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§ 253.170 — Vacancy

Nevada § 253.170
JurisdictionNevada
Title 20COUNTIES AND TOWNSHIPS: FORMATION, GOVERNMENT
Ch. 253Public
PUBLIC GUARDIANS

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Nev. Rev. Stat. § 253.170 (2026).

Text

1.If a vacancy occurs in the office of public guardian before the expiration of a normal term, the vacancy shall be filled promptly by the board of county commissioners.
2.The board of county commissioners may designate any qualified person to serve as acting public guardian until a vacancy in such office is filled.

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Legislative History

(Added to NRS by 1977, 486 ; A 2003, 805 )

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Deputies: Appointment; oath; recording of appointment; liability of public administrator; qualifications; exception
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Authority to administer estates; application for letters of administration; bond
§ 253.0403
Administration of estate in which gross value of decedent’s property does not exceed $25,000
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Circumstances under which public administrator or certain other person may secure and administer assets of estate; access by other persons to property of estate
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Authority and procedure for donation or destruction of certain property of estate
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Duties in administering estate; estates that administrator or certain other persons are not to administer; transporting property of decedent in smaller counties
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Investigatory powers
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Administration of or petition to set aside estate after investigation of gross value
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General powers; exception
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Payment for expenses incurred in performance of duties; exception
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Compensation
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Applicability of rules and laws governing other administrators and executors
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Officers and other persons to furnish information
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