Nevada Revised Statutes Section 624.622 - Professions, Occupations and Businesses

Contractors: Notices; prohibition against waiver of certain rights; delivery of notices; contents.

1. A contractor shall provide a copy of any notice given to an owner pursuant to subsection 1 or 2 of NRS 624.610 to each subcontractor with whom the contractor has contracted who has not fully performed under that contract. Upon receipt of payment pursuant to NRS 624.609, the contractor shall notify all such subcontractors in writing of his receipt of payment.

2. A condition, stipulation or provision in a contract or other agreement which requires a contractor to waive any rights provided in this section, NRS 624.609 or 624.610, or which limits those rights, is void.

3. All notices required pursuant to this section, NRS 624.609 and 624.610 must be:

(a) Delivered personally, in which case the contractor shall obtain a notarized statement from the person who delivered the notice as proof of delivery;

(b) Sent by facsimile and delivered by regular mail, in which case the contractor shall retain proof of a successful transmission of the facsimile;

(d) Delivered in the manner provided for in the contract.

4. This section, NRS 624.609 and 624.610 do not apply to a contract between:

(a) A residential contractor and a natural person who owns a single-family residence for the performance of qualified services with respect to the residence; and

(b) A public body and a contractor for the performance of work and labor on a public work.

5. Within 5 days after an owner receives a written request for the information set forth in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) from a subcontractor with respect to a subcontract that has not been fully performed, the owner shall notify the subcontractor in writing of the following:

(a) The date the owner made a specified payment to his contractor;

(b) Whether the owner has paid the entire amount of a specified payment to his contractor; and

Last modified: February 27, 2006