Nevada Revised Statutes

Nev. Rev. Stat. § 99.050 (2026)

Agreed interest rates; compounding; charges or fees; maximum annual percentage rate for certain consumer credit extended to certain members of military or dependents

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NRS 99.050 Agreed interest rates; compounding; charges or fees; maximum annual percentage rate for certain consumer credit extended to certain members of military or dependents.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, parties may agree for the payment of any rate of interest on money due or to become due on any contract, for the compounding of interest if they choose, and for any other charges or fees. The parties shall specify in writing the rate upon which they agree, that interest is to be compounded if so agreed, and any other charges or fees to which they have agreed.

2. A creditor shall not charge an annual percentage rate that is greater than the lesser of 36 percent or the maximum annual percentage rate authorized under any federal law or regulation with respect to the consumer credit extended to a covered service member or a dependent of a covered service member. Any contract or agreement in violation of this subsection is void and unenforceable.

3. As used in this section:

(a) “Annual percentage rate” has the meaning ascribed to it in the federal Truth in Lending Act, as amended, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1601 et seq., and the federal regulations adopted pursuant thereto.

(b) “Consumer credit”:

(1) Except as otherwise provided in subparagraph (2), means credit offered or extended to a covered service member or dependent of a covered service member primarily for personal, family or household purposes, and that is:

(I) Subject to a finance charge; or

(II) Payable by a written agreement in more than four installments.

(2) Does not include:

(I) A residential mortgage, which is any credit transaction secured by an interest in a dwelling, including a transaction to finance the purchase or initial construction of the dwelling, any refinance transaction, home equity loan or line of credit or reverse mortgage;

(II) Any credit transaction that is expressly intended to finance the purchase of a motor vehicle when the credit is secured by the vehicle being purchased;

(III) Any credit transaction that is expressly intended to finance the purchase of personal property when the credit is secured by the property being purchased;

(IV) Any credit transaction that is an exempt transaction for the purposes of 12 C.F.R. Part 1026, commonly known as Regulation Z, other than a transaction exempt under 12 C.F.R. § 1026.29, or otherwise is not subject to disclosure requirements under 12 C.F.R. Part 1026, commonly known as Regulation Z; and

(V) Any credit transaction or account for credit for which a creditor determines that a natural person is not a covered borrower by using a method and by complying with the recordkeeping requirement set forth in 32 C.F.R. § 232.5(b).

(1) Except as otherwise provided in subparagraph (2), means a member of the armed forces who is serving on:

(I) Active duty pursuant to title 10, title 14 or title 32 of the United States Code, under a call or order that does not specify a period of 30 days or fewer; or

(II) Active Guard and Reserve duty, as that term is defined in 10 U.S.C. § 101(d)(6).

(2) Does not include a consumer who was a covered service member pursuant to subparagraph (1) at the time he or she became obligated on a consumer credit transaction or established an account for consumer credit but is no longer a covered service member pursuant to subparagraph (1) or a dependent of a person who is a covered service member pursuant to subparagraph (1).

(d) “Credit” means the right granted to a natural person by a person engaged in the business of extending consumer credit, or an assignee of such a person with respect to any consumer credit extended, to defer payment or to incur debt and defer its payment.

(e) “Dependent” with respect to a covered service member means:

(1) The spouse;

(2) A child who:

(I) Has not attained the age of 21;

(II) Has not attained the age of 23, is enrolled in a full-time course of study at an institution of higher learning approved by the administering Secretary, as defined in 10 U.S.C. § 1072(3), and is, or was at the time of the covered service member’s or former covered service member’s death, in fact dependent on the covered service member or former covered service member for over one-half of the child’s support; or

(III) Is incapable of self-support because of a mental or physical incapacity that occurs while a dependent of a covered service member or former covered service member under sub-subparagraph (I) or (II) and is, or was at the time of the covered service member’s or former covered service member’s death, in fact dependent on the member or former member for over one-half of the child’s support;

(3) A parent or parent-in-law who is, or was at the time of the covered service member’s or former covered service member’s death, in fact dependent on him or her for over one-half of his or her support and residing in his or her household;

(4) An unmarried person who:

(I) Is placed in the legal custody of the covered service member or former covered service member as a result of an order of a court of competent jurisdiction in the United States, or possession of the United States, for a period of at least 12 consecutive months;

(II) Has not attained the age of 21, has not attained the age of 23 and is enrolled in a full-time course of study at an institution of higher learning approved by the administering Secretary, as defined in 10 U.S.C. § 1072(3), or is incapable of self-support because of a mental or physical incapacity that occurred while the person was considered a dependent of the covered service member or former covered service member pursuant to this paragraph;

(III) Is dependent on the covered service member or former covered service member for over one-half of the person’s support;

(IV) Resides with the covered service member or former covered service member unless separated by the necessity of military service or to receive institutional care as a result of disability or incapacitation or under such other circumstances as the administering Secretary, as defined in 10 U.S.C. § 1072(3), may by regulation prescribe; and

(V) Is not a dependent of a covered service member or a former covered service member pursuant to subparagraph (1), (2) or (3).

