“Officer” and “public officer” defined
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case Walker v. State (1986)
Most recently applied in United States v. Manzo (February 2012)
[Part 1911 C&P § 29; RL § 6294; NCL § 9978]—(NRS A 1973, 355; 1983, 815; 1985, 510)
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
“Officer” and “public officer” include all officers, members and employees of:
1. The State of Nevada;
2. Any political subdivision of this State;
3. Any other special district, public corporation or quasi-public corporation of this State; and
4. Any agency, board or commission established by this State or any of its political subdivisions,
Ê and all persons exercising or assuming to exercise any of the powers or functions of a public officer.
Official source: Nevada Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Nevada statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.