1. The board of county commissioners shall:

(a) Establish regulations for the form of any reports made by the public administrator or a person employed or contracted with pursuant to NRS 253.125, as applicable.

(b) Review reports submitted to the board by the public administrator or a person employed or contracted with pursuant to NRS 253.125, as applicable.

(c) Investigate any complaint received by the board against the public administrator or a person employed or contracted with pursuant to NRS 253.125 and take any appropriate action it deems necessary to resolve the complaint.

2. The board of county commissioners may at any time investigate any estate for which the public administrator or a person employed or contracted with pursuant to NRS 253.125, as applicable, is serving as administrator.

3. In a county whose population is less than 100,000, the board of county commissioners may, by ordinance, require that, on or before March 1 of each year, the public administrator or person employed or contracted with pursuant to NRS 253.125, as applicable, submit to the board of county commissioners an independent audit report prepared by a certified public accountant of the records and office of the public administrator, or the records of the person, as applicable. The ordinance must:

(a) Provide that each such audit report cover the period starting January 1 of the previous calendar year and ending December 31 of the previous calendar year.

(b) Prescribe who is responsible for paying the costs of the audit.

(Added to NRS by 1979, 992; A 2007, 2489; 2015, 1914; 2019, 1542)