(f) “Dwelling” means a residential structure that contains one to four units, whether or not the structure is attached to real property. The term includes, without limitation, an individual condominium unit, cooperative unit, mobile home and manufactured home.

[5:34:1861; A 1913, 31; 1919 RL § 2500; NCL § 4323]—(NRS A 1975, 1794; 1979, 583, 963; 1981, 1593; 1983, 976; 1984, 6; 2007, 944, 2850; 2019, 946)

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 27 cases (4 in the last 5 years), 1966–2025 · leading case: Ferdie Sievers, Etc. v. Diversified Mortg., 603 P.2d 270 (Nev. 1979).

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Ferdie Sievers, Etc. v. Diversified Mortg., 603 P.2d 270 (Nev. 1979). · cites it 8× “In May of 1975 Diversified informed appellants that it would not release the property because real property taxes were in arrears.”

Collins v. Union Fed. Sav. & Loan Ass'n, 662 P.2d 610 (Nev. 1983). · cites it 4× “In 1973, when the loan agreement was executed, NRS 99.050 provided for a maximum interest rate of 12 percent per annum.”

Pease v. Taylor, 496 P.2d 757 (Nev. 1972). · cites it 15× “" The note in this case made no express provision for any interest payment.”

In Re Schwalb, 347 B.R. 726 (Bankr. D. Nev. 2006). · cites it 2× “Nev. Rev. Stat. § 99.050 states that "[p]arties may agree for the payment of any rate of interest on money due or to become due on any contract, for the compounding of interest if they choose, and for any other charges or fees.”

Shannon-Vail Five Inc. Shannon-The-Greens Shannon-Lake Elsinor Inc. v. Del Bunch, Jr. Ernestine L. Bunch Chicago Title Co., 270 F.3d 1207 (9th Cir. 2001). “Nev.Rev.Stat. § 99.050 (1981) (removing 18% per annum cap on interest rate for payment of money due under any contract).”

Homewood Inv. Co., Inc. v. Moses, 608 P.2d 503 (Nev. 1980). · cites it 4× “See NRS 99.050. 3 Any loan agreement which *331 specifies a greater rate of interest than the statutory maximum is void, and the lender may recover only the amount of cash actually advanced.”

In Re Late Fee & Over-Limit Fee Litig., 528 F. Supp. 2d 953 (N.D. Cal. 2007). “Here, in the states where the defendant banks are located, the state laws allow any rates agreed to in the contracts between the banks and their customers.”

Dobron v. Bunch, 215 P.3d 35 (Nev. 2009). “” See NRS 99.050 (providing that “parties may agree for the payment of any rate of interest on money due or to become due on any contract, for the compounding of interest if they choose, and for any other charges or fees” (emphasis added)).”

Kline v. Robinson, 428 P.2d 190 (Nev. 1967). · cites it 2× “The Nevada usury statute, NRS 99.050, 4 while making an agreement to pay a greater rate of interest than therein allowed is void, has been construed in Hawthorne v.”

Consumers Distrib. Co. v. Hermann, 812 P.2d 1274 (Nev. 1991). “Instead, NRS 99.050 states that, Parties may agree for the payment of any rate of interest on money due or to become due on any contract, for the compounding of interest if they choose, and for any other charges or fees.”

Carson Meadows Inc. v. Pease, 533 P.2d 458 (Nev. 1975). “NRS 99.050; Pease v. Taylor, 88 Nev. 287 , 496 P.”

Pease v. Taylor, 467 P.2d 109 (Nev. 1970). “1 NRS 99.050: “1. Parties may agree, for the payment of any rate of interest on money due, or to become due, on any contract, not exceeding, however, the rate of 12 percent per annum.”

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— Nev. Rev. Stat. § 99.050(1) — 3 cases

Pease v. Taylor, 496 P.2d 757 (Nev. 1972). “" The note in this case made no express provision for any interest payment.”

Leprechaun Mining & Chem., Inc. v. Grigor, 532 P.2d 602 (Nev. 1975).

8 Mine, LLC v. The Eljen Grp., LLC (D. Nev. 2020).

— Nev. Rev. Stat. § 99.050(2) — 2 cases

Pease v. Taylor, 496 P.2d 757 (Nev. 1972). “" The note in this case made no express provision for any interest payment.”

Ferdie Sievers, Etc. v. Diversified Mortg., 603 P.2d 270 (Nev. 1979). “In May of 1975 Diversified informed appellants that it would not release the property because real property taxes were in arrears.”

— Nev. Rev. Stat. § 99.050(3) — 1 case

Homewood Inv. Co., Inc. v. Moses, 608 P.2d 503 (Nev. 1980). “See NRS 99.050. 3 Any loan agreement which *331 specifies a greater rate of interest than the statutory maximum is void, and the lender may recover only the amount of cash actually advanced.”

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