1. The board of county commissioners shall:
(a) Establish regulations for the form of any reports made by the public administrator or a person employed or contracted with pursuant to NRS 253.125, as applicable.
(b) Review reports submitted to the board by the public administrator or a person employed or contracted with pursuant to NRS 253.125, as applicable.
(c) Investigate any complaint received by the board against the public administrator or a person employed or contracted with pursuant to NRS 253.125 and take any appropriate action it deems necessary to resolve the complaint.
2. The board of county commissioners may at any time investigate any estate for which the public administrator or a person employed or contracted with pursuant to NRS 253.125, as applicable, is serving as administrator.
3. In a county whose population is less than 100,000, the board of county commissioners may, by ordinance, require that, on or before March 1 of each year, the public administrator or person employed or contracted with pursuant to NRS 253.125, as applicable, submit to the board of county commissioners an independent audit report prepared by a certified public accountant of the records and office of the public administrator, or the records of the person, as applicable. The ordinance must:
(a) Provide that each such audit report cover the period starting January 1 of the previous calendar year and ending December 31 of the previous calendar year.
(b) Prescribe who is responsible for paying the costs of the audit.
(Added to NRS by 1979, 992; A 2007, 2489; 2015, 1914; 2019, 1542)
Structure Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 253 - Public Administration of Estates and Public Guardians
NRS 253.040 - Authority to administer estates; application for letters of administration; bond.
NRS 253.0407 - Authority and procedure for donation or destruction of certain property of estate.
NRS 253.042 - Investigatory powers.
NRS 253.0425 - Administration of or petition to set aside estate after investigation of gross value.
NRS 253.0435 - General powers; exception.
NRS 253.0447 - Payment for expenses incurred in performance of duties; exception.
NRS 253.060 - Applicability of rules and laws governing other administrators and executors.
NRS 253.070 - Officers and other persons to furnish information.
NRS 253.080 - Institution and maintenance of actions.
NRS 253.110 - Prohibition against interest in expenditures.
NRS 253.180 - Subordinates, consultants and assistants.
NRS 253.210 - Powers, duties, rights and responsibilities.
NRS 253.215 - Legal assistance.
NRS 253.230 - Allocation of costs incurred in appointment proceedings and administrative costs.
NRS 253.245 - Reports and budgets to and investigations by board of county commissioners.