveying, encumbering or mortgaging both

real and personal property is presented to [any] a county recorder for

recording, the county recorder shall record the [instrument in a book kept

by him for that purpose, which ] document. The record must be indexed in

the real estate index as deeds and other conveyances are required by law to

be indexed, and for which [he] the county recorder may receive the same

fees as are allowed by law for recording and indexing deeds and other

[instruments,] documents, but only one fee for the recording of [any

instrument] a document may be collected.

2. A county recorder who records an instrument pursuant to this

section shall, within 7 working days after he records the instrument,

provide to the county assessor at no charge:

(a) A duplicate copy of the instrument and any supporting documents;

(b) Access to the digital instrument and any digital supporting

documents.

Sec. 21. NRS 247.190 is hereby amended to read as follows:

247.190 1. [Every instrument of writing] A document acknowledged

or proved and certified and recorded in the manner prescribed in this

chapter [shall,] from the time of [filing the same] depositing the document

with the county recorder of the proper county for record, [impart] provides

notice to all persons of the contents thereof, and all third parties shall be

deemed to purchase and take with notice.

2. All [instruments filed] documents deposited for recordation with the

county recorder [shall] must have typed or legibly printed the names of all

signers thereon, excluding those of the acknowledging officers and

witnesses, beneath the original signatures. If [such an instrument] a

document does not contain [such] the typed or printed names, the county

recorder shall accept [such instrument] the document for recordation if

accompanied by an affidavit, for recordation with the [instrument,]

document, correctly spelling in legible print or type the signatures

appearing on [such instrument.] the document. This requirement [shall]

does not apply to military discharges or military [instruments,] documents,

to wills or court records, or to [any instrument dated prior to] a document

dated before July 1, 1963. Failure to print or type signatures as provided in

this subsection [shall] does not invalidate the [instrument.

3. Every instrument of writing filed, but not for recordation, as

permitted by law, shall from the time of filing of the same with the county

recorder of the proper county impart notice to all persons of the contents

thereof, and all third parties shall be deemed to purchase and take with

notice.] document.

Sec. 22. NRS 247.200 is hereby amended to read as follows:

247.200 [Instruments] A document affecting real property must be

recorded in the office of the county recorder of the county in which the

real property is situated. A county recorder may refuse to record a

document affecting real property if the real property is not located

within the county.

Sec. 23. NRS 247.210 is hereby amended to read as follows:

247.210 A copy or abstract of [any instrument] a document once

recorded or filed in any recording office of any state, certified by the

county recorder or other appropriate officer in whose public office the

[instrument] document is recorded or filed, may be recorded [or filed] in

any county of this state, and when so recorded , [or filed] the record

thereof[, or the filed instrument,] has the same force and effect as though

it were of the original [instrument.] document.

Sec. 24. NRS 247.305 is hereby amended to read as follows:

247.305 1. If another statute specifies the fee to be charged for a

service, county recorders shall charge and collect only the fee specified.

Otherwise county recorders shall charge and collect the following fees:

For recording any document, for the first page$7

For each additional page1

For recording each portion of a document which must be

separately indexed, after the first indexing 3

For copying any record, for each page1

For certifying, including certificate and seal4

For a certified copy of a certificate of marriage7

For a certified abstract of a certificate of marriage7

2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, a county recorder

shall not charge or collect any fees for any of the services specified in this

section when rendered by him to:

(a) The county in which his office is located.

(b) The State of Nevada or any city or town within the county in which

his office is located, if the document being recorded:

(1) Conveys to the state, or to that city or town, an interest in land;

(2) Is a mortgage or deed of trust upon lands within the county which

names the state or that city or town as beneficiary;

(3) Imposes a lien in favor of the state or that city or town; or

(4) Is a notice of the pendency of an action [in eminent domain filed]

by the state [pursuant to NRS 37.060.]or that city or town.

3. A county recorder shall charge and collect the fees specified in this

section for copying of any document at the request of the State of Nevada,

and any city or town within the county. For copying, and for his certificate

and seal upon the copy, the county recorder shall charge the regular fee.

4. For purposes of this section, “State of Nevada,” “county,” “city”

and “town” include any department or agency thereof and any officer

thereof in his official capacity.

5. Except as otherwise provided by an ordinance adopted pursuant to

the provisions of NRS 244.207, county recorders shall, on or before the

fifth working day of each month, account for and pay to the county

treasurer all such fees collected during the preceding month.

Sec. 25. NRS 247.320 is hereby amended to read as follows:

247.320 [County recorders are required to file and record in their

respective offices and in the books provided therefor,]

1. A county recorder shall:

(a) Record deeds of conveyances and judgments vesting or perfecting

title in the United States[, and to certify copies of such instruments

furnished by] ; and

(b) Provide one certified copy of the official record to the interested

government representative. [No fees shall be charged by the]

2. A county recorder shall not charge fees for the services [mentioned

in] required by this section.

Sec. 26. NRS 247.330 is hereby amended to read as follows:

247.330 A county recorder shall not [be bound to] record any

[instrument, or file any paper or notice, or to] document, furnish any

copies[, or to] or render any other service connected with his office, until

[his] the fees for the [same] services, as prescribed by law , are paid or

tendered.

Sec. 27. NRS 247.370 is hereby amended to read as follows:

247.370 Any county recorder who willfully violates any of the

provisions of NRS 247.340 [or 247.350] shall be fined not more than

$1,000.

Sec. 28. NRS 247.380 is hereby amended to read as follows:

247.380 If any county recorder [shall take] willfully takes more or

greater fees than are allowed by law, he [shall be] is liable to indictment,

and on conviction [shall] must be removed from office and fined [in any

sum not exceeding] not more than $1,000.

Sec. 29. NRS 247.390 is hereby amended to read as follows:

247.390 Any county recorder receiving fees as provided by law shall

[publish and set up in some] post in a conspicuous place in his office a fee

table for public inspection. A sum not exceeding $20 for each day of his

omission so to do [shall] must be forfeited, which sum with costs may be

recovered by any person by an action before any justice of the peace of the

same county.

Sec. 30. NRS 247.410 is hereby amended to read as follows:

247.410 [If any county recorder to whom an instrument, proved or

acknowledged according to law, or any paper or notice which may by law

be recorded is delivered for record, or to whom any document, instrument

or paper permitted by law to be filed is delivered for filing:] A county

recorder is liable to a party aggrieved for three times the amount of the

damages that may be occasioned thereby if the county recorder:

1. Neglects or refuses to record [or file such instrument, paper or

notice] a recordable document within a reasonable time after receiving

the [same;] document;

2. Records [or files any instrument, paper or notice,] a document

willfully or negligently, untruly[,] or in any other manner than is directed

in this chapter;

3. Neglects or refuses to [keep] maintain in his office such indexes as

are required by this chapter, or to make the proper entries therein; or

4. Alters, changes or obliterates any record or any filed [instrument]

document deposited in his office, or inserts any new matter therein . [,

he is liable to the party aggrieved for three times the amount of the

damages which may be occasioned thereby.]

