408.527 Procedure for relinquishment of portion of state highway.
1. Whenever the Department and the county or city concerned have entered into an agreement providing therefor, and the legislative body of the county or city has adopted a resolution consenting thereto, the board may relinquish to the county or city any portion of any state highway which has been deleted from the state highway system by legislative enactment. The Department may likewise relinquish any portion of any state highway which has been superseded by relocation or which the Department determines exceeds its needs.
2. By resolution of the Board, the Department may upon request relinquish to the Division of State Lands of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources for the public use of another state agency any portion of any state highway which has been superseded by relocation or which the Department determines exceeds its needs.
3. Relinquishment must be made by a resolution. A certified copy of the resolution must be filed with the legislative body of the county or city concerned. The resolution must be recorded in the office of the county recorder of the county where the land is located and, upon recordation, all right, title and interest of the State in and to that portion of any state highway vests in the county, city or division, as the case may be.
4. Nothing in NRS 408.523 limits the power of the Board to relinquish abandoned or vacated portions of a state highway to a county, city or the Division.
5. If the Board relinquishes property pursuant to subsection 4, and the purpose for which the property was relinquished is abandoned or ceases to exist, then:
(a) If the interest of the Department in the property before it was relinquished was held in fee simple, all right, title and interest of the county, city or Division reverts to the Department.
(b) If the interest of the Department in the property before it was relinquished was an easement or other lesser interest, the county, city or Division may abandon or vacate the property without reversion to the Department.
6. The vesting of all right, title and interest of the Department in and to portions of any state highways relinquished previously by the Department in the city, county or state agency to which it was relinquished is hereby confirmed.
(Added to NRS by 1960, 68; A 1983, 338; 1987, 1102, 1812; 1989, 1308; 1991, 1173)
408.527 Procedure for relinquishment of portion of state highway.
1. Whenever the Department and the county or city concerned have entered into an agreement providing therefor, and the legislative body of the county or city has adopted a resolution consenting thereto, the board may relinquish to the county or city any portion of any state highway which has been deleted from the state highway system by legislative enactment. The Department may likewise relinquish any portion of any state highway which has been superseded by relocation or which the Department determines exceeds its needs.
2. By resolution of the Board, the Department may upon request relinquish to the Division of State Lands of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources for the public use of another state agency any portion of any state highway which has been superseded by relocation or which the Department determines exceeds its needs.
3. Relinquishment must be made by a resolution. A certified copy of the resolution must be filed with the legislative body of the county or city concerned. The resolution must be recorded in the office of the county recorder of the county where the land is located and, upon recordation, all right, title and interest of the State in and to that portion of any state highway vests in the county, city or division, as the case may be.
4. Nothing in NRS 408.523 limits the power of the Board to relinquish abandoned or vacated portions of a state highway to a county, city or the Division.
5. If the Board relinquishes property pursuant to subsection 4, and the purpose for which the property was relinquished is abandoned or ceases to exist, then:
(a) If the interest of the Department in the property before it was relinquished was held in fee simple, all right, title and interest of the county, city or Division reverts to the Department.
(b) If the interest of the Department in the property before it was relinquished was an easement or other lesser interest, the county, city or Division may abandon or vacate the property without reversion to the Department.
6. The vesting of all right, title and interest of the Department in and to portions of any state highways relinquished previously by the Department in the city, county or state agency to which it was relinquished is hereby confirmed.
(Added to NRS by 1960, 68; A 1983, 338; 1987, 1102, 1812; 1989, 1308; 1991, 1173)
408.527 Procedure for relinquishment of portion of state highway.
1. Whenever the Department and the county or city concerned have entered into an agreement providing therefor, and the legislative body of the county or city has adopted a resolution consenting thereto, the board may relinquish to the county or city any portion of any state highway which has been deleted from the state highway system by legislative enactment. The Department may likewise relinquish any portion of any state highway which has been superseded by relocation or which the Department determines exceeds its needs.
2. By resolution of the Board, the Department may upon request relinquish to the Division of State Lands of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources for the public use of another state agency any portion of any state highway which has been superseded by relocation or which the Department determines exceeds its needs.
3. Relinquishment must be made by a resolution. A certified copy of the resolution must be filed with the legislative body of the county or city concerned. The resolution must be recorded in the office of the county recorder of the county where the land is located and, upon recordation, all right, title and interest of the State in and to that portion of any state highway vests in the county, city or division, as the case may be.
4. Nothing in NRS 408.523 limits the power of the Board to relinquish abandoned or vacated portions of a state highway to a county, city or the Division.
5. If the Board relinquishes property pursuant to subsection 4, and the purpose for which the property was relinquished is abandoned or ceases to exist, then:
(a) If the interest of the Department in the property before it was relinquished was held in fee simple, all right, title and interest of the county, city or Division reverts to the Department.
(b) If the interest of the Department in the property before it was relinquished was an easement or other lesser interest, the county, city or Division may abandon or vacate the property without reversion to the Department.
6. The vesting of all right, title and interest of the Department in and to portions of any state highways relinquished previously by the Department in the city, county or state agency to which it was relinquished is hereby confirmed.
(Added to NRS by 1960, 68; A 1983, 338; 1987, 1102, 1812; 1989, 1308; 1991, 1173)
