Any failure, neglect or refusal on the part of the State Treasurer to pay any warrant when presented, there being money in the State Treasury to pay the same, or to post the notice within 5 days, as required in NRS 226.140 , after there shall have been received into the State Treasury money applicable and sufficient to pay any warrant or warrants presented and not paid for want of funds, or after having received the money and posted the notice on presentation for payment, to pay the warrants so posted, shall subject the State Treasurer to damages to the person or persons aggrieved to an amount equal to treble interest on the sum specified in the warrant or warrants not paid on presentation, as provided in this section, such interest being computed at the rate of 3 percent per month during the time such warrant or warrants remain unpaid. In any suit brought to recover the same, judgment shall be rendered to cover the damages at the time of the entry thereof and for costs.
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