ginal docket or an abstract or copy of any judgment or decree of a district court of the State of Nevada or the District Court or other court of the United States in and for the District of Nevada, the enforcement of which has not been stayed on appeal, certified by the clerk of the court where the judgment or decree was rendered, may be recorded in the office of the county recorder in any county, and when so recorded it becomes a lien upon all the real property of the judgment debtor not exempt from execution in that county, owned by him at the time, or which he may afterward acquire, until the lien expires. The lien continues for 6 years after the date the judgment or decree was docketed, and is continued each time the judgment or decree is renewed, unless: (a) The enforcement of the judgment or decree is stayed on appeal by the execution of a sufficient undertaking as provided in the Nevada Rules of Appellate Procedure or by the Statutes of the United States, in which case the lien of the judgment or decree and any lien by virtue of an attachment that has been issued and levied in the actions ceases; (b) The judgment is for arrearages in the payment of child support, in which case the lien continues until the judgment is satisfied; (c) The judgment is satisfied; or (d) The lien is otherwise discharged. The time during which the execution of the judgment is suspended by appeal, action of the court or defendant must not be counted in computing the time of expiration. 3. The abstract described in subsection 2 must contain the: (a) Title of the court and the title and number of the action; (b) Date of entry of the judgment or decree; (c) Names of the judgment debtor and judgment creditor; (d) Amount of the judgment or decree; and (e) Location where the judgment or decree is entered in the minutes or judgment docket. 4. A judgment creditor who records a judgment or decree shall record at that time an affidavit stating: (a) The name and address of the judgment debtor; (b) The judgment debtor’s driver’s license number and state of issuance or the judgment debtor’s social security number; and (c) The judgment debtor’s date of birth, if known to the judgment creditor. If any of the information is not known, the affidavit must include a statement of that fact. [1911 CPA § 332; A 1925, 220; 1943, 88; 1943 NCL § 8830]—(NRS A 1965, 648; 1967, 948; 1969, 41; 1989, 585; 1993, 541; 1995, 1524) NRS 17.160 Docket defined; contents. The docket mentioned in NRS 17.150 is a book which the clerk shall keep in his office, with each page divided into columns: Judgment debtors; judgment creditors; judgment; time of entry; appeals; when taken; judgment of appellate court; satisfaction of judgment; when entered. If judgment be for the recovery of money or damages, the amount shall be stated in the docket under the head of judgment; if the judgment be for any other relief, a memorandum of the general character of the relief granted shall be stated. The names of the judgment debtors shall be entered in the docket in alphabetical order. [1911 CPA § 333; RL § 5275; NCL § 8831]—(NRS A 1965, 248) NRS 17.170 Dockets open for public inspection without charge. The docket kept by the clerk shall be open at all times during office hours for the inspection of the public without charge. The clerk shall arrange the several dockets kept by him in such a manner as to facilitate their inspection. [1911 CPA § 334; RL § 5276; NCL § 8832] NRS 17.190 Computation of costs in judgment; insertion by clerk. 1. Included in any judgment filed shall be a computation of the costs, if they have been ascertained. The clerk shall insert a computation of the costs in the copies and docket of the judgment. 2. If costs are not ascertained or included in the judgment at the time of entry, the clerk shall, within 2 days after costs are ascertained, insert the same in a blank left in the judgment for that purpose and shall make a similar insertion of costs in the copies and docket of the judgment. [1911 CPA § 336; A 1955, 83]—(NRS A 1959, 25) SATISFACTION NRS 17.200 Entry in docket. Satisfaction of a judgment may be entered in the clerk’s docket if an execution is returned satisfied, and if an acknowledgment of satisfaction is filed with the clerk, made in the manner of an acknowledgment of a conveyance of real property, by the judgment creditor, or by the attorney, unless a revocation of his authority is previously filed. Whenever a judgment is satisfied in fact, the party or attorney shall give such an acknowledgment, and the party who has satisfied the judgment may move the court to compel it or to order the clerk to enter the satisfaction in the docket of judgment. [1911 CPA § 337; RL § 5279; NCL § 8835]—(NRS A 1983, 260) RENEWAL NRS 17.214 Filing and contents of affidavit; recording affidavit of renewal; notice to judgment debtor. 1. A judgment creditor or his successor in interest may renew a judgment which has not been paid by: (a) Filing an affidavit with the clerk of the court where the judgment is entered and docketed, within 90 days before the date the judgment expires by limitation. The affidavit must specify: (1) The names of the parties and the name of the judgment creditor’s successor in interest, if any, and the source and succession of his title; (2) If the judgment is recorded, the name of the county and the number and the page of the book in which it is recorded; (3) The date and the amount of the judgment and the number and page of the docket in which it is entered; (4) Whether there is an outstanding writ of execution for enforcement of the judgment; (5) The date and amount of any payment on the judgment; (6) Whether there are any setoffs or counterclaims in favor of the judgment debtor and the amount or, if a setoff or counterclaim is unsettled or undetermined it will be allowed as payment or credit on the judgment; (7) The exact amount due on the judgment; (8) If the judgment was docketed by the clerk of the court upon a certified copy from any other court, and an abstract recorded with the county clerk, the name of each county in which the transcript has been docketed and the abstract recorded; and (9) Any other fact or circumstance necessary to a complete disclosure of the exact condition of the judgment. All information in the affidavit must be based on the personal knowledge of the affiant, and not upon information and belief. (b) If the judgment is recorded, recording the affidavit of renewal in the office of the county recorder in which the original judgment is filed within 3 days after the affidavit of renewal is filed pursuant to paragraph (a). 2. The filing of the affidavit renews the judgment to the extent of the amount shown due in the affidavit. 3. The judgment creditor or his successor in interest shall notify the judgment debtor of the renewal of the judgment by sending a copy of the affidavit of renewal by certified mail, return receipt requested, to him at his last known address within 3 days after filing the affidavit. 4. Successive affidavits for renewal may be filed within 90 days before the preceding renewal of the judgment expires by limitation. (Added to NRS by 1985, 699; A 1995, 1525) CONTRIBUTION AMONG TORTFEASORS NRS 17.225 Right to contribution. 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section and NRS 17.235 to 17.305, inclusive, where two or more persons become jointly or severally liable in tort for the same injury to person or property or for the same wrongful death, there is a right of contribution among them even though judgment has not been recovered against all or any of them. 2. The right of contribution exists only in favor of a tortfeasor who

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