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NV Rev Stat § 159.081 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 159 - Guardianship of Adults|NRS 159.081 - Reports by guardian of person; waiver of requirement.

  1. A guardian of the person shall make and file in the guardianship proceeding for review of the court a written report on the condition of the protected person and the exercise of authority and performance of duties by the guardian:  (a) Annually, not later than 60 days after the anniversary date of the appointment of the guardian;  (b) Within 10 days of moving a protected person to a secured residential long-term care facility; and  (c) At such other times as the court may order.  2. A report filed pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 1 must:  (a) Include a copy of the written recommendation upon which the transfer was made; and  (b) Except as otherwise provided in subsection 6, be served, without limitation, on the protected person and any attorney for the protected person.  3. The court may prescribe the form for filing a report described in subsection 1. Such a report must include, without limitation:  (a) The physical condition of the protected person;  (b) The place of residence of the protected person;  (c) The name of all other persons living with the protected person unless the protected person is residing at a secured residential long-term care facility, group home, supportive living facility, home in which supported living arrangement services are provided, assisted living facility or other facility for long-term care; and  (d) Any other information required by the court.  4. The guardian of the person shall give to the guardian of the estate, if any, a copy of each report not later than 30 days after the date the report is filed with the court.  5. The court is not required to hold a hearing or enter an order regarding the report.  6. The court may waive the requirement set forth in paragraph (b) of subsection 2 that a report filed pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 1 must be served on a protected person upon a showing that such service is detrimental to the physical or mental health of the protected person.  7. As used in this section:  (a) "Facility for long-term care" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 427A.028.  (b) "Supported living arrangement services" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 435.3315.  (Added to NRS by 1969, 418; A 2003, 1787; 2009, 2522; 2017, 2558, 3910; 2019, 1242)
NV Rev Stat § 159.083 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 159 - Guardianship of Adults|NRS 159.083 - General functions of guardian of estate.

A guardian of the estate shall:  1. Protect, preserve, manage and dispose of the estate of the protected person according to law and for the best interests of the protected person.  2. Apply the estate of the protected person for the proper care, maintenance, education and support of the protected person and any person to whom the protected person owes a legal duty of support, having due regard for other income or property available to support the protected person or any person to whom the protected person owes a legal duty of support.  3. Have such other authority and perform such other duties as are provided by law.  (Added to NRS by 1969, 418)
NV Rev Stat § 159.085 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 159 - Guardianship of Adults|NRS 159.085 - Inventory, supplemental inventory and appraisal of property of protected person.

  1. Not later than 60 days after the date of the appointment of a general or special guardian of the estate or, if necessary, such further time as the court may allow, the guardian shall make and file in the guardianship proceeding a verified inventory of all of the property of the protected person which comes to the possession or knowledge of the guardian, including, without limitation, the existence of any trust of which the protected person is currently a beneficiary who is receiving or is entitled to receive distributions.  2. A temporary guardian of the estate who is not appointed as the general or special guardian shall file an inventory with the court by not later than the date on which the temporary guardian files a final accounting as required pursuant to NRS 159.177.  3. The guardian shall take and subscribe an oath, which must be endorsed or attached to the inventory, before any person authorized to administer oaths, that the inventory contains a true statement of:  (a) All of the estate of the protected person which has come into the possession of the guardian;  (b) All of the money that belongs to the protected person; and  (c) All of the just claims of the protected person against the guardian.  4. A copy of the inventory filed with the court and a notice of the filing must be served on the protected person, his or her attorney and any guardian ad litem representing the protected person.  5. Whenever any property of the protected person not mentioned in the inventory comes to the possession or knowledge of a guardian of the estate, the guardian shall:  (a) Make and file in the proceeding a verified supplemental inventory not later than 30 days after the date the property comes to the possession or knowledge of the guardian; or  (b) Include the property in the next accounting.  6. The court may order which of the two methods described in subsection 5 the guardian shall follow.  7. The court may order all or any part of the property of the protected person appraised as provided in NRS 159.0865 and 159.305.  8. If the guardian neglects or refuses to file the inventory within the time required pursuant to subsection 1, the court may, for good cause shown and upon such notice as the court deems appropriate:  (a) Revoke the letters of guardianship and the guardian shall be liable on the bond for any loss or injury to the estate caused by the neglect of the guardian; or  (b) Enter a judgment for any loss or injury to the estate caused by the neglect of the guardian.  (Added to NRS by 1969, 419; A 1997, 1494; 1999, 1400; 2003, 1787; 2017, 1236, 3910)
NV Rev Stat § 159.086 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 159 - Guardianship of Adults|NRS 159.086 - Guardian of estate to cause appraisal or valuation of assets of guardianship estate; record or statement in lieu of appraisal.

