Nevada Code § 31.065

Deposits by plaintiff of money with sheriff to pay expenses of taking, transporting and keeping certain personal property; liability of sheriff
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1. In cases where the sheriff is
instructed to take into possession easily transportable personal property,
whether it is to be placed in a warehouse or storage yard or in the custody of
a keeper, the sheriff shall require, as prerequisite to the taking of the
property, that in addition to written instructions the plaintiff or the
plaintiffs attorney of record deposit with the sheriff a sum of money
sufficient to pay the expenses of taking, transporting and keeping safely the
property for a period not to exceed 30 days.
2. If a further detention of the property
is required, the sheriff shall make written demands upon the plaintiff or the
plaintiffs attorney for further deposits to cover estimated expenses for
periods not to exceed 30 days each. If the attaching party desires to make a
greater deposit, the attaching party may do so. Such demand must be personally
served on the plaintiff or the plaintiffs attorney or left with a responsible
person or in a proper receptacle at the office or residence of the plaintiff or
the plaintiffs attorney or the demand must be deposited in the post office in
a sealed envelope, as first-class registered or certified mail postage prepaid,
addressed to the person on whom it is served or the persons attorney at the
last known office or place of residence.
3. If the money so demanded is not paid,
the sheriff shall notify the defendant within 5 days after money for storing
and handling the property is no longer available and shall release the property
to the persons from whom it was taken. Failure so to notify the defendant
imposes liability on the sheriff for the expenses unless sufficient money can
be obtained from the plaintiff.

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