645F.420 - Foreclosure consultants: Homeowner may bring action to recover damages. - Nevada Statutes

645F.420  Foreclosure consultants: Homeowner may bring action to recover damages.

      1.  A homeowner who is injured as a result of a foreclosure consultant’s violation of a provision of NRS 645F.400 may bring an action against the foreclosure consultant to recover damages caused by the violation, together with reasonable attorney’s fees and costs.

      2.  If the homeowner prevails in the action, the court may award such punitive damages as may be determined by a jury, or by a court sitting without a jury, but in no case may the punitive damages be less than one and one-half times the amount awarded to the homeowner as actual damages.

      (Added to NRS by 2007, 2857)