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2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 108 - Statutory Liens › NRS 108.353 - Contesting validity of lien on motor vehicle.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 7, a person contesting the validity of a lien on a motor vehicle may file, in addition to any other civil action authorized by law, a notice of opposition to the lien in the justice court in the jurisdiction where the motor vehicle is located. A person may file a notice of opposition within 7 calendar days after receiving a notice of lien and must include the facts supporting the opposition. The person filing the notice shall serve copies of the notice upon the lien claimant and the Department of Motor Vehicles.
2. Upon the filing of the notice of opposition to the lien, the justice of the peace shall schedule a hearing on the notice, which must be held not later than 14 calendar days after service of the notice but not sooner than 5 calendar days after service of the notice. The justice of the peace shall affix the date of the hearing to the notice and order that a copy be served upon the lien claimant within 5 calendar days after the date of the order.
3. The justice of the peace shall:
(a) Dismiss the objections to the lien claim;
(b) Declare the lien invalid and issue a writ of possession; or
(c) Declare the amount of the lien if the amount of the lien is different from that described by the lien claimant.
A lien is invalid if a body shop or garage operator fails to comply with the provisions of subsection 1 of NRS 487.567, NRS 487.6875 or 487.6877.
4. If a writ of possession is issued pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 3, the writ must:
(a) Be directed to the sheriff within whose jurisdiction the motor vehicle is located;
(b) Describe the motor vehicle to be seized and specify the location where, as determined by the justice of the peace from all the evidence, there is probable cause to believe the motor vehicle will be found; and
(c) Direct the levying office to seize the motor vehicle if it is found and return the motor vehicle to the registered owner.
5. The scope of a notice of opposition to a lien filed pursuant to this section is limited to judicial review of the procedures set forth in subsection 1 of NRS 487.567, NRS 487.6875 and 487.6877, the reasonableness of storage costs and compliance with the notice provisions of this section and NRS 108.265 to 108.367, inclusive.
6. After receipt of a notice of opposition to a lien or other notice pursuant to any proceeding to contest the validity of a lien on a motor vehicle, the Department of Motor Vehicles shall not transfer the title to the motor vehicle that is subject to the lien until the matter has been adjudicated.
7. This section does not:
(a) Affect the rights of a secured party pursuant to chapters 104 to 104C, inclusive, of NRS.
(b) Apply to a lien asserted by the operator of a tow car holding a certificate of public convenience and necessity issued pursuant to NRS 706.4463.
8. As used in this section:
(a) "Body shop" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 487.532.
(b) "Garage operator" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 487.545.
(Added to NRS by 2021, 2132)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 108 - Statutory Liens › NRS 108.355 - Contesting validity of lien on mobile home or manufactured home.

1. A person contesting the validity of a lien on a mobile home or manufactured home may file a notice of opposition to the lien in the justice court in whose jurisdiction the mobile home or manufactured home is located. The notice of opposition must be filed within 5 days after the person filing the notice receives the notice of sale by auction, must be made on a form provided by the clerk of the justice court and must include the facts supporting the notice. The person filing the notice shall serve certified copies of it upon the lien claimant and the Housing Division of the Department of Business and Industry.
2. Upon the filing of the notice of opposition to the lien, the justice of the peace shall schedule a hearing on the notice, which must be held as soon as practicable but not sooner than 5 days after service of the notice. The justice of the peace shall affix the date of the hearing to the notice and order that a copy be served upon the lien claimant within 5 days after the date of the order.
3. The justice of the peace shall either dismiss the objections to the lien claim, declare the lien invalid or declare the amount of the lien if it is different from that described by the lien claimant.
4. After receipt of a notice of opposition to a lien or other notice pursuant to any proceeding to contest the validity of a lien, the Housing Division of the Department of Business and Industry shall not transfer the title to the mobile home or manufactured home that is the subject of the lien until the matter has been adjudicated.
5. This section does not affect the rights of a secured party pursuant to chapters 104 to 104C, inclusive, of NRS.
(Added to NRS by 1991, 1717; A 1993, 1508; 2009, 1926; 2017, 3606)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 108 - Statutory Liens › NRS 108.357 - Administrative fine for violation of NRS 108.265 to 108.367, inclusive, or related regulation; deposit of fines; enforcement proceedings.

1. The Department of Motor Vehicles may impose an administrative fine, not to exceed $2,500, for a violation of any provision of NRS 108.265 to 108.367, inclusive, relating to vehicles required to be registered with the Department pursuant to chapter 482 of NRS, or any regulation adopted by the Department pursuant thereto. The Department shall afford to any person so fined an opportunity for a hearing pursuant to the provisions of NRS 233B.121.
2. All administrative fines collected by the Department of Motor Vehicles pursuant to subsection 1 must be deposited with the State Treasurer to the credit of the State Highway Fund.
3. In addition to any other remedy provided by this chapter, the Department of Motor Vehicles may compel compliance with this section and any provision of NRS 108.265 to 108.367, inclusive, relating to vehicles required to be registered with the Department pursuant to chapter 482 of NRS, and any regulation adopted by the Department pursuant thereto, by injunction or other appropriate remedy and the Department may institute and maintain in the name of the State of Nevada any such enforcement proceedings.
(Added to NRS by 2005, 1246)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 108 - Statutory Liens › NRS 108.360 - Penalty for incurring bill without authority or by misrepresentation.

