§ 281.210 Officers of State, political subdivision and Nevada System of Higher Education prohibited from employing relatives; exceptions; penalties
§ 281.221 Contracts in which state officer has interest prohibited; exceptions; penalties
§ 281.230 Unlawful commissions, personal profit and compensation of public officers and employees; penalties; payment of commission, profit or compensation to public employer
§ 281.240 Grant of authority to discharge duties of public office unlawful; giving consideration for grant unlawful; penalties
§ 281.250 Administration of oaths and affirmations by officers
§ 281.260 Fees for returns prohibited; computation of mileage; penalty
§ 281.270 Officer to prevent duel: Penalty
§ 281.280 Officer refusing to receive or arrest person charged with criminal offense: Penalties
§ 281.290 Officer executing process may command assistance when resistance made
§ 281.310 Audits and allowances of accounts of state officers: Affidavits; oaths and affirmations
§ 281.320 Withholding of settlement and payment of accounts of public officers
§ 281.330 Advocating overthrow of government cause for dismissal of public employee
§ 281.340 Obtaining appointment by false letter or certificate: Penalty
§ 281.350 Grafting by public officer or employee: Penalty
§ 281.360 Failure by public officer or employee to perform duty: Penalty
§ 281.370 Actions concerning personnel to be based on merit and fitness; discrimination prohibited
§ 281.371 Employer authorized to enforce health and safety requirements notwithstanding protections for hair texture and protective hairstyles
§ 281.375 Application for employment: Volunteer work must be considered
§ 281.380 Public officers and employees required to accept reproductions of business records for examination and other purposes
§ 281.390 Sick leave of public employees: Election of benefits; amount limited when eligible for benefits for industrial or occupational disease
§ 281.400 Coercion respecting membership in organizations for persons who are aged, blind or disabled prohibited
§ 281.405 Validity of lien or encumbrance against property of public officer, candidate for public office, public employee or participant in official proceeding, or immediate family members thereof

Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes > Chapter 281 > Miscellaneous Provisions and Prohibitions

  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • 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.
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. Source:
  • Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • 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.
  • Juror: A person who is on the jury.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • person: means a natural person, any form of business or social organization and any other nongovernmental legal entity including, but not limited to, a corporation, partnership, association, trust or unincorporated organization. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.039
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Public officer: means a person elected or appointed to a position which:

    (a) Is established by the Constitution or a statute of this State, or by a charter or ordinance of a political subdivision of this State; and

    (b) Involves the continuous exercise, as part of the regular and permanent administration of the government, of a public power, trust or duty. See Nevada Revised Statutes 281.005

  • Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
  • Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.