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Law and government

Law and government

The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department provides most law enforcement services in the city and surrounding county. Exceptions include cities with their own law enforcement agency; including North Las Vegas, Henderson and Boulder City.

Most of the people and businesses who live in what they call "Las Vegas" are actually residents of neighboring unincorporated communities or incorporated cities. In fact, of the over 1.8 million people who live in the Las Vegas Valley, only 591,536 live inside Las Vegas city limits. The largest suburbs are Paradise (190,129) between Las Vegas and Henderson (256,390), Sunrise Manor (195,727) east of Las Vegas and North Las Vegas (202,520), and Spring Valley (175,581) southwest of Las Vegas. Paradise, Sunrise Manor, and Spring Valley are unincorporated townships, while Henderson and North Las Vegas are incorporated. The earliest, Paradise, formed during a 1940s water dispute between the City of Las Vegas and early homeowners south of San Francisco Street, now Sahara Avenue.

The City of Las Vegas government operates as a council-manager government. The Mayor sits as a Council member-At-Large and presides over all of the City Council meetings. In the event that the Mayor cannot preside over a City Council meeting, the Mayor Pro-Tem is the presiding officer of the meeting until such time as the Mayor returns to his seat. The City Manager is responsible for the administration and the day-to-day operation of all of the municipal services and city departments. The City Manager also maintains intergovernmental relationships with federal, state, county and other local governments.

A Indian reservation occupies about 1 acre (4000 m) in the downtown area of Las Vegas.

City council

(Council members' official city websites are also available)

• Oscar B. Goodman - Mayor and Council member at Large (Term Expires in 2007)
• Gary Reese - Mayor Pro-Tem and 3rd Ward Council member (Term Expires in 2007)
  
• Lois Tarkanian - 1st Ward Council member (Term Expires in 2007)¹
• Steve Wolfson, Esq - 2nd Ward Council member (Term Expires in 2009)
• Larry Brown - 4th Ward Council member (Term Expires in 2009)
• Lawrence Weekly - 5th Ward Council member (Term Expires in 2007)
• Steve Ross - 6th Ward Council member (Term Expires in 2009)

City management

• Douglas Selby - City Manager
  
• Barbara Jo (Roni) Ronemus - City Clerk

Government offices

Marriage licenses are filed at the Clark County Courthouse.