NRS
616C.205 Compensation not assignable; exempt from attachment, garnishment
and execution; accrued compensation payable to dependents. Except as otherwise provided in this section
and
NRS 18.015,
31A.150 and
31A.330, compensation payable or paid
under
chapters 616A to
616D, inclusive, or chapter
617 of NRS, whether determined or due, or not:
1. Is not assignable before the issuance
and delivery of the check or the deposit of any payment for compensation
pursuant to NRS 616C.409;
2. Is exempt from attachment, garnishment
and execution; and
3. Does not pass to any other person by
operation of law.
Ê In the case
of the death of an injured employee covered by chapters
616A to 616D, inclusive, or chapter 617 of NRS from causes independent from the
injury for which compensation is payable, any compensation due the employee
which was awarded or accrued but for which a check was not issued or delivered
or for which payment was not made pursuant to NRS 616C.409 at the date of death of the
employee is payable to the dependents of the employee as defined in NRS 616C.505.
[Part 66:168:1947; A 1955,
71]—(NRS A 1979,
1055; 1983,
1880; 1985,
1434; 1993,
543; 1999,
221, 3285;
2007,
400; 2021,
1184)
Notes of Decisions
Bero-Wachs v. Law Off. of Logar & Pulver, 157 P.3d 704 (Nev. 2007).
· cites it 4× “Industrial Commission, 6 this court held that an attorney’s claim for fees was subject to the exemption contained in a former workers’ compensation statute, 7 now codified as NRS 616C.205. The former workers’ compensation statute provided that a workers’ compensation award was…”
Hardy & Hardy v. Wills, 958 P.2d 78 (Nev. 1998).
· cites it 3× “In February 1994, the court declared Wills’ savings account funds exempt from execution and ordered Hardy & Hardy to return the garnished funds to the sheriff.”
Currier v. State Indus. Ins. Sys., 956 P.2d 810 (Nev. 1998).
“550 (currently codified as NRS 616C.205) provided in pertinent part: [B]ut in the case of the death of an injured employee covered by this chapter from causes independent from the injury for which compensation is payable, any compensation due the employee which was awarded or…”
Sahara Hotel & Casino v. Holden, 953 P.2d 268 (Nev. 1998).
“See also NRS 616C.205 which provides, in pertinent part: In the case of the death of an injured employee covered by this chapter from causes independent from the injury for which compensation is payable, any compensation due the employee which was awarded or accrued but for…”
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