266.042 - Effective date of incorporation; presumption of incorporation.

266.042  Effective date of incorporation; presumption of incorporation.

      1.  The incorporation of a city becomes effective:

      (a) If the election held pursuant to NRS 266.036 is held on or before the 1st Tuesday after the 1st Monday of November, on July 1 of the year next following the election; or

      (b) If the election held pursuant to NRS 266.036 is held after the 1st Tuesday after the 1st Monday of November, 1 year after July 1 of the year next following the election.

      2.  A city which levies and collects a tax ad valorem on property for at least 2 years after its incorporation and whose existence as an incorporated city has not been challenged in the district court for the county in which the city is located, is conclusively presumed to be a lawfully existing incorporated city.

      (Added to NRS by 1987, 1705)