Any person who incurs a bill upon a motor vehicle, aircraft, motorcycle, motor or aircraft equipment, aircraft parts, trailer, recreational vehicle, mobile home or manufactured home, without the authority of the owner thereof, or by misrepresentation, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
[9:95:1943; A 1945, 358; 1943 NCL § 3779.09] + [10:95:1943; 1943 NCL § 3779.10] + [11:211:1945; 1943 NCL § 3779.11]—(NRS A 1967, 529; 1983, 1042; 1991, 1722; 1993, 2042)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 108 - Statutory Liens › NRS 108.365 - Penalty for committing certain acts involving motor vehicle.

Any person is guilty of a gross misdemeanor who knowingly:
1. Makes or causes to be made a false entry on any affidavit of lien sale or on any lien sale registration certificate for a motor vehicle;
2. Makes or causes to be made a false entry on a certificate of title as to ownership or any security interest that may exist in a motor vehicle;
3. Fails to disclose any information which would indicate that a vehicle sold or offered for sale is or should be considered a salvage or nonrepairable vehicle; or
4. Falsifies or causes to be falsified an application or other document submitted to the Department of Motor Vehicles to obtain:
(a) A certificate of title or ownership; or
(b) A salvage title or a certificate which indicates that the vehicle is nonrepairable as defined in chapter 487 of NRS.
(Added to NRS by 2007, 3232)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 108 - Statutory Liens › NRS 108.367 - Penalty for violation of NRS 108.265 to 108.367, inclusive.

Except as otherwise provided in NRS 108.365, a person who violates any provision of NRS 108.265 to 108.367, inclusive, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Added to NRS by 2007, 3232)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 108 - Statutory Liens › NRS 108.370 - Lien for work and material furnished: Notice; sale; application of proceeds; lienholder may waive lien and sue for amount due.

1. Every person, firm or corporation engaged in performing work upon any watch, clock or jewelry, for a price, shall have a lien upon the watch, clock or jewelry for the amount of any account that may be due for the work done thereon. The lien shall also include the value or agreed price, if any, of all materials furnished by the lienholder in connection with the work.
2. If any account for work done or materials furnished shall remain unpaid for 1 year after completing the work, the lienholder may, upon 30 days’ notice in writing to the owner specifying the amount due and informing the owner that the payment of the amount due within 30 days will entitle the owner to redeem the property, sell any such article or articles at public or bona fide private sale to satisfy the account.
3. The notice may be served by registered or certified mail with return receipt demanded, directed to the owner’s last known address, or, if the owner or his or her address be unknown, it may be posted in two public places in the town or city where the property is located.
4. The proceeds of the sale, after paying the expenses thereof, shall first be applied to liquidate the indebtedness secured by the lien, and the balance, if any, shall be paid over to the owner.
5. Nothing contained in this section shall be construed as preventing the lienholder from waiving the lien herein provided for, and suing upon the amount if the lienholder elects to do so.
[1:128:1939; 1931 NCL § 3780]—(NRS A 1969, 95)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 108 - Statutory Liens › NRS 108.380 - Storage of unclaimed freight by carriers and warehousemen.

When any goods, merchandise or other property has been received by any railroad or express company, or other common carrier, commission merchant, forwarding merchant, or warehouseman, for transportation or safekeeping, and is not delivered to the owner, consignee or other authorized person, the carrier, commission merchant, forwarding merchant or warehouseman may hold or store the same with some responsible person until the freight and all just and reasonable charges on same are paid.
[1:42:1875; BH § 4964; C § 5030; RL § 537; NCL § 637]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 108 - Statutory Liens › NRS 108.390 - Failure of consignee to accept freight after notice releases carrier from further liability.

If a consignee does not accept and remove freight within 24 hours after notice has been served on the consignee by the carrier, the carrier is released from further liability, by placing the freight in a suitable warehouse on storage, or the carrier may hold the same upon the carrier’s responsibility as a warehouseman.
[2:42:1875; BH § 4965; C § 5031; RL § 538; NCL § 638]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 108 - Statutory Liens › NRS 108.400 - Service of notice.

If the consignee’s place of residence or business be unknown, notice may be served on the consignee through the post office, and the carrier may place the freight in a suitable warehouse on storage and give notice thereof to the consignor.
[3:42:1875; BH § 4966; C § 5032; RL § 539; NCL § 639]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 108 - Statutory Liens › NRS 108.410 - Sale of perishable freight to satisfy lien.

