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NV Rev Stat § 162C.070 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 162C - Supported Decision-Making Act|NRS 162C.070 - "Support services" defined.

Support services means a coordinated system of social and other services that are supplied by private, state as defined in NRS 162A.150, institutional or community providers and are designed to help maintain the independence of an adult, including, without limitation:  1. Homemaker services, such as house repair, cleaning, laundry, shopping and providing meals.  2. Companion services, such as transportation and the facilitation of written, oral and electronic communication.  3. Medical services.  4. Visiting nurse and attendant care.  5. Physical and psychosocial assessments.  6. Financial assessments and advisement relating to banking, taxes, loans, investments or the management of real property.  7. Legal assessments and advisement.  8. Educational services, including, without limitation, educational assessments and advisement.  9. Personal care services, including, without limitation, assistance with daily activities such as bathing, dressing and eating.  10. Care planning.  11. Residential, employment or day program services and supports, including, without limitation, training or career planning.  12. Other services necessary to maintain the independence of an adult.  (Added to NRS by 2019, 460)
NV Rev Stat § 162C.080 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 162C - Supported Decision-Making Act|NRS 162C.080 - "Supported decision-making agreement" defined.

Supported decision-making agreement means an agreement between a principal and one or more supporters that is entered into pursuant to this chapter.  (Added to NRS by 2019, 461)
NV Rev Stat § 162C.090 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 162C - Supported Decision-Making Act|NRS 162C.090 - "Supporter" defined.

Supporter means a person who is named in a supported decision-making agreement to provide specified assistance to a principal.  (Added to NRS by 2019, 461)
NV Rev Stat § 162C.100 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 162C - Supported Decision-Making Act|NRS 162C.100 - Purpose; interpretation.

  1. The purpose of this chapter is to:  (a) Provide person-centered and directed assistance to an adult with a disability to gather and assess information, make informed decisions and communicate decisions;  (b) Give supporters legal status to be with such an adult and participate in discussions with others when the adult is making decisions or attempting to obtain information; and  (c) Enable supporters to assist in making and communicating decisions for such an adult but not substitute as the decision-maker for the adult.  2. This chapter must be interpreted in accordance with the following principles:  (a) An adult should be able to live in the manner in which he or she wishes and to accept or refuse support, assistance or protection as long as the adult does not harm others and is capable of making decisions about such matters;  (b) An adult should be able to be informed about and, to the best of his or her ability, participate in the management of his or her affairs;  (c) An adult should receive the most effective, yet least restrictive and intrusive, form of support, assistance or protection when the adult is unable to manage his or her affairs alone; and  (d) The values, beliefs, wishes, cultural norms and traditions that an adult holds should be respected in managing his or her affairs.  (Added to NRS by 2019, 461)
NV Rev Stat § 162C.200 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 162C - Supported Decision-Making Act|NRS 162C.200 - Formation and termination of supported decision-making agreement.

  1. An adult may enter into a supported decision-making agreement at any time if the adult:  (a) Enters into the agreement voluntarily and without coercion or undue influence; and  (b) Understands the nature and effect of the agreement.  2. A supported decision-making agreement must:  (a) Be in writing;  (b) Be dated;  (c) Designate one or more supporters;  (d) List the types of decisions with which the supporter is authorized to assist the principal;  (e) List the types of decisions, if any, with which the supporter is not authorized to assist the principal; and  (f) Be signed by each party to the agreement in the presence of at least two adult witnesses.  3. A principal or a supporter may terminate a supported decision-making agreement at any time, either verbally or in writing, and with notice to the other parties to the agreement.  (Added to NRS by 2019, 461)
NV Rev Stat § 162C.210 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 162C - Supported Decision-Making Act|NRS 162C.210 - Authority of supporter; prohibited acts by supporter.

  1. Except as otherwise provided in a supported decision-making agreement and subsection 2, a supporter may do all of the following:  (a) Assist the principal in understanding information, options, responsibilities and consequences of the principal’s life decisions, including, without limitation, decisions relating to the principal’s affairs or supportive services.  (b) Help the principal access, obtain and understand any information that is relevant to any given life decision, including, without limitation, medical, psychological, financial or educational decisions, or any treatment records or records necessary to manage the principal’s affairs or support services.  (c) Assist the principal in finding, obtaining, making appointments for and implementing the principal’s support services or plans for support services.  (d) Help the principal monitor information about the principal’s affairs or support services, including, without limitation, keeping track of future necessary or recommended services.  (e) Ascertain the wishes and decisions of the principal, assist in communicating those wishes and decisions to other persons, and advocate to ensure that the wishes and decisions of the principal are implemented.  2. A supporter is prohibited from doing any of the following:  (a) Exerting undue influence upon, or making decisions on behalf of, the principal.  (b) Obtaining, without the consent of the principal, information that is not reasonably related to matters with which the supporter is authorized to assist the principal pursuant to the supported decision-making agreement.  (c) Using, without the consent of the principal, information acquired for a purpose other than assisting the principal to make a decision pursuant to the supported decision-making agreement.  3. A supporter shall act with the care, competence and diligence ordinarily exercised by persons in similar circumstances, with due regard to the supporter’s possession or lack of special skills or expertise.  (Added to NRS by 2019, 462)
NV Rev Stat § 162C.220 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 162C - Supported Decision-Making Act|NRS 162C.220 - Authority of supporter to assist principal with obtaining certain information.

