225.370 - Establishment of individual lockboxes within registry; duties of Secretary of State.

225.370  Establishment of individual lockboxes within registry; duties of Secretary of State.  If the Nevada Lockbox is established pursuant to NRS 225.360:

      1.  A person who wishes to establish a lockbox and thereby register a will or other document in the Nevada Lockbox must submit to the Secretary of State:

      (a) An application in the form prescribed by the Secretary of State;

      (b) A copy of the will or other document to be registered; and

      (c) The fee, if any, established by the Secretary of State pursuant to NRS 225.410.

      2.  If the person satisfies the requirements of subsection 1, the Secretary of State shall:

      (a) Make an electronic reproduction of the will or other document and post it within the registrant’s lockbox;

      (b) Assign to the registrant a registration number and access code for the lockbox; and

      (c) Provide to the registrant a registration card that includes, without limitation:

             (1) The name of the registrant;

             (2) The registration number assigned to the registrant pursuant to paragraph (b); and

             (3) The access code assigned to the registrant pursuant to paragraph (b).

      3.  The Secretary of State shall establish procedures for, without limitation:

      (a) The registration of a will or other document which replaces a will or other document that has been registered previously and posted within the Nevada Lockbox;

      (b) The removal from the Nevada Lockbox of a will or other document that has been revoked at the request of the registrant; and

      (c) The issuance of a duplicate registration card or the provision of other access by a registrant to his or her registration number and access code if a registration card issued pursuant to this section is lost, stolen, mutilated, destroyed or otherwise unavailable.

      (Added to NRS by 2009, 1022)