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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 is located, a copy, certified by the clerk of the court, […]

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 before the guardian may access the account or other assets. 2. The bank or other financial institution shall accept […]

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 the funeral of the protected person and the disposal of his or her remains. Of the amount so retained, $3,000 is exempt from all claims, including those of this state. 2. The guardian may place assets so retained in a pooled account or trust. […]

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, embezzled, converted or disposed of any property of the protected person or has possession or knowledge of […]

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 the protected person. 2. A guardian of the estate, with prior approval […]

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 conflict with the interests of the protected person or it is otherwise appropriate to appoint a 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 estate if such contract or transaction was made at any time by the protected person while he or she […]