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2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 120A - Unclaimed Property (Uniform Act) › NRS 120A.100 - "Owner" defined.

"Owner" means a person who has a legal or equitable interest in property subject to this chapter or the person’s legal representative. The term includes, without limitation, a depositor in the case of a deposit, a beneficiary in the case of a trust other than a deposit in trust, and a creditor, claimant or payee in the case of other property.
(Added to NRS by 1979, 1751; A 1983, 1463; 2007, 768)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 120A - Unclaimed Property (Uniform Act) › NRS 120A.105 - "Payroll card" defined.

"Payroll card" means a record that evidences a payroll card account, as defined in Regulation E, 12 C.F.R. Part 1005, as amended, adopted pursuant to the federal Electronic Fund Transfer Act, as amended, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1693 et seq.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 3011)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 120A - Unclaimed Property (Uniform Act) › NRS 120A.110 - "Person" defined.

"Person" means a natural person, business association, financial organization, estate, trust, government or governmental subdivision, agency or instrumentality, or any other legal or commercial entity.
(Added to NRS by 1979, 1751; A 1983, 1463; 1985, 508; 2001, 2909; 2007, 768)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 120A - Unclaimed Property (Uniform Act) › NRS 120A.113 - "Property" defined.

1. "Property" means tangible property described in NRS 120A.510 or a fixed and certain interest in intangible property that is held, issued or owed in the course of a holder’s business or by a government, governmental subdivision, agency or instrumentality.
2. The term includes, without limitation:
(a) All income from or increments to the property.
(b) Property that is referred to as or evidenced by:
(1) Money, virtual currency or interest, or a payroll card, dividend, check, draft or deposit;
(2) A credit balance, customer’s overpayment, stored-value card, security deposit, refund, credit memorandum, unpaid wage, unused ticket for which the issuer has an obligation to provide a refund, mineral proceeds or unidentified remittance;
(3) A security, except for a security that is subject to a lien, legal hold or restriction evidenced on the records of the holder or imposed by operation of law, if the lien, legal hold or restriction restricts the holder’s or owner’s ability to receive, transfer, sell or otherwise negotiate the security;
(4) A bond, debenture, note or other evidence of indebtedness;
(5) Money deposited to redeem a security, make a distribution or pay a dividend;
(6) An amount due and payable under the terms of an annuity or insurance policy; and
(7) An amount distributable from a trust or custodial fund established under a plan to provide health, welfare, pension, vacation, severance, retirement, death, stock purchase, profit sharing, employee savings, supplemental unemployment insurance or similar benefits.
3. The term does not include:
(a) Property held in an ABLE account described in section 529A of the Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C. § 529A;
(b) Game-related digital content;
(c) A loyalty card;
(d) A plot, niche or crypt intended or constructed for the burial, entombment or inurnment of human remains; or
(e) Property held in an endowment care fund established pursuant to NRS 452.050.
(Added to NRS by 2007, 756; A 2019, 3013; 2021, 77)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 120A - Unclaimed Property (Uniform Act) › NRS 120A.119 - "Stored-value card" defined.

1. "Stored-value card" means a record evidencing a promise made for consideration by the seller or issuer of the record that goods, services or money will be provided to the owner of record to the value or amount shown in the record.
2. The term includes:
(a) A record that contains or consists of a microprocessor chip, magnetic strip or other means for the storage of information which is prefunded and whose value or amount is decreased on each use and increased by payment of additional consideration; and
(b) A payroll card.
3. The term does not include a loyalty card or game-related digital content.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 3012)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 120A - Unclaimed Property (Uniform Act) › NRS 120A.120 - "Utility" defined.

"Utility" means any person who owns or operates for public use any plant, equipment, real property, franchise or license for the transmission of communications or the production, storage, transmission, sale, delivery or furnishing of electricity, water, steam or gas.
(Added to NRS by 1979, 1751; A 1983, 1476; 2007, 768)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 120A - Unclaimed Property (Uniform Act) › NRS 120A.122 - "Virtual currency" defined.

"Virtual currency" means a digital representation of value used as a medium of exchange, unit of account or store of value, that does not have legal tender status recognized by the United States. The term does not include:
1. The software or protocols governing the transfer of the digital representation of value;
2. Game-related digital content; or
3. A loyalty card or gift certificate.
(Added to NRS by 2021, 76)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 120A - Unclaimed Property (Uniform Act) › NRS 120A.125 - Inapplicability of chapter to tangible property held in safe-deposit box or other safekeeping depository not maintained by bank or other financial organization or safe-deposit company.

The provisions of this chapter do not apply to tangible property held in a safe-deposit box or other safekeeping depository which is not maintained by:
1. A bank or other financial organization; or
2. A safe-deposit company.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 535; A 2023, 1052)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 120A - Unclaimed Property (Uniform Act) › NRS 120A.135 - Inapplicability of chapter to unredeemed gaming chips or tokens and intersection improvement project proceeds.

