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NV Rev Stat § 108.22184 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 108 - Statutory Liens|NRS 108.22184 - "Work" defined.

Work means the planning, design, geotechnical and environmental investigations, surveying, labor and services provided by a lien claimant for the construction, alteration or repair of any improvement, property or work of improvement whether the work is completed or partially completed.  (Added to NRS by 2003, 2589)
NV Rev Stat § 108.22188 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 108 - Statutory Liens|NRS 108.22188 - "Work of improvement" defined.

Work of improvement means the entire structure or scheme of improvement as a whole, including, without limitation, all work, materials and equipment to be used in or for the construction, alteration or repair of the property or any improvement thereon, whether under multiple prime contracts or a single prime contract except as follows:  1. If a scheme of improvement consists of the construction of two or more separate buildings and each building is constructed upon a separate legal parcel of land and pursuant to a separate prime contract for only that building, then each building shall be deemed a separate work of improvement; and  2. If the improvement of the site is provided for in a prime contract that is separate from all prime contracts for the construction of one or more buildings on the property, and if the improvement of the site was contemplated by the contracts to be a separate work of improvement to be completed before the commencement of construction of the buildings, the improvement of the site shall be deemed a separate work of improvement from the construction of the buildings and the commencement of construction of the improvement of the site does not constitute the commencement of construction of the buildings. As used in this subsection, "improvement of the site" means the development or enhancement of the property, preparatory to the commencement of construction of a building, and includes:  (a) The demolition or removal of improvements, trees or other vegetation;  (b) The drilling of test holes;  (c) Grading, grubbing, filling or excavating;  (d) Constructing or installing sewers or other public utilities; or  (e) Constructing a vault, cellar or room under sidewalks or making improvements to the sidewalks in front of or adjoining the property.  (Added to NRS by 2003, 2590)
NV Rev Stat § 108.222 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 108 - Statutory Liens|NRS 108.222 - Lien on property, improvements and construction disbursement account; amount of lien; lien not available to unlicensed contractor or professional who must be licensed to perform work.

  1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a lien claimant has a lien upon the property, any improvements for which the work, materials and equipment were furnished or to be furnished, and any construction disbursement account established pursuant to NRS 108.2403, for:  (a) If the parties agreed, by contract or otherwise, upon a specific price or method for determining a specific price for some or all of the work, material and equipment furnished or to be furnished by or through the lien claimant, the unpaid balance of the price agreed upon for such work, material or equipment, as the case may be, whether performed, furnished or to be performed or furnished at the instance of the owner or the owner’s agent; and  (b) If the parties did not agree, by contract or otherwise, upon a specific price or method for determining a specific price for some or all of the work, material and equipment furnished or to be furnished by or through the lien claimant, including, without limitation, any additional or changed work, material or equipment, an amount equal to the fair market value of such work, material or equipment, as the case may be, including a reasonable allowance for overhead and a profit, whether performed, furnished or to be performed or furnished at the instance of the owner or at the instance of the owner’s agent.  2. If a contractor or professional is required to be licensed pursuant to the provisions of NRS to perform the work, the contractor or professional will only have a lien pursuant to subsection 1 if the contractor or professional is licensed to perform the work.  (Added to NRS by 1965, 1159; A 1987, 98; 1993, 2055; 1997, 2691; 2003, 2595; 2005, 1898)
NV Rev Stat § 108.225 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 108 - Statutory Liens|NRS 108.225 - Priority of liens.

  1. The liens provided for in NRS 108.221 to 108.246, inclusive, are preferred to:  (a) Any lien, mortgage or other encumbrance which may have attached to the property after the commencement of construction of a work of improvement.  (b) Any lien, mortgage or other encumbrance of which the lien claimant had no notice and which was unrecorded against the property at the commencement of construction of a work of improvement.  2. Every mortgage or encumbrance imposed upon, or conveyance made of, property affected by the liens provided for in NRS 108.221 to 108.246, inclusive, after the commencement of construction of a work of improvement are subordinate and subject to the liens provided for in NRS 108.221 to 108.246, inclusive, regardless of the date of recording the notices of liens.  (Added to NRS by 1965, 1160; A 1993, 2056; 1995, 1506; 2003, 2596)
NV Rev Stat § 108.227 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 108 - Statutory Liens|NRS 108.227 - Service of copy of notice of lien.

