An employee organization that wishes to be recognized as the bargaining agent for a group of local government employees who are not yet represented by an employee organization must apply to the local government employer for recognition pursuant to NRS 288.160. The local government employer may challenge the sufficiency of the application for recognition by filing a petition, in the form of a pleading, with the Board within 10 days after receipt of the application.
Nev. Admin. Code § 288.143
NRS 288.110