283.140 - Officers liable to impeachment. - Nevada Statutes

283.140  Officers liable to impeachment.

      1.  Any state officer shall be liable to impeachment for misdemeanor or malfeasance in office pursuant to Article 7 of the Nevada Constitution.

      2.  As used in NRS 283.140 to 283.290, inclusive, “state officer” means the Governor and other state and judicial officers, except:

      (a) Justices of the peace; and

      (b) State Legislators removable from office only through expulsion by their own House pursuant to Section 6 of Article 4 of the Nevada Constitution.

      [1911 Cr. Prac. § 28; RL § 6878; NCL § 10675]—(NRS A 2009, 1072)