  1. In addition to the requirements of NRS 108.226, a copy of the notice of lien must be served upon the owner of the property within 30 days after recording the notice of lien, in one of the following ways:  (a) By personally delivering a copy of the notice of lien to the owner or registered agent of the owner;  (b) By mailing a copy of the notice of lien by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the owner at the owner’s place of residence or the owner’s usual place of business or to the registered agent of the owner at the address of the registered agent; or  (c) If the place of residence or business of the owner and the address of the registered agent of the owner, if applicable, cannot be determined, by:  (1) Fixing a copy of the notice of lien in a conspicuous place on the property;  (2) Delivering a copy of the notice of lien to a person there residing, if such a person can be found; and  (3) Mailing a copy of the notice of lien addressed to the owner at:  (I) The place where the property is located;  (II) The address of the owner as identified in the deed;  (III) The address identified in the records of the office of the county assessor; or  (IV) The address identified in the records of the county recorder of the county in which the property is located.  2. If there is more than one owner, failure to serve a copy of the notice of lien upon a particular owner does not invalidate a notice of lien if properly served upon another owner.  3. Each subcontractor who participates in the construction, improvement, alteration or repair of a work of improvement shall deliver a copy of each notice of lien required by NRS 108.226 to the prime contractor. The failure of a subcontractor to deliver the notice to the prime contractor is a ground for disciplinary proceedings pursuant to chapter 624 of NRS.  (Added to NRS by 1965, 1161; A 1969, 1099; 1987, 99; 2003, 2599; 2007, 2716)
NV Rev Stat § 108.228 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 108 - Statutory Liens|NRS 108.228 - Notice of completion: Recording; contents; verification; delivery of copy to each prime contractor and potential lien claimant; effect of failure to deliver copy to prime contractor or lien claimant.

  1. The owner may record a notice of completion after the completion of the work of improvement.  2. The notice of completion must be recorded in the office of the county recorder of the county where the property is located and must set forth:  (a) The date of completion of the work of improvement.  (b) The owner’s name or owners’ names, as the case may be, the address of the owner or addresses of the owners, as the case may be, and the nature of the title, if any, of the person signing the notice.  (c) A description of the property sufficient for identification.  (d) The name of the prime contractor or names of the prime contractors, if any.  3. The notice must be verified by the owner or by some other person on the owner’s behalf. The notice need not be acknowledged to be recorded.  4. Upon recording the notice pursuant to this section, the owner shall, within 10 days after the notice is recorded, deliver a copy of the notice by certified mail, to:  (a) Each prime contractor with whom the owner contracted for all or part of the work of improvement.  (b) Each potential lien claimant who, before the notice was recorded pursuant to this section, either submitted a request to the owner to receive the notice or delivered a preliminary notice of right to lien pursuant to NRS 108.245.  5. The failure of the owner to deliver a copy of the notice of completion in the time and manner provided in this section renders the notice of completion ineffective with respect to each prime contractor and lien claimant to whom a copy was required to be delivered pursuant to subsection 4.  (Added to NRS by 1965, 1161; A 1989, 900; 1993, 853; 1995, 1508; 2003, 2601)
NV Rev Stat § 108.231 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 108 - Statutory Liens|NRS 108.231 - Notice of lien against two or more separate buildings or mining claims: Designation of amount due on each; effect of failure to designate amount due on each.