Sec. 31. NRS 248.275 is hereby amended to read as follows:

248.275 1. The sheriff of each county in this state may charge and

collect the following fees:

For serving a summons or complaint, or any other process,

by which an action or proceeding is commenced, except as a

writ of habeas corpus, on every defendant$15

For traveling and making such service, per mile in going

only, to be computed in all cases the distance actually

traveled, for each mile1

If any two or more papers are required to be served in the

same suit at the same time, where parties live in the same

direction, one mileage only may be charged.

For taking a bond or undertaking in any case in which he is

authorized to take a bond or undertaking4

For a copy of any writ, process or other paper, [when] if

demanded or required by law, for each page2

For serving every rule or order15

For serving one notice required by law before the

commencement of a proceeding for any type of eviction15

For serving not fewer than 2 nor more than 10 such notices

to the same location, each notice12

For serving not fewer than 11 nor more than 24 such notices

to the same location, each notice10

For serving 25 or more such notices to the same location,

each notice9

For mileage in serving such a notice, for each mile

necessarily and actually traveled in going only1

But if two or more notices are served at the same general

location during the same period, mileage may only be

charged for the service of one notice.

For serving a subpoena, for each witness summoned15

For traveling, per mile in serving subpoenas, or a venire, in

going only, for each mile1

When two or more witnesses or jurors live in the same

direction, traveling fees must be charged only for the most

distant.

For serving an attachment on property, or levying an

execution, or executing an order of arrest or order for the

delivery of personal property, together with traveling fees,

as in cases of summons15

For making and posting notices and advertising for sale, on

execution or any judgment or order of sale, not to include

the cost of publication in a newspaper15

For issuing each certificate of sale of property on execution

or order of sale, and for [filing a duplicate thereof]

recording the original certificate with the county recorder,

which must be collected from the party receiving the

certificate3

For drawing and executing every sheriff’s deed, to be paid by

the grantee, who shall in addition pay for the

acknowledgment thereof12

For serving a writ of possession or restitution, putting any

person into possession entitled thereto15

For traveling in the service of any process, not otherwise

provided in this section, for each mile necessarily traveled,

for going only, for each mile1

For mailing a notice of a writ of execution1

The sheriff may charge and collect $1 per mile traveled, for going only, on

all papers not served, where reasonable effort has been made to effect

service, but not to exceed $20.

2. The sheriff may also charge and collect:

(a) For commissions for receiving and paying over money on execution

or process, where lands or personal property have been levied on,

advertised or sold, on the first $500, 4 percent; on any sum in excess of

$500, and not exceeding $1,000, 2 percent; on all sums above that amount,

1 percent.

(b) For commissions for receiving and paying over money on

executions without levy, or where the lands or goods levied on are not

sold, on the first $3,500, 2 percent, and on all amounts over that sum, one

-half of 1 percent.

corpus, the same mileage as in civil cases, to be allowed, audited and paid

as are other claims against the county.

(d) For all services in justices’ courts, the same fees as are allowed in

subsection 1 and paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of this subsection.

3. The sheriff is also entitled to further compensation for his trouble

and expense in taking possession of property under attachment, execution

or other process and of preserving the property, as the court from which

the writ or order may issue certifies to be just and reasonable.

4. In service of a subpoena or a venire in criminal cases, the sheriff is

entitled to receive mileage for the most distant only, where witnesses and

jurors live in the same direction.

5. The fees allowed for the levy of an execution, for advertising and

for making and collecting money on an execution or order of sale, must be

collected from the defendants, by virtue of the execution or order of sale,

in the same manner as the execution is directed to be made.

6. Except as otherwise provided by an ordinance adopted pursuant to

the provisions of NRS 244.207, all fees collected by a sheriff must be paid

into the county treasury of his county on or before the fifth working day of

the month next succeeding the month in which the fees are collected.

Sec. 32. NRS 249.060 is hereby amended to read as follows:

249.060 1. County treasurers may appoint one or more deputies, and

may take from them bond with sureties. A deputy must be at least 18 years

of age. Every county treasurer and his sureties are liable for every official

act of his deputies.

2. Any county treasurer may authorize his deputy or deputies to

transact any official business pertaining to the office of county treasurer in

the same manner as the county treasurer.

3. All appointments of deputies under the provisions of this section

must be in writing, and must, together with the oath of office of the

deputies, be [filed and recorded in a book provided for that purpose]

recorded in the office of the recorder of the county within which the

county treasurer legally holds and exercises his office. Revocations of

such appointments must also be [filed and] recorded as [herein provided .]

provided in this section. From the time of the [filing] recording of the

appointments or revocations therein, persons shall be deemed to have

notice of the [same.] appointments or revocations.

Sec. 33. NRS 250.060 is hereby amended to read as follows:

250.060 1. All county assessors are authorized to appoint deputies,

who are authorized to transact all official business [appertaining] relating

to the offices[,] to the same extent as the county assessors. A deputy must

be at least 18 years of age.

2. County assessors are responsible on their official bonds for all

official malfeasance or nonfeasance of their deputies. Bonds for the

faithful performance of their official duties may be required of deputies by

county assessors.

3. All appointments of deputies under the provisions of this section

must be in writing, and must, together with the oath of office of the

deputies, be [filed and recorded in a book provided for that purpose]

recorded in the office of the recorder of the county within which the

county assessor legally holds and exercises his office. Revocations of such

appointments must also be [filed and] recorded as [herein provided.]

provided in this section. From the time of the [filing] recording of the

appointments or revocations therein, persons shall be deemed to have

notice of the [same.] appointments or revocations.

Sec. 34. NRS 252.070 is hereby amended to read as follows:

252.070 1. All district attorneys are authorized to appoint deputies,

who may transact all official business [appertaining] relating to the offices

[,] to the same extent as their principals.

2. District attorneys are responsible on their official bonds for all

official malfeasance or nonfeasance of the deputies. Bonds for the faithful

performance of their official duties may be required of deputies by district

attorneys.

3. All appointments of deputies under the provisions of this section

must be in writing, and must, together with the oath of office of the

deputies, be [filed and recorded in a book provided for that purpose]

recorded in the office of the recorder of the county within which the

district attorney legally holds and exercises his office. Revocations of

those appointments must also be [filed and] recorded as provided in this

section. From the time of the [filing] recording of the appointments or

revocations therein, persons shall be deemed to have notice of the

appointments or revocations.

4. Deputy district attorneys of counties whose population is less than

100,000 may engage in the private practice of law. In any other county,

except as otherwise provided in NRS 7.065 and this subsection, deputy

district attorneys shall not engage in the private practice of law. An

attorney appointed to prosecute a person for a limited duration with

limited jurisdiction may engage in private practice which does not present

a conflict with his appointment.

5. Any district attorney may, subject to the approval of the board of

county commissioners, appoint such clerical, investigational and

operational staff as the execution of duties and the operation of his office

may require. The compensation of any person so appointed must be fixed

by the board of county commissioners.

6. In a county whose population is 400,000 or more, deputies are

governed by the merit personnel system of the county.

