Nevada Code § 709.140

Condemnation of property; liability of holder of franchise for damage to property
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1. Except as otherwise provided in
subsection 2, if the owner of any real property upon or over which the proposed
line of the grantee of the franchise is to run objects to the use of the
owners property for that purpose, the land reasonably necessary therefor may
be condemned in the manner prescribed by law for the condemnation of land for
public use, in a proceeding brought for the purpose by the grantee of the
franchise.
2. Real property reasonably necessary for
the proposed line of a grantee of a franchise for a street railway may be
condemned in the manner prescribed by law for the condemnation of land for
public use in a proceeding brought for that purpose by the grantor of the
franchise.
3. If any property, real or personal,
abutting or adjacent to the line of the right-of-way of the franchise is
injured or damaged by the running or operation of the line under the franchise,
the grantee of the franchise is liable in an action at law for all such
injuries and damages caused by the negligence of the grantee.

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