Nevada Revised Statutes

Nev. Rev. Stat. § 31.840 (2026)

Delivery may be claimed before answer

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NRS 31.840 Delivery may be claimed before answer. Except as provided in NRS 179.1171, the plaintiff in an action to recover the possession of personal property may, at the time of issuing the summons, or at any time before answer, claim the delivery of such property to the plaintiff as provided in this chapter.

[1911 CPA § 182; RL § 5124; NCL § 8680]—(NRS A 1985, 1468; 1987, 1384)

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 8 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 1960–2025 · leading case: Cunningham v. Eighth Jud. Dist. Court of the State of Nevada Ex Rel. Clark Cnty., 729 P.2d 1328 (Nev. 1986).

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Cunningham v. Eighth Jud. Dist. Court of the State of Nevada Ex Rel. Clark Cnty., 729 P.2d 1328 (Nev. 1986). “See also NRCP 7 (pleadings allowed in a civil action); NRS 31.840, et seq. (setting forth procedures for claims and delivery in actions to recover possession of personal property).”

Godfrey v. Gilsdorf, 476 P.2d 3 (Nev. 1970). “NRS 31.840 et seq. Gilsdorf, the defendant, had used the car for eight months.”

Ewing v. Fahey, 472 P.2d 347 (Nev. 1970). “To cite just one remedy, see NRS 31.840, the claim and delivery statute, which is available to one desiring to bring an action to recover personal property.”

Spectrum Leasing USA, Inc. v. Elite Extraction Servs. Corp. (D. Nev. 2022). · cites it 7× “Nev. Rev. Stat. § 31.840 ; Western Oilfields, 2010 WL 1427509 , at *2.”

Flint Cps Inks North Am., LLC v. Trend Offset Printing Servs., Inc. (D. Nev. 2020). · cites it 2× “) As to the latter, Flint Group specifically requests that the Court 16 issues an ex parte temporary restraining order (“TRO”) restraining Defendant Trend Offset 17 Printing Services, Inc. (“Trend Offset”) from using, dissipating, transferring, or otherwise 18 disposing of…”

Borenstein v. The Animal Found. (D. Nev. 2022). “” NRS 31.840. Thus, as 21 22 1 See ECF No. 271 at 2 n.”

Crow v. Seaborne Freight & Logistics INC (D. Nev. 2025). “NRS 31.840; see also Spectrum Leasing USA, Inc.”

Adelson, Inc. v. Young Elec. Sign Co., 355 P.2d 173 (Nev. 1960). “NRCP 64, NRS 31.840. The record shows that, at the time of trial and entry of judgment, the sign continued in the possession of defendant and, so far as appears, there is no reason why the judgment for the delivery of the sign to plaintiff cannot be satisfied by the sheriff…”

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