Sec. 35. NRS 253.025 is hereby amended to read as follows:

253.025 1. A public administrator may appoint as many deputies as

he deems necessary to perform fully the duties of his office. A deputy so

appointed may perform all duties required of the public administrator and

has the corresponding powers and responsibilities. Before entering upon

the discharge of his duties , each deputy must take and subscribe to the

constitutional oath of office.

2. Each appointment must be in writing and [filed,] recorded with the

oath of office of that deputy[, in a book provided for that purpose] in the

office of the county recorder. Any revocation or resignation of an

appointment must be [filed in the same book.] recorded in the office of

the county recorder.

3. The public administrator is responsible on his official bond for any

official malfeasance or nonfeasance of his deputies[. He] and may require

a bond for the faithful performance of the official duties of his deputies.

Sec. 36. NRS 255.110 is hereby amended to read as follows:

255.110 1. The county surveyor shall:

(a) Keep a correct and fair record of all surveys made by him in his

official capacity, or by his deputies acting in his stead, in the form of

original field notes in field books to be provided by the county for that

purpose.

(b) Number such surveys progressively.

drawn in waterproof ink on tracing cloth or produced by the use of other

materials of a permanent nature generally used for [such] that purpose in

the engineering profession, endorsing thereon its proper number and his

official certificate of survey.

(d) Obtain maps of mining claims, mill sites and tunnel rights [filed]

recorded with the county recorder and prepare a county mining claim map

which [shall] must accurately reflect the location of all such claims. A

county surveyor shall not refuse to accept a map submitted by the locator

of the mine, nor shall he prepare a map in lieu of one submitted by the

locator, unless he can affirmatively show that the map submitted does not

accurately reflect the location of all of the claims.

2. All records of surveys required by this chapter [shall] must be

transmitted by him to his successor in office.

3. Field notes and records maps [shall] must be available for [purposes

of copying the same] copying to any person requiring [the same.] a copy of

the field notes or records maps.

Sec. 37. NRS 14.010 is hereby amended to read as follows:

14.010 1. In an action for the foreclosure of a mortgage upon real

property, or affecting the title or possession of real property, the plaintiff,

at the time of filing the complaint, and the defendant, at the time of filing

his answer, if affirmative relief is claimed in the answer, shall [file] record

with the recorder of the county in which the property, or some part thereof,

is situated, a notice of the pendency of the action, containing the names of

the parties, the object of the action and a description of the property in that

county affected thereby, and the defendant shall also in the notice state the

nature and extent of the relief claimed in the answer.

2. A notice of an action affecting real property, which is pending in

any United States District Court for the District of Nevada may be

recorded and indexed in the same manner and in the same place as

provided with respect to actions pending in courts of this state.

3. From the time of [filing] recording only, except as otherwise

provided in NRS 14.017, the pendency of the action is constructive notice

to a purchaser or encumbrancer of the property affected thereby. In case of

the foreclosure of the mortgage, all purchasers or encumbrancers, by

unrecorded deed or other instrument in writing made before the [filing]

recording of the notice, and after the date of the mortgage, shall be

deemed purchasers or encumbrancers after the [filing] recording of the

notice, and subject thereto, unless NRS 14.017 is applicable or they can

show that , at the time of [filing] recording the notice , the plaintiff had

actual notice of the purchase or encumbrance.

Sec. 38. NRS 21.220 is hereby amended to read as follows:

21.220 1. If property be so redeemed by a redemptioner, another

redemptioner may, within 60 days after the last redemption, again redeem

it from the last redemptioner on paying the sum paid on such last

redemption with 2 percent thereon in addition, and the amount of any

assessments or taxes which the last redemptioner may have paid thereon

after the redemption by him, with interest on that amount, and in addition

the amount of any liens held by the last redemptioner prior to his own,

with interest , [;] but the judgment under which the property was sold need

not be so paid as a lien.

2. The property may be again, and as often as a redemptioner is so

disposed, redeemed from any previous redemptioner within 60 days after

the last redemption, on paying the sum paid on the last previous

redemption, with 2 percent thereon in addition, and the amounts of any

assessments or taxes which the last previous redemptioner paid after the

redemption by him, with interest thereon, and the amount of any liens,

other than the judgment under which the property was sold, held by the

last redemptioner previous to his own, with interest.

3. Written notice of redemption must be given to the sheriff and a

duplicate [filed] recorded with the recorder of the county , [;] and if any

taxes or assessments are paid by the redemptioner, or if he has or acquires

any lien other than that upon which the redemption was made, notice

thereof must in like manner be given to the sheriff and [filed] recorded

with the recorder[;] and , if the notice is not [filed,] recorded, the property

may be redeemed without paying the tax, assessment or lien.

4. If no redemption is made within 1 year after the sale, the purchaser,

or his assignee, is entitled to a conveyance[;] or, if so redeemed,

whenever 60 days have elapsed and no other redemption has been made

and notice thereof given, and the time for redemption has expired, the last

redemptioner, or his assignee, is entitled to a sheriff’s deed , [;] but in all

cases the judgment debtor has the entire period of 1 year [from] after the

date of the sale to redeem the property.

5. If the judgment debtor redeems, he must make the same payments

as are required to effect a redemption by a redemptioner. If the debtor

redeems, the effect of the sale is terminated, and he is restored to his

estate.

6. Upon a redemption by the debtor, the person to whom the payment

is made must execute and deliver to him a certificate of redemption,

acknowledged or approved before a person authorized to take

acknowledgments of conveyances of real property. The certificate must be

[filed and] recorded in the office of the recorder of the county in which the

property is situated.

Sec. 39. NRS 21.260 is hereby amended to read as follows:

21.260 1. If the purchaser of real property sold on execution, or his

successor in interest, or a redemptioner [be] is evicted therefrom [in

consequence] because of irregularities in the proceedings concerning the

sale or of the reversal or discharge of the judgment, he may recover the

price paid, with interest, from the judgment creditor.

2. If the purchaser of property at a sheriff’s sale, or his successor in

interest, [fail] fails to recover possession in consequence of irregularity in

the proceedings concerning the sale, or because the property sold was not

subject to execution and sale, the court having jurisdiction thereof shall, on

petition of such party in interest, or his attorney, revive the original

judgment for the amount paid by [such] the purchaser at the sale, with

interest thereon from the time of payment at the same rate that the original

judgment bore, and when so revived, the judgment [shall have] has the

same effect as an original judgment of the court of that date, and bearing

interest as aforesaid, and any other or after-acquired property, rents, issues

or profits of the debtor [shall be] is liable to levy and sale, under execution

in satisfaction of [such debt ; provided:

(a) That no] the debt if:

(a) No property of [such] the debtor bona fide sold upon the [filing of

such petition shall be] recording of the petition is subject to the lien of

[such] the judgment; and

(b) [That] The notice of the [filing of such petition shall be made by

filing] recording of the petition is made by recording a notice thereof in

the office of the recorder of the county where [such] the property is

situated, and that the judgment [shall] must be revived in the name of the

original plaintiff or plaintiffs, for the use of the petitioner, the party in

interest.