  1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the guardian of an estate shall cause an appraisal or valuation of any asset of a guardianship estate to be conducted by a disinterested appraiser, certified public accountant or expert in valuation and file the appraisal or valuation with the court.  2. In lieu of an appraisal, the guardian may file:  (a) A verified record of value of an asset where the value of the asset can be determined with reasonable certainty, including, without limitation:  (1) Money, deposits in banks, bonds, policies of life insurance or securities for money, when equal in value to cash; and  (2) Personal property, including, without limitation, household goods, if the combined value of the personal property does not exceed $5,000.  (b) A statement of the assessed value of real property as determined by the county assessor for tax purposes, except that if the real property is to be sold, the guardian must file an appraisal.  (Added to NRS by 2003, 1758)
NV Rev Stat § 159.0865 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 159 - Guardianship of Adults|NRS 159.0865 - Certification of appraiser, certified public accountant or expert in valuation; form of appraisal or valuation; purchase by appraiser, certified public accountant or expert in valuation without disclosure prohibited; penalties.

  1. Before appraising or valuing any asset of the guardianship estate, each appraiser, certified public accountant or expert in valuation shall certify that the appraiser, accountant or expert will truthfully, honestly and impartially appraise or value the property according to the best of his or her knowledge and ability. The certification must be included in the appraisal or valuation and filed with the court.  2. The appraisal or valuation must list each asset that has a value of more than $100 separately with a statement of the value of the asset opposite the asset.  3. An appraiser, certified public accountant or expert in valuation who performs an appraisal or valuation of a guardianship estate is entitled to reasonable compensation for the appraisal or valuation and may be paid by the guardian out of the estate at any time after the appraisal or valuation is completed.  4. An appraiser, certified public accountant or expert in valuation who directly or indirectly purchases any asset of an estate without full disclosure to and approval by the court is guilty of a misdemeanor. A sale made in violation of the provisions of this subsection is void, and the asset sold may be recovered by the guardian, protected person or proposed protected person.  (Added to NRS by 2003, 1758)
NV Rev Stat § 159.087 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 159 - Guardianship of Adults|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, of the letters of guardianship.  2. The guardian shall attach, or cause to be attached, to the copy of the letters of guardianship recorded pursuant to subsection 1 a cover sheet containing:  (a) The name, address and telephone number of the guardian;  (b) The assessor’s parcel number and the address of the real property of the protected person; and  (c) If the estate of the protected person includes a manufactured home or mobile home, the location and serial number of the manufactured home or mobile home.  3. As used in this section:  (a) "Manufactured home" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 489.113.  (b) "Mobile home" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 489.120.  (Added to NRS by 1969, 419; A 2003, 1788; 2011, 2410)
NV Rev Stat § 159.089 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 159 - Guardianship of Adults|NRS 159.089 - Possession of and title to property of protected person; guardian to secure certain documents.

