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Nevada Revised Statutes Title 21. Cities and Towns § 269.095. Taxes, fines and forfeitures paid to county treasurer; general fund and debt service fund

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

1. All taxes, fines, forfeitures or other moneys collected or received by any officer or person, under or by virtue of any of the provisions of this chapter, shall be paid by the officer or person collecting or receiving the same to the county treasurer of the county in which the taxes or moneys were collected or received.

2. The county treasurer shall:

(a) Set the same apart as a fund to be used solely for the benefit of the town or city in which they were collected or received.

(b) Enter the same upon the county treasurer’s books to the credit of the town or city.

(c) Divide the fund into two equal portions, one to be designated as the general fund and the other as a debt service fund.

(d) Not pay any money out of the general fund except upon warrants drawn upon the county treasurer by the county auditor of the county.

(e) Not pay any money out of the debt service fund except in the manner specified in this chapter.

3. When all claims payable from the debt service fund shall have been satisfied, then the fund shall cease and any money therein remaining shall be transferred to the general fund.

4. If at any time after creating a debt service fund there shall be more money in the general fund than is necessary to meet current or anticipated expenses, the board of county commissioners shall direct the county treasurer to transfer such surplus to the debt service fund, and the same shall thereafter be used as other moneys belonging to that fund.

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