NRS321.5983. Unauthorized disposal of public lands void; State authorization required for use, management or disposal of public lands; injunctions; action to recover consideration received from unlawful disposition of public land.

      1.  Except as it is authorized pursuant to NRS 321.5973 or except as it may be authorized by the State Land Registrar pursuant to any authority conferred upon the State Land Registrar by law, any sale, lease, exchange, encumbrance or other disposal of any parcel of or any interest in the public lands is void.

      2.  Any person who intends to perform or who actually carries out any act with respect to the use, management or disposal of any of the public lands under color of any statute, ordinance, regulation, custom or usage of the United States or otherwise, shall obtain written authorization from the State Land Registrar approving or confirming any such act, which authorization shall be given only to the extent it is authorized under the laws of this State.

      3.  Any person who does not obtain written authorization from the State Land Registrar as required by subsection 2 may be enjoined by the State Land Registrar from attempting to perform or continuing to carry out any act respecting the use, management or disposal of any of the public lands in any court of competent jurisdiction of this State within whose jurisdiction any of the affected public lands are located or the person resides.

      4.  Any person who receives any money or other consideration for any purported sale or other disposition of any public land which was made contrary to the provisions of NRS 321.596 to 321.599, inclusive, is liable to the State for that money or for the value of any other consideration. The money may be recovered in an action brought by the State Land Registrar in a court of competent jurisdiction of this State within whose jurisdiction any of the affected public lands are located or the person resides.

      (Added to NRS by 1979, 1366)