§ 111.240 Acknowledgment of conveyances
§ 111.265 Persons authorized to take acknowledgment or proof within State
§ 111.310 Instruments entitled to recordation; patents need not be acknowledged
§ 111.311 Conveyance of real property pursuant to agreement for deed in lieu of foreclosure must be recorded by deed; civil liability for failure to record deed
§ 111.312 Requirements for recording certain documents relating to real property
§ 111.315 Recording of conveyances and instruments: Notice to third persons
§ 111.320 Filing of conveyances or other instruments is notice to all persons: Effect on subsequent purchasers and mortgagees
§ 111.325 Unrecorded conveyances void as against subsequent bona fide purchaser for value when conveyance recorded
§ 111.340 Certificate of acknowledgment and record may be rebutted
§ 111.345 Proof taken upon oath of incompetent witness: Instrument not admissible until established by competent proof
§ 111.347 Recording defective instrument: Notice to subsequent purchasers; admissibility in evidence
§ 111.350 Conveyances or other instruments recorded before December 17, 1862: Notice to subsequent purchasers; certified copies as evidence
§ 111.353 Recording of master form mortgages and deeds of trust; incorporation of provisions by reference in subsequently recorded instruments
§ 111.355 Recordation of only part of instrument under certain conditions
§ 111.365 Recording affidavit of death of joint tenant or spouse holding community property with right of survivorship creates disputable presumption title vested in survivor; recording affidavit of death of life tenant creates disputable presumption tit
§ 111.3655 Recording of notice by owner of real property who opens property for public pedestrian access and who improves property for that specific purpose: Form; effect; revocation; owner not to prevent pedestrian access; no effect on vested rights; permi
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Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes > Chapter 111 > Acknowledgment of Instruments

  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Conveyance: shall be construed to embrace every instrument in writing, except a last will and testament, whatever may be its form, and by whatever name it may be known in law, by which any estate or interest in lands is created, aliened, assigned or surrendered. See Nevada Revised Statutes 111.010
  • county: includes Carson City. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.033
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • Escrow: Money given to a third party to be held for payment until certain conditions are met.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. Source: OCC
  • Grantor: The person who establishes a trust and places property into it.
  • Joint tenancy: A form of property ownership in which two or more parties hold an undivided interest in the same property that was conveyed under the same instrument at the same time. A joint tenant can sell his (her) interest but not dispose of it by will. Upon the death of a joint tenant, his (her) undivided interest is distributed among the surviving joint tenants.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Life estate: A property interest limited in duration to the life of the individual holding the interest (life tenant).
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • mortgage: includes a deed of trust. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.037
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • 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
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • population: means the number of people in a specified area as determined by the last preceding national decennial census conducted by the Bureau of the Census of the United States Department of Commerce pursuant to Section 2 of Nevada Revised Statutes 0.050
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • Restrictive covenant modification document: means a certified copy of a written instrument which redacts from the written instrument any language identified in a court order issued pursuant to Nevada Revised Statutes 111.010
  • Restrictive covenant modification form: means the form prescribed by the Real Estate Division of the Department of Business and Industry pursuant to Nevada Revised Statutes 111.010
  • Right of survivorship: The ownership rights that result in the acquisition of title to property by reason of having survived other co-owners.
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.