154.130 - Person furnishing information entitled to percentage of value of recovered property. - Nevada Statutes

154.130  Person furnishing information entitled to percentage of value of recovered property.  Any person furnishing original information of any property escheatable to the State of Nevada, with the necessary evidence to sustain the information in that behalf, to the court of the county where the property is located, and to the Attorney General, shall be entitled to receive, upon the final recovery of the property, 5 percent of the value of the property so recovered; provided:

      1.  That the amount so received by the person furnishing the information shall not in the aggregate exceed the sum of $20,000 in any one case; and

      2.  That one person only shall be entitled to compensation for such service.

      [317:107:1941; A 1951, 19]

      NRS 154.140  Deposit of money from escheated estates.  All money received by the State from escheated estates must be deposited in the State Treasury for credit to the Fund for Escheated Estates which is hereby created as a trust fund.

      [318:107:1941; 1931 NCL § 9882.318]—(NRS A 1959, 23; 1983, 1093)