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2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 21 - Enforcement of Judgments › NRS 21.100 - Collections of minerals, art curiosities and paleontological remains exempt from execution.

1. Any bona fide owner of a collection or cabinet of metal-bearing ores, geological specimens, art curiosities, or paleontological remains who shall properly arrange, classify, number and catalog in a suitable book or books of reference any such collection of ores, specimens, curiosities or remains, whether the same be kept at a private residence or in a public hall or in a place of public business or traffic, shall be entitled to hold the same exempt from execution as other property is exempted from execution under the provisions of NRS 21.090.
2. The owner of any collection or cabinet as described in subsection 1 shall keep constantly at or near such collection or cabinet, for free inspection of all visitors who may desire to examine the same, written or printed catalogs as provided in subsection 1. Any person owning such collection or cabinet who fails or neglects to comply with the provisions of this section shall forfeit all right to hold such collection or cabinet exempt from legal execution as provided herein.
3. Nothing in this section shall be construed so as to exempt from execution any numismatic collection, such as gold and silver coins, paper currency, bank notes, legal tender currency, national or state bonds, or any negotiable note, or valuable copper, bronze, nickel, platinum or other coin.
[1:60:1879; BH § 4986; C § 5023; RL § 5822; NCL § 9426] + [2:60:1879; BH § 4987; C § 5024; RL § 5823; NCL § 9427] + [3:60:1879; BH § 4988; C § 5025; RL § 5824; NCL § 9428]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 21 - Enforcement of Judgments › NRS 21.107 - Court order that money in personal bank account is subject to writ; manner in which to claim exemption for exempt money.

1. Notwithstanding the provisions of NRS 21.105, if a judgment debtor has a personal bank account in more than one financial institution, the judgment creditor is entitled to an order from the court to be issued with the writ of execution or garnishment which states that all money held in all such accounts of the judgment debtor that are identified in the application for the order are subject to the writ.
2. A judgment creditor may apply to the court for an order pursuant to subsection 1 by submitting a signed affidavit which identifies each financial institution in which the judgment debtor has a personal account.
3. A judgment debtor may claim an exemption for any exempt money in the account to which the writ attaches in the manner set forth in NRS 21.112.
(Added to NRS by 2011, 1890)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 21 - Enforcement of Judgments › NRS 21.110 - Execution of writ by sheriff.

The sheriff shall, in the manner provided for writs of attachments in NRS 31.060, execute the writ against the property of the judgment debtor by levying on a sufficient amount of property, if there is sufficient, collecting or selling the things in action and selling the other property, and paying to the plaintiff or the plaintiff’s attorneys so much of the proceeds as will satisfy the judgment, or depositing the amount with the clerk of the court. Any excess in the proceeds over the judgment and the sheriff’s fees must be returned to the judgment debtor. When there is more property of the judgment debtor than is sufficient to satisfy the judgment and the sheriff’s fees within the view of the sheriff, the sheriff shall levy only on such part of the property as the judgment debtor may indicate; provided:
1. That the judgment debtor may indicate at the time of the levy such part.
2. That the property indicated be amply sufficient to satisfy such judgment and fees.
[1911 CPA § 347; RL § 5289; NCL § 8845]—(NRS A 1989, 463)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 21 - Enforcement of Judgments › NRS 21.118 - Levy on property of going business.

1. If personal property levied on under a writ of execution belongs to a going business and the judgment debtor consents, the sheriff shall place a keeper in charge of such property for a period of at least 2 days with the judgment creditor prepaying to the sheriff the expense of such keeper.
2. During such period, the judgment debtor may continue to operate in the ordinary course of business at his or her own expense if all sales are for cash and the full proceeds are given to the keeper for the purpose of the execution.
3. After such period, the sheriff shall take such property into immediate custody unless other disposition is made by the court or agreed to by the judgment creditor and judgment debtor.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 1498)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 21 - Enforcement of Judgments › NRS 21.120 - Garnishment in aid of execution; notice of writ of garnishment; third-party claims.

1. If personal property, including debts or credits due or to become due, is not in the possession or control of the debtor, the sheriff, upon instructions from the creditor and without requiring an order of court, shall serve a writ of garnishment in aid of execution upon the party in whose possession or control the property is found. Notice of the writ of garnishment must be served upon the judgment debtor in the same manner and form and within the time prescribed in NRS 21.075 and 21.076 for property levied upon by writ of execution.
2. If any property levied upon by writ of execution or by writ of garnishment in aid of execution is claimed by a third person as his or her property, the same rules prevail as to the contents and making of the claim, as to the holding of the property and as to a hearing to determine title thereto, as in the case of a claim after levy under writ of attachment, as provided for by law.
[1911 CPA § 347 1/2; added 1933, 88; 1931 NCL § 8845.01]—(NRS A 1977, 482; 1989, 1137)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 21 - Enforcement of Judgments › NRS 21.140 - Penalties for selling without notice; defacing notice.

