54 Carolina Cherry Drive v. Anderson (In re 12067 Oakland Hills)

By the Court, TAO, J.:

*674NRS 18.010(2)(a) permits an award of attorney fees to a "prevailing party" in a civil action when that party recovers a money judgment in an amount less than $20,000. At issue here is whether that provision permits a fee award against a police department ordered to return a large amount of cash (and other property) seized pursuant to a criminal search warrant.

We conclude that it does not because an order to return seized cash is an order to return physical property, not a "money judgment," and therefore we reverse the district court's award of fees. Further, we decline…