Nevada Code § 156.190

Petition of person claiming to be missing person: Contents; service; security for costs; trial of issue of identity
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1. If any person, within 1 year after the
appointment and qualification of a personal representative, files a petition,
claiming to be the missing person, and causes a copy of the petition to be
served personally or by registered or certified mail upon the personal
representative and upon each of the persons entitled to share in the estate of
the missing person upon the death of the missing person, and the devisees, the
court shall determine the identity of the claimant at a hearing for that
purpose.
2. The court may, upon application or of
its own motion, require the claimant to give security to be approved by the
court for all costs and expenses involved in the hearing and ultimate
determination of the action, in case the outcome of the hearing be adverse to
the claimant.
3. The petition must set forth the facts
and circumstances of the claimants disappearance and continued absence, and
other facts and circumstances upon which the claimant relies for his or her
identification.

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