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Nev. Rev. Stat. § 444.520 (2026)

Municipal solid waste management systems: Additional fees and charges; unpaid fees and charges constitute lien against property; lien not effective until notice given

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NRS 444.520  Municipal solid waste management systems: Additional fees and charges; unpaid fees and charges constitute lien against property; lien not effective until notice given.

      1.  The governing body of any municipality which has an approved plan for the management of solid waste may, by ordinance, provide for the levy and collection of other or additional fees and charges and require such licenses as may be appropriate and necessary to meet the requirements of NRS 444.460 to 444.610, inclusive.

      2.  The fees authorized by this section are not subject to the limit on the maximum allowable revenue from fees established pursuant to NRS 354.5989.

      3.  Until paid, any fee or charge levied pursuant to subsection 1 constitutes a perpetual lien against the property served, superior to all liens, claims and titles other than liens for general taxes and special assessments. The lien is not extinguished by the sale of any property on account of nonpayment of any other lien, claim or title, except liens for general taxes and special assessments. The lien may be foreclosed in the same manner as provided for the foreclosure of mechanics’ liens.

      4.  A lien against the property served is not effective until a notice of the lien, separately prepared for each lot affected, is:

      (a) Mailed to the last known owner at the owner’s last known address according to the records of the county in which the property is located;

      (b) Delivered to the office of the county recorder of the county in which the property is located;

      (c) Recorded by the county recorder in a book kept for the purpose of recording instruments encumbering land; and

      (d) Indexed in the real estate index as deeds and other conveyances are required by law to be indexed.

      (Added to NRS by 1971, 1179; A 1991, 1672; 2005, 809)

     

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2019–2021 · leading case: Waste Mgmt. of Nev., Inc. v. W. Taylor St., LLC, 443 P.3d 1115 (Nev. 2019).
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Waste Mgmt. of Nev., Inc. v. W. Taylor St., LLC, 443 P.3d 1115 (Nev. 2019). · cites it 14× “See NRS 444.520. For the first time, we are asked to interpret this statute and the procedures required to perfect and foreclose on a garbage lien.”
Waste Mgmt. of Nevada, Inc. Vs. West Taylor St., LLC, 2019 NV 21 (Nev. 2019). · cites it 24× “See NRS 444.520. For the first time, we are asked to interpret this statute and the procedures required to perfect and foreclose on a garbage lien.”
Premsrirut Vs. Repub. Silver State Disposal Inc. (Nev. 2019). · cites it 8× “In the instant case, appellants Rutt Premsrirut, Maxwell Steinberg, and Valtus Real Estate, LLC (Property Owners) purchased properties on which Republic had obtained NRS 444.520 liens for failure to pay waste collection fees.”
Waste Mgmt. Of Nevada, Inc. Vs. West Taylor St., Llc (Nev. 2021). · cites it 3× “Waste Management appealed, and we held that the district court erred by interpreting Nevada's garbage lien statute, NRS 444.520, as incorporating perfection requirements from the mechanics' lien statute, NRS 108.”
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 444.520(3): 2 cases
Waste Mgmt. of Nev., Inc. v. W. Taylor St., LLC, 443 P.3d 1115 (Nev. 2019). “See NRS 444.520. For the first time, we are asked to interpret this statute and the procedures required to perfect and foreclose on a garbage lien.”
Waste Mgmt. of Nevada, Inc. Vs. West Taylor St., LLC, 2019 NV 21 (Nev. 2019). “See NRS 444.520. For the first time, we are asked to interpret this statute and the procedures required to perfect and foreclose on a garbage lien.”
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 444.520(4): 2 cases
Waste Mgmt. of Nev., Inc. v. W. Taylor St., LLC, 443 P.3d 1115 (Nev. 2019). “See NRS 444.520. For the first time, we are asked to interpret this statute and the procedures required to perfect and foreclose on a garbage lien.”
Waste Mgmt. of Nevada, Inc. Vs. West Taylor St., LLC, 2019 NV 21 (Nev. 2019). “See NRS 444.520. For the first time, we are asked to interpret this statute and the procedures required to perfect and foreclose on a garbage lien.”
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