1. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a specific consent to adoption or relinquishment executed in this State, or executed outside this State for use in this State, is not valid unless it:

   1. (a) Identifies the child to be adopted by name, if any, sex, date of birth and time of birth.
   2. (b) Is in writing and signed by the person consenting to the adoption or relinquishing for the adoption not sooner than 72 hours after the birth of the child.
   3. (c) Is acknowledged by the person consenting and signing the specific consent to adoption or relinquishment before a judge or a clerk of the court having a seal, a notary public or a justice of the peace.

   4. (d) Contains, at the time of execution:

      1. (1) For a specific consent to adoption, the name of the person or persons to whom specific consent to adopt the child is given; or
      2. (2) For a relinquishment, the name of the child-placing agency.
   5. (e) Indicates whether the placing parent has reason to know that the child is an Indian child and, if the person does not have reason to know that the child is an Indian child, includes a statement that the person will inform the court immediately if, before the entry of the order of adoption pursuant to NRS 127C.440, the person receives information that provides reason to know that the child is an Indian child.

   6. (f) Is attested by at least two competent, disinterested witnesses who subscribe their names to the specific consent to adoption or relinquishment in the presence of or by remote appearance of the person consenting or relinquishing and a notary public. One of the witnesses must be a social worker or a caseworker employed by:

      1. (1) An agency which provides child welfare services;
      2. (2) A child-placing agency;
      3. (3) A comparable state or county agency of another state; or
      4. (4) An agency authorized under the laws of another state to place children for adoption, if the parent resides in that state.
2. 2. A social worker employed by a child-placing agency may remotely witness the execution of a specific consent to adoption or relinquishment by a parent of the child to be adopted who resides in another state.

(Added to NRS by 1961, 736; A 1973, 1588; 1987, 2050; 1991, 948; 1993, 204, 2681, 2731; 2001 Special Session, 3; 2023, 2254; 2025, 161, 1531)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 127.053)