  1. In every case in which a notice of lien is recorded against two or more separate buildings or mining claims that are owned by the same person and that are located on separate legal parcels that existed at the commencement of construction, the lien claimant must, at the time of recording the notice of lien, designate the lienable amount due on each building or mining claim.  2. The lien of a lien claimant only applies to the lienable amount designated in the notice of lien, plus all amounts that may be awarded by the court pursuant to NRS 108.237, as against other creditors having liens by judgment or otherwise, upon the buildings or mining claims. However, the lienable amount chargeable to the interest of the owner in each building must be the total amount of the lien claimant’s notice of lien, without regard to the proportionate amount designated to each separate building in the lien claimant’s notice of lien, plus all amounts that may be awarded by the court pursuant to NRS 108.237, but upon the trial thereof, the court may, where it deems it equitable to do so, distribute the lien equitably as among the several buildings involved.  3. If a lien claimant fails to designate in the notice of lien the amount due on each separate building as provided in subsection 1, the lien claimant’s notice of lien must be postponed to the notices of lien of other lien claimants and other encumbrancers for value who have designated the amount due on each building or mining claim but must not be inferior to any rights or interests of the owner. For purposes of this subsection, a lien claimant’s lien must not be postponed to other liens or encumbrances if the lien claimant’s designation among the parcels was estimated by the lien claimant in good faith or was based upon a pro rata division of the total lienable amount.  (Added to NRS by 1965, 1163; A 2003, 2603)
NV Rev Stat § 108.232 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 108 - Statutory Liens|NRS 108.232 - Notice of lien to be recorded; fees of recorder.

The county recorder of the county in which property that is subject to a lien is located must record the notice of lien in a book kept by the county recorder for that purpose, which record must be indexed as deeds and other conveyances are required by law to be indexed, and for which the county recorder may receive the same fees as are allowed by law for recording deeds and other instruments.  (Added to NRS by 1965, 1163; A 2003, 2604)
NV Rev Stat § 108.233 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 108 - Statutory Liens|NRS 108.233 - Duration of lien.

  1. A lien provided for in NRS 108.221 to 108.246, inclusive, must not bind the property subject to the lien for a period longer than 6 months after the date on which the notice of lien was recorded, unless:  (a) Proceedings are commenced in a proper court within that time to enforce the same; or  (b) The time to commence the action is extended by a written instrument signed by the lien claimant and by a person or persons in interest in the property subject to the lien, in which event, and as to only that person or those persons in interest signing the agreement, the time is extended, but no extension is valid unless in writing and recorded in the county recorder’s office in which the notice of lien is recorded and unless the extension agreement is recorded within the 6-month period. The extension agreement, to be recorded, must be acknowledged as required by law for the acknowledgment of deeds. An action may be commenced within the extended time only against the persons signing the extension agreement and only as to their interests in the property are affected, and upon the lapse of the time specified in the extension agreement, an action may not thereafter be commenced, nor may a second extension be given.  2. For all purposes, a notice of lien shall be deemed to have expired as a lien against the property after the lapse of the 6-month period provided in subsection 1, and the recording of a notice of lien does not provide actual or constructive notice after the lapse of the 6-month period and as a lien on the property referred to in the notice of lien, unless, before the lapse of the 6-month period an extension agreement has been recorded, in which event, the lien will only continue as a lien on the interests of those persons signing the extension for the period specified in the extension. An extension must not be given for a period in excess of 1 year beyond the date on which the notice of lien is recorded.  3. If there are other notices of lien outstanding against the property, an extension must not be given upon a notice of lien which will tend to delay or postpone the collection of other liens evidenced by a notice of lien or encumbrances against the property.  (Added to NRS by 1965, 1163; A 2003, 2604)
NV Rev Stat § 108.235 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 108 - Statutory Liens|NRS 108.235 - Amount recoverable by prime contractor; payment of all liens by prime contractor; defense of action on notice of lien; withholding or deduction of money by owner.

