Nevada Revised Statutes 253.150 – Establishment of office by county commissioners; appointment, designation or contract; compensation
1. The board of county commissioners of each county shall establish the office of public guardian.
Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 253.150
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- county: includes Carson City. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.033
- Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
- Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
- Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
- 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.
- 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 Nevada Revised Statutes 0.050
- Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
2. The board of county commissioners shall:
(a) Appoint a public guardian, who serves at the pleasure of the board, for a term of 4 years from the day of appointment;
(b) Designate an elected or appointed county officer as ex officio public guardian;
(c) Pursuant to the mechanism set forth in NRS 244.1507, designate another county officer to execute the powers and duties of the public guardian;
(d) Except in a county whose population is 100,000 or more, contract with a private professional guardian to act as public guardian; or
(e) Contract with the board of county commissioners of a neighboring county in the same judicial district to designate as public guardian the public guardian of the neighboring county.
3. The compensation of a public guardian appointed or designated pursuant to subsection 2 must be fixed by the board of county commissioners and paid out of the county general fund.
4. As used in this section, ‘private professional guardian’ has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 159.024 and 159A.024, except that the term does not include:
(a) A banking corporation, as defined in NRS 657.016, or an organization permitted to act as a fiduciary pursuant to NRS 662.245 if it is appointed as guardian of an estate only.
(b) A trust company, as defined in NRS 669.070.
(c) A court-appointed attorney licensed to practice law in this State.
(d) A trustee under a deed of trust.
(e) A fiduciary under a court trust.