If from any cause, other than want of ordinary care and diligence, a common carrier is unable to deliver perishable property transported and collect charges thereon, the common carrier may cause the property to be sold in open market to satisfy a lien of freightage.
[4:42:1875; BH § 4967; C § 5033; RL § 540; NCL § 640]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 108 - Statutory Liens › NRS 108.420 - Sale of unclaimed freight to pay charges: Notice; disposition of surplus; sales of baggage.

1. If no person calls for the freight or other property received by the railroad, express company or other common carrier, commission merchant, forwarding merchant or warehouseman within 60 days from the receipt thereof, the carrier, forwarding merchant, commission merchant or warehouseman may sell the property, or so much thereof, at auction to the highest bidders, as will pay freight and other just and reasonable charges, first having given notice as provided in subsection 2.
2. The railroad, express company or other common carrier, commission merchant, forwarding merchant or warehouseman shall, before the sale provided for in subsection 1, give notice of the time and place of sale to the owner, consignee or consignor, when known, and by advertisement in a daily newspaper 10 days, or if a weekly newspaper, 4 weeks, published where the sale is to take place. If there is no newspaper published at the place where the sale is to take place, notice shall be given by posting a notice of the sale conspicuously in at least three public places.
3. If any surplus is left after paying freight, storage, cost of advertising and other reasonable charges, the same must be paid over to the owner of the property at any time thereafter, on demand being made therefor within 6 months after the sale.
4. Any trunk or valise, with its contents, shall be held 6 months before being advertised for sale.
[5:42:1875; BH § 4968; C § 5034; RL § 541; NCL § 641]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 108 - Statutory Liens › NRS 108.430 - Disposition of unclaimed surplus.

If the owner, or the owner’s agent, fails to demand the surplus within 6 months from the time of the sale, then it shall be paid over to the county treasurer of the county in which the sale is made, to be held by the county treasurer for a period of 12 months, subject to the order of the owner, after which time, if the same is not paid to the owner, or the owner’s authorized agent, or some person legally entitled to receive the same, it shall be paid over to the treasurer of the county where the sale is made, who shall pay the same over to the State Treasurer for the benefit of the State Permanent School Fund.
[6:42:1875; BH § 4969; C § 5035; RL § 542; NCL § 642]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 108 - Statutory Liens › NRS 108.440 - Right of bailee to sell property on bailor’s failure to pay storage charges.

1. When any property to be placed in storage has been received by any person, firm or corporation acting as bailee for hire of the property to be placed in storage in any room, building or other structure belonging to or leased by the bailee, the bailee may, in accordance with the provisions of NRS 108.450, sell the property at public auction to the highest bidder if the bailor has failed to pay the storage charges on the property.
2. The sale must not be made in any manner which is contrary to any agreement between the bailor and the bailee.
[Part 1:173:1909; RL § 534; NCL § 634]—(NRS A 1981, 1038)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 108 - Statutory Liens › NRS 108.450 - Notice and advertisement of sale; redemption of property.

1. The bailee shall notify the bailor of the intended sale as follows:
(a) The notice must be delivered in person or sent by mail to the last known address of the bailor.
(b) The notice must include a statement of the claim, a description of the goods, a demand for full payment and a statement that the goods will be advertised for sale and sold at public auction unless payment is made in full before the time and date of the sale specified in the notice.
2. An advertisement of the sale must be published once a week for 2 weeks consecutively in a newspaper of general circulation in the town or township where the bailee resides. The advertisement must include a description of the goods, the name of the person on whose account they are being held, and the time and place of the sale. The first publication of the advertisement must take place at least 15 days after the date on which the notice was delivered or mailed, and the sale must take place at least 15 days after the first publication. If there is no newspaper of general circulation in the town or township where the bailee resides, the notice may be given by posting notices in three or more public places in the town or township for at least 10 days before the sale.
3. The bailor may redeem the property at any time before the public auction by paying to the bailee the amount of storage charges, charges for late payment, costs of advertising and storage charges incurred by the bailee on account of the property. A bailor has no right to redeem the property if it has been sold at an auction held at the time and place specified in the notice.
[Part 1:173:1909; RL § 534; NCL § 634]—(NRS A 1981, 1038)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 108 - Statutory Liens › NRS 108.460 - Disposition of proceeds of sale.

Out of the proceeds of the sale the bailee may pay all just claims against the property sold, including the bailee’s charges for storage. If there be any surplus after all just claims are satisfied, the bailee shall pay the same to the bailor, if the bailor’s address be known; if not, then the bailee shall deposit the same with the county treasurer of the county wherein the sale was made, who shall hold the same for 1 year for the benefit of the owner, and if no owner appear to claim the surplus it shall be paid over to the State Treasurer for the benefit of the State Permanent School Fund.
[2:173:1909; RL § 535; NCL § 635]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 108 - Statutory Liens › NRS 108.470 - Provisions not applicable to pawnbrokers or moneylenders.

