SB381
AN ACT relating to governmental administration; authorizing a sheriff or constable to appoint a civil enforcement officer; authorizing the electronic sale of real property under execution; authorizing a sheriff or constable to enter into a contract to conduct such a sale; revising the powers and duties of certain persons under the direction and supervision of a constable or sheriff; revising the powers and duties of sheriffs, constables and deputy constables; revising the qualifications of constables; eliminating the authority of certain boards of county commissioners to abolish the office of constable in certain townships; revising provisions relating to the service, execution and enforcement of certain process, writs and remedies; revising provisions relating to duties required of certain officers for unlawful or riotous assemblies; repealing a provision authorizing a magistrate to depute a person to act as constable under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Close title AN ACT relating to governmental administration; authorizing a sheriff or constable to appoint a civil enforcement officer; authorizing the electronic sale of real property under execution; authorizing a sheriff or constable to enter into a contract to conduct such a sale; revising the powers and duties of certain persons under the direction and supervision of a constable or sheriff; revising the powers and duties of sheriffs, constables and deputy constables; revising the qualifications of constables; eliminating the authority of certain boards of county commissioners to abolish the office of constable in certain townships; revising provisions relating to the service, execution and enforcement of certain process, writs and remedies; revising provisions relating to duties required of certain officers for unlawful or riotous assemblies; repealing a provision authorizing a magistrate to depute a person to act as constable under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Introduction Date
Monday, March 17, 2025
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AN ACT relating to governmental administration; authorizing a sheriff or constable to appoint a civil enforcement office
Existing law authorizes a sheriff to appoint one or more deputies who are authorized to perform all the duties devolving on the sheriff of the county and such other duties as the sheriff may from time to time direct. (NRS 248.040) Section 2 of this bill authorizes a sheriff to appoint civil enforcement officers who are authorized to perform certain duties of the sheriff relating to the service, posting and enforcement of certain notices and writs. Section 7 of this bill similarly authorizes a constable to appoint such officers. Section 25 of this bill provides that a civil enforcement officer is not governed by certain provisions set forth in existing law for the licensure and regulation of process servers who are not peace officers. (NRS 648.014) Existing law further provides that a person who is employed as clerical or operational staff of a constable does not have the powers of a peace officer and prohibits such a person from possessing or carrying a weapon or concealed firearm while performing his or her official duties. (NRS 258.065) Section 9 of this bill makes such provisions, with certain exceptions, applicable to any person who works under the direction and supervision of a constable, including, without limitation, an appointee, employee, contractor or volunteer of the constable, and removes the prohibition for such persons to possess or carry a weapon while performing his or her official duties. Section 14 of this bill removes language made duplicative by the provis
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