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2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 11 - Limitation of Actions › NRS 11.250 - Disabilities preventing running of statute.

If a person entitled to bring an action other than for the recovery of real property be, at the time the cause of action accrued, either:
1. Within the age of 18 years; or
2. Insane; or
3. In the custodial care of the State, if placed in such care while less than 18 years of age, except when the person is imprisoned, paroled or on probation,
the time of such disability shall not be a part of the time limited for the commencement of the action.
[1911 CPA § 34; A 1951, 54]—(NRS A 1973, 1577; 1977, 1081)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 11 - Limitation of Actions › NRS 11.255 - Actions by or on behalf of this State.

1. The provisions of this chapter concerning actions other than for the recovery of real property shall apply to actions brought in the name of the State, or for the benefit of the State, in the same manner as to actions by private individuals.
2. Except as provided in NRS 11.030 and 11.040, there shall be no limitation of actions brought in the name of the State, or for the benefit of the State, for the recovery of real property.
(Added to NRS by 1963, 362)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 11 - Limitation of Actions › NRS 11.256 - Definitions.

As used in NRS 11.256 to 11.259, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 11.2565 and 11.257 have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
(Added to NRS by 2007, 646)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 11 - Limitation of Actions › NRS 11.2565 - "Action involving nonresidential construction" defined.

1. "Action involving nonresidential construction" means an action that:
(a) Is commenced against a design professional; and
(b) Involves the design, construction, manufacture, repair or landscaping of a nonresidential building or structure, of an alteration of or addition to an existing nonresidential building or structure, or of an appurtenance, including, without limitation, the design, construction, manufacture, repair or landscaping of a new nonresidential building or structure, of an alteration of or addition to an existing nonresidential building or structure, or of an appurtenance.
The term includes, without limitation, an action for professional negligence.
2. As used in this section:
(a) "Appurtenance" means a structure, installation, facility, amenity or other improvement that is appurtenant to or benefits one or more nonresidential buildings or structures, but is not a part of the nonresidential building or structure. The term includes, without limitation, the parcel of real property, recreational facilities, walls, sidewalks, driveways, landscaping and other structures, installations, facilities and amenities associated with or benefiting one or more nonresidential buildings or structures.
(b) "Design professional" means a person who holds a professional license or certificate issued pursuant to chapter 623, 623A or 625 of NRS or a person primarily engaged in the practice of professional engineering, land surveying, architecture or landscape architecture.
(Added to NRS by 2007, 646)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 11 - Limitation of Actions › NRS 11.259 - Effect of compliance with or failure to comply with NRS 11.258.

1. The court shall dismiss an action involving nonresidential construction if the attorney for the complainant fails to:
(a) File an affidavit required pursuant to NRS 11.258;
(b) File a report required pursuant to subsection 3 of NRS 11.258; or
(c) Name the expert consulted in the affidavit required pursuant to subsection 1 of NRS 11.258.
2. The fact that an attorney for a complainant has complied or failed to comply with the provisions of NRS 11.256 to 11.259, inclusive, is admissible in the action.
(Added to NRS by 2007, 648)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 11 - Limitation of Actions › NRS 11.260 - Action to recover estate sold by guardian.

No action for the recovery of any estate sold by a guardian can be maintained by the protected person, or by any person claiming under the protected person, unless it is commenced within 3 years next after the termination of the guardianship.
[1911 CPA § 21; RL § 4963; NCL § 8520]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 11 - Limitation of Actions › NRS 11.270 - Action to recover estate sold by executor or administrator.

No action for the recovery of any estate sold by an executor or administrator in the course of any probate proceeding can be maintained by any heir or other person claiming under the decedent, unless it be commenced within 3 years next after the sale. An action to set aside the sale may be instituted and maintained at any time within 3 years from the discovery of the fraud or other lawful grounds upon which the action is based.
[1911 CPA § 22; RL § 4964; NCL § 8521]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 11 - Limitation of Actions › NRS 11.275 - Action against estate for which letters of administration have not been issued.

1. Except as provided in subsection 2, no action can be maintained against an estate for which letters of administration have not been issued unless it is commenced within 3 years next after the death of the decedent.
2. This section does not affect:
(a) Any lien created by a mortgage or deed of trust which is recorded or a security agreement which is filed.
(b) The rights of any person who is in possession of personal property of the estate.
(Added to NRS by 1979, 652)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 11 - Limitation of Actions › NRS 11.280 - Legal disability prevents running of statute.

