Senate Bill No. 112--Committee on Judiciary

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AN ACT relating to sureties; establishing the jurisdiction of the 
       supreme court over sureties who provide security for 
       executors and administrators of estates of decedents, 
       under certain circumstances; providing for the enforcement 
       of the liability of the surety by motion without an 
       independent action; and providing other matters properly 
       relating thereto.

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE
              AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  Section 1.  Chapter 142 of NRS is hereby 
amended by adding thereto a new section to read as 
follows:\
  If an executor or administrator is required by a court 
pursuant to the provisions of this Title to provide security 
in the form of cash or a bond, stipulation or other 
undertaking with one or more sureties, each surety for that 
security submits himself to the jurisdiction of the court 
which ordered the security, and irrevocably appoints the 
clerk of that court as his agent upon whom any papers 
affecting his liability on the security may be served. The 
liability of the surety may be enforced on motion without 
the necessity of an independent action. The motion and such 
notice of the motion as the court prescribes may be served 
on the clerk of the court, who shall forthwith mail copies 
to the surety if his address is known.
  \\Sec. 2.  NRS 155.190 is hereby amended to read 
as follows:
  155.190  In addition to any order or decree from which an 
appeal is expressly permitted by this Title, an appeal may 
be taken to the supreme court within 30 days after its 
entry, from an order or decree:
  1.  Granting or revoking letters testamentary or letters 
of administration.
  2.  Admitting a will to probate or revoking the probate 
thereof.
  3.  Setting aside an estate claimed not to exceed $25,000 
in value.
  4.  Setting apart property as a homestead, or claimed to 
be exempt from execution.
  5.  Granting or modifying a family allowance.
  6.  Directing or authorizing the sale or conveyance or 
confirming the sale of property.
  7.  Settling an account of an executor, administrator or 
trustee.
  8.  Instructing or appointing a trustee.
  9.  Instructing or directing an executor or administrator.
  10.  Directing or allowing the payment of a debt, claim, 
legacy or attorney's fee.
  11.  Determining heirship or the persons to whom 
distribution must be made or trust property must pass.
  12.  Distributing property.
  13.  Refusing to make any order mentioned in this section 
or any decision wherein the amount in controversy equals or 
exceeds, exclusive of costs, $1,000.
  \14.  Granting or denying a motion to enforce the 
liability of a surety filed pursuant to section 1 of this 
act.\\

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