  1. In addition to the activities set forth in NRS 162C.210, a supporter may assist the principal with obtaining any information to which the principal is entitled, including, without limitation, a signed and dated specific consent, protected health information under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, Public Law 104-191, as amended, or educational records under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, 20 U.S.C. § 1232g, and any regulations adopted pursuant thereto.  2. A supporter shall ensure that all information collected on behalf of a principal pursuant to this section is:  (a) Kept privileged and confidential, as applicable;  (b) Not subject to unauthorized access, use or disclosure; and  (c) Properly disposed of when appropriate.  (Added to NRS by 2019, 462)
NV Rev Stat § 162C.300 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 162C - Supported Decision-Making Act|NRS 162C.300 - Prohibition against using supported decision-making agreement as certain evidence at trial; adult authorized to act independently of supported decision-making agreement.

The existence of a supported decision-making agreement that is entered into by an adult and one or more supporters pursuant to this chapter may not be used as evidence of the adult’s incapacity, as defined in NRS 162A.070, and does not preclude the ability of the adult to act independently of the agreement.  (Added to NRS by 2019, 462)
NV Rev Stat § 162C.310 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 162C - Supported Decision-Making Act|NRS 162C.310 - Effect of decision or request by principal with assistance of supporter.

A decision or request made or communicated by a principal with the assistance of a supporter in accordance with this chapter must, for the purposes of any provision of law, be recognized as the decision or request of the principal and may be enforced by the principal or supporter in law or equity on the same basis as a decision or request of the principal.  (Added to NRS by 2019, 463)
NV Rev Stat § 162C.320 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 162C - Supported Decision-Making Act|NRS 162C.320 - Acceptance and reliance upon supported decision-making agreement.

Any person who is not a party to a supported decision-making agreement, including, without limitation, a provider of health care or provider of financial services, that in good faith, as defined in NRS 162A.060, accepts a supported decision-making agreement:  1. Without actual knowledge that any of the signatures thereon is not genuine may rely upon the presumption that such a signature is genuine.  2. Without actual knowledge that the supported decision-making agreement or the purported supporter’s authority is void, invalid or terminated may rely upon the supported decision-making agreement as if the agreement and supporter’s authority are genuine, valid and still in effect.  3. Is not subject to civil or criminal liability or discipline for unprofessional conduct for giving effect to a declaration contained within the supported decision-making agreement or for following the direction of a supporter named in the supported decision-making agreement.  (Added to NRS by 2019, 463)
NV Rev Stat § 162C.330 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 162C - Supported Decision-Making Act|NRS 162C.330 - Duty to report abuse, neglect, exploitation, isolation or abandonment of older person or vulnerable person.

  1. The provisions of this chapter must not be construed to affect the requirement of any person to report the abuse, neglect, exploitation, isolation or abandonment of an older person or a vulnerable person as provided in NRS 200.5091 to 200.50995, inclusive.  2. As used in this section, the words and terms defined in NRS 200.5091 to 200.50995, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.  (Added to NRS by 2019, 463)
NV Rev Stat § 163.001 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 163 - Trusts|NRS 163.001 - Definitions.

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 163.0011 to 163.00185, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.  (Added to NRS by 2001, 2350; A 2015, 3541)
NV Rev Stat § 163.0011 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 163 - Trusts|NRS 163.0011 - "Electronic record" defined.

Electronic record has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 132.117.  (Added to NRS by 2001, 2350)
NV Rev Stat § 163.0013 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 163 - Trusts|NRS 163.0013 - "Electronic signature" defined.

Electronic signature has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 132.118.  (Added to NRS by 2001, 2350)
NV Rev Stat § 163.0015 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 163 - Trusts|NRS 163.0015 - "Electronic trust" defined.

