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NRS 338.630 - Action by contractor for alternate writ of mandamus to compel performance by public body.

NV Rev Stat § 338.630 (2019) (N/A)
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1. A contractor who believes that the public body has failed to perform a duty to:

(a) Make a payment;

(b) Provide written notice of any withholding; or

(c) Provide information upon request relating to any payment with respect to a contract which has not been fully performed,

pursuant to one or more of the provisions of NRS 338.515 to 338.535, inclusive, in a timely manner may apply to the district court of the county in which the public work or a part thereof is located for an alternate writ of mandamus pursuant to NRS 34.150 to 34.310, inclusive, to require the public body to perform the duty required pursuant to such a provision.

2. The provisions of this section do not prevent a public body from including a provision governing the payment of attorney’s fees in a contract into which it enters with a contractor for a public work.

(Added to NRS by 1999, 1989)

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