NRS 31.310
Property to be retained by garnishee or delivered to officer

  • effect of delivery
  • certificate of receipt of property.

1.

Subject to order of the court, a garnishee defendant upon whom a writ of garnishment has been duly served shall not pay any debt due or to become due to the defendant and shall retain in the garnishee’s possession and control, or deliver to the sheriff as provided herein, all personal property, effects, goods, chattels, rights, debts, credits or choses in action of the defendant.

2.

In all cases the garnishee, upon submitting the garnishee’s answers to the garnishee interrogatories, may deliver to the sheriff or the officer serving the writ the property belonging to the defendant, together with the money due to the defendant, and the sheriff or officer shall give the garnishee defendant a receipt therefor, and thereupon the garnishee is relieved from further liability in the proceedings, unless the garnishee’s answer is successfully controverted.

3.

The sheriff or officer shall hold the property and money to be dealt with as provided in NRS 31.300 and shall, by certificate, make return to the court showing the receipt thereof specifically describing the money and property and setting forth the date and time of its receipt. The certificate forms a part of the return of the writ of garnishment.

Source: Section 31.310 — Property to be retained by garnishee or delivered to officer; effect of delivery; certificate of receipt of property., https://www.­leg.­state.­nv.­us/NRS/NRS-031.­html#NRS031Sec310 (accessed May 26, 2025).

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.

May 26, 2025

§ 31.310. Prop. to be retained by garnishee or delivered to officer's source at nv​.us