NRS 11.260 and 11.270 shall not apply to minors or others under any legal disability to sue at the time when the right of action first accrues, but all such persons may commence an action at any time within 1 year after the removal of the disability.
[1911 CPA § 23; RL § 4965; NCL § 8522]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 11 - Limitation of Actions › NRS 11.290 - No limitation of action for deposit of money or property; exception.

Except as otherwise provided in subsection 5 of NRS 104.3118, to actions brought to recover money or other property deposited with any bank, credit union, banker, trust company or savings and loan society, there is no limitation.
[1911 CPA § 32; RL § 4974; NCL § 8531]—(NRS A 1993, 1316; 1999, 1454)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 11 - Limitation of Actions › NRS 11.300 - Absence from State suspends running of statute.

If, when the cause of action shall accrue against a person, the person is out of the State, the action may be commenced within the time herein limited after the person’s return to the State; and if after the cause of action shall have accrued the person departs from the State, the time of the absence shall not be part of the time prescribed for the commencement of the action.
[1911 CPA § 33; RL § 4975; NCL § 8532]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 11 - Limitation of Actions › NRS 11.310 - Death of person entitled to bring action before limitation expires; death of person against whom an action may be brought.

1. If the person entitled to bring an action dies before the expiration of the time limited for the commencement thereof, and the cause of action survives, an action may be commenced by the person’s representatives, after the expiration of that time, and within 1 year from the person’s death.
2. If a person against whom an action may be brought dies before the expiration of the time limited for the commencement thereof, and the cause of action survives, an action may be commenced against the person’s executors or administrators after the expiration of that time, and within 1 year after the issuing of letters testamentary or of administration; provided:
(a) The final account of such executor or administrator in the estate of such decedent be not sooner filed, and that a claim therefor be presented as required by the law governing estates of deceased persons.
(b) That no real estate of a deceased person shall be liable for the debts of the deceased person other than recorded encumbrances, unless letters testamentary or of administration be granted within 3 years from the date of the death of such decedent, any law to the contrary notwithstanding.
[Part 1911 CPA § 35; A 1925, 17; NCL § 8534]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 11 - Limitation of Actions › NRS 11.320 - Statute suspended when person against whom cause of action exists dies out of State.

If a person against whom a cause of action exists dies without the State, the time which elapses between the person’s death and the expiration of 1 year after the issuing, within this state, of letters testamentary or letters of administration is not a part of the time limited for the commencement of an action therefor against the person’s executor or administrator.
[1911 CPA § 36; RL § 4978; NCL § 8535]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 11 - Limitation of Actions › NRS 11.330 - Action by enemy alien; war suspends limitation.

When a person shall be an alien subject, or citizen of a country at war with the United States, the time of the continuance of the war shall not be a part of the period limited for the commencement of the action; but nothing in this section shall be so construed as to consider any citizen or person of any state engaged in rebellion against the United States Government as an alien.
[1911 CPA § 37; RL § 4979; NCL § 8536]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 11 - Limitation of Actions › NRS 11.340 - Reversal of judgment; new action to be brought within 1 year.

If an action shall be commenced within the time prescribed therefor, and a judgment therein for the plaintiff be reversed on appeal, the plaintiff, or if the plaintiff dies and the cause of action survives, the plaintiff’s heirs or representatives, may commence a new action within 1 year after the reversal.
[1911 CPA § 38; RL § 4980; NCL § 8537]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 11 - Limitation of Actions › NRS 11.350 - Action stayed by injunction.

When the commencement of one action shall be stayed by injunction or statutory prohibition, the time of the continuance of the injunction or prohibition shall not be part of the time limited for the commencement of the action.
[1911 CPA § 39; RL § 4981; NCL § 8538]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 11 - Limitation of Actions › NRS 11.380 - Actions against directors or stockholders of corporations.

The preceding sections of this chapter shall not affect actions against directors or stockholders of a corporation to recover a penalty or forfeiture imposed or to enforce a liability created by law; but such actions must be brought within 3 years after the discovery, by the aggrieved party, of the facts upon which the penalty or forfeiture attached, or the liability was created.
[1911 CPA § 42; RL § 4984; NCL § 8541]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 11 - Limitation of Actions › NRS 11.390 - Acknowledgment or new promise must be in writing; exception.

No acknowledgment or promise shall be sufficient evidence of a new or continuing contract whereby to take the case out of the operation of this chapter, unless the same be contained in some writing signed by the party to be charged thereby, except as provided in NRS 11.200.
[1911 CPA § 43; RL § 4985; NCL § 8542]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 11 - Limitation of Actions › NRS 11.500 - Recommencement of actions dismissed for lack of subject matter jurisdiction.