The provisions of NRS 108.440 to 108.460, inclusive, shall in no case be construed to affect any person, persons, firm or corporation doing a pawnbroking or moneylending business in this state, and not acting as bailee for hire within the intendment of NRS 108.440 to 108.460, inclusive.
[3:173:1909; RL § 536; NCL § 636]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 108 - Statutory Liens › NRS 108.473 - Definitions.

As used in NRS 108.473 to 108.4783, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 108.4731 to 108.4748, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
(Added to NRS by 1983, 1665; A 2011, 1825; 2013, 1256)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 108 - Statutory Liens › NRS 108.4734 - "Last known address" defined.

"Last known address" means the postal and electronic mail address, if any, provided by an occupant in the most recent rental agreement between the owner and the occupant, or the postal and electronic mail address, if any, provided by the occupant in a written notice sent to the owner with a change of the occupant’s address after the execution of the rental agreement.
(Added to NRS by 2013, 1256)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 108 - Statutory Liens › NRS 108.4735 - "Occupant" defined.

"Occupant" includes a person or a person’s sublessee, successor or assignee who is entitled to the exclusive use of an individual storage space at a facility pursuant to a rental agreement.
(Added to NRS by 1983, 1666; A 2011, 1825)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 108 - Statutory Liens › NRS 108.4743 - "Personal property" defined.

"Personal property" means any property not affixed to land and includes, without limitation, merchandise, furniture, household items, motor vehicles, boats, personal watercraft and trailers used to transport motor vehicles, boats or personal watercraft.
(Added to NRS by 1983, 1666; A 2011, 1825; 2019, 1449)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 108 - Statutory Liens › NRS 108.4744 - "Protected property" defined.

"Protected property" means personal property, the sale of which or prohibition against the sale of which is regulated by state or federal law. The term includes, without limitation:
1. Documents, film or electronic data that contain personal information, such as social security numbers, credit or debit card information, bank account information, passport information and medical or legal records relating to clients, customers, patients or others in connection with an occupant’s business.
2. Pharmaceuticals other than those dispensed by a licensed pharmacy for use by an occupant.
3. Alcoholic beverages.
4. Firearms.
(Added to NRS by 2011, 1824)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 108 - Statutory Liens › NRS 108.475 - Use of storage space for residence prohibited; nature of facility; effect of issuance of document of title for property.

1. It is unlawful to use a storage space at a facility for a residence.
2. A facility shall not be deemed to be a warehouse or a public utility.
3. If an owner of a facility issues a warehouse receipt, bill of lading or other document of title for the personal property stored in a storage space at the facility, the owner and the occupant are subject to the provisions of NRS 104.7101 to 104.7603, inclusive, and the provisions of NRS 108.473 to 108.4783, inclusive, do not apply.
(Added to NRS by 1983, 1666; A 1989, 212; 2005, 885; 2011, 1825; 2013, 1256)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 108 - Statutory Liens › NRS 108.4753 - Lien of owner of facility; priority of lien created by document of title.

1. The owner of a facility and the owner’s heirs, assignees or successors have a possessory lien, from the date the rent for a storage space at the facility is due and unpaid, on all personal property, including protected property, located in the storage space for the rent, late fees imposed pursuant to NRS 108.4758, labor or other charges incurred by the owner pursuant to a rental agreement and for those expenses reasonably incurred by the owner to preserve, sell or otherwise dispose of the personal property.
2. Any lien created by a document of title for a motor vehicle or boat has priority over a lien attaching to that motor vehicle or boat pursuant to NRS 108.473 to 108.4783, inclusive.
(Added to NRS by 1983, 1666; A 2011, 1825; 2013, 1256)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 108 - Statutory Liens › NRS 108.4758 - Late fees.

1. An owner may impose a reasonable late fee for each month that an occupant does not pay rent for a storage space when due if the amount of late fee is stated in the rental agreement or an addendum to such an agreement.
2. A late fee of $20 or 20 percent of the monthly rental amount, whichever is greater, for each month of a late rental payment shall be deemed to be a reasonable late fee and shall not constitute a penalty.
3. A late fee imposed pursuant to this section is not interest on a debt or a cost incurred by an owner in enforcing the owner’s lien pursuant to NRS 108.4763 or enforcing any other remedy provided by any statute or contract.
4. As used in this section, "late fee" means a fee or charge assessed by an owner for an occupant’s failure to pay rent for a storage space when due.
(Added to NRS by 2013, 1256)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 108 - Statutory Liens › NRS 108.476 - Unpaid charges: Denial of occupant’s access to storage space; termination of occupant’s right to use storage space; notice; imposition of lien.