1. The provisions of this chapter do not apply to:
(a) Gaming chips or tokens which are not redeemed at an establishment.
(b) Intersection improvement project proceeds.
2. As used in this section:
(a) "Establishment" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 463.0148.
(b) "Gaming chip or token" means any object which may be redeemed at an establishment for cash or any other representative of value other than a wagering voucher as defined in NRS 463.369.
(c) "Intersection improvement project" means construction or improvements relating to intersections, including, without limitation, the construction, installation or upgrade of traffic control devices, turn lanes and appurtenances.
(d) "Intersection improvement project proceeds" means amounts held by this State or an agency or political subdivision of this State that were paid to the State or the agency or political subdivision for the purpose of providing security for, or to fund the construction of, an intersection improvement project.
(Added to NRS by 1989, 418; A 2011, 2835; 2015, 2530; 2021, 1305)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 120A - Unclaimed Property (Uniform Act) › NRS 120A.145 - Information to remain confidential.

The Administrator or any officer, agent or employee of the Office of the State Treasurer shall not use or disclose any information received by the Administrator in the course of carrying out the provisions of this chapter which is confidential or which is provided to the Administrator on the basis that the information is to remain confidential, unless the use or disclosure of the information is necessary to locate the owner of unclaimed or abandoned property.
(Added to NRS by 1983, 1462; A 2001, 2909)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 120A - Unclaimed Property (Uniform Act) › NRS 120A.505 - Certain items due or owing between business associations with ongoing business relationship not presumed abandoned.

1. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, any credit memoranda, overpayments, credit balances, deposits, unidentified remittances, nonrefunded overcharges, discounts, refunds and rebates due or owing from a holder that is a business association to another business association shall not be presumed abandoned if the holder and such business association have an ongoing business relationship. The provisions of this subsection do not apply to outstanding checks, drafts or other similar instruments.
2. For the purposes of subsection 1, an ongoing business relationship shall be deemed to exist if the holder has engaged in at least one commercial, business or professional transaction involving the sale, lease, license or purchase of goods or services with the business association or a predecessor-in-interest of the business association within each 3-year period that follows the date of the transaction giving rise to the property interest that shall not be presumed abandoned pursuant to subsection 1.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 2530)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 120A - Unclaimed Property (Uniform Act) › NRS 120A.510 - Contents of safe-deposit box or other safekeeping depository.

Tangible property held in a safe-deposit box or other safekeeping depository in this State in the ordinary course of the holder’s business and proceeds resulting from the sale of the property permitted by other law are presumed abandoned if the property remains unclaimed by the owner for more than 3 years after expiration of the lease or rental period on the box or other depository.
(Added to NRS by 2007, 758)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 120A - Unclaimed Property (Uniform Act) › NRS 120A.520 - Value remaining on gift certificate.

1. Sixty percent of the unredeemed or uncharged value remaining on a gift certificate which is issued or sold in this State is presumed abandoned and subject to the provisions of this chapter on the:
(a) Expiration date; or
(b) Date on which the gift certificate is no longer honored by the issuer or seller.
2. This section does not create a cause of action against a person who issues or sells a gift certificate.
(Added to NRS by 2007, 309; A 2023, 1056)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 120A - Unclaimed Property (Uniform Act) › NRS 120A.540 - Dormancy charge.

A holder may deduct from property presumed abandoned a charge imposed by reason of the owner’s failure to claim the property within a specified time only if there is a valid and enforceable written contract between the holder and the owner under which the holder may impose the charge and the holder regularly imposes the charge, which is not regularly reversed or otherwise cancelled. The amount of the deduction must not exceed $5 per month.
(Added to NRS by 2007, 759)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 120A - Unclaimed Property (Uniform Act) › NRS 120A.550 - Burden of proof as to property evidenced by record of check or draft.

A record of the issuance of a check, draft or similar instrument is prima facie evidence of an obligation. In claiming property from a holder who is also the issuer, the Administrator’s burden of proof as to the existence and amount of the property and its abandonment is satisfied by showing issuance of the instrument and passage of the requisite period of abandonment. Defenses of payment, satisfaction, discharge and want of consideration are affirmative defenses that must be established by the holder.
(Added to NRS by 2007, 759)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 120A - Unclaimed Property (Uniform Act) › NRS 120A.570 - Payment or delivery of abandoned property.

