NRS Chapter 31 — ATTACHMENT, GARNISHMENT AND OTHER EXTRAORDINARY REMEDIES
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- NRS 31.010 — Application to court for writ of attachment: Timing; requirements when Department of Taxation has taken over management of local government.
- NRS 31.013 — Issuance of writ of attachment after notice and hearing.
- NRS 31.017 — Issuance of writ of attachment without notice and hearing.
- NRS 31.020 — Affidavit for attachment: Contents.
- NRS 31.022 — Procedure when notice and hearing not required.
- NRS 31.024 — Procedure when notice and hearing required: Order to show cause.
- NRS 31.026 — Procedure when notice and hearing required: Hearing.
- NRS 31.028 — Contents of order for attachment.
- NRS 31.030 — Written undertaking on attachment; additional bond; exception to sufficiency of sureties; vacation of writ.
- NRS 31.040 — Sheriff to attach and keep property; undertaking by defendant.
- NRS 31.045 — Notice of execution on writ of attachment: Service required; form; contents.
- NRS 31.050 — Attachment of shares of stock, debts due defendant and other property.
- NRS 31.060 — Execution of writ of attachment: Manner in which property is to be attached.
- NRS 31.065 — Deposits by plaintiff of money with sheriff to pay expenses of taking, transporting and keeping certain personal property; liability of sheriff.
- NRS 31.070 — Third-party claims in property levied on; undertaking by plaintiff; liability of sheriff; exception to sufficiency of sureties; hearing to determine title to property.
- NRS 31.100 — Examination of person served with copy of writ and defendant; delivery and memoranda of personal property.
- NRS 31.110 — Sheriff’s return of writ; certificate.
- NRS 31.120 — Sale of attached perishable property; sheriff to retain proceeds and attached property to answer judgment.
- NRS 31.130 — Sale of attached property; proceeds to be deposited in court.
- NRS 31.140 — Satisfaction of judgment by sales of attached property.
- NRS 31.150 — Deficiency after sale of attached property; sheriff to collect balance as upon an execution.
- NRS 31.160 — Plaintiff may prosecute undertaking if execution returned unsatisfied.
- NRS 31.170 — Discharge of attachment after judgment for defendant or dismissal of action; stay of release pending appeal.
- NRS 31.180 — Defendant, having appeared in action, may move for discharge of attachment upon giving undertaking; stipulations for release of attachments.
- NRS 31.190 — Undertaking of defendant; determination of disputed value of property; justification by sureties.
- NRS 31.200 — Grounds for discharge of attachment.
- NRS 31.210 — When motion to discharge attachment made on affidavits, plaintiff may oppose by affidavits.
- NRS 31.220 — Improperly, improvidently or irregularly issued writ must be discharged; issuance of new writ.
- NRS 31.235 — Constables have powers and duties of sheriff with respect to writ of attachment.
- NRS 31.240 — Writ of garnishment may issue at time of issuance of writ of attachment or later.
- NRS 31.249 — Application to court for writ of garnishment.
- NRS 31.260 — Issuance and contents of writ of garnishment; notice of execution.
- NRS 31.270 — Service of writ; tender of garnishee’s fees.
- NRS 31.280 — Service and return of writ give court jurisdiction.
- NRS 31.290 — Form of interrogatories to garnishee; garnishee to answer in writing under oath.
- NRS 31.291 — Garnishment of certain financial institutions.
- NRS 31.292 — Garnishment of court clerks, sheriffs, justices of the peace, peace officers, other public officers, executors and administrators.
- NRS 31.293 — Unpaid subscription to corporate stock subject to garnishment by creditor of corporation.
- NRS 31.294 — Procedure for garnishment when another action pending.
- NRS 31.2945 — Garnishment under foreign judgment: Liability for failure to comply with Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act.
- NRS 31.295 — Garnishment of earnings: Limitations on amount.
- NRS 31.2955 — Garnishment of earnings: Calculations for determining gross weekly salary or wage of employee.
- NRS 31.296 — Garnishment of earnings: Period of garnishment; fee for withholding; termination of employment; periodic report by judgment creditor.
- NRS 31.297 — Garnishment of earnings: Liability of employer for refusal to withhold or for misrepresentation of earnings.
- NRS 31.298 — Garnishment of earnings: Unlawful to discharge or discipline employee.
- NRS 31.300 — Property to be delivered to sheriff; sale; judgment against garnishee.
- NRS 31.310 — Property to be retained by garnishee or delivered to officer; effect of delivery; certificate of receipt of property.
- NRS 31.320 — Judgment against garnishee on failure to answer; relief from judgment.
- NRS 31.330 — Answer of garnishee; reply of plaintiff by affidavit.
