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Contents
- Preliminary Material
- Main Text
- Part one The History of the Nevada Constitution
- Part two The Nevada Constitution and Commentary
- Preliminary Material
- Article 1
- s.1 Inalienable Rights.
- Sec. 2 Purpose of government; paramount allegiance to United States.
- Sec. 3 Trial by jury; waiver in civil cases.
- Sec. 4 Liberty of conscience.
- Sec. 5 Suspension of Habeas Corpus.
- Sec. 6 Excessive bails and fines; cruel or unusual punishments; detention of witnesses.
- Sec. 7 Bail; exception for capital offenses and certain murders.
- Sec. 8 Rights of accused in criminal prosecutions; jeopardy; rights of victims of crime; due process of law; eminent domain.
- Sec. 9 Liberty of speech and the press.
- Sec. 10 Right to assemble and to petition.
- Sec. 11 Right to keep and bear arms; civil power supreme.
- Sec. 12 Quartering soldier in private house.
- Sec. 13 Representation apportioned according to population.
- Sec. 14 Exemption of property from execution; imprisonment for debt.
- Sec. 15 Bill of attainder; ex post facto law; obligation of contract.
- Sec. 16 Rights of foreigners.
- Sec. 17 Slavery and involuntary servitude prohibited.
- Sec. 18 Unreasonable seizure and search; issuance of warrants.
- Sec. 19 Treason.
- Sec. 20 Rights retained by people.
- Sec. 21 Limitation on recognition of marriage.
- Sec. 22 Eminent domain proceedings: Restrictions and requirements.
- Article 2
- s.1 Right to vote; qualifications of elector; qualifications of nonelector to vote for President and Vice President of the United States.
- Sec. 2 When residence not gained or lost.
- Sec. 3 Armed forces personnel.
- Sec. 4 Privilege of qualified electors on general election day.
- Sec. 5 Voting by ballot; voting in elections by legislature.
- Sec. 6 Registration of electors; test of electoral qualifications.
- Sec. 7 Poll tax: Levy and purpose.
- Sec. 8 Qualifications of voters on adoption or rejection of constitution.
- Sec. 9 Recall of public officers: Procedures and limitations.
- Sec. 10 Limitation on contributions to campaign.
- Article 3
- Article 4
- s.1 Legislative power vested in senate and assembly.
- Sec. 2 Biennial sessions of legislature: Commencement; limitation on duration; void actions; submission of proposed executive budget.
- Sec. 2A Special sessions of Legislature: Procedure for convening; precedence; limitations on business and duration; void actions.
- Sec. 3 Members of assembly: Election and term of office; eligibility for office.
- Sec. 4 Senators: Election and term of office.
- Sec. 5 Number of Senators and members of Assembly; apportionment.
- Sec. 6 Power of houses to judge qualifications, elections and returns of members; selection of officers; rules of proceedings; punishment of members.
- Sec. 7 Punishment of nonmember.
- Sec. 8 Senators and assemblymen ineligible for certain offices.
- Sec. 9 Federal officers ineligible for state office; exceptions.
- Sec. 10 Embezzler of public money ineligible for office; disqualification for bribery.
- Sec. 11 Privilege of members: Freedom from arrest on civil process.
- Sec. 12 Vacancy.
- Sec. 13 Quorum; compelling attendance.
- Sec. 14 Journal.
- Sec. 15 Open sessions and meetings; adjournment for more than 3 days or to another place.
- Sec. 16 Bills may originate in either house; amendment.
- Sec. 17 Act to embrace one subject only; title; amendment.
- Sec. 18 Reading of bill; voting on final passage; number of members necessary to pass bill or joint resolution; signatures; referral of certain measures to voters; consent calendar.
- Sec. 19 Manner of drawing money from the treasury.
- Sec. 20 Certain local and special laws prohibited.
- Sec. 21 General laws to have uniform application.
- Sec. 22 Suit against state.
- Sec. 23 Enacting clause; law to be enacted by bill.
- Sec. 24 Lotteries.
- Sec. 25 Uniform county and township government.
- Sec. 26 Boards of county commissioners: Elections and duties.
- Sec. 27 Disqualification of jurors; elections.
- Sec. 28 Compensation of legislative officers and employees; increase or decrease of compensation.
- Sec. 29 Duration of regular and special sessions.
- Sec. 30 Homesteads: Exemption from forced sale; joint consent required for alienation; recording of declaration.
- Sec. 31 Property of married persons.
- Sec. 32 County officers: Power of legislature; election, duties and compensation; duties of county clerks.
- Sec. 33 Compensation of members of Legislature; payment for postage, stationery and other expenses; additional allowances for officers.
- Sec. 34 Election of United States senators.
- Sec. 35 Bills to be presented to governor; approval; disapproval and reconsideration by legislature; failure of governor to return bill.
- Sec. 36 Abolishment of county; approval of voters in county.
- Sec. 37 Continuity of government in case of enemy attack; succession to public offices; legislative quorum requirements; relocation of seat of government.
