Nevada Revised Statutes 283.140 – Officers liable to impeachment
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1. Any state officer shall be liable to impeachment for misdemeanor or malfeasance in office pursuant to Article 7 of the Nevada Constitution.
Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 283.140
- Impeachment: (1) The process of calling something into question, as in "impeaching the testimony of a witness." (2) The constitutional process whereby the House of Representatives may "impeach" (accuse of misconduct) high officers of the federal government for trial in the Senate.
2. As used in NRS 283.140 to 283.290, inclusive, ‘state officer’ means the Governor and other state and judicial officers, except:
(a) Justices of the peace; and
(b) State Legislators removable from office only through expulsion by their own House pursuant to Section 6 of Article 4 of the Nevada Constitution.