If the Nevada Lockbox is established pursuant to NRS 225.360:
1. A person who wishes to establish a lockbox and thereby register a will or other document in the Nevada Lockbox must submit to the Secretary of State:
(a) An application in the form prescribed by the Secretary of State;
(b) A copy of the will or other document to be registered; and
(c) The fee, if any, established by the Secretary of State pursuant to subsection 1 of NRS 225.410.
2. If the person satisfies the requirements of subsection 1, the Secretary of State shall:
(a) Make an electronic reproduction of the will or other document and post it within the registrant’s lockbox;
(b) Assign to the registrant a registration number and access code for the lockbox; and
(c) Provide to the registrant a registration card that includes, without limitation:
(1) The name of the registrant;
(2) The registration number assigned to the registrant pursuant to paragraph (b); and
(3) The access code assigned to the registrant pursuant to paragraph (b).
3. The Secretary of State shall establish procedures for, without limitation:
(a) The registration of a will or other document which replaces a will or other document that has been registered previously and posted within the Nevada Lockbox;
(b) The removal from the Nevada Lockbox of a will or other document that has been revoked at the request of the registrant; and
(c) The issuance of a duplicate registration card or the provision of other access by a registrant to his or her registration number and access code if a registration card issued pursuant to this section is lost, stolen, mutilated, destroyed or otherwise unavailable.
(Added to NRS by 2009, 1022; A 2017, 4364)
Structure Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 225 - Secretary of State
NRS 225.010 - Qualifications of Secretary of State.
NRS 225.020 - Election; term of office.
NRS 225.085 - Records: When deemed filed; retention; disposition; regulations.
NRS 225.095 - Immunity from liability for examination, acceptance or filing of certain documents.
NRS 225.100 - Duty to furnish certified copies of laws, records and instruments.
NRS 225.115 - Administration of oaths and affirmations.
NRS 225.120 - Biennial report.
NRS 225.140 - Fees: Imposition; regulations; posting of fee schedule.
NRS 225.150 - Deposit of fees.
NRS 225.155 - Disposition of excess payments.
NRS 225.163 - Petty cash account: Creation; use; replenishment.
NRS 225.165 - Secretary of State’s Trust Account for Advance Fees: Establishment; use; regulations.
NRS 225.170 - Securities Division: Creation; Administrator; legal counsel.
NRS 225.210 - "Advisory Committee" defined.
NRS 225.220 - "Participatory democracy" defined.
NRS 225.240 - Creation; composition; officers; staff; term of members; vacancies; allowances.
NRS 225.250 - Duties; authority to establish panel.
NRS 225.260 - Meetings; presiding officer; quorum.
NRS 225.310 - "Lockbox" defined.
NRS 225.320 - "Nevada Lockbox" defined.
NRS 225.330 - "Other document" defined.
NRS 225.340 - "Registrant" defined.
NRS 225.370 - Establishment of individual lockboxes within registry; duties of Secretary of State.
NRS 225.380 - Restrictions upon access to individual lockboxes within registry.
NRS 225.390 - Removal from registry of contents filed previously by registrant who is now deceased.
NRS 225.410 - Fees for registration; gifts, grants, bequests and contributions.
NRS 225.420 - Disposition and accounting of money.
NRS 225.430 - Immunity from liability for acts and omissions made in good faith.