Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 97 - Retail Installment Sales of Goods and Services
NRS 97.165 - Contract contained in single document; date, signatures and size of type; fee for cancellation.


1. Every retail installment contract must be contained in a single document which must contain the entire agreement of the parties, including any promissory notes or other evidences of indebtedness between the parties relating to the transaction, except as otherwise provided in NRS 97.205, 97.235 and 598.9715, but:
(a) If the buyer’s obligation to pay the total of payments is represented by a promissory note secured by a chattel mortgage or other security agreement, the promissory note may be a separate instrument if the mortgage or security agreement recites the amount and terms of payment of that note and the promissory note recites that it is secured by a mortgage or security agreement.
(b) In a transaction involving the repair, alteration or improvement upon or in connection with real property, the contract may be secured by a mortgage or deed of trust on the real property contained in a separate document. Retail sales transactions for home improvements which are financed or insured by the Federal Housing Administration are not subject to the provisions of this chapter.
2. The contract must be dated, signed by the retail buyer and completed as to all essential provisions, except as otherwise provided in NRS 97.205, 97.215 and 97.235. The printed or typed portion of the contract, other than instructions for completion, must be in a size equal to at least 8-point type.
3. Any fee charged to the retail buyer for his or her cancellation of a retail installment contract within 72 hours after its execution is prohibited unless notice of the fee is clearly set forth in the printed or typed portion of the contract.
(Added to NRS by 1965, 659; A 1987, 369; 1995, 1802; 2017, 4063)

Structure Nevada Revised Statutes

Nevada Revised Statutes

Chapter 97 - Retail Installment Sales of Goods and Services

NRS 97.015 - Definitions.

NRS 97.017 - "Amount financed" defined.

NRS 97.025 - "Cash sale price" defined.

NRS 97.026 - "Credit" defined.

NRS 97.031 - "Finance charge" defined.

NRS 97.035 - "Goods" defined.

NRS 97.055 - "Official fees" defined.

NRS 97.075 - "Rate" defined.

NRS 97.085 - "Retail buyer" and "buyer" defined.

NRS 97.095 - "Retail charge agreement" defined.

NRS 97.105 - "Retail installment contract" and "contract" defined.

NRS 97.115 - "Retail installment transaction" defined.

NRS 97.125 - "Retail seller" and "seller" defined.

NRS 97.135 - "Services" defined.

NRS 97.145 - "Total of payments" defined.

NRS 97.165 - Contract contained in single document; date, signatures and size of type; fee for cancellation.

NRS 97.175 - Seller to provide certain creditor disclosures to buyer.

NRS 97.185 - Contents of contract.

NRS 97.195 - Amount of finance charge and any other fee, expense or charge.

NRS 97.205 - Contracts negotiated and entered into by mail or telephone based on seller’s catalog or printed solicitation; preparation and delivery of memorandum.

NRS 97.215 - Blank spaces in contracts.

NRS 97.225 - Prepayment of unpaid total of payments; refund.

NRS 97.235 - Consolidated contracts; memoranda.

NRS 97.245 - Retail charge agreements: Finance charge; contents of monthly statements; notice of change in terms.

NRS 97.253 - Rights of retail seller; action to determine liability for unauthorized negotiable instrument used to make payment.

NRS 97.265 - Insurance.

NRS 97.275 - Invalidity of provisions of contract or agreement; waiver of provisions of chapter ineffective.

NRS 97.285 - Provisions of chapter governing retail installment transactions exclusive.

NRS 97.297 - "Vehicle" defined.

NRS 97.299 - Forms for contracts and applications for credit: Adoption of regulations prescribing forms; contents; acceptance; translation into Spanish; amendment of forms.

NRS 97.301 - Forms for contracts and application for credit: When use is mandatory.

NRS 97.304 - Enforceability of default on part of buyer.

NRS 97.305 - Violation bar to recovery.

NRS 97.315 - Injunction to prevent violation.

NRS 97.325 - Assurance of discontinuance.

NRS 97.335 - Civil penalties.