1. An officer selling without the notice prescribed by NRS 21.075, 21.076 and 21.130 forfeits $500 to the aggrieved party, in addition to the party’s actual damages.
2. It is unlawful for a person to willfully take down or deface the notice posted pursuant to NRS 21.130, if done before the sale or, if the judgment is satisfied before sale, before the satisfaction of the judgment. In addition to any other penalty, any person who violates this subsection shall forfeit $500 to the aggrieved party.
[1911 CPA § 349; RL § 5291; NCL § 8847]—(NRS A 1989, 1138; 2009, 2783)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 21 - Enforcement of Judgments › NRS 21.150 - Conduct of sales of real and personal property under execution: Place and time; who may not be purchasers; sales of parcels; directions of judgment debtor.

1. All sales of property under execution must be made at auction to the highest bidder between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. All sales of real property must be made at the courthouse of the county in which the property or some part thereof is situated.
2. After sufficient property has been sold to satisfy the execution, more property must not be sold.
3. The officer holding the execution and the officer’s deputy shall not become a purchaser or be interested in any purchase at such sale.
4. When the sale is of personal property capable of manual delivery, it shall be in view of those who attend the sale and be sold in such parcels as are likely to bring the highest price.
5. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 6, when the sale is of real property and consisting of several known lots or parcels, they shall be sold separately, or when a portion of such real property is claimed by a third person and the third party requires it to be sold separately, such portion shall be thus sold. If the land to be sold under execution consists of a single parcel, or two or more contiguous parcels, situated in two or more counties, notice of the sale must be posted and published in each of such counties, as provided in this chapter. The judgment debtor, if present at the sale, may also direct the order in which property, real or personal, shall be sold. When such property consists of several known lots or parcels, or of articles which can be sold to advantage separately, the sheriff shall be bound to follow such directions.
6. The provisions of subsection 5 do not apply to a sale pursuant to NRS 40.430.
[1911 CPA § 350; RL § 5292; NCL § 8848]—(NRS A 2021, 1412)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 21 - Enforcement of Judgments › NRS 21.160 - Proceedings after purchaser refuses to pay amount bid.

1. If a purchaser refuses to pay the amount bid by the purchaser for property struck off to the purchaser at a sale under execution, the officer may again sell the property to the highest bidder, after again giving the notice hereinbefore provided.
2. If any loss be occasioned from the purchaser refusing to pay his or her bid, the officer may recover the amount of such loss, with costs, for the benefit of the party aggrieved, by motion upon previous notice of 5 days to such purchaser, before any court of competent jurisdiction.
3. Such court shall proceed in a summary manner in the hearing and disposition of such motion, and give judgment and issue execution therefor forthwith, but the refusing purchaser may claim a jury. And the same proceedings may be had against any subsequent purchaser who shall refuse to pay, and the officer may, in his or her discretion, thereafter reject the bid of any person so refusing.
4. Subsections 1, 2 and 3 shall not be construed to make the officer liable for any more than the amount bid by the second or subsequent purchaser and the amount collected from the purchaser refusing to pay.
[1911 CPA § 351; RL § 5293; NCL § 8849] + [1911 CPA § 352; RL § 5294; NCL § 8850] + [1911 CPA § 353; RL § 5295; NCL § 8851]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 21 - Enforcement of Judgments › NRS 21.170 - Delivery of personal property capable of manual delivery to purchaser; certificate of sale.

When the purchaser of any personal property capable of manual delivery shall pay the purchase money, the officer making the sale shall deliver to the purchaser the property, and if desired shall execute and deliver to the purchaser a certificate of the sale and payment. Such certificate shall convey to the purchaser all the right, title and interest which the debtor had in and to such property on the day the execution was levied.
[1911 CPA § 354; RL § 5296; NCL § 8852]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 21 - Enforcement of Judgments › NRS 21.180 - Delivery of personal property not capable of manual delivery; certificate of sale.

When the purchaser of any personal property not capable of manual delivery shall pay the purchase money, the officer making the sale shall execute and deliver to the purchaser a certificate of sale and payment. Such certificate shall convey to the purchaser all right, title and interest which the debtor had in and to such property on the day the execution was levied.
[1911 CPA § 355; RL § 5297; NCL § 8853]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 21 - Enforcement of Judgments › NRS 21.190 - Sale of real property; purchaser acquires rights of judgment debtor; absolute sale and sale subject to redemption; certificate of sale.

Upon a sale of real property, the purchaser shall be substituted to and acquire all the right, title, interest and claim of the judgment debtor thereto. When the estate is less than a leasehold of 2 years’ unexpired term, the sale shall be absolute. In all other cases the real property shall be subject to redemption as provided in this chapter. The officer shall give to the purchaser a certificate of the sale containing:
1. A particular description of the real property sold.
2. The price bid for each distinct lot or parcel.
3. The whole price paid.
4. When subject to redemption it shall be so stated; and when the judgment, under which the sale has been made, is made payable in a specified kind of money or currency, the certificate shall also state the kind of money or currency in which the redemption may be made, which shall be the same as that specified in the judgment. A duplicate of such certificate shall be filed by the officer in the office of the county recorder of the county.
[1911 CPA § 356; RL § 5298; NCL § 8854]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 21 - Enforcement of Judgments › NRS 21.200 - Real property sold subject to redemption; who may redeem; redemptioner defined.

