Nevada Code § 482.5163

Sale of repossessed vehicle in commercially reasonable manner; application of proceeds; injunctive relief; damages
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1. Every repossessed vehicle shall be sold
in a commercially reasonable manner. The fact that a better price could have
been obtained by a sale at a different time or in a different method from that
selected by the secured party is not of itself sufficient to establish that the
sale was not made in a commercially reasonable manner. If the secured party
either sells the vehicle in the usual manner in any recognized market for such
a vehicle or if the secured party sells at the price current in such market at
the time of his or her sale or has otherwise sold in conformity with reasonable
commercial practices among dealers in the type of vehicle sold the secured
party has sold in a commercially reasonable manner. A disposition which has
been approved in any judicial proceeding shall conclusively be deemed to be
commercially reasonable, but this sentence does not indicate that any such
approval must be obtained in any case nor does it indicate that any disposition
not so approved is not commercially reasonable.
2. The proceeds of disposition shall be
applied in the order following to:
(a) The reasonable expenses of retaking, holding,
preparing for sale and selling, and, to the extent provided for in the
agreement, the reasonable attorneys fees and legal expenses incurred by the
secured party.
(b) The satisfaction of indebtedness secured by
the security interest under which the disposition is made.
(c) The satisfaction of indebtedness secured by
any subordinate security interest in the collateral if written notification of
demand therefor is received before distribution of the proceeds is completed.
If requested by the secured party, the holder of a subordinate security
interest must seasonably furnish reasonable proof of his or her interest, and
unless he or she does so, the secured party need not comply with the demand.
(d) The payment of any surplus to the debtor.
3. If it is established that the secured
party is not proceeding in accordance with the provisions of this section and NRS 482.516 disposition may be ordered or
restrained on appropriate terms and conditions. If the disposition has
occurred, the debtor or any person entitled to notification or whose security
interest has been made known to the secured party prior to the disposition has
a right to recover from the secured party any loss caused by failure to comply
with the provisions of this section. If the disposition was not commercially
reasonable, as specified in subsection 1, the debtor has a right to recover
double the debtors actual damages.

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