Nevada Code § 608.130

Payment of wages by negotiable instrument; rights of holder in due course in event of nonpayment; penalty
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1. A person engaged in any business or
enterprise of any kind in this State shall not issue, in payment of, or as
evidence of, any indebtedness for wages due an employee, any order, check,
memorandum or other acknowledgment of indebtedness unless it is a negotiable
instrument payable without discount, in cash on demand, at some bank, credit
union or other established place of business but this subsection does not limit
or interfere with the right of any employee, by agreement, to accept from any
such person, as an evidence or acknowledgment of indebtedness for wages due the
employee, a negotiable instrument payable at some future date with interest.
2. In the event of nonpayment when due of
any negotiable instrument issued in payment of wages, the holder in due course
of the instrument succeeds and has the same rights, priorities and preferences
with respect to payment thereof, and stands in the same position, as the payee
of the instrument with respect to a claim for wages unpaid when due, in
addition to any other remedy available to the holder in due course provided by
law.
3. An employer who knowingly issues to an
employee a negotiable instrument in payment of wages for which there is
insufficient money, property or credit with the drawee of the instrument to pay
it in full upon presentation shall reimburse the employee for any penalty or
charge incurred by the employee arising from his or her reliance on the
validity of the instrument.

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