Nevada Revised Statutes 361.215 – Description with reference to map in possession of county or county officer: Identification of parcels; display of map; reference to map
1. Where any county or county officer possesses a complete, accurate map of any land in the county, the county assessor of such county may number or letter the parcels in a manner approved by the board of county commissioners. The county assessor may renumber or reletter the parcels or prepare new map pages for any portion of such map to show combinations or divisions of parcels in a manner approved by the board of county commissioners of such county, so long as an inspection of such map will readily disclose precisely what land is covered by any particular parcel number or letter in the current or in any prior fiscal year. The map or copy shall at all times be publicly displayed in the office of the county assessor.
Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 361.215
- county: includes Carson City. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.033
- Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
- Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
2. Except as provided in subsection 3, land may be described in any notice, certificate, list, record or other document provided for in this chapter, by reference to:
(a) The appropriate parcel letters or numbers; and
(b) The map in the office of the county assessor from which the parcel letters or numbers were obtained.
3. Land shall not be described in any deed or conveyance by a reference to any such map unless such map has been filed for record in the office of the county recorder of the county in which the land is located.