108.246 - Prime contractor to advise owner of content of NRS 108.245 - Nevada Statutes

108.246  Prime contractor to advise owner of content of NRS 108.245; copy to be provided to each subcontractor; failure to comply with requirements constitutes ground for disciplinary action against prime contractor.

      1.  Each prime contractor shall, before execution of a contract for construction, inform the owner with whom the prime contractor intends to contract of the provisions of NRS 108.245 in substantially the following form:

 

To:.................................................................

             (Owner’s name and address)

 

      The provisions of NRS 108.245, a part of the mechanics’ and materialmen’s lien law of the State of Nevada, require, for your information and protection from hidden liens, that each person or other legal entity who supplies materials to or performs work on a construction project, other than one who performs only labor, deliver to the owner a notice of the materials and equipment supplied or the work performed. You may receive these notices in connection with the construction project which you propose to undertake.

 

      2.  Each prime contractor shall deliver a copy of the information required by subsection 1 to each subcontractor who participates in the construction project.

      3.  The failure of a prime contractor to inform pursuant to this section owners and subcontractors with whom the prime contractor contracts is a ground for disciplinary proceedings under chapter 624 of NRS.

      (Added to NRS by 1971, 881; A 1997, 2696; 2003, 2617)