# Fraud · Nevada — Civil statute of limitations by state and type of claim For Fraud · Nevada, limitation period is 3 years; how the statute describes it is an action for relief on the ground of fraud or mistake, recorded from its source on 2026-08-25. - **Type of claim:** Fraud _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_ - **State:** Nevada - **Limitation period:** 3 years _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **How the statute describes it:** an action for relief on the ground of fraud or mistake _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ ## What the source says > 3. Within 3 years: (a) An action upon a liability created by statute, other than a penalty or forfeiture. (b) An action for waste or trespass of real property, but when the waste or trespass is committed by means of underground works upon any mining claim, the cause of action shall be deemed to accrue upon the discovery by the aggrieved party of the facts constituting the waste or trespass. (c) An action for taking, detaining or injuring personal property, including actions for specific recovery thereof, but in all cases where the subject of the action is a domestic animal usually included in the term “livestock,” which has a recorded mark or brand upon it at the time of its loss, and which strays or is stolen from the true owner without the owner’s fault, the statute does not begin to run against an action for the recovery of the animal until the owner has actual knowledge of such facts as would put a reasonable person upon inquiry as to the possession thereof by the defendant. (d) Except as otherwise provided in NRS 112.230 and 166.170 , an action for relief on the ground of fraud or mistake, ## Source - https://www.leg.state.nv.us/nrs/nrs-011.html Last verified: 2026-08-25. Review by: 2027-08-25. Part of [Civil statute of limitations by state and type of claim](https://referencesource.org/state-civil-statute-of-limitations/).