Nevada Code § 17.120

Replevin; judgment to be in alternative and with damages
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1. In an action to recover the possession
of personal property, judgment for the plaintiff may be for the possession or
the value thereof, in case a delivery cannot be had, and damages for the
detention or the value of the use thereof. If the property has been delivered
to the plaintiff, and the defendant claim a return thereof, judgment for the
defendant may be for a return of the property or the value thereof, in case a
return cannot be had, and damages for taking and withholding the same or the
value of the use thereof.
2. In an action on a contract or
obligation for the direct payment of money, payable in a specified or agreed
kind of money or currency, judgment for the plaintiff, whether the same be by
default or after verdict, or decision of the court or master, may follow the
contract or obligation, and be made payable in the kind of money or currency
therein specified or thereby agreed.
3. In an action against any person for the
recovery of money received by such person in a fiduciary capacity, or to the
use of another, judgment for the plaintiff, whether the same be by default or
after verdict, or decision of the court or master, may be made payable in the
same kind of money or currency so received by such person.

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