Nevada § 21.090 - Property exempt from execution

§ 21.090. Property exempt from execution

1. The following property is exempt from execution, except as otherwise specifically

provided in this section or required by federal law: (a) Private libraries, works of art, musical instruments and jewelry not to exceed

$5,000 in value, belonging to the judgment debtor or a dependent of the judgment debtor,

to be selected by the judgment debtor, and all family pictures and keepsakes. (b) Necessary household goods, furnishings, electronics, wearing apparel, other personal

effects and yard equipment, not to exceed $12,000 in value, belonging to the judgment

debtor or a dependent of the judgment debtor, to be selected by the judgment debtor. (c) Farm trucks, farm stock, farm tools, farm equipment, supplies and seed not to

exceed $4,500 in value, belonging to the judgment debtor to be selected by the judgment

debtor. (d) Professional libraries, equipment, supplies, and the tools, inventory, instruments

and materials used to carry on the trade or business of the judgment debtor for the

support of the judgment debtor and his or her family not to exceed $10,000 in value. (e) The cabin or dwelling of a miner or prospector, the miner's or prospector's cars,

implements and appliances necessary for carrying on any mining operations and the

mining claim actually worked by the miner or prospector, not exceeding $4,500 in total

value. (f) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (p), one vehicle if the judgment debtor's

equity does not exceed $15,000 or the creditor is paid an amount equal to any excess

above that equity. (g) For any workweek, 82 percent of the disposable earnings of a judgment debtor during

that week if the gross weekly salary or wage of the judgment debtor on the date the

most recent writ of garnishment was issued was $770 or less, 75 percent of the disposable

earnings of a judgment debtor during that week if the gross weekly salary or wage

of the judgment debtor on the date the most recent writ of garnishment was issued

exceeded $770, or 50 times the minimum hourly wage prescribed by section 206(a)(1)

of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, 29 U.S.C. §§ 201 et seq., and in effect at the time the earnings are payable, whichever is greater. Except as otherwise provided in paragraphs (o), (s) and (t), the exemption provided

in this paragraph does not apply in the case of any order of a court of competent

jurisdiction for the support of any person, any order of a court of bankruptcy or

of any debt due for any state or federal tax. As used in this paragraph: (1) “ Disposable earnings ” means that part of the earnings of a judgment debtor remaining after the deduction

from those earnings of any amounts required by law to be withheld. (2) “ Earnings ” means compensation paid or payable for personal services performed by a judgment

debtor in the regular course of business, including, without limitation, compensation

designated as income, wages, tips, a salary, a commission or a bonus. The term includes compensation received by a judgment debtor that is in the possession

of the judgment debtor, compensation held in accounts maintained in a bank or any

other financial institution or, in the case of a receivable, compensation that is

due the judgment debtor. (h) All fire engines, hooks and ladders, with the carts, trucks and carriages, hose,

buckets, implements and apparatus thereunto appertaining, and all furniture and uniforms

of any fire company or department organized under the laws of this State. (i) All arms, uniforms and accouterments required by law to be kept by any person,

and also one gun, to be selected by the debtor. (j) All courthouses, jails, public offices and buildings, lots, grounds and personal

property, the fixtures, furniture, books, papers and appurtenances belonging and pertaining

to the courthouse, jail and public offices belonging to any county of this State,

all cemeteries, public squares, parks and places, public buildings, town halls, markets,

buildings for the use of fire departments and military organizations, and the lots

and grounds thereto belonging and appertaining, owned or held by any town or incorporated

city, or dedicated by the town or city to health, ornament or public use, or for the

use of any fire or military company organized under the laws of this State and all

lots, buildings and other school property owned by a school district and devoted to

public school purposes. (k) All money, benefits, privileges or immunities accruing or in any manner growing

out of any life insurance. (l) The homestead as provided for by law, including: (1) Subject to the provisions of NRS 115.055 , the sum of $605,000 that is paid to the defendant in execution pursuant to subsection

2 of NRS 115.050 or to a spouse pursuant to subsection 3 of NRS 115.050 ; and (2) A homestead for which allodial title has been established and not relinquished

and for which a waiver executed pursuant to NRS 115.010 is not applicable. (m) The dwelling of the judgment debtor occupied as a home for himself or herself

and family, where the amount of equity held by the judgment debtor in the home does

not exceed $605,000 in value and the dwelling is situated upon lands not owned by

the judgment debtor. (n) All money reasonably deposited with a landlord by the judgment debtor to secure

an agreement to rent or lease a dwelling that is used by the judgment debtor as his

or her primary residence, except that such money is not exempt with respect to a landlord

or the landlord's successor in interest who seeks to enforce the terms of the agreement

to rent or lease the dwelling. (o) All property in this State of the judgment debtor where the judgment is in favor

of any state for failure to pay that state's income tax on benefits received from

a pension or other retirement plan. (p) Any vehicle owned by the judgment debtor for use by the judgment debtor or the

judgment debtor's dependent that is equipped or modified to provide mobility for a

person with a permanent disability. (q) Any prosthesis or equipment prescribed by a physician or dentist for the judgment

debtor or a dependent of the debtor. (r) Money, not to exceed $1,000,000 in present value, held in: (1) An individual retirement arrangement which conforms with or is maintained pursuant

