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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
1. With unanimous consent of his or her bondsmen, a county officer, other than a county treasurer, may deposit county money received by the office of the county officer in an insured bank, insured credit union, insured savings and loan association or insured savings bank located in the State of Nevada.
2. If the written consent of any bondsman to such a deposit has not been obtained, the bondsman must, upon giving notice as required by law, be released from all responsibility on the bond of the officer.
3. The accounts must be kept in the name of the county in such manner as the board of county commissioners may prescribe.
4. The balance in each such account, as certified by the proper officer of the bank, credit union, savings and loan association or savings bank in which the money is deposited, and by oath of the county treasurer, may be accounted for by the county as cash.
5. All money deposited in any depository bank, credit union, savings and loan association or savings bank by such a county officer may be drawn out by him or her on check or order payable only to the county treasurer or his or her order, but every county assessor may also withdraw money received in payment for license fees for motor vehicles by check or order payable to the Department of Motor Vehicles, and may also withdraw money received in payment for use taxes for motor vehicles by check or order payable to the Department of Taxation.
6. The county officer shall keep a register which shows the amount of county money on deposit and lists every check or order drawn upon the depository bank, credit union, savings and loan association or savings bank, numbering the items consecutively.
7. The county officer maintaining a deposit in any depository bank, credit union, savings and loan association or savings bank shall draw upon the deposit not later than the first Monday of each month and whenever the deposit exceeds $100 for the full amount of county money deposited therein, a withdrawal to be by check or order payable to the county treasurer, and shall thereupon deliver the withdrawal to the county treasurer.
8. This section does not apply to any deposit made by the clerk of any court pursuant to NRS 355.210.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Nevada Revised Statutes Title 31. Public Financial Administration § 356.200. Deposit of county money in bank, credit union, savings and loan association or savings bank by other county officers - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/nv/title-31-public-financial-administration/nv-rev-st-356-200/
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