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2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 162 - Fiduciaries › NRS 162.310 - Limitation on duty of attorney representing fiduciary with respect to principal.

1. An attorney who represents a fiduciary does not, solely as a result of such attorney-client relationship, assume a corresponding duty of care or other fiduciary duty to a principal.
2. Nothing in this section limits a principal, fiduciary or successor fiduciary’s ability to assert appropriate claims against the attorney resulting from the negligent or intentional acts of the attorney.
3. As used in this section:
(a) "Fiduciary" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 162.020.
(b) "Principal" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 162.020.
(Added to NRS by 2011, 1465)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 162A - Power of Attorney for Financial Matters and Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care Decisions › NRS 162A.010 - Definitions.

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 162A.020 to 162A.160, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
(Added to NRS by 2009, 174; A 2019, 2186)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 162A - Power of Attorney for Financial Matters and Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care Decisions › NRS 162A.030 - "Agent" defined.

"Agent" means a person granted authority to act for a principal under a power of attorney, whether denominated an agent, attorney-in-fact or otherwise. The term includes an original agent, co-agent, successor agent and a person to which an agent’s authority is delegated.
(Added to NRS by 2009, 174)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 162A - Power of Attorney for Financial Matters and Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care Decisions › NRS 162A.070 - "Incapacity" defined.

"Incapacity" means the inability of an individual to manage property or business affairs because the individual:
1. Has an impairment in the ability to receive and evaluate information or make or communicate decisions even with the use of technological assistance; or
2. Is:
(a) Missing;
(b) Detained, including incarcerated in a penal system; or
(c) Outside the United States and unable to return,
as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction or, if an instrument executed pursuant to this chapter specifically provides a different method for determining the incapacity of an individual for the purposes of this chapter, as determined by the method set forth in that instrument.
(Added to NRS by 2009, 175; A 2019, 2186)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 162A - Power of Attorney for Financial Matters and Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care Decisions › NRS 162A.080 - "Person" defined.

"Person" means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited-liability company, association, joint venture, public corporation, government or governmental subdivision, agency or instrumentality, or any other legal or commercial entity.
(Added to NRS by 2009, 175)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 162A - Power of Attorney for Financial Matters and Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care Decisions › NRS 162A.090 - "Power of attorney" defined.

"Power of attorney" means a writing or other record that grants authority to an agent to act in the place of the principal, whether or not the term "power of attorney" is used.
(Added to NRS by 2009, 175)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 162A - Power of Attorney for Financial Matters and Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care Decisions › NRS 162A.100 - "Presently exercisable general power of appointment" defined.

"Presently exercisable general power of appointment," with respect to property or a property interest subject to a power of appointment, means power exercisable at the time in question to vest absolute ownership in the principal individually, the principal’s estate, the principal’s creditors or the creditors of the principal’s estate. The term includes a power of appointment not exercisable until the occurrence of a specified event, the satisfaction of an ascertainable standard, or the passage of a specified period only after the occurrence of the specified event, the satisfaction of the ascertainable standard or the passage of the specified period. The term does not include a power exercisable in a fiduciary capacity or only by will.
(Added to NRS by 2009, 175)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 162A - Power of Attorney for Financial Matters and Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care Decisions › NRS 162A.140 - "Sign" defined.

"Sign" means, with present intent to authenticate or adopt a record:
1. To execute or adopt a tangible symbol; or
2. To attach to or logically associate with the record an electronic sound, symbol or process.
(Added to NRS by 2009, 175)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 162A - Power of Attorney for Financial Matters and Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care Decisions › NRS 162A.150 - "State" defined.

"State" means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.
(Added to NRS by 2009, 175)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 162A - Power of Attorney for Financial Matters and Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care Decisions › NRS 162A.160 - "Stocks and bonds" defined.

"Stocks and bonds" means stocks, bonds, mutual funds, and all other types of securities and financial instruments, whether held directly or indirectly, or in any other manner. The term does not include commodity futures contracts and call or put options on stocks or stock indexes.
(Added to NRS by 2009, 175)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 162A - Power of Attorney for Financial Matters and Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care Decisions › NRS 162A.200 - Applicability.

NRS 162A.200 to 162A.660, inclusive, apply to all powers of attorney except:
1. A power to the extent it is coupled with an interest in the subject of the power, including a power given to or for the benefit of a creditor in connection with a credit transaction;
2. A power to make health care decisions;
3. A proxy or other delegation to exercise voting rights or management rights with respect to an entity; and
4. A power created on a form prescribed by a government or a governmental subdivision, agency or instrumentality for a governmental purpose.
(Added to NRS by 2009, 176)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 162A - Power of Attorney for Financial Matters and Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care Decisions › NRS 162A.210 - Power of attorney is durable; exceptions.

