Nevada § 32.295 - Powers and duties of receiver

§ 32.295. Powers and duties of receiver

1. Except as limited by court order or law of this State other than NRS 32.100 to 32.370 , inclusive, a receiver may: (a) Collect, control, manage, conserve and protect receivership property; (b) Operate a business constituting receivership property, including preservation,

use, sale, lease, license, exchange, collection or disposition of the property in

the ordinary course of business; (c) In the ordinary course of business, incur unsecured debt and pay expenses incidental

to the receiver's preservation, use, sale, lease, license, exchange, collection or

disposition of receivership property; (d) Assert a right, claim, cause of action or defense of the owner that relates to

receivership property; (e) Seek and obtain instruction from the court concerning receivership property, exercise

of the receiver's powers and performance of the receiver's duties; (f) On subpoena, compel a person to submit to examination under oath, or to produce

and permit inspection and copying of designated records or tangible things, with respect

to receivership property or any other matter that may affect administration of the

receivership; (g) Engage a professional as provided in NRS 32.310 ; (h) Apply to a court of another state for appointment as ancillary receiver with respect

to receivership property located in that state; and (i) Exercise any power conferred by court order, NRS 32.100 to 32.370 , inclusive, or law of this State other than NRS 32.100 to 32.370 , inclusive. 2. With court approval, a receiver may: (a) Incur debt for the use or benefit of receivership property other than in the ordinary

course of business; (b) Make improvements to receivership property; (c) Use or transfer receivership property other than in the ordinary course of business

as provided in NRS 32.315 ; (d) Adopt or reject an executory contract of the owner as provided in NRS 32.320 ; (e) Pay compensation to the receiver as provided in NRS 32.340 , and to each professional engaged by the receiver as provided in NRS 32.310 ; (f) Recommend allowance or disallowance of a claim of a creditor as provided in NRS 32.335 ; and (g) Make a distribution of receivership property as provided in NRS 32.335 . 3. A receiver shall: (a) Prepare and retain appropriate business records, including a record of each receipt,

disbursement and disposition of receivership property; (b) Account for receivership property, including the proceeds of a sale, lease, license,

exchange, collection or other disposition of the property; (c) Record in the office of the county recorder of the county in which the receivership

is administered and in the office of the county recorder of every county in which

any real property of the receivership is located a copy of the order appointing the

receiver and, if a legal description of the real property is not included in the order,

the legal description; (d) Disclose to the court any fact arising during the receivership which would disqualify

the receiver under NRS 32.265 ; and (e) Perform any duty imposed by court order, NRS 32.100 to 32.370 , inclusive, or law of this State other than NRS 32.100 to 32.370 , inclusive. 4. The powers and duties of a receiver may be expanded, modified or limited by court

order.