Nevada § 31.2955 - Garnishment of earnings: Calculations for determining gross weekly salary or wage of employee

Full text of Nevada Nevada Revised Statutes § 31.2955 — Garnishment of earnings: Calculations for determining gross weekly salary or wage of employee, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.

§ 31.2955. Garnishment of earnings: Calculations for determining gross weekly salary or wage of employee

1. For the purposes of NRS 31.240 to 31.460 , inclusive: (a) Except as otherwise provided in paragraphs (b) and (c), the gross weekly salary

or wage of an employee must be determined by dividing the employee's gross earnings

for the current calendar year as of the date the most recent writ of garnishment was

issued by the total number of weeks the employee has worked in the current calendar

year. (b) If the most recent writ of garnishment was issued at the beginning of the current

calendar year before an employee received any earnings in the current calendar year,

but the employee received earnings in the previous calendar year, the gross weekly

salary or wage of the employee must be determined by dividing the employee's gross

earnings for the previous calendar year by the total number of weeks the employee

worked in the previous calendar year. (c) If an employee has not been employed long enough to have been paid as of the date

the most recent writ of garnishment was issued, or if the provisions of paragraph

(a) or (b) do not otherwise apply, the gross weekly salary or wage of the employee

is the anticipated gross weekly earnings of the employee as determined by his or her

employer. 2. For the purpose of determining the total number of weeks an employee has worked

in the current calendar year pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection 1 or the total

number of weeks an employee worked in the previous calendar year pursuant to paragraph

(b) of subsection 1, if the total number of weeks is not exact, the number must be: (a) Rounded down if the number of days the employee was on the payroll of his or her

employer in excess of a whole week is 3 days or less; and (b) Rounded up if the number of days the employee was on the payroll of his or her

employer in excess of a whole week is 4 days or more.

Source: official Nevada text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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Section 31.2955 ("Garnishment of earnings: Calculations for determining gross weekly salary or wage of employee") is part of the Nevada Revised Statutes, the codified statutory law of Nevada. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.

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