Title 20

NRS 253.0403 Administration of estate in which gross value of decedent’s property does not exceed $25,000. 1. When the gross value of a decedent’s property situated in this State does not exceed $25,000, a public administrator or a person employed or contracted with pursuant to N…

NRS 253.0405 Circumstances under which public administrator or certain other person may secure and administer assets of estate; access by other persons to property of estate. 1. Subject to the provisions of subsections 2 and 3, before the issuance of the letters of administration…

NRS 253.0407 Authority and procedure for donation or destruction of certain property of estate. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a public administrator or a person employed or contracted with pursuant to NRS 253.125, as applicable, with regard to the personal prop…

NRS 253.0415 Duties in administering estate; estates that administrator or certain other persons are not to administer; transporting property of decedent in smaller counties. 1. The public administrator or the person employed or contracted with pursuant to NRS 253.125, as applica…

NRS 253.042 Investigatory powers. In connection with an investigation conducted pursuant to subsection 1 of NRS 253.0415, a public administrator or a person employed or contracted with pursuant to NRS 253.125, as applicable, may: 1. Require any spouse, parent, child or other kind…

NRS 253.0425 Administration of or petition to set aside estate after investigation of gross value. 1. If the public administrator or a person employed or contracted with pursuant to NRS 253.125, as applicable, finds that there is no qualified person willing and able to administer…

NRS 253.0435 General powers; exception. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the public administrator may, within the limits of appropriations for his or her office: (a) Be provided with sufficient facilities and supplies for the proper performance of his or her dutie…

NRS 253.0447 Payment for expenses incurred in performance of duties; exception. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a public administrator may file with the board of county commissioners a request for payment for expenses incurred in the performance of such duties. T…

NRS 253.050 Compensation. 1. For the administration of the estates of deceased persons: (a) Public administrators are entitled to be paid as other administrators or executors are paid, subject to the provisions of NRS 245.043. (b) Persons employed or contracted with pursuant to N…

NRS 253.060 Applicability of rules and laws governing other administrators and executors. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, public administrators and persons employed or contracted with pursuant to NRS 253.125, in administering upon estates, shall be governed by the s…

NRS 253.070 Officers and other persons to furnish information. All persons, and especially all civil officers, shall give all information in their possession to public administrators and persons employed or contracted with pursuant to NRS 253.125 respecting estates and the proper…

NRS 253.080 Institution and maintenance of actions. Public administrators and persons employed or contracted with pursuant to NRS 253.125 shall institute, maintain and prosecute all necessary actions at law and in equity for the recovery and for the protection of the property, de…

NRS 253.091 Reports to and investigations by board of county commissioners; independent audit reports in smaller counties. 1. The board of county commissioners shall: (a) Establish regulations for the form of any reports made by the public administrator or a person employed or co…

NRS 253.110 Prohibition against interest in expenditures. No public administrator or person employed or contracted with pursuant to NRS 253.125 may be: 1. Interested in any expenditures of any kind, made on account of any estate of a deceased person which he or she is administeri…

NRS 253.120 Expiration of term, employment or contract: Surrender of books and papers; successor administrator or other person. 1. Public administrators shall, at the expiration of their terms of office, surrender up to their successors in office all the books or papers belonging…

NRS 253.125 Abolishment of office of public administrator in county whose population is less than 100,000. 1. A board of county commissioners of a county whose population is less than 100,000 may by ordinance abolish the office of public administrator. 2. If a board of county com…

NRS 253.150 Establishment of office by county commissioners; appointment, designation or contract; compensation. 1. The board of county commissioners of each county shall establish the office of public guardian. 2. The board of county commissioners shall: (a) Appoint a public gua…

NRS 253.160 Bond; oath. 1. Upon taking office, a public guardian shall file with the county clerk a general bond in an amount fixed by the board of county commissioners payable to the State of Nevada with sureties approved by the board of county commissioners. The premium for the…

NRS 253.170 Vacancy. 1. If a vacancy occurs in the office of public guardian before the expiration of a normal term, the vacancy shall be filled promptly by the board of county commissioners. 2. The board of county commissioners may designate any qualified person to serve as acti…

NRS 253.175 Deputies: Appointment; oath; recording of appointment; liability of public guardian; compensation. 1. A public guardian shall appoint one or more deputies to perform the duties of the public guardian in his or her absence. A deputy so appointed may transact all offici…

NRS 253.180 Subordinates, consultants and assistants. Within the limits of appropriations for his or her office, a public guardian may: 1. Employ such subordinates, including, without limitation, deputies appointed pursuant to NRS 253.175, as authorized by the board of county com…

NRS 253.190 Records. A public guardian shall: 1. Keep financial and other appropriate records concerning all cases in which he or she is appointed as an individual guardian; and 2. Retain: (a) All such financial records for each case for at least 7 years after the date of the tra…

NRS 253.200 Qualifications of person for whom public guardian may be appointed; petition for appointment; accounting and report to be filed by temporary guardian in certain circumstances. 1. A resident of Nevada is eligible to have the public guardian of the county in which he or…

NRS 253.210 Powers, duties, rights and responsibilities. 1. A person appointed as public guardian or designated as acting public guardian succeeds immediately to all powers and duties of the individual guardianships created by appointments of the public guardian as guardian for p…

NRS 253.215 Legal assistance. 1. When necessary for the proper administration of a guardianship, a public guardian may: (a) Retain an attorney to assist him or her if the attorney practices law in the county and is qualified by experience and willing to serve or rotate this emplo…

NRS 253.220 Investigation of financial status, assets and personal and family history of protected person for whom public guardian has been appointed or upon referral of potential protected person by certain agencies. 1. A public guardian may investigate the financial status, ass…

NRS 253.230 Allocation of costs incurred in appointment proceedings and administrative costs. 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 253.215, if a public guardian is appointed as an individual guardian the costs incurred in the appointment proceedings and the administrative costs…

NRS 253.240 Value of guardian’s services allowable as claim against estate of protected person; deposit of money received by public guardian. The reasonable value of a public guardian’s services rendered without cost to a protected person shall be allowed as a claim against the e…

NRS 253.243 Request for advance of money to pay expenses of guardianship; payment of advances; reimbursement of advances from assets of estate of protected person. 1. A public guardian may file with the board of county commissioners a request for an advance of money to pay necess…

NRS 253.245 Reports and budgets to and investigations by board of county commissioners. 1. The board of county commissioners may: (a) Establish regulations for the form of any reports or budgets made by the public guardian. (b) Review reports or budgets submitted to the board by …

NRS 253.250 Termination of appointment. The court may, at any time, terminate the appointment of a public guardian as an individual guardian of a person or of an estate upon petition by the protected person, the public guardian, any interested person or upon the court’s own motio…