Nevada State Bankruptcy Exemptions
§ 115.010. Exemption from sale on execution and from process of court; amount of
exemption; exceptions; extension of exemption
1. The homestead is not subject to forced sale on execution or any final
process from any court, except as otherwise provided by subsections 2, 3 and 5,
and NRS 115.090 and except as otherwise required by federal law.
2. The exemption provided in subsection 1 extends only to that amount of equity
in the property held by the claimant which does not exceed $ 350,000 in value,
unless allodial title has been established and not relinquished, in which case
the exemption provided in subsection 1 extends to all equity in the dwelling,
its appurtenances and the land on which it is located.
3. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, the exemption provided in
subsection 1 does not extend to process to enforce the payment of obligations
contracted for the purchase of the property, or for improvements made thereon,
including any mechanic's lien lawfully obtained, or for legal taxes, or for:
(a) Any mortgage or deed of trust thereon executed and given, including,
without limitation, any second or subsequent mortgage, mortgage obtained
through refinancing, line of credit taken against the property and a home
equity loan; or
(b) Any lien to which prior consent has been given through the acceptance of
property subject to any recorded declaration of restrictions, deed restriction,
restrictive covenant or equitable servitude, specifically including any lien in
favor of an association pursuant to NRS 116.3116 or 117.070, by both husband
and wife, when that relation exists.
4. If allodial title has been established and not relinquished, the exemption
provided in subsection 1 extends to process to enforce the payment of
obligations contracted for the purchase of the property, and for improvements
made thereon, including any mechanic's lien lawfully obtained, and for legal
taxes levied by a state or local government, and for:
(a) Any mortgage or deed of trust thereon; and
(b) Any lien even if prior consent has been given through the acceptance of
property subject to any recorded declaration of restrictions, deed restriction,
restrictive covenant or equitable servitude, specifically including any lien in
favor of an association pursuant to NRS 116.3116 or 117.070, unless a waiver
for the specific obligation to which the judgment relates has been executed by
all allodial titleholders of the property.
5. Establishment of allodial title does not exempt the property from forfeiture
pursuant to NRS 179.1156 to 179.119, inclusive, or 207.350 to 207.520,
inclusive.
6. Any declaration of homestead which has been filed before October 1, 2005,
shall be deemed to have been amended on that date by extending the homestead
exemption commensurate with any increase in the amount of equity held by the
claimant in the property selected and claimed for the exemption up to the
amount permitted by law on that date, but the increase does not impair the
right of any creditor to execute upon the property when that right existed
before October 1, 2005.
§ 21.090. Property exempt from execution
1. The following property is exempt from execution, except as otherwise
specifically provided in this section or federal law:
(a) Private libraries works of art, musical instruments and jewelry not to
exceed $ 5,000 in value, belonging to the judgment debtor or a dependent of the
judgment debtor, to be selected by the judgment debtor, and all family pictures
and keepsakes.
(b) Necessary household goods, furnishings, electronics, wearing apparel, other
personal effects and yard equipment, not to exceed $ 12,000 in value, belonging
to the judgment debtor or a dependent of the judgment debtor, to be selected by
the judgment debtor.
(c) Farm trucks, farm stock, farm tools, farm equipment, supplies and seed not
to exceed $ 4,500 in value, belonging to the judgment debtor to be selected by
him.
(d) Professional libraries, equipment, supplies, and the tools, inventory,
instruments and materials used to carry on the trade or business of the
judgment debtor for the support of himself and his family not to exceed $
10,000 in value.
(e) The cabin or dwelling of a miner or prospector, his cars, implements and
appliances necessary for carrying on any mining operations and his mining claim
actually worked by him, not exceeding $ 4,500 in total value.
(f) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (o), one vehicle if the judgment
debtor's equity does not exceed $ 15,000 or the creditor is paid an amount
equal to any excess above that equity.
(g) For any workweek, 75 percent of the disposable earnings of a judgment
debtor during that week, or 50 times the minimum hourly wage prescribed by
section 6(a)(1) of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938,
29 U.S.C. Section 206(a)(1), and in effect at the time the earnings are
payable, whichever is greater. Except as otherwise provided in paragraphs (n),
(r) and (s), the exemption provided in this paragraph does not apply in the
case of any order of a court of competent jurisdiction for the support of any
person, any order of a court of bankruptcy or of any debt due for any state or
federal tax. As used in this paragraph:
(1) "disposable earnings" means that part of the earnings of a judgment debtor
remaining after the deduction from those earnings of any amounts required by
law to be withheld.