1. Property sold subject to redemption, as provided in NRS 21.190, or any part sold separately, may be redeemed in the manner hereinafter provided by the following persons or their successors in interest:
(a) The judgment debtor or the judgment debtor’s successor in interest, in the whole or any part of the property.
(b) A creditor having a lien by judgment or mortgage on the property sold, or on some share or part thereof, subsequent to that on which the property was sold.
2. The person mentioned in paragraph (b) of subsection 1 is termed a "redemptioner" in this chapter.
[1911 CPA § 357; RL § 5299; NCL § 8855]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 21 - Enforcement of Judgments › NRS 21.210 - Time and manner of redemption.

The judgment debtor or redemptioner may redeem the property from the purchaser any time within 1 year after the sale on paying the purchaser the amount of his or her purchase price with 1 percent per month thereon in addition, to the time of redemption, together with:
1. The amount of any assessment, taxes or payments toward liens which were created prior to the purchase, which the purchaser may have paid thereon after purchase, and interest on such amount; and
2. If the purchaser is also a creditor, having a prior lien to that of the redemptioner, other than the judgment under which the purchase was made, the amount of such lien, with interest.
[1911 CPA § 358; A 1933, 150; 1939, 53; 1931 NCL § 8856]—(NRS A 1973, 173)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 21 - Enforcement of Judgments › NRS 21.220 - Successive redemptions; redemption from previous redemptioner; notice of redemption; sheriff’s deed; certificate of redemption.

1. If property be so redeemed by a redemptioner, another redemptioner may, within 60 days after the last redemption, again redeem it from the last redemptioner on paying the sum paid on such last redemption with 2 percent thereon in addition, and the amount of any assessments or taxes which the last redemptioner may have paid thereon after the redemption by him or her, with interest on that amount, and in addition the amount of any liens held by the last redemptioner prior to his or her own, with interest, but the judgment under which the property was sold need not be so paid as a lien.
2. The property may be again, and as often as a redemptioner is so disposed, redeemed from any previous redemptioner within 60 days after the last redemption, on paying the sum paid on the last previous redemption, with 2 percent thereon in addition, and the amounts of any assessments or taxes which the last previous redemptioner paid after the redemption by him or her, with interest thereon, and the amount of any liens, other than the judgment under which the property was sold, held by the last redemptioner previous to his or her own, with interest.
3. Written notice of redemption must be given to the sheriff and a duplicate recorded with the recorder of the county, and if any taxes or assessments are paid by the redemptioner, or if the redemptioner has or acquires any lien other than that upon which the redemption was made, notice thereof must in like manner be given to the sheriff and recorded with the recorder and, if the notice is not recorded, the property may be redeemed without paying the tax, assessment or lien.
4. If no redemption is made within 1 year after the sale, the purchaser, or the purchaser’s assignee, is entitled to a conveyance or, if so redeemed, whenever 60 days have elapsed and no other redemption has been made and notice thereof given, and the time for redemption has expired, the last redemptioner, or the last redemptioner’s assignee, is entitled to a sheriff’s deed, but in all cases the judgment debtor has the entire period of 1 year after the date of the sale to redeem the property.
5. If the judgment debtor redeems, he or she must make the same payments as are required to effect a redemption by a redemptioner. If the debtor redeems, the effect of the sale is terminated, and the debtor is restored to his or her estate.
6. Upon a redemption by the debtor, the person to whom the payment is made must execute and deliver to the debtor a certificate of redemption, acknowledged or approved before a person authorized to take acknowledgments of conveyances of real property. The certificate must be recorded in the office of the recorder of the county in which the property is situated.
[1911 CPA § 359; A 1933, 150; 1939, 53; 1931 NCL § 8857]—(NRS A 1969, 490; 1981, 1220; 2001, 1747)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 21 - Enforcement of Judgments › NRS 21.230 - Payments of redemption to purchaser, redemptioner or officer; documents to be served by redemptioner; sheriff to pay over money.

