US Laws, Codes, Statutes & Cases

CHAPTER 70 - EXECUTIONS

NRS 70.010              Execution may issue at any time within 6 years; stay of execution of judgment.

NRS 70.020              Contents.

NRS 70.030              Renewal.

NRS 70.040              Duties of officer receiving executions; sales of real property.

NRS 70.050              Applicability of chapter 21 of NRS to Justice Courts.

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      NRS 70.010  Execution may issue at any time within 6 years; stay of execution of judgment.

      1.  Execution for the enforcement of a judgment of a Justice Court may be issued by the justice who entered the judgment, or his successor in office, on the application of the party entitled thereto, at any time within 6 years from the entry of judgment.

      2.  The court, or any justice thereof, may stay the execution of any judgment, including any judgment in a case of forcible or unlawful detainer, for a period not exceeding 10 days.

      [1911 CPA § 841; RL § 5783; NCL § 9330]—(NRS A 1961, 193)

      NRS 70.020  Contents.  The execution must:

      1.  Be directed to a sheriff of any county in the State or to a constable of the county in which the Justice Court is located.

      2.  Be subscribed by the justice.

      3.  Bear date the day of its delivery to the officer.

      4.  Intelligibly refer to the judgment, by stating the names of the parties, and the name of the justice before whom, and of the county and the township or city where, and the time when it was rendered.

      5.  State the amount of judgment, if it be for money; and, if less than the whole is due, the true amount due thereon.

      6.  Contain, in like cases, similar directions to the sheriff or constable, as are required by the provisions of chapter 21 of NRS, in an execution to the sheriff.

      [1911 CPA § 842; RL § 5784; NCL § 9331]—(NRS A 1969, 184)

      NRS 70.030  Renewal.  An execution may, at the request of the judgment creditor, be renewed before the expiration of the time fixed for its return, by the word “renewed” written thereon, with the date thereof, and subscribed by the justice. Such renewal has the effect of an original issue, and may be repeated as often as necessary. If an execution is returned unsatisfied, another may be afterwards issued.

      [1911 CPA § 843; RL § 5785; NCL § 9332]

      NRS 70.040  Duties of officer receiving executions; sales of real property.

      1.  The sheriff or constable to whom the execution is directed must execute the same in the same manner as the sheriff is required by the provisions of chapter 21 of NRS to proceed upon executions directed to him, and the constable to whom the writ is given, and his successor in office, shall have all the powers and be subject to all the duties and liabilities therein given and imposed upon the sheriff.

      2.  Sales of real property shall be made at the front door of the office of the justice of the peace. If the sale be of real property in a county other than the one in which the judgment was rendered, the sale shall be at the front door of the office of the justice of the peace of the county in which the property is situated, nearest the property.

      [1911 CPA § 844; A 1913, 364; NCL § 9333]

      NRS 70.050  Applicability of chapter 21 of NRS to Justice Courts.  The provisions of chapter 21 of NRS are applicable to Justice Courts, the word “justice” being inserted in lieu of the words “judge” and “clerk” whenever they occur, and the word “constable” being substituted to that end for the word “sheriff.”

      [1911 CPA § 845; A 1913, 364; NCL § 9334]