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NV Rev Stat § 159.0615 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 159 - Guardianship of Adults|NRS 159.0615 - Appointment of master of court or special master to identify person most qualified and suitable to serve as guardian; hearing; recommendation.

  1. If the court determines that a person may be in need of a guardian, the court may order the appointment of a master of the court or a special master from among the members of the State Bar of Nevada to conduct a hearing to identify the person most qualified and suitable to serve as guardian for the proposed protected person.  2. Not later than 5 calendar days after the date of the hearing, the master of the court or special master shall prepare and submit to the court a recommendation regarding which person is most qualified and suitable to serve as guardian for the proposed protected person.  (Added to NRS by 1997, 1342; A 2003, 1784)
NV Rev Stat § 159.0617 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 159 - Guardianship of Adults|NRS 159.0617 - Court or master of court or special master authorized to allow certain persons to testify at hearing to determine person most qualified and suitable to serve as guardian.

If the court or a master of the court or special master appointed pursuant to NRS 159.0615 finds that a parent or other relative, teacher, friend or neighbor of a proposed protected person or any other interested person:  1. Has a personal interest in the well-being of the proposed protected person; or  2. Possesses information that is relevant to the determination of who should serve as guardian for the proposed protected person,  the court or a master of the court or special master appointed pursuant to NRS 159.0615 may allow the person to testify at any hearing held pursuant to this chapter to determine the person most qualified and suitable to serve as guardian for the proposed protected person.  (Added to NRS by 1997, 1343; A 2003, 1784)
NV Rev Stat § 159.062 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 159 - Guardianship of Adults|NRS 159.062 - Guardian nominated by will.

A parent or spouse of a person who is incapacitated or person of limited capacity may by will nominate a guardian. The person nominated must file a petition and obtain an appointment from the court before exercising the powers of a guardian.  (Added to NRS by 1981, 1933; A 2017, 881, 3908)
NV Rev Stat § 159.065 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 159 - Guardianship of Adults|NRS 159.065 - Bond: General requirements; approval by clerk; liability of sureties; not required under certain circumstances.

  1. Except as otherwise provided by law, every guardian shall, before entering upon his or her duties as guardian, execute and file in the guardianship proceeding a bond, with sufficient surety or sureties, in such amount as the court determines necessary for the protection of the protected person and the estate of the protected person, and conditioned upon the faithful discharge by the guardian of his or her authority and duties according to law. The bond must be approved by the clerk. Sureties must be jointly and severally liable with the guardian and with each other.  2. If a banking corporation, as defined in NRS 657.016, doing business in this state, is appointed guardian of the estate of a protected person, no bond is required of the guardian, unless specifically required by the court.  3. Joint guardians may unite in a bond to the protected person or protected persons, or each may give a separate bond.  4. If there are no assets of the protected person, no bond is required of the guardian.  5. If a person has been nominated to be guardian in a will, power of attorney or other written instrument that has been acknowledged before two disinterested witnesses or acknowledged before a notary public and the will, power of attorney or other written instrument provides that no bond is to be required of the guardian, the court may direct letters of guardianship to issue to the guardian after the guardian:  (a) Takes and subscribes the oath of office; and  (b) Files the appropriate documents which contain the full legal name and address of the guardian.  6. In lieu of executing and filing a bond, the guardian may request that access to certain assets be blocked. The court may grant the request and order letters of guardianship to issue to the guardian if sufficient evidence is filed with the court to establish that such assets are being held in a manner that prevents the guardian from accessing the assets without a specific court order.  (Added to NRS by 1969, 416; A 1971, 1010; 1973, 386; 2003, 1784; 2011, 1464)
NV Rev Stat § 159.067 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 159 - Guardianship of Adults|NRS 159.067 - Bond: Court may require increase, decrease or other change; exoneration of former sureties.

  1. The court may at any time, for good cause and after notice to the guardian, increase or decrease the amount of the bond required of a guardian.  2. The court may at any time, where the bond or the sureties are determined to be insufficient or for other good cause, require a guardian to execute and file a new or additional bond. The court may exonerate the sureties on a former bond from any liabilities thereunder arising from the acts or omissions of their principal after such exoneration.  (Added to NRS by 1969, 417)
NV Rev Stat § 159.069 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 159 - Guardianship of Adults|NRS 159.069 - Bond: Filing; remedy for breach.

