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1-1-1: TITLE:
Upon the adoption by the Board of County Commissioners, this County Code is hereby declared to be and shall hereafter constitute the official County Code of the County of Elko, State of Nevada, and it is hereby published by authority of the Board of County Commissioners 1 and shall be kept up to date as provided in Section 1-1-3 under the direction of said Commissioners. Any reference to the number of any Section contained herein shall be understood to refer to the position of the same number, its appropriate Chapter and Title heading, and to the general penalty clause relating thereto, as well as to the Section itself, when reference is made to this County Code by title in any legal document.

 

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1. N.R.S. 244.116 et seq.
1-1-2: ACCEPTANCE:
This County Code, as hereby presented in printed form, shall hereafter be received without further proof in all courts and in all administrative tribunals of this State as the ordinances of the County of general and permanent effect, except the excluded ordinances enumerated in Section 1-2-1.
1-1-3: AMENDMENTS:
Any ordinance amending this County Code shall set forth the Title, Chapter and Section number of the Section or Sections to be amended, and this shall constitute a sufficient compliance with any statutory requirement pertaining to the amendment or revision by ordinance of any part of this County Code. All such amendments or revisions by ordinance shall be immediately forwarded to the codifiers and the said ordinance material shall be prepared for insertion in its proper place in each copy of this County Code. Each such replacement page shall be properly identified and shall be inserted in each individual copy of the County Code.
1-1-4: CODE ALTERATION:
It shall be deemed unlawful for any person to alter, change, replace or deface in any way any Section or any page of this County Code in such a manner that the meaning of any phrase or order may be changed or omitted. Replacement pages may be inserted according to the official instructions when so authorized by the County Board. The County official so designated by the County Board shall see that the replacement pages are properly inserted in the official copies maintained in the office of the Manager.
Any person having in his custody an official copy of this County Code shall make every effort to maintain said Code in an up to date and efficient manner. He shall see to the immediate insertion of new or replacement pages when such are delivered to him or made available to him through the office of the County Manager. Said Code books, while in actual possession of officials and other interested persons, shall be and remain the property of the County and shall be returned when directed so to do by order of the County Board. (1976 Code)
1-1-5: ADOPTION:
As authorized by Section 244.116 through 244.119 of the Nevada Revised Statutes, there is adopted the "COUNTY CODE, COUNTY OF ELKO, NEVADA - 1976" a revision and codification of the general ordinances of the County of Elko.
1-1-6: EFFECTIVE DATE:
The County Code shall become effective on August 23, 1976. (Ord. 1976-T, 8-5-76, Eff. 8-23-76)