All other presumptions are disputable. The following are of that kind:
- 1. That an unlawful act was done with an unlawful intent.
- 2. That a person intends the ordinary consequences of that person’s voluntary act.
- 3. That evidence willfully suppressed would be adverse if produced.
- 4. That higher evidence would be adverse from inferior being produced.
- 5. That money paid by one to another was due to the latter.
- 6. That a thing delivered by one to another belonged to the latter.
- 7. That things which a person possesses are owned by that person.
- 8. That a person is the owner of property from exercising acts of ownership over it, or from common reputation of that ownership.
- 9. That official duty has been regularly performed.
- 10. That a court or judge, acting as such, whether in this State or any other state or country, was acting in the lawful exercise of the court’s or judge’s jurisdiction.
- 11. That a judicial record, when not conclusive, does still correctly determine or set forth the rights of the parties.
- 12. That a writing is truly dated.
- 13. That a letter duly directed and mailed was received in the regular course of the mail.
- 14. That a person not heard from in 3 years is dead.
- 15. That a child born in lawful wedlock is legitimate.
- 16. That the law has been obeyed.
- 17. That a trustee or other person, whose duty it was to convey real property to a particular person, has actually conveyed to that person, when such presumption is necessary to perfect the title of such person or a successor in interest.
18. In situations not governed by the Uniform Commercial Code:
- (a) That an obligation delivered up to the debtor has been paid.
- (b) That private transactions have been fair and regular.
- (c) That the ordinary course of business has been followed.
- (d) That there was good and sufficient consideration for a written contract.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 779; A 1993, 2761)