1. Except for property held in a safe-deposit box or other safekeeping depository, upon filing the report required by NRS 120A.560, the holder of property presumed abandoned shall pay, deliver or cause to be paid or delivered to the Administrator the property described in the report as unclaimed, but if the property is an automatically renewable deposit, and a penalty or forfeiture in the payment of interest would result, the time for compliance is extended until a penalty or forfeiture would no longer result. Tangible property held in a safe-deposit box or other safekeeping depository must be delivered to the Administrator within 60 days after filing the report required by NRS 120A.560.
2. If the property reported to the Administrator is a security or security entitlement under NRS 104.8101 to 104.8511, inclusive, the Administrator is an appropriate person to make an endorsement, instruction or entitlement order on behalf of the apparent owner to invoke the duty of the issuer or its transfer agent or the securities intermediary to transfer or dispose of the security or the security entitlement in accordance with NRS 104.8101 to 104.8511, inclusive.
3. If the holder of property reported to the Administrator is the issuer of a certificated security, the Administrator has the right to obtain a replacement certificate pursuant to NRS 104.8405, but an indemnity bond is not required.
4. An issuer, the holder and any transfer agent or other person acting pursuant to the instructions of and on behalf of the issuer or holder in accordance with this section is not liable to the apparent owner and must be indemnified against claims of any person in accordance with NRS 120A.590.
(Added to NRS by 2007, 760; A 2021, 81)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 120A - Unclaimed Property (Uniform Act) › NRS 120A.580 - Creation and maintenance of statewide database concerning unclaimed property; publication of general information; notice to holders of unclaimed property.

1. The Administrator shall create and maintain a statewide database concerning unclaimed property. The database must be searchable electronically and include, without limitation, the name of each person reported to the Administrator pursuant to NRS 120A.560 as an apparent owner of property presumed abandoned.
2. The Administrator shall make the database publicly available on the website of the Administrator.
3. The Administrator shall publish general information concerning the provisions of this chapter on the website of the Administrator. The information must be updated quarterly and include, without limitation:
(a) Instructions on how to search and access information relating to unclaimed property;
(b) The name, physical address, telephone number and Internet address of the website of the Administrator;
(c) A statement explaining that unclaimed property is presumed to be abandoned and has been taken into the protective custody of the Administrator;
(d) A statement that information about property taken into protective custody and its return to the owner is available to the owner or a person having a legal or beneficial interest in the property, upon request to the Administrator, directed to the Deputy of Unclaimed Property;
(e) Information concerning the requirements prescribed by NRS 120A.560 and 120A.640; and
(f) Any other information deemed necessary by the Administrator.
4. At least once a year, the Administrator shall publish the information made available on the website of the Administrator pursuant to subsection 3 by press release.
5. In addition to complying with the requirements of subsections 1 to 4, inclusive, the Administrator shall, in each county whose population is less than 700,000, publish a notice not later than November 30 of the year next following the year in which abandoned property has been paid or delivered to the Administrator. The notice must:
(a) Be published not less than once each year in a newspaper of general circulation in the county; and
(b) Include the last known city of any person named in the notice.
6. The notice required by subsection 5 must:
(a) Be in a form that, in the judgment of the Administrator, is likely to attract the attention of persons who may have a legal or equitable interest in unclaimed property or of the legal representatives of such persons; and
(b) Include the information made available on the website of the Administrator pursuant to subsection 3.
7. Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the ability of the Administrator to advertise or otherwise provide information concerning unclaimed or abandoned property at any other time and in any other manner that the Administrator selects.
(Added to NRS by 2007, 761; A 2017, 2185; 2023, 1058)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 120A - Unclaimed Property (Uniform Act) › NRS 120A.600 - Crediting of dividends and increments to account of owner.

If property other than money is delivered to the Administrator under this chapter, the owner is entitled to receive from the Administrator any income or gain realized or accruing on the property at or before liquidation or conversion of the property into money.
(Added to NRS by 2007, 762)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 120A - Unclaimed Property (Uniform Act) › NRS 120A.630 - Claim of another state to recover property.

1. After property has been paid or delivered to the Administrator under this chapter, another state may recover the property if:
(a) The property was paid or delivered to the custody of this State because the records of the holder did not reflect a last known location of the apparent owner within the borders of the other state and the other state establishes that the apparent owner or other person entitled to the property was last known to be located within the borders of that state and under the laws of that state the property has escheated or become subject to a claim of abandonment by that state;
(b) The property was paid or delivered to the custody of this State because the laws of the other state did not provide for the escheat or custodial taking of the property and under the laws of that state subsequently enacted the property has escheated or become subject to a claim of abandonment by that state;
(c) The records of the holder were erroneous in that they did not accurately identify the owner of the property and the last known location of the owner within the borders of another state and under the laws of that state the property has escheated or become subject to a claim of abandonment by that state;
(d) The property was subjected to custody by this State under paragraph (f) of subsection 1 of NRS 120A.530, and under the laws of the state of domicile of the holder the property has escheated or become subject to a claim of abandonment by that state; or
(e) The property is a sum payable on a traveler’s check, money order or similar instrument that was purchased in the other state and delivered into the custody of this State under paragraph (g) of subsection 1 of NRS 120A.530, and under the laws of the other state the property has escheated or become subject to a claim of abandonment by that state.
2. A claim of another state to recover escheated or abandoned property must be presented in a form prescribed by the Administrator, who shall decide the claim within 90 days after it is presented. The Administrator shall allow the claim upon determining that the other state is entitled to the abandoned property under subsection 1.
3. The Administrator shall require another state, before recovering property under this section, to agree to indemnify this State and its officers and employees against any liability on a claim to the property.
(Added to NRS by 2007, 762; A 2021, 83)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 120A - Unclaimed Property (Uniform Act) › NRS 120A.640 - Filing claim with Administrator; handling of claims by Administrator; confidentiality.

