02-25-2010, 06:40 PM
Published Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010 | 11:06 a.m.
Updated 1 hour, 7 minutes ago
Clark County sheriff’s civil process officers were denied entrance to entertainer Wayne Newton’s Las Vegas ranch estate today after arriving to execute on a lawsuit judgment, an attorney said.
Moving vans accompanied by the officers were seen at the home, but Metro Police and Newton had no immediate comment on the situation.
In Clark County, the sheriff has the statutory ability to provide service of process in civil and criminal cases, according to the Metro Police Web site. In Clark County, the sheriff also leads the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department.
The sheriff’s process-serving officers’ duties include executing on writs of execution and attachment of wages, personal property and real property.
An attorney representing former Newton pilot Monty Ward confirmed that the sheriff’s officers today were trying to seize property to execute on a judgment that totaled $501,388 as of Jan. 27 and that is growing at a rate of $126.86 per day.
Updated 1 hour, 7 minutes ago
Clark County sheriff’s civil process officers were denied entrance to entertainer Wayne Newton’s Las Vegas ranch estate today after arriving to execute on a lawsuit judgment, an attorney said.
Moving vans accompanied by the officers were seen at the home, but Metro Police and Newton had no immediate comment on the situation.
In Clark County, the sheriff has the statutory ability to provide service of process in civil and criminal cases, according to the Metro Police Web site. In Clark County, the sheriff also leads the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department.
The sheriff’s process-serving officers’ duties include executing on writs of execution and attachment of wages, personal property and real property.
An attorney representing former Newton pilot Monty Ward confirmed that the sheriff’s officers today were trying to seize property to execute on a judgment that totaled $501,388 as of Jan. 27 and that is growing at a rate of $126.86 per day.