Nevada Code § 107.078

Partial discharge: Delivery of documents by beneficiary to trustee; recording by trustee; liability for failure to deliver or record documents; requirements for partial release of deed of trust when reconveyance not recorded; criminal penalty
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1. If a deed of trust made on or after
October 1, 1995, authorizes the grantor to discharge in part the debt secured
by the deed of trust and the deed of trust authorizes a partial reconveyance of
the estate in real property in consideration of a partial discharge, the
beneficiary shall, within 21 calendar days after receiving notice that the debt
secured by the deed of trust has been partially discharged, deliver to the
trustee a properly executed request for a partial reconveyance of the estate in
real property conveyed to the trustee by the grantor.
2. Within 45 calendar days after a debt
secured by a deed of trust made on or after October 1, 1995, is partially
discharged and a properly executed request for a partial reconveyance is
received by the trustee, the trustee shall cause to be recorded a partial
reconveyance of the deed of trust.
3. If the beneficiary fails to deliver to
the trustee a properly executed request for a partial reconveyance pursuant to
subsection 1, or if the trustee fails to cause to be recorded a partial
reconveyance of the deed of trust pursuant to subsection 2, the beneficiary or
the trustee, as the case may be, is liable in a civil action to the grantor,
the grantors heirs or assigns in the amount of $1,000, plus reasonable
attorneys fees and the costs of bringing the action, and the beneficiary or
trustee is liable in a civil action to any party to the deed of trust for any
actual damages caused by the failure to comply with the provisions of this
section and for reasonable attorneys fees and the costs of bringing the action.
4. Except as otherwise provided in this
subsection, if a partial reconveyance is not recorded pursuant to subsection 2
within 75 calendar days after the partial satisfaction of the debt and if the
satisfaction was made on or after October 1, 1995, a title insurer may prepare
and cause to be recorded a partial release of the deed of trust. At least 30
calendar days before the recording of a partial release pursuant to this
subsection, the title insurer shall mail, by first-class mail, postage prepaid,
notice of the intention to record the partial release of the deed of trust to
the trustee, trustor and beneficiary of record, or their successors in
interest, at the last known address of each such person. A partial release
prepared and recorded pursuant to this subsection shall be deemed a partial
reconveyance of a deed of trust. The title insurer shall not cause a partial
release to be recorded pursuant to this subsection if the title insurer
receives written instructions to the contrary from the trustee, trustor, owner
of the land, holder of the escrow or owner of the debt secured by the deed of
trust or his or her agent.
5. The release prepared pursuant to
subsection 4 must set forth:
(a) The name of the beneficiary;
(b) The name of the trustor;
(c) The recording reference to the deed of trust;
(d) A statement that the debt secured by the deed
of trust has been partially discharged;
(e) The date and amount of partial payment or
other partial satisfaction or discharge;
(f) The name and address of the title insurer
issuing the partial release; and
(g) The legal description of the estate in real
property which is reconveyed.
6. A partial release prepared and recorded
pursuant to subsection 4 does not relieve a beneficiary or trustee of the
requirements imposed by subsections 1 and 2.
7. A trustee may charge a reasonable fee
to the trustor or the owner of the land for services relating to the
preparation, execution or recordation of a partial reconveyance or partial
release pursuant to this section. A trustee shall not require the fees to be
paid before the opening of an escrow or earlier than 60 calendar days before the
partial payment or partial satisfaction or discharge of the debt secured by the
deed of trust. If a fee charged pursuant to this subsection does not exceed
$100, the fee is conclusively presumed to be reasonable.
8. In addition to any other remedy
provided by law, a title insurer who improperly causes to be recorded a partial
release of a deed of trust pursuant to this section is liable for actual
damages and for a reasonable attorneys fee and the costs of bringing the
action to any person who is injured because of the improper recordation of the
partial release.
9. Any person who willfully violates this
section is guilty of a misdemeanor.

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