1 CASE NO:______________ 2 IN THE JUSTICE COURT OF PAHRUMP TOWNSHIP 3 COUNTY OF NYE, STATE OF NEVADA 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 _______________________________________ ) Plaintiff/Landlord ) ) MOTION TO CONTEST PERSONAL ) vs. PROPERTY LIEN AND ORDER FOR HEARING ) ) _______________________________________ ) Defendant/Tenant ) ) ) STATE OF NEVADA ss. COUNTY OF NYE MOTION Based on the affidavit below, I request a hearing to: Challenge the landlord’s right to withhold my personal property from me, 13 Challenge the amount the landlord is requesting I pay before he or she will release my 14 personal property to me. 15 16 17 AFFIDAVIT I, _______________________, do hereby swear under penalty of perjury that the statements in this Affidavit are true. 18 1. 19 have (1) vacated the premises, (2) been removed from the premises, (3) requested a copy of 20 the charges or (4) been provided a copy of the charges, whichever is later. I vacated/was 21 Pursuant to N.R.S. 40.253(7), I acknowledge I must file this motion within 20 days after I removed (circle one) from the premises on ___________________, 20______, and received/requested (circle one) the charges on ___________________, 20_____. 22 2. I rented the property at (address)_________________________________ and lived 23 there until (date)___________________, 20______. 24 25 -1- 061505 American LegalNet, Inc. www.FormsWorkFlow.com 1 3. 2 property is (landlord or owner’s name)____________________________ who lives at 3 (landlord or owner’s address _____________________________________________________ 4 ____________________________________________________________________________ 5 4. To the best of my knowledge the landlord of the property or owner of that I further state that: 6 I abandoned the residence on that date, 7 I was evicted by order of the Justice Court. The date of the Order evicting me was _____________________, 20_____. 8 I left because I received a notice of eviction. 9 10 Other (explain)_______________________________________________________ 11 ______________________________________________________________________ 12 5. My landlord still has some of my personal property. The general description of the 13 property still in my landlord’s possession is as follows: ________________________________ 14 ___________________________________________________________________________ 15 ___________________________________________________________________________ 16 6. 17 your property and describe what happened for each attempt and dates): _________________ 18 ___________________________________________________________________________ 19 ___________________________________________________________________________ I attempted to remove my property as follows (state all attempts you made to remove 20 a. 21 paid him money was:_______________, 20_____. 22 b. 23 your landlord told you when he indicated that you could not have your property 24 back): __________________________________________________________ 25 ___________________________________________________________ c. The date that my landlord told me that I could not have my property until I My landlord refused to allow me to take my property because (state what The amount my landlord demanded was: $___________________ -2American LegalNet, Inc. www.FormsWorkFlow.com 1 7. I disagree with: 2 landlord’s right to hold my property, or 3 amount charged by landlord, or 4 both 5 8. Explain why you disagree in No. 7: _________________________________________ 6 ___________________________________________________________________________ 7 ___________________________________________________________________________ 8 SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to before me 9 this ____ day of _______________, 20___. 10 _________________________________________ Affiant 11 12 13 ___________________________________ Notary Public/ Deputy Court Clerk 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 061505 -3- American LegalNet, Inc. www.FormsWorkFlow.com 1 ORDER 2 3 4 STATE OF NEVADA, TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT, Greetings: YOU ARE HEREBY ORDERED to appear for a hearing and be prepared to answer the within and foregoing Motion to Contest Personal Property Lien at the Pahrump Justice Courtroom, 1520 East 5 Basin Avenue Suite 104, Pahrump, Nye County, Nevada on ________________________, 20_____ at 6 the hour of _____ o’clock am/pm. 7 HAVE WITH YOU ALL BOOKS, PAPERS AND WITNESSES needed by you to establish your defense against said claim. You are further notified that in the event 8 that you do not appear, judgment will be given against you for the return of the property without charge 9 as described in the above affidavit. You do not need to appear if you do not wish to contest the motion. 10 DATED: __________________________, 20___. 11 12 13 JUSTICE OF THE PEACE 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 061505 25 -4- American LegalNet, Inc. www.FormsWorkFlow.com