Nevada Revised Statutes 70.040 – Duties of officer receiving executions; sales of real property
1. The sheriff or constable to whom the execution is directed must execute the same in the same manner as the sheriff is required by the provisions of chapter 21 of NRS to proceed upon executions directed to him or her, and the constable to whom the writ is given, and any successor in office, shall have all the powers and be subject to all the duties and liabilities therein given and imposed upon the sheriff.
Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 70.040
- county: includes Carson City. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.033
- Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
- Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
- Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.
2. Sales of real property shall be made at the front door of the office of the justice of the peace. If the sale be of real property in a county other than the one in which the judgment was rendered, the sale shall be at the front door of the office of the justice of the peace of the county in which the property is situated, nearest the property.