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NRS 162A.010 - Definitions. - As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires,...
NRS 162A.020 - "Acknowledged" defined. - "Acknowledged" means purportedly verified before a notary public or other...
NRS 162A.030 - "Agent" defined. - "Agent" means a person granted authority to act for a...
NRS 162A.040 - "Durable" defined. - "Durable," with respect to a power of attorney, means not...
NRS 162A.050 - "Electronic" defined. - "Electronic" means relating to technology having electrical, digital, magnetic, wireless,...
NRS 162A.060 - "Good faith" defined. - "Good faith" means honesty in fact. (Added to NRS by...
NRS 162A.070 - "Incapacity" defined. - "Incapacity" means the inability of an individual to manage property...
NRS 162A.075 - "Nondurable" defined. - "Nondurable," with respect to a power of attorney, means terminated...
NRS 162A.080 - "Person" defined. - "Person" means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership,...
NRS 162A.090 - "Power of attorney" defined. - "Power of attorney" means a writing or other record that...
NRS 162A.100 - "Presently exercisable general power of appointment" defined. - "Presently exercisable general power of appointment," with respect to property...
NRS 162A.110 - "Principal" defined. - "Principal" means an individual who grants authority to an agent...
NRS 162A.120 - "Property" defined. - "Property" means anything that may be the subject of ownership,...
NRS 162A.130 - "Record" defined. - "Record" means information which is inscribed on a tangible medium...
NRS 162A.140 - "Sign" defined. - "Sign" means, with present intent to authenticate or adopt a...
NRS 162A.150 - "State" defined. - "State" means a state of the United States, the District...
NRS 162A.160 - "Stocks and bonds" defined. - "Stocks and bonds" means stocks, bonds, mutual funds, and all...
NRS 162A.200 - Applicability. - NRS 162A.200 to 162A.660, inclusive, apply to all powers of...
NRS 162A.210 - Power of attorney is durable; exceptions. - A power of attorney created under NRS 162A.200 to 162A.660,...
NRS 162A.220 - Execution of power of attorney; certification of competency of principal required under certain circumstances; certain persons not to be named as agent; exceptions; penalty for misuse of power of attorney. - 1. A power of attorney must be signed by the...
NRS 162A.230 - Validity of power of attorney. - 1. A power of attorney executed in this State on...
NRS 162A.240 - Meaning and effect of power of attorney. - The meaning and effect of a power of attorney is...
NRS 162A.250 - Nomination of guardian of estate; relation of agent to court-appointed guardian. - 1. In a power of attorney, a principal may nominate...
NRS 162A.260 - Time at which power of attorney is effective. - 1. A power of attorney is effective when executed unless...
NRS 162A.270 - Termination of power of attorney or authority of agent. - 1. A power of attorney terminates when: (a) The principal...
NRS 162A.280 - Co-agents and successor agents. - 1. A principal may designate two or more persons to...
NRS 162A.290 - Reimbursement of agent. - Unless the power of attorney otherwise provides, an agent is...
NRS 162A.300 - Agent’s acceptance of appointment. - Except as otherwise provided in the power of attorney, a...
NRS 162A.310 - Duties of agent. - 1. Notwithstanding provisions in the power of attorney, an agent...
NRS 162A.320 - Exoneration of agent. - A provision in a power of attorney relieving an agent...
NRS 162A.330 - Judicial relief. - 1. The following persons may petition a court to construe...
NRS 162A.340 - Liability of agent. - An agent that violates NRS 162A.200 to 162A.660, inclusive, is...
NRS 162A.350 - Resignation of agent; notice. - Unless the power of attorney provides a different method for...
NRS 162A.360 - Acceptance of and reliance upon acknowledged power of attorney. - 1. A person that in good faith accepts an acknowledged...
NRS 162A.370 - Liability for refusal to accept acknowledged power of attorney. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2: (a) A...
NRS 162A.380 - Principles of law and equity. - Unless displaced by a provision of NRS 162A.200 to 162A.660,...
NRS 162A.390 - Laws applicable to financial institutions and entities. - NRS 162A.200 to 162A.660, inclusive, does not supersede any other...
NRS 162A.400 - Remedies under other law. - The remedies under NRS 162A.200 to 162A.660, inclusive, are not...
NRS 162A.450 - Grant of specific authority. - 1. An agent under a power of attorney may do...
NRS 162A.460 - Grant of general authority; incorporation of authority; authority of principal to act continues after execution. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 162A.450, if a...
