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NRS 154.040 Receiver: Appointment on petition of Attorney General after filing of information; bond. 1. After the filing of an information as provided in NRS 154.020, and upon petition of the Attorney General, either before or after answer, upon notice to the person or persons ho…

NRS 154.060 Claimants may appear and plead to information. 1. All persons named in the information may appear and plead to the proceedings, and may traverse or deny the facts stated in the information and the title of the State to the estate at any time on or before the return da…

NRS 154.070 Judgment and costs. After the issues are tried, if it shall appear from the facts that the State has a good title to the estate mentioned in the information, or any part thereof, or if no defense be made by anyone, judgment shall be rendered that the State be seised t…

NRS 154.080 Sale of real property after judgment: Procedure. 1. Upon any judgment entered by a court of competent jurisdiction, escheating real property to the State, on petition of the Attorney General, or on petition of a personal representative of the estate, the court shall, …

NRS 154.100 Appeal from judgment. As in civil cases, the Attorney General, in behalf of the State, and any party who has appeared in any proceedings mentioned in NRS 154.060, has the right to appeal from any judgment rendered in the proceedings. [314:107:1941; 1931 NCL § 9882.314…

NRS 154.105 Sale of escheated property; deposit of proceeds. 1. The State Treasurer may sell at a public sale property in the custody of the State Treasurer which has escheated to the State. The State Treasurer shall cause public notice of the sale to be given. Any money received…

NRS 154.110 Duties of Director of State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. The Director of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources shall keep a true record or description of all real property vested in the State by escheat. All real property must…

NRS 154.115 Duties of State Controller. The State Controller shall: 1. Keep a true account of all money paid into the State Treasury for credit to the Fund for Escheated Estates and of all real and personal property vested in the State by escheat. 2. Account separately for the pr…

NRS 154.120 Proceedings for recovery of property. 1. If, within 6 years after any judgment escheating property to the State, any person claims any money or property vested in the State by the judgment, the person may file a petition in the district court of Carson City, stating t…

NRS 154.130 Person furnishing information entitled to percentage of value of recovered property. Any person furnishing original information of any property escheatable to the State of Nevada, with the necessary evidence to sustain the information in that behalf, to the court of t…

NRS 154.140 Deposit of money from escheated estates. All money received by the State from escheated estates must be deposited in the State Treasury for credit to the Fund for Escheated Estates which is hereby created as a trust fund. [318:107:1941; 1931 NCL § 9882.318]—(NRS A 195…

NRS 154.150 Petition to acquire title to escheated property. 1. A person desiring to acquire title to any individual item or real property which has escheated to the State must proceed by petition to the Director of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources on fo…

NRS 154.160 Petition to be accompanied by purchase price and fees. The petition must be accompanied by: 1. The purchase price in the amount of the petitioner’s offer for the real property desired. 2. A sufficient sum to cover the cost of advertising. 3. A fee of $5. [3:55:1941; 1…

NRS 154.170 Notice of sale: Posting, publication and contents; rejection of bids. 1. The Director of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources shall issue a receipt to the petitioner for the amount deposited in his or her trust and shall without any unnecessary d…

NRS 154.180 Costs borne by purchaser. The person to whom the title passes must pay the cost of advertising and the petition fee. When the title passes to a person other than the person who made the petition, the original petitioner must be reimbursed all moneys deposited by him o…