Judgment for fine, administrative assessment, payment of restitution or repayment of expenses is lien; additional provisions concerning judgment for payment of restitution.

NRS

176.275

Judgment for fine, administrative assessment, payment of restitution or repayment of expenses is lien; additional provisions concerning judgment for payment of restitution.

1. A judgment which imposes a fine or administrative assessment or requires a defendant to pay restitution or repay the expenses of a defense constitutes a lien in like manner as a judgment for money rendered in a civil action.

2. A judgment which requires a defendant to pay restitution:

(a) May be recorded, docketed and enforced as any other judgment for money rendered in a civil action.

(b) Does not expire until the judgment is satisfied.

3. An independent action to enforce a judgment which requires a defendant to pay restitution may be commenced at any time.

(Added to NRS by 1967, 1437 ; A 1975, 217 ; 1977, 337 ; 1983, 909 ; 1993, 149 ; 2015, 2573 )