NRS108.355. Contesting validity of lien on mobile home or manufactured home.

      1.  A person contesting the validity of a lien on a mobile home or manufactured home may file a notice of opposition to the lien in the justice court in whose jurisdiction the mobile home or manufactured home is located. The notice of opposition must be filed within 5 days after the person filing the notice receives the notice of sale by auction, must be made on a form provided by the clerk of the justice court and must include the facts supporting the notice. The person filing the notice shall serve certified copies of it upon the lien claimant and the Manufactured Housing Division of the Department of Business and Industry.

      2.  Upon the filing of the notice of opposition to the lien, the justice of the peace shall schedule a hearing on the notice, which must be held as soon as practicable but not sooner than 5 days after service of the notice. The justice of the peace shall affix the date of the hearing to the notice and order that a copy be served upon the lien claimant within 5 days after the date of the order.

      3.  The justice of the peace shall either dismiss the objections to the lien claim, declare the lien invalid or declare the amount of the lien if it is different from that described by the lien claimant.

      4.  After receipt of a notice of opposition to a lien or other notice pursuant to any proceeding to contest the validity of a lien, the Manufactured Housing Division of the Department of Business and Industry shall not transfer the title to the mobile home or manufactured home that is the subject of the lien until the matter has been adjudicated.

      5.  This section does not affect the rights of a secured party pursuant to chapter 104 of NRS.

      (Added to NRS by 1991, 1717; A 1993, 1508; 2009, 1926)