Nevada Revised Statutes

Nev. Rev. Stat. § 108.22128 (2026)

“Improvement” defined

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NRS 108.22128  “Improvement” defined.  “Improvement” means the development, enhancement or addition to property, by the provision of work, materials or equipment. The term includes, without limitation:

      1.  A building, railway, tramway, toll road, canal, water ditch, flume, aqueduct, reservoir, bridge, fence, street, sidewalk, fixtures or other structure or superstructure;

      2.  A mine or a shaft, tunnel, adit or other excavation, designed or used to prospect, drain or work a mine;

      3.  A system for irrigation, plants, sod or other landscaping;

      4.  The demolition or removal of existing improvements, trees or other vegetation;

      5.  The drilling of test holes;

      6.  Grading, grubbing, filling or excavating;

      7.  Constructing or installing sewers or other public utilities; and

      8.  Constructing a vault, cellar or room under sidewalks or making improvements to the sidewalks in front of or adjoining the property.

      (Added to NRS by 2003, 2588)

     

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 2013–2013 · leading case: Christopher v. Byrd Underground, LLC, No. 57322 (Nev. Mar. 15, 2013).
Christopher v. Byrd Underground, LLC, No. 57322 (Nev. Mar. 15, 2013). “Ditch Diggers' work qualified as a statutorily defined "improvement" under NRS 108.22128(7), regardless of whether appellants believe that Ditch Diggers' work actually "improved" their property.”
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 108.22128(7): 1 case
Christopher v. Byrd Underground, LLC, No. 57322 (Nev. Mar. 15, 2013). “Ditch Diggers' work qualified as a statutorily defined "improvement" under NRS 108.22128(7), regardless of whether appellants believe that Ditch Diggers' work actually "improved" their property.”
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