  1. A prime contractor:  (a) Upon a notice of lien, may recover the lienable amount as may be due, plus all amounts that may be awarded by the court pursuant to NRS 108.237; and  (b) Upon receipt of the amount described in paragraph (a), shall pay all liens for the work, equipment or materials which were furnished or to be furnished as provided in NRS 108.221 to 108.246, inclusive.  2. In all cases where a prime contractor has been paid for the work, materials or equipment which are the subject of a notice of lien recorded under NRS 108.221 to 108.246, inclusive, the prime contractor shall defend the owner in any action brought thereupon at the prime contractor’s own expense.  3. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, if a lien claimant records a notice of lien for the work, equipment or materials furnished or to be furnished to the prime contractor, the owner may withhold from the prime contractor the amount of money for which the lien claimant’s notice of lien is recorded. If the lien claimant’s notice of lien resulted from the owner’s failure to pay the prime contractor for the lien claimant’s work, materials or equipment, the owner shall not withhold the amount set forth in the notice of lien from the prime contractor if the prime contractor or lien claimant tenders a release of the lien claimant’s lien to the owner. In case of judgment against the owner or the owner’s property which is the subject of the lien, the owner may deduct, from any amount due or to become due to the prime contractor, the amount paid by the owner to the lien claimant for which the prime contractor was liable and recover back from the prime contractor any amount so paid by the owner in excess of the amount the court has found that the owner owes to the prime contractor.  (Added to NRS by 1965, 1164; A 2003, 2606; 2005, 1903)
NV Rev Stat § 108.236 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 108 - Statutory Liens|NRS 108.236 - Court must declare rank of lien claimants or class of lien claimants; application of proceeds.

  1. In every case in which different liens are asserted against any property, the court, in the judgment, must declare the rank of each lien claimant or class of lien claimants in the following order:  (a) First: All labor whether performed at the instance or direction of the owner, the subcontractor or the prime contractor.  (b) Second: Material suppliers and lessors of equipment.  (c) Third: All other lien claimants who have performed their work, in whole or in part, under contract with the prime contractor or any subcontractor.  (d) Fourth: All other lien claimants.  2. The proceeds of the sale of the property must be applied to each lien claimant or class of lien claimants in the order of its rank.  (Added to NRS by 1965, 1164; A 1993, 2056; 2003, 2607)
NV Rev Stat § 108.237 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 108 - Statutory Liens|NRS 108.237 - Award of lienable amount, cost of preparing and recording notice of lien, costs of proceedings and representation and other amounts to prevailing lien claimant; calculation of interest; award of costs and attorney’s fees when lien claim not upheld.

  1. The court shall award to a prevailing lien claimant, whether on its lien or on a surety bond, the lienable amount found due to the lien claimant by the court and the cost of preparing and recording the notice of lien, including, without limitation, attorney’s fees, if any, and interest. The court shall also award to the prevailing lien claimant, whether on its lien or on a surety bond, the costs of the proceedings, including, without limitation, reasonable attorney’s fees, the costs for representation of the lien claimant in the proceedings, and any other amounts as the court may find to be justly due and owing to the lien claimant.  2. The court shall calculate interest for purposes of subsection 1 based upon:  (a) The rate of interest agreed upon in the lien claimant’s contract; or  (b) If a rate of interest is not provided in the lien claimant’s contract, interest at a rate equal to the prime rate at the largest bank in Nevada, as ascertained by the Commissioner of Financial Institutions, on January 1 or July 1, as the case may be, immediately preceding the date of judgment, plus 4 percent, on the amount of the lien found payable. The rate of interest must be adjusted accordingly on each January 1 and July 1 thereafter until the amount of the lien is paid.  Interest is payable from the date on which the payment is found to have been due, as determined by the court.  3. If the lien claim is not upheld, the court may award costs and reasonable attorney’s fees to the owner or other person defending against the lien claim if the court finds that the notice of lien was pursued by the lien claimant without a reasonable basis in law or fact.  (Added to NRS by 1965, 1165; A 1981, 1859; 1987, 941; 2003, 2607; 2005, 1904)
NV Rev Stat § 108.238 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 108 - Statutory Liens|NRS 108.238 - Right to maintain civil action or submit controversy to arbitration not impaired.

