555.170 - Neglect of owner or occupant to eradicate weeds after notice; action by county commissioners; payment of costs by county. - Nevada Statutes

555.170  Neglect of owner or occupant to eradicate weeds after notice; action by county commissioners; payment of costs by county.

      1.  If any owner or occupant of the lands described in the notice served, as provided in NRS 555.160, shall fail, neglect or refuse to cut, destroy or eradicate the weeds designated, upon the land described, in accordance with the requirements of the notice, the State Quarantine Officer may notify the board of county commissioners of the county or counties in which the land is located of such failure, neglect or refusal.

      2.  Upon notice as provided in subsection 1, the board of county commissioners concerned shall proceed to have cut, destroyed or eradicated the weeds in question in accordance with the requirements of the notice served upon the owner or occupant of the land in question, paying for such cutting, destruction or eradication out of county funds.

      3.  Upon the completion of such work of cutting, destruction or eradication of such weeds, the board of county commissioners shall prepare in triplicate itemized statements of all expenses incurred in the cutting, destruction or eradication of the weeds involved, and shall deliver the three copies of the statements to the county treasurer within 10 days of the date of the completion of the work involved.

      [4:174:1929; NCL § 417]—(NRS A 1961, 524)