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NRS 338.600 – Withholding amounts for failure of subcontractor or supplier to comply with subcontract or applicable building code, law or regulation; payment of amounts withheld upon correction of condition.

1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 338.595, a subcontractor may withhold from a progress payment or retainage payment an amount sufficient to pay the expenses the subcontractor reasonably expects to incur as a result of the failure of his or her subcontractor or supplier to comply with the subcontract or applicable building code, law […]

NRS 338.605 – Payment of interest on amounts withheld improperly.

1. If a subcontractor makes payment to his or her subcontractor or supplier more than 10 days after the occurrence of any of the following acts or omissions: (a) The subcontractor fails to pay his or her subcontractor or supplier in accordance with the provisions of subsection 1 of NRS 338.590; (b) The subcontractor fails […]

NRS 338.590 – Time for making payments; amounts paid.

Except as otherwise provided in NRS 338.595, 338.600 and 338.605: 1. Each subcontractor shall disburse money paid to him or her pursuant to this chapter, including any interest which the subcontractor receives, to his or her subcontractors and suppliers within 10 days after the subcontractor receives the money, in direct proportion to the subcontractors’ and […]

NRS 338.595 – Amounts withheld as retainage; payment of interest.

1. If a subcontractor and another subcontractor or supplier enter into a subcontract for a public work, the subcontractor may withhold as retainage not more than 5 percent from the amount of any progress payment due under a subcontract which is made before 50 percent of the work has been completed under the subcontract. 2. […]