Nevada Code § 283.270

Suspension of officer pending impeachment; filling office pending impeachment
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1. Whenever articles of impeachment
against any officer subject to impeachment are presented to the Senate, the
officer is temporarily suspended from the officers office and cannot act in
the officers official capacity until the officer is acquitted.
2. Upon temporary suspension of any
officer other than the Governor, the officers office shall at once be
temporarily filled by an appointment made by the Governor, with the advice and
consent of the Senate, until the acquittal of the officer impeached or, in case
of the officers removal, until the vacancy is filled as provided by law.

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