NRS 143.340: Personal representative required to petition for full or limited authority to administer estate; persons qualified to administer estate.

1. To obtain authority to administer the estate pursuant to NRS 143.300 to 143.815, inclusive, the personal representative must petition the court for that authority in a petition for appointment of the personal representative or in a separate petition filed in the estate proceedings.

2. Only a personal representative who is named in the will or a person described in paragraphs (a) to (g), inclusive, of subsection 1 of NRS 139.040 may be granted authority to administer the estate pursuant to NRS 143.300 to 143.815, inclusive. All other persons who are legally qualified to serve as the personal representative may not be granted authority to administer the estate pursuant to NRS 143.300 to 143.815, inclusive.

3. The personal representative may request either of the following:

(a) Full authority to administer the estate pursuant to NRS 143.300 to 143.815, inclusive; or

(b) Limited authority to administer the estate pursuant to NRS 143.300 to 143.815, inclusive.