Nevada Revised Statutes 253.0415 – Duties in administering estate; estates that administrator or certain other persons are not to administer; transporting property of decedent in smaller counties
1. The public administrator or the person employed or contracted with pursuant to NRS 253.125, as applicable, shall:
Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 253.0415
- Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
- county: includes Carson City. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.033
- Decedent: A deceased person.
- Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
- Intestate: Dying without leaving a will.
- Joint tenancy: A form of property ownership in which two or more parties hold an undivided interest in the same property that was conveyed under the same instrument at the same time. A joint tenant can sell his (her) interest but not dispose of it by will. Upon the death of a joint tenant, his (her) undivided interest is distributed among the surviving joint tenants.
- Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
- 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
- population: means the number of people in a specified area as determined by the last preceding national decennial census conducted by the Bureau of the Census of the United States Department of Commerce pursuant to Section 2 of Article I of the Constitution of the United States and reported by the Secretary of Commerce to the Governor pursuant to 13 U. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.050
(a) Investigate:
(1) The financial status of any decedent for whom he or she has been requested to serve as administrator to determine the assets and liabilities of the estate.
(2) Whether there is any qualified person who is willing and able to serve as administrator of the estate of an intestate decedent to determine whether he or she is eligible to serve in that capacity.
(3) Whether there are beneficiaries named on any asset of the estate or whether any deed upon death executed pursuant to NRS 111.655 to 111.699, inclusive, is on file with the county recorder.
(b) Except as otherwise provided in NRS 253.0403 and 253.0425, petition the court for letters of administration of the estate of an intestate decedent if, after investigation, the public administrator or the person employed or contracted with pursuant to NRS 253.125, as applicable, finds that there is no other qualified person having a prior right who is willing and able to serve.
(c) Upon court order, act as administrator of the estate of an intestate decedent, regardless of the amount of assets in the estate of the decedent if no other qualified person is willing and able to serve.
2. The public administrator or a person employed or contracted with pursuant to NRS 253.125, as applicable, shall not administer any estate:
(a) Held in joint tenancy unless all joint tenants are deceased; or
(b) For which a deed upon death has been executed pursuant to NRS 111.655 to 111.699, inclusive.
3. In a county whose population is less than 100,000, the board of county commissioners may, by ordinance, require the public administrator or the person employed or contracted with pursuant to NRS 253.125, as applicable, to notify or obtain approval from the board of county commissioners before transporting outside the county any property of a decedent for whose estate the public administrator or person serves as administrator.
4. As used in this section, ‘intestate decedent’ means a person who has died without leaving a valid will, trust or other estate plan.