Statutes > Nevada Statutes > TITLE 3 - REMEDIES; SPECIAL ACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS > Chapter 40 - Actions and Proceedings in Particular Cases Concerning Property > ACTIONS RESULTING FROM CONSTRUCTIONAL DEFECT > General Provisions > 40.603 - “Amend a complaint to add a cause of action for a constructional defect” defined.

40.603 - “Amend a complaint to add a cause of action for a constructional defect” defined.

40.603  “Amend a complaint to add a cause of action for a constructional defect” defined.  “Amend a complaint to add a cause of action for a constructional defect” means any act by which a claimant seeks to:

      1.  Add to the pleadings a defective component that is not otherwise included in the pleadings and for which a notice was not previously given; or

      2.  Amend the pleadings in such a manner that the practical effect is the addition of a constructional defect that is not otherwise included in the pleadings.

Ê The term does not include amending a complaint to plead a different cause for a constructional defect which is included in the same action.

      (Added to NRS by 2003, 2034)