‘Cosigner’ means:

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Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 670B.030

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • 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

1.  Any person who is liable for the obligation of another without compensation, regardless of how the person is designated in the contract or instrument with respect to that obligation, including, without limitation, an obligation under a private education loan extended to consolidate a borrower’s pre-existing private education loans. The term includes any person whose signature is requested as a condition to grant credit or to forbear on collection.

2.  As used in this section, the term does not include a spouse of a person described in subsection 1 whose signature is needed to perfect the security interest in a loan.