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NRS 218A.264

Procedure for filling vacancy in office: Declaration of eligibility; form; contents; declaration of eligibility is public record; ineligibility for failure to file; unlawful to make certain false statements

(Added to NRS by 2019, 882; A 2021, 1978; 2025, 2092)

1. If a person is nominated pursuant to NRS 218A.260 or 218A.262, or a person files an application with any board of county commissioners to fill a vacancy in the office of a Legislator pursuant to NRS 218A.262, the person must execute and file with the board of county commissioners, a declaration of eligibility that must be in substantially the following form:

2. Each address of the applicant that must be included in the declaration of eligibility pursuant to subsection 1 must be the street address of the residence where the applicant actually, as opposed to constructively, resided or resides in accordance with NRS 281.050, if one has been assigned. The declaration of eligibility must not be accepted for filing if any of the applicant’s addresses are listed as a post office box unless a street address has not been assigned to the residence.

3. A declaration of eligibility filed pursuant to this section is a public record and the filing officer shall make the declaration of eligibility available to the public in an electronic format.

4. Any person who does not submit a declaration of eligibility pursuant to this section is ineligible to fill the vacancy of the former Legislator.

5. Any person who knowingly and willfully files a declaration of eligibility that contains a false statement in violation of this section is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.

Official source: Nevada Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Nevada statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.