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NRS 17.570 Determining money of the claim. 1. The money in which the parties to a transaction have agreed that payment is to be made is the proper money of the claim for payment. 2. If the parties to a transaction have not otherwise agreed, the proper money of the claim, as in ea…

NRS 17.580 Determining amount of money of certain contract claims. 1. If an amount contracted to be paid in a foreign money is measured by a specified amount of a different money, the amount to be paid is determined on the date of conversion. 2. If an amount contracted to be paid…

NRS 17.590 Asserting and defending foreign-money claim. 1. A person may assert a claim in a specified foreign money. If a foreign-money claim is not asserted, the claimant makes the claim in United States dollars. 2. An opposing party may allege and prove that a claim, in whole o…

NRS 17.600 Judgments and awards on foreign-money claims; times of money conversion; form of judgment. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, a judgment or award on a foreign-money claim must be stated in an amount of the money of the claim. 2. A judgment or award on a f…

NRS 17.610 Conversion of foreign money in distributive proceeding. The rate of exchange prevailing at or near the close of business on the day the distributive proceeding is initiated governs all exchanges of foreign money in a distributive proceeding. A foreign-money claimant in…

NRS 17.620 Prejudgment and judgment interest. 1. With respect to a foreign-money claim, recovery of prejudgment or pre-award interest and the rate of interest to be applied in the action or distributive proceeding, except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, are matters of the …

NRS 17.630 Enforcement of foreign judgments. 1. If an action is brought to enforce a judgment of another jurisdiction expressed in a foreign money and the judgment is recognized in this state as enforceable, the enforcing judgment must be entered as provided in NRS 17.600, whethe…

NRS 17.640 Determining United States dollar value of foreign-money claims for limited purposes. 1. Computations under this section are for the limited purposes of the section and do not affect computation of the equivalent in United States dollars of the money of the judgment for…

NRS 17.650 Effect of currency revalorization. 1. If, after an obligation is expressed or a loss is incurred in a foreign money, the country issuing or adopting that money substitutes a new money in place of that money, the obligation or the loss must be treated as if expressed or…

NRS 17.660 Supplementary general principles of law. Unless displaced by particular provisions of NRS 17.410 to 17.660, inclusive, the principles of law and equity, including the law merchant, and the law relative to capacity to contract, principal and agent, estoppel, fraud, misr…

NRS 17.700 Short title. NRS 17.700 to 17.820, inclusive, may be cited as the Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act. (Added to NRS by 2007, 147)

NRS 17.710 Definitions. As used in NRS 17.700 to 17.820, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 17.720 and 17.730 have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (Added to NRS by 2007, 147)

NRS 17.720 “Foreign country” defined. “Foreign country” means a government other than: 1. The United States; 2. A state, district, commonwealth, territory or insular possession of the United States; or 3. Any other government with regard to which the decision in this State as to …

NRS 17.730 “Foreign-country judgment” defined. “Foreign-country judgment” means a judgment of a court of a foreign country. (Added to NRS by 2007, 147)

NRS 17.740 Applicability. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, NRS 17.700 to 17.820, inclusive, apply to a foreign-country judgment to the extent that the judgment: (a) Grants or denies recovery of a sum of money; and (b) Under the law of the foreign country where ren…

NRS 17.750 Standards for recognition of foreign-country judgment. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 2 and 3, a court of this State shall recognize a foreign-country judgment to which NRS 17.700 to 17.820, inclusive, apply. 2. A court of this State may not recognize a…

NRS 17.760 Personal jurisdiction. 1. A foreign-country judgment may not be refused recognition for lack of personal jurisdiction if: (a) The defendant was served with process personally in the foreign country; (b) The defendant voluntarily appeared in the proceeding, other than f…

NRS 17.770 Procedure for recognition of foreign-country judgment. 1. If recognition of a foreign-country judgment is sought as an original matter, the issue of recognition shall be raised by filing an action seeking recognition of the foreign-country judgment. 2. If recognition o…

NRS 17.780 Effect of recognition of foreign-country judgment. If the court in a proceeding under NRS 17.770 finds that the foreign-country judgment is entitled to recognition under NRS 17.700 to 17.820, inclusive, then, to the extent that the foreign-country judgment grants or de…

NRS 17.790 Stay of proceedings pending appeal of foreign-country judgment. If a party establishes that an appeal from a foreign-country judgment is pending or will be taken, the court may stay any proceedings with regard to the foreign-country judgment until the appeal is conclud…

NRS 17.800 Statute of limitations. An action to recognize a foreign-country judgment must be commenced within the earlier of the time during which the foreign-country judgment is effective in the foreign country or 15 years from the date that the foreign-country judgment became e…

NRS 17.810 Uniformity of interpretation. In applying and construing the Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act, consideration must be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it. (Added to NRS b…

NRS 17.820 Saving clause. NRS 17.700 to 17.820, inclusive, do not prevent the recognition under principles of comity or otherwise of a foreign-country judgment not within the scope of NRS 17.700 to 17.820, inclusive. (Added to NRS by 2007, 149) REGISTRATION OF CANADIAN MONEY JUDG…

NRS 17.900 Short title. NRS 17.900 to 17.955, inclusive, may be cited as the Uniform Registration of Canadian Money Judgments Act. (Added to NRS by 2021, 509)

NRS 17.905 Definitions. As used in NRS 17.900 to 17.955, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 17.910 and 17.915 have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (Added to NRS by 2021, 509)

NRS 17.910 “Canada” defined. “Canada” means the sovereign nation of Canada and its provinces and territories. “Canadian” has a corresponding meaning. (Added to NRS by 2021, 509)

NRS 17.915 “Canadian judgment” defined. “Canadian judgment” means a judgment of a court of Canada, other than a judgment that recognizes the judgment of another foreign country. (Added to NRS by 2021, 509)

NRS 17.920 Applicability. 1. NRS 17.900 to 17.955, inclusive, apply to a Canadian judgment to the extent the judgment is within the scope of NRS 17.740, if recognition of the judgment is sought to enforce the judgment. 2. A Canadian judgment that grants both recovery of a sum of …

NRS 17.925 Registration of Canadian judgment. 1. A person seeking recognition of a Canadian judgment described in NRS 17.920 to enforce the judgment may register the judgment in the office of the clerk of a court in which an action for recognition of the judgment could be filed u…

NRS 17.930 Effect of registration. 1. Subject to subsection 2, a Canadian judgment registered under NRS 17.925 has the same effect provided in NRS 17.780 for a judgment a court determines to be entitled to recognition. 2. A Canadian judgment registered under NRS 17.925 may not be…

NRS 17.935 Notice of registration. 1. A person that registers a Canadian judgment under NRS 17.925 shall cause notice of registration to be served on the person against whom the judgment has been registered. 2. Notice under this section must be served in the same manner that a su…

NRS 17.940 Petition to vacate registration. 1. Not later than 30 days after notice under NRS 17.935 is served, the person against whom the judgment was registered may petition the court to vacate the registration. The court for cause may provide for a shorter or longer time for f…

NRS 17.945 Stay of enforcement of judgment pending determination of petition. A person that files a petition under subsection 1 of NRS 17.940 to vacate registration of a Canadian judgment may request the court to stay enforcement of the judgment pending determination of the petit…

NRS 17.950 Relationship to Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act. 1. NRS 17.900 to 17.955, inclusive, supplement the Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act and that Act, other than NRS 17.770, applies to a registration under NRS 17.900 to 17.955…

NRS 17.955 Uniformity of application and construction. In applying and construing the Uniform Registration of Canadian Money Judgments Act, consideration must be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it. (Add…