1. A person engaged in any business or enterprise of any kind in this State shall not issue, in payment of, or as evidence of, any indebtedness for wages due an employee, any order, check, memorandum or other acknowledgment of indebtedness unless it is a negotiable instrument payable without discount, in cash on demand, at some bank, credit union or other established place of business but this subsection does not limit or interfere with the right of any employee, by agreement, to accept from any such person, as an evidence or acknowledgment of indebtedness for wages due the employee, a negotiable instrument payable at some future date with interest.
2. In the event of nonpayment when due of any negotiable instrument issued in payment of wages, the holder in due course of the instrument succeeds and has the same rights, priorities and preferences with respect to payment thereof, and stands in the same position, as the payee of the instrument with respect to a claim for wages unpaid when due, in addition to any other remedy available to the holder in due course provided by law.
3. An employer who knowingly issues to an employee a negotiable instrument in payment of wages for which there is insufficient money, property or credit with the drawee of the instrument to pay it in full upon presentation shall reimburse the employee for any penalty or charge incurred by the employee arising from his or her reliance on the validity of the instrument.
[1:66:1911; RL § 1939; NCL § 2783] + [1.5:66:1911; added 1953, 64] + [2:66:1911; A 1953, 64]—(NRS A 1967, 622; 1985, 580; 1999, 1521)
Structure Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 608 - Compensation, Wages and Hours
NRS 608.005 - Legislative declaration.
NRS 608.009 - "Domestic service employee" defined.
NRS 608.010 - "Employee" defined.
NRS 608.011 - "Employer" defined.
NRS 608.0113 - "Private employment" defined.
NRS 608.0116 - "Professional" defined.
NRS 608.012 - "Wages" defined.
NRS 608.0123 - "Week of work" defined.
NRS 608.0126 - "Workday" defined.
NRS 608.013 - Employer to post abstract of chapter.
NRS 608.015 - Unlawful to induce employee to refrain from testifying.
NRS 608.0155 - Persons presumed to be independent contractor.
NRS 608.016 - Payment for each hour of work; trial or break-in period not excepted.
NRS 608.0165 - Basis for payment of employee who manufactures or uses explosives; penalty.
NRS 608.017 - Discrimination on basis of sex prohibited; exceptions.
NRS 608.018 - Compensation for overtime: Requirement; exceptions.
NRS 608.019 - Periods for meals and rest.
NRS 608.0195 - Periods for sleep.
NRS 608.020 - Discharge of employee: Immediate payment.
NRS 608.030 - Payment of employee who resigns or quits employment.
NRS 608.040 - Penalty for failure to pay discharged or quitting employee.
NRS 608.050 - Wages to be paid at termination of service: Penalty; employee’s lien.
NRS 608.060 - Semimonthly payments; exceptions.
NRS 608.070 - Agreements between employers and employees for other than semimonthly payments.
NRS 608.090 - Adjustment of wages for additional payments; notice by employer; payment.
NRS 608.110 - Withholding of portion of wages.
NRS 608.115 - Records of wages.
NRS 608.120 - Manner of payment of wages.
NRS 608.140 - Assessment of attorney’s fees in action for recovery of wages.
NRS 608.154 - Lodging as part of wages or compensation; exception.
NRS 608.155 - Meals as part of wages or compensation; exception.
NRS 608.1555 - Benefits for health care: Provision in same manner as policy of insurance.
NRS 608.157 - Benefits for health care: Coverage for mastectomy and reconstructive surgery.
NRS 608.1575 - Benefits for health care: Services provided by certain nurses.
NRS 608.165 - Special uniforms, accessories and cleaning to be furnished without cost to employee.
NRS 608.170 - Assignment of wages void against judgment creditors; prima facie evidence of fraud.
NRS 608.180 - Enforcement of NRS 608.005 to 608.195, inclusive, and 608.215; prosecution.
NRS 608.190 - Willful failure or refusal to pay wages due prohibited.
NRS 608.195 - Criminal and administrative penalties.
NRS 608.200 - Underground mines and workings; criminal and administrative penalties.
NRS 608.250 - Requirement of employer to pay; incremental annual increase; penalty.
NRS 608.270 - Duties of Labor Commissioner and district attorneys; regulations.
NRS 608.280 - Proceedings against district attorney to be instituted by Attorney General.
NRS 608.290 - Criminal and administrative penalties.
NRS 608.310 - Producer-promoter-employer required to obtain permit; application; fee; exceptions.
NRS 608.330 - Criminal and administrative penalties.
NRS 608.510 - "Agency to provide personal care services in the home" defined.
NRS 608.520 - "Director" defined.
NRS 608.530 - "Home care employee" defined.
NRS 608.540 - "Home care employer" defined.
NRS 608.550 - "Home care employment standards board" defined.
NRS 608.560 - "Home care program" defined.
NRS 608.570 - "Intermediary service organization" defined.
NRS 608.580 - "Personal assistance" defined.
NRS 608.590 - "Personal care services" defined.
NRS 608.600 - "Temporary respite services" defined.
NRS 608.680 - Unlawful to pay wage less than minimum established by regulation of the Director.