Nevada Code § 282.190

Suretys statement desiring release from liability: Filing and service of notice; publication
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1. Any surety desiring to be released from
liability on the bond of the State Treasurer shall file with the Governor or
Secretary of State a statement in writing duly subscribed by the surety, or
someone in the suretys behalf, setting forth:
(a) The name and office of the person for whom
the surety is surety;
(b) The amount for which the surety is liable as
surety; and
(c) The suretys desire to be released from
further liability on account thereof.
A notice
containing the objects of such statement shall be served personally on the
State Treasurer unless the State Treasurer has left the State, in which case
the notice may be served by publication for 20 days in some newspaper printed
at Carson City, or if none is printed there, then in such newspaper as shall be
designated by the Governor or Secretary of State.
2. Any surety desiring to be released from
the official bond of any county officer shall file and serve a similar
statement. The statement, except when it concerns the county clerk personally,
shall be filed with the clerk of the board of county commissioners, and when
the county clerk is personally concerned, the statement shall be filed with the
county auditor.
3. Any surety desiring to be released from
liability on the bond of a city officer shall file and serve a similar
statement with the city clerk or other proper officer.
4. Any surety desiring to be released from
an executors or administrators bond or undertaking shall file and serve a similar
statement with the clerk of the district court.
5. Any surety desiring to be released from
any other official bond or undertaking shall file and serve a similar statement
with the proper officer, person or authority.
6. All statements provided for in this
section must be served as provided in subsection 1, except:
(a) That the notice, if served by publication,
may be published in a newspaper in the same county, and if no newspaper is
published therein, then in an adjoining or other county, without any order from
any court or other authority.
(b) That in all cases for which publication is
provided, a printed or written notice, posted in at least 10 conspicuous places
within the county, for the time specified, shall be deemed legal notice thereof.

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