{"data":{"id":"us-nv/nrs-477.100","jurisdiction":"us-nv","citation":"NRS 477.100","heading":"“Authority” defined.","body":"As used in NRS 477.100 to 477.170, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, “authority” means:\n1. The State Fire Marshal in a county other than one whose population is 100,000 or more or which has been converted into a consolidated municipality;\n2. Unless the county has enacted an ordinance designating the persons who constitute the authority, the chief building official and chief officer of the fire service of the jurisdiction in a county whose population is 100,000 or more or which has been converted into a consolidated municipality, and if they are unable to agree on any question, “authority” includes the county manager or city manager, who shall cast the deciding vote on that question; or\n3. If the board of county commissioners of a county whose population is 100,000 or more or which has been converted into a consolidated municipality, or the governing body of a city in that county, has specified a person or persons to act as the authority, that person or those persons.","path":["TITLE 42 — PROTECTION FROM FIRE; EXPLOSIVES","CHAPTER 477 - STATE FIRE MARSHAL","CHANGES TO EXISTING STRUCTURES TO ENHANCE SAFETY FROM FIRE"],"source_url":"https://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-477.html#NRS477Sec100","current_through":"2025 session (NRS as revised 2026-08-25)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T05:51:41Z","sha256":"fd0e6cb588ef79a7a7c40089c93036c079320ac7c930b1040c4897ddcf34b120","source_id":"us-nv","stale":true,"prev":"us-nv/nrs-477.099","next":"us-nv/nrs-477.110"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}