Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 17 - Judgments
NRS 17.150 - Docketing of judgments of state and federal courts; recording of transcripts, abstracts and copies of judgments; liens on real property; duration of liens; affidavit required of judgment creditor who records judgment or decree. [Effectiv...


1. Immediately after filing a judgment roll, the clerk shall make the proper entries of the judgment, under appropriate heads, in the docket kept by the clerk, noting thereon the hour and minutes of the day of such entries.
2. A transcript of the original docket or an abstract or copy of any judgment or decree of a district court of the State of Nevada or the District Court or other court of the United States in and for the District of Nevada, the enforcement of which has not been stayed on appeal, certified by the clerk of the court where the judgment or decree was rendered, may be recorded in the office of the county recorder in any county, and when so recorded it becomes a lien upon all the real property of the judgment debtor not exempt from execution in that county, owned by the judgment debtor at the time, or which the judgment debtor may afterward acquire, until the lien expires. The lien continues for 6 years after the date the judgment or decree was docketed, and is continued each time the judgment or decree is renewed, unless:
(a) The enforcement of the judgment or decree is stayed on appeal by the execution of a sufficient undertaking as provided in the Nevada Rules of Appellate Procedure or by the Statutes of the United States, in which case the lien of the judgment or decree and any lien by virtue of an attachment that has been issued and levied in the actions ceases;
(b) The judgment is for arrearages in the payment of child support, in which case the lien continues until the judgment is satisfied;
(c) The judgment is satisfied; or
(d) The lien is otherwise discharged.
The time during which the execution of the judgment is suspended by appeal, action of the court or defendant must not be counted in computing the time of expiration.
3. The abstract described in subsection 2 must contain the:
(a) Title of the court and the title and number of the action;
(b) Date of entry of the judgment or decree;
(c) Names of the judgment debtor and judgment creditor;
(d) Amount of the judgment or decree; and
(e) Location where the judgment or decree is entered in the minutes or judgment docket.
4. In addition to recording the information described in subsection 2, a judgment creditor who records a judgment or decree for the purpose of creating a lien upon the real property of the judgment debtor pursuant to subsection 2 shall record at that time an affidavit of judgment stating:
(a) The name and address of the judgment debtor;
(b) If the judgment debtor is a natural person:
(1) The last four digits of the judgment debtor’s driver’s license number or identification card number and the state of issuance; or
(2) The last four digits of the judgment debtor’s social security number;
(c) If the lien is against real property which the judgment debtor owns at the time the affidavit of judgment is recorded, the assessor’s parcel number and the address of the real property and a statement that the judgment creditor has confirmed that the judgment debtor is the legal owner of that real property; and
(d) If a manufactured home or mobile home is included within the lien, the location and serial number of the manufactured home or mobile home and a statement that the judgment creditor has confirmed that the judgment debtor is the legal owner of the manufactured home or mobile home.
All information included in an affidavit of judgment recorded pursuant to this subsection must be based on the personal knowledge of the affiant, and not upon information and belief.
5. As used in this section:
(a) "Manufactured home" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 489.113.
(b) "Mobile home" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 489.120.
[1911 CPA § 332; A 1925, 220; 1943, 88; 1943 NCL § 8830]—(NRS A 1965, 648; 1967, 948; 1969, 41; 1989, 585; 1993, 541; 1995, 1524; 2007, 1313; 2011, 2408)

