108.272 - Notice.

108.272  Notice.

      1.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the notice of a lien must be given by delivery in person or by registered or certified letter addressed to the last known place of business or abode of:

      (a) The legal owner and registered owner of the property.

      (b) Each person who holds a security interest in the property.

      (c) If the lien is on a mobile home or manufactured home, each person who is listed in the records of the Manufactured Housing Division of the Department of Business and Industry as holding an ownership or other interest in the home.

Ê If no address is known, the notice must be addressed to that person at the place where the lien claimant has his or her place of business.

      2.  Any person who claims a lien on aircraft, aircraft equipment or parts shall:

      (a) Within 120 days after the person furnishes supplies or services; or

      (b) Within 7 days after the person receives an order to release the property,

Ê whichever time is less, serve the legal owner by mailing a copy of the notice of the lien to the owner’s last known address, or if no address is known, by leaving a copy with the clerk of the court in the county where the notice is filed.

      3.  The notice must contain:

      (a) An itemized statement of the claim, showing the sum due at the time of the notice and the date when it became due.

      (b) A brief description of the motor vehicle, airplane, motorcycle, motor or airplane equipment, trailer, recreational vehicle, mobile home or manufactured home against which the lien exists.

      (c) A demand that the amount of the claim as stated in the notice, and of any further claim as may accrue, must be paid on or before a day mentioned.

      (d) A statement that unless the claim is paid within the time specified the motor vehicle, aircraft, motorcycle, motor or aircraft equipment, trailer, recreational vehicle, mobile home or manufactured home will be advertised for sale, and sold by auction at a specified time and place.

      4.  The lienholder shall determine a day for the purposes of the demand in paragraph (c) of subsection 3. The day mentioned must be:

      (a) Not less than 10 days after the delivery of the notice if it is personally delivered; or

      (b) Not less than 10 days after the time when the notice should reach its destination, according to the due course of post, if the notice is sent by mail.

      (Added to NRS by 1983, 1037; A 1985, 237; 1991, 1718; 1993, 235, 2038, 2042; 1995, 669)