Senate Bill No. 247–Senator Neal

February 23, 1999

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Referred to Committee on Judiciary

 

SUMMARY—Provides lien on real property and improvements thereon for labor performed and materials furnished to maintain property and improvements. (BDR 9-899)

FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: No.

Effect on the State or on Industrial Insurance: No.

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EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted. Green numbers along left margin indicate location on the printed bill (e.g., 5-15 indicates page 5, line 15).

 

AN ACT relating to liens; providing a lien on real property and improvements thereon for labor performed and materials furnished to maintain the property and improvements; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

1-1 Section 1. Chapter 108 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a

1-2 new section to read as follows:

1-3 1. Any person who, at the request of the owner of any real property,

1-4 building, structure or improvement thereon, or his agent, performs work

1-5 to maintain the property, building, structure or improvement, has a lien

1-6 upon it for the work done and the materials furnished.

1-7 2. The amount of the lien is:

1-8 (a) If the parties entered into a contract, the unpaid balance of the

1-9 price agreed upon; or

1-10 (b) In the absence of a contract, an amount equal to the fair market

1-11 value of the labor performed or material furnished, including a

1-12 reasonable allowance for overhead and profit.

1-13 3. As used in this section, "maintain" means to clean, incidentally

1-14 repair and keep in good condition any real property, building, structure

1-15 or improvement. The term does not include the replacement of capital

1-16 improvements or major repairs.

2-1 Sec. 2. NRS 108.221 is hereby amended to read as follows:

2-2 108.221 As used in NRS 108.221 to 108.246, inclusive, and section 1

2-3 of this act, unless the context otherwise requires, "work of improvement"

2-4 or "improvement" means the entire structure or scheme of improvement as

2-5 a whole.

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