If the Nevada Lockbox is established pursuant to NRS 225.360:

Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 225.380

  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • person: means a natural person, any form of business or social organization and any other nongovernmental legal entity including, but not limited to, a corporation, partnership, association, trust or unincorporated organization. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.039

1.  Except as otherwise provided in this section, the Secretary of State shall not provide access to the lockbox of a registrant unless:

(a) The person requesting access provides the registration number and access code of the registrant;

(b) The Secretary of State determines that providing access to the lockbox is in the best interest of the registrant;

(c) Access to the lockbox is required pursuant to the lawful order of a court of competent jurisdiction;

(d) Access to the lockbox is requested by the registrant or his or her personal representative; or

(e) Access to the lockbox is requested by a court, hospital, law enforcement agency or other entity that needs to determine whether a person has designated a guardian. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the Secretary of State shall ensure that a person who needs access to the lockbox pursuant to this paragraph does not have access to any document contained in the lockbox other than a form requesting to nominate a guardian that is executed in accordance with NRS 159.0753.

2.  A court that requests access to the lockbox pursuant to paragraph (e) of subsection 1 may access any other document contained in the lockbox as is necessary to determine whether a person has made more than one designation of a guardian.

3.  A registrant or his or her personal representative may access the lockbox of the registrant for any purpose.

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