NAC306.022. Correction of clerical error.

     1. If the county clerk makes a clerical error regarding a petition to recall a public officer, the county clerk may correct the error before filing, pursuant to subsection 4 of NRS 306.015, the petition with the filing officer with whom the public officer to be recalled filed his or her declaration of candidacy.

     2. If the county clerk chooses to correct the error, he or she shall:

     (a) Notify the persons who filed the notice of intent pursuant to subsection 1 of NRS 306.015, the public officer to be recalled and the Secretary of State of the substance of the error;

     (b) Inform the persons specified in paragraph (a) of the correct information or procedure; and

     (c) Prepare a certificate of error, attach it to the corrected document and provide a copy of the certificate to each of the persons specified in paragraph (a).

     3. Correction of a clerical error by a county clerk does not affect the deadlines concerning the process of recalling a public officer set forth in chapter 306 of NRS.

     (Added to NAC by Sec’y of State by R217-97, eff. 5-26-98)