2020 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 360A - Administration of Certain Taxes and Fees on Fuels
NRS 360A.260 - Authority of Department; prosecution by Attorney General; issuance of writ of attachment; effect of certificate of Department showing delinquency.
1. If a person who is delinquent in the payment of any tax or fee required by chapter 365, 366 or 373 of NRS or NRS 445C.330 or 590.120 has not paid the amount of a deficiency determination, the Department may bring an action in a court of this State, a court of any other state or a court of the United States to collect the delinquent or deficient amount, penalties and interest. The action must be brought not later than 3 years after the payment became delinquent or the determination became final or within 5 years after the last recording of an abstract of judgment or of a certificate constituting a lien for the tax or fee owed.
2. The Attorney General shall prosecute the action. The provisions of NRS and the Nevada Rules of Civil Procedure and Nevada Rules of Appellate Procedure relating to service of summons, pleadings, proofs, trials and appeals are applicable to the proceedings. In the action, a writ of attachment may issue. A bond or affidavit is not required before an attachment may be issued.
3. In the action, a certificate by the Department showing the delinquency is prima facie evidence of:
(a) The determination of the tax or fee or the amount of the tax or fee;
(b) The delinquency of the amounts; and
(c) The compliance by the Department with the procedures required by law related to the computation and determination of the amounts.
(Added to NRS by 1999, 994; A 2015, 3597)
