Nevada Revised Statutes (Last Updated: December 24, 2014) |
TITLE7 BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS; SECURITIES; COMMODITIES |
CHAPTER78. Private Corporations |
SUITS AGAINST CORPORATIONS, DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS AND STOCKHOLDERS |
NRS78.747. Liability of stockholder, director or officer for debt or liability of corporation.
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1. Except as otherwise provided by specific statute, no stockholder, director or officer of a corporation is individually liable for a debt or liability of the corporation, unless the stockholder, director or officer acts as the alter ego of the corporation.
2. A stockholder, director or officer acts as the alter ego of a corporation if:
(a) The corporation is influenced and governed by the stockholder, director or officer;
(b) There is such unity of interest and ownership that the corporation and the stockholder, director or officer are inseparable from each other; and
(c) Adherence to the corporate fiction of a separate entity would sanction fraud or promote a manifest injustice.
3. The question of whether a stockholder, director or officer acts as the alter ego of a corporation must be determined by the court as a matter of law.
(Added to NRS by 2001, 3170)