- Sec. 37[A] Consolidation of city and county containing seat of government into one municipal government; separate taxing districts.
- Sec. 38 Use of plant of genus Cannabis for medical purposes.
- Article 5
- s.1 Supreme executive power vested in governor.
- Sec. 2 Election and term of governor.
- Sec. 3 Eligibility; qualifications; number of terms.
- Sec. 4 Returns of general election transmitted to secretary of state; canvass by supreme court; declaration of election.
- Sec. 5 Governor is commander in chief of state military forces.
- Sec. 6 Transaction of executive business; reports of executive officers.
- Sec. 7 Responsibility for execution of laws.
- Sec. 8 Vacancies filled by governor.
- Sec. 9 Special sessions of Legislature; Authority of Governor; limitations on business and duration; void actions.
- Sec. 10 Governor’s message.
- Sec. 11 Adjournment of legislature by governor.
- Sec. 12 Person holding federal office ineligible for office of governor.
- Sec. 13 Pardons, reprieves and commutations of sentence; remission of fines and forfeitures.
- Sec. 14 Remission of fines and forfeitures; commutations and pardons; suspension of sentence; probation.
- Sec. 15 The Great Seal.
- Sec. 16 Grants and commissions: Signatures and seal.
- Sec. 17 Election, term, qualifications and duties of Lieutenant Governor; President of Senate; President Pro-Tempore of Senate to act as Governor in certain circumstances.
- Sec. 18 Vacancy in office of governor; duties to devolve upon lieutenant governor.
- Sec. 19 Other state officers: Election and term of office; eligibility for office.
- Sec. 20 Secretary of State: Duties.
- Sec. 21 Board of State Prison Commissioners; Board of Examiners; examination of claims
- Sec. 22 Duties of certain state officers.
- Article 6
- s.1 Judicial power vested in court system.
- Sec. 2 Supreme court: Composition; staggered terms of justices; holding of court by panels of justices and full court.
- Sec. 3 Justices of Supreme Court: Election; terms; Chief Justice.
- Sec. 4 Jurisdiction of Supreme Court; appointment of district judge to sit for disabled or disqualified justice.
- Sec. 5 Judicial districts; election and terms of district judges.
- Sec. 6 District Courts: Jurisdiction; referees; family court.
- Sec. 7 Terms of courts.
- Sec. 8 Number, qualifications, terms of office and jurisdiction of justices of the peace; appeals; courts of record.
- Sec. 9 Municipal courts.
- Sec. 10 Fees or perquisites of judicial officers.
- Sec. 11 Justices and judges ineligible for other offices.
- Sec. 12 Judge not to charge jury respecting matters of fact; statement of testimony and declaration of law.
- Sec. 13 Style of process.
- Sec. 14 One form of civil action.
- Sec. 15 Compensation of justices and judges.
- Sec. 16 Special fee in civil action for compensation of judges.
- Sec. 17 Absence of judicial officer from state; vacation of office.
- Sec. 18 Territorial judicial officers not superseded until election and qualification of successors.
- Sec. 19 Administration of court system by chief justice.
- Sec. 20 Filling of vacancies occurring before expiration of term of office in Supreme Court or among district judges; Commission on Judicial Selection.
- Sec. 21 Commission on Judicial Discipline; Code of Judicial Conduct.
- Article 7
- Article 8
- s.1 Corporations formed under general laws; municipal corporations formed under special acts.
- Sec. 2 Corporate property subject to taxation; exemptions.
- Sec. 3 Individual liability of corporators.
- Sec. 4 Regulation of corporations incorporated under territorial law.
- Sec. 5 Corporations may sue and be sued.
- Sec. 6 Circulation of certain bank notes or paper as money prohibited.
- Sec. 7 Eminent domain by corporations.
- Sec. 8 Municipal corporations formed under general laws.
- Sec. 9 Gifts or loans of public money to certain corporations prohibited.
- Sec. 10 Loans of public money to or ownership of stock in certain corporations by county or municipal corporations prohibited.
- Article 9
- s.1 Fiscal year.
- Sec. 2 Annual tax for state expenses; trust funds for industrial accidents, occupational diseases and public employees’ retirement system.
- Sec. 3 State indebtedness: Limitations and exceptions.
- Sec. 4 Assumption of debts of county, city or corporation by state.
- Sec. 5 Proceeds from fees for licensing and registration of motor vehicles and excise taxes on fuel reserved for construction, maintenance and repair of public highways; exception.
- Article 10
- s.1 Uniform and equal rate of assessment and taxation; valuation of property; exceptions and exemptions; inheritance and income taxes prohibited.
- Sec. 2 Total tax levy for public purposes limited.
- Sec. 3 Household goods and furniture of single household exempt from taxation.
- Sec. 3[A] Food exempt from taxes on retail sales; exceptions.
- Sec. 4 Taxation of estates taxed by United States; limitations.
- Sec. 5 Tax on proceeds of minerals; appropriation to counties; apportionment; assessment and taxation of mines.
- Sec. 6 Enactment of exemption from ad valorem tax on property or excise tax on retail sales.