1. A person, excluding another state, claiming property paid or delivered to the Administrator may file a claim on a form prescribed by the Administrator and verified by the claimant.
2. Within 90 days after a claim is filed, the Administrator shall allow or deny the claim and give written notice of the decision to the claimant. If the claim is denied, the Administrator shall inform the claimant of the reasons for the denial and specify what additional evidence is required before the claim will be allowed. The claimant may then file a new claim with the Administrator or maintain an action under NRS 120A.650.
3. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 5, within 30 days after a claim is allowed, the property or the net proceeds of a sale of the property must be delivered or paid by the Administrator to the claimant, together with any dividend, interest or other increment to which the claimant is entitled under NRS 120A.600 and 120A.610.
4. A holder who pays the owner for property that has been delivered to the State and which, if claimed from the Administrator by the owner would be subject to an increment under NRS 120A.600 and 120A.610 may recover from the Administrator the amount of the increment.
5. The Administrator may require a person with a claim in excess of $2,000 to furnish a bond and indemnify the State against any loss resulting from the approval of such claim if the claim is based upon an original instrument, including, without limitation, a certified check or a stock certificate or other proof of ownership of securities, which cannot be furnished by the person with the claim.
6. Property held under this chapter by the Administrator is subject to a claim for the payment of a debt which the Administrator determines to be enforceable and which the owner owes in this State for:
(a) Support of a child, including, without limitation, any related collection costs and any amounts which may be combined with maintenance for a former spouse;
(b) A civil or criminal fine or penalty, court costs or a surcharge or restitution imposed by a final order of an administrative agency or a final judgment of a court; or
(c) A state or local tax, and any related penalty and interest.
7. The Administrator may require a person who files a claim on behalf of an estate to furnish evidence that the claimant has been contacted by, or is otherwise working on behalf of, a person with an interest in the estate, including, without limitation, an heir or a creditor. Failure to provide such evidence is grounds for denial of the claim.
8. A claim filed with the Administrator pursuant to this section, and any correspondence or other documents generated in connection with such a claim in the possession of the Administrator, is confidential and not a public record, but may be:
(a) Used by the Administrator in any manner to carry out his or her duties under this chapter; or
(b) Produced pursuant to a subpoena or court order.
(Added to NRS by 2007, 763; A 2019, 3018; 2021, 84)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 120A - Unclaimed Property (Uniform Act) › NRS 120A.645 - Donation to State for educational purposes.

1. A person with a claim to property paid or delivered to the Administrator that is less than $500 may, if the claim is allowed by the Administrator pursuant to NRS 120A.640, donate the money or the net proceeds from the sale of the property, together with any dividend, interest or other increment to which the person is entitled under NRS 120A.600 and 120A.610, to the State for educational purposes.
2. The Administrator must, within 30 days after the allowance of a claim pursuant to NRS 120A.040, transfer the amount of the claim, together with any dividend, interest or other increment to which the person is entitled under NRS 120A.600 and 120A.610, from the Abandoned Property Trust Account to the State Education Fund created by NRS 387.1212.
3. The Administrator may adopt regulations to carry out the provisions of this section.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 2875; A 2019, 3226)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 120A - Unclaimed Property (Uniform Act) › NRS 120A.650 - Action to establish claim.

A person aggrieved by a decision of the Administrator or whose claim has not been acted upon within 90 days after its filing may maintain an original action to establish the claim in the district court, naming the Administrator as a defendant. If the aggrieved person establishes the claim in an action against the Administrator, the court may award the claimant reasonable attorney’s fees.
(Added to NRS by 2007, 764)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 120A - Unclaimed Property (Uniform Act) › NRS 120A.660 - Election to decline to receive property; election to receive property before presumed abandonment.

