1.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3 or as altered pursuant to the mechanism set forth in NRS 244.1507, county treasurers must be elected by the qualified electors of their respective counties.

2.  County treasurers must be chosen by the electors of their respective counties at the general election in 1922, and at the general election every 4 years thereafter, and shall enter upon the duties of their respective offices on the first Monday of January subsequent to their election.

3.  The county clerks of Churchill, Douglas, Esmeralda, Eureka, Lyon, Mineral, Pershing and Storey Counties are ex officio county treasurers of their respective counties, unless such an arrangement is altered pursuant to the mechanism set forth in NRS 244.1507.