NRS 281.055 - Prohibition against filing for or holding more than one elective office at same time; exceptions.

NV Rev Stat § 281.055 (2019) (N/A)

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1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, no person may:

(a) File nomination papers for more than one elective office at any election.

(b) Hold more than one elective office at the same time.

2. The provisions of subsection 1 shall not be construed to prevent any person from filing nomination papers for or holding an elective office of any special district (other than a school district), such as an irrigation district, a local or general improvement district, a soil conservation district or a fire protection district, and at the same time filing nomination papers for or holding an elective office of the State, or any political subdivision or municipal corporation thereof.

(Added to NRS by 1961, 299; A 1965, 169)

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