Sec. 40. NRS 31.060 is hereby amended to read as follows:

31.060 Subject to the requirements of NRS 31.045, the sheriff to

whom the writ is directed and delivered shall execute it without delay, and

if the undertaking mentioned in NRS 31.040 is not given, as follows:

1. Real property must be attached by leaving a copy of the writ with

the occupant of the property or, if there is no occupant, by posting a copy

in a conspicuous place on the property and [filing a copy,] recording the

writ together with a description of the property attached, with the recorder

of the county.

2. Personal property must be attached:

(a) By taking it into immediate custody, and, if directed by the plaintiff,

using the services of any company which operates a tow car, as defined in

NRS 706.131, or common motor carrier, as defined in NRS 706.036, to

transport it for storage in a warehouse or storage yard that is insured or

bonded in an amount not less than the full value of the property; or

(b) By placing a keeper in charge of a going business where the

property is located, with the plaintiff prepaying the expense of the keeper

to the sheriff, during which period, the defendant, by order of the court or

the consent of the plaintiff, may continue to operate in the ordinary course

of business at his own expense if all sales are for cash and the full

proceeds are paid to the keeper for the purpose of the attachment.

If the property is stored pursuant to paragraph (a), the property must be

segregated from other property and marked by signs or other appropriate

means indicating that it is in the custody of the sheriff.

3. Any mobile home, as defined in NRS 40.215, must be attached by:

(a) Posting a copy of the writ in a conspicuous place on the mobile

home;

(b) Taking it into immediate custody, subject to the provisions of

subsection 2; or

plaintiff prepaying the expense of the keeper to the sheriff:

(1) During which period, the defendant may continue to occupy the

mobile home; and

(2) After which period, the sheriff shall take the mobile home into his

immediate custody, subject to the provisions of subsection 2, unless other

disposition is made by the court or the parties to the action.

4. Debts and credits, due or to become due, and other personal

property in the possession or under the control of persons other than the

defendant must be attached by service of a writ of garnishment as

provided in NRS 31.240 to 31.460, inclusive.

Sec. 41. NRS 37.060 is hereby amended to read as follows:

37.060 1. All proceedings under this chapter [shall] must be brought

in the district court for the county in which the property or [some] a part

thereof is situated. The complaint in such cases must be verified, and the

party instituting any such proceedings shall [file] record with the recorder

of each county in which any of the property is situated a notice of the

pendency of the action.

2. From the time of such [filing] recording every purchaser or

encumbrancer whose conveyance or encumbrance is not then recorded or

docketed shall be deemed a subsequent purchaser or encumbrancer and

[shall be ] is bound by the proceedings to the same extent and in the same

manner as if he were a party therein. He may intervene in the manner

provided by NRS 37.080.

Sec. 42. NRS 39.040 is hereby amended to read as follows:

39.040 Immediately after [filing] recording the complaint, the plaintiff

shall [file] record with the recorder of the county in which the property is

situated, a notice of the pendency of the action, containing the names of

the parties so far as known, the object of the action[,] and a description of

the property to be affected thereby. From the time of the [filing] recording

of the notice, except as otherwise provided in NRS 14.017, it shall be

deemed notice to all persons.

Sec. 43. NRS 40.525 is hereby amended to read as follows:

40.525 1. [Whenever] If title or an interest in real or personal

property is affected by the death of any person, any other person who

claims any interest in the real or personal property, if his interest is

affected by the death of that person, or the State of Nevada, may file in the

district court of any county in which any part of the real or personal

property is situated a verified petition setting forth those facts and

particularly describing the real or personal property, the interest of the

petitioner and the interest of the deceased therein.

2. The clerk shall set the petition for hearing by the court. Notice of

hearing of the petition must be mailed, by certified mail, return receipt

requested, postage prepaid, to the heirs at law of the deceased person at

their places of business or residences, if known, and if not, by publication

for at least 3 successive weeks in such newspaper as the court orders. The

clerk shall send a copy of the notice of hearing or of the affidavit to the

welfare division of the department of human resources by certified mail,

return receipt requested, postage prepaid, if the state is not the petitioner,

at the time notice is mailed to the heirs at law or the notice is published.

Failure on the part of any such heir at law to contest the petition precludes

any such heir at law from thereafter contesting the validity of the joint

interest or its creation or termination.

3. The court shall take evidence for or against the petition, and may

render judgment thereon establishing the fact of the death and the

termination of the interest of the deceased in the real or personal property

described in the petition.

4. A certified copy of the decree may be recorded in the office of the

recorder of each county in which any part of the real or personal property

is situated.

5. As an alternative method of terminating the interest of the deceased

person, [whenever] if title or an interest in real or personal property held in

joint tenancy or as community property with right of survivorship is

affected by the death of a joint tenant or spouse, any person who has

knowledge of the facts may [file] record in the office of the county

recorder in the county where the property is situated an affidavit meeting

the requirements of NRS 111.365, accompanied by a certified copy of the

death certificate of the deceased person.

Sec. 44. NRS 41.250 is hereby amended to read as follows:

41.250 Any decree rendered under the provisions of NRS 41.210 to

41.260, inclusive, [shall be filed] must be recorded with the state health

officer and in the office of the county recorder of the county in which the

decree was rendered.

Sec. 45. NRS 68.040 is hereby amended to read as follows:

68.040 A judgment rendered in a justice’s court creates no lien upon

any lands of the defendant, unless an abstract is [filed] recorded in the

office of the county recorder of the county in which the lands are situated.

When so [filed,] recorded and from the time of [filing,] the recording, the

judgment becomes a lien upon all the real property of the judgment debtor,

not exempt from execution, in the county, owned by him at the time, or

which he acquires before the lien expires. The lien continues for 6 years,

unless the judgment is previously satisfied.

Sec. 46. NRS 78.085 is hereby amended to read as follows:

78.085 1. Every railroad company in this state shall, within 90 days

after its road is finally located:

(a) Cause to be made a map and profile thereof, and of the land taken

and obtained for the use thereof, and the boundaries of the several counties

through which the road may run;

(b) File the [same] map and profile thereof in the office of the secretary

of state and a duplicate thereof with the public utilities commission of

Nevada; and

counties, and [file the same] record such maps in the office of the

recorder of the county in which [such] those parts of the road are located.

2. The maps and profiles must be certified by the chief engineer, the

acting president[,] and secretary of [such] the company , and copies of the

[same,] maps and profiles so certified and [filed] recorded as required by

subsection 1[,] must be kept in the office of the company, subject to

examination by all interested persons.

Sec. 47. NRS 84.080 is hereby amended to read as follows:

84.080 1. In the event of the death or resignation of any such

archbishop, bishop, president, trustee in trust, president of stake, president

of congregation, overseer, presiding elder, district superintendent, or other

presiding officer[,] or clergyman, or of his removal from such office by

the person or body having the authority to remove him when [such] the

person is at the time a corporation sole, his successor in office, as such

corporation sole, [shall be] is vested with the title to [any and] all property

held by his predecessor, as such corporation sole, with like power and

authority over the [same,] property and is subject to all the legal liabilities

and obligations with reference thereto.

