NRS 258.125
Fees

  • expenses
  • accounting.

1.

Constables are entitled to the following fees for their services:
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For serving a summons or any other process in civil cases.............................. $17
For summoning a jury before a justice of the peace............................................... 7
For taking a bond or undertaking.............................................................................. 5
For serving an attachment against the property of a defendant........................ 15
For serving subpoenas, for each witness.............................................................. 15
For a copy of any writ, process or order or other paper, when demanded or required by law, per folio 3
For drawing and executing every constable’s deed, to be paid by the grantee, who must also pay for the acknowledgment thereof................................................................................................................... 20
For each certificate of sale of real property under execution................................ 5
For levying any writ of execution or writ of garnishment, or executing an order of arrest in civil cases, order for delivery of personal property or any other order in a civil case, except an order of eviction, with traveling fees as for summons 15
For serving one notice required by law before the commencement of a proceeding for any type of eviction 26
For serving not fewer than 2 nor more than 10 such notices to the same location, each notice 20
For serving not fewer than 11 nor more than 24 such notices to the same location, each notice 17
For serving 25 or more such notices to the same location, each notice............ 15
Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, for mileage in serving such a notice, for each mile necessarily and actually traveled in going only........................................................................................... 2
But if two or more notices are served at the same general location during the same period, mileage may only be charged for the service of one notice.
For each service in a summary eviction, except service of any notice required by law before commencement of the proceeding, and for serving notice of and executing a writ of restitution........................ 21
For making and posting notices, and advertising property for sale on execution, not to include the cost of publication in a newspaper............................................................................................................ 15
For each warrant lawfully executed, unless a higher amount is established by the board of county commissioners 48
For mailing a notice of a writ of execution................................................................ 2
Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, for mileage in serving summons, attachment, execution, order, venire, subpoena, notice, summary eviction, writ of restitution or other process in civil suits, for each mile necessarily and actually traveled, in going only.......................................................................................................... 2
But when two or more persons are served in the same suit, mileage may only be charged for the most distant, if they live in the same direction.
Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, for mileage in making a diligent but unsuccessful effort to serve a summons, attachment, execution, order, venire, subpoena or other process in civil suits, for each mile necessarily and actually traveled, in going only.......................................................................................... 2
But mileage may not exceed $20 for any unsuccessful effort to serve such process.
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2.

A constable is also entitled to receive:

(a)

For receiving and taking care of property on execution, attachment or order, and for executing an order of arrest in civil cases, compensation for the constable’s trouble and expense, to be allowed by the court which issued the writ or order, upon the affidavit of the constable that the charges are correct and the expenses necessarily incurred.

(b)

For collecting all sums on execution or writ, to be charged against the defendant, on the first $3,500, 2 percent thereof, and on all amounts over that sum, 1 percent.

(c)

For service in criminal cases, the same fees as are allowed sheriffs for like services, to be allowed, audited and paid as are other claims against the county.

(d)

For removing or causing the removal of, pursuant to NRS 487.230, a vehicle that has been abandoned on public property, $100.

(e)

For providing any other service authorized by law for which no fee is established by this chapter, the fee provided for by ordinance by the board of county commissioners.

3.

For each service for which a constable is otherwise entitled pursuant to subsection 1 to a fee based on the mileage necessarily and actually traveled in performing the service, a board of county commissioners may provide by ordinance for the constable to be entitled, at the option of the person paying the fee, to a flat fee for the travel costs of that service.

4.

Deputy sheriffs acting as constables are not entitled to retain for their own use any fees collected by them, but the fees must be paid into the county treasury on or before the fifth working day of the month next succeeding the month in which the fees were collected.

5.

Except as otherwise provided in subsection 6, constables shall, on or before the fifth working day of each month, account for and pay to the county treasurer all fees collected during the preceding month, except fees which may be retained as compensation.

6.

Every 5 business days, constables in an office established by the board of county commissioners as an enterprise fund shall account for and pay to the county treasurer any fee collected during the preceding period.

Source: Section 258.125 — Fees; expenses; accounting., https://www.­leg.­state.­nv.­us/NRS/NRS-258.­html#NRS258Sec125.

258.001
Definitions.
258.002
“Category I peace officer” defined.
258.003
“Category II peace officer” defined.
258.004
“Peace officer” defined.
258.005
General qualifications.
258.007
Certification as category I or category II peace officer required in certain townships
258.010
Election
258.020
Oath and bond.
258.030
Vacancy when office not abolished: Applicable law governing appointment.
258.0035
“Enterprise fund” defined.
258.040
Compensation.
258.050
Expenses
258.060
Deputies
258.065
Clerical and operational staff: Appointment
258.070
Duties and powers of constable or deputy
258.075
Report of deaths to public administrator or certain other person in certain counties.
258.080
Duties in new township.
258.090
Liability on bond: Tender of fees and indemnity bond.
258.110
Unlawful failure to arrest offender
258.120
Purchasing judgment prohibited
258.125
Fees
258.135
Acceptance of credit card, debit card or electronic transfer of money for payment of fees owed constable
258.170
No other fees to be charged.
258.180
Fee book.
258.190
Quarterly financial statements.
258.200
Failure to comply with certain statutory requirements: Penalty.
258.205
Penalties for failure of constable to file report, oath or other document with county or Peace Officers’ Standards and Training Commission.
258.210
Punishment for taking excessive fees.
258.220
Table of fees to be posted
258.230
Fees payable in advance
258.240
Limitation on mileage.
258.0703
Processes, writs and orders: Endorsement and memorandum of receipt.
258.0705
Processes, writs and orders: Service or execution
258.0707
Liability for neglect or refusal to attach, levy upon or sell property pursuant to writ of execution or attachment.
Last Updated

Jun. 24, 2021

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