Nevada § 278.490 Reversion of maps and reversion of division of land to acreage: Procedure and requirements; exemption from certain requirements

Nevada Statutes

§ 278.490 — Reversion of maps and reversion of division of land to acreage: Procedure and requirements; exemption from certain requirements

Nevada § 278.490

Title 22COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS BY PUBLIC AGENCIES; REGIONAL

Ch. 278Planning

Vacation or Abandonment of Streets, Easements or Maps; Reversion of Divided Land

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Bluebook

Nev. Rev. Stat. § 278.490 (2026).

Text

1.Except as otherwise provided in NRS 278.4925 , an owner or governing body desiring to revert any recorded subdivision map, parcel map, map of division into large parcels, or part thereof to acreage or to revert the map or portion thereof, or to revert more than one map if the parcels to be reverted are contiguous, shall submit a written application accompanied by a map of the proposed reversion which contains the same survey dimensions as the recorded map or maps to the governing body or, if authorized by local ordinance, to the planning commission or other authorized person. The application must describe the requested changes.

2.At its next meeting, or within a period of not more than 30 days after the filing of the map of reversion, whichever occurs later, the governing body or, if a

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1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 278.4925 , an owner or governing body desiring to revert any recorded subdivision map, parcel map, map of division into large parcels, or part thereof to acreage or to revert the map or portion thereof, or to revert more than one map if the parcels to be reverted are contiguous, shall submit a written application accompanied by a map of the proposed reversion which contains the same survey dimensions as the recorded map or maps to the governing body or, if authorized by local ordinance, to the planning commission or other authorized person. The application must describe the requested changes.
2. At its next meeting, or within a period of not more than 30 days after the filing of the map of reversion, whichever occurs later, the governing body or, if authorized by local ordinance, the planning commission or other authorized person shall review the map and approve, conditionally approve or disapprove it.
3. Except for the provisions of this section, NRS 278.4955 , 278.496 and 278.4965 and any provision or local ordinance relating to the payment of fees in conjunction with filing, recordation or checking of a map of the kind offered, no other provision of NRS 278.010 to 278.630 , inclusive, applies to a map made solely for the purpose of reversion of a former map or for reversion of any division of land to acreage.
4. Upon approval of the map of reversion, it must be recorded in the office of the county recorder. The county recorder shall make a written notation of the fact on each sheet of the previously recorded map affected by the later recording, if the county recorder does not maintain a cumulative index for such maps and amendments. If such an index is maintained, the county recorder shall direct an appropriate entry for the amendment.
5. A county recorder who records a map pursuant to this section shall, within 7 working days after he or she records the map, provide to the county assessor at no charge:
(a) A duplicate copy of the map and any supporting documents; or
(b) Access to the digital map and any digital supporting documents. The map and supporting documents must be in a form that is acceptable to the county recorder and the county assessor.

Legislative History

[31:110:1941; 1931 NCL § 5063.30]—(NRS A 1973, 1774 ; 1977, 1507 ; 1979, 1502 ; 1981, 1160 ; 1985, 1689 ; 1987, 381 ; 1991, 1152 , 1891 ; 1993, 580 , 2581 ; 1997, 2437 ; 1999, 792 ; 2001, 1564 ; 2003, 2790 )