2. [Such] The successor shall [file] record in the office of the county

recorder of each county wherein any of the real property is situated a

certified copy of his commission, certificate or letter of election or

appointment.

Sec. 48. NRS 107.090 is hereby amended to read as follows:

107.090 1. As used in this section, “person with an interest” means

any person who has or claims any right, title or interest in, or lien or

charge upon, the real property described in the deed of trust, as evidenced

by any document or instrument [filed or] recorded in the office of the

county recorder of the county in which any part of the real property is

situated.

2. A person with an interest or any other person who is or may be held

liable for any debt secured by a lien on the property desiring a copy of a

notice of default or notice of sale under a deed of trust with power of sale

upon real property may at any time after recordation of the deed of trust

[file] record in the office of the county recorder of the county in which any

part of the real property is situated an acknowledged request for a copy of

the notice of default or of sale. The request must state the name and

address of the person requesting copies of the notices and identify the deed

of trust by stating the names of the parties thereto, the date of recordation ,

and the book and page where it is recorded.

3. The trustee or person authorized to record the notice of default shall,

within 10 days after the notice of default is recorded and mailed pursuant

to NRS 107.080, cause to be deposited in the United States mail an

envelope, registered or certified, return receipt requested and with postage

prepaid, containing a copy of the notice, addressed to:

(a) Each person who has [filed] recorded a request for a copy of the

notice; and

(b) Each other person with an interest whose interest or claimed interest

is subordinate to the deed of trust.

4. The trustee or person authorized to make the sale shall, at least 20

days before the date of sale, cause to be deposited in the United States

mail an envelope, registered or certified, return receipt requested and with

postage prepaid, containing a copy of the notice of time and place of sale,

addressed to each person described in subsection 3.

5. No request [filed] recorded pursuant to the provisions of subsection

2 affects the title to real property.

Sec. 49. NRS 108.234 is hereby amended to read as follows:

108.234 Every building or other improvement mentioned in NRS

108.222, constructed upon any lands with the knowledge of the owner or

the person having or claiming any interest therein, shall be held to have

been constructed at the instance of [such] the owner or person having or

claiming any interest therein, and the interest owned or claimed [shall be]

is subject to any lien recorded in accordance with the provisions of NRS

108.221 to 108.246, inclusive, unless [such] the owner or person having or

claiming an interest therein shall, within 3 days after he has obtained

knowledge of the construction, alteration or repair, or the intended

construction, alteration or repair, give notice that he will not be

responsible for [such] the improvement by [filing] recording a notice in

writing to that effect with the county recorder of the county where the land

or building is situated[;] and, in the instance of:

1. A lessor, the notice of lien nonresponsibility shall be deemed timely

[filed] recorded if the [same has been filed] notice is recorded within 3

days immediately following the execution of the lease by all parties as to

that construction, alteration or repair, or intended construction, alteration

or repair, known to the lessor at the time of the execution of the lease by

all parties.

2. An optionor, the notice of lien nonresponsibility shall be deemed

timely [filed] recorded if the [same has been filed] notice is recorded

within 3 days immediately following the execution of the agreement

permitting entry upon the real property by all parties as to that

construction, alteration, repair, or intended construction, alteration, repair

or other work known to the optionor at the time of the execution of the

agreement by all parties.

Sec. 50. NRS 108.550 is hereby amended to read as follows:

108.550 1. The lien provided for in NRS 108.540 may be foreclosed

in the following manner:

(a) A notice must be posted for a period of 10 days in three public and

conspicuous places in the county where the animals are being fed,

pastured or boarded, which notice must also be published in one issue of a

newspaper of general circulation in the county.

(b) The notice must:

(1) Specify the nature and amount of the lien.

(2) Specify that it is the intention of the lienholder to foreclose the

[same] animal or animals by sale.

(3) Specify a description of the animal or animals.

(4) Specify the name and last known address of the owner or

purported owner of the animal or animals.

(5) State that unless the amount of the lien is paid on or before a

specified date, the animal or animals, or so many thereof as may be

necessary, will be sold at public auction at the place and on the day and

hour specified in the notice.

(6) Be signed and dated by the lienholder.

subparagraph (5) of paragraph (b). The day specified must not be less

than 10 nor more than 15 days after the date of the publication of the

notice.

(d) A true copy of the demand and notice must be mailed by registered

or certified letter and at the time of publication to the last known address

of the holder of every lien appearing of record in the county.

2. The sale provided for in this section may be conducted by the

person furnishing the feed, pasture or board, or by any other person who

may be designated by the lienholder. Only such number of animals will be

sold as may be necessary to discharge the lien and pay the cost of the

publication of notice, plus the sum of $5 to be allowed to the person

making the sale. No sale may be made except when the animals to be sold

are corralled and have been viewed by the bidders. Any expense incidental

to rounding up or bringing the animal or animals to the place of sale is also

a proper and an additional charge against the owner. The lienholder may

be a bidder at the sale. From the proceeds of the sale , the lienholder shall

satisfy his lien, including the additional charges mentioned in this

subsection, delivering over the balance, if any, to the owner. If the owner

is out of the state or cannot be found, the balance must be deposited with

the county treasurer of the county in which the sale was conducted.

3. If the balance is not called for by the owner within 6 months [from]

after the date of sale, the balance must be paid into the county school

district fund.

4. The highest bidder at the sale shall immediately pay the amount bid

in cash and receive title to the animals sold, subject only to any prior lien

appearing of record in the county , [;] but before title vests in the

successful bidder there must be [filed] recorded with the recorder of the

county in which the sale was held a certificate executed by the person

conducting the sale, to which must be attached the publisher’s proof of

publication of the notice of sale to foreclose the lien. The certificate must

specify:

(a) The name and address of the buyer.

(b) That the buyer was the highest bidder.

(d) The kind, color, size, weight, brand, if any, and earmarks, if any, of

the animal or animals sold.

5. No person requesting or consenting to the furnishing of feed,

pasture or board is entitled to assert a lien prior to that provided for in this

section.

6. This section is intended to supplement existing law and the remedy

provided in this section is not exclusive. This section does not deprive the

lienholder from resorting to any other legal remedy.

Sec. 51. NRS 108.560 is hereby amended to read as follows:

108.560 1. [Whenever] If the bill or claim for pasturage or feed for

livestock [shall] in the judgment of the person [or persons] furnishing the

pasturage or feed [equal] equals the value of the livestock pastured or fed,

and the owner [or owners] of the livestock [shall have] has failed or

neglected to pay for the pasturage or feed, the person [or persons]

furnishing the pasturage or feed may have the livestock appraised by three

competent and disinterested freeholders. If the appraisement does not

exceed by 10 percent the amount of the unpaid pasturage or feed bill, upon

the [filing] recording of the appraisement with the county recorder of the

county in which the livestock is situated, the title to the livestock [shall

vest] vests in the person [or persons furnishing such] furnishing the

pasturage or feed and he [or they shall have the right to] may sell the

livestock, subject to the right of redemption mentioned in subsection 2.

