§ NRS § 293C.200Residency requirements for candidates; unlawful for candidates to make certain false statements

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Residency requirements for candidates; unlawful for candidates
to make certain false statements.

1.  In addition to any other requirement
provided by law, no person may be a candidate for a city office unless, for at
least the 30 days immediately preceding the date of the close of filing of
declarations of candidacy for the office that the person seeks, the person has
in accordance with NRS 281.050,
actually, as opposed to constructively, resided in the city or other area
prescribed by law to which the office pertains and, if elected, over which he
or she will have jurisdiction or which he or she will represent.

2.  Any person who knowingly and willfully
files a declaration of candidacy which contains a false statement regarding the
person’s residency in violation of this section is guilty of a gross
misdemeanor.

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