1. Upon any judgment entered by a court of competent jurisdiction, escheating real property to the State, on petition of the Attorney General, or on petition of a personal representative of the estate, the court shall, or the court may upon its own motion, enter an order that the real property be sold by the sheriff of the county where the property is situated, at public sale, after giving notice of the time and place of sale as is provided in cases of sale of property under execution.

2. The sheriff shall, within 10 days after the sale, submit a report thereof to the court. Upon the hearing of the report, the court may examine the report and any witnesses, and if the proceedings were unfair, or the sum bid is disproportionate to the value of the property sold, or if it appears that a sum exceeding the bid by at least 5 percent may be obtained, the court may vacate the sale and direct another sale to be conducted in all respects as if no previous sale had taken place.

3. If an offer of 5 percent more in amount than that named in the report is made to the court in writing by a responsible person, the court may accept that offer and confirm the sale, or order a new sale.

4. If it appears to the court that the sale was legally made and fairly conducted, and that the sum bid is not disproportionate to the value of the property sold, and that a sum in excess of 5 percent more than the bid cannot be obtained, or if an increased bid was accepted by the court, the court shall enter an order confirming the sale and directing the sheriff, in the name of the State, to execute to the purchaser a conveyance of the property sold. The conveyance vests in the purchaser all the right and title of the State therein.

5. The sheriff shall, out of the proceeds of the sale, pay the costs of the proceedings incurred on behalf of the State, including the expenses of making the sale, and also an attorney’s fee, if additional counsel was employed in the proceedings, to be fixed by the court. The sheriff shall deposit the remaining proceeds in the State Treasury for credit to the Fund for Escheated Estates.

[Part 313:107:1941; 1931 NCL § 9882.313] — (NRS A 1983, 1091; 1999, 2355)