1. If a petition for revocation is filed, notice must be given as in the case of an original petition, and the petitioner shall serve a citation on the administrator to appear and answer the petition at the time appointed for the hearing. The citation must be served on the administrator in accordance with NRS 155.050 at least 10 days before the date of the hearing.
2. At the time appointed, upon proof that the citation, together with a copy of the petition, has been duly served and notice given as required in subsection 1, the court shall take evidence upon the petition, and if the right of the petitioner is established, and the petitioner is qualified, letters of administration must be granted to him or her and the letters of the former administrator revoked. The former administrator shall promptly file an accounting in accordance with NRS 150.080.
[63:107:1941; 1931 NCL § 9882.63]—(NRS A 1999, 2275)
Structure Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 139 - Appointment of Administrators
NRS 139.030 - Surviving partner.
NRS 139.040 - Order of priority for right to appointment; priority of nominee.
NRS 139.060 - Relatives of whole blood preferred to those of half blood.
NRS 139.070 - Discretion of the court.
NRS 139.080 - Failure to claim letters.
NRS 139.090 - Contents of petition; effect of defect.
NRS 139.100 - Clerk to set petition for hearing; notice of hearing.
NRS 139.110 - Right of contest: Filing of counterpetition; notice and hearing.
NRS 139.120 - Facts to be proved.
NRS 139.130 - Entry in minutes or written order conclusive evidence of notice.
NRS 139.140 - Right of person with priority to petition for revocation and reissuance of letters.