1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and except as otherwise provided in this section, if an action that is commenced within the applicable period of limitations is dismissed because the court lacked jurisdiction over the subject matter of the action, the action may be recommenced in the court having jurisdiction within:
(a) The applicable period of limitations; or
(b) Ninety days after the action is dismissed,
whichever is later.
2. An action may be recommenced only one time pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 1.
3. An action may not be recommenced pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 1 more than 5 years after the date on which the original action was commenced.
4. Paragraph (b) of subsection 1 does not apply to a contract that is subject to the provisions of chapters 104 to 104C, inclusive, of NRS.
(Added to NRS by 2003, 2134; A 2005, 247)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 12 - Parties › NRS 12.010 - Assignment of thing in action not to prejudice defense.

Except as provided for secured transactions in chapters 104 to 104C, inclusive, of NRS, in the case of an assignment of a thing in action, the action by the assignee shall be without prejudice to any setoff or other defense existing at the time of, or before notice of, the assignment; but this section shall not apply to a negotiable promissory note, or bill of exchange, transferred in good faith and upon good consideration before due.
[1911 CPA § 46; RL § 4988; NCL § 8545]—(NRS A 1965, 913)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 12 - Parties › NRS 12.020 - Actions by married couple.

A married couple may sue jointly on all causes of action belonging to either or both of them, except:
1. When the action is for personal injuries, the spouse having sustained personal injuries is a necessary party; and
2. When the action is for compensation for services rendered, the spouse having rendered the services is a necessary party.
[1911 CPA § 47; A 1937, 29; 1931 NCL § 8546]—(NRS A 1975, 557; 2017, 774)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 12 - Parties › NRS 12.030 - Defense of actions against married couple.

If a married couple is sued together, either or both may defend, and if either neglects to defend, the other may defend for both.
[1911 CPA § 48; RL § 4990; NCL § 8547]—(NRS A 1975, 558; 2017, 775)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 12 - Parties › NRS 12.040 - Deserted spouse as a party.

When a spouse has deserted his or her family, the other spouse may prosecute or defend in his or her name any action which he or she might have prosecuted or defended, and shall have the same powers and rights therein as he or she might have.
[1911 CPA § 49; RL § 4991; NCL § 8548]—(NRS A 2017, 775)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 12 - Parties › NRS 12.050 - Appointment of guardian ad litem.

When a guardian ad litem is appointed by the court, the guardian ad litem must be appointed as follows:
1. When the infant is plaintiff, upon the application of the infant if the infant be of the age of 14 years, or, if under that age, upon the application of a relative or friend of the infant.
2. When the infant is defendant, upon the application of the infant if the infant be of the age of 14 years and apply within 10 days after the service of the summons, or, if under that age or if the infant neglect to so apply, then upon the application of a relative or friend of the infant, or any other party to the action.
3. When an insane or incompetent person is a party to an action or proceeding, upon the application of a relative or friend of such insane or incompetent person, or of any other party to the action or proceeding.
[1911 CPA § 51; RL § 4993; NCL § 8550]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 12 - Parties › NRS 12.070 - Parent or guardian may maintain action for seduction.

Either of the parents or the guardian of a male or female minor child under the age of 16 years may, on behalf of that child, bring an action for the seduction of that child, against a person 3 or more years older than the child. The parent or guardian, as plaintiff, need not show that the child was living with the parent or guardian or was in the service of the parent or guardian at the time of the seduction or later, or that the parent or guardian suffered a loss of service.
[1911 CPA § 53; A 1913, 27; NCL § 8552]—(NRS A 1979, 1171)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 12 - Parties › NRS 12.080 - Parent or guardian may maintain action for injury of minor child.

The parents jointly, or either parent, without preference to either, may maintain an action for the injury of a minor child who has not been emancipated, if the injury is caused by the wrongful act or neglect of another. A guardian may maintain an action for the injury of his or her unemancipated ward, if the injury is caused by the wrongful act or neglect of another, the action by the guardian to be prosecuted for the benefit of the ward. Any such action may be maintained against the person causing the injury, or, if the person is employed by another person who is responsible for his or her conduct, also against that other person.
[1911 CPA § 54; A 1913, 27; NCL § 8553]—(NRS A 1960, 321; 1969, 891; 1971, 151; 1987, 1281; 2017, 775)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 12 - Parties › NRS 12.100 - Action not to abate by death of any party after verdict.

After verdict shall have been rendered in any action for a wrong, such action shall not abate by the death of any party, but the case shall proceed thereafter in the same manner as in cases where the cause of action now survives by law.
[Part 1911 CPA § 62; RL § 5004; NCL § 8561]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 12 - Parties › NRS 12.105 - State and local governmental agencies may be sued without naming members of their governing bodies; service.

