Nevada Code § 139.010

Qualifications
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No
person is entitled to letters of administration if the person:
1. Is under the age of majority;
2. Has been convicted of a felony, unless
the court determines that such a conviction should not disqualify the person
from serving in the position of an administrator;
3. Upon proof, is adjudged by the court
disqualified by reason of conflict of interest, drunkenness, improvidence, lack
of integrity or understanding or other compelling reason;
4. Is not a resident of the State of
Nevada, unless the person:
(a) Associates as coadministrator a resident of
the State of Nevada or a banking corporation authorized to do business in this
State; or
(b) Is named as personal representative in the
will if the will is the subject of a pending petition for probate, and the
court in its discretion believes it would be appropriate to make such an
appointment; or
5. Is a banking corporation that is not
authorized to do business in this State, unless the banking corporation:
(a) Associates as coadministrator a resident of
the State of Nevada or a banking corporation authorized to do business in this
State; or
(b) Is named as personal representative in the
will if the will is the subject of a pending petition for probate, and the
court in its discretion believes it would be appropriate to make such an
appointment.

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