y issue until 30 days after the date of mailing the notice of filing. (Added to NRS by 1979, 1496) NRS 17.370 Stay of enforcement of foreign judgment. 1. If the judgment debtor shows the court that an appeal from the foreign judgment is pending or will be taken, or that a stay of execution has been granted, the court shall stay enforcement of the foreign judgment until the appeal is concluded, the time for appeal expires or the stay of execution expires or is vacated, upon proof that the judgment debtor has furnished the security for the satisfaction of the judgment required by the state in which it was rendered. 2. If the judgment debtor shows the court any ground upon which enforcement of a judgment of any court of this state would be stayed, including, without limitation, a showing that an appeal is pending or will be taken, that a stay has been granted, requested or will be requested, or that the time for taking an appeal has not yet expired, the court shall stay enforcement of the foreign judgment for an appropriate period, upon requiring the same security for satisfaction of the judgment which is required in this state, including, without limitation, security determined pursuant to NRS 20.035, if applicable. (Added to NRS by 1979, 1497; A 2001, 1006) NRS 17.380 Fees. Any person filing a foreign judgment shall pay to the clerk of the court the same filing fee as prescribed by statute for the filing of civil actions. Fees for enforcement proceedings are the same as provided for judgments of district courts of this state. (Added to NRS by 1979, 1497) NRS 17.390 Judgment creditor may bring action to enforce judgment. A judgment creditor may elect to bring an action to enforce his judgment instead of proceeding under NRS 17.330 to 17.400, inclusive. (Added to NRS by 1979, 1497; A 1985, 37) NRS 17.400 Uniformity of interpretation. NRS 17.330 to 17.400, inclusive, shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law of those states which enact it. (Added to NRS by 1979, 1497) FOREIGN-MONEY CLAIMS (UNIFORM ACT) NRS 17.410 Short title; uniformity of application and construction. 1. NRS 17.410 to 17.660, inclusive, may be cited as the Uniform Foreign-Money Claims Act. 2. These sections must be applied and construed to effectuate their general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of these sections among states enacting them. (Added to NRS by 1993, 193) NRS 17.420 Scope and applicability. 1. NRS 17.410 to 17.660, inclusive, apply only to a foreign-money claim in an action or distributive proceeding. 2. NRS 17.410 to 17.660, inclusive, apply to foreign-money issues even if other law applies to other issues in the action or distributive proceeding under the rules of this state governing the conflict of laws. 3. NRS 17.410 to 17.660, inclusive, apply to actions and distributive proceedings commenced after January 1, 1994. (Added to NRS by 1993, 194) NRS 17.430 Definitions. As used in NRS 17.410 to 17.660, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 17.440 to 17.550, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (Added to NRS by 1993, 194) NRS 17.440 “Action” defined. “Action” means a judicial proceeding or an arbitration in which a payment in money may be awarded or enforced with respect to a foreign-money claim. (Added to NRS by 1993, 194) NRS 17.450 “Bank-offered spot rate” defined. “Bank-offered spot rate” means the spot rate of exchange at which a bank will sell foreign money at a spot rate. (Added to NRS by 1993, 194) NRS 17.460 “Date of conversion” defined. “Date of conversion” means the banking day next preceding the date on which money, in accordance with NRS 17.410 to 17.660, inclusive, is: 1. Paid to a claimant in an action or distributive proceeding; 2. Paid to the officer designated by law to enforce a judgment or award on behalf of a claimant; or 3. Used to recoup, set off or counterclaim in different moneys in an action or distributive proceeding. (Added to NRS by 1993, 194) NRS 17.470 “Distributive proceeding” defined. “Distributive proceeding” means a judicial or nonjudicial proceeding for the distribution of a fund in which one or more foreign-money claims is asserted and includes an accounting, an assignment for the benefit of creditors, a foreclosure, the liquidation or rehabilitation of a corporation or other entity and the distribution of an estate, trust or other fund. (Added to NRS by 1993, 194) NRS 17.480 “Foreign money” defined. “Foreign money” means money other than money of the United States of America. (Added to NRS by 1993, 194) NRS 17.490 “Foreign-money claim” defined. “Foreign-money claim” means a claim upon an obligation to pay, or a claim for recovery of a loss, expressed in or measured by a foreign money. (Added to NRS by 1993, 194) NRS 17.500 “Money” defined. “Money” means a medium of exchange for the payment of obligations or a store of value authorized or adopted by a government or by intergovernmental agreement. (Added to NRS by 1993, 194) NRS 17.510 “Money of the claim” defined. “Money of the claim” means the money determined as proper pursuant to NRS 17.570. (Added to NRS by 1993, 194) NRS 17.520 “Person” defined. “Person” includes two or more persons having a joint or common interest. (Added to NRS by 1993, 194) NRS 17.530 “Rate of exchange” defined. “Rate of exchange” means the rate at which money of one country may be converted into money of another country in a free financial market convenient to or reasonably usable by a person obligated to pay or to state a rate of conversion. If separate rates of exchange apply to different kinds of transactions, the term means the rate applicable to the particular transaction giving rise to the foreign-money claim. (Added to NRS by 1993, 194) NRS 17.540 “Spot rate” defined. “Spot rate” means the rate of exchange at which foreign money is sold by a bank or other dealer in foreign exchange for immediate or next-day availability or for settlement by immediate payment in cash or equivalent, by charge to an account, or by an agreed delayed settlement not exceeding 2 days. (Added to NRS by 1993, 195) NRS 17.550 “State” defined. “State” means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or a territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. (Added to NRS by 1993, 195) NRS 17.560 Variation by agreement. 1. The effect of NRS 17.410 to 17.660, inclusive, may be varied by agreement of the parties made before or after commencement of an action or distributive proceeding or the entry of judgment. 2. Parties to the transaction may agree upon the money to be used in a transaction giving rise to a foreign-money claim and may agree to use different moneys for different aspects of the transaction. Stating the price in a foreign money for one aspect of a transaction does not alone require the use of that money for other aspects of the transaction. (Added to NRS by 1993, 195) NRS 17.570 Determining money of the claim. 1. The money in which the parties to a transaction have agreed that payment is to be made is the proper money of the claim for payment. 2. If the parties to a transaction have not otherwise agreed, the proper money of the claim, as in each case may be appropriate, is the money: (a) Regularly used between the parties as a matter of usage or course of dealing; (b) Used at the time of a transaction in international trade, by trade usage or common practice, for valuing or settling transactions in the particula

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