Title 13

NRS 159.062 Guardian nominated by will. A parent or spouse of a person who is incapacitated or person of limited capacity may by will nominate a guardian. The person nominated must file a petition and obtain an appointment from the court before exercising the powers of a guardian…

NRS 159.065 Bond: General requirements; approval by clerk; liability of sureties; not required under certain circumstances. 1. Except as otherwise provided by law, every guardian shall, before entering upon his or her duties as guardian, execute and file in the guardianship proce…

NRS 159.067 Bond: Court may require increase, decrease or other change; exoneration of former sureties. 1. The court may at any time, for good cause and after notice to the guardian, increase or decrease the amount of the bond required of a guardian. 2. The court may at any time,…

NRS 159.069 Bond: Filing; remedy for breach. Every bond given by a guardian shall be filed and preserved in the office of the clerk of the district court of the county in which the guardianship proceeding is conducted. In case of the breach of any condition of such bond, an actio…

NRS 159.071 Bond: Limitations on action. No action may be maintained against the sureties on any bond given by a guardian unless it is commenced within 3 years from the time the guardian is discharged, unless at the time of such discharge the person entitled to bring the action i…

NRS 159.073 Taking oath of office; filing appropriate documents and verified acknowledgment; contents of acknowledgment; acknowledgment not required under certain circumstances. 1. Every guardian, before entering upon his or her duties as guardian and before letters of guardiansh…

NRS 159.074 Copy of order of appointment to be served upon protected person; notice of entry of order to be filed with court. 1. A copy of the order appointing the guardian must be served personally or by mail upon the protected person not later than 5 days after the date of the …

NRS 159.075 Letters of guardianship. When a guardian has taken the official oath and filed a bond as provided in this chapter, the court shall order letters of guardianship to issue to the guardian. Letters of guardianship may be in the following form: State of Nevada } }ss. Coun…

NRS 159.0753 Requirements; form; Secretary of State to make form available; regulations. 1. Any person who wishes to request to nominate another person to be appointed as his or her guardian may do so: (a) If nominating a guardian of the estate, pursuant to NRS 162A.250; (b) If n…

NRS 159.0755 Disposition of estate having value not exceeding by more than $10,000 aggregate amount of unpaid expenses of and claims against estate. If, at the time of the appointment of the guardian or thereafter, the estate of a protected person consists of personal property ha…

NRS 159.076 Summary administration. 1. The court may grant a summary administration if, at any time, it appears to the court that after payment of all claims and expenses of the guardianship the value of the property of the protected person does not exceed $10,000. 2. If the cour…

NRS 159.077 General functions of guardian of person and estate. A guardian of the person and estate has the authority and shall perform the duties as provided by law for a guardian of the person and a guardian of the estate. (Added to NRS by 1969, 418)

NRS 159.078 Petition by guardian or other interested person for order authorizing or directing guardian to take certain actions. 1. Before taking any of the following actions, the guardian shall petition the court for an order authorizing the guardian to: (a) Make or change the l…

NRS 159.079 General functions of guardian of person; establishment or change of residence of protected person by guardian. 1. Except as otherwise ordered by the court, a guardian of the person has the care, custody and control of the person of the protected person, and has the au…

NRS 159.0795 Supervisory authority and powers of special guardian. 1. A special guardian shall exercise supervisory authority over the protected person in a manner which is least restrictive of the personal freedom of the protected person and which is consistent with the need of …

NRS 159.0801 Special guardian of person of limited capacity: Approval of court generally required before commencing act relating to person; grant of certain powers by court. 1. Except when responding to an emergency, a special guardian of a person of limited capacity shall apply …

NRS 159.0805 Approval of court required before guardian may consent to certain treatment of or experiment on protected person; conditions for approval. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a guardian shall not consent to: (a) The experimental medical, biomedical or be…

NRS 159.0806 Approval of court required before guardian may consent to sterilization of protected person; conditions for approval. 1. A guardian shall not consent to the sterilization of a protected person unless the guardian applies to the court for the authority to consent to t…

NRS 159.0807 Moving location of protected person: Filing and service of notice of intent to move; circumstances in which notice not required; filing notice of change of address. 1. Every protected person has the right, if possible, to: (a) Have his or her preferences followed; an…

NRS 159.0809 Notification to interested persons and persons of natural affection required upon impending death or death of protected person or obtaining information concerning burial or cremation of protected person. 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 159.0807, a guardian sha…

NRS 159.081 Reports by guardian of person; waiver of requirement. 1. A guardian of the person shall make and file in the guardianship proceeding for review of the court a written report on the condition of the protected person and the exercise of authority and performance of duti…

NRS 159.083 General functions of guardian of estate. A guardian of the estate shall: 1. Protect, preserve, manage and dispose of the estate of the protected person according to law and for the best interests of the protected person. 2. Apply the estate of the protected person for…

NRS 159.085 Inventory, supplemental inventory and appraisal of property of protected person. 1. Not later than 60 days after the date of the appointment of a general or special guardian of the estate or, if necessary, such further time as the court may allow, the guardian shall m…

