§ 253.010 Election; term of office; qualifications; certain county officers ex officio public administrators; exceptions
§ 253.020 Oath and bond
§ 253.025 Deputies: Appointment; oath; recording of appointment; liability of public administrator; qualifications; exception
§ 253.040 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
§ 253.0405 Circumstances under which public administrator or certain other person may secure and administer assets of estate; access by other persons to property of estate
§ 253.0407 Authority and procedure for donation or destruction of certain property of estate
§ 253.0415 Duties in administering estate; estates that administrator or certain other persons are not to administer; transporting property of decedent in smaller counties
§ 253.042 Investigatory powers
§ 253.0425 Administration of or petition to set aside estate after investigation of gross value
§ 253.0435 General powers; exception
§ 253.0447 Payment for expenses incurred in performance of duties; exception
§ 253.050 Compensation
§ 253.060 Applicability of rules and laws governing other administrators and executors
§ 253.070 Officers and other persons to furnish information
§ 253.080 Institution and maintenance of actions
§ 253.091 Reports to and investigations by board of county commissioners; independent audit reports in smaller counties
§ 253.110 Prohibition against interest in expenditures
§ 253.120 Expiration of term, employment or contract: Surrender of books and papers; successor administrator or other person
§ 253.125 Abolishment of office of public administrator in county whose population is less than 100,000
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Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes > Chapter 253 > Public Administration of Estates

  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • 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.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
  • Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury 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.
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • 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
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • 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
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.