Nevada Revised Statutes 108.22148 – ‘Owner’ defined
1. ’Owner’ includes:
Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 108.22148
- Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
- county: includes Carson City. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.033
- Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
- Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it.
- Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
- Mortgagee: The person to whom property is mortgaged and who has loaned the money.
- person: means a natural person, any form of business or social organization and any other nongovernmental legal entity including, but not limited to, a corporation, partnership, association, trust or unincorporated organization. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.039
- Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
(a) The record owner or owners of the property or an improvement to the property as evidenced by a conveyance or other instrument which transfers that interest to the record owner or owners and is recorded in the office of the county recorder in which the improvement or the property is located;
(b) The reputed owner or owners of the property or an improvement to the property;
(c) The owner or owners of the property or an improvement to the property, as shown on the records of the county assessor for the county where the property or improvement is located;
(d) The person or persons whose name appears as owner of the property or an improvement to the property on the building permit;
(e) A person who claims an interest in or possesses less than a fee simple estate in the property;
(f) This State or a political subdivision of this State, including, without limitation, an incorporated city or town, that owns the property or an improvement to the property if the property or improvement is used for a private or nongovernmental use or purpose; or
(g) A person described in paragraph (a), (b), (c), (d) or (e) who leases the property or an improvement to the property to this State or a political subdivision of this State, including, without limitation, an incorporated city or town, if the property or improvement is privately owned.
2. The term does not include:
(a) A mortgagee;
(b) A trustee or beneficiary of a deed of trust;
(c) The owner or holder of a lien encumbering the property or an improvement to the property; or
(d) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (f) of subsection 1, this State or a political subdivision of this State, including, without limitation, an incorporated city or town.