Nevada Foreign Judgment Enrollment
1999 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 17
Judgments
ENFORCEMENT OF FOREIGN JUDGMENTS (UNIFORM ACT)
Short title.
NRS 17.330 to 17.400, inclusive, may be cited as the Uniform Enforcement
of Foreign Judgments Act. Chap. 17, NRS 17.330
"Foreign judgment" defined.
As used in NRS 17.330 to 17.400, inclusive, unless the context
otherwise requires, "foreign judgment" means any judgment of a court of
the United States or of any other court which is entitled to full
faith and credit in this state, except a judgment to which chapter 130
of NRS applies. Chap. 17, NRS 17.340
Filing and status of foreign judgments.
An exemplified copy of any foreign judgment may be filed with the
clerk of any district court of this state. The clerk shall treat the foreign
judgment in the same manner as a judgment of the district court
of this state. A judgment so filed has the same effect and is subject to
the same procedures, defenses and proceedings for reopening, vacating or
staying as a judgment of a district court of this state and may be enforced
or satisfied in like manner. Chap. 17, NRS 17.350
Affidavit; notice of filing judgment and affidavit.
1. At the time of the filing of the foreign judgment,
the judgment creditor or his attorney shall file with the clerk of the
court an affidavit setting forth the name and last known post office address
of the judgment debtor and the judgment creditor. The affidavit must also
include a statement that the foreign judgment is valid and enforceable,
and the extent to which it has been satisfied.
2. Promptly upon filing the foreign judgment and affidavit,
the judgment creditor or someone on his behalf shall mail notice of the
filing of the judgment and affidavit, attaching a copy of each to the notice,
to the judgment debtor and to his attorney of record, if any, each at his
last known address by certified mail, return receipt requested. The notice
shall include the name and post office address of the judgment creditor
and the judgment creditor's attorney, if any, in this state. The judgment
creditor shall file with the clerk of the court an affidavit setting forth
the date upon which the notice was mailed.
3. No execution or other process for enforcement of a foreign
judgment may issue until 30 days after the date of mailing the notice of
filing. Chap. 17, NRS 17.360
Stay of enforcement of foreign judgment.
1. If the judgment debtor shows the court that an
appeal from the foreign judgment is pending or will be taken, or that a
stay of execution has been granted, the court shall stay enforcement of
the foreign judgment until the appeal is concluded, the time for appeal
expires or the stay of execution expires or is vacated, upon proof that
the judgment debtor has furnished the security for the satisfaction of
the judgment required by the state in which it was rendered.
2. If the judgment debtor shows the court any ground upon
which enforcement of a judgment of any court of this state would be stayed,
the court shall stay enforcement of the foreign judgment for an appropriate
period, upon requiring the same security for satisfaction of the judgment
which is required in this state. Chap. 17, NRS 17.370
Fees.
Any person filing a foreign judgment shall pay to the clerk of
the court the same filing fee as prescribed by statute for the filing of
civil actions. Fees for enforcement proceedings are the same as provided
for judgments of district courts of this state. Chap. 17, NRS 17.380
Judgment creditor may bring action to enforce judgment.
A judgment creditor may elect to bring an action to enforce his
judgment instead of proceeding under NRS 17.330 to 17.400, inclusive.
Chap. 17, NRS 17.390
Uniformity of interpretation.
NRS 17.330 to 17.400, inclusive, shall be so interpreted and construed
as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law of those states
which enact it. Chap. 17, NRS 17.400