A power of attorney created under NRS 162A.200 to 162A.660, inclusive, is durable unless it expressly provides that it is terminated by the incapacity of the principal.
(Added to NRS by 2009, 176)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 162A - Power of Attorney for Financial Matters and Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care Decisions › NRS 162A.230 - Validity of power of attorney.

1. A power of attorney executed in this State on or after October 1, 2009, is valid if its execution complies with NRS 162A.220.
2. A power of attorney executed in this State before October 1, 2009, is valid if its execution complied with the law of this State as it existed at the time of execution.
3. A power of attorney executed other than in this State is valid in this State if, when the power of attorney was executed, the execution complied with:
(a) The law of the jurisdiction that determines the meaning and effect of the power of attorney pursuant to NRS 162A.240; or
(b) The requirements for a military power of attorney pursuant to 10 U.S.C. § 1044b.
4. Except as otherwise provided by specific statute other than the provisions of NRS 162A.200 to 162A.660, inclusive, a photocopy or electronically transmitted copy of an original power of attorney has the same effect as the original power of attorney. An agent shall furnish an affidavit to a third party on demand stating that the instrument relied on is a true copy of the power of attorney and that, to the best of the agent’s knowledge, the principal is alive and the relevant powers of the agent have not been altered or terminated.
(Added to NRS by 2009, 176)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 162A - Power of Attorney for Financial Matters and Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care Decisions › NRS 162A.240 - Meaning and effect of power of attorney.

The meaning and effect of a power of attorney is determined by the law of the jurisdiction indicated in the power of attorney and, in the absence of an indication of jurisdiction, by the law of the jurisdiction in which the power of attorney was executed.
(Added to NRS by 2009, 177)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 162A - Power of Attorney for Financial Matters and Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care Decisions › NRS 162A.250 - Nomination of guardian of estate; relation of agent to court-appointed guardian.

1. In a power of attorney, a principal may nominate a guardian of the principal’s estate for consideration by the court if guardianship proceedings for the principal’s estate or person are begun after the principal executes the power of attorney.
2. If, after a principal properly executes a nondurable power of attorney pursuant to NRS 162A.220, a court appoints a guardian of the principal’s estate, the nondurable power of attorney is terminated.
3. If, after a principal properly executes a durable power of attorney pursuant to NRS 162A.220, a court appoints a guardian of the principal’s estate, the durable power of attorney is suspended and the agent’s authority is not exercisable unless the court orders the termination of the guardianship, and the power of attorney has not otherwise been terminated pursuant to NRS 162A.270. Upon the court ordering such a termination of the guardianship, the durable power of attorney is effective and no longer suspended pursuant to this subsection and the agent’s authority is exercisable.
4. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, the court may issue an order allowing the agent to retain specific powers conferred by the power of attorney. In the event the court allows the agent to retain specific powers, the agent shall file an accounting with the court and the guardian on a quarterly basis or such other period as the court may designate.
(Added to NRS by 2009, 177; A 2013, 925; 2019, 2186)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 162A - Power of Attorney for Financial Matters and Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care Decisions › NRS 162A.260 - Time at which power of attorney is effective.

1. A power of attorney is effective when executed unless the principal provides in the power of attorney that it becomes effective at a future date or upon the occurrence of a future event or contingency.
2. If a power of attorney becomes effective upon the occurrence of a future event or contingency, the principal, in the power of attorney, may authorize one or more persons to determine in a writing or other record that the event or contingency has occurred.
3. If a power of attorney becomes effective upon the principal’s incapacity and the principal has not authorized a person to determine whether the principal is incapacitated, or the person authorized is unable or unwilling to make the determination, the power of attorney becomes effective upon a determination in a writing or other record by an advanced practice registered nurse, a physician, psychiatrist or licensed psychologist that the principal is incapacitated.
4. A person authorized by the principal in the power of attorney to determine that the principal is incapacitated may act as the principal’s personal representative pursuant to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, Public Law 104-191, as amended, and applicable regulations, to obtain a determination of incapacity.
(Added to NRS by 2009, 177; A 2019, 513)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 162A - Power of Attorney for Financial Matters and Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care Decisions › NRS 162A.270 - Termination of power of attorney or authority of agent.

