1. An owner of private property where an abandoned recreational vehicle is located who claims a lien on the abandoned recreational vehicle shall:

(a) If the abandoned recreational vehicle has a serial number, vehicle identification number, registration number or other means of identifying any owner of the abandoned recreational vehicle, obtain the last known address of the owner and provide the owner with notice of the lien by registered or certified letter to the last known address of the owner. The owner of the property where the abandoned recreational vehicle is located is not required to send a registered or certified letter if an owner cannot be located or if an address for an owner cannot be ascertained.

(b) Place a notice of the lien in a newspaper of general circulation published in the county in which the abandoned recreational vehicle is located.

2. The notice of the lien must contain:

(a) An itemized statement of the claim, showing the sum due at the time of the notice and the date when it became due.

(b) A description of the abandoned recreational vehicle and the location where the abandoned recreational vehicle was discovered and provide the serial number, vehicle identification number, registration number or any other identifying information relating to the abandoned recreational vehicle.

(c) A demand that the amount of the claim as stated in the notice, and of any further claim as may accrue, must be paid on or before a date mentioned.

(d) A statement that, if ownership is not claimed and the abandoned recreational vehicle is not removed within 30 days after the publication date of the newspaper, the owner of the property where the abandoned recreational vehicle is located will advertise the recreational vehicle for sale and sell the recreational vehicle by auction at a specified time and place or apply for title to the recreational vehicle as prescribed in NRS 482.262.

3. The owner of the private property where the abandoned recreational vehicle is located shall determine a day for the purposes of the demand in paragraph (c) of subsection 2. The day mentioned must be:

(a) Not less than 30 days after delivery of the letter pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection 1, if any; and

(b) Not less than 30 days after publication of the notice pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 1.

4. As used in this section, “private property” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 108.270.

(Added to NRS by 2015, 1515)