Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 1A - Judicial Retirement
NRS 1A.460 - Optional plans: Death of beneficiary; change of selection; effective date of termination or adjustment of allowance.


1. If a member of the Judicial Retirement Plan enters retirement status under one of the optional plans described in NRS 1A.450 and the designated beneficiary predeceases the retired justice or judge, the monthly retirement allowance must be automatically adjusted to the unmodified retirement allowance provided in NRS 1A.440.
2. A retired justice or judge may not change the selected option or designated beneficiary after the effective date of retirement except as otherwise provided in subsection 3 of this section and subsection 3 of NRS 1A.370.
3. A retired justice or judge may cancel the selected option and designation of beneficiary and revert to the unmodified retirement allowance. The retired justice or judge shall make this election by written designation, acknowledged and filed with the Board. The written election must be accompanied by a written, notarized acknowledgment of the change by the beneficiary if the beneficiary is the spouse of the retired justice or judge. The election to cancel a selected option and revert to the unmodified allowance does not abrogate any obligation of the retired justice or judge respecting community property.
4. The termination or adjustment of a monthly retirement allowance resulting from the death of a justice or judge or beneficiary must not become effective until the first day of the month immediately following the death of the retired justice or judge or beneficiary.
(Added to NRS by 2001 Special Session, 79; A 2005, 2069)

Structure Nevada Revised Statutes

Nevada Revised Statutes

Chapter 1A - Judicial Retirement

NRS 1A.010 - Definitions.

NRS 1A.020 - "Board" defined.

NRS 1A.030 - "Compensation" defined.

NRS 1A.040 - "Disability retirement allowance" defined.

NRS 1A.050 - "Judicial Retirement Plan" defined.

NRS 1A.060 - "Retired justice or judge" defined.

NRS 1A.070 - "Service" defined.

NRS 1A.080 - "Service retirement allowance" defined.

NRS 1A.090 - "System" defined.

NRS 1A.100 - Judicial Retirement System: Establishment; public inspection of records; administration by Public Employees’ Retirement Board; legislative review.

NRS 1A.110 - Limitations on review and copying of records; waiver.

NRS 1A.120 - Right to benefits not subject to taxes, process, bankruptcy, assignment or assessment for impairment or insolvency of insurance company; exceptions.

NRS 1A.130 - Application for allowances for service retirement or disability retirement; effective date of retirement; rights of present or former spouse; System exempted from liability for false designation of marital status by member or justice or...

NRS 1A.140 - Person convicted of murder or voluntary manslaughter of member of System ineligible to receive benefits.

NRS 1A.150 - False statement or certification; withholding of information.

NRS 1A.155 - Forfeiture of rights and benefits upon conviction of or plea of guilty or nolo contendere to certain felonies; return of contributions; applicability.

NRS 1A.160 - Judicial Retirement Fund: Establishment; policy; sources; payments.

NRS 1A.170 - Administration and investment of Judicial Retirement Fund.

NRS 1A.190 - Transfer of unpaid check for benefits or refund to Judicial Retirement Fund; claim for payment of money; period of limitation.

NRS 1A.200 - Judicial Retirement Administrative Fund; administrative fees.

NRS 1A.210 - Fund to pay accrued benefits that are not payable because of certain limitations; benefits paid from fund.

NRS 1A.220 - System managed by Public Employees’ Retirement Board; general powers and duties of Board.

NRS 1A.230 - Actuarial assumptions used in computing benefits: Availability; changes prohibited.

NRS 1A.240 - Persons receiving benefits from System entitled to cost-of-living increases.

NRS 1A.250 - Administration of accounts of members and recipients of benefits.

NRS 1A.260 - Conditions for membership in System.

NRS 1A.270 - Membership of Supreme Court justices, judges of the Court of Appeals and district judges who are elected, reelected or appointed on or after November 5, 2002; membership of Supreme Court justices and district judges who are serving on No...