1. The payments mentioned in NRS 21.210 and 21.220 may be made to the purchaser or redemptioner, or for him or her to the officer who made the sale. When the judgment under which the sale has been made is payable in a specified kind of money or currency, payments must be made in the same kind of money or currency, and a tender of the money is equivalent to payment.
2. Notice of redemption must be served by a redemptioner upon the sheriff and the person from whom the redemptioner seeks to redeem together with:
(a) A copy of the docket of the judgment under which the redemptioner claims the right to redeem, certified by the clerk of the court or of the county where the judgment is docketed, or, if he or she redeems upon a mortgage or other lien, a note of the record thereof, certified by the recorder.
(b) A copy of any assignment necessary to establish the redemptioner’s claim, verified by the affidavit of the redemptioner, or the redemptioner’s agent, or of a subscribing witness thereto.
(c) An affidavit by the redemptioner, or the redemptioner’s agent, showing the amount then actually due on the lien.
3. Upon the payment to the sheriff of any money for the redemption of property as provided in this chapter, the sheriff shall pay over the same to the person entitled thereto.
[1911 CPA § 360; A 1939, 53; 1931 NCL § 8858]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 21 - Enforcement of Judgments › NRS 21.240 - Court may restrain waste until expiration of period for redemption; what is not considered waste.

Until the expiration of the time allowed for redemption, the court may restrain the commission of waste on the property, or may appoint a receiver to take charge of the property, or the proceeds thereof, by order granted with or without notice, on the application of the purchaser or the judgment creditor. But it shall not be deemed waste for the person in possession of the property at the time of sale, or entitled to possession afterwards, during the period allowed for redemption, to continue to use it in the same manner in which it was previously used; or to use it in the ordinary course of husbandry; or to make necessary repairs of buildings thereon; or to use wood or timber on the property therefor, or for the repair of fences, or for fuel for the person’s family while the person occupies the property.
[1911 CPA § 362; RL § 5304; NCL § 8860]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 21 - Enforcement of Judgments › NRS 21.250 - Disposition of rents and profits.

The purchaser from the time of a sale until a redemption, and a redemptioner from the time of his or her redemption until another redemption, shall be entitled to receive from the tenant in possession, the rents of the property sold, or the value of the use and occupation thereof; but in case the property shall be redeemed as provided in this chapter, the amount of such rents, and profits which may have been received by such purchaser or redemptioner, or which the purchaser or redemptioner may have been entitled to claim or receive, unless such claim shall be released to the person claiming such right of redemption, shall be deducted from the amount which the purchaser or redemptioner would be entitled to receive on such redemption.
[1911 CPA § 363; RL § 5305; NCL § 8861]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 21 - Enforcement of Judgments › NRS 21.260 - Recovery by purchaser from judgment creditor after eviction from property because of irregularities of sale; revival of original judgment.

1. If the purchaser of real property sold on execution, or the purchaser’s successor in interest, or a redemptioner is evicted therefrom because of irregularities in the proceedings concerning the sale or of the reversal or discharge of the judgment, the person may recover the price paid, with interest, from the judgment creditor.
2. If the purchaser of property at a sheriff’s sale, or the purchaser’s successor in interest, fails to recover possession in consequence of irregularity in the proceedings concerning the sale, or because the property sold was not subject to execution and sale, the court having jurisdiction thereof shall, on petition of such party in interest, or the party’s attorney, revive the original judgment for the amount paid by the purchaser at the sale, with interest thereon from the time of payment at the same rate that the original judgment bore, and when so revived, the judgment has the same effect as an original judgment of the court of that date, and bearing interest as aforesaid, and any other or after-acquired property, rents, issues or profits of the debtor is liable to levy and sale, under execution in satisfaction of the debt if:
(a) No property of the debtor bona fide sold upon the recording of the petition is subject to the lien of the judgment; and
(b) The notice of the recording of the petition is made by recording a notice thereof in the office of the recorder of the county where the property is situated, and that the judgment must be revived in the name of the original plaintiff or plaintiffs, for the use of the petitioner, the party in interest.
[1911 CPA § 364; RL § 5306; NCL § 8862]—(NRS A 2001, 1748)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 21 - Enforcement of Judgments › NRS 21.270 - Examination of judgment debtor.

1. A judgment creditor, at any time after the judgment is entered, is entitled to an order from the judge of the court requiring the judgment debtor to appear and answer upon oath or affirmation concerning his or her property, before:
(a) The judge or a master appointed by the judge; or
(b) An attorney representing the judgment creditor,
at a time and place specified in the order. No judgment debtor may be required to appear outside the county in which the judgment debtor resides.
2. If the judgment debtor is required to appear before any person other than a judge or master:
(a) The oath or affirmation of the judgment debtor must be administered by a notary public; and
(b) The proceedings must be transcribed by a court reporter or recorded electronically. The transcript or recording must be preserved for 2 years.
3. A judgment debtor who is regularly served with an order issued pursuant to this section, and who fails to appear at the time and place specified in the order, may be punished for contempt by the judge issuing the order.
[1911 CPA § 365; RL § 5307; NCL § 8863]—(NRS A 1983, 17; 1989, 902)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 21 - Enforcement of Judgments › NRS 21.280 - Proceedings in aid of execution; appearance of judgment debtor before court; arrest; bail or commitment.

