Nev. Rev. Stat. § 361.670 — Service of summons on personal defendant and real estate and improvements

NRS  361.670    Service of summons on personal defendant and real estate and
improvements.    The summons so
issued must be served by the sheriff, as follows:
1.  As to the personal defendant, by
delivering to and leaving with him or her a copy of the summons if he or she is
found within the county. If the personal defendant cannot, after diligent
search, be found within the county, service may be made upon that personal
defendant by publishing a notice, substantially in the form described in NRS 361.680 , if the action is brought by a
district attorney, in a newspaper published in the county once each week for 3
successive weeks. If no newspaper is published in the county, or a newspaper is
published in the county and, from any cause whatever, the proprietor, manager
or chief clerk of that newspaper refuses to publish the notice, such facts to
be shown by affidavit of the officer serving the summons, the notice prescribed
by NRS 361.680 may be posted at the
courthouse door of the county in which the suit is commenced for 21 days. No
order of court is necessary for such publication or posting, but the sheriff
shall publish or post the notice as provided in this section when the personal
defendant cannot be found within the county, and shall return the manner of
service on the summons.
2.  As to real estate and improvements
thereon, or improvements when assessed to a person other than the owner of the
real estate, and as to all owners of or claimants to the same, known or
unknown, service of the summons may be made by posting a copy of the summons in
a public place on the real estate, or improvements, when assessed separately,
for 21 days, and also by publishing or posting a notice in the same manner and
for the same time as required in cases where the personal defendant cannot be
found in the county.