Nevada Code § 159.179

Contents of account; retention of receipts or vouchers for all expenditures; proving payment when receipt or voucher is lost
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1. An account made and filed by a guardian
of the estate or special guardian who is authorized to manage the property of a
protected person must include, without limitation, the following information:
(a) The period covered by the account.
(b) The assets of the protected person at the
beginning and end of the period covered by the account, including the beginning
and ending balances of any accounts.
(c) All cash receipts and disbursements during
the period covered by the account, including, without limitation, any
disbursements for the support of the protected person or other expenses
incurred by the estate during the period covered by the account.
(d) All claims filed and the action taken
regarding the account.
(e) Any changes in the property of the protected
person due to sales, exchanges, investments, acquisitions, gifts, mortgages or
other transactions which have increased, decreased or altered the property
holdings of the protected person as reported in the original inventory or the
preceding account, including, without limitation, any income received during
the period covered by the account.
(f) Any other information the guardian considers
necessary to show the condition of the affairs of the protected person.
(g) Any other information required by the court.
2. All expenditures included in the
account must be itemized.
3. If the account is for the estates of
two or more protected persons, it must show the interest of each protected
person in the receipts, disbursements and property. As used in this subsection,
protected person includes a protected minor.
4. Receipts or vouchers for all
expenditures must be retained by the guardian for examination by the court or
an interested person. A guardian shall produce such receipts or vouchers upon
the request of the court, the protected person to whom the receipt or voucher
pertains, the attorney of such a protected person or any interested person. The
guardian shall file such receipts or vouchers with the court only if the court
orders the filing.
5. On the courts own motion or on ex
parte application by an interested person which demonstrates good cause, the
court may:
(a) Order production of the receipts or vouchers
that support the account; and
(b) Examine or audit the receipts or vouchers
that support the account.
6. If a receipt or voucher is lost or for
good reason cannot be produced on settlement of an account, payment may be
proved by the oath of at least one competent witness. The guardian must be
allowed expenditures if it is proven that:
(a) The receipt or voucher for any disbursement
has been lost or destroyed so that it is impossible to obtain a duplicate of
the receipt or voucher; and
(b) Expenses were paid in good faith and were
valid charges against the estate.

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