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2025 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 433A - Admission to Mental Health Facilities or Assisted Outpatient Treatment; Hospitalization
NRS 433A.260 - Transfer of case to county where persons to conduct examination are available; expense of proceedings paid by county of residence of person to be admitted.

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NV Rev Stat § 433A.260 (2025)
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1. If a petition is filed pursuant to NRS 433A.200 with the clerk of the district court in a county where the examining personnel required pursuant to NRS 433A.240 are not available, the district court must transfer the case to the nearest county having such examining personnel available before any hearing on the petition and not later than 1 judicial day after the petition was filed. Not later than 6 days after a case is transferred to a district court pursuant to this subsection, that district court shall:

(a) Set a time, date and place for its hearing in accordance with NRS 433A.220; and

(b) Appoint counsel for the person, if required by NRS 433A.270.

2. The entire expense of proceedings for involuntary court-ordered admission shall be paid by the county where the person to be admitted resides.

(Added to NRS by 1975, 1605; A 2021, 3089)

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