NRS 116.31162
Foreclosure of liens: Mailing or delivery of notice of delinquent assessment
- recording of notice of default and election to sell
- period during which unit’s owner may pay lien to avoid foreclosure
- limitations on type of lien that may be foreclosed.
1.
Except as otherwise provided in subsection 5, 6 or 7, in a condominium, in a planned community, in a cooperative where the owner’s interest in a unit is real estate under NRS 116.1105, or in a cooperative where the owner’s interest in a unit is personal property under NRS 116.1105 and the declaration provides that a lien may be foreclosed under NRS 116.31162 to 116.31168, inclusive, the association may foreclose its lien by sale after all of the following occur:(a)
The association has mailed by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, to the unit’s owner or his or her successor in interest, at his or her address, if known, and at the address of the unit or, if authorized by the parties, delivered by electronic transmission, a notice of delinquent assessment which states the amount of the assessments and other sums which are due in accordance with subsection 1 of NRS 116.3116, a description of the unit against which the lien is imposed and the name of the record owner of the unit.(b)
Not less than 30 days after mailing or delivering by electronic transmission the notice of delinquent assessment pursuant to paragraph (a), the association or other person conducting the sale has executed and caused to be recorded, with the county recorder of the county in which the common-interest community or any part of it is situated, a notice of default and election to sell the unit to satisfy the lien which must contain the same information as the notice of delinquent assessment and which must also comply with the following:(1)
Describe the deficiency in payment.(2)
State the total amount of the deficiency in payment, with a separate statement of:(3)
State that:(4)
State the name and address of the person authorized by the association to enforce the lien by sale.(5)
Contain, in 14-point bold type, the following warning:(c)
The unit’s owner or his or her successor in interest has failed to pay the amount of the lien, including costs, fees and expenses incident to its enforcement, for 90 days following the recording of the notice of default and election to sell.(d)
The unit’s owner or his or her successor in interest, or the holder of a recorded security interest on the unit, has, for a period which commences in the manner and subject to the requirements described in subsection 3 and which expires 5 days before the date of sale, failed to pay the assessments and other sums that are due to the association in accordance with subsection 1 of NRS 116.3116.(e)
The association or other person conducting the sale has executed and caused to be recorded, with the county recorder of the county in which the common-interest community or any part of it is situated, an affidavit which states, based on the direct, personal knowledge of the affiant, the personal knowledge which the affiant acquired by a review of a trustee sale guarantee or a similar product or the personal knowledge which the affiant acquired by a review of the business records of the association or other person conducting the sale, which business records must meet the standards set forth in NRS 51.135, the following:(1)
The name of each holder of a security interest on the unit to which the notice of default and election to sell and the notice of sale was mailed, as required by subsection 2 of NRS 116.31163 and paragraph (d) of subsection 1 of NRS 116.311635; and(2)
The address at which the notices were mailed to each such holder of a security interest.2.
The notice of default and election to sell must be signed by the person designated in the declaration or by the association for that purpose or, if no one is designated, by the president of the association.3.
The period of 90 days described in paragraph (c) of subsection 1 begins on the first day following:(a)
The date on which the notice of default and election to sell is recorded; or(b)
The date on which a copy of the notice of default and election to sell is mailed by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested or delivered by electronic transmission, as applicable, to the unit’s owner or his or her successor in interest at his or her address, if known, and at the address of the unit,4.
An association may not mail or deliver by electronic transmission to a unit’s owner or his or her successor in interest a letter of its intent to mail or deliver by electronic transmission a notice of delinquent assessment pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection 1, mail or deliver by electronic transmission the notice of delinquent assessment or take any other action to collect a past due obligation from a unit’s owner or his or her successor in interest unless the association has complied with the provisions of subsections 4 and 5 of NRS 116.311625 and subsections 4 and 5 of NRS 116.311627 and:(a)
Not earlier than 60 days after the obligation becomes past due, the association mails to the address on file for the unit’s owner or, if authorized by the parties, delivers by electronic transmission:(1)
A schedule of the fees that may be charged if the unit’s owner fails to pay the past due obligation;(2)
A proposed repayment plan; and(3)
A notice of the right to contest the past due obligation at a hearing before the executive board and the procedures for requesting such a hearing; and(b)
Within 30 days after the date on which the information described in paragraph (a) is mailed or delivered by electronic transmission, as applicable, the past due obligation has not been paid in full or the unit’s owner or his or her successor in interest has not entered into a repayment plan or requested a hearing before the executive board. If the unit’s owner or his or her successor in interest requests a hearing or enters into a repayment plan within 30 days after the date on which the information described in paragraph (a) is mailed or delivered by electronic transmission, as applicable, and is unsuccessful at the hearing or fails to make a payment under the repayment plan within 10 days after the due date, the association may take any lawful action pursuant to subsection 1 to enforce its lien.5.
The association may not foreclose a lien by sale if the association has not mailed a copy of the notice of default and election to sell and a copy of the notice of sale to each holder of a security interest on the unit in the manner and subject to the requirements set forth in subsection 2 of NRS 116.31163 and paragraph (d) of subsection 1 of NRS 116.311635.6.
The association may not foreclose a lien by sale based on a fine or penalty for a violation of the governing documents of the association unless:(a)
The violation poses an imminent threat of causing a substantial adverse effect on the health, safety or welfare of the units’ owners or residents of the common-interest community; or(b)
The penalty is imposed for failure to adhere to a schedule required pursuant to NRS 116.310305.7.
The association may not foreclose a lien by sale if the association has received notice pursuant to NRS 107.086 that the unit is subject to foreclosure mediation pursuant to that section, unless:(a)
The trustee of record has recorded the certificate provided to the trustee pursuant to subparagraph (1) or (2) of paragraph (e) of subsection 2 of NRS 107.086; or(b)
The unit’s owner has failed to pay to the association any amounts enforceable as assessments pursuant to subsection 1 of NRS 116.3116 that become due during the pendency of foreclosure mediation pursuant to NRS 107.086, other than past due obligations as described in subsection 11 of NRS 107.086.
Source:
Section 116.31162 — Foreclosure of liens: Mailing or delivery of notice of delinquent assessment; recording of notice of default and election to sell; period during which unit’s owner may pay lien to avoid foreclosure; limitations on type of lien that may be foreclosed., https://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-116.html#NRS116Sec31162.