Nevada Code § 37.085

Hearing after defendants default: Determination of value and damages by court; judgment
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1. Where any defendant has failed to:
(a) Answer within the time allowed, and the clerk
has entered the defendants default; or
(b) Appear at the time set for trial, whether
such trial be before the court with or without a jury, and the court has
directed that the defendants default be entered,
the court
shall proceed to conduct a hearing to determine the value of the property and
any damages.
2. For the purpose of the hearing required
by this section, the court may consider, by affidavit or otherwise:
(a) Proof of the value of the property taken;
(b) The damages, if any, which may result from
the condemnation; and
(c) The amount, if any, alleged in the complaint
to be just compensation, and shall enter such judgment as it deems proper.

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