Nevada Code § 340.070

Notice of proceedings
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1. Notice of such proceedings shall be
given by one publication in a newspaper having a general circulation in each
county in which any part of the property sought to be condemned is located.
Such publication shall be at least 20 days and not more than 30 days prior to
the date set for the hearing on the validity of the proceedings.
2. Such notice shall be in substantially
the following form (the blanks being appropriately filled):
To Whom It May Concern:
Notice is hereby given that
................ (here insert name of petitioner) has filed a petition in the
above court under the Public Works Eminent Domain Law to acquire by
condemnation for ................ (here give brief general description of the
public works project for which the land is sought to be acquired) the
following-described land: (Here describe the land sufficiently for the
identification thereof. Such description may be by use of a plat or map.)
Notice is further given that
on ................ (here insert date of hearing, which must be at least 20
days and not more than 30 days after the date of publication) there will be a
hearing in this court, at the opening thereof, for:
(a) Determining the
validity of the proceedings and the right of the petitioner, if it so elects,
to take title to and possession of such property prior to final judgment, as
authorized by NRS 340.160 , and any
persons having any interest in or lien upon the above-described property shall
be deemed to have waived their rights thereafter to object to the courts
decision with respect to such issues, unless prior to the date they shall have
filed in writing with the clerk of the court their objections thereto.
(b) The appointment of
a special master to determine the compensation to be awarded for such property
and the persons entitled thereto.
(c) The fixing of the
date and place at which the special master shall hear and determine the
compensation to be paid for such property and the person entitled thereto.
Notice is further given that
all claims or demands for compensation because of the taking and condemnation
of such property must be filed with the above court before ................
(here insert a date 15 days after the date above specified for the court
hearing), or the same shall be deemed waived.
Dated the ........ day of
................ A.D. .........
.......................................................................
Clerk
of the court.
3. Notice of such proceedings shall also
be given:
(a) By posting a copy of the notice designated in
subsection 2 in conspicuous places on the real property sought to be condemned.
(b) By filing a copy thereof in the office of the
clerk of the court in which such proceedings are pending.
(c) By filing a copy thereof in the proper office
or offices for the filing of lis pendens in each county in which any part of
the real property is situated.
4. Such publication, posting and filing
shall constitute a legal and sufficient notice to all persons having any
interest in or lien upon the property described in the notice. The filing of
such notice in the county office shall also be a constructive notice of the
proceeding to any person who subsequently acquires any interest in or lien upon
the property, and the petitioner shall take all property condemned under this
chapter free of the claims of any such person.

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