Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 97 - Retail Installment Sales of Goods and Services
NRS 97.253 - Rights of retail seller; action to determine liability for unauthorized negotiable instrument used to make payment.


1. A retail seller shall be deemed to be a payee with respect to any payment made on an account of a buyer by a check or other negotiable instrument.
2. Upon the posting of a payment to an account of a buyer, a retail seller has changed his or her position in reliance thereon if the payment was made by a check or other negotiable instrument.
3. A payment made on an account of a buyer by a check or other negotiable instrument is received by the retail seller in good faith if the retail seller did not have actual knowledge that the check or other negotiable instrument was forged, altered or unauthorized when it was posted to the account.
4. An action or proceeding brought to determine liability for an allegedly forged, altered or unauthorized check or other negotiable instrument used to make payment on an account of a buyer must be determined pursuant to the provisions of chapter 104 of NRS.
(Added to NRS by 1995, 1801)

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.