Electronic trust means a trust instrument that complies with the requirements of NRS 163.0095.  (Added to NRS by 2001, 2350)
NV Rev Stat § 163.0016 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 163 - Trusts|NRS 163.0016 - "Nontestamentary trust" defined.

Nontestamentary trust means a trust, including, without limitation, an electronic trust, that is created and takes effect during the lifetime of the settlor.  (Added to NRS by 2015, 3538; A 2017, 3443)
NV Rev Stat § 163.0017 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 163 - Trusts|NRS 163.0017 - "Record" defined.

Record has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 132.287.  (Added to NRS by 2001, 2350)
NV Rev Stat § 163.0018 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 163 - Trusts|NRS 163.0018 - "Testamentary trust" defined.

Testamentary trust means a trust that is created by the terms of the will, including, without limitation, the electronic will, of a person.  (Added to NRS by 2015, 3538; A 2017, 3443)
NV Rev Stat § 163.00185 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 163 - Trusts|NRS 163.00185 - "Trust instrument" defined.

Trust instrument means a will, trust agreement, declaration, or other instrument, including, without limitation, an electronic trust, that creates or defines the duties and powers of a trustee and shall include a court order or any instrument that modifies a trust instrument or, in effect, alters the duties and powers of a trustee or other terms of a trust instrument.  (Added to NRS by 2015, 3538; A 2017, 3443)
NV Rev Stat § 163.00187 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 163 - Trusts|NRS 163.00187 - Terms: "Execute" or "sign."

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, when the terms "execute" or "sign" are used in reference to a will, trust or instrument to convey property, the terms include the use of an electronic signature.  (Added to NRS by 2017, 3443)
NV Rev Stat § 163.0019 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 163 - Trusts|NRS 163.0019 - Terms: "Writing" or "written."

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, when the term "writing" or "written" is used in reference to a will, trust or instrument to convey property, the term includes an electronic will as defined in NRS 132.119 or an electronic trust as defined in NRS 163.0015, as appropriate.  (Added to NRS by 2001, 2350)
NV Rev Stat § 163.002 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 163 - Trusts|NRS 163.002 - Creation: Methods; certain property deemed trust property.

  1. Except as otherwise provided by specific statute, a trust may be created by any of the following methods:  (a) A declaration by the owner of property that he or she or another person holds the property as trustee. In the absence of a contrary declaration by the owner of the property or of a transfer of the property to a third party and regardless of formal title to the property:  (1) Property declared to be trust property, together with all income therefrom and the reinvestment thereof, must remain trust property; and  (2) If the property declared to be trust property includes an account, contract, certificate, note, judgment, business interest, contents of a safe deposit box or other property interest that is subject to additions or contributions, all subsequent additions and contributions to the property are also trust property.  (b) A transfer of property by the owner during his or her lifetime to another person as trustee.  (c) A testamentary transfer of property by the owner to another person as trustee.  (d) An exercise of a power of appointment in trust.  (e) An enforceable promise to create a trust.  2. A declaration pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection 1 may include a schedule or list of trust assets that is signed by the owner of the property or that is incorporated by reference into a document that is signed by the owner of the property.  (Added to NRS by 1991, 1704; A 2009, 792; 2015, 3541; 2017, 1688)
NV Rev Stat § 163.003 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 163 - Trusts|NRS 163.003 - Creation: Requirements.

A trust is created only if:  1. The settlor properly manifests an intention to create a trust; and  2. There is trust property, except as otherwise provided in NRS 163.230.  (Added to NRS by 1991, 1704; A 1999, 2367)
NV Rev Stat § 163.004 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 163 - Trusts|NRS 163.004 - Creation: Terms; revocability; rules of construction.

  1. Except as otherwise provided by law, the terms of a trust instrument may expand, restrict, eliminate or otherwise vary the rights and interests of beneficiaries in any manner that is not illegal or against public policy, including, without limitation:  (a) The right to be informed of the beneficiary’s interest for a period of time;  (b) The grounds for the removal of a fiduciary;  (c) The circumstances, if any, in which the fiduciary must diversify investments;  (d) A fiduciary’s powers, duties, standards of care, rights of indemnification and liability to persons whose interests arise from the trust instrument; and  (e) The provisions of general applicability to trusts and trust administration.  2. A trust is irrevocable except to the extent that a right to amend the trust or a right to revoke the trust is expressly reserved by the settlor or is granted to one or more other persons under the terms of the trust instrument. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection, the following powers do not make a trust revocable:  (a) Power of appointment;  (b) Power to add or remove beneficiaries;  (c) Power to appoint, remove or replace the trustee; or  (d) Power to make administrative amendments.  3. Nothing in this section shall be construed to:  (a) Authorize the exculpation or indemnification of a fiduciary for the fiduciary’s own willful misconduct or gross negligence; or  (b) Preclude a court of competent jurisdiction from removing a fiduciary because of the fiduciary’s willful misconduct or gross negligence.  4. The rule that statutes in derogation of the common law are to be strictly construed has no application to this section. This section must be liberally construed to give maximum effect to the principle of freedom of disposition and to the enforceability of trust instruments.  (Added to NRS by 1991, 1704; A 2011, 1466; 2015, 3542; 2019, 1862)
NV Rev Stat § 163.005 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 163 - Trusts|NRS 163.005 - Creation: Consideration.