2. At any time within 1 year after the [filing] recording of the

appraisement, the original owner [or owners] of the livestock [shall have

the right to] may redeem the livestock from the possessor thereof by

paying or tendering as payment to the possessor the amount of the

appraisement together with 25 percent of the appraisement additional as

damages. [Should] If payment or tender [not be] is not made by the

original owner within 1 year after the [filing] recording of the

appraisement , the title of the possessor of the livestock [shall become] is

absolute.

Sec. 52. NRS 108.610 is hereby amended to read as follows:

108.610 In order to perfect the lien, the hospital or the owner or

operator thereof shall:

1. [Prior to] Before the payment of any [moneys] money to the injured

person or to his legal representative as compensation for injuries received,

[file] record a notice of lien, substantially in the form prescribed in NRS

108.620, containing an itemized statement of the amount claimed. The

notice of lien [shall] must be filed with:

(a) The county recorder of the county wherein the hospital is located;

and

(b) The county recorder of the county wherein the injury was suffered,

if the injury was suffered in a county other than that wherein the hospital

is located.

2. [Prior to] Before the date of judgment, settlement or compromise,

serve a certified copy of the notice of lien by registered or certified mail

upon the person[, firm or corporation] alleged to be responsible for

causing the injury and [alleged to be] liable for damages on account

thereof and from which damages are claimed.

3. [Prior to] Before the date of judgment, settlement or compromise,

serve a certified copy of the notice of lien by registered or certified mail

upon the insurance carrier, if known, which has insured against liability of

the person[, firm or corporation] alleged to be responsible for causing the

injury and [alleged to be] liable for damages on account thereof and from

which damages are claimed.

Sec. 53. NRS 111.312 is hereby amended to read as follows:

111.312 1. The county recorder shall not record with respect to real

property, a notice of completion, a declaration of homestead, a lien or

notice of lien, an affidavit of death, a mortgage or deed of trust, or any

conveyance of real property or instrument in writing setting forth an

agreement to convey real property unless the document being recorded

contains:

(a) The mailing address of the grantee or, if there is no grantee, the

mailing address of the person who is requesting the recording of the

document; and

(b) The assessor’s parcel number of the property at the top left corner

of the first page of the document, if the county assessor has assigned a

parcel number to the property. The county recorder is not required to

verify that the assessor’s parcel number is correct.

2. The county recorder shall not record with respect to real property

any conveyance of real property or instrument in writing setting forth an

agreement to convey real property unless the document being recorded

contains the name and address of the person to whom a statement of the

taxes assessed on the real property is to be mailed.

3. The assessor’s parcel number shall not be deemed to be a complete

legal description of the real property conveyed.

[3.] 4. Except as otherwise provided in subsection [4,] 5, if a

document that is being recorded includes a legal description of real

property that is provided in metes and bounds, the document must include

the name and mailing address of the person who prepared the legal

description. The county recorder is not required to verify the accuracy of

the name and mailing address of such a person.

[4.] 5. If a document described in subsection [3] 4 previously has been

recorded, the document must include all information necessary to identify

and locate the previous recording, but the name and mailing address of the

person who prepared the legal description is not required for the document

to be recorded. The county recorder is not required to verify the accuracy

of the information concerning the previous recording.

Sec. 54. NRS 122.160 is hereby amended to read as follows:

122.160 1. Marriages between Indians performed in accordance with

tribal customs within closed Indian reservations and Indian colonies have

the same validity as marriages performed in any other manner provided for

by the laws of this state, if there is [filed] recorded in the county in which

the marriage takes place, within 30 days after the performance of the tribal

marriage, a certificate declaring the marriage to have been performed.

2. The certificate of declaration required to be [filed] recorded by

subsection 1 must include the names of the persons married, their ages,

social security numbers, tribe, and place and date of marriage. The

certificate must be signed by an official of the tribe, reservation or colony.

3. The certificate must be [filed] recorded with the recorder of the

county in which the marriage was performed and recorded by him without

charge.

Sec. 55. NRS 123.150 is hereby amended to read as follows:

123.150 1. [When] If a married person is a resident of this state, the

[filing for record] recording of the inventory of [such] the person’s

separate property in the office of the recorder of the county in which

[such] the person resides is notice of [such] the person’s title to the

[same,] separate property, except as to any real property situate in another

county , [;] and as to [such] that real property, the filing for record of the

inventory thereof in the office of the recorder of the county where the

same is situate, is notice of [such] the person’s title thereto.

2. [When] If a married person is not a resident of this state, the [filing

for record] recording of the inventory of [such] the person’s separate

property in the office of the recorder of the county where any portion of

[such] the property, real or personal, included in the inventory is situate,

located or used, is notice of [such] the person’s title as to all [such] that

property situate, located or used in [such] that county.

Sec. 56. NRS 125.220 is hereby amended to read as follows:

125.220 1. At any time after the filing of the complaint , the

complaining spouse may [file] record a notice of pendency of the action in

the office of the county recorder of any county in which the other spouse

may have real property. [This] The notice has the same effect as notice in

actions directly affecting real property.

2. The court may [also] enjoin either spouse from disposing of any

property during the pendency of the action.

Sec. 57. NRS 234.250 is hereby amended to read as follows:

234.250 1. In addition to any other requirement of law, each local

government, as defined in NRS 354.474, shall [file a copy of its] record

the original official plat with:

(a) The county recorder, the county clerk or the registrar of voters, and

the county assessor of each county in which its territory or any part thereof

is situated.

(b) The department of taxation.

2. All changes in boundaries made [subsequent to] after the original

[filing and] recording of such plat [shall] must be recorded [and filed]

immediately with the offices with which copies of the original plat were

filed.

3. Until a local government complies with the requirements of

subsections 1 and 2 , it shall not levy or receive any ad valorem or other

tax or any other mandatory assessment.

4. This section applies to all local governments receiving and

expending funds on behalf of the public, regardless of their designation.

Sec. 58. NRS 266.285 is hereby amended to read as follows:

266.285 The city council may:

1. Provide, by contract, franchise or public enterprise, for any utility to

be furnished to the city for the residents thereof.

2. Provide for the construction of any facility necessary for the

provision of [such] the utility.

3. Fix the rate to be paid for any utility provided by public enterprise.

Any charges due for services, facilities or commodities furnished by any

utility owned by the city is a lien upon the property to which the service is

rendered and [shall] must be perfected by [filing] recording with the

county recorder a statement by the city clerk of the amount due and unpaid

and describing the property subject to the lien. Each such lien [shall:

(a) Be] :

(a) Is coequal with the latest lien thereon to secure the payment of

general taxes.

(b) [Not be] Is not subject to extinguishment by the sale of any property

[on account] because of the nonpayment of general taxes.

titles other than the liens of assessments and general taxes.

Sec. 59. NRS 266.335 is hereby amended to read as follows:

266.335 The city council may:

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3 of NRS 40.140 and

subsection 5 of NRS 202.450, determine by ordinance what shall be

deemed nuisances.

2. Provide for the abatement, prevention and removal of [such] the

nuisances at the expense of the person creating, causing or committing

[such] the nuisances.

