If a sheriff neglects or refuses to pay over on demand to the person entitled thereto any money which may come into the sheriff’s hands by virtue of his or her office, after deducting his or her legal fees, the amount thereof, with 25 percent damages, and interest at the rate of 7 percent per annum from the time of the demand, may be recovered by such person from him or her and the sureties on his or her official bond, on application, upon 5 days’ notice to the court in which the action is brought.
[10:38:1861; B § 2961; BH § 2128; C § 2249; RL § 1652; NCL § 2153]—(NRS A 1959, 184)
Structure Nevada Revised Statutes
NRS 248.010 - Election; term of office; exception.
NRS 248.030 - Office; hours to remain open.
NRS 248.050 - Custody of jail and prisoners.
NRS 248.060 - Penalty for sheriff or jailer refusing to receive or arrest.
NRS 248.092 - Searches and rescues.
NRS 248.110 - Practice of law prohibited.
NRS 248.120 - Process, writ and orders to be endorsed; provision of memorandum or copy upon request.
NRS 248.130 - Execution and endorsement of process; liability for failure to execute.
NRS 248.150 - Liability to creditor for failure to attach, levy or sell.
NRS 248.160 - Liability for collections.
NRS 248.170 - Sheriff not to purchase at sale.
NRS 248.180 - Collection of execution after expiration of term of office.
NRS 248.190 - Service on sheriff: Manner.
NRS 248.210 - Duties concerning riotous assembly; penalty.
NRS 248.230 - Penalty for failure to prevent duel.
NRS 248.250 - Duties pertaining to criminal procedure in justice courts.
NRS 248.285 - Fees of sheriff of Carson City.
NRS 248.300 - Sheriff to keep fee book.
NRS 248.310 - Quarterly financial statements.
NRS 248.320 - No other fees to be charged.
NRS 248.330 - Failure to comply with certain statutory requirements: Penalty.
NRS 248.340 - Punishment for taking excessive fees.
NRS 248.350 - Civil liability for excessive fees.
NRS 248.360 - Table of fees to be posted; penalties.
NRS 248.370 - Cost of publication.
NRS 248.380 - Fees payable in advance; execution.
NRS 248.390 - Mileage for service of more than one process.