- Article 11
- s.1 Legislature to encourage education; appointment, term and duties of superintendent of public instruction.
- Sec. 2 Uniform system of common schools.
- Sec. 3 Pledge of certain property and money, escheated estates and fines collected under penal laws for educational purposes; apportionment and use of interest.
- Sec. 4 Establishment of state university; control by board of regents.
- Sec. 5 Establishment of normal schools and grades of schools; oath of teachers and professors.
- Sec. 6 Support of university and common schools by direct legislative appropriation; priority of appropriations.
- Sec. 7 Board of regents: Election and duties.
- Sec. 8 Immediate organization and maintenance of state university.
- Sec. 9 Sectarian instruction prohibited in common schools and university.
- Sec. 10 No public money to be used for sectarian purposes.
- Article 12
- Article 13
- Article 14
- Article 15
- s.1 Carson City seat of government.
- Sec. 2 Oath of office.
- Sec. 3 Eligibility for public office.
- Sec. 4 Perpetuities; eleemosynary purposes.
- Sec. 5 Time of general election
- Sec. 6 Number of members of legislature limited
- Sec. 7 County offices at county seats
- Sec. 8 Publication of general statutes and opinions of Supreme Court; effective date of decisions of Supreme Court.
- Sec. 9 Increase or decrease of compensation of officers whose compensation fixed by constitution.
- Sec. 10 Election or appointment of officers.
- Sec. 11 Term of office when not fixed by Constitution; limitation; municipal officers and employees.
- Sec. 12 Certain state officers to keep offices at Carson City.
- Sec. 13 Census by legislature and Congress: Basis of representation in houses of legislature.
- Sec. 14 Election by plurality.
- Sec. 15 Merit system governing employment in executive branch of state government.
- Sec. 16 Payment of minimum compensation to employees.
- Article 16
- Article 17
- s.1 Saving existing rights and liabilities.
- Sec. 2 Territorial laws to remain in force.
- Sec. 3 Fines, penalties, and forfeitures to inure to state.
- Sec. 4 Existing obligations and pending suits.
- Sec. 5 Salaries of state officers for first term of office.
- Sec. 6 Apportionment of Senators and members of Assembly.
- Sec. 7 Assumption of territorial debts and liabilities.
- Sec. 8 Terms of elected state officers.
- Sec. 9 Terms of senators.
- Sec. 10 Terms of Senators and members of Assembly after 1866.
- Sec. 11 Terms of members of Assembly elected at first general election or in 1865.
- Sec. 12 Commencement date of first three legislative sessions; regular sessions of legislature to be held biennially.
- Sec. 13 Continuation of territorial county and township officers; probate judges.
- Sec. 14 Duties of certain territorial officers continued.
- Sec. 15 Terms of supreme court and district courts.
- Sec. 16 Salaries of district judges.
- Sec. 17 Alteration of salary of district judge authorized.
- Sec. 18 Qualification and terms of certain elective state officers.
- Sec. 19 When justices of supreme court and district judges enter upon duties.
- Sec. 20 State officers and district judges to be commissioned by territorial governor; state controller and treasurer to furnish bonds.
- Sec. 21 Support of county and city officers.
- Sec. 22 Vacancies in certain state offices: How filled.
- Sec. 23 Civil and criminal cases pending in probate courts transferred to district courts.
- Sec. 24 Levy of tax limited for 3 years.
- Sec. 25 Roop County attached to Washoe County.
- Sec. 26 Constitutional debates and proceedings: Publication; payment of reporter.
- Article XVIII
- Article 19
- s.1 Referendum for approval or disapproval of statute or resolution enacted by legislature.
- Sec. 2 Initiative petition for enactment or amendment of statute or amendment of Constitution; concurrent and consecutive amendments.
- Sec. 3 Referendum and initiative petitions: Contents and form; signatures; enacting clause; manner of verification of signatures
- Sec. 4 Powers of initiative and referendum of registered voters of counties and municipalities.
- Sec. 5 Provisions of article self-executing; legislative procedures
- Sec. 6 Limitation on initiative making appropriation or requiring expenditure of money.
- Congressional Term Limits Act of 1996
- Election Ordinance
- s.1 Proclamation by territorial governor; general election.
- Sec. 2 Qualified electors may vote for adoption or rejection of constitution.
- Sec. 3 Qualified electors for first general election.
- Sec. 4 Elections: Places, judges, inspectors and procedures.
- Sec. 5 Election returns.
- Sec. 6 Canvass of votes; proclamation; issuance of certificates of election.
- Sec. 7 List of electors in Army of the United States.
- Sec. 8 Transmission of lists of electors in Army of the United States.
- Sec. 9 Voting by soldiers: Qualifications.
- Sec. 10 Voting by soldiers: Procedure; count of votes.
- Sec. 11 Voting by soldiers: Transmission of results.
- Sec. 12 Voting by soldiers: Form of return.
- Sec. 13 Voting by soldiers: Territorial governor to furnish form of return.
- Sec. 14 Applicability to future votes of soldiers.
- Further Material
