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NRS 111.239 Prohibition or restriction on use of system for obtaining solar energy on property. 1. Any covenant, restriction or condition contained in a deed, contract or other legal instrument which affects the transfer or sale of, or any other interest in, real property and whi…

NRS 111.2395 Prohibition or restriction on use of system for obtaining wind energy on property; exceptions. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, any covenant, restriction or condition contained in a deed, contract or other legal instrument which affects the transfer o…

NRS 111.2397 Prohibition on entering into or recording certain service agreements. 1. A service provider shall not enter into or record a service agreement with an owner of residential property that provides for performance of the service agreement more than 1 year from the date …

NRS 111.240 Acknowledgment of conveyances. Every conveyance in writing whereby any real property is conveyed or may be affected must be acknowledged or proved and certified in the manner provided in this chapter and in NRS 240.161 to 240.169, inclusive. [3:9:1861; B § 230; BH § 2…

NRS 111.265 Persons authorized to take acknowledgment or proof within State. The proof or acknowledgment of every conveyance affecting any real property, if acknowledged or proved within this State, must be taken by one of the following persons: 1. A judge or a clerk of a court h…

NRS 111.310 Instruments entitled to recordation; patents need not be acknowledged. 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 111.312, a certificate of the acknowledgment of any conveyance or other instrument in any way affecting the title to real or personal property, or the proof o…

NRS 111.311 Conveyance of real property pursuant to agreement for deed in lieu of foreclosure must be recorded by deed; civil liability for failure to record deed. 1. After the conveyance of real property pursuant to an agreement for a deed in lieu of a foreclosure sale, the gran…

NRS 111.312 Requirements for recording certain documents relating to real property. 1. The county recorder shall not record with respect to real property, a notice of completion, a declaration of homestead, a restrictive covenant modification form, a restrictive covenant modifica…

NRS 111.315 Recording of conveyances and instruments: Notice to third persons. Every conveyance of real property, and every instrument of writing setting forth an agreement to convey any real property, or whereby any real property may be affected, proved, acknowledged and certifi…

NRS 111.320 Filing of conveyances or other instruments is notice to all persons: Effect on subsequent purchasers and mortgagees. Every such conveyance or instrument of writing, acknowledged or proved and certified, and recorded in the manner prescribed in this chapter or in NRS 1…

NRS 111.325 Unrecorded conveyances void as against subsequent bona fide purchaser for value when conveyance recorded. Every conveyance of real property within this State hereafter made, which shall not be recorded as provided in this chapter, shall be void as against any subseque…

NRS 111.340 Certificate of acknowledgment and record may be rebutted. Neither the certificate of the acknowledgment nor of the proof of any conveyance or instrument, nor the record, nor the transcript of the record, of such conveyance or instrument, shall be conclusive, but the s…

NRS 111.345 Proof taken upon oath of incompetent witness: Instrument not admissible until established by competent proof. If the party contesting the proof of any conveyance or instrument shall make it appear that any such proof was taken upon the oath of an incompetent witness, …

NRS 111.347 Recording defective instrument: Notice to subsequent purchasers; admissibility in evidence. Any instrument affecting the title to real property, 3 years after the instrument has been copied into the proper book of record kept in the office of any county recorder, impa…

NRS 111.350 Conveyances or other instruments recorded before December 17, 1862: Notice to subsequent purchasers; certified copies as evidence. 1. All instruments of writing copied into the proper books of record of the offices of the county recorders of the several counties of th…

NRS 111.353 Recording of master form mortgages and deeds of trust; incorporation of provisions by reference in subsequently recorded instruments. A mortgage or deed of trust of real property may be recorded and be constructive notice of such mortgage or deed of trust and the cont…

NRS 111.355 Recordation of only part of instrument under certain conditions. A document or paper may be presented for the recordation of only a part of its contents if: 1. The part to be recorded is a mortgage or deed of trust, entitled to recordation, which refers to and incorpo…

NRS 111.365 Recording affidavit of death of joint tenant or spouse holding community property with right of survivorship creates disputable presumption title vested in survivor; recording affidavit of death of life tenant creates disputable presumption title vested in owner of re…

NRS 111.3655 Recording of notice by owner of real property who opens property for public pedestrian access and who improves property for that specific purpose: Form; effect; revocation; owner not to prevent pedestrian access; no effect on vested rights; permission to use property…

NRS 111.366 Short title. NRS 111.366 to 111.3697, inclusive, may be cited as the Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act. (Added to NRS by 2007, 137)

NRS 111.3663 Definitions. As used in NRS 111.366 to 111.3697, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 111.3667 to 111.368, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (Added to NRS by 2007, 137)

NRS 111.3667 “Document” defined. “Document” means information that is: 1. Inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form; and 2. Eligible to be recorded in the records maintained by the county recorder. (Ad…

