Nevada Revised Statutes

Nev. Rev. Stat. § 295.056 (2026)

Requirements for submission of signatures to county clerk

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NRS 295.056  Requirements for submission of signatures to county clerk.

      1.  Before a petition for initiative or referendum is filed with the Secretary of State, the petitioners must submit to each county clerk for verification pursuant to NRS 293.1276 to 293.1279, inclusive, the document or documents which were circulated for signature within the clerk’s county. The clerks shall give the person submitting a document or documents a receipt stating the number of documents and pages and the person’s statement of the number of signatures contained therein.

      2.  If a petition for initiative proposes a statute or an amendment to a statute, the document or documents must be submitted not later than the 15th day following the general election.

      3.  If a petition for initiative proposes an amendment to the Constitution, the document or documents must be submitted not later than the 15th day following the primary election.

      4.  If the petition is for referendum, the document or documents must be submitted not later than the 15th day following the primary election.

      5.  All documents which are submitted to a county clerk for verification must be submitted at the same time. If documents concerning the same petition are submitted for verification to more than one county clerk, the documents must be submitted to each county clerk on the same day. At the time that the petition is submitted to a county clerk for verification, the petitioners may designate a contact person who is authorized by the petitioners to address questions or issues relating to the petition.

      (Added to NRS by 1983, 923; A 1985, 551, 1113; 1991, 2226; 1993, 2669; 1999, 3560; 2007, 326, 1186; 2011, 1789; 2017, 3370; 2019, 4124)

     

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases, 2004–2020 · leading case: We The People Nevada ex rel. Angle v. Miller, 192 P.3d 1166 (Nev. 2008).
We The People Nevada ex rel. Angle v. Miller, 192 P.3d 1166 (Nev. 2008). · cites it 37× “NRS 295.056 required We the People to submit in proper form the requisite number of valid signatures to the county clerk’s office in each county where signatures were collected by May 20, 2008.”
People Ex Rel. Angle v. Miller, 192 P.3d 1166 (Nev. 2008). · cites it 37× “NRS 295.056 required We the People to submit in proper form the requisite number of valid signatures to the county clerk's office in each county where signatures were collected by May 20, 2008.”
Univ. & Cmty. Coll. Sys. v. Nevadans for Sound Gov't, 100 P.3d 179 (Nev. 2004). “§§ 2(2), (4) (essentially providing that an initiative proposing a constitutional amendment and signed by registered voters equaling ten percent or more of the voters who voted at the preceding general election in seventy-five percent of the counties and the entire state must be…”
Las Vegas Convention & Visitors Auth. v. Miller, 191 P.3d 1138 (Nev. 2008). “20 NRS 295.056(1); see also NRS 293.12758. 21 NRS 295.”
Pest Comm. v. Miller, 648 F. Supp. 2d 1202 (D. Nev. 2009). · cites it 2× “The Legislature also amended NRS 295.056(3). The statute previously required that all initiative petitions for constitutional amendments be submitted for signature verification to the Secretary of State by the third Tuesday in June of an even-numbered year.”
Fair Maps Nevada v. Cegavske (D. Nev. 2020). · cites it 22× “” NRS § 295.056(1), (5). The petition may 16 consist of more than one document.”
— Nev. Rev. Stat. § 295.056(1) — 2 cases
Las Vegas Convention & Visitors Auth. v. Miller, 191 P.3d 1138 (Nev. 2008). “20 NRS 295.056(1); see also NRS 293.12758. 21 NRS 295.”
Fair Maps Nevada v. Cegavske (D. Nev. 2020). “” NRS § 295.056(1), (5). The petition may 16 consist of more than one document.”
— Nev. Rev. Stat. § 295.056(3) — 5 cases
We The People Nevada ex rel. Angle v. Miller, 192 P.3d 1166 (Nev. 2008). “NRS 295.056 required We the People to submit in proper form the requisite number of valid signatures to the county clerk’s office in each county where signatures were collected by May 20, 2008.”
People Ex Rel. Angle v. Miller, 192 P.3d 1166 (Nev. 2008). “NRS 295.056 required We the People to submit in proper form the requisite number of valid signatures to the county clerk's office in each county where signatures were collected by May 20, 2008.”
Univ. & Cmty. Coll. Sys. v. Nevadans for Sound Gov't, 100 P.3d 179 (Nev. 2004). “§§ 2(2), (4) (essentially providing that an initiative proposing a constitutional amendment and signed by registered voters equaling ten percent or more of the voters who voted at the preceding general election in seventy-five percent of the counties and the entire state must be…”
Pest Comm. v. Miller, 648 F. Supp. 2d 1202 (D. Nev. 2009). “The Legislature also amended NRS 295.056(3). The statute previously required that all initiative petitions for constitutional amendments be submitted for signature verification to the Secretary of State by the third Tuesday in June of an even-numbered year.”
Fair Maps Nevada v. Cegavske (D. Nev. 2020). “” NRS § 295.056(1), (5). The petition may 16 consist of more than one document.”
— Nev. Rev. Stat. § 295.056(5) — 2 cases
We The People Nevada ex rel. Angle v. Miller, 192 P.3d 1166 (Nev. 2008). “NRS 295.056 required We the People to submit in proper form the requisite number of valid signatures to the county clerk’s office in each county where signatures were collected by May 20, 2008.”
People Ex Rel. Angle v. Miller, 192 P.3d 1166 (Nev. 2008). “NRS 295.056 required We the People to submit in proper form the requisite number of valid signatures to the county clerk's office in each county where signatures were collected by May 20, 2008.”
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