Under Nevada law, within how many days must a contractor provide preliminary notice to preserve lien rights on a private project?
Correct Answer
D) 20 days
NRS 108 requires preliminary notice to be served within 20 days after first furnishing labor or materials on a private project to preserve lien rights.
Why This Is the Correct Answer
NRS 108 requires that preliminary notice be served within 20 days after first furnishing labor or materials on a private project. This timely notice is a prerequisite to preserving the claimant's right to later file a mechanics' lien if payment is not received.
Why the Other Options Are Wrong
Option A: 10 days
10 days is too short and does not match NRS 108's requirement. No Nevada statute requires preliminary notice within only 10 days of starting work.
Option B: 15 days
15 days is a plausible-sounding number but is not the correct Nevada deadline. Some students confuse this with notice deadlines in other states (e.g., some states use 15-day rules for subcontractor notices).
Option C: 30 days
30 days is the deadline associated with other lien-related actions in Nevada (such as the stop notice) but is not the preliminary notice deadline. Confusing the preliminary notice window (20 days) with later filing deadlines (30 or 90 days) is a common error.
Memory Technique
Think '20 days to give NOTICE, 90 days to FILE the LIEN.' The preliminary notice is the earliest action — it protects your right to lien later. Twenty days is about three weeks — roughly the length of the first billing cycle on most projects.
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