Nevada Code § 104.9620

Acceptance of collateral in full or partial satisfaction of obligation; compulsory disposition of collateral
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1. Except as otherwise provided in
subsection 7, a secured party may accept collateral in full or partial
satisfaction of the obligation it secures only if:
(a) The debtor consents to the acceptance under
subsection 3;
(b) The secured party does not receive, within
the time set forth in subsection 4, a notification of objection to the proposal
signed by:
(1) A person to which the secured party
was required to send a proposal under NRS
104.9621 ; or
(2) Any other person, other than the
debtor, holding an interest in the collateral subordinate to the security
interest that is the subject of the proposal;
(c) If the collateral is consumer goods, the
collateral is not in the possession of the debtor when the debtor consents to
the acceptance; and
(d) Subsection 5 does not require the secured
party to dispose of the collateral.
2. A purported or apparent acceptance of
collateral under this section is ineffective unless:
(a) The secured party consents to the acceptance
in a signed record or sends a proposal to the debtor; and
(b) The conditions of subsection 1 are met.
3. For purposes of this section:
(a) A debtor consents to an acceptance of
collateral in partial satisfaction of the obligation it secures only if the
debtor agrees to the terms of the acceptance in a record signed after default;
and
(b) A debtor consents to an acceptance of
collateral in full satisfaction of the obligation it secures only if the debtor
agrees to the terms of the acceptance in a record signed after default or the
secured party:
(1) Sends to the debtor after default a
proposal that is unconditional or subject only to a condition that collateral
not in the possession of the secured party be preserved or maintained;
(2) In the proposal, proposes to accept
collateral in full satisfaction of the obligation it secures; and
(3) Does not receive a notification of
objection signed by the debtor within 20 days after the proposal is sent.
4. To be effective under paragraph (b) of
subsection 1, a notification of objection must be received by the secured
party:
(a) In the case of a person to which the proposal
was sent pursuant to NRS 104.9621 ,
within 20 days after notification was sent to the person; and
(b) In other cases:
(1) Within 20 days after the last
notification was sent pursuant to NRS
104.9621 ; or
(2) If a notification was not sent, before
the debtor consents to the acceptance under subsection 3.
5. A secured party that has taken
possession of collateral shall dispose of the collateral pursuant to NRS 104.9610 within the time specified in
subsection 6 if:
(a) Sixty percent of the cash price has been paid
in the case of a purchase-money security interest in consumer goods; or
(b) Sixty percent of the principal amount of the
obligation secured has been paid in the case of a non-purchase-money security
interest in consumer goods.
6. To comply with subsection 5, the
secured party shall dispose of the collateral:
(a) Within 90 days after taking possession; or
(b) Within any longer period to which the debtor
and all secondary obligors have agreed in an agreement to that effect entered
into and signed after default.
7. In a consumer transaction, a secured
party may not accept collateral in partial satisfaction of the obligation it
secures.

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