NRS 31.295
Garnishment of earnings: Limitations on amount.

1.

As used in this section:

(a)

“Disposable earnings” means that part of the earnings of any person remaining after the deduction from those earnings of any amounts required by law to be withheld.

(b)

“Earnings” means compensation paid or payable for personal services performed by a judgment debtor in the regular course of business, including, without limitation, compensation designated as income, wages, tips, a salary, a commission or a bonus. The term includes compensation received by a judgment debtor that is in the possession of the judgment debtor, compensation held in accounts maintained in a bank or any other financial institution or, in the case of a receivable, compensation that is due the judgment debtor.

2.

The maximum amount of the aggregate disposable earnings of a person which are subject to garnishment may not exceed:

(a)

Eighteen percent of the person’s disposable earnings for the relevant workweek if the person’s gross weekly salary or wage on the date the most recent writ of garnishment was issued was $770 or less;

(b)

Twenty-five percent of the person’s disposable earnings for the relevant workweek if the person’s gross weekly salary or wage on the date the most recent writ of garnishment was issued exceeded $770; or

(c)

The amount by which the person’s disposable earnings for that week exceed 50 times the federal minimum hourly wage prescribed by section 206(a)(1) of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, 29 U.S.C. §§ 201 et seq., in effect at the time the earnings are payable,
Ê whichever is less.

3.

The restrictions of subsection 2 do not apply in the case of:

(a)

Any order of any court for the support of any person.

(b)

Any order of any court of bankruptcy.

(c)

Any debt due for any state or federal tax.

4.

Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the maximum amount of the aggregate disposable earnings of a person for any workweek which are subject to garnishment to enforce any order for the support of any person may not exceed:

(a)

Fifty percent of the person’s disposable earnings for that week if the person is supporting a spouse or child other than the spouse or child for whom the order of support was rendered; or

(b)

Sixty percent of the person’s disposable earnings for that week if the person is not supporting such a spouse or child,
Ê except that if the garnishment is to enforce a previous order of support with respect to a period occurring at least 12 weeks before the beginning of the workweek, the limits which apply to the situations described in paragraphs (a) and (b) are 55 percent and 65 percent, respectively.

Source: Section 31.295 — Garnishment of earnings: Limitations on amount., https://www.­leg.­state.­nv.­us/NRS/NRS-031.­html#NRS031Sec295.

31.240
Writ of garnishment may issue at time of issuance of writ of attachment or later. 31.249
Application to court for writ of garnishment. 31.260
Issuance and contents of writ of garnishment 31.270
Service of writ 31.280
Service and return of writ give court jurisdiction. 31.290
Form of interrogatories to garnishee 31.291
Garnishment of certain financial institutions. 31.292
Garnishment of court clerks, sheriffs, justices of the peace, peace officers, other public officers, executors and administrators. 31.293
Unpaid subscription to corporate stock subject to garnishment by creditor of corporation. 31.294
Procedure for garnishment when another action pending. 31.295
Garnishment of earnings: Limitations on amount. 31.296
Garnishment of earnings: Period of garnishment 31.297
Garnishment of earnings: Liability of employer for refusal to withhold or for misrepresentation of earnings. 31.298
Garnishment of earnings: Unlawful to discharge or discipline employee. 31.300
Property to be delivered to sheriff 31.310
Property to be retained by garnishee or delivered to officer 31.320
Judgment against garnishee on failure to answer 31.330
Answer of garnishee 31.340
New matter in plaintiff’s reply deemed denied 31.350
Third person may be interpleaded as defendant 31.360
Garnishee may retain or deduct amounts due to garnishee by either party 31.370
Judgment acquits garnishee for amounts paid. 31.380
Discharge of garnishee does not bar action by defendant 31.390
Judgment against garnishee for debt not due 31.400
Property in hands of garnishee subject to security interest to be delivered to sheriff on payment or tender by plaintiff. 31.410
Property held by garnishee to secure performance to be delivered to sheriff upon performance or tender by plaintiff. 31.420
Disposal of property received by sheriff 31.450
Issuance of writ of garnishment after judgment 31.460
New trials and appeals. 31.2945
Garnishment under foreign judgment: Liability for failure to comply with Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act. 31.2955
Garnishment of earnings: Calculations for determining gross weekly salary or wage of employee.
Last Updated

Jun. 24, 2021

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