3. Provide that [such] the expense of removal is a lien upon the

property upon which the nuisance is located. [Such] The lien must:

(a) Be perfected by [filing] recording with the county recorder a

statement by the city clerk of the amount of expenses due and unpaid and

describing the property subject to the lien.

(b) Be coequal with the latest lien thereon to secure the payment of

general taxes.

account] because of the nonpayment of general taxes.

(d) Be prior and superior to all liens, claims, encumbrances and titles

other than the liens of assessments and general taxes.

4. Provide any other penalty or punishment of persons responsible for

[such] the nuisances.

Sec. 60. NRS 270.090 is hereby amended to read as follows:

270.090 1. The findings of fact and conclusions of law and judgment

must be made and entered as in other cases, and exceptions, motions for

new trial and appeals may be had as provided in NRS and the Nevada

Rules of Appellate Procedure.

2. The court or judge thereof shall in the findings and decree establish

a definite map or plat of the city , or part thereof or addition thereto, in

accordance with the pleadings and proof, and shall, by reference, make a

part of the findings and judgment the map or plat so established.

3. Wherever blocks or parts of blocks in the original lost, destroyed,

conflicting, erroneous or faulty maps or plats have been insufficiently or

incorrectly platted, numbered or lettered, the omission, insufficiency or

fault must be supplied and corrected in accordance with the pleadings and

proof.

4. If the map or plat prepared by the surveyor is inadequate or

impracticable of use for the judgment, the judgment or decree may require

the making of a new map or plat in accordance with the provisions of the

findings and judgment.

5. A certified copy of the judgment, together with [such] the map or

plat as is established by the court, must be [filed] recorded in the office of

the county recorder of the county in which the action is tried. All the ties

and descriptions of section or quarter section corners, monuments or

marks required by NRS 270.020 must appear on the map finally

established by the judgment. The county recorder may collect and receive

as his fees for recording and indexing the certified copy of the judgment

and map, $10 for the map, and the specific statutory fees for the judgment,

but not exceeding $50.

6. The judgment may require that all prior existing maps in conflict

with the map or plat adopted be so marked or identified by the county

recorder to show the substitution of the new map or plat in place thereof.

7. A county recorder who records a map or plat pursuant to this section

shall, within 7 working days after he records the map or plat, provide to

the county assessor at no charge:

(a) A duplicate copy of the map or plat and any supporting documents;

(b) Access to the digital map or plat and any digital supporting

documents.

Sec. 61. NRS 271.325 is hereby amended to read as follows:

271.325 1. When an accurate estimate of cost, full and detailed plans

and specifications and map are prepared, are presented and are satisfactory

to the governing body, it shall, by resolution, make a determination that:

(a) Public convenience and necessity require the creation of the district;

and

(b) The creation of the district is economically sound and feasible.

This determination may be made part of the ordinance creating the district

adopted pursuant to subsection 2 and is conclusive in the absence of fraud

or gross abuse of discretion.

2. The governing body may, by ordinance, create the district and order

the proposed project to be acquired or improved. This ordinance may be

adopted and amended as if an emergency existed.

3. The ordinance must prescribe:

(a) The extent of the improvement district to be assessed, by boundaries

or other brief description, and similarly of each assessment unit therein, if

any.

(b) The kind and location of each project proposed, without mentioning

minor details.

assessments, the method of levying assessments, the number of

installments and the times in which the costs assessed will be payable.

(d) The character and extent of any construction units.

4. The engineer may further revise the cost, plans and specifications

and map from time to time for all or any part of any project, and the

ordinance may be appropriately amended before letting any construction

contract therefor and before any work being done other than by

independent contract let by the municipality.

5. The ordinance, [as amended] if amended, must order the work to be

done as provided in this chapter.

6. Upon adoption or amendment of the ordinance, the governing body

shall cause to be [filed] recorded in the office of the county recorder a

certified copy of a list of the tracts to be assessed and the amount of

maximum benefits estimated to be assessed against each tract in the

assessment area, as shown on the assessment plat as revised and approved

by the governing body pursuant to NRS 271.320. Neither the failure to

record the list as provided in this subsection nor any defect or omission in

the list regarding any parcel or parcels to be included within the district

affects the validity of any assessment, the lien for the payment thereof or

the priority of that lien.

7. The governing body may not adopt an ordinance creating or

modifying the boundaries of an improvement district for a commercial

area vitalization project if the boundaries of the improvement district

overlap an existing improvement district created for a commercial area

vitalization project.

Sec. 62. NRS 274.200 is hereby amended to read as follows:

274.200 1. Approval of designated specially benefited zones must be

made by the governor by certification of the designating ordinance. The

governor shall promptly issue a certificate for each specially benefited

zone upon his approval. The certificate must be signed by the governor,

must make specific reference to the designating ordinance, which must be

attached thereto, and must be filed in the office of the secretary of state. A

certified copy of the certificate[, or a duplicate original thereof,] must be

[filed] recorded with the county recorder of the county in which the

specially benefited zone lies.

2. A specially benefited zone is effective upon its certification. The

administrator shall transmit a copy of the certification to the department of

taxation, the employment security division of the department of

employment, training and rehabilitation and to the designating

municipality. The terms and provisions of the designating ordinance

become effective upon certification of the specially benefited zone, and

may not be amended or repealed except as otherwise provided in NRS

274.280.

3. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 274.280, the designating

ordinance and the certification remain in effect for 20 years, or for a lesser

number of years specified in the ordinance, and terminate at midnight of

December 31 of the final year of the certified term.

4. No more than eight specially benefited zones may be approved by

the governor in any year. In any year, the governor may not approve more

than three zones located within the same county, whether within its cities

or within the unincorporated areas, nor more than three zones in the same

city. The governor may approve specially benefited zones in each of the 6

years commencing with 1984. Thereafter, the governor may not approve

any additional specially benefited zones, but may amend or rescind

certifications of existing zones as provided in NRS 274.280.

Sec. 63. NRS 277.140 is hereby amended to read as follows:

277.140 As conditions precedent to the entry into force of any

agreement made pursuant to NRS 277.080 to 277.170, inclusive:

1. [Such agreement shall] The agreement must be submitted to the

attorney general, who shall determine whether it is in proper form and

compatible with the laws of this state. The attorney general shall set forth

in detail in writing addressed to the governing bodies of the public

agencies concerned any specific respects in which he finds that the

proposed agreement fails to [meet] comply with the requirements of law.

Failure to disapprove an agreement submitted under the provisions of this

section within 30 days after its submission [shall constitute] constitutes

approval.

2. [Such agreement shall be filed] The agreement must be recorded

with the county recorder of each county in which a participating political

subdivision of this state is located, and filed with the secretary of state.

Sec. 64. NRS 278.0203 is hereby amended to read as follows:

278.0203 1. The governing body may, if it finds that the provisions

of the agreement are consistent with the master plan, approve the

agreement by ordinance.

2. Within a reasonable time after approval of the agreement, the clerk

of the governing body shall cause the original agreement to be [filed]

recorded with the county recorder or the recorder of Carson City . [for

recording.] Upon recordation the agreement binds all parties and their

successors in interest for the duration of the agreement.

