266.400 - Eligibility for office; power of city council to adopt requirements concerning residency.

266.400  Eligibility for office; power of city council to adopt requirements concerning residency.

      1.  The city council, by ordinance, may require, as a qualification for an appointive office of the city, other than city attorney, and for appointment as a deputy pursuant to NRS 266.455, that the person appointed reside actually, and not constructively, within:

      (a) The limits of the city; or

      (b) The county in which the city is located.

      2.  A person who is a defaulter to the city is ineligible to hold any city office.

      [44:125:1907; RL § 810; NCL § 1145]—(NRS A 1991, 13; 1997, 273)