Accessory roads: Use and maintenance; fee prohibited; immunity of state and local governments from liability arising from use.

1. Law
2. Nevada Revised Statutes
3. Control and Preservation of Public Highways
4. Accessory roads: Use and maintenance; fee prohibited; immunity of state and local governments from liability arising from use.

1. Wherever an accessory road crosses public land, the accessory road is open to:

(a) Raisers of livestock in maintaining their herds;

(b) Any public utility in maintaining, constructing or operating any of its facilities; and

(c) The use of the general public.

2. The State and the respective local governments have no duty to maintain an accessory road and are immune from liability for damages suffered by any person as a result of using such a road.

3. Without obtaining a permit from any public agency, a private owner of land served by an accessory road or a raiser of livestock using such a road may maintain the road and remove debris or vegetation from it, but may not perform new construction. No public agency may charge a fee for the use or maintenance of an accessory road.

(Added to NRS by 1993, 1402)

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