624.420 - “Injured person” defined.

624.420  “Injured person” defined.  “Injured person” means an owner who:

      1.  Is damaged by the failure of a residential contractor to perform qualified services adequately; or

      2.  Pays to obtain a release of a lien:

      (a) Which is recorded:

             (1) For the value of any materials or services rendered in connection with a construction project; and

             (2) Against property to be improved by the project; and

      (b) When a licensee or agent or officer thereof:

             (1) Willfully or deliberately fails to pay any money when due for the materials or services; and

             (2) Has received sufficient money as payment for the materials or services.

      (Added to NRS by 1999, 1967; A 2001, 141; 2009, 766)