1. If any charges for rent or other items owed by the occupant remain unpaid for 10 days or more, the owner may deny the occupant access to the storage space at the facility for which charges are owed.
2. If any charges for rent or other items owed by the occupant remain unpaid for 14 days or more, the owner may terminate the occupant’s right to use the storage space at the facility, for which charges are owed, not less than 14 days after sending a notice by verified mail or, if available, by electronic mail to the occupant at his or her last known address and to the alternative address provided by the occupant in the rental agreement. The notice must contain:
(a) An itemized statement of the amount owed by the occupant at the time of the notice and the date when the amount became due;
(b) The name, address and telephone number of the owner or the owner’s agent;
(c) A statement that the occupant’s right to use the storage space will terminate on a specific date unless the occupant pays the amount owed to the owner; and
(d) A statement that upon the termination of the occupant’s right to occupy the storage space and after the date specified in the notice, an owner’s lien pursuant to NRS 108.4753, will be imposed.
(Added to NRS by 1983, 1666; A 1985, 238; 2011, 1827; 2013, 1257)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 108 - Statutory Liens › NRS 108.4765 - Occupant’s declaration in opposition to sale.

The occupant may prevent a sale of the personal property to satisfy the lien if the occupant executes a declaration in opposition to the sale under penalty of perjury and returns the declaration to the owner by verified mail. The declaration must contain the following:
1. The name, address and signature of the occupant;
2. The location of the personal property which is to be sold to satisfy a lien;
3. The date the declaration was executed by the occupant; and
4. A statement that:
(a) The occupant has received the notice of the sale to satisfy the lien;
(b) The occupant opposes the sale of the property; and
(c) The occupant understands that any action concerning the validity of the lien must be commenced not later than 21 days after the date on which the owner receives the declaration in opposition to the sale as required pursuant to NRS 108.477.
(Added to NRS by 1983, 1667; A 2011, 1828)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 108 - Statutory Liens › NRS 108.477 - Sale of occupant’s property by owner: Advertisement; manner; distribution of proceeds.

1. If the declaration in opposition to the lien sale executed by the occupant is not received by the date of the sale specified in the notice mailed to the occupant, the owner may sell the property.
2. The owner shall advertise the sale once a week for 2 consecutive weeks immediately preceding the date of the sale in a newspaper of general circulation in the judicial district where the sale is to be held. The advertisement must contain:
(a) A general description of the personal property to be sold;
(b) The name of the occupant;
(c) The number of the individual storage space at the facility where the personal property was stored; and
(d) The name and address of the facility.
3. If there is no newspaper of general circulation in the judicial district where the sale is to be held, the advertisement must be posted 10 days before the sale in at least six conspicuous places near the place of the sale.
4. The sale must be conducted in a commercially reasonable manner.
5. After deducting the amount of the lien and the costs of the sale, the owner shall retain any excess proceeds from the sale on the behalf of the occupant.
6. The occupant or any person authorized by the occupant or by an order of the court may claim the excess proceeds or the portion of the proceeds necessary to satisfy the person’s claim at any time within 1 year after the date of the sale. After 1 year, the owner shall pay any proceeds remaining from the sale to the treasurer of the county where the sale was held for deposit in the general fund of the county.
(Added to NRS by 1983, 1668; A 1985, 1163; 2011, 1829)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 108 - Statutory Liens › NRS 108.4773 - Claim of property subject to security interest.

1. Any person who has a security interest in the personal property perfected pursuant to NRS 104.9101 to 104.9709, inclusive, may claim the personal property which is subject to the security interest and to the lien for storage charges by paying the amount due, as specified in the preliminary notice of the lien, for the storage of the property, if no declaration in opposition to the sale to satisfy the lien has been executed and returned by the occupant to the owner.
2. Upon payment of the total amount due pursuant to this section, the owner shall deliver the personal property subject to the security interest to the person holding such interest and paying the amount of the owner’s lien. The owner is not liable to any person for any action taken pursuant to this section if the owner complied with the provisions of NRS 108.473 to 108.4783, inclusive.
(Added to NRS by 1983, 1668; A 1999, 387; 2011, 1829)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 108 - Statutory Liens › NRS 108.4775 - Satisfaction of lien by person claiming interest in property.

Before the sale to satisfy the lien, any person claiming an interest in the personal property may pay the amount necessary to satisfy the lien and the reasonable expenses incurred by the owner to protect the lien. If this is done, the personal property must not be sold, but the owner shall retain the property pending an order by a court which directs the disposition of the property.
(Added to NRS by 1983, 1669)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 108 - Statutory Liens › NRS 108.478 - Effect of occupant’s execution of declaration in opposition to sale; effect of occupant’s commencement of action; stay of enforcement of a judgment pending appeal.

If the owner receives a declaration in opposition to the sale before the date set forth in the notice of the sale to satisfy the lien:
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the owner must not sell the property until at least 30 days after the date on which the owner receives the declaration in opposition to the sale.
2. The occupant must file a complaint in a court of competent jurisdiction not later than 21 days after the date on which the owner receives the declaration in opposition to the sale. If such an action is commenced, the owner must not sell the property unless the court enters judgment in favor of the owner.
3. If the occupant does not commence an action within 21 days after the date on which the owner receives the declaration in opposition to the sale, or if the court enters judgment in favor of the owner, the owner may advertise the property for sale and sell the property as provided in NRS 108.477.
4. The occupant may stay the enforcement of a judgment pending an appeal by posting with the court which entered the judgment a bond in an amount equal to 1.5 times the amount of the judgment. If the occupant posts such a bond, the court may order the owner to return the personal property to the occupant.
(Added to NRS by 1983, 1669; A 2011, 1830)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 108 - Statutory Liens › NRS 108.4783 - Purchaser of property at sale to satisfy lien or enforce judgment takes free of any party’s interest; exception for protected property found in storage space.

