NRS645H.520. Authorized services of asset management company; manner in which asset management company may dispose of certain personal property; resolution of disputes.

      1.  Subject to the provisions of NRS 645H.770, the services an asset management company may provide include, without limitation:

      (a) Securing real property in foreclosure once it has been determined to be abandoned and all notice provisions required by law have been complied with;

      (b) Providing maintenance for real property in foreclosure, including landscape and pool maintenance;

      (c) Cleaning the interior or exterior of real property in foreclosure;

      (d) Providing repair or improvements for real property in foreclosure; and

      (e) Removing trash and debris from real property in foreclosure and the surrounding property.

      2.  An asset management company may dispose of personal property abandoned on the premises of a residence in foreclosure or left on the premises after the eviction of a homeowner or a tenant of a homeowner without incurring civil or criminal liability in the following manner:

      (a) The asset management company shall reasonably provide for the safe storage of the property for 30 days after the abandonment or eviction and may charge and collect the reasonable and actual costs of inventory, moving and storage before releasing the property to the homeowner or the tenant of the homeowner or his or her authorized representative rightfully claiming the property within that period. The asset management company is liable to the homeowner or the tenant of the homeowner only for the asset management company’s negligent or wrongful acts in storing the property.

      (b) After the expiration of the 30-day period, the asset management company may dispose of the property and recover his or her reasonable costs from the property or the value thereof if the asset management company has made reasonable efforts to locate the homeowner or the tenant of the homeowner, has notified the homeowner or the tenant of the homeowner in writing of his or her intention to dispose of the property and 14 days have elapsed since the notice was given to the homeowner or the tenant of the homeowner. The notice must be mailed to the homeowner or the tenant of the homeowner at the present address of the homeowner or the tenant of the homeowner and, if that address is unknown, then at the last known address of the homeowner or the tenant of the homeowner.

      (c) Vehicles must be disposed of in the manner provided in chapter 487 of NRS for abandoned vehicles.

      3.  Any dispute relating to the amount of the costs claimed by the asset management company pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection 2 may be resolved using the procedure provided in subsection 7 of NRS 40.253.

      (Added to NRS by 2011, 2829)