Nevada Revised Statutes Title 20. Counties and Townships: Formation, Government and Officers § 253.200. Qualifications of person for whom public guardian may be appointed; petition for appointment; accounting and report to be filed by temporary guardian in certain circumstances

1. A resident of Nevada is eligible to have the public guardian of the county in which he or she resides appointed as his or her temporary individual guardian pursuant to NRS 159.0523 or 159.0525 or to mitigate the risk of financial harm to a proposed protected minor pursuant to NRS 159A.053.

2. An adult resident of Nevada is eligible to have the public guardian of a county appointed as his or her permanent or general individual guardian if the proposed protected person is a resident of that county and:

3. A person qualified pursuant to subsection 1 or 2, or anyone on his or her behalf, may petition the district court of the county in which he or she resides to make the appointment.

4. Before a petition for the appointment of the public guardian as a guardian may be filed pursuant to subsection 3, a copy of the petition and copies of all accompanying documents to be filed must be delivered to the public guardian or a deputy public guardian.

5. Any petition for the appointment of the public guardian as a guardian filed pursuant to subsection 3 must include a statement signed by the public guardian or deputy public guardian and in substantially the following form:

The undersigned is the Public Guardian or a Deputy Public Guardian of __________ County. The undersigned certifies that he or she has received a copy of this petition and all accompanying documents to be filed with the court.

6. A petition for the appointment of the public guardian as permanent or general guardian must be filed separately from a petition for the appointment of a temporary guardian.

7. If a person other than the public guardian served as temporary guardian before the appointment of the public guardian as permanent or general guardian, the temporary guardian must file an accounting and report with the court in which the petition for the appointment of a public guardian was filed within 30 days of the appointment of the public guardian as permanent or general guardian.

8. In addition to NRS 159.099 and 159A.099, a county is not liable on any written or oral contract entered into by the public guardian of the county for or on behalf of a protected person.

9. For the purposes of this section:

10. As used in this section, “nominated person” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 159.0613.