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Nevada demand / statement of amounts due review
Nevada does not use the term "estoppel certificate." The functional equivalent is the demand or statement of amounts due that the association must furnish on request under NRS 116.4109 — the binding figure escrow relies on to clear a unit's balance at closing. The association must provide it within 10 business days of request, and its preparation fee is capped (roughly $185, plus about $100 to expedite).
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The statement sets out regular and special assessments, late charges, fines, and any transfer or transaction fees owed on the unit. In Nevada this figure carries unusual weight because NRS 116.3116 grants the association a lien with super-priority over a first mortgage for up to nine months of unpaid common assessments — so confirming the exact payoff is not a formality but a defense against inheriting a senior delinquency. Read it against the broader resale package, because one unit's balance can understate stress across the association.
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What the demand / statement of amounts due covers
Under NRS 116.4109, on request the association must furnish a statement of the amounts currently due on the unit — regular and special assessments, late charges and interest, fines, collection costs, and any transfer or transaction fees owed at closing. In escrow this is the binding figure used to certify and clear the unit's balance. The association must provide it within 10 business days of request, and the preparation fee is capped (about $185, plus roughly $100 to expedite). Confirm the figure is current and reconcile it against the seller's representations: an unexpected balance, an accrued fine, or a special-assessment line is precisely what this statement exists to surface. Because the fee is capped, watch for any attempt to bill a separate uncapped charge on top.
Why the 9-month super-priority lien makes this figure critical
Nevada's lien rules give this statement real stakes. NRS 116.3116 grants the association a statutory lien that takes priority over a first mortgage for up to nine months of unpaid common assessments — one of the strongest super-liens in the nation, and the basis of the SFR Investments v. U.S. Bank line of cases. A buyer who closes without confirming the binding payoff risks inheriting a delinquency that sits ahead of the very mortgage being recorded. Equally, a high association-wide delinquency rate signals foreclosure risk: a non-judicial HOA foreclosure can extinguish a junior mortgage, and a foreclosing lender can take title subject to up to nine months of dues. Use the statement to confirm the unit is clear, and use the broader package to gauge whether the association is using its super-lien aggressively because owners are behind.
Approved-but-pending special assessments are the load-bearing line
The most consequential field is any approved or pending special assessment not yet reflected in routine dues. Nevada boards may levy regular and reserve or capital assessments without an owner vote under NRS 116.3115, with 21-day notice required for a meeting on a capital-improvement assessment, so a special assessment can be approved by the board and arrive shortly after you close. Because Nevada mandates reserve funding, the most common trigger is a reserve study revealing a shortfall the board must fund — or a rising master-insurance premium or deductible (a real pressure given the wildfire market) passed through as an assessment. An approved-but-pending assessment disclosed here is the clearest preview of a cost arriving soon; clarify in the contract who bears it.
Read it against the reserve and delinquency picture
The statement is a one-unit balance — not a reserve study or an insurance summary. Read it alongside the reserve summary in the resale package (and the full study on request), the budget's reserve contribution, and the master-policy premium and deductible trend. A unit with a clean balance in an association whose reserve study shows a thin funding plan, or whose master policy just absorbed a sharp wildfire-driven renewal, still carries real out-of-pocket risk the balance alone will not show. Request the delinquency or aging report too: because of the 9-month super-lien, heavy delinquency is both a foreclosure signal and a budget stressor. The statement tells you what is owed today; the rest of the package tells you what is coming.
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Nevada legal references
- NRS 116.4109 — Statement of amounts due; 10-day furnishing; fee cap
- NRS 116.3116 — Association lien; 9-month super-priority over a first mortgage
- NRS 116.3115 — Reserve funding mandate; board assessment authority
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- Request the NRS 116.4109 statement of amounts due and confirm it is current
- Reconcile the certified balance against the seller's representations
- Confirm the statement was furnished within 10 business days of request
- Verify the preparation fee stayed within the statutory cap (no separate uncapped charge)
- Confirm no unpaid assessments could trigger the 9-month super-priority lien (NRS 116.3116)
- Read the 'approved or pending special assessment' line as a near-term cost preview
- Cross-check the balance against the reserve summary and the budget's reserve contribution
- Request the association-wide delinquency / aging report
- Review the transfer and transaction fee schedule for closing costs
- Clarify in the contract who pays any approved-but-pending assessment
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- Declaration & bylawsthe rules
- Budget & financialsthe money
- Reserve studythe big repairs
- Meeting minuteswhat the board fears
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