Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 31 - Attachment, Garnishment and Other Extraordinary Remedies
NRS 31.540 - Arrest of defendant.

The sheriff shall execute the order by arresting the defendant and keeping the defendant in custody until discharged by law.
[1911 CPA § 152; RL § 5094; NCL § 8650]

Structure Nevada Revised Statutes

Nevada Revised Statutes

Chapter 31 - Attachment, Garnishment and Other Extraordinary Remedies

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.