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NRS 159.0753

Requirements; form; Secretary of State to make form available; regulations

Known as the Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act

The act spans §§ 159–159 (203 sections).

(Added to NRS by 2017, 4358; A 2019, 32, 419, 1730; 2021, 978)

1. Any person who wishes to request to nominate another person to be appointed as his or her guardian may do so:

(a) If nominating a guardian of the estate, pursuant to NRS 162A.250;

(b) If nominating a guardian of the person, pursuant to NRS 162A.800; or

(c) By completing a form requesting to nominate a guardian in accordance with this section.

2. A form requesting to nominate a guardian pursuant to this section must be:

(a) Signed by the person requesting to nominate a guardian;

(b) Signed by two impartial adult witnesses who have no interest, financial or otherwise, in the estate of the person requesting to nominate a guardian and who attest that the person has the mental capacity to understand and execute the form; and

(c) Notarized.

3. A request to nominate a guardian pursuant to this section may be in substantially the following form, and must be witnessed and executed in the same manner as the following form:

4. The Secretary of State shall make the form established in subsection 3 available on the Internet website of the Secretary of State.

5. The Secretary of State may adopt any regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this section.

Official source: Nevada Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Nevada statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.