Nevada Code § 701.680

Waiver of tribal sovereign immunity allows state courts to exercise jurisdiction over actions and claims relating to certain renewable energy projects on Indian tribal lands
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1. A court of this State has jurisdiction
pursuant to subsection 1 of NRS 14.065 with respect to any claim or action relating to a renewable energy project
located upon Indian tribal land if:
(a) The Indian tribe occupying the tribal land
has a reservation of not less than 60,000 acres;
(b) The Indian tribal land is located in a county
whose population is 700,000 or more; and
(c) The governing body of the Indian tribe has
expressly waived its sovereign immunity with respect to such claim or action in
a written agreement, contract or other instrument which expressly states that
the terms of the agreement, contract or other instrument must be governed by
the applicable laws of this State.
2. As used in this section, renewable
energy project means a project for the construction or installation of a
facility for the generation of renewable energy.

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