1.  A person who engages in an activity for which a license as an escrow agent or escrow agency is required pursuant to this chapter, without regard to whether such a person is licensed pursuant to this chapter, may be required by the Commissioner to pay restitution to any person who has suffered an economic loss as a result of a violation of the provisions of this chapter or any regulation adopted pursuant thereto.

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Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 645A.235

  • Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Mortgage Lending. See Nevada Revised Statutes 645A.010
  • Escrow: Money given to a third party to be held for payment until certain conditions are met.
  • Escrow: means any transaction wherein one person, for the purpose of effecting or closing the sale, purchase, exchange, transfer, encumbering or leasing of real or personal property to another person or persons, delivers any written instrument, money, evidence of title to real or personal property, or other thing of value to a third person to be held by such third person until the happening of a specified event or the performance of a prescribed condition, when it is then to be delivered by such third person, in compliance with instructions under which he or she is to act, to a grantee, grantor, promisee, promisor, obligee, obligor, lessee, lessor, bailee, bailor or any agent or employee thereof. See Nevada Revised Statutes 645A.010
  • person: means a natural person, any form of business or social organization and any other nongovernmental legal entity including, but not limited to, a corporation, partnership, association, trust or unincorporated organization. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.039
  • Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.

2.  Notwithstanding the provision of paragraph (d) of subsection 1 of NRS 622A.120, payment of restitution pursuant to subsection 1 shall be done in a manner consistent with the provisions of chapter 622A of NRS.