2005 Nevada Revised Statutes - Chapter 68 — Judgments

CHAPTER 68 - JUDGMENTS

NRS 68.010 Abstractof judgment.

NRS 68.030 Executionmay issue on entry of judgment on docket of justice of the peace.

NRS 68.040 Judgmentbecomes lien when abstract recorded with county recorder.

NRS 68.050 Judgmentsby confession.

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NRS 68.010 Abstractof judgment. The justice, on demand of a partyin whose favor judgment is rendered, must give him an abstract of the judgmentin substantially the following form (filling blanks according to the facts):

 

State of Nevada, ................ County,................, plaintiff, v. ................, defendant. In Justice Court,before ................, Justice of the Peace, ................ Township (orCity), ................ County, ................ (inserting date of abstract).Judgment entered for plaintiff (or defendant) for $....., on the ..... day of........ I certify that the foregoing is a correct abstract of a judgmentrendered in the action in my court, ................, or (as the case may be)in the court of ................, Justice of the Peace, as appears by hisdocket, now in my possession, as his successor in office.

 

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Justiceof the Peace

 

[1911 CPA 837; RL 5779; NCL 9326](NRS A 2001, 29)

NRS 68.030 Executionmay issue on entry of judgment on docket of justice of the peace. From the time of entry of judgment on the docket of thejustice of the peace, execution may be issued thereon by the justice of thepeace to the sheriff of any county in the State, in the same manner and withlike effect as if issued on a judgment of the district court.

[1911 CPA 839; RL 5781; NCL 9328](NRS A 1969,183)

NRS 68.040 Judgmentbecomes lien when abstract recorded with county recorder. A judgment rendered in a Justice Court creates no lienupon any lands of the defendant, unless an abstract is recorded in the officeof the county recorder of the county in which the lands are situated. When sorecorded and from the time of the recording, the judgment becomes a lien uponall the real property of the judgment debtor, not exempt from execution, in thecounty, owned by him at the time, or which he acquires before the lien expires.The lien continues for 6 years, unless the judgment is previously satisfied.

[1911 CPA 840; RL 5782; NCL 9329](NRS A 1985,741; 2001, 1750)

NRS 68.050 Judgmentsby confession. Judgments upon confession maybe entered up in any Justice Court specified in the confession.

[1911 CPA 829; RL 5771; NCL 9318]

 

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