1. Immediately after filing a judgment roll, the clerk shall make the proper entries of the judgment, under appropriate heads, in the docket kept by the clerk, noting thereon the hour and minutes of the day of such entries.
2. A transcript of the original docket or an abstract or copy of any judgment or decree of a district court of the State of Nevada or the District Court or other court of the United States in and for the District of Nevada, the enforcement of which has not been stayed on appeal, certified by the clerk of the court where the judgment or decree was rendered, may be recorded in the office of the county recorder in any county, and when so recorded it becomes a lien upon all the real property of the judgment debtor not exempt from execution in that county, owned by the judgment debtor at the time, or which the judgment debtor may afterward acquire, until the lien expires. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 484A.7047, the lien continues for 6 years after the date the judgment or decree was docketed, and is continued each time the judgment or decree is renewed, unless:
(a) The enforcement of the judgment or decree is stayed on appeal by the execution of a sufficient undertaking as provided in the Nevada Rules of Appellate Procedure or by the Statutes of the United States, in which case the lien of the judgment or decree and any lien by virtue of an attachment that has been issued and levied in the actions ceases;
(b) The judgment is for arrearages in the payment of child support, in which case the lien continues until the judgment is satisfied;
(c) The judgment is satisfied; or
(d) The lien is otherwise discharged.
The time during which the execution of the judgment is suspended by appeal, action of the court or defendant must not be counted in computing the time of expiration.
3. The abstract described in subsection 2 must contain the:
(a) Title of the court and the title and number of the action;
(b) Date of entry of the judgment or decree;
(c) Names of the judgment debtor and judgment creditor;
(d) Amount of the judgment or decree; and
(e) Location where the judgment or decree is entered in the minutes or judgment docket.
4. In addition to recording the information described in subsection 2, a judgment creditor who records a judgment or decree for the purpose of creating a lien upon the real property of the judgment debtor pursuant to subsection 2 shall record at that time an affidavit of judgment stating:
(a) The name and address of the judgment debtor;
(b) If the judgment debtor is a natural person:
(1) The last four digits of the judgment debtor’s driver’s license number or identification card number and the state of issuance; or
(2) The last four digits of the judgment debtor’s social security number;
(c) If the lien is against real property which the judgment debtor owns at the time the affidavit of judgment is recorded, the assessor’s parcel number and the address of the real property and a statement that the judgment creditor has confirmed that the judgment debtor is the legal owner of that real property; and
(d) If a manufactured home or mobile home is included within the lien, the location and serial number of the manufactured home or mobile home and a statement that the judgment creditor has confirmed that the judgment debtor is the legal owner of the manufactured home or mobile home.
All information included in an affidavit of judgment recorded pursuant to this subsection must be based on the personal knowledge of the affiant, and not upon information and belief.
5. As used in this section:
(a) "Manufactured home" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 489.113.
(b) "Mobile home" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 489.120.
[1911 CPA § 332; A 1925, 220; 1943, 88; 1943 NCL § 8830]—(NRS A 1965, 648; 1967, 948; 1969, 41; 1989, 585; 1993, 541; 1995, 1524; 2007, 1313; 2011, 2408; 2021, 3349, effective January 1, 2023)

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Nevada Revised Statutes

Chapter 17 - Judgments

NRS 17.010 - Judgments of Utah territorial courts validated.

NRS 17.020 - Action against sheriff for official acts; notice to sureties.

NRS 17.025 - Payment of judgment in favor of minor.

NRS 17.030 - Parties not summoned in action on joint obligation may be summoned after judgment.

NRS 17.040 - Summons: Contents and service.

NRS 17.050 - Affidavit to accompany summons.

NRS 17.060 - Answer.

NRS 17.070 - Written allegations.

NRS 17.080 - Trial of issues; amount of judgment if verdict found against defendant.

NRS 17.090 - Judgment by confession for debt due or contingent liability.

NRS 17.100 - Written statement made by defendant; form.

NRS 17.110 - Filing of statement; endorsement by clerk; entry of judgment; judgment roll; costs.

NRS 17.117 - Offer of judgment.

NRS 17.120 - Replevin; judgment to be in alternative and with damages.

NRS 17.130 - Computation of amount of judgment; interest.

NRS 17.140 - Death of party after verdict or decision; court may render judgment; not to be lien on real property.

NRS 17.150 - Docketing of judgments of state and federal courts; recording of transcripts, abstracts and copies of judgments; liens on real property; duration of liens; affidavit required of judgment creditor who records judgment or decree. [Effectiv...

NRS 17.160 - Docket defined; contents.

NRS 17.170 - Dockets open for public inspection without charge.