(2) "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.
(h) All fire engines, hooks and ladders, with the carts, trucks and carriages,
hose, buckets, implements and apparatus thereunto appertaining, and all
furniture and uniforms of any fire company or department organized under the
laws of this State.
(i) All arms, uniforms and accouterments required by law to be kept by any
person, and also one gun, to be selected by the debtor.
(j) All courthouses, jails, public offices and buildings, lots, grounds and
personal property, the fixtures, furniture, books, papers and appurtenances
belonging and pertaining to the courthouse, jail and public offices belonging
to any county of this State, all cemeteries, public squares, parks and places,
public buildings, town halls, markets, buildings for the use of fire
departments and military organizations, and the lots and grounds thereto
belonging and appertaining, owned or held by any town or incorporated city, or
dedicated by the town or city to health, ornament or public use, or for the use
of any fire or military company organized under the laws of this State and all
lots, buildings and other school property owned by a school district and
devoted to public school purposes.
(k) All money, benefits, privileges or immunities accruing or in any manner
growing out of any life insurance, if the annual premium paid does not exceed $
15,000. If the premium exceeds that amount, a similar exemption exists which
bears the same proportion to the money, benefits, privileges and immunities so
accruing or growing out of the insurance that the $ 15,000 bears to the whole
annual premium paid.
(l) The homestead as provided for by law, including a homestead for which
allodial title has been established and not relinquished and for which a waiver
executed pursuant to NRS 115.010 is not applicable.
(m) The dwelling of the judgment debtor occupied as a home for himself and
family, where the amount of equity held by the judgment debtor in the home does
not exceed $ 350,000 in value and the dwelling is situated upon lands not owned
by him.
(n) All property in this State of the judgment debtor where the judgment is in
favor of any state for failure to pay that state's income tax on benefits
received from a pension or other retirement plan.
(o) Any vehicle owned by the judgment debtor for use by him or his dependent
that is equipped or modified to provide mobility for a person with a permanent
disability.
(p) Any prosthesis or equipment prescribed by a physician or dentist for the
judgment debtor or a dependent of the debtor.
(q) Money, not to exceed $ 500,000 in present value, held in:
(1) An individual retirement arrangement which conforms with the applicable
limitations and requirements of Section 408 or 408a of the Internal Revenue
Code, 26 U.S.C. sections 408 and 408a;
(2) A written simplified employee pension plan which conforms with the
applicable limitations and requirements of Section 408 of the Internal Revenue
Code,
26 U.S.C. Section 408;
(3) A cash or deferred arrangement which is a qualified plan pursuant to the
Internal Revenue Code;
(4) A trust forming part of a stock bonus, pension or profit- sharing plan
which is a qualified plan pursuant to sections 401 et seq. of the Internal
Revenue Code,
26 U.S.C. Sections 401 et seq.; and
(5) A trust forming part of a qualified tuition program pursuant to chapter
353B of NRS, any applicable regulations adopted pursuant to chapter 353B of NRS
and section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code,
26 U.S.C. Section 529, unless the money is deposited after the entry of
a judgment against the purchaser or account owner or the money will not be used
by any beneficiary to attend a college or university.
(r) All money and other benefits paid pursuant to the order of a court of
competent jurisdiction for the support, education and maintenance of a child,
whether collected by the judgment debtor or the State.
(s) All money and other benefits paid pursuant to the order of a court of
competent jurisdiction for the support and maintenance of a former spouse,
including the amount of any arrearages in the payment of such support and
maintenance to which the former spouse may be entitled.
(t) Payments, in an amount not to exceed $ 16,150, received as compensation for
personal injury, not including compensation for pain and suffering or actual
pecuniary loss, by the judgment debtor or by a person upon whom the judgment
debtor is dependent at the time the payment is received.
(u) Payments received as compensation for the wrongful death of a person upon
whom the judgment debtor was dependent at the time of the wrongful death, to
the extent reasonably necessary for the support of the judgment debtor and any
dependent of the judgment debtor.
(v) Payments received as compensation for the loss of future earnings of the
judgment debtor or of a person upon whom the judgment debtor is dependent at
the time the payment is received, to the extent reasonably necessary for the
support of the judgment debtor and any dependent of the judgment debtor.
