Nevada Revised Statutes

Nev. Rev. Stat. § 86.381 (2026)

Member of company is not proper party in proceeding by or against company; exception

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NRS 86.381  Member of company is not proper party in proceeding by or against company; exception.  A member of a limited-liability company is not a proper party to proceedings by or against the company, except where the object is to enforce the member’s right against or liability to the company.

      (Added to NRS by 1991, 1304)

     

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 16 cases (8 in the last 5 years), 2013–2026 · leading case: Gardner Vs. Henderson Water Park, LLC, 2017 NV 54 (Nev. 2017).
Gardner Vs. Henderson Water Park, LLC, 2017 NV 54 (Nev. 2017). · cites it 12× “371 and NRS 86.381, a member cannot be personally responsible for the LLC's liabilities solely by virtue of being a member.”
Gardner Vs. Henderson Water Park, LLC, 2017 NV 54 (Nev. 2017). · cites it 6× “371 and NRS 86.381, a member cannot be personally responsible for the LLC's liabilities solely by virtue of being a member.”
Gardner Vs. Dist. Ct. (henderson Water Park, Llc), 2017 NV 89 (Nev. 2017). · cites it 4× “lAfter the district court denied the Gardners' motion for leave to amend the complaint, the district court granted summary judgment in favor of the member-LLCs, dismissing the member-LLCs as improper defendants pursuant to NRS 86.381. The district court certified this order…”
Gardner Vs. Dist. Ct. (henderson Water Park, Llc), 2017 NV 89 (Nev. 2017). · cites it 2× “lAfter the district court denied the Gardners' motion for leave to amend the complaint, the district court granted summary judgment in favor of the member-LLCs, dismissing the member-LLCs as improper defendants pursuant to NRS 86.381. The district court certified this order…”
Susan Hoy v. Jones (D. Nev. 2020). · cites it 2× “” Nev. Rev. Stat. § 86.381 . 25 “NRS 86.371 is not intended to shield members or managers from liability for personal 26 negligence.”
Pelletier v. Rodriguez (D. Nev. 2021). · cites it 2× “Not only does Nevada law prohibit such suits, see NRS § 86.381, but Plaintiff 21 22 23 24 6The Purchase Agreement refers to the contracting parties as “William V.”
Darrough v. SOC LLC (D. Nev. 2025). · cites it 2× “(citing Nev. Rev. Stat. § 86.381 ). 13 Defendants next argue that the amended complaint “continues to define SOC LLC and 14 [SOC-SMG and Day & Zimmerman] collectively as ‘SOC’ and then proceed[s] to allege that 15 ‘SOC’ committed various wrongful acts in violation of Plaintiffs’…”
DeFiore v. SOC LLC (D. Nev. 2025). · cites it 2× “(citing Nev. Rev. Stat. § 86.381 ). 13 Defendants next argue that the amended complaint “continues to define SOC LLC and 14 [SOC-SMG and Day & Zimmerman] collectively as ‘SOC’ and then proceed[s] to allege that 15 ‘SOC’ committed various wrongful acts in violation of Plaintiffs’…”
Batchelor v. Cortese (Nev. 2013). · cites it 2× “371 and NRS 86.381. This argument fails, however, because it assumes that the liability is only that of the limited liability company.”
Israyelyan Vs. Chavez (Nev. 2020). “For cases regarding limited liability companies and their members, NRS 86.381 provides that "[a] member of a limited liability company is not a proper party to SUPREME COURT OF NEVADA 5 (01 1947A 441gPOD proceedings by or against the company, except where the object is to…”
Razaghi v. Razaghi Dev. Co., LLC (D. Nev. 2023). “See NRS 86.381 (“A member of a limited- 4 liability company is not a proper party to proceedings by or against the company, except where 5 the object is to enforce the member’s right against or liability to the company”); In re KRSM 6 Properties, LLC, 318 B.”
Lentz v. Donald Norris Assocs., PLLC d/b/a Stonepoint Le (Bankr. S.D. Miss. 2020). “”)); see also Nev. Rev. Stat. Ann. §§ 86.381 (“A member of a limited-liability company is not a proper party to proceedings .”
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