Any political subdivision, public corporation, special district, or other agency of state or local government which is capable of being sued in its own name may be sued by naming it as the party without naming the individual members of its governing body in their representative capacity. In addition to any other method which may be provided by statute or rule of court, service may be made upon the clerk or secretary of the political subdivision, corporation or agency.
(Added to NRS by 1979, 394)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 12 - Parties › NRS 12.107 - Limitation on commencement of lawsuit against manufacturer or distributor of firearm or ammunition or trade association related to firearms or ammunition; exception for breach of contract or warranty.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the State of Nevada is the only governmental entity in this state that may commence a lawsuit against a manufacturer or distributor of a firearm or ammunition or a trade association related to firearms or ammunition for damages, abatement or injunctive relief resulting from or relating to the lawful design or manufacture of a firearm or ammunition or the marketing or sale of a firearm or ammunition to the public.
2. The provisions of this section do not prohibit a county, city, local government or other political subdivision of this state or an agency thereof from commencing a lawsuit against a manufacturer or distributor of a firearm or ammunition for breach of contract or warranty concerning a firearm or ammunition purchased by the county, city, local government or other political subdivision of this state or agency thereof.
(Added to NRS by 1999, 1411)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 12 - Parties › NRS 12.110 - Associates may be sued by name of association; summons; judgment to bind joint property.

When two or more persons, associated in any business, transact such business under a common name, whether it comprise the names of such persons or not, the associates may be sued by such common name, the summons in such cases being served on one or more of the associates; and the judgment in the action shall bind the joint property of all the associates, in the same manner as if all had been made defendants and had been sued upon their joint liability.
[1911 CPA § 65; RL § 5007; NCL § 8564]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 12 - Parties › NRS 12.120 - Unknown heirs to real property may be made parties; allegations and proof that names and residences of heirs are unknown.

1. In any action in which the title to real property situate in this state is involved in which the heir or heirs, or any thereof, of a deceased person may be necessary or proper party or parties defendant and the name or names and place or places of residence of which heir or heirs are unknown to the plaintiff or plaintiffs, such heir or heirs may be made a party or parties defendant by being described in the complaint and summons as the unknown heir or heirs of such deceased person, giving the name and last place of residence of such deceased person, with any further description that may be necessary to reasonably identify the deceased person.
2. In any such action the plaintiff or plaintiffs shall allege in the complaint, and prove at the trial, that diligent search and inquiry have been made by or in behalf of the plaintiff or plaintiffs to ascertain the name or names, and place or places of residence of such heir or heirs, without success, and that the same are and remain unknown to the plaintiff or plaintiffs.
[1911 CPA § 67; RL § 5009; NCL § 8566] + [1911 CPA § 68; RL § 5010; NCL § 8567]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 12 - Parties › NRS 12.130 - Intervention: Right to intervention; procedure, determination and costs; exception.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2:
(a) Before the trial, any person may intervene in an action or proceeding, who has an interest in the matter in litigation, in the success of either of the parties, or an interest against both.
(b) An intervention takes place when a third person is permitted to become a party to an action or proceeding between other persons, either by joining the plaintiff in claiming what is sought by the complaint, or by uniting with the defendant in resisting the claims of the plaintiff, or by demanding anything adversely to both the plaintiff and the defendant.
(c) Intervention is made as provided by the Nevada Rules of Civil Procedure.
(d) The court shall determine upon the intervention at the same time that the action is decided. If the claim of the party intervening is not sustained, the party intervening shall pay all costs incurred by the intervention.
2. The provisions of this section do not apply to intervention in an action or proceeding by the Legislature pursuant to NRS 218F.720.
[Part 1911 CPA § 64; RL § 5006; NCL § 8563]—(NRS A 2009, 1566)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 13 - Place of Trial › NRS 13.010 - Where actions are to be commenced.

1. When a person has contracted to perform an obligation at a particular place, and resides in another county, the action must be commenced, and, subject to the power of the court to change the place of trial as provided in this chapter, must be tried in the county in which such obligation is to be performed or in which the person resides; and the county in which the obligation is incurred shall be deemed to be the county in which it is to be performed, unless there is a special contract to the contrary.
2. Actions for the following causes shall be tried in the county in which the subject of the action, or some part thereof, is situated, subject to the power of the court to change the place of trial as provided in this chapter:
(a) For the recovery of real property, or an estate, or interest therein, or for the determination in any form of such right or interest, and for injuries to real property.
(b) For the partition of real property.
(c) For the foreclosure of all liens and mortgages on real property. Where the real property is situated partly in one county and partly in another the plaintiff may select either of the counties, and the county so selected is the proper county for the trial of such action; but, in the case mentioned in this paragraph, if the plaintiff prays in the complaint for an injunction pending the action, or applies pending the action for an injunction, the proper county for the trial shall be the county in which the defendant resides or a majority of the defendants reside at the commencement of the action.
[1911 CPA § 69; A 1935, 210; 1931 NCL § 8568]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 13 - Place of Trial › NRS 13.020 - Venue of actions for recovery of penalties and forfeitures; actions against public officers; actions against State of Nevada.