1. A power of attorney terminates when:
(a) The principal dies;
(b) The principal becomes incapacitated, if the power of attorney is not durable;
(c) The principal revokes the power of attorney;
(d) The power of attorney provides that it terminates;
(e) The limited purpose of the power of attorney is accomplished; or
(f) The principal revokes the agent’s authority or the agent dies, becomes incapacitated or resigns, and the power of attorney does not provide for another agent to act under the power of attorney.
2. An agent’s authority terminates when:
(a) The principal revokes the authority;
(b) The agent dies, becomes incapacitated or resigns;
(c) An action is filed for the dissolution or annulment of the agent’s marriage to the principal or their legal separation, unless the power of attorney otherwise provides; or
(d) The power of attorney terminates.
3. Unless the power of attorney otherwise provides, an agent’s authority is exercisable until the authority terminates under subsection 2, notwithstanding a lapse of time since the execution of the power of attorney.
4. Termination of an agent’s authority or of a power of attorney is not effective as to the agent or another person that, without actual knowledge of the termination, acts in good faith under the power of attorney. An act so performed, unless otherwise invalid or unenforceable, binds the principal and the principal’s successors in interest.
5. Incapacity of the principal of a power of attorney that is not durable does not revoke or terminate the power of attorney as to an agent or other person that, without actual knowledge of the incapacity, acts in good faith under the power of attorney. An act so performed, unless otherwise invalid or unenforceable, binds the principal and the principal’s successors in interest.
6. The execution of a power of attorney does not revoke a power of attorney previously executed by the principal unless the subsequent power of attorney provides that the previous power of attorney is revoked or that all other powers of attorney are revoked.
(Added to NRS by 2009, 177)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 162A - Power of Attorney for Financial Matters and Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care Decisions › NRS 162A.280 - Co-agents and successor agents.

1. A principal may designate two or more persons to act as co-agents. Unless the power of attorney otherwise provides, each co-agent may exercise its authority independently.
2. A principal may designate one or more successor agents to act if an agent resigns, dies, becomes incapacitated, is not qualified to serve or declines to serve. A principal may grant authority to designate one or more successor agents to an agent or other person designated by name, office or function. Unless the power of attorney otherwise provides, a successor agent:
(a) Has the same authority as that granted to the original agent; and
(b) May not act until all predecessor agents have resigned, died, become incapacitated, are no longer qualified to serve or have declined to serve.
3. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4 and in the power of attorney, an agent that does not participate in or conceal a breach of fiduciary duty committed by another agent, including a predecessor agent, is not liable for the actions of the other agent.
4. An agent that has actual knowledge of a breach or imminent breach of fiduciary duty by another agent shall notify the principal and, if the principal is incapacitated, take any action reasonably appropriate in the circumstances to safeguard the principal’s best interest. An agent that fails to notify the principal or take action as required by this subsection is liable for the reasonably foreseeable damages that could have been avoided if the agent had notified the principal or taken such action.
(Added to NRS by 2009, 178)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 162A - Power of Attorney for Financial Matters and Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care Decisions › NRS 162A.300 - Agent’s acceptance of appointment.

Except as otherwise provided in the power of attorney, a person accepts appointment as an agent under a power of attorney by exercising authority or performing duties as an agent or by any other assertion or conduct indicating acceptance.
(Added to NRS by 2009, 178)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 162A - Power of Attorney for Financial Matters and Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care Decisions › NRS 162A.320 - Exoneration of agent.

A provision in a power of attorney relieving an agent of liability for breach of duty is binding on the principal and the principal’s successors in interest, except to the extent the provision:
1. Relieves the agent of liability for breach of duty committed dishonestly, with an improper motive or with reckless indifference to the purposes of the power of attorney or the best interest of the principal; or
2. Was inserted as a result of an abuse of a confidential or fiduciary relationship with the principal.
(Added to NRS by 2009, 180)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 162A - Power of Attorney for Financial Matters and Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care Decisions › NRS 162A.330 - Judicial relief.

1. The following persons may petition a court to construe a power of attorney or review the agent’s conduct, and grant appropriate relief:
(a) The principal or the agent;
(b) A guardian or other fiduciary acting for the principal;
(c) A person authorized to make health care decisions for the principal;
(d) The principal’s spouse, parent or descendant;
(e) An individual who would qualify as a presumptive heir of the principal;
(f) A person named as a beneficiary to receive any property, benefit or contractual right on the principal’s death or as a beneficiary of a trust created by or for the principal that has a financial interest in the principal’s estate;
(g) A governmental agency having regulatory authority to protect the welfare of the principal;
(h) A person asked to accept the power of attorney; or
(i) The principal’s caregiver or another person who demonstrates sufficient interest in the principal’s welfare.
2. Upon motion by the principal, the court shall dismiss a petition filed under this section, unless:
(a) The court finds that the principal lacks capacity to revoke the agent’s authority or the power of attorney; or
(b) A governmental agency has asserted abuse by the agent regarding the agent’s actions under the power of attorney.
(Added to NRS by 2009, 180)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 162A - Power of Attorney for Financial Matters and Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care Decisions › NRS 162A.340 - Liability of agent.

