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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
An incorporated city may:
1. Have and use a common seal, which it may alter at pleasure.
2. Purchase, receive, hold and use personal and real property wherever situated.
3. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 268.059, 268.061 and 268.062, sell, convey and dispose of such personal and real property for the common benefit.
4. Determine what are public uses with respect to powers of eminent domain.
5. Acquire, own and operate a public transit system both within and without the city.
6. Receive bequests, devises, gifts and donations of all kinds of property wherever situated in fee simple, in trust or otherwise, for charitable or other purposes and do anything necessary to carry out the purposes of such bequests, devises, gifts and donations with full power to manage, sell, lease or otherwise dispose of such property in accordance with the terms of such bequest, devise, gift or donation.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Nevada Revised Statutes Title 21. Cities and Towns § 268.008. General powers - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/nv/title-21-cities-and-towns/nv-rev-st-268-008/
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