NRS 248.010: Election; term of office; exception.

Unless the arrangement is altered pursuant to the mechanism set forth in NRS 244.1507:

1. Sheriffs must be elected by the qualified electors of their respective counties.

2. Sheriffs must be chosen by the electors of their respective counties at the general election in 1922, and at the general election every 4 years thereafter, and shall enter upon the duties of their respective offices on the first Monday of January subsequent to their election.