A writ of execution issued on a judgment for the recovery of money must be substantially in the following form:
(Title of the Court)
(Number and abbreviated title of the case)
EXECUTION
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA:
To the sheriff of ................................ County.
Greetings:
To FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS: This judgment is for the recovery of money for the support of a person.
On ......(month)......(day)......(year), a judgment was entered by the above-entitled court in the above-entitled action in favor of ........................ as judgment creditor and against ....................... as judgment debtor for:
$............. principal,
$............. attorney’s fees,
$............. interest, and
$............. costs, making a total amount of
$............. the judgment as entered, and
WHEREAS, according to an affidavit or a memorandum of costs after judgment, or both, filed herein, it appears that further sums have accrued since the entry of judgment, to wit:
$............. accrued interest, and
$................. accrued costs, together with $........ fee, for the issuance of this writ, making a total of
$................. as accrued costs, accrued interest and fees.
Credit must be given for payments and partial satisfactions in the amount of
$.................
which is to be first credited against the total accrued costs and accrued interest, with any excess credited against the judgment as entered, leaving a net balance of
$.................
actually due on the date of the issuance of this writ, of which
$.................
bears interest at ........ percent per annum, in the amount of $........ per day, from the date of judgment to the date of levy, to which must be added the commissions and costs of the officer executing this writ.
NOW, THEREFORE, SHERIFF OF .................................. COUNTY, you are hereby commanded to satisfy this judgment with interest and costs as provided by law, out of the personal property of the judgment debtor, except that for any workweek, 82 percent of the disposable earnings of the debtor during that week if the gross weekly salary or wage of the debtor on the date the most recent writ of garnishment was issued was $770 or less, 75 percent of the disposable earnings of the debtor during that week if the gross weekly salary or wage of the debtor on the date the most recent writ of garnishment was issued exceeded $770, or 50 times the minimum hourly wage prescribed by section 206(a)(1) of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, 29 U.S.C. §§ 201 et seq., and in effect at the time the earnings are payable, whichever is greater, is exempt from any levy of execution pursuant to this writ, and if sufficient personal property cannot be found, then out of the real property belonging to the debtor in the aforesaid county, and make return to this writ within not less than 10 days or more than 60 days endorsed thereon with what you have done.
Dated: This .......... day of the month of .......... of the year ..........
..........................................., Clerk.
By........................., Deputy Clerk.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 1496; A 1981, 125; 1983, 97; 2001, 19; 2005, 1011; 2011, 1890; 2017, 1964)
Structure Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 21 - Enforcement of Judgments
NRS 21.005 - Determination of gross weekly salary or wage of employee for purposes of chapter.
NRS 21.010 - Writ of execution: Limitations of time.
NRS 21.020 - Writ of execution: Issuance; contents.
NRS 21.025 - Writ of execution: Form on judgment for money.
NRS 21.030 - Satisfaction of judgment on joint contract.
NRS 21.040 - Return of execution.
NRS 21.060 - Execution may issue after death of party.
NRS 21.070 - Execution to issue to sheriff.
NRS 21.075 - Notice of writ of execution: Service required; form; contents.
NRS 21.076 - Notice of writ of execution: Manner and time of service.
NRS 21.090 - Property exempt from execution.
NRS 21.095 - Property exempt from execution upon judgment for medical bill.
NRS 21.110 - Execution of writ by sheriff.
NRS 21.111 - Constable authorized to act as sheriff with respect to writ.
NRS 21.118 - Levy on property of going business.
NRS 21.120 - Garnishment in aid of execution; notice of writ of garnishment; third-party claims.
NRS 21.140 - Penalties for selling without notice; defacing notice.
NRS 21.160 - Proceedings after purchaser refuses to pay amount bid.
NRS 21.180 - Delivery of personal property not capable of manual delivery; certificate of sale.
NRS 21.200 - Real property sold subject to redemption; who may redeem; redemptioner defined.
NRS 21.210 - Time and manner of redemption.
NRS 21.250 - Disposition of rents and profits.
NRS 21.270 - Examination of judgment debtor.
NRS 21.290 - Third party may pay judgment.
NRS 21.300 - Debtor of judgment debtor may be examined.
NRS 21.310 - Witnesses required to testify.
NRS 21.320 - Judge may order property applied toward satisfaction of judgment.