(w) Payments received as restitution for a criminal act.
2. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 115.010, no article or species of
property mentioned in this section is exempt from execution issued upon a
judgment to recover for its price, or upon a judgment of foreclosure of a
mortgage or other lien thereon.
3. Any exemptions specified in subsection (d) of section 522 of the Bankruptcy
Act of 1978,
11 U.S.C. Section 522(d), do not apply to property owned by a resident
of this State unless conferred also by subsection 1, as limited by subsection
2.
§ 687B.260. Exemption of proceeds of certain policies
1. If a policy of insurance, whether issued before, on or after January 1,
1972, is effected by any person on his own life, or on another life, in favor
of a person other than himself, or, except in cases of transfer with intent to
defraud creditors, if a policy of life insurance is assigned or in any way made
payable to any such person, the lawful beneficiary or assignee thereof, other
than the insured or the person so effecting such insurance or executors or
administrators of the insured or the person so effecting such insurance, is
entitled to its proceeds and avails against the creditors and representatives
of the insured and of the person effecting the same, whether or not the right
to change the beneficiary is reserved or permitted and whether or not the
policy is made payable to the person whose life is insured or to the executors
or administrators of such person if the beneficiary or assignee predeceases the
person. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, such proceeds and
avails are exempt from all liability for any debt of the beneficiary existing
at the time the proceeds and avails are made available for his use. Subject to
the statute of limitations, the amount of any premiums for such insurance paid
with intent to defraud creditors, with interest thereon, inures to the benefit
of the creditors from the proceeds of the policy. The insurer issuing the
policy is discharged of all liability thereon by payment of its proceeds in
accordance with its terms, unless, before the payment, the insurer has received
written notice at its home office, by or in behalf of a creditor, of a claim to
recover for transfer made or premiums paid with intent to defraud creditors,
with specification of the amount claimed along with such facts as will assist
the insurer to ascertain the particular policy.
2. For the purposes of subsection 1, a policy shall also be deemed to be payable
to a person other than the insured if and to the extent that a
facility-of-payment clause or a similar clause in the policy permits the
insurer to discharge its obligation after the death of the individual insured
by paying the death benefits to a person as permitted by such a clause.
3. This section does not apply to insurance issued pursuant to this code to a
creditor covering his debtors to the extent that such proceeds are applied to
payment of the obligation for the purpose of which the insurance was so issued.
§ 687B.270. Exemption of proceeds: Health insurance
1. Except as otherwise expressly provided by the policy or contract, the
proceeds and avails of all contracts of health insurance and of provisions
providing benefits on account of the disability of the insured which are
supplemental to life insurance or annuity contracts effected before, on or
after January 1, 1972, are exempt from all liability for any debt of the
insured, and from any debt of the beneficiary existing at the time the proceeds
are made available for his use.
2. This section does not apply to insurance issued pursuant to this code to a
creditor covering his debtors to the extent that such proceeds are applied to
payment of the obligation for the purpose of which the insurance was so issued.
§ 687B.280. Exemption of proceeds: Group insurance
1. A policy of group life insurance or group health insurance or the proceeds
thereof payable to the individual insured or to the beneficiary thereunder
shall not be liable, either before or after payment, to be applied by any legal
or equitable process to pay any debt or liability of such insured individual or
his beneficiary or of any other person having a right under the policy. The
proceeds thereof, when not made payable to a named beneficiary or to a third
person pursuant to a facility-of-payment clause, shall not constitute a part of
the estate of the individual insured for the payment of his debts.
2. This section does not apply to group insurance issued pursuant to this code
to a creditor covering his debtors, to the extent that such proceeds are
applied to payments of the obligation for the purpose of which the insurance
was so issued.
§ 687B.290. Exemption of proceeds: Annuities; assignability of rights
1. The benefits, rights, privileges and options which under any annuity
contract issued prior to or after January 1, 1972, are due or prospectively due
the annuitant shall not be subject to execution nor shall the annuitant be
compelled to exercise any such rights, powers or options, nor shall creditors
be allowed to interfere with or terminate the contract, except:
(a) As to amounts paid for or as premium on any such annuity with intent to
defraud creditors, with interest thereon, and of which the creditor has given
the insurer written notice at its home office prior to the making of the
payment to the annuitant out of which the creditor seeks to recover. Any such
notice shall specify the amount claimed or such facts as will enable the
insurer to ascertain such amount, and shall set forth such facts as will enable
the insurer to ascertain the annuity contract, the annuitant and the payment
sought to be avoided on the ground of fraud.