- NRS 31.340 — New matter in plaintiff’s reply deemed denied; trial; judgment; costs; attorney’s fees.
- NRS 31.350 — Third person may be interpleaded as defendant; notice; proceedings.
- NRS 31.360 — Garnishee may retain or deduct amounts due to garnishee by either party; record of judgment to show any counterclaims allowed.
- NRS 31.370 — Judgment acquits garnishee for amounts paid.
- NRS 31.380 — Discharge of garnishee does not bar action by defendant; exception.
- NRS 31.390 — Judgment against garnishee for debt not due; execution deferred until debt due.
- NRS 31.400 — Property in hands of garnishee subject to security interest to be delivered to sheriff on payment or tender by plaintiff.
- NRS 31.410 — Property held by garnishee to secure performance to be delivered to sheriff upon performance or tender by plaintiff.
- NRS 31.420 — Disposal of property received by sheriff; reimbursement of plaintiff.
- NRS 31.450 — Issuance of writ of garnishment after judgment; procedure; liberal construction.
- NRS 31.460 — New trials and appeals.
- NRS 31.470 — Arrest in civil cases.
- NRS 31.480 — Cases in which defendant may be arrested.
- NRS 31.490 — Order for arrest.
- NRS 31.500 — Order for arrest made when plaintiff’s affidavit shows a sufficient cause; requisites and filing of affidavit.
- NRS 31.510 — Undertaking from plaintiff.
- NRS 31.520 — Order and arrest; return of order.
- NRS 31.530 — Delivery of affidavit and order to sheriff and defendant.
- NRS 31.540 — Arrest of defendant.
- NRS 31.550 — Defendant to be discharged on bail or deposit.
- NRS 31.560 — Defendant may give bail.
- NRS 31.570 — Bail may surrender defendant.
- NRS 31.580 — Arrest, delivery and surrender of defendant by bail; exoneration of bail.
- NRS 31.590 — Action against bail.
- NRS 31.600 — Bail exonerated by death, imprisonment or discharge of defendant.
- NRS 31.610 — Return of order; plaintiff may except to bail.
- NRS 31.620 — Notice of justification of bail.
- NRS 31.630 — Qualifications of bail.
- NRS 31.640 — Examination of bail.
- NRS 31.650 — Allowance of bail exonerates sheriff.
- NRS 31.660 — Deposit by defendant in lieu of bail.
- NRS 31.670 — Sheriff must pay deposit into court.
- NRS 31.680 — Undertaking may be substituted for deposit.
- NRS 31.690 — Disposition of deposit.
- NRS 31.700 — Liability of sheriff for escape or rescue.
- NRS 31.710 — Recovery on official bond of sheriff.
- NRS 31.720 — Defendant may move to vacate arrest or reduce bail; hearing.
- NRS 31.730 — Vacation of order of arrest and reduction of bail.
- NRS 31.740 — Persons confined on execution issued on judgment may be discharged.
- NRS 31.750 — Notice of application for discharge.
- NRS 31.760 — Service of notice of application.
- NRS 31.770 — Hearing on application.
- NRS 31.780 — Oath of defendant on discharge.
- NRS 31.790 — Order of discharge.
- NRS 31.800 — Renewal of application for discharge.
- NRS 31.810 — Effect of discharge; judgment remains in force.
- NRS 31.820 — Plaintiff may order discharge of prisoner; effect of discharge.
- NRS 31.830 — Creditor to advance money to jailer for support of prisoner.
- NRS 31.840 — Delivery may be claimed before answer.
- NRS 31.850 — Requisites of affidavit by plaintiff.
- NRS 31.853 — Order to show cause; contents; service.
- NRS 31.856 — Issuance of writ of possession without hearing; order shortening time for hearing; undertaking by plaintiff.
- NRS 31.859 — Temporary restraining order in lieu of immediate issue of writ of possession.
- NRS 31.863 — Hearing on order to show cause; undertaking by plaintiff.
- NRS 31.866 — Writ of possession.
- NRS 31.870 — Sheriff to take property described in writ; service of writ and undertaking on defendant.
- NRS 31.880 — Defendant may except to sufficiency of sureties.
- NRS 31.890 — Return of property to defendant upon giving written undertaking.
- NRS 31.900 — Justification of defendant’s sureties.
- NRS 31.910 — Qualifications of sureties and manner of justification.
- NRS 31.920 — Sheriff may take concealed property by force after demand.
- NRS 31.930 — Sheriff to keep property in secure place; to deliver upon receipt of fees and expenses.
- NRS 31.940 — Claim by third party; undertaking by plaintiff; determination of title.
- NRS 31.950 — Sheriff to make return within 20 days after taking property.