An agent that violates NRS 162A.200 to 162A.660, inclusive, is liable to the principal or the principal’s successors in interest for the amount required to:
1. Restore the value of the principal’s property to what it would have been had the violation not occurred; and
2. Reimburse the principal or the principal’s successors in interest for the attorney’s fees and costs paid on the agent’s behalf.
(Added to NRS by 2009, 180)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 162A - Power of Attorney for Financial Matters and Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care Decisions › NRS 162A.350 - Resignation of agent; notice.

Unless the power of attorney provides a different method for an agent’s resignation, an agent may resign by giving notice to the principal and, if the principal is incapacitated:
1. To a co-agent or successor agent; or
2. If there is no person described in subsection 1, to:
(a) The principal’s spouse, parent or descendant;
(b) The principal’s caregiver;
(c) Another person reasonably believed by the agent to have sufficient interest in the principal’s welfare; or
(d) A governmental agency having authority to protect the welfare of the principal.
(Added to NRS by 2009, 180)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 162A - Power of Attorney for Financial Matters and Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care Decisions › NRS 162A.360 - Acceptance of and reliance upon acknowledged power of attorney.

1. A person that in good faith accepts an acknowledged power of attorney without actual knowledge that the signature is not genuine may rely upon the presumption under NRS 162A.220 that the signature is genuine.
2. A person that in good faith accepts an acknowledged power of attorney without actual knowledge that the power of attorney is void, invalid or terminated, that the purported agent’s authority is void, invalid or terminated, or that the agent is exceeding or improperly exercising the agent’s authority may rely upon the power of attorney as if the power of attorney were genuine, valid and still in effect, the agent’s authority were genuine, valid and still in effect, and the agent had not exceeded and had properly exercised the authority.
3. A person that is asked to accept an acknowledged power of attorney may request, and rely upon, without further investigation:
(a) An agent’s certification under penalty of perjury of any factual matter concerning the principal, agent or power of attorney;
(b) An English translation of the power of attorney if the power of attorney contains, in whole or in part, language other than English; and
(c) An opinion of counsel as to any matter of law concerning the power of attorney if the person making the request provides in a writing or other record the reason for the request.
4. An English translation or an opinion of counsel requested under this section must be provided at the principal’s expense unless the request is made more than 10 business days after the power of attorney is presented for acceptance. If the request is made more than 10 business days after presentation of the power of attorney, the party requesting the translation shall pay for the translation.
5. For purposes of this section, a person that conducts activities through employees is without actual knowledge of a fact relating to a power of attorney, a principal or an agent if the employee conducting the transaction involving the power of attorney is without actual knowledge of the fact.
(Added to NRS by 2009, 181)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 162A - Power of Attorney for Financial Matters and Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care Decisions › NRS 162A.380 - Principles of law and equity.

Unless displaced by a provision of NRS 162A.200 to 162A.660, inclusive, the principles of law and equity supplement NRS 162A.200 to 162A.660, inclusive.
(Added to NRS by 2009, 182)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 162A - Power of Attorney for Financial Matters and Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care Decisions › NRS 162A.390 - Laws applicable to financial institutions and entities.

NRS 162A.200 to 162A.660, inclusive, does not supersede any other law applicable to financial institutions or other entities, and the other law controls if inconsistent with NRS 162A.200 to 162A.660, inclusive.
(Added to NRS by 2009, 182)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 162A - Power of Attorney for Financial Matters and Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care Decisions › NRS 162A.400 - Remedies under other law.

The remedies under NRS 162A.200 to 162A.660, inclusive, are not exclusive and do not abrogate any right or remedy under the laws of this State other than NRS 162A.200 to 162A.660, inclusive.
(Added to NRS by 2009, 182)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 162A - Power of Attorney for Financial Matters and Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care Decisions › NRS 162A.450 - Grant of specific authority.

1. An agent under a power of attorney may do the following on behalf of the principal or with the principal’s property only if the power of attorney expressly grants the agent the authority and exercise of the authority is not otherwise prohibited by another agreement or instrument to which the authority or property is subject:
(a) Create, amend, revoke or terminate an inter vivos trust;
(b) Make a gift;
(c) Create or change rights of survivorship;
(d) Create or change a beneficiary designation;
(e) Delegate authority granted under the power of attorney;
(f) Waive the principal’s right to be a beneficiary of a joint and survivor annuity, including a survivor benefit under a retirement plan;
(g) Exercise fiduciary powers that the principal has authority to delegate; or
(h) Disclaim property, including a power of appointment.
2. Notwithstanding a grant of authority to do an act described in subsection 1, unless the power of attorney otherwise provides, an agent that is not a spouse of the principal may not exercise authority under a power of attorney to create in the agent, or in an individual to whom the agent owes a legal obligation of support, an interest in the principal’s property, whether by gift, right of survivorship, beneficiary designation, disclaimer or otherwise.
(Added to NRS by 2009, 182; A 2019, 420, 3509)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 162A - Power of Attorney for Financial Matters and Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care Decisions › NRS 162A.460 - Grant of general authority; incorporation of authority; authority of principal to act continues after execution.

