Nevada Revised Statutes 118A.520 – When lien or security interest in tenant’s household goods may be enforced; distraint for rent abolished; damages
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1. Any lien or security interest in the tenant’s household goods created in favor of the landlord to ensure the payment of rent is unenforceable unless created by attachment or garnishment.
Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 118A.520
- Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Garnishment: Generally, garnishment is a court proceeding in which a creditor asks a court to order a third party who owes money to the debtor or otherwise holds assets belonging to the debtor to turn over to the creditor any of the debtor
- Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
- Personal property: All property that is not real property.
2. Distraint for rent is abolished.
3. A landlord who retains the household goods or other personal property of a tenant in violation of this section is liable to the tenant for damages as provided in NRS 118A.390.