Every bond given by a guardian shall be filed and preserved in the office of the clerk of the district court of the county in which the guardianship proceeding is conducted. In case of the breach of any condition of such bond, an action may be maintained in behalf of the protected person or protected persons jointly if all are interested, or of any person interested in the estate, and such bond shall not be void on the first recovery. If the action on the bond is in behalf of one protected person on a bond given to more than one protected person, the other protected persons mentioned in the bond need not be united in or made parties to such action. As used in this section, "protected person" includes a protected minor.  (Added to NRS by 1969, 417; A 2017, 881)
NV Rev Stat § 159.071 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 159 - Guardianship of Adults|NRS 159.071 - Bond: Limitations on action.

No action may be maintained against the sureties on any bond given by a guardian unless it is commenced within 3 years from the time the guardian is discharged, unless at the time of such discharge the person entitled to bring the action is under any legal disability to sue, in which case the action may be brought at any time within 3 years after the disability is removed.  (Added to NRS by 1969, 417)
NV Rev Stat § 159.073 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 159 - Guardianship of Adults|NRS 159.073 - Taking oath of office; filing appropriate documents and verified acknowledgment; contents of acknowledgment; acknowledgment not required under certain circumstances.

  1. Every guardian, before entering upon his or her duties as guardian and before letters of guardianship may issue, shall:  (a) Take and subscribe the official oath which must:  (1) Be endorsed on the letters of guardianship; and  (2) State that the guardian will well and faithfully perform the duties of guardian according to law.  (b) File in the proceeding the appropriate documents which include, without limitation, the full legal name of the guardian and the residence and post office addresses of the guardian.  (c) Except as otherwise required in subsection 2, make and file in the proceeding a verified acknowledgment of the duties and responsibilities of a guardian. The acknowledgment must set forth:  (1) A summary of the duties, functions and responsibilities of a guardian, including, without limitation, the duty to:  (I) Act in the best interest of the protected person at all times.  (II) Provide the protected person with medical, surgical, dental, psychiatric, psychological, hygienic or other care and treatment as needed, with adequate food and clothing and with safe and appropriate housing.  (III) Protect, preserve and manage the income, assets and estate of the protected person and utilize the income, assets and estate of the protected person solely for the benefit of the protected person.  (IV) Maintain the assets of the protected person in the name of the protected person or the name of the guardianship. Except when the spouse of the protected person is also his or her guardian, the assets of the protected person must not be commingled with the assets of any third party.  (V) Provide notification of the death of the protected person in accordance with NRS 159.0809.  (2) A summary of the statutes, regulations, rules and standards governing the duties of a guardian.  (3) A list of actions regarding the protected person that require the prior approval of the court.  (4) A statement of the need for accurate recordkeeping and the filing of annual reports with the court regarding the finances and well-being of the protected person.  2. The court may exempt a public guardian or private professional guardian from filing an acknowledgment in each case and, in lieu thereof, require the public guardian or private professional guardian to file a general acknowledgment covering all guardianships to which the guardian may be appointed by the court.  (Added to NRS by 1969, 417; A 1999, 1399; 2003, 1785; 2011, 998; 2013, 916; 2017, 2556)
NV Rev Stat § 159.074 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 159 - Guardianship of Adults|NRS 159.074 - Copy of order of appointment to be served upon protected person; notice of entry of order to be filed with court.

  1. A copy of the order appointing the guardian must be served personally or by mail upon the protected person not later than 5 days after the date of the appointment of the guardian.  2. The order must contain the names, addresses and telephone numbers of the guardian, the attorney of the protected person, if any, and the investigator.  3. A notice of entry of the order must be filed with the court.  (Added to NRS by 1981, 1932; A 2003, 1785)
NV Rev Stat § 159.075 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 159 - Guardianship of Adults|NRS 159.075 - Letters of guardianship.