After the issuing of an execution against property, and upon proof by affidavit of a party or otherwise, to the satisfaction of the court or of the judge thereof, that any judgment debtor has property which the judgment debtor unjustly refuses to apply toward the satisfaction of the judgment, such court or judge may by an order require the judgment debtor to appear at a specified time and place before such judge, or master appointed by the judge, to answer concerning the same; and such proceedings may thereupon be had for the application of the property of the judgment debtor toward the satisfaction of the judgment as are provided upon the return of an execution. Instead of the order requiring the attendance of the judgment debtor, the judge may, upon affidavit of the judgment creditor, the judgment creditor’s agent, or attorney, if it appear to the judge that there is danger of the debtor absconding, order the sheriff to arrest the debtor and bring the debtor before such judge. Upon being brought before the judge, the judgment debtor may be ordered to enter into an undertaking, with sufficient surety, that the debtor will attend from time to time before the judge, or master, as shall be directed during the pendency of proceedings, and until the final determination thereof, and will not in the meantime dispose of any portion of the debtor’s property not exempt from execution. In default of entering into such undertaking, the judgment debtor may be committed to prison.
[1911 CPA § 366; RL § 5308; NCL § 8864]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 21 - Enforcement of Judgments › NRS 21.290 - Third party may pay judgment.

After the issuing of an execution against property, any person indebted to the judgment debtor may pay to the sheriff the amount of the person’s debt, or so much thereof as may be necessary to satisfy the execution, and the sheriff’s receipt shall be a sufficient discharge for the amount so paid.
[1911 CPA § 367; RL § 5309; NCL § 8865]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 21 - Enforcement of Judgments › NRS 21.300 - Debtor of judgment debtor may be examined.

After the issuing or return of an execution against property of the judgment debtor, or of any one of several debtors in the same judgment, and upon proof by affidavit or otherwise, to the satisfaction of the judge, that any person or corporation has property of such judgment debtor, or is indebted to the judgment debtor in an amount exceeding $50, the judge may, by an order, require such person or corporation, or any officer or member thereof, to appear at a specified time and place before the judge, or a master appointed by the judge, and answer concerning the same.
[1911 CPA § 368; RL § 5310; NCL § 8866]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 21 - Enforcement of Judgments › NRS 21.310 - Witnesses required to testify.

Witnesses may be required to appear and testify before the judge or master conducting any proceeding under this chapter in the same manner as upon the trial of an issue.
[1911 CPA § 369; RL § 5311; NCL § 8867]—(NRS A 1989, 903)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 21 - Enforcement of Judgments › NRS 21.320 - Judge may order property applied toward satisfaction of judgment.

The judge or master may order any property of the judgment debtor not exempt from execution, in the hands of such debtor or any other person, or due to the judgment debtor, to be applied toward the satisfaction of the judgment.
[1911 CPA § 370; RL § 5312; NCL § 8868]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 21 - Enforcement of Judgments › NRS 21.330 - Proceedings on claim of third party to property or on denial of debt to judgment debtor.

If it appears that a person or corporation alleged to have property of the judgment debtor, or indebted to the judgment debtor, claims an interest in the property adverse to him or her, or denies the debt, the court or judge may authorize, by an order made to that effect, the judgment creditor to institute an action against such person or corporation for the recovery of such interest or debt; and the court or judge may, by order, forbid a transfer or other disposition of such interest or debt until an action can be commenced and prosecuted to judgment. Such order may be modified or vacated by the judge granting the same, or the court in which the action is brought, at any time, upon such terms as may be just.
[1911 CPA § 371; RL § 5313; NCL § 8869]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 21 - Enforcement of Judgments › NRS 21.340 - Disobedience of master’s orders; contempts.

If any person, party or witness disobey an order of the master, properly made in the proceedings before the master under this chapter, he or she may be punished by the court or judge ordering the reference, for a contempt.
[1911 CPA § 372; RL § 5314; NCL § 8870]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 22 - Contempts › NRS 22.010 - Acts or omissions constituting contempts.

The following acts or omissions shall be deemed contempts:
1. Disorderly, contemptuous or insolent behavior toward the judge while the judge is holding court, or engaged in judicial duties at chambers, or toward masters or arbitrators while sitting on a reference or arbitration, or other judicial proceeding.
2. A breach of the peace, boisterous conduct or violent disturbance in the presence of the court, or in its immediate vicinity, tending to interrupt the due course of the trial or other judicial proceeding.
3. Disobedience or resistance to any lawful writ, order, rule or process issued by the court or judge at chambers.
4. Disobedience of a subpoena duly served, or refusing to be sworn or answer as a witness.
5. Rescuing any person or property in the custody of an officer by virtue of an order or process of such court or judge at chambers.
6. Disobedience of the order or direction of the court made pending the trial of an action, in speaking to or in the presence of a juror concerning an action in which the juror has been impaneled to determine, or in any manner approaching or interfering with such juror with the intent to influence the verdict.
7. Abusing the process or proceedings of the court or falsely pretending to act under the authority of an order or process of the court.
[1911 CPA § 452; RL § 5394; NCL § 8941]—(NRS A 1983, 843)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 22 - Contempts › NRS 22.020 - Reentry on real property after ejectment by judgment or process.

