Friday, June 06, 2008

Nevada Lawmakers Address Assertions Of Illegal Court Orders Affecting Tenants In Foreclosure Evictions

In Las Vegas, Nevada, the Las Vegas Review Journal reports:
  • Some justice courts may be evicting tenants in foreclosed rental houses without providing the required three-day notice, a lawyer told a legislative subcommittee Monday. The Legislative Commission subcommittee on mortgage lending and housing heard the testimony Monday in a session at the Sawyer building in Las Vegas. Steve Kilgore, deputy director of the Henderson constable's office, told the panel that justice courts issue orders for him to evict renters immediately from houses that have been foreclosed.

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