(b) The total exemption of benefits presently due and payable to any annuitant
periodically or at stated times under all annuity contracts under which he is
an annuitant shall not at any time exceed $ 350 per month for the length of
time represented by such installments, and such periodic payments in excess of
$ 350 per month shall be subject to garnishee execution to the same extent as
are wages and salaries.
(c) If the total benefits presently due and payable to any annuitant under all
annuity contracts under which he is an annuitant, at any time exceed payment at
the rate of $ 350 per month, then the court may order such annuitant to pay to
a judgment creditor or apply on the judgment, in installments, such portion of
such excess benefits as to the court may appear just and proper, after due
regard for the reasonable requirements of the judgment debtor and his family,
if dependent upon him, as well as any payments required to be made by the
annuitant to other creditors under prior court orders.
2. If the contract so provides, the benefits, rights, privileges or options
accruing under such contract to a beneficiary or assignee shall not be
transferable or subject to commutation, and if the benefits are payable
periodically or at stated times, the same exemptions and exceptions contained
in this section for the annuitant shall apply with respect to such beneficiary
or assignee.
§ 695A.220. Benefits not liable to attachment, garnishment or other process
No money or other benefit, charity, relief or aid to be paid, provided or
rendered by any society is liable to attachment, garnishment or other process,
or to be seized, taken, appropriated or applied by any legal or equitable
process or operation of law to pay any debt or liability of a benefit member or
beneficiary, or any other person who may have a right thereunder, either before
or after payment by the society.
§ 616C.205. Compensation not assignable; exempt from attachment, garnishment and
execution; accrued compensation payable to dependents
Except as otherwise provided in this section and NRS 31A.150 and 31A.330,
compensation payable or paid under chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, or chapter
617 of NRS, whether determined or due, or not, is not, before the issuance and
delivery of the check, assignable, is exempt from attachment, garnishment and
execution, and does not pass to any other person by operation of law. In the
case of the death of an injured employee covered by chapters 616A to 616D,
inclusive, or chapter 617 of NRS from causes independent from the injury for
which compensation is payable, any compensation due the employee which was
awarded or accrued but for which a check was not issued or delivered at the
date of death of the employee is payable to his dependents as defined in NRS
616C.505.
§ 612.710. Assignment of benefits void; exemption from execution and attachment
Except as otherwise provided in NRS 31A.150:
1. Any assignment, pledge or encumbrance of any right to benefits which are or
may become due or payable under this chapter is void, except for a voluntary
assignment of benefits to satisfy an obligation to pay support for a child.
2. Benefits are exempt from levy, execution, attachment, or any other remedy
provided for the collection of debt. Benefits received by any person, if they
are not mingled with other money of the recipient, are exempt from any remedy
for the collection of all debts, except debts incurred for necessaries
furnished to the person or his spouse or dependents during the time when the
person was unemployed.
3. Any other waiver of any exemption provided for in this section is void.
§ 286.670. Right to benefits not subject to taxes, process, bankruptcy,
assignment or assessment for impairment or insolvency of insurance company;
exceptions
1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 31A.150 and 286.6703 and as limited by
subsection 2, the right of a person to a pension, an annuity, a retirement
allowance, the return of contributions, the pension, annuity or retirement
allowance itself, any optional benefit or death benefit or any other right
accrued or accruing to any person under the provisions of this chapter, and the
money in the various funds created by this chapter, is:
(a) Exempt from all state, county and municipal taxes.
(b) Not subject to execution, garnishment, attachment or any other process.
(c) Not subject to the operation of any bankruptcy or insolvency law.
(d) Not assignable, by power of attorney or otherwise.
(e) Exempt from assessment for the impairment or insolvency of any life or
health insurance company.
2. The system may withhold money from a refund or benefit when the person
applying for or receiving the refund or benefit owes money to the system.
§ 645A.170. Limitations on execution or attachment of money deposited in escrow;
commingling prohibited
1. Money deposited in escrow is not subject to execution or attachment on any
claim against the escrow agent or agency.
