Nevada Code § 259.045

Coroner to notify next of kin of decedent of fact of death; authority to notify and provide coroners report to decedents parents, guardians, adult children or custodians
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1. The coroner shall make a reasonable
effort to notify a decedents next of kin who is authorized to order the burial
or cremation of the human remains of the decedent pursuant to NRS 451.024 of the fact of the decedents
death without unreasonable delay.
2. The coroner may notify the parents,
guardians, adult children or custodians of a decedent of the fact of the
decedents death and provide a copy of the report of the coroner to the parents,
guardians, adult children or custodians regardless of whether they are the next
of kin authorized to order the burial or cremation of the human remains of the
decedent pursuant to NRS 451.024 .
3. As used in this section, custodian
has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS
432B.060 .

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