NRS 162A.470 - Construction of authority generally. - Except as otherwise provided in the power of attorney, by...
NRS 162A.480 - Real property. - 1. Unless the power of attorney otherwise provides, language in...
NRS 162A.490 - Tangible personal property. - Unless the power of attorney otherwise provides, language in a...
NRS 162A.500 - Stocks and bonds. - Unless the power of attorney otherwise provides, language in a...
NRS 162A.510 - Commodities and options. - Unless the power of attorney otherwise provides, language in a...
NRS 162A.520 - Banks and other financial institutions. - 1. Unless the power of attorney otherwise provides, language in...
NRS 162A.530 - Operation of entity or business. - Subject to the terms of a document or an agreement...
NRS 162A.540 - Insurance and annuities. - Unless the power of attorney otherwise provides, language in a...
NRS 162A.550 - Estates, trusts and other beneficial interests. - 1. Unless the power of attorney otherwise provides, language in...
NRS 162A.560 - Claims and litigation. - Unless the power of attorney otherwise provides, language in a...
NRS 162A.570 - Personal and family maintenance. - Unless the power of attorney otherwise provides, language in a...
NRS 162A.580 - Benefits from governmental programs or civil or military service. - 1. Unless the power of attorney otherwise provides, language in...
NRS 162A.590 - Retirement plans. - 1. Unless the power of attorney otherwise provides, language in...
NRS 162A.600 - Taxes. - Unless the power of attorney otherwise provides, language in a...
NRS 162A.610 - Gifts. - 1. Unless the power of attorney otherwise provides, an agent...
NRS 162A.620 - Power of attorney. - A document substantially in the following form may be used...
NRS 162A.650 - Uniformity of application and construction. - In applying and construing NRS 162A.200 to 162A.660, inclusive, consideration...
NRS 162A.660 - Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act. - NRS 162A.200 to 162A.660, inclusive, modifies, limits and supersedes the...
NRS 162A.700 - Applicability. - NRS 162A.700 to 162A.870, inclusive, apply to any power of...
NRS 162A.710 - Definitions. - As used in NRS 162A.700 to 162A.870, inclusive, unless the...
NRS 162A.720 - "Attending physician" defined. - "Attending physician" means the physician who has primary responsibility for...
NRS 162A.730 - "Declaration" defined. - "Declaration" means a writing executed in accordance with the requirements...
NRS 162A.740 - "Health care facility" defined. - "Health care facility" includes: 1. Any medical facility as defined...
NRS 162A.745 - "Intellectual disability" defined. - "Intellectual disability" means significantly subaverage general intellectual functioning existing concurrently...
NRS 162A.750 - "Life-sustaining treatment" defined. - "Life-sustaining treatment" means a medical procedure or intervention that, when...
NRS 162A.760 - "Provider of health care" defined. - "Provider of health care" has the meaning ascribed to it...
NRS 162A.770 - "Qualified patient" defined. - "Qualified patient" means a patient, 18 years of age or...
NRS 162A.780 - "Terminal condition" defined. - "Terminal condition" means an incurable and irreversible condition that cannot...
NRS 162A.790 - Execution of power of attorney; acknowledgment; witnesses; certification of competency required for certain principals; validity of power of attorney executed outside this State. - 1. Any adult person may execute a power of attorney...
NRS 162A.800 - Nomination of guardian of person; relation of agent to court-appointed guardian; duties of guardian. - 1. In a power of attorney for health care, a...
NRS 162A.810 - Time at which power of attorney is effective. - 1. A power of attorney for health care is effective...
NRS 162A.815 - Acceptance and reliance upon acknowledged power of attorney. - 1. A physician, an advanced practice registered nurse, a health...
NRS 162A.820 - Termination of power of attorney or authority of agent. - 1. A power of attorney for health care terminates when:...
NRS 162A.830 - Co-agents and successor agents. - 1. A principal may designate two or more persons to...
NRS 162A.840 - Persons not eligible for designation as agent. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a principal...
NRS 162A.850 - Agents: Prohibited acts; decisions concerning use or nonuse of life-sustaining treatment. - 1. The agent may not consent to: (a) Commitment or...
NRS 162A.860 - Power of attorney: Form. - Except as otherwise provided in NRS 162A.865 and 162A.870, the...
NRS 162A.865 - Power of attorney for adult with intellectual disability: Form. - 1. The form of a power of attorney for health...
NRS 162A.870 - Power of attorney for adult with dementia: Form. - 1. The form of a power of attorney for health...