Title 2

NRS 17.040 Summons: Contents and service. The summons, as provided in NRS 17.030, shall describe the judgment, and require the person summoned to show cause why the person should not be bound by it, and shall be served in the same manner, and returnable within the same time, as t…

NRS 17.050 Affidavit to accompany summons. The summons shall be accompanied by an affidavit of the plaintiff or the plaintiff’s agent, representative or attorney, that the judgment, or some part thereof, remains unsatisfied, and shall specify the amount due thereon. [1911 CPA § 3…

NRS 17.060 Answer. Upon such summons, the defendant may answer within the time specified therein, denying the judgment or setting up any defense which may have arisen subsequently, or the defendant may deny his or her liability on the obligation upon which the judgment was recove…

NRS 17.070 Written allegations. If the defendant, in his or her answer, deny the judgment, or set up any defense which may have arisen subsequently, the summons, with the affidavit annexed, and the answer shall constitute the written allegations in the case. If the defendant deny…

NRS 17.080 Trial of issues; amount of judgment if verdict found against defendant. The issues formed may be tried as in other cases, but when the defendant denies, in his or her answer, any liability on the obligation upon which the judgment was rendered, if a verdict be found ag…

NRS 17.090 Judgment by confession for debt due or contingent liability. Except as otherwise provided by law, a judgment by confession may be entered without action, either for money due or to become due or to secure any person against contingent liability on behalf of the defenda…

NRS 17.100 Written statement made by defendant; form. A statement in writing shall be made, signed by the defendant and verified by his or her oath, to the following effect: 1. It shall authorize the entry of judgment for a specified sum. 2. If it be money due, or to become due, …

NRS 17.110 Filing of statement; endorsement by clerk; entry of judgment; judgment roll; costs. The statement must be filed with the clerk of the court in which the judgment is to be entered. The clerk shall endorse upon it and enter in the judgment book a judgment of the court fo…

NRS 17.117 Offer of judgment. 1. At any time more than 21 days before trial, any party may serve an offer in writing to allow judgment to be taken in accordance with the terms and conditions of the offer. Unless otherwise specified, an offer made under this section is an offer to…

NRS 17.120 Replevin; judgment to be in alternative and with damages. 1. In an action to recover the possession of personal property, judgment for the plaintiff may be for the possession or the value thereof, in case a delivery cannot be had, and damages for the detention or the v…

NRS 17.130 Computation of amount of judgment; interest. 1. In all judgments and decrees, rendered by any court of justice, for any debt, damages or costs, and in all executions issued thereon, the amount must be computed, as near as may be, in dollars and cents, rejecting smaller…

NRS 17.140 Death of party after verdict or decision; court may render judgment; not to be lien on real property. If a party dies after a verdict or decision upon any issue of fact, and before judgment, the court may nevertheless render judgment thereon. Such judgment shall not be…

NRS 17.150 Docketing of judgments of state and federal courts; recording of transcripts, abstracts and copies of judgments; liens on real property; duration of liens; affidavit required of judgment creditor who records judgment or decree. 1. Immediately after filing a judgment ro…

NRS 17.160 Docket defined; contents. The docket mentioned in NRS 17.150 is a book which the clerk shall keep in his or her office, with each page divided into columns: Judgment debtors; judgment creditors; judgment; time of entry; appeals; when taken; judgment of appellate court;…

NRS 17.170 Dockets open for public inspection without charge. The docket kept by the clerk shall be open at all times during office hours for the inspection of the public without charge. The clerk shall arrange the several dockets kept by the clerk in such a manner as to facilita…

NRS 17.190 Computation of costs in judgment; insertion by clerk. 1. Included in any judgment filed shall be a computation of the costs, if they have been ascertained. The clerk shall insert a computation of the costs in the copies and docket of the judgment. 2. If costs are not a…

NRS 17.200 Entry in docket. Satisfaction of a judgment may be entered in the clerk’s docket if an execution is returned satisfied, and if an acknowledgment of satisfaction is filed with the clerk, made in the manner of an acknowledgment of a conveyance of real property, by the ju…

NRS 17.214 Filing and contents of affidavit; recording affidavit; notice to judgment debtor; successive affidavits. 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 484A.7047, a judgment creditor or a judgment creditor’s successor in interest may renew a judgment which has not been paid by…

NRS 17.225 Right to contribution. 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section and NRS 17.235 to 17.305, inclusive, where two or more persons become jointly or severally liable in tort for the same injury to person or property or for the same wrongful death, there is a right o…

NRS 17.235 Effect of judgment against one tortfeasor. The recovery of a judgment for an injury or wrongful death against one tortfeasor does not of itself discharge the other tortfeasors from liability for the injury or wrongful death unless the judgment is satisfied. The satisfa…

NRS 17.245 Effect of release or covenant not to sue. 1. When a release or a covenant not to sue or not to enforce judgment is given in good faith to one of two or more persons liable in tort for the same injury or the same wrongful death: (a) It does not discharge any of the othe…

NRS 17.255 Intentional tort bars right to contribution. There is no right of contribution in favor of any tortfeasor who has intentionally caused or contributed to the injury or wrongful death. (Added to NRS by 1973, 1303)