1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 162A.450, if a power of attorney grants to an agent authority to do all acts that a principal could do or refers to general authority or cites a section of NRS 162A.200 to 162A.660, inclusive, in which the authority is described, the agent has the general authority described in NRS 162A.200 to 162A.660, inclusive.
2. A reference in a power of attorney to any part of a section in NRS 162A.200 to 162A.660, inclusive, incorporates the entire section as if it were set out in full in the power of attorney.
3. A principal may modify authority incorporated by reference.
4. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 162A.450, if the subjects over which authority is granted in a power of attorney are similar or overlap, the broadest authority controls.
5. Authority granted in a power of attorney is exercisable with respect to property that the principal has when the power of attorney is executed or acquires later, whether or not the property is located in this State and whether or not the authority is exercised or the power of attorney is executed in this State.
6. An act performed by an agent pursuant to a power of attorney has the same effect and inures to the benefit of and binds the principal and the principal’s successors in interest as if the principal had performed the act.
7. Except as otherwise expressly provided in a power of attorney, the authority of a principal to act on his or her own behalf continues after executing a power of attorney and any decision or instruction communicated by the principal supersedes any inconsistent decision or instruction communicated by an agent pursuant to a power of attorney.
(Added to NRS by 2009, 182; A 2019, 1738)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 162A - Power of Attorney for Financial Matters and Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care Decisions › NRS 162A.470 - Construction of authority generally.

Except as otherwise provided in the power of attorney, by executing a power of attorney that incorporates by reference a subject described in NRS 162A.200 to 162A.660, inclusive, or that grants to an agent authority to do all acts that a principal could do pursuant to this chapter, a principal authorizes the agent to:
1. Demand, receive and obtain, by litigation or otherwise, money or another thing of value to which the principal is, may become or claims to be entitled, and conserve, invest, disburse or use anything so received or obtained for the purposes intended;
2. Contract in any manner with any person, on terms agreeable to the agent, to accomplish a purpose of a transaction and perform, rescind, cancel, terminate, reform, restate, release or modify the contract or another contract made by or on behalf of the principal;
3. Execute, acknowledge, seal, deliver, file or record any instrument or communication the agent considers desirable to accomplish a purpose of a transaction, including creating at any time a schedule listing some or all of the principal’s property and attaching it to the power of attorney;
4. Initiate, participate in, submit to alternative dispute resolution, settle, oppose, propose or accept a compromise with respect to a claim existing in favor of or against the principal or intervene in litigation relating to the claim;
5. Seek on the principal’s behalf the assistance of a court or other governmental agency to carry out an act authorized in the power of attorney;
6. Engage, compensate and discharge an attorney, accountant, discretionary investment manager, expert witness or other advisor;
7. Prepare, execute and file a record, report or other document to safeguard or promote the principal’s interest under a statute or regulation;
8. Communicate with any representative or employee of a government or governmental subdivision, agency or instrumentality on behalf of the principal;
9. Access communications intended for, and communicate on behalf of, the principal, whether by mail, electronic transmission, telephone or other means; and
10. Do any lawful act with respect to the subject and all property related to the subject.
(Added to NRS by 2009, 183)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 162A - Power of Attorney for Financial Matters and Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care Decisions › NRS 162A.490 - Tangible personal property.