When a guardian has taken the official oath and filed a bond as provided in this chapter, the court shall order letters of guardianship to issue to the guardian. Letters of guardianship may be in the following form: State of Nevada }  }ss. County of................................ } On .......... (month) .......... (day) .......... (year) the ................ Judicial District Court, ................ County, State of Nevada, appointed......................... (name of guardian) ...........................(guardian of the person or estate or person and estate or special guardian) for ........................ (name of protected person), an adult, that the named guardian has qualified and has the authority and shall perform the duties of .............................................................................. (guardian of the person or estate or person and estate or special guardian) for the named protected person as provided by law. In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the court at my office on .......... (month) .......... (day) .......... (year).  .......................................................................   Clerk (SEAL)  .......................................................................   Deputy Clerk  (Added to NRS by 1969, 417; A 1981, 1936; 2001, 35; 2003, 1785; 2017, 881)
NV Rev Stat § 159.0755 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 159 - Guardianship of Adults|NRS 159.0755 - Disposition of estate having value not exceeding by more than $10,000 aggregate amount of unpaid expenses of and claims against estate.

If, at the time of the appointment of the guardian or thereafter, the estate of a protected person consists of personal property having a value not exceeding by more than $10,000 the aggregate amount of unpaid expenses of administration of the guardianship estate and claims against the estate, the guardian of the estate, with prior approval of the court by order, may pay those expenses and claims from the estate and deliver all the remaining personal property to such person as the court may designate in the order, to be held, invested or used as ordered by the court. The recipient of the property so delivered shall give a receipt therefor to the guardian. The receipt is a release and acquittance to the guardian as to the property so delivered. The guardian shall file in the proceeding proper receipts or other evidence satisfactory to the court showing the delivery, and the guardian is released from his or her trust and the bond of the guardian is exonerated.  (Added to NRS by 1969, 432; A 1999, 1400; 2009, 1656) — (Substituted in revision for NRS 159.189)
NV Rev Stat § 159.076 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 159 - Guardianship of Adults|NRS 159.076 - Summary administration.

  1. The court may grant a summary administration if, at any time, it appears to the court that after payment of all claims and expenses of the guardianship the value of the property of the protected person does not exceed $10,000.  2. If the court grants a summary administration, the court may authorize the guardian of the estate or special guardian who is authorized to manage the property of the protected person to convert the property to cash and sell any of the property, with or without notice, as the court may direct. After the payment of all claims and the expenses of the guardianship, the guardian shall deposit the money in savings accounts or invest the money as provided in NRS 159.117, and hold the investment and all interest, issues, dividends and profits for the benefit of the protected person. The court may dispense with annual accountings and all other proceedings required by this chapter.  3. Whether the court grants a summary administration at the time the guardianship is established or at any other time, the guardian shall file an inventory and record of value with the court.  4. If, at any time, the net value of the estate of the protected person exceeds $10,000:  (a) The guardian shall file an amended inventory and accounting with the court;  (b) The guardian shall file annual accountings; and  (c) The court may require the guardian to post a bond.  (Added to NRS by 1969, 433; A 1981, 1938; 1999, 1401; 2003, 1801; 2009, 1656; 2017, 881)
NV Rev Stat § 159.077 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 159 - Guardianship of Adults|NRS 159.077 - General functions of guardian of person and estate.

A guardian of the person and estate has the authority and shall perform the duties as provided by law for a guardian of the person and a guardian of the estate.  (Added to NRS by 1969, 418)
NV Rev Stat § 159.0795 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 159 - Guardianship of Adults|NRS 159.0795 - Supervisory authority and powers of special guardian.

  1. A special guardian shall exercise supervisory authority over the protected person in a manner which is least restrictive of the personal freedom of the protected person and which is consistent with the need of the protected person for supervision and protection.  2. A special guardian has the powers set forth in the order appointing the special guardian and any other powers given to the special guardian in an emergency which are necessary and consistent to resolve the emergency or protect the protected person from imminent harm.  (Added to NRS by 1981, 1933; A 2003, 1786)
NV Rev Stat § 159.0801 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 159 - Guardianship of Adults|NRS 159.0801 - Special guardian of person of limited capacity: Approval of court generally required before commencing act relating to person; grant of certain powers by court.

  1. Except when responding to an emergency, a special guardian of a person of limited capacity shall apply to the court for instruction or approval before commencing any act relating to the person of limited capacity.  2. The court may grant a special guardian of a person of limited capacity the power to manage and dispose of the estate of the protected person pursuant to NRS 159.117 to 159.175, inclusive, and perform any other act relating to the protected person upon specific instructions or approval of the court.  (Added to NRS by 1981, 1933; A 2003, 1786)
NV Rev Stat § 159.0805 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 159 - Guardianship of Adults|NRS 159.0805 - Approval of court required before guardian may consent to certain treatment of or experiment on protected person; conditions for approval. [Effective through December 31, 2019.]

