Nevada Revised Statutes

Nev. Rev. Stat. § 284.140 (2026)

Unclassified service: Composition

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NRS 284.140 Unclassified service: Composition. The unclassified service of the State consists of the following state officers or employees in the Executive Department of the State Government who receive annual salaries for their services:

1. Members of boards and commissions, and heads of departments, agencies and institutions required by law to be appointed.

2. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 223.085 and 232.461 all persons required by law to be appointed by the Governor or heads of departments or agencies appointed by the Governor or by boards.

3. All employees other than clerical in the Office of the Attorney General and the State Public Defender required by law to be appointed by the Attorney General or the State Public Defender.

4. Except as otherwise provided by the Board of Regents of the University of Nevada pursuant to NRS 396.251, officers and members of the teaching staff and the staffs of the University of Nevada Cooperative Extension and Experiment Station of the Nevada System of Higher Education, or any other state institution of learning, and student employees of these institutions. Custodial, clerical or maintenance employees of these institutions are in the classified service. The Board of Regents of the University of Nevada shall assist the Administrator in carrying out the provisions of this chapter applicable to the Nevada System of Higher Education.

5. All other officers and employees authorized by law to be employed in the unclassified service.

[1:273:1953] + [18:351:1953]—(NRS A 1963, 487, 1179; 1965, 147, 255; 1969, 1426; 1977, 159; 1983, 624; 1987, 291; 1993, 374; 1999, 1815, 3279; 2001, 115, 1439, 2285; 2003, 159; 2025, 470)

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 1962–1988 · leading case: Roberts v. State, 752 P.2d 221 (Nev. 1988).

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Roberts v. State, 752 P.2d 221 (Nev. 1988). “177 applies to: (1) Classified employees; and (2) Unclassified employees whose positions are mentioned in *36 NRS 284.140 and are specifically authorized as unclassified positions by the legislature in the pay bill for unclassified positions.”

State ex rel. Armstrong v. State Bd. of Examiners, 376 P.2d 492 (Nev. 1962). · cites it 4× “010 permitting a civil action to* be filed for a claim against the state for which an appropriation has been made, but where the amount is not fixed by law ? Second, if such remedy is appropriate, do the provisions of NRS 284.140 (3) of the personnel act authorize the…”

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