Resolution ceding state jurisdiction: Contents; delivery; recordation.

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1. The cession of jurisdiction by the State must be evidenced by a resolution signed on behalf of the State by the President of the Senate and Speaker of the Assembly and attested to by the Secretary and Chief Clerk of those houses, respectively, or by the Chair and Secretary of the Legislative Commission. The resolution must then be delivered to the Secretary of State, who shall affix the Seal of the State thereto and shall thereupon deliver it to the United States.

2. The resolution must contain an accurate description of the land, a statement of the jurisdiction ceded to the United States, the purpose of the cession and all power, authority and jurisdiction reserved to the State.

3. The cession of jurisdiction does not vest until certified copies of it have been filed with the State Land Registrar and recorded in the offices of the county recorders of the counties in which the land is located.

[13:108:1947; 1943 NCL § 2898.13] — (NRS A 1981, 920)


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