Actions for the following causes must be tried in the county where the cause, or some part thereof, arose, subject to the power of the court to change the place of trial:
1. For the recovery of a penalty or forfeiture imposed by statute; except, that when it is imposed for an offense committed on a lake, river or other stream of water, situated in two or more counties, the action may be brought in any county bordering on such lake, river or stream, and opposite to the place where the offense was committed.
2. Against a public officer, or person especially appointed to execute the duties of a public officer, for an act done by him or her in virtue of the office, or against a person who, by his or her command, or in his or her aid, does anything touching the duties of the officer.
3. Against the State of Nevada or any agency of the State for any tort action, except that any such tort action may also be brought in Carson City.
[1911 CPA § 70; RL § 5012; NCL § 8569]—(NRS A 1993, 147)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 13 - Place of Trial › NRS 13.030 - Venue of actions by or against counties.

1. Actions against a county may be commenced in the district court of the judicial district embracing the county; but actions between counties shall be commenced in a court of competent jurisdiction in any county not a party to the action.
2. Immediately on the service of process, the officer served shall deliver such process and all papers accompanying such service to the district attorney for the county.
3. Actions brought for or against the county shall be in the name of the county.
[1911 CPA § 71; RL § 5013; NCL § 8570]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 13 - Place of Trial › NRS 13.040 - Venue in other cases.

In all other cases, the action shall be tried in the county in which the defendants, or any one of them, may reside at the commencement of the action; or, if none of the defendants reside in the State, or if residing in the State the county in which they so reside be unknown to the plaintiff, the same may be tried in any county which the plaintiff may designate in the complaint; and if any defendant, or defendants, may be about to depart from the State, such action may be tried in any county where either of the parties may reside or service be had, subject, however, to the power of the court to change the place of trial as provided in this chapter.
[1911 CPA § 72; RL § 5014; NCL § 8571]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 13 - Place of Trial › NRS 13.050 - Cases in which venue may be changed.

1. If the county designated for that purpose in the complaint, petition or motion is not the proper county, the proceeding may, notwithstanding, be tried or heard therein, unless:
(a) After the filing of a complaint or petition, the defendant demands in writing, before the time for answering expires, that the trial be had in the proper county, and the place of trial be thereupon changed by consent of the parties, or by order of the court, as provided in this section.
(b) In a proceeding in which the court has continuing jurisdiction after the issuance of a final order, judgment or decree, including, without limitation, any proceeding for divorce, annulment, separate maintenance or parentage or custody of a child and where no party currently resides in the county in which the order, judgment or decree was entered, the respondent demands in writing, before the time for filing a response expires, that the petition or motion be heard in the county of residence of either party to the proceeding or in the county where the child who is the subject of the proceeding resides, or by order of the court, as provided in this section.
2. The court may, on motion or stipulation, change the place of the proceeding in the following cases:
(a) When the county designated in the complaint, petition or motion is not the proper county.
(b) When there is reason to believe that an impartial proceeding cannot be had therein.
(c) When the convenience of the witnesses and the ends of justice would be promoted by the change.
(d) When any defendant in a case commenced in a county without a business court requests a change to a county:
(1) With a business court; and
(2) In which the case, if originally commenced in such county, would be eligible for assignment to the business court.
(e) When each of the parties consent to the change.
3. When the place of the proceeding is changed, all other matters relating to the proceeding shall be had in the county to which the place of the proceeding is changed, unless otherwise provided by the consent of the parties in writing duly filed, or by order of the court, and the papers shall be filed or transferred accordingly.
4. As used in this section, "business court" means, as designated pursuant to the rules of the applicable district court:
(a) A business court docket;
(b) A business matter designation; or
(c) At least one business court judge.
[1911 CPA § 73; RL § 5015; NCL § 8572]—(NRS A 2013, 1289; 2017, 253)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 13 - Place of Trial › NRS 13.060 - Transfer of cases for trial to other counties within judicial district when actions uncontested; stipulations.

