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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)

NRS 17.520 “Person” defined. “Person” includes two or more persons having a joint or common interest. (Added to NRS by 1993, 194)

NRS 17.530 “Rate of exchange” defined. “Rate of exchange” means the rate at which money of one country may be converted into money of another country in a free financial market convenient to or reasonably usable by a person obligated to pay or to state a rate of conversion. If se…

NRS 17.540 “Spot rate” defined. “Spot rate” means the rate of exchange at which foreign money is sold by a bank or other dealer in foreign exchange for immediate or next-day availability or for settlement by immediate payment in cash or equivalent, by charge to an account, or by …

NRS 17.550 “State” defined. “State” means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or a territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. (Added to NRS by 1993, 195)

NRS 17.560 Variation by agreement. 1. The effect of NRS 17.410 to 17.660, inclusive, may be varied by agreement of the parties made before or after commencement of an action or distributive proceeding or the entry of judgment. 2. Parties to the transaction may agree upon the mone…

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…