Unless the power of attorney otherwise provides, language in a power of attorney granting general authority with respect to tangible personal property authorizes:
1. The agent to demand, buy, receive, accept as a gift or as security for an extension of credit, or otherwise acquire or reject ownership or possession of tangible personal property or an interest in tangible personal property;
2. The agent to:
(a) Sell;
(b) Exchange;
(c) Convey with or without covenants, representations or warranties;
(d) Quitclaim;
(e) Release;
(f) Surrender;
(g) Create a security interest in;
(h) Grant options concerning;
(i) Lease;
(j) Sublease; or
(k) Otherwise dispose of,
tangible personal property or an interest in tangible personal property;
3. The agent to grant a security interest in tangible personal property or an interest in tangible personal property as security to borrow money or pay, renew or extend the time of payment of a debt of the principal or a debt guaranteed by the principal;
4. The agent to release, assign, satisfy or enforce by litigation or otherwise, a security interest, lien or other claim on behalf of the principal, with respect to tangible personal property or an interest in tangible personal property;
5. The agent to manage or conserve tangible personal property or an interest in tangible personal property on behalf of the principal, including:
(a) Insuring against liability or casualty or other loss;
(b) Obtaining or regaining possession of or protecting the property or interest, by litigation or otherwise;
(c) Paying, assessing, compromising or contesting taxes or assessments, or applying for and receiving refunds in connection with taxes or assessments;
(d) Moving the property from place to place;
(e) Storing the property for hire or on a gratuitous bailment; and
(f) Using and making repairs, alterations or improvements to the property; and
6. The agent to change the form of title of an interest in tangible personal property.
(Added to NRS by 2009, 185)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 162A - Power of Attorney for Financial Matters and Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care Decisions › NRS 162A.500 - Stocks and bonds.

Unless the power of attorney otherwise provides, language in a power of attorney granting general authority with respect to stocks and bonds authorizes the agent to:
1. Buy, sell and exchange stocks and bonds;
2. Establish, continue, modify or terminate an account with respect to stocks and bonds;
3. Pledge stocks and bonds as security to borrow, pay, renew or extend the time of payment of a debt of the principal;
4. Receive certificates and other evidences of ownership with respect to stocks and bonds; and
5. Exercise voting rights with respect to stocks and bonds in person or by proxy, enter into voting trusts and consent to limitations on the right to vote.
(Added to NRS by 2009, 186)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 162A - Power of Attorney for Financial Matters and Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care Decisions › NRS 162A.510 - Commodities and options.

Unless the power of attorney otherwise provides, language in a power of attorney granting general authority with respect to commodities and options authorizes the agent to:
1. Buy, sell, exchange, assign, settle and exercise commodity futures contracts and call or put options on stocks or stock indexes traded on a regulated option exchange; and
2. Establish, continue, modify and terminate option accounts.
(Added to NRS by 2009, 186)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 162A - Power of Attorney for Financial Matters and Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care Decisions › NRS 162A.520 - Banks and other financial institutions.

1. Unless the power of attorney otherwise provides, language in a power of attorney granting general authority with respect to banks and other financial institutions authorizes the agent to:
(a) Continue, modify and terminate an account or other banking arrangement made by or on behalf of the principal;
(b) Establish, modify and terminate an account or other banking arrangement with a bank, trust company, savings and loan association, savings bank, credit union, thrift company, brokerage firm or other financial institution selected by the agent;
(c) Contract for services available from a financial institution, including renting a safe deposit box or space in a vault;
(d) Withdraw, by check, order, electronic funds transfer or otherwise, money or property of the principal deposited with or left in the custody of a financial institution;
(e) Receive statements of account, vouchers, notices and similar documents from a financial institution and act with respect to them;
(f) Enter a safe deposit box or vault and withdraw or add to the contents;
(g) Borrow money and pledge as security personal property of the principal necessary to borrow money or pay, renew or extend the time of payment of a debt of the principal or a debt guaranteed by the principal;
(h) Make, assign, draw, endorse, discount, guarantee and negotiate promissory notes, checks, drafts and other negotiable or nonnegotiable paper of the principal or payable to the principal or the principal’s order, transfer money, receive the cash or other proceeds of those transactions, and accept a draft drawn by a person upon the principal and pay it when due;
(i) Receive for the principal and act upon a sight draft, warehouse receipt or other document of title whether tangible or electronic, or other negotiable or nonnegotiable instrument;
(j) Apply for, receive and use letters of credit, credit and debit cards, electronic transaction authorizations and traveler’s checks from a financial institution and give an indemnity or other agreement in connection with letters of credit; and
(k) Consent to an extension of the time of payment with respect to commercial paper or a financial transaction with a financial institution.
2. An agent who is not the spouse of the principal must not be listed on any account as a cosigner with right of survivorship, but must be listed on the account solely as power of attorney.
(Added to NRS by 2009, 186)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 162A - Power of Attorney for Financial Matters and Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care Decisions › NRS 162A.540 - Insurance and annuities.