In any civil action where the complaint or petition is uncontested, or where the parties so stipulate, the court in the county where the action is brought may, upon application of the parties, or of the complainant or petitioner if the action is uncontested and all required notices have been given, transfer the action for trial to another county within the same judicial district.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 693)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 14 - Commencement of Actions › NRS 14.010 - Notice of pendency of actions affecting real property: Recording.

1. In an action for the foreclosure of a mortgage upon real property, or affecting the title or possession of real property, the plaintiff, at the time of filing the complaint, and the defendant, at the time of filing his or her answer, if affirmative relief is claimed in the answer, shall record with the recorder of each county in which the property, or any part thereof, is situated, a notice of the pendency of the action, containing the names of the parties, the object of the action and a description of the property in that county affected thereby, and the defendant shall also in the notice state the nature and extent of the relief claimed in the answer.
2. A notice of an action affecting real property which is pending in any United States District Court for the District of Nevada may be recorded and indexed in the same manner and in the same place as provided with respect to actions pending in courts of this state.
3. From the time of recording only, except as otherwise provided in NRS 14.017, the pendency of the action is constructive notice to a purchaser or encumbrancer of the property affected thereby. In case of the foreclosure of the mortgage, all purchasers or encumbrancers, by unrecorded deed or other instrument in writing made before the recording of the notice, and after the date of the mortgage, shall be deemed purchasers or encumbrancers after the recording of the notice, and subject thereto, unless NRS 14.017 is applicable or they can show that, at the time of recording the notice, the plaintiff had actual notice of the purchase or encumbrance.
[1911 CPA § 79; RL § 5021; NCL § 8577]—(NRS A 1969, 22; 1983, 1849; 1987, 637; 2001, 1747; 2023, 598)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 14 - Commencement of Actions › NRS 14.017 - Notice of pendency of actions affecting real property: Transferability of property after withdrawal or cancellation.

1. Upon the withdrawal of a notice of the pendency of an action affecting real property, or upon the recordation of a certified copy of a court order for the cancellation of a notice of the pendency of such an action with the recorder of each county in which the notice was recorded, each person who thereafter acquires an interest in the property as a purchaser, transferee, mortgagee or other encumbrancer for a valuable consideration, except a party to the action who is not designated by a fictitious name at the time of the withdrawal or order of cancellation, shall be deemed to be without knowledge of the action or of any matter, claim or allegation contained therein, irrespective of whether the person has or at any time had actual knowledge of the action or of any matter, claim or allegation contained therein.
2. The purpose of this section is to provide for the absolute and complete transferability of real property after the withdrawal or cancellation of a notice of the pendency of an action affecting the property.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 637; A 2023, 600)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 14 - Commencement of Actions › NRS 14.025 - Certain requirements for proof of service of process filed with court.

1. In addition to any other requirements set forth by law, a proof of service of process filed with a court of competent jurisdiction in Nevada must include:
(a) The name, residential or business address and telephone number of the person who performed the service of process;
(b) The date and time that the legal process was served;
(c) The manner in which the legal process was served;
(d) If practicable, the name of the person who was personally served or a physical description of that person; and
(e) A notation of:
(1) The license number of the process server or the registration number of the employee of a licensed process server who performed the service of process; or
(2) The reason why the person who performed the service of process was not required to be licensed under chapter 648 of NRS or another provision of law.
2. A proof of service that does not include the information required by subsection 1 may be construed as legally insufficient by a court of competent jurisdiction.
3. As used in this section, "process server" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 648.014.
(Added to NRS by 2011, 130)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 14 - Commencement of Actions › NRS 14.027 - Effect of filing service of process by unlicensed process server.

1. If a person who is not licensed as a process server pursuant to chapter 648 of NRS files a proof of service of process with a court of competent jurisdiction in violation of NRS 648.1655, the proof of service of process must be treated as legally insufficient by the court and any resulting judgment based upon the proof of service of process is void.
2. As used in this section, "process server" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 648.014.
(Added to NRS by 2011, 130)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 14 - Commencement of Actions › NRS 14.030 - Service of process when artificial person fails to appoint registered agent or when street address of registered agent is not staffed.