Any person who purchases the personal property in good faith at a sale to satisfy the lien or a sale to enforce a judgment on a lien:
1. Does not acquire ownership of any protected property found in the storage space. The person who purchased the protected property in good faith at a sale to satisfy the lien shall, as soon as reasonably practicable, return the protected property to the occupant or, if the occupant cannot be found after reasonable diligence, to the owner, who shall dispose of the protected property in accordance with the provisions of subsection 5 of NRS 108.4763.
2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 1, takes the property free and clear of the rights of any party, even though the owner who conducted the sale may have failed to comply with the provisions of NRS 108.473 to 108.4783, inclusive.
(Added to NRS by 1983, 1669; A 2011, 1830)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 108 - Statutory Liens › NRS 108.480 - Lien on personal property; sale after 30 days after default.

1. Except as provided in subsection 2, every hotel, inn, motel, motor court, boardinghouse or lodging house proprietor or proprietors, or person who lets rooms to lodgers for hire, shall have a lien upon all property belonging to any patron, guest, boarder or tenant brought within the hotel, inn, motel, motor court, boardinghouse, lodging house or rooms for the amount that may be due from any such person for boarding, lodging, rent or for money paid or advanced, and for such other extras as are furnished at the request of any patron, guest, boarder or tenant, and is authorized to retain possession of such property until the innkeeper’s lien and the cost of enforcing it are satisfied.
2. Tools or implements necessary to carry on the trade or employment of, and required work uniforms belonging to, such patron, guest, boarder or tenant are exempt from the provisions of this section.
3. At any time after 30 days after default made in the payment of a debt secured by a lien upon personal property as in this section provided, such lien may be foreclosed by sale of the property or some part thereof as provided in NRS 108.500.
[1:35:1867; A 1953, 361]—(NRS A 1957, 122; 1967, 406)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 108 - Statutory Liens › NRS 108.490 - Sale of baggage or property left at hotel, motel, lodging house or boardinghouse.

All baggage or property of whatever description left at a hotel, inn, motel, motor court, boardinghouse or lodging house for the period of 60 days may be sold at public auction by the proprietor or proprietors thereof as provided in NRS 108.500.
[2:35:1867; A 1953, 361]—(NRS A 1957, 122)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 108 - Statutory Liens › NRS 108.500 - Sales at public auction: Notice; disposition of proceeds.

1. All sales made under NRS 108.480 and 108.490 shall be made at public auction.
2. No sale shall be valid unless notice of the sale is published at least once a week for 2 successive weeks prior to the sale in some newspaper published in the county in which the sale is to take place or, in case no newspaper is published therein, by posting notices at least 10 days prior to the sale in at least three public places in the county, two of which shall be in the township where the property is to be offered for sale.
3. The notice shall:
(a) Give a description of the property to be sold.
(b) Give the time and place of the sale.
(c) Give the name of the hotel, inn, motel, motor court, boardinghouse or lodging house at which the property or baggage was left.
(d) Give the name of the owner of the property when known.
(e) Be signed by the person conducting the sale.
4. If the name and residence of the owner of the property upon which the lien is to be foreclosed is known, a copy of the notice shall, at the time of the posting or publication, be delivered to the owner, if the owner resides in the county; otherwise, it shall be mailed to the owner’s last known place of residence.
5. After paying all costs of keeping the property until the time of sale, the reasonable costs of the sale and the amount due the lien claimant, the remainder, if any, shall be paid to the county treasurer of the county in which the lien is foreclosed with a statement of the innkeeper’s claim, the costs of enforcing it, a copy of the published or posted notice, and the amount received for the property sold at the sale. The residue shall be paid into the county school district fund, subject to a right of the guest or boarder, or the representative of the guest or boarder, to reclaim it within 6 months from the date of the deposit.
[3:35:1867; A 1953, 361]—(NRS A 1957, 122; 1959, 23; 1971, 513)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 108 - Statutory Liens › NRS 108.515 - Lien on baggage or property left at establishment; sale of baggage or property; disposition of proceeds.