NRS 17.190 - Computation of costs in judgment; insertion by clerk.

NRS 17.200 - Entry in docket.

NRS 17.214 - Filing and contents of affidavit; recording affidavit; notice to judgment debtor; successive affidavits. [Effective through December 31, 2022.] Filing and contents of affidavit; recording affidavit; notice to judgment debtor; successive...

NRS 17.225 - Right to contribution.

NRS 17.235 - Effect of judgment against one tortfeasor.

NRS 17.245 - Effect of release or covenant not to sue.

NRS 17.255 - Intentional tort bars right to contribution.

NRS 17.265 - Certain rights of indemnity unimpaired.

NRS 17.275 - Subrogation of insurer.

NRS 17.285 - Enforcement of right of contribution.

NRS 17.295 - Equitable shares.

NRS 17.305 - Inapplicability to breach of fiduciary relationship.

NRS 17.330 - Short title.

NRS 17.340 - "Foreign judgment" defined.

NRS 17.350 - Filing and status of foreign judgments.

NRS 17.360 - Affidavit; notice of filing judgment and affidavit.

NRS 17.370 - Stay of enforcement of foreign judgment.

NRS 17.380 - Fees.

NRS 17.390 - Judgment creditor may bring action to enforce judgment.

NRS 17.400 - Uniformity of interpretation.

NRS 17.410 - Short title; uniformity of application and construction.

NRS 17.420 - Scope and applicability.

NRS 17.430 - Definitions.

NRS 17.440 - "Action" defined.

NRS 17.450 - "Bank-offered spot rate" defined.

NRS 17.460 - "Date of conversion" defined.

NRS 17.470 - "Distributive proceeding" defined.

NRS 17.480 - "Foreign money" defined.

NRS 17.490 - "Foreign-money claim" defined.

NRS 17.500 - "Money" defined.

NRS 17.510 - "Money of the claim" defined.

NRS 17.520 - "Person" defined.

NRS 17.530 - "Rate of exchange" defined.

NRS 17.540 - "Spot rate" defined.

NRS 17.550 - "State" defined.

NRS 17.560 - Variation by agreement.

NRS 17.570 - Determining money of the claim.

NRS 17.580 - Determining amount of money of certain contract claims.

NRS 17.590 - Asserting and defending foreign-money claim.

NRS 17.600 - Judgments and awards on foreign-money claims; times of money conversion; form of judgment.

NRS 17.610 - Conversion of foreign money in distributive proceeding.

NRS 17.620 - Prejudgment and judgment interest.

NRS 17.630 - Enforcement of foreign judgments.

NRS 17.640 - Determining United States dollar value of foreign-money claims for limited purposes.

NRS 17.650 - Effect of currency revalorization.

NRS 17.660 - Supplementary general principles of law.

NRS 17.700 - Short title.

NRS 17.710 - Definitions.

NRS 17.720 - "Foreign country" defined.

NRS 17.730 - "Foreign-country judgment" defined.

NRS 17.740 - Applicability.

NRS 17.750 - Standards for recognition of foreign-country judgment.

NRS 17.760 - Personal jurisdiction.

NRS 17.770 - Procedure for recognition of foreign-country judgment.

NRS 17.780 - Effect of recognition of foreign-country judgment.

NRS 17.790 - Stay of proceedings pending appeal of foreign-country judgment.

NRS 17.800 - Statute of limitations.

NRS 17.810 - Uniformity of interpretation.

NRS 17.820 - Saving clause.

NRS 17.900 - Short title.

NRS 17.905 - Definitions.

NRS 17.910 - "Canada" defined.

NRS 17.915 - "Canadian judgment" defined.

NRS 17.920 - Applicability.

NRS 17.925 - Registration of Canadian judgment.

NRS 17.930 - Effect of registration.

NRS 17.935 - Notice of registration.

NRS 17.940 - Petition to vacate registration.

NRS 17.945 - Stay of enforcement of judgment pending determination of petition.

NRS 17.950 - Relationship to Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act.

NRS 17.955 - Uniformity of application and construction.