to the applicable limitations and requirements of section 408 or 408A of the Internal Revenue Code , 26 U.S.C. §§ 408 and 408A , including, without limitation, an inherited individual retirement arrangement; (2) A written simplified employee pension plan which conforms with or is maintained

pursuant to the applicable limitations and requirements of section 408 of the Internal Revenue Code , 26 U.S.C. § 408 , including, without limitation, an inherited simplified employee pension plan; (3) A cash or deferred arrangement plan which is qualified and maintained pursuant

to the Internal Revenue Code, including, without limitation, an inherited cash or

deferred arrangement plan; (4) A trust forming part of a stock bonus, pension or profit-sharing plan which is

qualified and maintained pursuant to sections 401 et seq. of the Internal Revenue Code , 26 U.S.C. §§ 401 et seq. ; and (5) A trust forming part of a qualified tuition program pursuant to chapter 353B of NRS , any applicable regulations adopted pursuant to chapter 353B of NRS and section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code , 26 U.S.C. § 529 , unless the money is deposited after the entry of a judgment against the purchaser

or account owner or the money will not be used by any beneficiary to attend a college

or university. (s) All money and other benefits paid pursuant to the order of a court of competent

jurisdiction for the support, education and maintenance of a child, whether collected

by the judgment debtor or the State. (t) All money and other benefits paid pursuant to the order of a court of competent

jurisdiction for the support and maintenance of a former spouse, including the amount

of any arrearages in the payment of such support and maintenance to which the former

spouse may be entitled. (u) Payments, in an amount not to exceed $16,150, received as compensation for personal

injury, not including compensation for pain and suffering or actual pecuniary loss,

by the judgment debtor or by a person upon whom the judgment debtor is dependent at

the time the payment is received. (v) Payments received as compensation for the wrongful death of a person upon whom

the judgment debtor was dependent at the time of the wrongful death, to the extent

reasonably necessary for the support of the judgment debtor and any dependent of the

judgment debtor. (w) Payments received as compensation for the loss of future earnings of the judgment

debtor or of a person upon whom the judgment debtor is dependent at the time the payment

is received, to the extent reasonably necessary for the support of the judgment debtor

and any dependent of the judgment debtor. (x) Payments received as restitution for a criminal act. (y) Payments received pursuant to the federal Social Security Act, 1 including, without limitation, retirement and survivors' benefits, supplemental security

income benefits and disability insurance benefits. (z) Any personal property not otherwise exempt from execution pursuant to this subsection

belonging to the judgment debtor, including, without limitation, the judgment debtor's

equity in any property, money, stocks, bonds or other funds on deposit with a financial

institution, not to exceed $10,000 in total value, to be selected by the judgment

debtor. (aa) Any tax refund received by the judgment debtor that is derived from the earned

income credit described in section 32 of the Internal Revenue Code , 26 U.S.C. § 32 , or a similar credit provided pursuant to a state law. (bb) Stock of a corporation described in subsection 2 of NRS 78.746 except as set forth in that section. (cc) Regardless of whether a trust contains a spendthrift provision: (1) A distribution interest in the trust as defined in NRS 163.4155 that is a contingent interest, if the contingency has not been satisfied or removed; (2) A distribution interest in the trust as defined in NRS 163.4155 that is a discretionary interest as described in NRS 163.4185 , if the interest has not been distributed; (3) A power of appointment in the trust as defined in NRS 163.4157 regardless of whether the power has been exercised; (4) A power listed in NRS 163.5553 that is held by a trust protector as defined in NRS 163.5547 or any other person regardless of whether the power has been exercised; and (5) A reserved power in the trust as defined in NRS 163.4165 regardless of whether the power has been exercised. (dd) If a trust contains a spendthrift provision: (1) A distribution interest in the trust as defined in NRS 163.4155 that is a mandatory interest as described in NRS 163.4185 , if the interest has not been distributed; and (2) Notwithstanding a beneficiary's right to enforce a support interest, a distribution

interest in the trust as defined in NRS 163.4155 that is a support interest as described in NRS 163.4185 , if the interest has not been distributed. (ee) Proceeds received from a private disability insurance plan. (ff) Money in a trust fund for funeral or burial services pursuant to NRS 689.700 . (gg) Compensation that was payable or paid pursuant to chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive,

or chapter 617 of NRS as provided in NRS 616C.205 . (hh) Unemployment compensation benefits received pursuant to NRS 612.710 . (ii) Benefits or refunds payable or paid from the Public Employees' Retirement System

pursuant to NRS 286.670 . (jj) Money paid or rights existing for vocational rehabilitation pursuant to NRS 615.270 . (kk) Public assistance provided through the Department of Health and Human Services

pursuant to NRS 422.291 and 422A.325 . (ll) Child welfare assistance provided pursuant to NRS 432.036 . 2. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 115.010 , no article or species of property mentioned in this section is exempt from execution

issued upon a judgment to recover for its price, or upon a judgment of foreclosure

of a mortgage or other lien thereon. 3. Any exemptions specified in subsection (d) of section 522 of the Bankruptcy Reform

Act of 1978, 11 U.S.C. §§ 101 et seq., do not apply to property owned by a resident of this State unless conferred also

by subsection 1, as limited by subsection 2. 1

See, generally, 26 U.S.C.A. § 3101 et seq.