  1. A guardian of the estate shall take possession of:  (a) All of the property of substantial value of the protected person;  (b) Rents, income, issues and profits from the property, whether accruing before or after the appointment of the guardian; and  (c) The proceeds from the sale, mortgage, lease or other disposition of the property.  2. The guardian may permit the protected person to have possession and control of the personal property and funds as are appropriate to the needs and capacities of the protected person.  3. The title to all property of the protected person is in the protected person and not in the guardian.  4. A guardian shall secure originals, when available, or copies of any:  (a) Contract executed by the protected person;  (b) Power of attorney executed by the protected person;  (c) Estate planning document prepared by the protected person, including, without limitation, a last will and testament, durable power of attorney and revocable trust of the protected person;  (d) Revocable or irrevocable trust in which the protected person has a vested interest as a beneficiary; and  (e) Writing evidencing a present or future vested interest in any real or intangible property.  (Added to NRS by 1969, 419; A 2003, 1788)
NV Rev Stat § 159.0893 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 159 - Guardianship of Adults|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 the copy of the court order appointing the guardian and letters of guardianship as proof of guardianship and allow the guardian access to the account or other assets of the protected person, subject to any limitations set forth in the court order.  3. Unless the bank or other financial institution is a party to the guardianship proceeding, the bank or other financial institution is not entitled to a copy of any:  (a) Capacity evaluation of the protected person or any other confidential information concerning the medical condition or the placement of the protected person; or  (b) Inventory or accounting of the estate of the protected person.  (Added to NRS by 2013, 904; A 2017, 3911)
NV Rev Stat § 159.0895 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 159 - Guardianship of Adults|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. If the assets are invested in a savings account or other financial account, they are not subject to disposition as unclaimed property during the lifetime of the protected person.  3. Assets so retained may be disbursed for the funeral of the protected person or the disposal of his or her remains without prior authorization of the court. An amount not so disbursed becomes part of the estate of the protected person.  (Added to NRS by 1999, 1396; A 2009, 1657)
NV Rev Stat § 159.091 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 159 - Guardianship of Adults|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 any such property or of any writing relating to such property, the court may require the person to appear and answer under oath concerning the matter.  (Added to NRS by 1969, 419; A 2003, 1788)
NV Rev Stat § 159.093 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 159 - Guardianship of Adults|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 of the court by order, may compound or compromise any debt or other chose in action due to the protected person and give a release and discharge to the debtor or other obligor.  (Added to NRS by 1969, 419; A 2003, 1789)
NV Rev Stat § 159.095 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 159 - Guardianship of Adults|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 ad litem in the action, suit or proceeding.  2. Upon final resolution of the action, suit or proceeding, the guardian of the estate or the guardian ad litem shall notify the court of the outcome of the action, suit or proceeding.  3. If the person of the protected person would be affected by the outcome of any action, suit or proceeding, the guardian of the person, if any, should be joined to represent the protected person in the action, suit or proceeding.  4. If the protected person is a party to any criminal action, the guardian of the estate and the guardian of the person must be notified of the action.  (Added to NRS by 1969, 419; A 2003, 1789; 2013, 918; 2017, 3911)
NV Rev Stat § 159.097 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 159 - Guardianship of Adults|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 was incapacitated or a minor.  (Added to NRS by 1969, 419; A 2017, 3912)
NV Rev Stat § 159.099 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 159 - Guardianship of Adults|NRS 159.099 - Liability of guardian of estate on contracts for protected person.

A guardian of the estate shall not be personally liable on any written or oral contract entered into for or on behalf of the protected person where the guardian is acting within his or her authority as such guardian. Any action, suit or proceeding on any such contract shall be brought against the guardian in his or her fiduciary capacity only, and any judgment or decree obtained in such action, suit or proceeding shall be satisfied only from property of the protected person.  (Added to NRS by 1969, 420)
NV Rev Stat § 159.101 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 159 - Guardianship of Adults|NRS 159.101 - Exercising rights under stock ownership of protected person.

