Contiguous
General Definition
1. Sharing an edge or boundary; touching.
2. Neighboring; adjacent.
A. Connecting without a break: the 48 contiguous states.
In Real Estate
Actually touching; contiguous properties have a common boundary.
Example: Lots A and B in Figure are contiguous. Lot C is adjacent to A and B but not contiguous.
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Nevada Revised Statutes (NRS)
The provisions of NRS 268.610 to 268.670, inclusive, apply only to cities located in a county whose population is less than 400,000. [Washoe]
NRS 268.618 “Contiguous” defined. “Contiguous,” as applied to an area proposed to be annexed in relation to a city, means that not less than 15 percent of the total boundary of such area is conterminous with the boundary of the city.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1620)
NRS 268.570 Applicability of NRS 268.570 to 268.608, inclusive. The provisions of NRS 268.570 to 268.608, inclusive, apply only to cities located in a county whose population is 400,000 or more. [Clark]
NRS 268.574 Definitions. As used in NRS 268.570 to 268.608, inclusive:
1. “Contiguous” means either abutting directly on the boundary of the annexing municipality or separated from the boundary thereof by a street, alley, public right-of-way, creek, river or the right-of-way of a railroad or other public service corporation, or by lands owned by the annexing municipality, by some other political subdivision of the State or by the State of Nevada.
Voluntary Annexation:
NRS 268.670 Annexation of contiguous territory owned by city or upon petition of all owners of real property: Alternative procedures.
2. For the purposes of this section, “contiguous” means either abutting directly on the boundary of the annexing municipality or separated from the boundary thereof by a street, alley, public right-of-way, creek, river or the right-of-way of a railroad or other public service corporation, or by lands owned by the annexing municipality, by some other political subdivision of the State or by the State of Nevada.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1626; A 1969, 642; 1975, 537; 1977, 676)
