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 Nevada Revised Statutes (Last Updated: December 24, 2014)
 TITLE21 CITIES AND TOWNS
 CHAPTER266. General Law for Incorporation of Cities and Towns
  CITY COUNCIL

  NRS266.220. Election and number of council members.  

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  •       1.  If a city of population category one is:

          (a) Divided into wards, the city council must be composed of five or seven council members with one council member from each ward who is elected only by the electors who reside in that ward and one council member who is elected by the city at large.

          (b) Not divided into wards, five or seven council members must be elected by the voters of the city at large.

          2.  If a city of population category two or three is:

          (a) Divided into wards, the city council must be composed of three or five council members with one council member from each ward who is elected only by the electors who reside in that ward.

          (b) Not divided into wards, the three or five council members must be elected by the voters of the city at large.

      [Part 15:125:1907; RL § 781; NCL § 1114] + [Part 17:125:1907; RL § 783; NCL § 1116]—(NRS A 1963, 43, 141; 1969, 1089; 1993, 54; 1995, 2064; 2001, 628)