NRS 159.086 Guardian of estate to cause appraisal or valuation of assets of guardianship estate; record or statement in lieu of appraisal. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the guardian of an estate shall cause an appraisal or valuation of any asset of a guardiansh…

NRS 159.0865 Certification of appraiser, certified public accountant or expert in valuation; form of appraisal or valuation; purchase by appraiser, certified public accountant or expert in valuation without disclosure prohibited; penalties. 1. Before appraising or valuing any ass…

NRS 159.087 Recording letters of guardianship. 1. Not later than 60 days after the date of the appointment of a guardian of the estate, the guardian shall record, or cause to be recorded, in the office of the recorder of each county in which real property of the protected person …

NRS 159.089 Possession of and title to property of protected person; guardian to secure certain documents. 1. A guardian of the estate shall take possession of: (a) All of the property of substantial value of the protected person; (b) Rents, income, issues and profits from the pr…

NRS 159.0893 Access to account or other assets of protected person. 1. A guardian shall present a copy of the court order appointing the guardian and letters of guardianship to a bank or other financial institution that holds any account or other assets of the protected person be…

NRS 159.0895 Assets retained to pay expenses of funeral and disposal of remains of protected person: Amount exempt from all claims; placement in account or trust; reversion of excess to estate of protected person. 1. The guardian may retain assets for the anticipated expense of t…

NRS 159.091 Discovery of debts or property. Upon the filing of a petition in the guardianship proceeding by the guardian, the protected person or any other interested person, alleging that any person is indebted to the protected person, has or is suspected of having concealed, em…

NRS 159.093 Collecting obligations due protected person. 1. A guardian of the estate: (a) Shall demand all debts and other choses in action due to the protected person; and (b) With prior approval of the court, may sue for and receive all debts and other choses in action due to t…

NRS 159.095 Representing protected person in legal proceedings. 1. A guardian of the estate shall appear for and represent the protected person in all actions, suits or proceedings to which the protected person is a party, unless the court finds that the interests of the guardian…

NRS 159.097 Voidable contracts and transactions of protected person. Any contract, except to the extent of the reasonable value of necessaries, and any transaction with respect to the property of a protected person made by the protected person are voidable by the guardian of the …

NRS 159.099 Liability of guardian of estate on contracts for protected person. A guardian of the estate shall not be personally liable on any written or oral contract entered into for or on behalf of the protected person where the guardian is acting within his or her authority as…

NRS 159.101 Exercising rights under stock ownership of protected person. 1. A guardian of the estate may exercise the rights of the protected person which accrue pursuant to the ownership of the protected person of common or preferred stock, including, but not limited to, the rig…

NRS 159.103 Claims against estate of protected person. A guardian of the estate shall pay from the guardianship estate pursuant to NRS 159.105, 159.107 and 159.109 all just claims against the protected person, the estate or the guardian as such, whether accruing before or after t…

NRS 159.105 Payment of claims of guardian and claims arising from contracts of guardian; report of claims and payment. 1. A guardian of the estate may pay from the guardianship estate the following claims without complying with the provisions of this section and NRS 159.107 and 1…

NRS 159.107 Presentment and verification of claims. Except as provided in NRS 159.105, all claims against the protected person, the guardianship estate or the guardian of the estate as such shall be presented to the guardian of the estate. Each such claim shall be in writing, sha…

NRS 159.109 Examination and allowance or rejection of claims by guardian. 1. A guardian of the estate shall examine each claim presented to the guardian for payment. If the guardian is satisfied that the claim is appropriate and just, the guardian shall: (a) Endorse upon the clai…

NRS 159.111 Recourse of claimant when claim rejected or not acted upon. 1. If, not later than 60 days after the date the claim was presented to the guardian, a rejected claim is returned to the claimant or the guardian of the estate fails to approve or reject and return a claim, …

NRS 159.112 Authorized actions by guardian of the person if guardian of the estate has not been appointed; payment of excess money to appointed guardian of the estate; certain compensation authorized. 1. If a guardian of the estate has not been appointed, a guardian of the person…

NRS 159.113 Guardian required to petition court before taking certain actions; guardian may petition court before taking certain other actions; content of petition. 1. Before taking any of the following actions, the guardian of the estate shall petition the court for an order aut…

NRS 159.115 Notice of hearing of petition or account. 1. Except as otherwise ordered by the court, upon the filing of any petition under NRS 159.078 or 159.113, or any account, notice must be given to the protected person and the persons specified in NRS 159.034 in the manner pre…

NRS 159.117 Court approval required to make certain investments and loans and to exercise certain options; certain investments authorized without prior approval; investing property of two or more protected persons. 1. Upon approval of the court by order, a guardian of the estate …

NRS 159.119 Continuing business of protected person. A guardian of the estate, with prior approval of the court by order, may continue any business of the protected person. The order may provide for any one or more of the following: 1. The conduct or reorganization of the busines…

NRS 159.121 Borrowing money for protected person. 1. A guardian of the estate, with prior approval of the court by order, may borrow money for the account of the protected person when necessary: (a) To continue any business of the protected person. (b) To pay claims against the p…