Nevada Revised Statutes and Administrative Code

Nevada Revised Statutes (NRS)

The revised statutes are the actual laws. 

• Chapter 513 - Commission on Mineral Resources, Division of Minerals
• Chapter 517 - Mining Claims, Mill Sites, and Tunnel Rights
• Chapter 519A - Reclamation of Land Subject to Mining Operations or Exploration Projects
• Chapter 522 - Oil and Gas
• Chapter 534A - Geothermal Resources
• Chapter 534B – Dissolved Mineral Resources Exploration

Nevada Administrative Code (NAC)

The Administrative Codes are Rules and Regulations

• NAC 513 - Commission on Mineral Resources; Division of Minerals (Registration and records of mining operations and Dangerous conditions created by abandonment of mines)
• NAC 517 - Mining Claims (General Provisions, Maps, and Fees)
• NAC 519A - Reclamation of Land Subject to Mining Operations or Exploration Projects (Regulation of mining operations and Exploration projects and duties of division of minerals)
• NAC 522 - Oil and Gas (General provisions, Drilling, Production practices, Underground disposal of waste fluid by injection, Enhanced recovery and pressure maintenance, Reports, and Rules of practice before division)
• NAC 534A - Geothermal Resources (General provisions, Regulations of state engineer, and Regulations of commission on mineral resources)
• NAC 534B – Dissolved Mineral Resources Exploration (codified)