NRS 31.450
Issuance of writ of garnishment after judgment

  • procedure
  • liberal construction.
Any person having a judgment remaining unsatisfied in any court of record in the State, upon which execution has been issued and delivered, and which remains in the hands of the proper officer uncollected and unsatisfied, may, without application to the court, have a writ of garnishment issued, and thereupon attach the credits, effects, debts, choses in action and other personal property of the judgment debtor in the possession or under the control of any third person as garnishee, for the security of such judgment, and all rights, remedies and proceedings under this chapter are hereby made specifically available and applicable for the relief and security of such judgment creditor, the same as for a plaintiff in attachment, and the same are also made especially available and applicable for the protection and security of the judgment debtor and the garnishee, the same as for the defendant and garnishee in attachment; and the forms of all affidavits, interrogatories, writs, answers, oaths, orders, trials, judgments and other process and proceedings hereinbefore provided for cases of garnishment before judgment, with appropriate variations, shall apply to cases of garnishment after judgment; and all courts shall be liberal in allowing amendments, and in construing this chapter so as to promote the objects thereof.

Source: Section 31.450 — Issuance of writ of garnishment after judgment; procedure; liberal construction., https://www.­leg.­state.­nv.­us/NRS/NRS-031.­html#NRS031Sec450.

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

Feb. 5, 2021

§ 31.450’s source at nv​.us