Every person dispossessed of or ejected from any real property by the judgment or process of any court of competent jurisdiction, and who, not having a right so to do, reenters into or upon or takes possession of any such real property, or induces or procures any person not having a right so to do, or aids or abets the person therein, is guilty of a contempt of the court by which such judgment was rendered or from which such process issued, and shall be tried and punished therefor in the same manner and form as provided by law in cases of contempt not committed in the presence of the court or justice of the peace. Upon conviction for such contempt, the court or justice of the peace shall immediately issue an alias process directing the proper officer to restore possession to the party entitled to the property under the original judgment, decree or process.
[1911 CPA § 453; RL § 5395; NCL § 8942]—(NRS A 1983, 844)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 22 - Contempts › NRS 22.030 - Summary punishment of contempt committed in immediate view and presence of court; affidavit or statement to be filed when contempt committed outside immediate view and presence of court; disqualification of judge.

1. If a contempt is committed in the immediate view and presence of the court or judge at chambers, the contempt may be punished summarily. If the court or judge summarily punishes a person for a contempt pursuant to this subsection, the court or judge shall enter an order that:
(a) Recites the facts constituting the contempt in the immediate view and presence of the court or judge;
(b) Finds the person guilty of the contempt; and
(c) Prescribes the punishment for the contempt.
2. If a contempt is not committed in the immediate view and presence of the court or judge at chambers, an affidavit must be presented to the court or judge of the facts constituting the contempt, or a statement of the facts by the masters or arbitrators.
3. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, if a contempt is not committed in the immediate view and presence of the court, the judge of the court in whose contempt the person is alleged to be shall not preside at the trial of the contempt over the objection of the person. The provisions of this subsection do not apply in:
(a) Any case where a final judgment or decree of the court is drawn in question and such judgment or decree was entered in such court by a predecessor judge thereof 10 years or more preceding the bringing of contempt proceedings for the violation of the judgment or decree.
(b) Any proceeding described in subsection 1 of NRS 3.223, whether or not a family court has been established in the judicial district.
[1911 CPA § 454; A 1913, 117; 1951, 448]—(NRS A 1999, 2021)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 22 - Contempts › NRS 22.040 - Issuance of warrants of attachment and commitment.

When the contempt is not committed in the immediate view and presence of the court or judge, a warrant of attachment may be issued to bring the person charged to answer, or, without a previous arrest, a warrant of commitment may, upon notice, or upon an order to show cause, be granted; and no warrant of commitment shall be issued without such previous attachment to answer, or such notice or order to show cause.
[1911 CPA § 455; RL § 5397; NCL § 8944]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 22 - Contempts › NRS 22.050 - Amount of bail may be fixed by endorsement on warrant of attachment.

Whenever a warrant of attachment is issued pursuant to this chapter, the court or judge shall direct, by an endorsement on such warrant, that the person charged may be let to bail for his or her appearance, in an amount to be specified in such endorsement.
[1911 CPA § 456; RL § 5398; NCL § 8945]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 22 - Contempts › NRS 22.060 - Duties of sheriff.

Upon executing the warrant of attachment, the sheriff shall keep the person in custody, bring the person before the court or judge, and detain the person until an order be made in the premises, unless the person arrested entitle himself or herself to be discharged, as provided in NRS 22.070.
[1911 CPA § 457; RL § 5399; NCL § 8946]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 22 - Contempts › NRS 22.070 - Discharge from arrest on furnishing bail; form and conditions of bond.

When a direction to let the person arrested to bail is contained in the warrant of attachment, or endorsed thereon, the person arrested shall be discharged from the arrest upon executing and delivering to the officer, at any time before the return day of the warrant, a written undertaking, with two sufficient sureties, to the effect that the person arrested will appear on the return of the warrant and abide the order of the court or judge thereupon, or they will pay as may be directed the sum specified in the warrant.
[1911 CPA § 458; RL § 5400; NCL § 8947]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 22 - Contempts › NRS 22.090 - Trial; court to hear answer and witnesses; adjournment.

When the person arrested has been brought up or appeared, the court or judge shall proceed to investigate the charge, and shall hear any answer which the person arrested shall make to the same, and may examine witnesses for or against the person arrested, for which an adjournment may be had from time to time if necessary.
[1911 CPA § 460; RL § 5402; NCL § 8949]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 22 - Contempts › NRS 22.100 - Penalty for contempt.

