2022 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 133 - Wills
NRS 133.320 - Restriction on and duties of qualified custodian; written notice; requirements governing electronic will also govern electronic codicil and electronic revocation of will.

1. A qualified custodian of an electronic will:

(a) Must not be an heir of the testator or a beneficiary or devisee under the electronic will.

(b) Shall consistently employ, and store electronic records of electronic wills in, a system that protects electronic records from destruction, alteration or unauthorized access and detects any change to an electronic record.

(c) Shall store in the electronic record of an electronic will each of the following:

(1) A photograph or other visual record of the testator and the attesting witnesses that was taken contemporaneously with the execution of the electronic will;

(2) A photocopy, photograph, facsimile or other visual record of any documentation that was taken contemporaneously with the execution of the electronic will and provides satisfactory evidence of the identities of the testator and the attesting witnesses, including, without limitation, documentation of the methods of identification used pursuant to subsection 4 of NRS 240.1655; and

(3) An audio and video recording of the testator, attesting witnesses and notary public, as applicable, taken at the time the testator, each attesting witness and notary public, as applicable, placed his or her electronic signature on the electronic will, as required pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 1 of NRS 133.085.

(d) Shall provide to any court that is hearing a matter involving an electronic will which is currently or was previously stored by the qualified custodian any information requested by the court pertaining to the qualifications of the qualified custodian and the policies and practices of the qualified custodian concerning the maintenance, storage and production of electronic wills.

2. For the purposes of this title, if a qualified custodian or other person is required to provide written notice to a testator, notice shall be deemed to be provided if the qualified custodian or other person delivers written notice to the last known address of the testator.

3. Except as otherwise provided by law, the requirements governing an electronic will also govern an electronic codicil and electronic revocation of a will.

(Added to NRS by 2017, 3436; A 2021, 964)