Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 239A - Disclosure of Financial Information to Governmental Agencies
NRS 239A.077 - Provision of access to safe-deposit box to certain persons upon presentation of proof of death; costs and expenses.

Upon presentation of a death certificate, affidavit of death or other proof of death, a financial institution shall provide a public administrator or a person employed or contracted with pursuant to NRS 253.125, as applicable, with access to a safe-deposit box rented in the sole name of the decedent, or jointly owned with a predeceased person for whom proof of death has been provided, for the purpose of the inspection and removal of any will or instructions for disposition of the remains of the decedent. The estate of the decedent is responsible for any costs and expenses incurred by drilling or forcing open a safe-deposit box.
(Added to NRS by 2021, 992)

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