1. At any time after the issuance of letters in the estate of a decedent, an interested person or the person’s attorney may serve upon the personal representative or the personal representative’s attorney, and file with the clerk of the court wherein administration of the estate is pending, a written request stating that the interested person desires special notice and a copy of any further filings, steps or proceedings in the administration of the estate.

2. The request must state the post office address of the requester or the requester’s attorney, and thereafter a brief notice of the filing of any returns, petitions, accounts, reports or other proceedings, together with a copy of the filing, must be addressed to that person or the person’s attorney, at his or her stated mailing address, and deposited with the United States Postal Service with the postage thereon prepaid, within 2 days after each is filed, or personal service of the notice may be made on the person or the person’s attorney within the 2 days, and the personal service is equivalent to deposit in the post office, and proof of mailing or of personal service must be filed with the clerk before the hearing of the proceeding.

3. If, upon the hearing, it appears to the satisfaction of the court that the notice has been regularly given, the court shall so find in its order and the order is final and conclusive upon all persons.

4. An interested person in a testamentary trust or its property, or the attorney for that person, may serve upon the trustee or the trustee’s attorney, and file with the clerk of the court wherein administration of the trust is pending, a written request stating that he or she desires notice of the filing of accounts and petitions in connection with the trust. The provisions of subsections 2 and 3 apply to such a request.

5. An attorney whose only appearance on behalf of an interested person has been the filing of a written request for notice pursuant to subsection 1 may, without further court order:

(a) Terminate his or her services;

(b) Serve upon the personal representative or the personal representative’s attorney an amended written request for notice directing that any further notice be sent to the interested person at his or her last known address; and

(c) File the amended written request for notice with the clerk of the court wherein administration of the estate is pending.

6. Any filing of a motion for substitution of counsel or order authorizing withdrawal of counsel of record for an attorney who has filed a written request for notice on behalf of an interested person pursuant to subsection 1 shall be deemed to be an amended written request for notice as described in subsection 5, and any further notice must be sent to the address provided in the motion for substitution of counsel or the order authorizing the withdrawal of counsel, as applicable.

7. On the filing of an inventory or a supplementary inventory, the personal representative shall mail a copy to each person who has requested special notice.

[Part 119:107:1941; A 1951, 464] — (NRS A 1975, 1780; 1987, 702; 1999, 2360; 2011, 1462)