Sec. 65. NRS 278.378 is hereby amended to read as follows:

278.378 1. A final map presented to the county recorder for [filing]

recording must include a certificate by the clerk of the governing body or

planning commission, or the director of planning or other authorized

person or agency if authorized to take final action by the governing body,

stating that the governing body, planning commission, director of planning

or other authorized person or agency:

(a) Approved the map;

(b) Accepted or rejected on behalf of the public any parcel of land

offered for dedication for public use in conformity with the terms of the

offer of dedication; and

easement that will not remain in effect after a merger and resubdivision of

parcels conducted pursuant to NRS 278.4925, has been vacated or

abandoned in accordance with NRS 278.480.

2. The director of planning or, if there is no director of planning, the

clerk of the governing body shall certify on the final map that it

substantially complies with the tentative map and all conditions have been

met.

3. The clerk of the governing body or planning commission shall cause

the approved final map to be presented to the county recorder for [filing.]

recording.

Sec. 66. NRS 278.460 is hereby amended to read as follows:

278.460 1. A county recorder shall not [file for] record any final map

unless the map:

(a) Contains or is accompanied by the report of a title company and all

the certificates of approval, conveyance and consent required by the

provisions of NRS 278.374 to 278.378, inclusive, and by the provisions of

any local ordinance; and

(b) Is accompanied by a written statement signed by the treasurer of the

county in which the land to be divided is located indicating that all

property taxes on the land for the fiscal year have been paid and that the

full amount of any deferred property taxes for the conversion of the

property from agricultural use has been paid pursuant to NRS 361A.265.

2. [Nothing contained in] The provisions of NRS 278.010 to 278.630,

inclusive, [prevents] do not prevent the recording, pursuant to the

provisions of NRS 278.010 to 278.630, inclusive, and any applicable local

ordinances, of a map of any land which is not a subdivision, nor do NRS

278.010 to 278.630, inclusive, prohibit the [filing] recording of a map in

accordance with the provisions of any statute requiring the [filing]

recording of professional land surveyor’s records of surveys.

3. A county recorder shall accept or refuse a final map for recordation

within 10 days after its delivery to him.

4. A county recorder who records a final map pursuant to this section

shall, within 7 working days after he records the final map, provide to the

county assessor at no charge:

(a) A duplicate copy of the final map and any supporting documents; or

(b) Access to the digital final map and any digital supporting

documents.

Sec. 67. NRS 279.603 is hereby amended to read as follows:

279.603 1. The legislative body shall [file] record with the county

recorder of the county in which the redevelopment area is situated a

description of the land within the redevelopment area and a statement that

proceedings for the redevelopment of that area have been instituted.

2. Within 30 days after the adoption by the legislative body of a

redevelopment plan which contains a provision for the division of taxes

pursuant to NRS 279.676, the clerk of the community shall transmit a

copy of the description and statement recorded pursuant to subsection 1, a

copy of the ordinance adopting the plan and a map or plat indicating the

boundaries of the redevelopment area to:

(a) The auditor and tax assessor of the county in which the

redevelopment area is located;

(b) The officer who performs the functions of auditor or assessor for

any taxing agency which, in levying or collecting its taxes, does not use

the county assessment roll or [does not] collect its taxes through the

county; and

taxes upon any property in the redevelopment area.

Sec. 68. (Deleted by amendment.)

Sec. 69. NRS 309.060 is hereby amended to read as follows:

309.060 The board of county commissioners shall meet on the second

Monday succeeding the election provided for in NRS 309.050 and proceed

to canvass the votes and, if upon the canvass it appears that a majority of

votes cast were for “Local Improvement District-Yes,” the board, by an

order entered upon its minutes, shall declare the territory organized as an

improvement district under the name and style theretofore designated, and

[shall] declare the persons receiving respectively the highest number of

votes for directors to be elected, and [shall] cause a copy of the order and a

plat of the district, each certified by the clerk of the board of county

commissioners, to be [filed immediately for record] recorded immediately

in the office of the county recorder of each county in which any portion of

the district is situated, and certified copies thereof must also be [filed]

recorded with the county clerks of those counties. Thereafter the

organization of the district is complete.

Sec. 70. NRS 309.220 is hereby amended to read as follows:

309.220 1. Upon the hearing of such petition, the court shall examine

all the proceedings sought to be confirmed and may ratify, approve and

confirm the [same] petition or any part thereof , [;] and when an

apportionment of benefits is examined , all objections thereto, including

those made at the hearing before the board, [shall] must be set up in the

answer and heard by the court.

2. The court shall disregard every error, irregularity or omission which

does not affect substantial rights of any party, and if the court [shall find]

finds that the apportionment is, as to any substantial matter, erroneous or

unjust, the [same shall] apportionment must not be returned to the board,

but the court shall proceed to correct the [same] apportionment so as to

conform to this chapter and the rights of all parties in the premises, and the

final judgment may approve and confirm [such] the proceedings in whole

or in part.

3. A certified copy of the final judgment [shall] must be filed in the

office of the state engineer and recorded in the office of the recorder of the

county or counties in which any of the lands within the district are

situated. In case of the approval of the organization of the district and the

disapproval of the proceedings for issuing bonds, the district may again

undertake proceedings for the issuance of bonds and have the [same]

bonds confirmed as [herein provided.] provided in this section.

4. The cost of the proceedings in court may be allowed and

apportioned among the parties thereto in the discretion of the court.

5. Any person aggrieved at any decree of confirmation entered by the

district court [shall have the right to] may move for a new trial as [now]

provided by the Nevada Rules of Civil Procedure and may, within 30 days

[from] after the entry of [such] the decree of confirmation, appeal to the

supreme court , and all proceedings in the nature of appeals or rehearings

may be had as in any ordinary civil action, except as [herein expressly

provided otherwise.] otherwise provided in this section.

Sec. 71. NRS 329.140 is hereby amended to read as follows:

329.140 Except as otherwise provided in NRS 329.145, a surveyor

shall complete, sign and [file] record or cause to be [filed] recorded with

the county recorder of the county in which the corner is situated a written

record of the establishment or restoration of a public land survey corner.

Except as otherwise provided in NRS 329.145, such a [filing] recording

must be made for every public land survey corner and accessory to [such]

the corner which is established, reestablished, monumented,

remonumented, restored, rehabilitated, perpetuated or used as control in

any survey. The survey information must be [filed] recorded within 90

days after the survey is completed.

Sec. 72. NRS 108.630, 247.307 and 247.350 are hereby repealed.

Sec. 73. 1. This section and sections 1 to 11, inclusive, 13 to 19,

inclusive, 21 to 52, inclusive, 54 to 59, inclusive, 61 to 65, inclusive, 67

and 69 to 72, inclusive, of this act become effective on July 1, 2001.

2. Sections 20, 53, 60 and 66 of this act become effective at 12:01 a.m.

on July 1, 2001.

3. Section 12 of this act becomes effective on July 1, 2003.

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