Nevada Revised Statutes 253.091 – Reports to and investigations by board of county commissioners; independent audit reports in smaller counties
1. The board of county commissioners shall:
Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 253.091
- Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
- county: includes Carson City. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.033
- 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) Establish regulations for the form of any reports made by the public administrator or a person employed or contracted with pursuant to NRS 253.125, as applicable.
(b) Review reports submitted to the board by the public administrator or a person employed or contracted with pursuant to NRS 253.125, as applicable.
(c) Investigate any complaint received by the board against the public administrator or a person employed or contracted with pursuant to NRS 253.125 and take any appropriate action it deems necessary to resolve the complaint.
2. The board of county commissioners may at any time investigate any estate for which the public administrator or a person employed or contracted with pursuant to NRS 253.125, as applicable, is serving as administrator.
3. In a county whose population is less than 100,000, the board of county commissioners may, by ordinance, require that, on or before March 1 of each year, the public administrator or person employed or contracted with pursuant to NRS 253.125, as applicable, submit to the board of county commissioners an independent audit report prepared by a certified public accountant of the records and office of the public administrator, or the records of the person, as applicable. The ordinance must:
(a) Provide that each such audit report cover the period starting January 1 of the previous calendar year and ending December 31 of the previous calendar year.
(b) Prescribe who is responsible for paying the costs of the audit.