1. If any artificial person described in NRS 14.020 fails to appoint a registered agent, or fails to file a statement of change of registered agent pursuant to NRS 77.340 before the effective date of a vacancy in the agency pursuant to NRS 77.330 or 77.370, on the production of a certificate of the Secretary of State showing either fact, which is conclusive evidence of the fact so certified to be made a part of the return of service, or if the street address of the registered agent of the artificial person is not staffed as required pursuant to NRS 14.020, which fact is to be made part of the return of service, the artificial person may be served with any and all legal process, or a demand or notice described in NRS 14.020, by delivering a copy to the Secretary of State or, in the absence of the Secretary of State, to any deputy secretary of state, and such service is valid to all intents and purposes. The copy must:
(a) Include a specific citation to the provisions of this section. The Secretary of State may refuse to accept such service if the proper citation is not included.
(b) Be accompanied by a fee of $10.
The Secretary of State shall keep a copy of the legal process received pursuant to this section in the Office of the Secretary of State for at least 1 year after receipt thereof and shall make those records available for public inspection during normal business hours.
2. In all cases of such service, the defendant has 40 days, exclusive of the day of service, within which to answer or plead.
3. Before such service is authorized, the plaintiff shall make or cause to be made and filed an affidavit setting forth the facts, showing that due diligence has been used to ascertain the whereabouts of the officers of the artificial person to be served, and the facts showing that direct or personal service on, or notice to, the artificial person cannot be had.
4. If it appears from the affidavit that there is a last known address of the artificial person or any known officers thereof, the plaintiff shall, in addition to and after such service on the Secretary of State, mail or cause to be mailed to the artificial person or to the known officer, at such address, by registered or certified mail, a copy of the summons and a copy of the complaint, and in all such cases the defendant has 40 days after the date of the mailing within which to appear in the action.
5. This section provides an additional manner of serving process, and does not affect the validity of any other valid service.
[1911 CPA § 83; A 1921, 107; 1939, 66; 1931 NCL § 8581]—(NRS A 1960, 226; 1969, 17, 95; 1997, 472; 1999, 404, 1632; 2005, 2206; 2007, 2707)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 14 - Commencement of Actions › NRS 14.040 - Service by publication on unknown heirs; plaintiff to file affidavit before entry of judgment.

1. When it appears to the satisfaction of the court or the judge thereof from the verified complaint or from an affidavit in behalf of the plaintiff or plaintiffs in any action that any heir or heirs of a deceased person is or are necessary or proper party or parties defendant, that a cause of action in favor of the plaintiff or plaintiffs exists against such heir or heirs, and that due diligence to ascertain the name or names and the place or places of residence of such heir or heirs has been unsuccessfully exercised by or in behalf of the plaintiff or plaintiffs, the court or judge may grant an order for the service of the summons in such action on such unknown heir or heirs by publication in like manner and for the period of time prescribed by the Nevada Rules of Civil Procedure for the publication of summons in other actions.
2. Such service when made shall as to such unknown heir or heirs be sufficient to confer on the court jurisdiction to hear and determine the issues in such action, and the judgment of the court based on such service and duly made and entered in such action shall bind each and every one of the heirs of such deceased person whose name or names and place or places of residence were so, as aforesaid, unknown to the plaintiff or plaintiffs with like effect as if the name or names of such heir or heirs had been inserted in the complaint and published summons, regardless of whether such heir or heirs shall subsequently appear to have been residents or nonresidents of this state at the time of such publication.
3. Before final judgment in favor of the plaintiff or plaintiffs and against any such unknown heir or heirs shall be entered in any such action, every such plaintiff shall make and file with the clerk of the court in which the action is pending an affidavit showing that since the commencement of the action the plaintiff has neither learned the name or names of any such heir or heirs nor received any information indicating a line of search or inquiry which if properly pursued might lead to the discovery of such name or names and that the same still remains or remain unknown to such plaintiff; or, if the plaintiff has received such information, such affidavit shall so state and show that diligent search and inquiry along the lines indicated had been made by or in behalf of such plaintiff and resulted in failure to learn such name or names and that the same are still unknown to such plaintiff.
[1911 CPA § 86; RL § 5028; NCL § 8584] + [1911 CPA § 87; RL § 5029; NCL § 8585]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 14 - Commencement of Actions › NRS 14.050 - Service by publication on unknown parties generally.

If any plaintiff shall allege that there are, or that the plaintiff verily believes that there are, persons, other than heirs, interested in the subject matter of the complaint, whose names the plaintiff cannot insert therein because they are unknown to the plaintiff, and shall describe the interest of such persons and how derived, so far as the plaintiff’s knowledge extends, the court or the judge thereof shall make an order for the publication of summons, reciting, moreover, the substance of the allegations of the complaint in relation to the interest of such unknown parties; and, after the completion of service by such publication, the court shall have jurisdiction of such persons, and any judgment or decree rendered in the action shall apply to and conclude such persons with respect to such interest in the subject matter of the action.
[1911 CPA § 88; RL § 5030; NCL § 8586]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 14 - Commencement of Actions › NRS 14.060 - Proceedings where there are several defendants and part only are served.