The Administrator may:
1. Decline to receive property reported under this chapter which the Administrator considers to have a value less than the expenses of notice and sale; and
2. Receive property reported and delivered by a holder before the property is presumed abandoned if the Administrator determines that receipt of such property is in the best interests of the State.
(Added to NRS by 2007, 764; A 2021, 85; 2023, 1061)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 120A - Unclaimed Property (Uniform Act) › NRS 120A.670 - Destruction or disposition of property having no substantial commercial value; immunity from liability.

If the Administrator determines after investigation that property delivered under this chapter has no substantial commercial value, the Administrator may destroy or otherwise dispose of the property at any time. An action or proceeding may not be maintained against the State or any officer or employee or against the holder for or on account of an act of the Administrator under this section, except for intentional misconduct or malfeasance.
(Added to NRS by 2007, 764)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 120A - Unclaimed Property (Uniform Act) › NRS 120A.680 - Periods of limitation.

1. The expiration, before or after October 1, 2007, of a period of limitation on the owner’s right to receive or recover property, whether specified by contract, statute or court order, does not preclude the property from being presumed abandoned or affect a duty to file a report or to pay or deliver or transfer property to the Administrator as required by this chapter.
2. An action or proceeding may not be maintained by the Administrator to enforce this chapter in regard to the reporting, delivery or payment of property more than 7 years after the holder specifically identified the property in a report filed with the Administrator or gave express notice to the Administrator of a dispute regarding the property. In the absence of such a report or other express notice, the period of limitation is tolled. The period of limitation is also tolled by the filing of a report that is fraudulent.
(Added to NRS by 2007, 764; A 2009, 2652)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 120A - Unclaimed Property (Uniform Act) › NRS 120A.700 - Retention of records.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a holder required to file a report under NRS 120A.560 shall maintain the records containing the information required to be included in the report, and any records upon which the person wishes to rely for excluding information from the report, for 7 years after the holder files the report, unless a shorter period is provided by regulation of the Administrator.
2. A business association or financial organization that sells, issues or provides to others for sale or issue in this State, traveler’s checks, money orders or similar instruments other than third-party bank checks, on which the business association or financial organization is directly liable, shall maintain a record of the instruments while they remain outstanding, indicating the State and date of issue, for 3 years after the holder files the report.
(Added to NRS by 2007, 765; A 2021, 86)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 120A - Unclaimed Property (Uniform Act) › NRS 120A.715 - Sharing of information by state or local agency.

1. The Administrator may request that a state agency or local agency provide to the Administrator certain confidential information for the purpose of facilitating the return of unclaimed or abandoned property under this chapter, including, without limitation, the last known address of an apparent owner of unclaimed or abandoned property.
2. A state agency or local agency shall provide to the Administrator any information requested pursuant to subsection 1 as soon as reasonably practicable unless the provision of such information is prohibited by federal law.
3. Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the ability of the Administrator to request or receive from a state agency or local agency information which is not deemed confidential.
4. As used in this section:
(a) "Local agency" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 223.466.
(b) "State agency" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 223.470.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 3012; A 2021, 86; 2023, 1061)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 120A - Unclaimed Property (Uniform Act) › NRS 120A.720 - Interstate agreements and cooperation; joint and reciprocal actions with other states.

1. The Administrator may enter into an agreement with another state to exchange information relating to abandoned property or its possible existence. The agreement may permit the other state, or another person acting on behalf of a state, to examine records as authorized in NRS 120A.690. The Administrator by regulation may require the reporting of information needed to enable compliance with an agreement made under this section and prescribe the form.
2. The Administrator may join with another state to seek enforcement of this chapter against any person who is or may be holding property reportable under this chapter.
3. At the request of another state, the Attorney General of this State may maintain an action on behalf of the other state to enforce, in this State, the unclaimed property laws of the other state against a holder of property subject to escheat or a claim of abandonment by the other state, if the other state has agreed to pay expenses incurred by the Attorney General in maintaining the action.
4. The Administrator may request that the attorney general of another state or another attorney commence an action in the other state on behalf of the Administrator. With the approval of the Attorney General of this State, the Administrator may retain any other attorney to commence an action in this State on behalf of the Administrator. This State shall pay all expenses, including attorney’s fees, in maintaining an action under this subsection. With the Administrator’s approval, the expenses and attorney’s fees may be paid from money received under this chapter. The Administrator may agree to pay expenses and attorney’s fees based in whole or in part on a percentage of the value of any property recovered in the action. Any expenses or attorney’s fees paid under this subsection may not be deducted from the amount that is subject to the claim by the owner under this chapter.
(Added to NRS by 2007, 766)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 120A - Unclaimed Property (Uniform Act) › NRS 120A.725 - Payment or delivery of property without claim.

If the Administrator reasonably believes a person is the apparent owner of property after reviewing and confirming the accuracy of evidence of the identity of the person, the Administrator may initiate and facilitate the payment or delivery of the property to the person pursuant to this chapter without the person filing a claim.
(Added to NRS by 2021, 76)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 120A - Unclaimed Property (Uniform Act) › NRS 120A.730 - Interest and penalties.

