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Nevada Revised Statutes Title 28. Public Works and Planning § 338.530. Payment of interest on amounts withheld improperly

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

1. If a public body receives:

(a) A progress bill or retainage bill, fails to give a contractor a written notice of any withholding in the manner set forth in subsection 2 of NRS 338.525, and does not pay the contractor within 30 days after receiving the progress bill or retainage bill; or

(b) A contractor's written notice of the correction of a condition set forth pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 338.525 as the reason for the withholding, signed by an authorized agent of the contractor, and fails to:

(1) Pay the amount of the progress payment or retainage payment that was withheld from the contractor within 30 days after the public body receives the next progress bill or retainage bill; or

(2) Object to the scope and manner of the correction, within 30 days after the public body receives the notice of correction, in a written statement that sets forth the reason for the objection and is signed by an authorized agent of the public body,

the public body shall pay to the contractor, in addition to the entire amount of the progress bill or retainage bill or any unpaid portion thereof, interest from the 30th day on the amount delayed, at a rate equal to the amount provided for in subsection 6 of NRS 338.515, until payment is made to the contractor.

2. If the public body objects pursuant to subparagraph (2) of paragraph (b) of subsection 1, it shall pay to the contractor an amount equal to the value of the corrections to which the public body does not object.

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