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Property Law and Real Estate

University of Nevada, Las Vegas -- William S. Boyd School of Law

Series

2016

Property; garnishment; state law; 529 accounts; judgment

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Pacific Western Bank V. Eighth Jud. Dist. Ct., 132 Nev. Adv. Op. 78 (Nov. 3, 2016), Margarita Elias Nov 2016

Pacific Western Bank V. Eighth Jud. Dist. Ct., 132 Nev. Adv. Op. 78 (Nov. 3, 2016), Margarita Elias

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

The Court concluded that funds contained in financial accounts under 26 U.S.C. § 529 (“529 accounts”) constitute a debt and that these funds are subject to execution and garnishment in Nevada despite their physical location elsewhere. Specifically, the Court adopted Section 68 of the Restatement (Second) of Conflict of Laws and concluded that funds contained in 529 accounts are a debt, not a chattel.