Nevada § 452.170 - Endowment care fund: Acceptance of gifts; uses; contributions for charitable purposes; gifts not invalidated by uncertainty of beneficiaries; rule against perpetuities inapplicable
Full text of Nevada Nevada Revised Statutes § 452.170 — Endowment care fund: Acceptance of gifts; uses; contributions for charitable purposes; gifts not invalidated by uncertainty of beneficiaries; rule against perpetuities inapplicable, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 452.170. Endowment care fund: Acceptance of gifts; uses; contributions for charitable purposes; gifts not invalidated by uncertainty of beneficiaries; rule against perpetuities inapplicable
1. A cemetery authority which has established an endowment care fund may also take
and hold any property bequeathed, granted, or given to it in trust to apply the principal,
or proceeds, or income to either or all of the following purposes: (a) Improvement or embellishment of all or any part of the cemetery or any lot in
it. (b) Erection, renewal, repair or preservation of any monument, fence, building, or
other structure in the cemetery. (c) Planting or cultivation of trees, shrubs or plants in or around any part of the
cemetery. (d) Special care or ornamenting of any part of any plot, section or building in the
cemetery. (e) Any purpose or use not inconsistent with the purpose for which the cemetery was
established or is maintained. 2. The sums paid in or contributed to the fund authorized by this section are hereby
expressly permitted as and for a charitable and eleemosynary purpose. Such contributions are a provision for the discharge of a duty due from the persons
contributing to the person or persons interred or to be interred in the cemetery,
and likewise a provision for the benefit and protection of the public by preserving,
beautifying, and keeping cemeteries from becoming unkept and places of reproach and
desolation in the communities in which they are situated. No payment, gift, grant, bequest, or other contribution for such purpose is invalid
by reason of any indefiniteness or uncertainty of the persons designated as beneficiaries
in the instruments creating the fund, nor is the fund or any contribution to it invalid
as violating any law against perpetuities or the suspension of the power of alienation
of title to property.
Source: official Nevada text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 452.170 ("Endowment care fund: Acceptance of gifts; uses; contributions for charitable purposes; gifts not invalidated by uncertainty of beneficiaries; rule against perpetuities inapplicable") 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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