Flag of Nevada

The flag of the U.S. state of Nevada was adopted in 1929, when governor Fred B. Balzar signed into law a bill adopting the new flag. Its design consists of a solid cobalt blue field with, in the upper hoist quarter, two crossed sprays of sagebrush (the state flower) forming a half-wreath. Centered within the wreath is an upward-pointing silver star (a reference to the state's nickname, the Silver State), with the state's name arched below it in evenly spaced golden-yellow letters. Above the wreath is a golden-yellow scroll touching its tips, bearing the words "Battle Born", one of the state's mottos (in reference to Nevada becoming a state during the American Civil War).

The 2024 Nevada Revised Statutes, Chapter 235, § 235.020 defines the state flag as follows:

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.

In 1877, there was a bill on the house floor to come up with a state flag. It never went anywhere.

The first flag of Nevada was created by Governor John Sparks and Colonel Harry Day in 1905. It was based strongly on Nevada's natural resources of gold and silver. The blue of the flag was to be the same as the blue on the flag of the United States.

The second flag of Nevada was designed by Miss Clara Crisler in 1915. The flag sought to be more representative of Nevada by adding the state seal as the center point of the flag. The flag retained the same blue field as the previous flag. The 36 stars on the flag represented how Nevada was the 36th state in the union.

The flag proved popular, but the abundance of colors on the seal was too expensive to produce which led to the adoption of a new flag in 1929.

The current flag had its origin in a design contest announced in 1926. The winning design, by Louis Shellback III, was subjected to some revision in the state legislature, where there was disagreement between the two houses over the placement of the word "Nevada" on the flag. A compromise was reached, and in 1929 Governor Fred B. Balzar signed into law a bill adopting the new flag.