2. An escrow agent or agency shall not knowingly keep or cause to be kept any
money in any bank, credit union or other financial institution under any name
designating the money as belonging to the clients of any escrow agent or
agency, unless the money was actually entrusted to the agent or agency by the
client for deposit in escrow.
§ 21.080. Property liable to execution; property not affected by execution until
levy; exemption of spendthrift trusts
1. All goods, chattels, moneys and other property, real and personal, of the
judgment debtor, or any interest therein of the judgment debtor not exempt by
law, and all property and rights of property seized and held under attachment
in the action, shall be liable to execution. Subject to the provisions of
chapter 104 of NRS, shares and interests in any corporation or company, and
debts and credits and other property not capable of manual delivery, may be
attached in execution in like manner as upon writs of attachments. Gold dust
and bullion shall be returned by the officer as so much money collected, at its
current value, without exposing the same to sale. Until a levy, property shall
not be affected by the execution.
2. This chapter does not authorize the seizure of, or other interference with,
any money, thing in action, lands or other property held in spendthrift trust
for a judgment debtor, or held in such trust for any beneficiary, pursuant to
any judgment, order or process of any bankruptcy or other court directed
against any such beneficiary or his trustee, where the trust has been created
by, or the fund so held in trust has proceeded from, any person other than the
judgment debtor or beneficiary himself.
§ 21.100. Collections of minerals, art curiosities and paleontological remains
exempt from execution
1. Any bona fide owner of a collection or cabinet of metal-bearing ores,
geological specimens, art curiosities, or paleontological remains who shall
properly arrange, classify, number and catalog in a suitable book or books of
reference any such collection of ores, specimens, curiosities or remains,
whether the same be kept at a private residence or in a public hall or in a
place of public business or traffic, shall be entitled to hold the same exempt
from execution as other property is exempted from execution under the
provisions of NRS 21.090.
2. The owner of any collection or cabinet as described in subsection 1 shall
keep constantly at or near such collection or cabinet, for free inspection of
all visitors who may desire to examine the same, written or printed catalogs as
provided in subsection 1. Any person owning such collection or cabinet who
fails or neglects to comply with the provisions of this section shall forfeit
all right to hold such collection or cabinet exempt from legal execution as
provided herein.
3. Nothing in this section shall be construed so as to exempt from execution any
numismatic collection, such as gold and silver coins, paper currency, bank
notes, legal tender currency, national or state bonds, or any negotiable note,
or valuable copper, bronze, nickel, platinum or other coin.
§ 422.291. Assistance not assignable or subject to process or bankruptcy law
Assistance awarded pursuant to the provisions of this chapter is not
transferable or assignable at law or in equity and none of the money paid or
payable under this chapter is subject to execution, levy, attachment,
garnishment or other legal process, or to the operation of any bankruptcy or
insolvency law.
§ 615.270. Maintenance not assignable or subject to attachment, execution or
other legal process
The right of a handicapped individual to maintenance under this chapter shall
not be transferable or assignable at law or in equity, and none of the moneys
paid or payable or rights existing under this chapter shall be subject to
execution, levy, attachment, garnishment or other legal process, or to the
operation of any bankruptcy or insolvency law.
§ 87.250. Nature of partner's right in specific property of partnership
1. A partner is co-owner with his partners of specific partnership property
holding as a tenant in partnership.
2. The incidents of this tenancy are such that:
(a) A partner, subject to the provisions of this chapter and to any agreement
between the partners, has an equal right with his partners to possess specific
partnership property for partnership purposes; but he has no right to possess
such property for any other purpose without the consent of his partners.
(b) A partner's right in specific partnership property is not assignable except
in connection with the assignment of rights of all the partners in the same
property.
(c) A partner's right in specific partnership property is not subject to
attachment or execution, except on a claim against the partnership. When
partnership property is attached for a partnership debt the partners, or any of
them, or the representatives of a deceased partner, cannot claim any right
under the homestead or exemption laws.
(d) On the death of a partner his right in specific partnership property vests
in the surviving partner or partners, except where the deceased was the last
surviving partner, when his right in such property vests in his legal
representative. Such surviving partner or partners, or the legal representative
of the last surviving partner, has no right to possess the partnership property
for any but a partnership purpose.
(e) A partner's right in specific partnership property is not subject to dower,
curtesy, or allowances to widows, heirs or next of kin.
Note: Exemptions may have changed since our last update.
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