NRS156.160. Hearing; appointment of administrator or executor; time fixed when person became missing; finding concerning death.

      1.  The court shall hear all evidence in support of or in opposition to the petition provided for in NRS 156.140, and, if satisfied that the allegations thereof are true, and that the missing person has remained missing for a continuous period of 3 years or more and that his or her whereabouts is unknown, shall appoint some qualified person as administrator or executor in the manner provided in this title for the estates of deceased persons.

      2.  If the court grants the order, it shall:

      (a) Fix and determine the time when the person left his or her last place of residence and abode and became missing and that the person’s whereabouts has not been known continuously for a period of at least 3 years; and

      (b) Make a finding stating the fact and date of death.

      3.  At the hearing the court may consider the testimony of any witnesses likely to know the last place of residence and whereabouts of the missing person, and may receive in evidence and consider the affidavits and depositions of other competent persons.

      (Added to NRS by 1959, 507; A 1991, 965)