Unless the power of attorney otherwise provides, language in a power of attorney granting general authority with respect to insurance and annuities authorizes the agent to:
1. Continue, pay the premium or make a contribution on, modify, exchange, rescind, release or terminate a contract procured by or on behalf of the principal which insures or provides an annuity to either the principal or another person, whether or not the principal is a beneficiary under the contract;
2. Procure new, different and additional contracts of insurance and annuities for the principal and the principal’s spouse, children and other dependents, select the amount, type of insurance or annuity, and mode of payment and name one or more beneficiaries in accordance with the principal’s established estate plan and any restrictions to designate beneficiaries contained within the power of attorney;
3. Pay the premium or make a contribution on, modify, exchange, rescind, release or terminate a contract of insurance or annuity procured by the agent;
4. Apply for and receive a loan secured by a contract of insurance or annuity;
5. Surrender and receive the cash surrender value on a contract of insurance or annuity;
6. Exercise an election;
7. Exercise investment powers available under a contract of insurance or annuity;
8. Change the manner of paying premiums on a contract of insurance or annuity;
9. Change or convert the type of insurance or annuity with respect to which the principal has or claims to have authority described in this section;
10. Apply for and procure a benefit or assistance under a statute or regulation to guarantee or pay premiums of a contract of insurance on the life of the principal;
11. Collect, sell, assign, hypothecate, borrow against or pledge the interest of the principal in a contract of insurance or annuity;
12. Select the form and timing of the payment of proceeds from a contract of insurance or annuity; and
13. Pay, from proceeds or otherwise, compromise or contest, and apply for refunds in connection with, a tax or assessment levied by a taxing authority with respect to a contract of insurance or annuity or its proceeds or liability accruing by reason of the tax or assessment.
(Added to NRS by 2009, 188)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 162A - Power of Attorney for Financial Matters and Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care Decisions › NRS 162A.550 - Estates, trusts and other beneficial interests.

1. Unless the power of attorney otherwise provides, language in a power of attorney granting general authority with respect to estates, trusts and other beneficial interests authorizes the agent to:
(a) Accept, receive, receipt for, sell, assign, pledge or exchange a share in or payment from the fund;
(b) Demand or obtain money or another thing of value to which the principal is, may become or claims to be entitled by reason of the fund, by litigation or otherwise;
(c) Exercise for the benefit of the principal a presently exercisable general power of appointment held by the principal;
(d) Initiate, participate in, submit to alternative dispute resolution, settle, oppose, propose or accept a compromise with respect to litigation to ascertain the meaning, validity or effect of a deed, will, declaration of trust, or other instrument or transaction affecting the interest of the principal;
(e) Initiate, participate in, submit to alternative dispute resolution, settle, oppose, propose or accept a compromise with respect to litigation to remove, substitute or surcharge a fiduciary;
(f) Conserve, invest, disburse or use anything received for an authorized purpose; and
(g) Transfer an interest of the principal in real property, stocks and bonds, accounts with financial institutions or securities intermediaries, insurance, annuities and other property to the trustee of a revocable trust created by the principal as settlor or grantor.
2. As used in this section, "estates, trusts and other beneficial interests" means a trust, probate estate, escrow, custodianship or fund from which the principal is, may become or claims to be entitled to a share or payment.
(Added to NRS by 2009, 189)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 162A - Power of Attorney for Financial Matters and Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care Decisions › NRS 162A.560 - Claims and litigation.

Unless the power of attorney otherwise provides, language in a power of attorney granting general authority with respect to claims and litigation authorizes the agent to:
1. Assert and maintain before a court or administrative agency a claim, claim for relief, cause of action, counterclaim, offset, recoupment or defense, including an action to recover property or other thing of value, recover damages sustained by the principal, eliminate or modify tax liability, or seek an injunction, specific performance or other relief;
2. Bring an action to determine adverse claims or intervene or otherwise participate in litigation;
3. Seek an attachment, garnishment, order of arrest or other preliminary, provisional or intermediate relief and use an available procedure to effect or satisfy a judgment, order or decree;
4. Make or accept a tender, offer of judgment or admission of facts, submit a controversy on an agreed statement of facts, consent to examination and bind the principal in litigation;
5. Submit to alternative dispute resolution, settle, and propose or accept a compromise;
6. Waive the issuance and service of process upon the principal, accept service of process, appear for the principal, designate persons upon which process directed to the principal may be served, execute and file or deliver stipulations on the principal’s behalf, verify pleadings, seek appellate review, procure and give surety and indemnity bonds, contract and pay for the preparation and printing of records and briefs, and receive, execute and file or deliver a consent, waiver, release, confession of judgment, satisfaction of judgment, notice, agreement or other instrument in connection with the prosecution, settlement or defense of a claim or litigation;
7. Act for the principal with respect to bankruptcy or insolvency, whether voluntary or involuntary, concerning the principal or some other person, or with respect to a reorganization, receivership or application for the appointment of a receiver or trustee which affects an interest of the principal in property or other thing of value;
8. Pay a judgment, award or order against the principal or a settlement made in connection with a claim or litigation; and
9. Receive money or other thing of value paid in settlement of or as proceeds of a claim or litigation.
(Added to NRS by 2009, 189)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 162A - Power of Attorney for Financial Matters and Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care Decisions › NRS 162A.570 - Personal and family maintenance.

