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NRS 253.020 – Oath and bond.

1. Every person elected to fill the office of public administrator must qualify as required in this section on or before the first Monday of January next after his or her election. 2. Every public administrator shall: (a) Take the constitutional official oath, which is for the faithful performance of the duties of his or […]

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 for an estate, before filing an affidavit to administer an estate pursuant to NRS 253.0403, before petitioning to have an estate set aside pursuant to NRS 253.0425, and without giving notice to the next of kin, the […]

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 applicable, shall: (a) Investigate: (1) The financial status of any decedent for whom he or she has been requested to serve as administrator to determine the assets and liabilities of the estate. (2) Whether there is any qualified person […]

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 kindred of the decedent to give any information and to execute any written requests or authorizations necessary […]

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 duties. (b) Employ subordinates necessary for the proper performance of his or her duties. (c) Contract for […]

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 NRS 253.125 are entitled to be paid as other administrators or executors are paid. 2. […]

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 property and condition thereof, upon which no other person has then administered. [Part 8:88:1883; BH § 2228; C § 2379; RL § 1622; NCL […]

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, debts, papers or other estate of any deceased person upon whose estate they may be administering. [Part 8:88:1883; BH § […]

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 administering, except as necessarily made in the course of the administration. 2. Associated in business with anyone […]