The provisions of NRS 108.221 to 108.246, inclusive, must not be construed to impair or affect the right of a lien claimant to whom any debt may be due for work, materials or equipment furnished to maintain a civil action to recover that debt against the person liable therefor or to submit any controversy arising under a contract to arbitration to recover that amount.  (Added to NRS by 1965, 1165; A 2003, 2608)
NV Rev Stat § 108.2405 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 108 - Statutory Liens|NRS 108.2405 - Inapplicability of NRS 108.2403 and 108.2407 under certain circumstances; service of notice of waiver of owners’ rights upon prime contractor and lien claimants.

  1. The provisions of NRS 108.2403 and 108.2407 do not apply:  (a) In a county with a population of 700,000 or more with respect to a ground lessee who enters into a ground lease for real property which is designated for use or development by the county for commercial purposes which are compatible with the operation of the international airport for the county.  (b) If all owners of the property, individually or collectively, record a written notice of waiver of the owners’ rights set forth in NRS 108.234 with the county recorder of the county where the property is located before the commencement of construction of the work of improvement. Such a written notice of waiver may be with respect to one or more works of improvement as described in the written notice of waiver.  2. Each owner who records a notice of waiver pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 1 must serve such notice by certified mail, return receipt requested, upon any prime contractor of the work of improvement and all other lien claimants who give the owner a notice of right to lien pursuant to NRS 108.245, within 10 days after the owner’s receipt of a notice of right to lien or 10 days after the date on which the notice of waiver is recorded pursuant to this subsection.  3. As used in this section:  (a) "Ground lease" means a written agreement:  (1) To lease real property which, on the date on which the agreement is signed, does not include any existing buildings or improvements that may be occupied on the land; and  (2) That is entered into for a period of not less than 10 years, excluding any options to renew that may be included in any such lease.  (b) "Ground lessee" means a person who enters into a ground lease as a lessee with the county as record owner of the real property as the lessor.  (Added to NRS by 2005, 1895; A 2011, 1141; 2019, 1371)
NV Rev Stat § 108.2413 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 108 - Statutory Liens|NRS 108.2413 - Release of lien rights or notice of lien by posting surety bond.

A lien claimant’s lien rights or notice of lien may be released upon the posting of a surety bond in the manner provided in NRS 108.2415 to 108.2425, inclusive.  (Added to NRS by 1965, 1166; A 1975, 1206; 1981, 31; 2003, 2610)
NV Rev Stat § 108.2423 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 108 - Statutory Liens|NRS 108.2423 - Enforcement of liability of principal and surety.

  1. By entering into a surety bond given pursuant to NRS 108.2415, the principal and surety submit themselves to the jurisdiction of the court in which an action or suit is pending on a notice of lien on the property described in the surety bond, and the principal and surety irrevocably appoint the clerk of that court as their agent upon whom any papers affecting the liability on the surety bond may be served. The liability of the principal may be established by the court in the pending action. The liability of the surety may be enforced on motion without necessity of an independent action. The motion and such notice of motion as the court prescribes may be served on the clerk of the court, who shall forthwith mail copies to the principal and surety if their addresses are known.  2. The motion described in subsection 1 must not be instituted until 30 days after:  (a) If a notice of appeal from the judgment is not filed, the giving of notice of entry of judgment in the action against the lien claimant’s debtor or the giving of notice of entry of judgment in an action against the principal or the lien claimant’s debtor, as the case may be; or  (b) If an appeal has been taken from the judgment, the filing of the remittitur from the appellate court of competent jurisdiction pursuant to the rules fixed by the Supreme Court pursuant to Section 4 of Article 6 of the Nevada Constitution.  (Added to NRS by 1981, 31; A 2003, 2613; 2013, 1746)