Nevada § 163.600 - Appointment of successor trustee under certain circumstances
Full text of Nevada Nevada Revised Statutes § 163.600 — Appointment of successor trustee under certain circumstances, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 163.600. Appointment of successor trustee under certain circumstances
1. If a trust has no serving trustee because of the death, incapacity or resignation
of the last serving trustee of the trust, and if the provisions of the trust instrument
do not include any provisions which can be effectively used to appoint a successor
trustee, then the current beneficiaries of the trust, by unanimous vote, may name
and appoint a successor trustee of the trust without the approval of the court so
long as the successor trustee of the trust is not a person described in NRS 138.020 and is not a “related or subordinate person” with respect to the settlor of the trust
or any beneficiary thereof within the meaning of section 672(c) of the Internal Revenue Code , 26 U.S.C. § 672(c) , as amended. 2. If a current beneficiary is a minor, the minor's guardian or guardian ad litem
may vote on the minor's behalf. 3. NRS 164.038 shall apply with respect to the appointment of a trustee under this section. 4. For the purposes of this section, the person entitled to vote with respect to a
beneficiary which is another trust, which has a serving trustee, is the trustee or
trustees of such trust.
Source: official Nevada text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 163.600 ("Appointment of successor trustee under certain circumstances") is part of the Nevada Revised Statutes, the codified statutory law of Nevada. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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