1. Unless a secured party knows that a person is a debtor or obligor, knows his or her identity, and knows how to communicate with him or her:

(a) The secured party is not liable to the person, or to a secured party or lienholder that has filed a financing statement against him or her, for failure to comply with this article; and

(b) The secured party’s failure to comply with this article does not affect the liability of the person for a deficiency.

2. A secured party is not liable because of its status as a secured party:

(a) To a person that is a debtor or obligor, unless the secured party knows:

(1) That he or she is a debtor or obligor;

(2) His or her identity; and

(3) How to communicate with him or her; or

(b) To a secured party or lienholder that has filed a financing statement against a person, unless the secured party knows:

(1) That he or she is a debtor; and

(2) His or her identity.

3. A secured party is not liable to any person, and a person’s liability for a deficiency is not affected, because of any act or omission arising out of the secured party’s reasonable belief that a transaction is not a consumer-goods transaction or a consumer transaction or that goods are not consumer goods, if the secured party’s belief is based on its reasonable reliance on:

(a) A debtor’s representation concerning the purpose for which collateral was to be used, acquired or held; or

(b) An obligor’s representation concerning the purpose for which a secured obligation was incurred.

4. A secured party is not liable to any person under paragraph (b) of subsection 3 of NRS 104.9625 for its failure to comply with NRS 104.9616.

5. A secured party is not liable under paragraph (b) of subsection 3 of NRS 104.9625 more than once with respect to any one secured obligation.

(Added to NRS by 1999, 361)