1. A holder who fails to report, pay or deliver property within the time prescribed by this chapter shall pay to the Administrator interest at the rate of 18 percent per annum on the property or value thereof from the date the property should have been reported, paid or delivered.
2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, a holder who fails to report, pay or deliver property within the time prescribed by this chapter or fails to perform other duties imposed by this chapter shall pay to the Administrator, in addition to interest as provided in subsection 1, a civil penalty of $200 for each day the report, payment or delivery is withheld or the duty is not performed, up to a maximum of $5,000.
3. A holder who willfully fails to report, pay or deliver property within the time prescribed by this chapter or willfully fails to perform other duties imposed by this chapter shall pay to the Administrator, in addition to interest as provided in subsection 1, a civil penalty of $1,000 for each day the report, payment or delivery is withheld or the duty is not performed, up to a maximum of $25,000, plus 25 percent of the value of any property that should have been but was not reported.
4. A holder who makes a fraudulent report shall pay to the Administrator, in addition to interest as provided in subsection 1, a civil penalty of $1,000 for each day from the date a report under this chapter was due, up to a maximum of $25,000, plus 25 percent of the value of any property that should have been but was not reported.
5. The Administrator for good cause may waive, in whole or in part, interest under subsection 1 and penalties under subsections 2 and 3, and shall waive penalties if the holder acted in good faith and without negligence.
6. A holder who fails to make a payment as required by subsections 14 and 15 of NRS 120A.560 must be assessed by the Administrator a fee for each such payment in an amount equal to the greater of $50 or 2 percent of the amount of the payment.
(Added to NRS by 2007, 766; A 2019, 3018; 2023, 1062)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 120A - Unclaimed Property (Uniform Act) › NRS 120A.733 - Fraudulent claims; penalty.

Any person who knowingly makes a fraudulent claim from the Administrator on the property of another with the intent to deprive that person of the property shall be punished:
1. Where the value of the property involved is $650 or more, for a category C felony as provided in NRS 193.130. In addition to any other penalty, the court shall order the person to pay restitution.
2. Where the value of the property is less than $650, for a misdemeanor.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 3012)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 120A - Unclaimed Property (Uniform Act) › NRS 120A.737 - False statements; penalty.

A person is guilty of a misdemeanor:
1. If the person knowingly makes or causes to be made, either directly or indirectly, or through any agency whatsoever, any false statement in writing, with the intent that it be relied upon, respecting the right to claim property or money held by the Administrator, for the purpose of procuring the delivery of such property or money, for the benefit of either himself or herself or of another person; or
2. If the person, knowing that a false statement in writing has been made respecting the right to claim property held by the Administrator, procures upon the faith thereof, the delivery of such property or money for the benefit of either himself or herself or of another person.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 3012)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 122 - Marriage › NRS 122.001 - Definitions.

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 122.0015 to 122.006, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
(Added to NRS by 2009, 722; A 2011, 2044; 2013, 341; 2017, 1024)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 122 - Marriage › NRS 122.002 - "Commissioner township" defined.

"Commissioner township" means a township whose population is 15,500 or more, as most recently certified by the Governor pursuant to NRS 360.285, and which is located in a county whose population is 100,000 or more.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 765; A 1971, 1552; 1995, 247; 1997, 178; 2009, 723)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 122.171)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 122 - Marriage › NRS 122.004 - "Marriage officiant" defined.

"Marriage officiant" means a person, other than a minister, other church or religious official authorized to solemnize a marriage or notary public, who obtains a certificate of permission to perform marriages as provided in NRS 122.062 to 122.073, inclusive.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 1024)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 122 - Marriage › NRS 122.006 - "Other church or religious official authorized to solemnize a marriage" defined.

"Other church or religious official authorized to solemnize a marriage" means a person of any church or religious organization, other than a minister, who has been authorized to solemnize a marriage according to the usages of that church or religious organization.
(Added to NRS by 2009, 722; A 2013, 1186)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 122 - Marriage › NRS 122.010 - What constitutes marriage; no common-law marriages after March 29, 1943.

