§ 308.010 Short title; declaration of purpose
§ 308.020 Applicability; definition of ‘special district.’
§ 308.030 Filing of service plan
§ 308.040 Resolution of approval required
§ 308.050 Scope of authority
§ 308.060 Criteria for disapproval of service plan
§ 308.070 Filing of service plan for proposed district; notice; public hearing; delivery of service plan to planning commission; notice of approval, disapproval or modification of service plan
§ 308.080 Requirements for approval of formation of special district by board of county commissioners; judicial review; formation; material modifications; filing of plans for additional acquisitions; injunction for unreasonable departure from service pla

Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes > Chapter 308 - Control of Special Districts

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  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Guarantor: A party who agrees to be responsible for the payment of another party's debts should that party default. Source: OCC
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • mortgage: includes a deed of trust. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.037
  • Mortgagee: The person to whom property is mortgaged and who has loaned the money.
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • special district: means any water district, sanitation district, water and sanitation district, municipal power district, mosquito abatement district, public cemetery district, swimming pool district, television maintenance district, weed control district, general improvement district, or any other quasi-municipal corporation organized under the local improvement and service district laws of this State as enumerated in this title, but excludes:

    (a) All parks, trails and open space districts created pursuant to chapter 318A of NRS; and

    (b) All housing authorities. See Nevada Revised Statutes 308.020

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