Title 130 · NRS Chapter 130

Effect of registration for enforcement.

Citation: NRS 130.603

Section: 130.130.603

NRS

130.603

Effect of registration for enforcement.

1. A support order or income-withholding order issued in another state or a foreign support order is registered when the order is filed in the registering tribunal of this State.

2. A registered support order issued in another state or a foreign country is enforceable in the same manner and is subject to the same procedures as an order issued by a tribunal of this State.

3. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 130.601 to 130.713 , inclusive, a tribunal of this State shall recognize and enforce, but may not modify, a registered support order if the issuing tribunal had jurisdiction.

(Added to NRS by 1997, 2324 ; A 2007, 133 ; 2009, 137 ; 2015, 895 )