1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, if a deceased member of the Judicial Retirement Plan had 2 years of creditable service in the 2 1/2 years immediately preceding the member’s death, or if the employee had 10 or more years of creditable service, certain of his or her dependents are eligible for payments as provided in NRS 1A.530 to 1A.670, inclusive. If the death of the member resulted from a mental or physical condition which required the member to leave his or her position as a justice of the Supreme Court, judge of the Court of Appeals, district judge, justice of the peace or municipal judge or go on leave without pay, eligibility pursuant to the provisions of this section extends for 18 months after the member’s termination or commencement of leave without pay.
2. If the death of a member of the Judicial Retirement Plan occurs while the member is on leave of absence for further training and if the member met the requirements of subsection 1 at the time his or her leave began, certain of the member’s dependents are eligible for payments as provided in subsection 1.
3. If the death of a member of the Judicial Retirement Plan is caused by an occupational disease or an accident or motor vehicle crash arising out of and in the course of the member’s employment, no prior creditable service is required to make the member’s dependents eligible for payments pursuant to NRS 1A.530 to 1A.670, inclusive, except that this subsection does not apply to an accident or motor vehicle crash occurring while the member is traveling between the member’s home and his or her principal place of employment.
4. As used in this section, "dependent" includes a survivor beneficiary designated pursuant to NRS 1A.620.
(Added to NRS by 2001 Special Session, 84; A 2005, 999; 2013, 1726; 2015, 1655)
Structure Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 1A - Judicial Retirement
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.110 - Limitations on review and copying of records; waiver.
NRS 1A.150 - False statement or certification; withholding of information.
NRS 1A.160 - Judicial Retirement Fund: Establishment; policy; sources; payments.
NRS 1A.170 - Administration and investment of Judicial Retirement Fund.
NRS 1A.200 - Judicial Retirement Administrative Fund; administrative fees.
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.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.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.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.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.550 - "Dependent parent" defined.
NRS 1A.555 - "Domestic partner" defined.
NRS 1A.560 - "Spouse" defined.
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.660 - Payments to dependent parents; conditions.
NRS 1A.670 - Limitation on and reduction of amount of monthly allowance.