1. Upon the answer and evidence taken, the court or judge or jury, as the case may be, shall determine whether the person proceeded against is guilty of the contempt charged.
2. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 22.110, if a person is found guilty of contempt, a fine may be imposed on the person not exceeding $500 or the person may be imprisoned not exceeding 25 days, or both.
3. In addition to the penalties provided in subsection 2, if a person is found guilty of contempt pursuant to subsection 3 of NRS 22.010, the court may require the person to pay to the party seeking to enforce the writ, order, rule or process the reasonable expenses, including, without limitation, attorney’s fees, incurred by the party as a result of the contempt.
[1911 CPA § 461; A 1913, 117; NCL § 8950]—(NRS A 2005, 62)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 22 - Contempts › NRS 22.110 - Imprisonment until performance if contempt is omission to perform an act; penalty for failure or refusal to testify before grand jury.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, when the contempt consists in the omission to perform an act which is yet in the power of the person to perform, the person may be imprisoned until the person performs it. The required act must be specified in the warrant of commitment.
2. A person so imprisoned as a result of his or her failure or refusal to testify before a grand jury may be imprisoned in the county jail for a period not to exceed 6 months or until that grand jury is discharged, whichever is less.
[1911 CPA § 462; RL § 5404; NCL § 8951]—(NRS A 1985, 1033)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 22 - Contempts › NRS 22.120 - Indictment for contemptuous conduct.

Persons proceeded against according to the provisions of this chapter shall also be liable to indictment for the same misconduct, if it be an indictable offense, but the court before which a conviction is had on an indictment, in passing sentence, shall take into consideration the punishment before inflicted.
[1911 CPA § 463; RL § 5405; NCL § 8952]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 22 - Contempts › NRS 22.130 - Proceedings when defendant does not appear; measure of damages in action on undertaking.

When the warrant of arrest has been returned served, if the person arrested does not appear on the return day, the court or judge may issue another warrant of arrest, or may order the undertaking to be prosecuted, or both. If the undertaking be prosecuted, the measure of damages in the action shall be the extent of the loss or injury sustained by the aggrieved party by reason of the misconduct for which the warrant was issued, and the costs of the proceeding.
[1911 CPA § 464; RL § 5406; NCL § 8953]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 22 - Contempts › NRS 22.140 - Excuses for not bringing arrested person before court; persons not to be unnecessarily restrained.

Whenever, by the provisions of this chapter, an officer is required to keep a person arrested on a warrant of attachment in custody, and to bring the person before a court or judge, the inability, from illness or otherwise, of the person to attend shall be a sufficient excuse for not bringing the person up; and the officer shall not confine a person arrested upon the warrant in a prison, or otherwise restrain him or her of personal liberty, except so far as may be necessary to secure his or her personal attendance.
[1911 CPA § 465; RL § 5407; NCL § 8954]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 28 - General Provisions › NRS 28.010 - Definitions.

As used in this title, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 28.020 to 28.130, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
[1911 CPA § 533; RL § 5475; NCL § 9022]—(NRS A 1977, 182; 1985, 500; 1989, 699)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 28 - General Provisions › NRS 28.020 - "Affinity" defined.

"Affinity" when applied to the marriage relation signifies the connection existing in consequence of marriage between each of the married persons and the blood relatives of the other.
[1911 CPA § 533; RL § 5475; NCL § 9022]—(NRS A 1977, 182; 1985, 500)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 28 - General Provisions › NRS 28.120 - "Writ" defined.

"Writ" signifies an order or precept in writing issued in the name of the State or of a court or judicial officer.
[1911 CPA § 533; RL § 5475; NCL § 9022]—(NRS A 1977, 182; 1985, 500)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 28 - General Provisions › NRS 28.140 - Interpretation.

As used in this title, every mode of oral statement, under oath or affirmation, is embraced by the term "testify," and every written one by the term "depose."
[1911 CPA § 533; RL § 5475; NCL § 9022]—(NRS A 1977, 182; 1985, 500)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 28 - General Provisions › NRS 28.150 - Signature by mark.

As used in this title, signature or subscription includes mark, when the person cannot write, his or her name being written near it by a person who writes his or her own name as a witness; but when a signature is by mark it must, in order that it may be acknowledged or may serve as the signature to any sworn statement, be witnessed by two persons who must subscribe their own names as witnesses thereto.
[1911 CPA § 533; RL § 5475; NCL § 9022]—(NRS A 1977, 182; 1985, 500)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 29 - Submitting a Controversy Without Action › NRS 29.010 - Submission of a controversy without action.

Parties to a question in difference, which might be the subject of a civil action, may, without action, agree upon a case containing the facts upon which the controversy depends, and present a submission of the same to any court which should have jurisdiction if an action had been brought. But it must appear, by affidavit, that the controversy is real, and the proceedings in good faith, to determine the rights of the parties. The court shall thereupon hear and determine the case and render judgment thereon, as if an action were pending.
[1911 CPA § 310; RL § 5252; NCL § 8808]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 29 - Submitting a Controversy Without Action › NRS 29.020 - Entry of judgment; judgment roll.

Judgment shall be entered in the judgment book as in other cases, but without costs for any proceeding prior to the trial. The case, the submission and a copy of the judgment shall constitute the judgment roll.
[1911 CPA § 311; RL § 5253; NCL § 8809]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 29A - Summary Proceedings › NRS 29A.040 - Eligible actions; designation of case as summary proceeding.