1. Marriage, so far as its validity in law is concerned, is a civil contract, to which the consent of the parties capable in law of contracting is essential. Consent alone will not constitute marriage; it must be followed by solemnization as authorized and provided by this chapter.
2. The provisions of subsection 1 requiring solemnization shall not invalidate any marriage contract in effect prior to March 29, 1943, to which the consent only of the parties capable in law of contracting the contract was essential.
[1:33:1861; A 1943, 279; 1943 NCL § 4050]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 122 - Marriage › NRS 122.020 - Persons capable of marriage.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 and NRS 122.025, two persons, regardless of gender, who are at least 18 years of age, not nearer of kin than second cousins or cousins of the half blood, and not having a spouse living, may be joined in marriage.
2. Two persons, regardless of gender, who are married to each other may be rejoined in marriage if the record of their marriage has been lost or destroyed or is otherwise unobtainable.
[Part 2:33:1861; A 1867, 88; 1891, 15; 1947, 445; 1943 NCL § 4051]—(NRS A 1961, 357; 1973, 1578; 1975, 1817; 1977, 279; 1981, 678; 2009, 1503; 2017, 755; 2019, 3660)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 122 - Marriage › NRS 122.025 - Marriage of minor who is 17 years of age: Consent of parent or guardian; authorization by court.

1. A minor who is 17 years of age may marry only if the minor has the consent of:
(a) Either parent; or
(b) The minor’s legal guardian,
and the minor also obtains authorization from a district court as provided in this section.
2. In extraordinary circumstances, a district court may authorize the marriage of a minor who is 17 years of age if the court finds, by clear and convincing evidence, after an evidentiary hearing in which both parties to the prospective marriage provide sworn testimony, that:
(a) Both parties to the prospective marriage are residents of this State;
(b) The marriage will serve the best interests of the minor; and
(c) The minor has the consent required by paragraph (a) or (b) of subsection 1.
Pregnancy alone does not establish that the best interests of the minor will be served by marriage, nor may pregnancy be required by a court as a condition necessary for its authorization for the marriage of the minor.
3. In determining the best interests of the minor for the purposes of subsection 2, the court shall consider, without limitation:
(a) The difference in age between the parties to the prospective marriage;
(b) The need for the marriage to occur before the minor reaches 18 years of age; and
(c) The emotional and intellectual maturity of the minor.
(Added to NRS by 1957, 316; A 1975, 1817; 1977, 279; 2019, 3660)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 122 - Marriage › NRS 122.030 - Documents constituting presumptive evidence of marriage.

1. With respect to any marriage solemnized before January 1, 1971, the original certificate and records of marriage made by the judge, justice or minister, as prescribed in this chapter, and the record thereof by the recorder of the county, or a copy or abstract of the record certified by the recorder, must be received in all courts and places as presumptive evidence of the fact of the marriage.
2. With respect to any marriage solemnized on or after January 1, 1971, the original certificate and records of marriage made by the judge, justice, minister or other church or religious official authorized to solemnize a marriage, notary public, commissioner of civil marriages, deputy commissioner of civil marriages, marriage officiant or mayor of an incorporated city, as prescribed in this chapter, and the record thereof by the county recorder or the county clerk, as the case may be, or a copy or abstract of the record certified by the county recorder or the county clerk, as the case may be, must be received in all courts and places as presumptive evidence of the fact of the marriage.
[14:33:1861; B § 207; BH § 483; C § 494; RL § 2350; NCL § 4062]—(NRS A 1969, 763; 1991, 69; 2007, 887; 2009, 723; 2013, 1186; 2017, 1024, 1196)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 122 - Marriage › NRS 122.045 - Preparation of affidavit of correction to correct information in marriage license; fees.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, if any information in a marriage license is incorrect, the county clerk may charge and collect from a person a fee of not more than $25 for the preparation of an affidavit of correction.
2. The county clerk may not charge and collect from a person any fee for the preparation of an affidavit of correction pursuant to subsection 1 if the only errors to be corrected in the marriage license are clerical errors that were made by the county clerk.
3. All fees collected by the county clerk pursuant to this section must be deposited in the county general fund.
(Added to NRS by 1999, 1322)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 122 - Marriage › NRS 122.050 - Form of marriage license.