1. If a person removes a child from a child care establishment or abandons a child in that establishment for 3 months, the keeper or proprietor of that establishment may sell or cause to be sold at public auction any baggage or property left at that establishment. The sale must be made in the manner provided in NRS 108.480, 108.490 and 108.500.
2. The proceeds of the sale, after payment of any indebtedness due for the care of the child and the costs of the sale, must be paid to the county treasurer to be held for 6 months for the benefit of the owner of the property sold.
3. If the proceeds are not paid to the owner or any other person entitled to receive them within that period, the proceeds must be deposited in the county school district fund of the county.
4. As used in this section:
(a) "Care" includes board, laundry, lodging, teaching, incidental materials and supplies, necessary articles of apparel or clothing and necessary medical, nursing or hospital service for which a child care establishment is liable.
(b) "Child care establishment" includes any children’s home, day nursery, kindergarten, nursery school or other similar establishment however designated, maintained or operated for the care of children for compensation or hire.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 1299)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 108 - Statutory Liens › NRS 108.540 - Lien upon animals; priority; demand for payment; foreclosure; penalty for taking or driving away animal.

1. Any person furnishing feed, pasture or otherwise boarding any animal or animals, at the request or with the consent of the owner or the owner’s representative, has a lien upon the animal or animals, and may retain possession thereof until the sum due for the feed, pasture or board has been paid. Such a lien is subordinate only to such other liens of third persons as have been placed on record, as required by law, in the county where the feed, pasture or board was or is being furnished.
2. Before foreclosing the lien by sale, the person furnishing the feed, pasture or board shall mail a registered or certified letter to the owner, or purported owner, of the animal or animals, at the owner’s, or purported owner’s, last known address. The letter must demand payment of all money due for the feed, pasture or board, and must inform the owner that if payment is not made the lien will be foreclosed by sale. If payment is not made within 30 days from the date of mailing the registered or certified letter, the lien may be foreclosed by sale, in the manner provided by NRS 108.550.
3. Any person who takes and drives away any such animal or animals, while in the possession of the person feeding, pasturing or boarding them, without the consent of the person feeding, pasturing or boarding them, and without first having paid all reasonable charges due thereon, is guilty of a misdemeanor. Nothing contained in this subsection releases the owner of the animal or animals from the amount of any lien which may be due thereon, under this section.
[1911 CPA § 557; RL § 5499; NCL § 9046] + [1911 CPA § 558; RL § 5500; NCL § 9047] + [3:20:1866; B § 146; BH § 3834; C § 3907; RL § 2232; NCL § 3754]—(NRS A 1959, 157; 1967, 529; 1969, 95; 1985, 507)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 108 - Statutory Liens › NRS 108.560 - Disposition of livestock in settlement of pasturage or feed bills: Appraisement; sale; right of redemption.

1. If the bill or claim for pasturage or feed for livestock in the judgment of the person furnishing the pasturage or feed equals the value of the livestock pastured or fed, and the owner of the livestock has failed or neglected to pay for the pasturage or feed, the person furnishing the pasturage or feed may have the livestock appraised by three competent and disinterested freeholders. If the appraisement does not exceed by 10 percent the amount of the unpaid pasturage or feed bill, upon the recording of the appraisement with the county recorder of the county in which the livestock is situated, the title to the livestock vests in the person furnishing the pasturage or feed and the person may sell the livestock, subject to the right of redemption mentioned in subsection 2.
2. At any time within 1 year after the recording of the appraisement, the original owner of the livestock may redeem the livestock from the possessor thereof by paying or tendering as payment to the possessor the amount of the appraisement together with 25 percent of the appraisement additional as damages. If payment or tender is not made by the original owner within 1 year after the recording of the appraisement, the title of the possessor of the livestock is absolute.
[1:177:1913; 1919 RL p. 2840; NCL § 3755] + [2:177:1913; 1919 RL p. 2840; NCL § 3756]—(NRS A 2001, 1754)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 108 - Statutory Liens › NRS 108.570 - Service of stallion: Lien on mare and offspring; penalties.

1. The owner or keeper of any stallion may advertise the terms upon which the owner or keeper will let such stallion to service, by publication thereof in some newspaper of the county where the stallion is kept, for 60 days during the season of each year, or by printed handbills conspicuously posted during such period in four or more public places in the county, including the place where the stallion is kept. The publication or posting, as aforesaid, of the terms of such service shall impart notice thereof to the owner of any mare served by such stallion during the season. In all actions and controversies in respect to the foal, the owner of the mare so served shall be deemed to have accepted and assented to the terms when so advertised and published or posted as provided herein.
2. When the terms of such service by any stallion, published or posted as provided in subsection 1, shall provide that the mare and foal will be held for the money due for the service of the stallion, then the owner or keeper of the stallion shall have a lien for such sum on the mare from the time of service and on the offspring of the mare served for the period of 1 year after the birth of such foal, which lien shall be preferred to any prior lien, encumbrance or mortgage whatever. The publication or posting, as aforesaid, of the terms of such service shall be deemed notice to any third person of the existence of such lien.
3. Any person who shall sell, convey or dispose of any animal upon which there exists a lien, as created in subsection 2, without the written consent of the person holding such lien, and without informing the person to whom the same is sold or conveyed that the lien exists, or who shall injure or destroy such animal, or aid or abet the same, for the purpose of defrauding the lienor, or who shall remove or conceal or aid or abet in removing or concealing such animal, with intent to hinder, delay or defraud such lienor, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
[1:150:1913; 1919 RL p. 2850; NCL § 3757] + [2:150:1913; 1919 RL p. 2851; NCL § 3758] + [3:150:1913; 1919 RL p. 2851; NCL § 3759]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 108 - Statutory Liens › NRS 108.580 - Persons selling ore to reduction works have preferred liens.

