Nevada State Flag

Nevada State Flag Adopted: March 26, 1929

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Nevada Law

The following information was excerpted from the Nevada Revised Statutes, Title 19, Section 235.020.

TITLE 19--MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS RELATED TO GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS
State Emblems; Gifts and Endowments
MISCELLANEOUS STATE EMBLEMS
SECTION NRS 235.020

NRS 235.020 State flag. The official flag of the State of Nevada is hereby created. The body of the flag must be of solid cobalt blue. On the field in the upper left quarter thereof must be two sprays of Sagebrush with the stems crossed at the bottom to form a half wreath. Within the sprays must be a five-pointed silver star with one point up. The word “Nevada” must also be inscribed below the star and above the sprays, in a semicircular pattern with the letters spaced apart in equal increments, in the same style of letters as the words "Battle Born." Above the wreath, and touching the tips thereof, must be a scroll bearing the words "Battle Born." The scroll and the word "Nevada" must be golden-yellow. The lettering on the scroll must be black-colored sans serif gothic capital letters.

[1:147:1929; NCL § 7020]—(NRS A 1991, 773)

Sources...

The State of Nevada. The Nevada Legislature. NEVADA REVISED STATUTES. Carson City: The State of Nevada, 2011. Web. . .

Additional Information

Adoption of Nevada's State Flag from NETSTATE.

When is a State Flag Official?: by Guy Rocha, Nevada State Archivist.

Nevada (U.S.): FOTW "Flags of the World" Web Site.

State Flags: Complete list of state flags with links to large pictures and images suitable for coloring.

Flag Terminology: The parts of a flag and terms associated with its design.

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Flags of the Fifty States and their Incredible Histories: A complete guide to America's most powerful symbols by Randy Howe.

How Proudly They Wave: Flags of the Fifty States: This book, by Rita D. Haban, is geared toward younger readers.