The marriage license must contain the name of each applicant as shown in the documents presented pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 122.040. The marriage license must be substantially in the following form:
Marriage License
(Expires 1 Year After Issuance)
State of Nevada }
}ss.
County of................................................ }
These presents are to authorize any minister, other church or religious official authorized to solemnize a marriage, notary public or marriage officiant who has obtained a certificate of permission to perform marriages, any Supreme Court justice, judge of the Court of Appeals or district judge within this State, or justice of the peace within a township wherein the justice of the peace is permitted to solemnize marriages or if authorized pursuant to subsection 3 of NRS 122.080, or a municipal judge if authorized pursuant to subsection 4 of NRS 122.080, or any commissioner of civil marriages or his or her deputy within a commissioner township wherein they are permitted to solemnize marriages or any mayor if authorized pursuant to subsection 5 of NRS 122.080, to join in marriage ........ of (City, town or location) ........, State of ........ State of birth (If not in U.S.A., name of country) ........; Date of birth ........ Name of Parent No. 1 ........ State of birth of Parent No. 1 (If not in U.S.A., name of country) ........ Name of Parent No. 2 ........ State of birth of Parent No. 2 (If not in U.S.A., name of country) ........ Number of this marriage (1st, 2nd, etc.) ..... Former Spouse: Deceased ........ Divorced ........ Annulled ........ When ........ Where ........ And ........ of (City, town or location) ........, State of ........ State of birth (If not in U.S.A., name of country) ........; Date of birth ........ Name of Parent No. 1 ........ State of birth of Parent No. 1 (If not in U.S.A., name of country) ........ Name of Parent No. 2 ........ State of birth of Parent No. 2 (If not in U.S.A., name of country) ........ Number of this marriage (1st, 2nd, etc.) ........ Former Spouse: Deceased ........ Divorced ........ Annulled ........ When ........ Where ........; and to certify the marriage according to law.
Witness my hand and the seal of the county, this ..... day of the month of ………. of the year ............
(Seal) Clerk
Deputy clerk
[Part 5:33:1861; A 1867, 88; 1899, 47; 1919, 382; 1927, 49; 1947, 41; 1949, 91; 1943 NCL § 4053]—(NRS A 1967, 1291; 1969, 763; 1975, 436; 1981, 679; 1985, 243; 1987, 1420; 1993, 1461; 2001, 31; 2007, 1055; 2009, 723; 2013, 1186, 1746; 2017, 756, 1025, 1197, 1521; 2023, 1309)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 122 - Marriage › NRS 122.055 - Consolidation of forms for marriage; requirements and limitations on information on reverse of form.

1. The county clerk may place the affidavit of application for a marriage license, the certificate of marriage and the marriage license on a single form.
2. The county clerk shall have printed or stamped on the reverse of the form:
(a) Instructions for obtaining a certified copy or certified abstract of the certificate of marriage.
(b) Language in black ink and at least 16-point bold type in a font that is easy to read and that is in substantially the following form:
This is a duplicate of your certificate. This is not a certified copy. After the certificate has been recorded by the county recorder or filed by the county clerk, you may obtain a certified copy. For name changes and other legal matters, you will need to obtain a certified copy.
3. Nothing may be printed, stamped or written on the reverse of the form other than the instructions and language described in subsection 2 and a time stamp used by the county clerk to signify that the form has been filed.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 1419; A 1991, 69; 2007, 887; 2011, 1854; 2017, 1025)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 122 - Marriage › NRS 122.060 - Fees.

1. The county clerk is entitled to receive as his or her fee for issuing a marriage license the sum of $21.
2. The county clerk shall also at the time of issuing the marriage license:
(a) Collect the sum of $10 and:
(1) If the board of county commissioners has adopted an ordinance pursuant to NRS 246.100, deposit the sum into the county general fund pursuant to NRS 246.180 for filing the originally signed certificate of marriage described in NRS 122.120.
(2) If the board of county commissioners has not adopted an ordinance pursuant to NRS 246.100, pay it over to the county recorder as his or her fee for recording the originally signed certificate of marriage described in NRS 122.120.
(b) Collect the additional fee described in subsection 2 of NRS 246.180, if the board of county commissioners has adopted an ordinance authorizing the collection of such fee, and deposit the fee pursuant to NRS 246.190.
(c) Collect the additional fee imposed pursuant to NRS 246.075, if the board of county commissioners has adopted an ordinance imposing the fee.
3. The county clerk shall also at the time of issuing the marriage license collect the additional sum of $4 for the State of Nevada. The fees collected for the State must be paid over to the county treasurer by the county clerk on or before the fifth day of each month for the preceding calendar month, and must be placed to the credit of the State General Fund. The county treasurer shall remit quarterly all such fees deposited by the county clerk to the State Controller for credit to the State General Fund.
4. The county clerk shall also at the time of issuing the marriage license collect the additional sum of $50 for the Account for Aid for Victims of Domestic or Sexual Violence in the State General Fund. The fees collected for this purpose must be paid over to the county treasurer by the county clerk on or before the fifth day of each month for the preceding calendar month, and must be placed to the credit of that Account. The county treasurer shall, on or before the 15th day of each month, remit those fees deposited by the county clerk to the State Controller for credit to that Account.
5. Any fee charged and collected pursuant to this section is separate and distinct from any administrative fee charged and collected by a county clerk’s office, including, without limitation, a fee for certifying a copy of a marriage license.
[Part 5:33:1861; A 1867, 88; 1899, 47; 1919, 382; 1927, 49; 1947, 41; 1949, 91; 1943 NCL § 4053]—(NRS A 1957, 347; 1959, 740; 1960, 72; 1967, 1110; 1975, 437; 1979, 636; 1981, 382; 1983, 912; 1987, 26, 1421; 1991, 1678, 1679; 2001, 2918, 3216; 2003, 227; 2007, 887; 2009, 263; 2013, 3667; 2015, 2629; 2021, 3257)