If, when the cause of action shall accrue against a person, the person is out of the State, the action may be commenced within the time herein limited after the person’s return to the State; and if after the cause of action shall have accrued the person departs from the State, the time of the absence shall not be part of the time prescribed for the commencement of the action.
NRS 11.300
Absence from State suspends running of statute
Applied in 10 court decisions — leading case Lindauer v. Allen (1969)
Most recently applied in Los Angeles Airways, Inc. v. Estate of Hughes (March 1983)
[1911 CPA § 33; RL § 4975; NCL § 8532]
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