  1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a guardian shall not consent to:  (a) The experimental medical, biomedical or behavioral treatment of a protected person;  (b) The sterilization of a protected person; or  (c) The participation of a protected person in any biomedical or behavioral experiment.  2. The guardian may consent to and commence any treatment or experiment described in subsection 1 if the guardian applies to and obtains from the court authority to consent to and commence the treatment or experiment.  3. The court may authorize the guardian to consent to and commence any treatment or experiment described in subsection 1 only if the treatment or experiment:  (a) Is of direct benefit to, and intended to preserve the life of or prevent serious impairment to the mental or physical health of, the protected person; or  (b) Is intended to assist the protected person to develop or regain the abilities of the protected person.  (Added to NRS by 1981, 1933; A 1999, 1400; 2003, 1786; 2007, 2032)
NV Rev Stat § 159.0805 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 159 - Guardianship of Adults|NRS 159.0805 - Approval of court required before guardian may consent to certain treatment of or experiment on protected person; conditions for approval. [Effective January 1, 2020.]

  1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a guardian shall not consent to:  (a) The experimental medical, biomedical or behavioral treatment of a protected person; or  (b) The participation of a protected person in any biomedical or behavioral experiment.  2. The guardian may consent to and commence any treatment or experiment described in subsection 1 if the guardian applies to and obtains from the court authority to consent to and commence the treatment or experiment.  3. The court may authorize the guardian to consent to and commence any treatment or experiment described in subsection 1 only if the treatment or experiment:  (a) Is of direct benefit to, and intended to preserve the life of or prevent serious impairment to the mental or physical health of, the protected person; or  (b) Is intended to assist the protected person to develop or regain the abilities of the protected person.  (Added to NRS by 1981, 1933; A 1999, 1400; 2003, 1786; 2007, 2032; 2019, 85, effective January 1, 2020)
NV Rev Stat § 159.0806 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 159 - Guardianship of Adults|NRS 159.0806 - Approval of court required before guardian may consent to sterilization of protected person; conditions for approval. [Effective January 1, 2020.]

  1. A guardian shall not consent to the sterilization of a protected person unless the guardian applies to the court for the authority to consent to the sterilization and obtains such authority from the court.  2. Unless an attorney or a guardian ad litem has already been appointed, after a guardian applies to the court for the authority to consent to the sterilization of a protected person, the court shall appoint:  (a) An attorney to represent the protected person; and  (b) A guardian ad litem to make recommendations on behalf of the protected person.   3. The court must conduct a full evidentiary hearing before authorizing the guardian of the protected person to consent to the sterilization.  4. The court may authorize a guardian to consent to the sterilization of a protected person only if the court finds by clear and convincing evidence that the sterilization is in the best interest of the protected person. Before the court grants such authority to a guardian, the court must consider whether any less irrevocable and intrusive means of contraception would be suitable.  (Added to NRS by 2019, 84, effective January 1, 2020)
NV Rev Stat § 159.0809 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 159 - Guardianship of Adults|NRS 159.0809 - Notification to interested persons and persons of natural affection required upon impending death or death of protected person or obtaining information concerning burial or cremation of protected person.

  1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 159.0807, a guardian shall immediately notify all interested persons and persons of natural affection:  (a) If the guardian reasonably believes that the death of the protected person is likely to occur within the next 30 days and such belief is based on information from a psychologist, physician or other health care provider of the protected person or a person otherwise qualified to provide such a medical opinion, including, without limitation, a health care provider employed by a hospice or by a hospital of the Department of Veterans Affairs.  (b) Upon the death of the protected person.  (c) Upon obtaining any information relating to the burial or cremation of the protected person.  2. The guardian shall provide notification pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 1:  (a) In person or by telephone to the family members of the protected person or, if the protected person does not have any family members or does not have a relationship with any family members, the person of natural affection designated to receive such notification;  (b) By electronic communication to any family member of the protected person or person of natural affection who has opted to receive notification by electronic communication; and  (c) In writing to all other interested persons and persons of natural affection not given notice pursuant to paragraph (a) or (b).  (Added to NRS by 2017, 2551)