Where the action is against two or more defendants, and the summons is served on one or more but not on all of them, the plaintiff may proceed as follows:
1. If the action be against the defendants jointly indebted upon a contract, the plaintiff may proceed against the defendant served, unless the court otherwise directs; and if the plaintiff recover judgment, it may be entered against all the defendants thus jointly indebted, so far only as that it may be enforced against the joint property of all and the separate property of the defendant served; or
2. If the action be against defendants severally liable, the plaintiff may proceed against the defendants served in the same manner as if they were the only defendants.
[1911 CPA § 89; RL § 5031; NCL § 8587]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 14 - Commencement of Actions › NRS 14.065 - Exercise of jurisdiction on any basis consistent with State and Federal Constitutions; service of summons to confer jurisdiction.

1. A court of this state may exercise jurisdiction over a party to a civil action on any basis not inconsistent with the Constitution of this state or the Constitution of the United States.
2. Personal service of summons upon a party outside this state is sufficient to confer upon a court of this state jurisdiction over the party so served if the service is made by delivering a copy of the summons, together with a copy of the complaint, to the party served in the manner provided by statute or rule of court for service upon a person of like kind within this state.
3. The method of service provided in this section is cumulative, and may be utilized with, after or independently of other methods of service.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 845; A 1983, 1503; 1993, 865; 1995, 1041)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 14 - Commencement of Actions › NRS 14.075 - Service of process on short-term lessor of vehicles where short-term lessee not United States resident.

1. When a short-term lessor enters into a lease with a short-term lessee who is not a resident of the United States and, as part of or associated with the lease, the short-term lessee purchases liability insurance from the short-term lessor in its capacity as an agent for an authorized insurer, the short-term lessor is authorized to accept and, if served, shall accept, service of a summons and complaint and any other required documents on behalf of the short-term lessee for any crash resulting from the operation of the vehicle within this State during the lease. If the short-term lessor has a registered agent for service of process on file with the Secretary of State, process must be served on the registered agent of the short-term lessor, either by first-class mail, return receipt requested, or by personal service.
2. Not later than 30 days after acceptance of service of process, the short-term lessor shall provide a copy of the summons and complaint and any other documents served on the short-term lessor to the short-term lessee by first-class mail, return receipt requested.
3. Notwithstanding the requirements of NRS 14.070, service of process in compliance with subsection 1 shall be deemed a valid and effective service.
4. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, acceptance of service of process pursuant to subsection 1 does not create any duty, obligation or agency relationship other than that provided in subsection 1.
5. As used in this section:
(a) "Lease," "short-term lessee" and "short-term lessor" have the meanings ascribed to them in NRS 482.053.
(b) "Liability insurance" means insurance, including, without limitation, uninsured motorist coverage, whether offered separately or in combination with any other insurance, that provides coverage to a short-term lessee and any authorized driver pursuant to a lease and is nonduplicative of any standard liability coverage or self-insurance limits provided by the short-term lessor in its lease, for liability arising from the negligent operation of the vehicle during the lease.
(c) "Vehicle" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 482.135.
(Added to NRS by 2021, 505)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 14 - Commencement of Actions › NRS 14.080 - Service of process on foreign manufacturers, producers and suppliers of products.

1. Any company, firm, partnership, corporation or association created and existing under the laws of any other state, territory, foreign government or the Government of the United States, which manufactures, produces, makes, markets or otherwise supplies directly or indirectly any product for distribution, sale or use in this state may be lawfully served with any legal process in any action to recover damages for an injury to a person or property resulting from such distribution, sale or use in this state by mailing to the last known address of the company, firm, partnership, corporation or association, by registered or certified mail return receipt requested, a copy of the summons and a copy of the complaint.
2. In all cases of such service, the defendant has 40 days, exclusive of the day of service, within which to answer or plead.
3. This section provides an additional manner of serving process and does not invalidate any other service.
(Added to NRS by 1961, 57; A 1969, 18, 95; 1997, 473)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 14 - Commencement of Actions › NRS 14.090 - Service of process at residence accessible only through gate.

1. A person who resides at a location to which access is not reasonably available except through a gate may be lawfully served with any legal process in the manner provided in this section. If there is:
(a) A guard posted at the gate and the guard denies access to the residence for service of process, service of process is effective upon leaving a copy thereof with the guard.
(b) No guard posted at the gate and entry through the gate is not reasonably available, the court may, if it is satisfied by affidavit that those facts are true, allow service of process by mailing a copy thereof to the residence by certified or registered mail.
2. The manner of service authorized by this section is supplemental to and does not affect the validity of any other manner of service authorized by law.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 1378)