Assistance awarded pursuant to the provisions of NRS 432.010 to 432.085, inclusive, is:

Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 432.036

  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings.
  • 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

1.  Not transferable or assignable at law or in equity, and none of the money paid or payable pursuant to those provisions is subject to execution, levy, attachment, garnishment or other legal process, or to the operation of any law regarding bankruptcy or insolvency.

2.  Awarded and held subject to any legislative enactment amending or repealing those provisions, and no recipient has any claim for assistance or otherwise by reason of the assistance being affected in any way by such a legislative enactment.