321.110 - Acceptance of land grants by Governor or State Land Registrar; legislative policy for State to negotiate for unconditional land grants. - Nevada Statutes

321.110  Acceptance of land grants by Governor or State Land Registrar; legislative policy for State to negotiate for unconditional land grants.

      1.  Subject to the provisions of subsection 2, whenever, pursuant to the laws of the United States, any lands are offered to the State of Nevada by the United States Government or any department thereof, the Governor or the State Land Registrar may accept the lands and the possession and title thereof in the name of the State of Nevada and take all necessary steps to comply with any requirement and condition mentioned in the offer.

      2.  It is hereby declared to be the policy of the Legislature that the State of Nevada shall negotiate for the acquisition of those lands as an unconditional grant by the United States Government to the State of Nevada without any other considerations, and that if the State of Nevada is unable to acquire those lands in the manner indicated, the Governor or the State Land Registrar may obtain those lands on the best terms available.

      [18 1/2:85:1885; added 1925, 107; NCL § 5529]—(NRS A 1997, 964)