§ NRS § 293.181Declaration of residency required of candidates for office of State Legislator; form; contents; constitutes public record; unlawful for candidates to make certain false statements

Declaration of residency required of candidates for office of
State Legislator; form; contents; constitutes public record; unlawful for
candidates to make certain false statements.

1.  A candidate for the office of State
Senator, Assemblyman or Assemblywoman must execute and file, with his or her
declaration of candidacy, a declaration of residency which must be in
substantially the following form:



I, the undersigned, do swear or
affirm under penalty of perjury that I have been a citizen resident of this
State as required by NRS 218A.200;
that I understand that knowingly and willfully filing a declaration of
residency which contains a false statement is a crime punishable as a gross
misdemeanor and also subjects me to a civil action disqualifying me from
entering upon the duties of the office; and that I have actually, as opposed to
constructively, resided at the following residence or residences since November
1 of the preceding year:



............................................................... 

Street Address Street
Address

............................................................... 

City or Town City
or Town

............................................................... 

State State



From................... To.................... From....................... To.................... 

Dates of Residency Dates
of Residency



............................................................... 

Street Address Street
Address

............................................................... 

City or Town City
or Town

............................................................... 

State State



From................... To.................... From....................... To.................... 

Dates of Residency Dates
of Residency

(Attach
additional sheet or sheets of residences as necessary)



2.  Each address of a candidate which must
be included in the declaration of residency pursuant to subsection 1 must be
the street address of the residence where the candidate actually, as opposed to
constructively, resided or resides in accordance with NRS 281.050, if one has been assigned. The
declaration of residency must not be accepted for filing if any of the
candidate’s addresses are listed as a post office box unless a street address
has not been assigned to the residence.

3.  Except for any information required to
be kept confidential pursuant to NRS 293.906,
a declaration of residency filed pursuant to this section is a public record
and the filing officer shall make the declaration of residency available to the
public in an electronic format. 

4.  Any person who knowingly and willfully
files a declaration of residency which contains a false statement in violation
of this section is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.