NRS375.026. Optional imposition of additional tax in certain counties; rate and collection of tax; disposition and use of proceeds.

      1.  In addition to all other taxes imposed on transfers of real property, the board of county commissioners of a county whose population is less than 700,000 may impose a tax at the rate of up to 5 cents for each $500 of value, or fraction thereof, on each deed by which any lands, tenements or other realty is granted, assigned, transferred or otherwise conveyed to, or vested in, another person, or land sale installment contract, if the consideration or value of the interest or property conveyed exceeds $100.

      2.  The amount of the tax must be computed on the basis of the value of the real property that is the subject of the transfer or land sale installment contract as declared pursuant to NRS 375.060.

      3.  The county recorder shall collect the tax in the manner provided in NRS 375.030, except that he or she shall transmit all the proceeds from the tax imposed pursuant to this section to the State Treasurer for use in the Plant Industry Program as required by NRS 561.355.

      (Added to NRS by 2003, 3484; A 2009, 1111; 2011, 1234)