NRS 1A.280 - Withdrawal from Public Employees’ Retirement System to become member of Judicial Retirement Plan; transfer of liability and service; re-establishment of service prohibited; restriction on benefits.

NRS 1A.285 - Membership of justices of the peace and municipal judges; withdrawal from Public Employees’ Retirement System to become member of Judicial Retirement Plan; transfer of liability and service; re-establishment of service prohibited; restri...

NRS 1A.290 - Termination of membership; rights of justices or judges who have retired.

NRS 1A.300 - Establishment; members; benefits.

NRS 1A.310 - Purchase of credit for service: Requirements; sources; installments.

NRS 1A.312 - Contributions to Judicial Retirement Fund; adjustment of contribution rate.

NRS 1A.314 - Amount of contribution by members of Plan; deduction from payroll; return of contributions.

NRS 1A.320 - Service credit: Commencement; termination.

NRS 1A.330 - Service credited in another system ineligible; exception.

NRS 1A.340 - Time of vesting; vesting of benefits upon termination of System.

NRS 1A.350 - Eligibility: Age and service; reduction of benefit for retirement before required age.

NRS 1A.360 - Employment of retired justice or judge: Consequences; payment of contributions for justice or judge who does not enroll in Plan.

NRS 1A.370 - Employment of retired justice or judge: Enrollment in Plan; rights of membership; accrual of credit for service; benefits for survivor.

NRS 1A.390 - Limitation on distributions to members.

NRS 1A.400 - Limitation on compensation used to determine retirement benefit.

NRS 1A.410 - Limitations on benefits and contributions.

NRS 1A.420 - Prohibition against applying forfeitures to increase benefits.

NRS 1A.430 - Consent of spouse to retirement plan of member.

NRS 1A.440 - Determination of monthly allowance for service retirement.

NRS 1A.450 - Optional plans: Alternatives to unmodified allowance for service retirement.

NRS 1A.460 - Optional plans: Death of beneficiary; change of selection; effective date of termination or adjustment of allowance.

NRS 1A.470 - Optional deduction from benefits for payment of premium or contribution for group insurance or other obligations; regulations; exemption of Executive Officer, Board and System from liability for errors or omissions.

NRS 1A.480 - Disability retirement allowance: Eligibility; calculation of amount; beneficiaries; effective date of termination or adjustment of allowance.

NRS 1A.490 - Disability retirement allowance: Applicability of certain provisions.

NRS 1A.500 - Disability retirement allowance: Cancellation.

NRS 1A.510 - Disability retirement allowance: Consequences of employment of recipient.

NRS 1A.520 - Payment of allowance or benefit to alternate payee pursuant to domestic relations order.

NRS 1A.530 - Definitions.

NRS 1A.540 - "Child" defined.

NRS 1A.550 - "Dependent parent" defined.

NRS 1A.555 - "Domestic partner" defined.

NRS 1A.560 - "Spouse" defined.

NRS 1A.570 - Eligibility.

NRS 1A.580 - Payments to child of deceased member.

NRS 1A.590 - Payments to spouse of deceased member.

NRS 1A.600 - Payments to spouse of deceased member who had 10 or more years of creditable service.

NRS 1A.610 - Payments to spouse if deceased member was eligible to retire.

NRS 1A.615 - Payments to spouse of deceased member killed in course of judicial service.

NRS 1A.620 - Designation of survivor beneficiary and additional payees by member.

NRS 1A.630 - Payments to survivor beneficiary of and to additional payees designated by deceased member.

NRS 1A.640 - Payments to survivor beneficiary of and to additional payees designated by deceased member who had 10 or more years of creditable service.

NRS 1A.650 - Payments to survivor beneficiary and to additional payees designated by deceased member if deceased member was eligible to retire.

NRS 1A.655 - Payments to survivor beneficiary of deceased member killed in course of judicial service.

NRS 1A.660 - Payments to dependent parents; conditions.

NRS 1A.670 - Limitation on and reduction of amount of monthly allowance.