2005 Nevada Revised Statutes - Chapter 70 — Executions

CHAPTER 70 - EXECUTIONS

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

NRS 70.020 Contents.

NRS 70.030 Renewal.

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

NRS 70.050 Applicabilityof chapter 21 of NRS to Justice Courts.

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

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

2. The court, or any justice thereof, may stay theexecution of any judgment, including any judgment in a case of forcible orunlawful 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 Stateor 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 thenames of the parties, and the name of the justice before whom, and of thecounty 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 thesheriff or constable, as are required by the provisions of chapter 21 of NRS, in an execution to thesheriff.

[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 wordrenewed written thereon, with the date thereof, and subscribed by thejustice. Such renewal has the effect of an original issue, and may be repeatedas often as necessary. If an execution is returned unsatisfied, another may beafterwards issued.

[1911 CPA 843; RL 5785; NCL 9332]

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

1. The sheriff or constable to whom the execution isdirected must execute the same in the same manner as the sheriff is required bythe provisions of chapter 21 of NRS to proceedupon 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 allthe duties and liabilities therein given and imposed upon the sheriff.

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

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

NRS 70.050 Applicabilityof chapter 21of NRS to Justice Courts. The provisions of chapter 21 of NRS are applicable to JusticeCourts, the word justice being inserted in lieu of the words judge andclerk whenever they occur, and the word constable being substituted to thatend for the word sheriff.

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

 

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