STATE DEPT. OF TAXATION v. KAWAHARA

No. 64064.

351 P.3d 746 (2015)

131 Nev. Adv. Opn. 42

The STATE of Nevada DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION, Appellant, v. John T. KAWAHARA and Barbara J. Kawahara, Trustees of the John T. Kawahara and Barbara J. Kawahara Revocable Trust, u/t/d 12/17/1992, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

June 25, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Adam Paul Laxalt , Attorney General, and Melissa L. Flatley , Deputy Attorney General, Carson City, for Appellant.

Richard G. Hill, Ltd., and Richard G. Hill and Sophie A. Karadanis , Reno; Shea & McIntyre, P.C., and Marc L. Shea , San Jose, CA, for Respondents.

Before the Court En Banc.


OPINION

The United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Nevada certified two questions to this court concerning the priority of two competing liens on the proceeds of a property sale. The first question asks whether "Certificates of Tax Lien ... have the effect and priority of a non-consensual judgment...

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