What Are Nevada Bankruptcy Exemptions?

When a debtor files bankruptcy, all his property becomes part of the estate and a trustee is entrusted to handle all the matters of his estate. However, a debtor is entitled to get back his property which is exempted. Exemptions are handled under Nevada laws.
This article describes various exemptions and provided an answer to the various exemptions under bankruptcy.

Has state opted out of federal bankruptcy exemptions?
Yes. Nev. Rev. Stat. § 21.090.
Is opt out limited to residents or domiciliaries of the state?
Yes. Nev. Rev. Stat. § 21.090:
‘‘Any exemptions specified in [§ 522(d)],
do not apply to property owned by a resident of this State. . . .’’
Do state’s exemptions have extraterritorial application?
Homestead: $550,000.00
Personal property: Uncertain.
Wages: Nev. Rev. Stat. §§ 21.090, 31.295 to 31.298.
How much of a debtor’s earnings can be garnished via garnishment in Nevada?
Earnings.
Amount: Garnishment may not exceed the lesser of 25% of disposable earnings for the workweek or the amount by which disposable earnings that week exceed 50 times the federal minimum wage.
Survival after payment/deposit: Yes. Earnings are defined to include compensation received by the judgment debtor, in the possession of the judgment debtor, held in accounts in a bank or any
other financial institution, or, in the case of a receivable, compensation that is due the judgment debtor.
Waiver: Not specified in garnishment statute.
Homestead: Nev. Rev. Stat. §§ 21.090, 21.095, 115.005, 115.010,
115.040.
Amount: $550,000 in either land and a dwelling or a mobile home, subject to certain liens; land held in spendthrift trust for debtor is exempt. Unlimited exemption if ‘‘allodial title’’ has been established.
(Nevada residents can acquire ‘‘allodial title’’ to their land by buying out the property tax right from the government. Then the landowner does not have to pay property tax on the land.) The
primary dwelling, including a mobile home, and land may not be executed upon for a medical bill during the lifetime of the debtor, debtor’s spouse, a joint tenant who was a joint tenant at the time
judgment was entered, or debtor’s disabled dependent adult child, or during the minority of any child of debtor. A 2007 amendment added an exemption for sums reasonably deposited with a landlord,
to secure the rental or lease of debtor’s primary residence (except not exempt as to landlord’s claims for rent).
Procedural requirements: Procedure available for filing declaration of homestead. Exemption available even without declaration. Once declaration is filed, spouse must join in any encumbrance or sale.
Special provisions: None specified.
Waiver: Spouse must join in conveyance or encumbrance of declared homestead.

How much of a tangible personal property is exempted?
Nev. Rev. Stat. §§ 21.080, 21.090,
21.100.
Household goods: $12,000 necessary household goods, furnishings,
electronics, wearing apparel, other personal effects and yard
equipment.
Motor vehicles: $15,000, no limit if specially equipped for disabled
debtor or dependent.
Tools of trade: $10,000 tools of trade; $4500 mining equipment;
$4500 farm equipment.
Clothing and jewelry: Jewelry is included in the $5000 wildcard
exemption.
Miscellaneous and wildcard: $5000 in private library, works of art, musical instruments and jewelry, all family pictures and keepsakes; health aids; property held in a spendthrift trust; uniforms debtor is legally required to keep, one gun, a collection of metal
bearing ores, geological specimens, art curiosities or paleontological remains if the debtor catalogues them and the catalogue is kept near the collection for the free inspection of all visitors; coin collections are not exempt. $1000 in any property, including accounts in a financial institution.
Waiver: Not specified in exemption statute.
Benefits, retirement plans, insurance, judgments, and other intangibles:
Nev. Rev. Stat. §§ 21.080, 21.090, 21.100.
Public benefits: Social Security benefits, including without limitation,
retirement, survivors, SSI and disability. See Nev. Rev. Stat.
§ 422.291 (assistance awarded pursuant to public welfare administration
laws is exempt). Earned income credit or any similar credit pursuant to state law.
Pensions, retirement plans and annuities: Up to $500,000 (present value) in tax-qualified retirement plan.
Insurance, judgments or other compensation for injury: Money or benefits in any manner growing out of life insurance, if premium not more than $15,000 per year (for higher premium, the proportion that $15,000 bears to the premium paid); $16,500 personal injury judgment; wrongful death judgment for person on whom debtor was dependent; compensation for loss of future earnings of debtor or person on whom debtor was dependent, so far as needed
for support; criminal restitution.
Bank accounts: Not specified in exemption statute.
Alimony, child support: Court-ordered family support.
Survival after payment or deposit: Not specified in exemption statute.