Nevada Revised Statutes 247.410 – Liability for wrongful acts
A county recorder is liable to a party aggrieved for three times the amount of the damages that may be occasioned thereby if the county recorder:
Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 247.410
- county: includes Carson City. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.033
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- document: means a written instrument, paper, notice, deed, conveyance, map, chart, survey or any other writing, without regard to:
(a) The form in which the document is received by a county recorder;
(b) The method used to transmit the document to a county recorder; or
(c) The method used by a county recorder to store, access or retrieve the document. See Nevada Revised Statutes 247.005
1. Neglects or refuses to record a document that is authorized, entitled or required by law to be recorded within a reasonable time after receiving the document;
2. Records a document willfully or negligently, untruly or in any other manner than is directed in this chapter;
3. Neglects or refuses to maintain in the county recorder’s office such indexes as are required by this chapter, or to make the proper entries therein; or
4. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3 of NRS 247.120, alters, changes or obliterates any record or any filed document deposited in the county recorder’s office, or inserts any new matter therein.