Nevada Revised Statutes 122.173 – Commissioner of civil marriages: County clerk is ex officio in larger counties; appointment of county clerk in smaller counties; solemnization of marriages; no additional compensation
1. In a county whose population is 700,000 or more and in which a commissioner township is located, the county clerk shall:
Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 122.173
- county: includes Carson City. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.033
- population: means the number of people in a specified area as determined by the last preceding national decennial census conducted by the Bureau of the Census of the United States Department of Commerce pursuant to Section 2 of Article I of the Constitution of the United States and reported by the Secretary of Commerce to the Governor pursuant to 13 U. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.050
(a) Be commissioner of civil marriages for such township; and
(b) Solemnize marriages within each commissioner township located within his or her county.
2. In a county whose population is less than 700,000 and in which a commissioner township is located, the board of county commissioners may, by ordinance, appoint the county clerk to act as the commissioner of civil marriages. Such an ordinance may authorize the commissioner of civil marriages to solemnize marriages within each commissioner township located within the county.
3. The county clerk is not entitled to receive additional compensation for acting in the capacity of commissioner of civil marriages.