Unless the power of attorney otherwise provides, language in a power of attorney granting general authority with respect to personal and family maintenance authorizes the agent to perform the acts necessary to maintain the customary standard of living of the principal, including, but not limited to, authorizing the agent to:
1. Make periodic payments of child support and other family maintenance required by a court or governmental agency or an agreement to which the principal is a party;
2. Provide normal domestic help, usual vacations and travel expenses, and funds for shelter, clothing, food, appropriate education, including postsecondary and vocational education, and other current living costs for the principal;
3. Pay expenses for necessary health care and custodial care on behalf of the principal;
4. Act as the principal’s personal representative pursuant to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, Public Law 104-191, as amended, and applicable regulations, in making decisions related to the past, present or future payment for the provision of health care consented to by the principal or anyone authorized under the law of this State to consent to health care on behalf of the principal;
5. Continue any provision made by the principal for automobiles or other means of transportation, including registering, licensing, insuring and replacing them;
6. Maintain credit and debit accounts for the convenience of the principal and open new accounts; and
7. Continue payments incidental to the membership or affiliation of the principal in a religious institution, club, society, order or other organization or to continue contributions to those organizations.
(Added to NRS by 2009, 190)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 162A - Power of Attorney for Financial Matters and Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care Decisions › NRS 162A.580 - Benefits from governmental programs or civil or military service.

1. Unless the power of attorney otherwise provides, language in a power of attorney granting general authority with respect to benefits from governmental programs or civil or military service authorizes the agent to:
(a) Enroll in, apply for, select, reject, change, amend or discontinue, on the principal’s behalf, a benefit or program;
(b) Prepare, file and maintain a claim of the principal for a benefit or assistance, financial or otherwise, to which the principal may be entitled under a statute or regulation;
(c) Initiate, participate in, submit to alternative dispute resolution, settle, oppose, propose or accept a compromise with respect to litigation concerning any benefit or assistance the principal may be entitled to receive under a statute or regulation;
(d) Receive the financial proceeds of a claim, and conserve, invest, disburse or use for a lawful purpose anything so received;
(e) Execute vouchers in the name of the principal for allowances and reimbursements payable by the United States or a foreign government or by a state or subdivision of a state to the principal, including allowances and reimbursements for transportation and for shipment of household effects; and
(f) Take possession and order the removal and shipment of property of the principal from a post, warehouse, depot, dock or other place of storage or safekeeping, either governmental or private, and execute and deliver a release, voucher, receipt, bill of lading, shipping ticket, certificate or other instrument for that purpose.
2. As used in this section, "benefits from governmental programs or civil or military service" means any benefit, program or assistance provided under a statute or regulation including Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.
(Added to NRS by 2009, 191)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 162A - Power of Attorney for Financial Matters and Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care Decisions › NRS 162A.590 - Retirement plans.

1. Unless the power of attorney otherwise provides, language in a power of attorney granting general authority with respect to retirement plans authorizes the agent to:
(a) Select the form and timing of payments under a retirement plan and withdraw benefits from a plan;
(b) Make a rollover, including a direct trustee-to-trustee rollover, of benefits from one retirement plan to another;
(c) Establish a retirement plan in the principal’s name and name one or more beneficiaries in accordance with the principal’s established estate plan and any restrictions to designate beneficiaries contained within the power of attorney;
(d) Make contributions to a retirement plan;
(e) Exercise investment powers available under a retirement plan; and
(f) Borrow from, sell assets to or purchase assets from a retirement plan.
2. As used in this section, "retirement plan" means a plan or account created by an employer, the principal or another individual to provide retirement benefits or deferred compensation of which the principal is a participant, beneficiary or owner, including a plan or account under the following sections of the Internal Revenue Code:
(a) An individual retirement account under section 408 of the Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C. § 408, as amended;
(b) A Roth individual retirement account under section 408A of the Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C. § 408A, as amended;
(c) A deemed individual retirement account under section 408(q) of the Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C. § 408(q), as amended;
(d) An annuity or mutual fund custodial account under section 403(b) of the Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C. § 403(b), as amended;
(e) A pension, profit-sharing, stock bonus or other retirement plan qualified under section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C. § 401(a), as amended;
(f) A plan under section 457(b) of the Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C. § 457(b), as amended; and
(g) A nonqualified deferred compensation plan under section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C. § 409A, as amended.
(Added to NRS by 2009, 191)