Where ore is delivered to a custom mill or reduction works, and either sold to the mill or reduction works or worked at a percentage, the person or persons so furnishing ore to the mill or reduction works shall have a preferred lien upon the bullion product, and upon the ore not reduced as against attachment and other creditors.
[1911 CPA § 550; RL § 5492; NCL § 9039]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 108 - Statutory Liens › NRS 108.590 - Extent of lien; exception; lien in addition to lien on property.

1. Whenever any person receives hospitalization on account of any injury, and the injured person, or a personal representative after the person’s death, claims damages from the person responsible for causing the injury, the hospital has a lien upon any sum awarded the injured person or the personal representative by judgment or obtained by a settlement or compromise to the extent of the amount due the hospital for the reasonable value of the hospitalization rendered before the date of judgment, settlement or compromise.
2. The lien provided by this section is:
(a) Not valid against anyone coming under the provisions of chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, or chapter 617 of NRS.
(b) In addition to the lien provided by NRS 108.662.
[1:421:1955]—(NRS A 1985, 1646; 1999, 230)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 108 - Statutory Liens › NRS 108.600 - Limitations on extent of lien.

1. No rights or claims for liens under NRS 108.585 to 108.660, inclusive, shall be allowed for hospitalization rendered an injured person after a settlement has been effected by or on behalf of the party causing the injury.
2. No lien shall apply or be allowed against any sum incurred by the injured party for necessary attorney fees, costs and expenses incurred by the injured party in securing a settlement, compromise or recovering damages by an action at law.
[3:421:1955]—(NRS A 2017, 4117)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 108 - Statutory Liens › NRS 108.605 - Notice of intent to file lien required if hospital provides care to injured person covered by contracted third-party insurer and wishes to perfect lien; collection efforts; actions required if judgment or settlement; failure to comply; applicability.

1. If a hospital provides hospital care to an injured person who has a policy of health insurance issued by a third party that provides health coverage for care provided at the hospital and the hospital has a contractual agreement with the third party and wishes to be able to perfect a lien pursuant to NRS 108.610, the hospital shall, not later than 90 days after the termination of hospitalization, send a notice of intent to file a lien by registered or certified mail to:
(a) The insurance carrier, if known, which has insured against liability of the person alleged to be responsible for causing the injury and liable on account thereof and from which damages are claimed and any legal representative of that person; and
(b) The injured person or personal representative of the injured person, as applicable, and any legal representative of the injured person or personal representative.
2. Within 30 days after sending a notice pursuant to subsection 1, the hospital shall proceed with any efforts to collect on any amount owed to the hospital for the hospital care in accordance with the provisions of NRS 449A.159.
3. If an injured person or the personal representative of an injured person is awarded by judgment or obtains by a settlement or compromise a sum of money after a notice of intent to file a lien is received pursuant to this section:
(a) Any person receiving such notice shall provide written notice to the hospital of the judgment, settlement or compromise; and
(b) The insurance carrier and any attorney holding the money in trust shall proceed as if the lien is perfected pursuant to NRS 108.610 unless the hospital fails to comply with subsection 2.
4. If the hospital fails to comply with subsection 2, the notice of intent to file a lien shall be deemed void ab initio.
5. This section does not apply to Medicaid, Medicare, the Children’s Health Insurance Program or any other public program which may pay all or part of the bill.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 4116)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 108 - Statutory Liens › NRS 108.610 - Notice of lien required: Recording and service.

In order to perfect a lien provided by NRS 108.590, the hospital or the owner or operator thereof must comply with the provisions of NRS 108.605, if applicable, and:
1. Before the payment of any money to the injured person, the personal representative of the injured person or to a legal representative as compensation for injuries received, record a notice of lien, substantially in the form prescribed in NRS 108.620, containing an itemized statement of the amount claimed. The notice of lien must be filed with:
(a) The county recorder of the county wherein the hospital is located; and
(b) The county recorder of the county wherein the injury was suffered, if the injury was suffered in a county other than that wherein the hospital is located.
2. Before the date of judgment, settlement or compromise, serve a certified copy of the notice of lien by registered or certified mail upon the person alleged to be responsible for causing the injury and liable for damages on account thereof and from which damages are claimed.
3. Before the date of judgment, settlement or compromise, serve a certified copy of the notice of lien by registered or certified mail upon the insurance carrier, if known, which has insured against liability of the person alleged to be responsible for causing the injury and liable for damages on account thereof and from which damages are claimed.
[2:421:1955]—(NRS A 1969, 95; 2001, 1754; 2017, 4117)