78.746 - Action against stockholder by judgment creditor; limitations.
78.746 Action against stockholder by judgment creditor; limitations.
1. On application to a court of competent jurisdiction by a judgment creditor of a stockholder, the court may charge the stockholder’s stock with payment of the unsatisfied amount of the judgment with interest. To the extent so charged, the judgment creditor has only the rights of an assignee of the stockholder’s stock.
2. This section:
(a) Applies only to a corporation that:
(1) Has more than 1 but fewer than 100 stockholders of record at any time.
(2) Is not a subsidiary of a publicly traded corporation, either in whole or in part.
(3) Is not a professional corporation as defined in NRS 89.020.
(b) Does not apply to any liability of a stockholder that exists as the result of an action filed before July 1, 2007.
(c) Provides the exclusive remedy by which a judgment creditor of a stockholder or an assignee of a stockholder may satisfy a judgment out of the stockholder’s stock of the corporation.
(d) Does not deprive any stockholder of the benefit of any exemption applicable to the stockholder’s stock.
(e) Does not supersede any private agreement between a stockholder and a creditor if the private agreement does not conflict with the corporation’s articles of incorporation, bylaws or any shareholder agreement to which the stockholder is a party.
3. As used in this section, “rights of an assignee” means the rights to receive the share of the distributions or dividends paid by the corporation to which the judgment debtor would otherwise be entitled. The term does not include the rights to participate in the management of the business or affairs of the corporation or to become a director of the corporation.
(Added to NRS by 2007, 2639; A 2009, 2829)