In any civil action brought in the district court in which the amount in controversy, excluding attorney’s fees, interest and costs of suit, is not less than $2,500 and not more than $15,000, the parties may stipulate that the action be dealt with as a summary proceeding. The stipulation must be in writing, signed by each party and filed no later than the time of filing the case conference report required by Rule 16.1 of the Nevada Rules of Civil Procedure. Upon the motion of a party, or on its own, the court, for good cause, may rescind the designation of the case as a summary proceeding.
(Added to NRS by 1989, 507)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 29A - Summary Proceedings › NRS 29A.050 - Filing of affidavits.

1. One or more affidavits sufficient to establish each claim or affirmative defense alleged by each party, together with any other relevant evidence upon which the party relies must be filed:
(a) By the plaintiff, within 30 days after the date of filing the stipulation.
(b) By a defendant, within 30 days after the date the plaintiff files pursuant to paragraph (a).
(c) By the plaintiff, in response to the filing by the defendant, within 15 days after the date the defendant files pursuant to paragraph (b).
2. Any affidavit filed pursuant to this section must:
(a) Be executed under oath;
(b) Identify the affiant and, if the affiant is not a party, the party on whose behalf the affidavit is submitted; and
(c) Set forth only such statements of fact as would be admissible in evidence if the affiant were testifying as a witness.
Any affidavit that fails to conform to these requirements may be disregarded by the court or stricken, wholly or in part.
(Added to NRS by 1989, 507)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 29A - Summary Proceedings › NRS 29A.070 - Trial memoranda.

1. Not later than 10 days before the date set for the trial of a summary proceeding, each party to the action shall file and serve upon each other party a trial memorandum containing:
(a) A concise statement of the facts relied upon to support each of the party’s claims and defenses, with references to the parts of the record where these facts appear;
(b) A statement of any admitted or undisputed facts;
(c) A statement of any issues of law, accompanied by points and authorities addressing those issues; and
(d) Any other information required to assist the court in resolving the matter.
2. If any party fails to comply with the requirements of this section, the court may:
(a) Strike the pleadings of the offending party and enter judgment against that party;
(b) Continue the trial of the matter, upon condition that the offending party pay the reasonable attorney’s fees and costs incurred by each opposing party in preparing for the trial; or
(c) Take such other action as it deems appropriate under the circumstances.
(Added to NRS by 1989, 507)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 29A - Summary Proceedings › NRS 29A.080 - Procedure at trial.

At the trial of a summary proceeding:
1. The matter must be tried to the court, sitting without a jury.
2. No record of the proceedings may be made, except by the court or the clerk of the court.
3. The court shall examine any witness and, if required to obtain the presence of a witness, may continue the trial for a reasonable time. Any party may cross-examine the witness concerning the witness’s testimony.
4. Each party is entitled to argue the facts and law of the case before the court.
(Added to NRS by 1989, 508)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 30 - Declaratory Judgments › NRS 30.020 - "Person" defined.

"Person" wherever used in NRS 30.010 to 30.160, inclusive, shall be construed to mean any person, partnership, joint stock company, unincorporated association or society, or municipal or other corporation of any character whatsoever.
[13:22:1929; NCL § 9452]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 30 - Declaratory Judgments › NRS 30.030 - Scope.

Courts of record within their respective jurisdictions shall have power to declare rights, status and other legal relations whether or not further relief is or could be claimed. No action or proceeding shall be open to objection on the ground that a declaratory judgment or decree is prayed for. The declaration may be either affirmative or negative in form and effect; and such declarations shall have the force and effect of a final judgment or decree.
[1:22:1929; NCL § 9440]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 30 - Declaratory Judgments › NRS 30.040 - Questions of construction or validity of instruments, contracts and statutes.

1. Any person interested under a deed, written contract or other writings constituting a contract, or whose rights, status or other legal relations are affected by a statute, municipal ordinance, contract or franchise, may have determined any question of construction or validity arising under the instrument, statute, ordinance, contract or franchise and obtain a declaration of rights, status or other legal relations thereunder.
2. Any interested person or legal representative of an interested person of, or a maker or legal representative of a maker of, a will, trust or other writings constituting a testamentary instrument may have determined any question of construction or validity arising under the instrument and obtain a declaration of rights, status or other legal relations thereunder. Any action for declaratory relief under this subsection may only be made in a proceeding commenced pursuant to the provisions of title 12 or 13 of NRS, as appropriate.
3. A principal or a person granted authority to act for a principal under power of attorney, whether denominated an agent, attorney-in-fact or otherwise, may have determined any question of construction or validity arising under the instrument and obtain a declaration of rights, status or other legal relations thereunder. Any action for declaratory relief under this subsection may only be made in a proceeding commenced pursuant to the provisions of title 12 or 13 of NRS, as appropriate.
[2:22:1929; NCL § 9441]—(NRS A 2009, 1636; 2021, 960; 2023, 1320)