Nevada Revised Statutes

Nev. Rev. Stat. § 293.185 (2026)

Appropriate filing officer for filing declaration of candidacy

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NRS 293.185 Appropriate filing officer for filing declaration of candidacy. A declaration of candidacy must be filed with the appropriate filing officer, during regular office hours, as follows:

1. For United States Senator, Representative in Congress, statewide offices, State Senators, Assemblymen and Assemblywomen to be elected from districts comprising more than one county, and all other offices whose districts comprise more than one county, with the Secretary of State.

2. For Representative in Congress and district offices voted for wholly within one county, State Senators, Assemblymen and Assemblywomen to be elected from districts comprising but one or part of one county, county and township officers, with the county clerk.

(Added to NRS by 1960, 244; A 1965 Special Session, 4; 1983, 1287; 1987, 1367; 2019, 3380)

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 2008–2008 · leading case: State ex rel. Masto v. Montero, 188 P.3d 47 (Nev. 2008).

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State ex rel. Masto v. Montero, 188 P.3d 47 (Nev. 2008). “193, which governs filing fees for candidates, and NRS 293.185, which outlines where candidates must file their declarations of candidacy, support the inference that the office of district judge “pertains” to a district under NRS 293.”

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