The State Land Registrar is empowered to exchange and cause to be exchanged state lands for lands of the United States pursuant to section 8 of the Taylor Grazing Act and the rules and regulations of the Secretary of the Interior relating thereto, but the State Land Registrar shall enter into no agreement concerning the exchange of lands that will surrender or cause to be surrendered any jurisdiction of this state over the lands and people and property thereon situate that the State possesses over the public domain belonging to the United States within this state.

Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 323.040

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Taylor Grazing Act: means that certain Act of Congress approved June 28, 1934, and being chapter 865, 48 Stat. See Nevada Revised Statutes 323.010
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