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The following Nevada Revised Statute addresses this problem:
NRS 645A.175 Duty to execute documents necessary to release money deposited in escrow; exception for good faith disputes; recovery of damages for failure to execute; award of attorney's fees.
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 or in the escrow agreement between the parties and the holder of the escrow, upon the close of an escrow for the sale of real property or on the date the escrow is scheduled to close if it has not closed, each party shall execute the documents necessary to release the money deposited in the escrow.
2. A party may refuse to execute a document necessary to release the money deposited in the escrow only if a good faith dispute exists concerning that money.
3. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 645.8701 to 645.8811, inclusive, if a party refuses to execute a document necessary to release the money deposited in the escrow within 30 days after the holder of the escrow makes a written request for the execution, the party injured by the failure of the other party to execute the document may collect from that party:
a. Actual damages of not less than $100 nor more than 1 percent of the purchase price of the real property for which the money was deposited in the escrow, whichever is greater;
b. The money deposited in the escrow which was not held to resolve a good faith dispute concerning the sale of the property; and
c. A reasonable attorney's fee.
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Seller refusing to return earnest money
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The seller has accused the appraiser of being somehow crooked and in my pocket, so he is refusing to sign the cancellation of escrow. He has offered us a bunch of shady under the table deals to self finance the difference (as if I would buy a property right now for that much more than it's worth) and has begun legal action against the appraiser.
It has been six weeks since the appraisal and since we first sent the escrow cancellation and I still don't have my money back. The listing agent is now saying that they have no responsibility because he has taken the house off the market so they are no longer listing it for him.
If anyone has faced something like this before, or if anyone is a real estate attorney and can give me some advice on what to do about it, I would appreciate it.
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