NRS 111.367 “Electronic” defined. “Electronic” means relating to technology having electrical, digital, magnetic, wireless, optical, electromagnetic or similar capabilities. (Added to NRS by 2007, 138)

NRS 111.3673 “Electronic document” defined. “Electronic document” means a document that is received by the county recorder in an electronic form. (Added to NRS by 2007, 138)

NRS 111.3675 “Electronic signature” defined. “Electronic signature” means an electronic sound, symbol or process attached to or logically associated with a document and executed or adopted by a person with the intent to sign the document. (Added to NRS by 2007, 138)

NRS 111.3677 “Person” defined. “Person” means a natural person, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited-liability company, association, joint venture, public corporation, government or governmental subdivision, agency or instrumentality or any other legal…

NRS 111.368 “State” defined. “State” means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. (Added to NRS by 2007, 138)

NRS 111.3683 Applicability. NRS 111.366 to 111.3697, inclusive, allow a person to submit an electronic document for recording with a county recorder only if the county recorder has elected to accept electronic documents for recording in accordance with the provisions of NRS 111.3…

NRS 111.3685 Validity of electronic documents. 1. If a law requires, as a condition for recording, that a document be an original, be on paper or another tangible medium, or be in writing, the requirement is satisfied by an electronic document satisfying the provisions of NRS 111…

NRS 111.3687 Recording of documents. 1. A county recorder: (a) Who implements any of the functions listed in this section shall do so in compliance with standards established by the Secretary of State. (b) May receive, index, store, archive and transmit electronic documents. (c) …

NRS 111.369 Administration and standards. 1. The Secretary of State shall adopt by regulation standards to implement the provisions of NRS 111.366 to 111.3697, inclusive. 2. To keep the standards and practices of county recorders in this State in harmony with the standards and pr…

NRS 111.3693 Uniformity of application and construction. In applying and construing the Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording 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 t…

NRS 111.3697 Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act. NRS 111.366 to 111.3697, inclusive, modify, limit and supersede the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 7001 et seq., but do not modify, limit or supers…

NRS 111.370 Creation of easement by grant; signing, recording and contents of instrument creating easement. 1. An easement for collection of solar energy may be created by a grant from the owner of neighboring land to the owner of land on which equipment for the collection of sol…

NRS 111.375 Vesting of easement; effect of transfer of land. 1. An easement for the collection of solar energy becomes vested in a grantee upon the recording of the grant. 2. The easement is appurtenant to the benefited land. The benefit of the easement passes with the benefited …

NRS 111.380 Termination, modification or extinguishment of easement. An easement for the collection of solar energy: 1. Terminates upon the expiration of a period of limitation specified in the grant creating the easement. 2. Terminates upon recording of a release of the easement…

NRS 111.390 General purpose. The general purpose of NRS 111.390 to 111.440, inclusive, is to make uniform the law of those states which enact the Uniform Conservation Easement Act or provisions substantially similar to that act. (Added to NRS by 1983, 687)

NRS 111.400 Scope. 1. NRS 111.390 to 111.440, inclusive, apply to any interest in real property created: (a) On or after July 1, 1983, which complies with those sections, whether designated as an easement for conservation or as a covenant, equitable servitude, restriction, easeme…

NRS 111.410 Definitions. As used in NRS 111.390 to 111.440, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Easement for conservation” means a nonpossessory interest of a holder in real property, which imposes limitations or affirmative obligations and: (a) Retains or prote…

NRS 111.420 Creation; recording; duration; effect on existing interest in real property. 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 111.390 to 111.440, inclusive, any person, including, without limitation, a state or local government or any agency or instrumentality thereof, may crea…

NRS 111.430 Actions affecting easements for conservation. 1. An action affecting an easement for conservation may be brought by: (a) An owner of an interest in the real property burdened by the easement; (b) A holder of the easement; (c) A third person with a right of enforcement…

NRS 111.440 Validity. An easement for conservation is valid even though: 1. It is not appurtenant to an interest in real property; 2. It can be or has been assigned to another holder; 3. It is not of a character that has been recognized traditionally at common law; 4. It imposes …

NRS 111.655 Short title. NRS 111.655 to 111.699, inclusive, may be cited as the Uniform Real Property Transfer on Death Act. (Added to NRS by 2011, 1348)

NRS 111.657 Definitions. As used in NRS 111.655 to 111.699, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 111.659 to 111.669, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (Added to NRS by 2011, 1348)

NRS 111.659 “Beneficiary” defined. “Beneficiary” means a person that receives property under a deed upon death. (Added to NRS by 2011, 1348)

NRS 111.661 “Deed upon death” defined. “Deed upon death” means a deed authorized under NRS 111.655 to 111.699, inclusive. (Added to NRS by 2011, 1348)