Nevada § 40.090 - Action by person in adverse possession: Verified complaint; defendants; notice of pending litigation

§ 40.090. Action by person in adverse possession: Verified complaint; defendants; notice of pending litigation

1. An action may be brought to determine the adverse claims to and clouds upon title

to real property by a person who, personally or in combination with the person's predecessors

in interest, has been in the actual, exclusive and adverse possession of such property

continuously for more than 15 years prior to the filing of the complaint, claiming

to own the same in fee, or by any other freehold estate, against the whole world,

and who has, personally or through the person's predecessors in interest, paid all

taxes of every kind levied or assessed and due against the property during the period

of 5 years next preceding the filing of the complaint, except that where clouds upon

title to real property have been created by such person, and the action is brought

to remove such clouds, or any of them, such period of actual, exclusive and adverse

possession of such property shall be for more than 10 years. The action shall be commenced by the filing of a verified complaint averring the

matters above enumerated. 2. The complaint must include as defendants in such action, in addition to such persons

as appear of record to have some claim, all other persons who are known, or by the

exercise of reasonable diligence could be known, to plaintiff to have some claim to

an estate, interest, right, title, lien or cloud in or on the land described in the

complaint adverse to plaintiff's ownership; and the complaint may also include as

defendants any and all other persons, unknown, claiming any estate, right, title,

interest or lien in such lands, or cloud upon the title of plaintiff thereto; and

the plaintiff may describe such unknown defendants in the complaint as follows: “Also

all other persons unknown claiming any right, title, estate, lien or interest in the

real property described in the complaint adverse to plaintiff's ownership, or any

cloud upon plaintiff's title thereto.” 3. Within 10 days after the filing of the complaint, plaintiff shall file or cause

to be filed in the office of the county recorder of each county where the property,

or any part thereof, is situated, a notice of the pendency of the action containing

the matters required by NRS 14.010 .