Nevada § 616C.520 - Increased death benefits if injury or disablement occurred on or after July 1, 1973
Full text of Nevada Nevada Revised Statutes § 616C.520 — Increased death benefits if injury or disablement occurred on or after July 1, 1973, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 616C.520. Increased death benefits if injury or disablement occurred on or after July 1, 1973
1. Any widow, widower, surviving child or surviving dependent parent who is receiving
death benefits pursuant to chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, of NRS, but is not entitled
to an increase in those death benefits pursuant to NRS 616C.510 , is entitled to an increase in those death benefits by the same percentage as the
increase in the state average monthly wage from the date of the fatal accident or
death caused by occupational disease or from July 1, 1973, whichever is later, to
July 1, 1980. 2. The increase provided by this section must not be paid for any period before July
1, 1981.
Source: official Nevada text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 616C.520 ("Increased death benefits if injury or disablement occurred on or after July 1, 1973") 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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