NRS 17.265 Certain rights of indemnity unimpaired. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 17.245, the provisions of NRS 17.225 to 17.305, inclusive, do not impair any right of indemnity under existing law. Where one tortfeasor is entitled to indemnity from another, the right of the …

NRS 17.275 Subrogation of insurer. A liability insurer, who by payment has discharged in full or in part the liability of a tortfeasor and has thereby discharged in full its obligation as insurer, is subrogated to the tortfeasor’s right of contribution to the extent of the amount…

NRS 17.285 Enforcement of right of contribution. 1. Whether or not judgment has been entered in an action against two or more tortfeasors for the same injury or wrongful death, contribution may be enforced by separate action. 2. Where a judgment has been entered in an action agai…

NRS 17.295 Equitable shares. In determining the equitable shares of tortfeasors in the entire liability: 1. If equity requires, the collective liability of some as a group constitutes a single share; and 2. Principles of equity applicable to contribution generally apply. (Added t…

NRS 17.305 Inapplicability to breach of fiduciary relationship. NRS 17.225 to 17.305, inclusive, do not apply to breaches of trust or of other fiduciary obligation. (Added to NRS by 1973, 1304; A 1979, 1356) ENFORCEMENT OF FOREIGN JUDGMENTS (UNIFORM ACT)

NRS 17.330 Short title. NRS 17.330 to 17.400, inclusive, may be cited as the Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act. (Added to NRS by 1979, 1496)

NRS 17.340 “Foreign judgment” defined. As used in NRS 17.330 to 17.400, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, “foreign judgment” means any judgment of a court of the United States or of any other court which is entitled to full faith and credit in this state, except: …

NRS 17.350 Filing and status of foreign judgments. An exemplified copy of any foreign judgment may be filed with the clerk of any district court of this state. The clerk shall treat the foreign judgment in the same manner as a judgment of the district court of this state. A judgm…

NRS 17.360 Affidavit; notice of filing judgment and affidavit. 1. At the time of the filing of the foreign judgment, the judgment creditor or the judgment creditor’s attorney shall file with the clerk of the court an affidavit setting forth the name and last known post office add…

NRS 17.370 Stay of enforcement of foreign judgment. 1. If the judgment debtor shows the court that an appeal from the foreign judgment is pending or will be taken, or that a stay of execution has been granted, the court shall stay enforcement of the foreign judgment until the app…

NRS 17.380 Fees. Any person filing a foreign judgment shall pay to the clerk of the court the same filing fee as prescribed by statute for the filing of civil actions. Fees for enforcement proceedings are the same as provided for judgments of district courts of this state. (Added…

NRS 17.390 Judgment creditor may bring action to enforce judgment. A judgment creditor may elect to bring an action to enforce his or her judgment instead of proceeding under NRS 17.330 to 17.400, inclusive. (Added to NRS by 1979, 1497; A 1985, 37)

NRS 17.400 Uniformity of interpretation. NRS 17.330 to 17.400, inclusive, shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law of those states which enact it. (Added to NRS by 1979, 1497) FOREIGN-MONEY CLAIMS (UNIFORM ACT)

NRS 17.410 Short title; uniformity of application and construction. 1. NRS 17.410 to 17.660, inclusive, may be cited as the Uniform Foreign-Money Claims Act. 2. These sections must be applied and construed to effectuate their general purpose to make uniform the law with respect t…

NRS 17.420 Scope and applicability. 1. NRS 17.410 to 17.660, inclusive, apply only to a foreign-money claim in an action or distributive proceeding. 2. NRS 17.410 to 17.660, inclusive, apply to foreign-money issues even if other law applies to other issues in the action or distri…

NRS 17.430 Definitions. As used in NRS 17.410 to 17.660, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 17.440 to 17.550, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (Added to NRS by 1993, 194)

NRS 17.440 “Action” defined. “Action” means a judicial proceeding or an arbitration in which a payment in money may be awarded or enforced with respect to a foreign-money claim. (Added to NRS by 1993, 194)

NRS 17.450 “Bank-offered spot rate” defined. “Bank-offered spot rate” means the spot rate of exchange at which a bank will sell foreign money at a spot rate. (Added to NRS by 1993, 194)

NRS 17.460 “Date of conversion” defined. “Date of conversion” means the banking day next preceding the date on which money, in accordance with NRS 17.410 to 17.660, inclusive, is: 1. Paid to a claimant in an action or distributive proceeding; 2. Paid to the officer designated by …

NRS 17.470 “Distributive proceeding” defined. “Distributive proceeding” means a judicial or nonjudicial proceeding for the distribution of a fund in which one or more foreign-money claims is asserted and includes an accounting, an assignment for the benefit of creditors, a forecl…

NRS 17.480 “Foreign money” defined. “Foreign money” means money other than money of the United States of America. (Added to NRS by 1993, 194)

NRS 17.490 “Foreign-money claim” defined. “Foreign-money claim” means a claim upon an obligation to pay, or a claim for recovery of a loss, expressed in or measured by a foreign money. (Added to NRS by 1993, 194)

NRS 17.500 “Money” defined. “Money” means a medium of exchange for the payment of obligations or a store of value authorized or adopted by a government or by intergovernmental agreement. (Added to NRS by 1993, 194)

NRS 17.510 “Money of the claim” defined. “Money of the claim” means the money determined as proper pursuant to NRS 17.570. (Added to NRS by 1993, 194)