2017 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 108 - Statutory Liens
NRS 108.2214 - “Lien claimant” defined.
1. “Lien claimant” means any person who provides work, material or equipment with a value of $500 or more to be used in or for the construction, alteration or repair of any improvement, property or work of improvement. The term includes, without limitation, every artisan, builder, contractor, laborer, lessor or renter of equipment, materialman, miner, subcontractor or other person who provides work, material or equipment, and any person who performs services as an architect, engineer, land surveyor or geologist, in relation to the improvement, property or work of improvement.
2. As used in this section, “laborer” includes, without limitation, an express trust fund to which any portion of the total compensation of a laborer, including any fringe benefit, must be paid pursuant to an agreement with that laborer or the collective bargaining agent of that laborer. For the purposes of this subsection, “fringe benefit” does not include any interest, liquidated damages, attorney’s fees, costs or other penalties that may be incurred by the employer of the laborer for failure to pay any such compensation under any law or contract.
(Added to NRS by 2003, 2588; A 2007, 660; 2015, 1932)