Consideration is not required to create a trust, but a promise to create a trust in the future is enforceable only if it meets the requirements for enforcement as a contract.  (Added to NRS by 1991, 1705)
NV Rev Stat § 163.006 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 163 - Trusts|NRS 163.006 - Creation: Beneficiary.

A trust is created only if there is a beneficiary. This requirement is satisfied if the trust instrument provides for:  1. A beneficiary or class of beneficiaries that is ascertainable with reasonable certainty or that is sufficiently described so that it can be determined whether a person meets the description or is within the class;  2. A grant of power to the trustee or some other person to select the beneficiary based on a standard or in the discretion of the trustee or other person;  3. A charitable trust as defined in NRS 163.460;  4. A trust for the care of one or more animals created pursuant to NRS 163.0075;  5. A public benefit trust as defined in NRS 163.551; or  6. A noncharitable trust without an ascertainable beneficiary pursuant to NRS 163.5505.  (Added to NRS by 1991, 1704; A 2015, 3542; 2017, 1688)
NV Rev Stat § 163.007 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 163 - Trusts|NRS 163.007 - Validity of trust providing for one or more successor beneficiaries.

If a trust provides for one or more successor beneficiaries after the death of the settlor, the trust is not invalidated, merged or terminated because:  1. There is one settlor who is the sole trustee and the sole beneficiary during the lifetime of the settlor; or  2. There are two or more settlors, one or more of whom are trustees, and the beneficial interest in the trust is in one or more of the settlors during the lifetime of the settlors.  (Added to NRS by 1991, 1704)
NV Rev Stat § 163.0075 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 163 - Trusts|NRS 163.0075 - Validity of trust providing for care of one or more animals.

  1. A trust created for the care of one or more animals that are alive at the time of the settlor’s death is valid. Such a trust terminates upon the death of all animals covered by the terms of the trust. A settlor’s expression of intent must be liberally construed in favor of the creation of such a trust.  2. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, property of a trust described in subsection 1 may not be used in a manner inconsistent with its intended use. Except as otherwise directed by the terms of the trust, if a court determines that the value of a trust described in subsection 1 exceeds the amount required to care for the animal beneficiary, the excess amount must be distributed to the person who would have taken the trust property if the trust had terminated on the date of the distribution.  3. The intended use of a trust described in subsection 1 may be enforced by the trustee or, if a trustee was not designated, by a person appointed by the court to act as the trustee. A person having a demonstrated interest in the welfare of the animal beneficiary may petition the court for an order to appoint himself or herself as trustee or to remove the trustee. The court shall give preference for appointment to a person who demonstrates such an interest.  (Added to NRS by 2001, 958)
NV Rev Stat § 163.008 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 163 - Trusts|NRS 163.008 - Validity of trust created in relation to real property; recordation.

  1. A trust created in relation to real property is not valid unless it is created by operation of law or is evidenced by:  (a) A written instrument signed by the trustee, or by the agent of the trustee if the agent is authorized in writing to do so; or  (b) A written instrument, including, without limitation, an electronic trust, conveying the trust property and signed by the settlor, or by the agent of the settlor if the agent is authorized in writing to do so.  2. Such a trust may be recorded in the office of the county recorder in the county where all or a portion of the real property is located.  3. This section must not be construed to require a declaration by an owner of property pursuant to NRS 163.002 that specifically identified real property is held in trust to be in writing. As used in this subsection, "specifically identified real property" includes property that is identified by legal description, street address or the applicable assessor’s parcel number.  (Added to NRS by 1991, 1704; A 2001, 2350; 2017, 1688)
NV Rev Stat § 163.009 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 163 - Trusts|NRS 163.009 - Oral trust of personal property.

  1. The existence and terms of an oral trust of personal property may be established only by clear and convincing evidence. The oral declaration of the settlor, in and of itself, is not sufficient to establish the creation of such a trust.  2. A reference in statute to a trust instrument or declaration means, in the case of an oral trust, the terms of the trust as established by clear and convincing evidence.  (Added to NRS by 1991, 1705)