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Nevada Revised Statutes

Chapter 253

Nev. Rev. Stat. ch. 253

Public Administration of Estates and Public Guardians

253.010Election; term of office; qualifications; certain county officers ex officio public administrators; exceptions 253.020Oath and bond 253.025Deputies: Appointment; oath; recording of appointment; liability of public administrator; qualifications; exception 253.040Authority to administer estates; application for letters of administration; bond 253.0403Administration of estate in which gross value of decedent’s property does not exceed $25,000 253.0405Circumstances under which public administrator or certain other person may secure and administer assets of estate; access by other persons to property of estate 253.0407Authority and procedure for donation or destruction of certain property of estate 253.0415Duties in administering estate; estates that administrator or certain other persons are not to administer; transporting property of decedent in smaller counties 253.042Investigatory powers 253.0425Administration of or petition to set aside estate after investigation of gross value 253.0435General powers; exception 253.0447Payment for expenses incurred in performance of duties; exception 253.050Compensation 253.060Applicability of rules and laws governing other administrators and executors 253.070Officers and other persons to furnish information 253.080Institution and maintenance of actions 253.091Reports to and investigations by board of county commissioners; independent audit reports in smaller counties 253.110Prohibition against interest in expenditures 253.120Expiration of term, employment or contract: Surrender of books and papers; successor administrator or other person 253.125Abolishment of office of public administrator in county whose population is less than 100,000 253.150Establishment of office by county commissioners; appointment, designation or contract; compensation 253.160Bond; oath 253.170Vacancy 253.175Deputies: Appointment; oath; recording of appointment; liability of public guardian; compensation 253.180Subordinates, consultants and assistants 253.190Records 253.200Qualifications of person for whom public guardian may be appointed; petition for appointment; accounting and report to be filed by temporary guardian in certain circumstances 253.210Powers, duties, rights and responsibilities 253.215Legal assistance 253.220Investigation 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 253.230Allocation of costs incurred in appointment proceedings and administrative costs 253.240Value of guardian’s services allowable as claim against estate of protected person; deposit of money received by public guardian 253.243Request for advance of money to pay expenses of guardianship; payment of advances; reimbursement of advances from assets of estate of protected person 253.245Reports and budgets to and investigations by board of county commissioners 253.250Termination of appointment