  1. A guardian of the estate may exercise the rights of the protected person which accrue pursuant to the ownership of the protected person of common or preferred stock, including, but not limited to, the right to:  (a) Vote for officers or directors;  (b) Approve or disapprove mergers or consolidations;  (c) Exercise stock options;  (d) Appoint proxies;  (e) Consent to dissolutions; and  (f) Exercise all rights which the protected person might exercise, if legally qualified, regarding the management of the corporation.  If the stock owned by the protected person in a corporation exceeds 20 percent of the total issued and outstanding stock having voting rights, the guardian must have prior approval of the court to consent to any merger, consolidation or dissolution of the corporation or the sale or encumbrance of its assets where the consent of the stockholders is required by law.  2. Whenever the estate of a protected person includes corporate stock, the guardian may hold it in the name of a nominee without mention of the guardianship in the stock certificate, if any, or the stock registration books, if:  (a) The guardian’s records and all reports or accounts rendered by the guardian clearly show the ownership of the stock by the estate of the protected person and the facts regarding its holding; and  (b) The nominee deposits with the guardian a signed statement showing ownership of the stock by the estate of the protected person, endorses any stock certificate in blank and does not have possession of the stock certificate or access to the certificate except under the immediate supervision of the guardian.  3. The guardian is personally liable for any loss to the estate of the protected person resulting from any act of the nominee in connection with stock held pursuant to subsection 2.  (Added to NRS by 1969, 420; A 1987, 586)
NV Rev Stat § 159.103 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 159 - Guardianship of Adults|NRS 159.103 - Claims against estate of protected person.

A guardian of the estate shall pay from the guardianship estate pursuant to NRS 159.105, 159.107 and 159.109 all just claims against the protected person, the estate or the guardian as such, whether accruing before or after the appointment of the guardian and whether arising in contract, in tort or otherwise.  (Added to NRS by 1969, 420)
NV Rev Stat § 159.105 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 159 - Guardianship of Adults|NRS 159.105 - Payment of claims of guardian and claims arising from contracts of guardian; report of claims and payment.

  1. A guardian of the estate may pay from the guardianship estate the following claims without complying with the provisions of this section and NRS 159.107 and 159.109:  (a) The guardian’s claims against the protected person or the estate; and  (b) Any claims accruing after the appointment of the guardian which arise from contracts entered into by the guardian on behalf of the protected person.  2. The guardian shall report all claims and the payment of claims made pursuant to subsection 1 in the account that the guardian makes and files in the guardianship proceeding following each payment.  (Added to NRS by 1969, 420; A 2003, 1789; 2017, 3912)
NV Rev Stat § 159.107 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 159 - Guardianship of Adults|NRS 159.107 - Presentment and verification of claims.

Except as provided in NRS 159.105, all claims against the protected person, the guardianship estate or the guardian of the estate as such shall be presented to the guardian of the estate. Each such claim shall be in writing, shall describe the nature and the amount of the claim, if ascertainable, and shall be accompanied by the affidavit of the claimant, or someone on behalf of the claimant, who has personal knowledge of the fact. The affidavit shall state that within the knowledge of the affiant the amount claimed is justly due, no payments have been made thereon which are not credited and there is no counterclaim thereto, except as stated in the affidavit. If such claim is founded on a written instrument, the original or a copy thereof with all endorsements shall be attached to the claim. The original instrument shall be exhibited to the guardian or the court, upon demand, unless it is lost or destroyed, in which case the fact of its loss or destruction shall be stated in the claim.  (Added to NRS by 1969, 421)
NV Rev Stat § 159.109 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 159 - Guardianship of Adults|NRS 159.109 - Examination and allowance or rejection of claims by guardian.

  1. A guardian of the estate shall examine each claim presented to the guardian for payment. If the guardian is satisfied that the claim is appropriate and just, the guardian shall:  (a) Endorse upon the claim the words "examined and allowed" and the date;  (b) Officially subscribe the notation; and  (c) Pay the claim from the guardianship estate.  2. If the guardian is not satisfied that the claim is just, the guardian shall:  (a) Endorse upon the claim the words "examined and rejected" and the date;  (b) Officially subscribe the notation; and  (c) Not later than 60 days after the date the claim was presented to the guardian, notify the claimant by personal service or by mailing a notice by registered or certified mail that the claim was rejected.  (Added to NRS by 1969, 421; A 2003, 1790)