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courthouse. Submit the paperwork to the department your case is assigned to.
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to have you publish. You will receive your papers back after the judge reviews them. This can take
1-3 weeks.
If there is a problem with your paperwork, you will receive a memo from the judge’s staff letting
you know what needs to be fixed. You will have to fix the problem and resubmit.
Change Your Court Date If Needed: If you have to publish, the publication must run for 4
weeks, and must end at least 20 days before your hearing date. If your hearing date is
coming up sooner than that, change your court date BEFORE you start publishing in the
newspaper.
Contact a Newspaper to Publish the Citation for 4 Consecutive Weeks:
Discuss costs and the process directly with the newspaper. Newspapers commonly used are:
o Nevada Legal News, (702) 382-2747
o Review-Journal and Sun, (702) 383-0383
You will usually have to give the newspaper a copy of your Order to Serve by Publication
and a copy of the Citation. Make sure the names of all of the relatives you are serving by
publication are listed on the Citation.
The newspaper will usually file an Affidavit of Publication once complete. If they do not, be
sure to bring the affidavit to the courthouse for filing.
© 2018 Nevada Supreme Court
Page 1 of 3 – Affidavit for Service by Publication (Guardianship)
COURT CODE: _____________________
Your Name:
Address:
City, State, Zip:
Telephone:
Email Address:
Self-Represented
DISTRICT COURT
_______________ COUNTY, NEVADA
In the Matter of the Guardianship of the:
Person
Estate
Person and Estate
of:
_
___________________________________
(name of person who needs a guardian)
A Proposed Protected Person.
CASE NO.: ____________________
DEPT: ____________________
DECLARATION TO WAIVE SERVICE OR ALTERNATIVELY, FOR
SERVICE BY PUBLICATION (GUARDIANSHIP)
I respectfully state the following:
1. I am the Petitioner in this case. A verified Petition was filed and a Citation directed to the
relatives of the above-named proposed protected person.
2. I have not been able to locate certain relatives who are entitled to notice. The relatives who
cannot be located and to the best of my knowledge their last known addresses are: (list the
names of all the relatives you cannot find, their relationship to the person in need of a
guardian, plus their last known addresses and the date they last lived there):
___________________________________
Name Relationship
___________________________________
Last Known Address
___________________________________
City, State, Zip Code
___________________________________
Date the person was last known to live at this address
___________________________________
Date you mailed a copy of the Petition & Citation to this address
___________________________________
Name Relationship
___________________________________
Last Known Address
___________________________________
City, State, Zip Code
___________________________________
Date the person was last known to live at this address
___________________________________
Date you mailed a copy of the Petition & Citation to this address
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CLARK
© 2018 Nevada Supreme Court
Page 2 of 3 – Affidavit for Service by Publication (Guardianship)
___________________________________
Name Relationship
___________________________________
Last Known Address
___________________________________
City, State, Zip Code
___________________________________
Date the person was last known to live at this address
___________________________________
Date you mailed a copy of the Petition & Citation to this address
___________________________________
Name Relationship
___________________________________
Last Known Address
___________________________________
City, State, Zip Code
___________________________________
Date the person was last known to live at this address
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Date you mailed a copy of the Petition & Citation to this address
___________________________________
Name Relationship
___________________________________
Last Known Address
___________________________________
City, State, Zip Code
___________________________________
Date the person was last known to live at this address
___________________________________
Date you mailed a copy of the Petition & Citation to this address
___________________________________
Name Relationship
___________________________________
Last Known Address
___________________________________
City, State, Zip Code
___________________________________
Date the person was last known to live at this address
___________________________________
Date you mailed a copy of the Petition & Citation to this address
(An Affidavit of Due Diligence detailing the attempts to locate each person must also be
submitted for each person listed above).
3. The persons listed above are necessary parties to this action and are unable to be served by
certified mail or personal service because their whereabouts are unknown.
4. If the whereabouts of any of the above-listed parties are discovered, I will properly notify
them of the guardianship proceedings.
5. The addresses listed above are the last residence of the interested parties known to me. The
interested parties no longer reside there, and I do not know where the interested parties
reside or where the interested parties may be.
6. After due diligence, the interested parties cannot be found within the State of Nevada, or if
they were last known to reside outside of the State of Nevada, I do not now know where
they presently reside, where they may be found, and that I have no knowledge, have never
been informed, and have no reason to believe that they currently reside in the State of
Nevada.
© 2018 Nevada Supreme Court
Page 3 of 3 – Affidavit for Service by Publication (Guardianship)
7. The Petition and Citation were served to: ( check all that apply)
The proposed protected person by personal service;
The care provider or guardian (if applicable) by certified mail, return receipt requested;
At least one relative by certified mail, return receipt requested (name of the relatives you
DID serve) _____________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
If applicable, Petitioner respectfully requests that service on the remaining
individuals entitled to notice be waived pursuant to NRS 159.0475(4) and 2017
Nevada Laws Ch. 172 § 30(4) (A.B. 319).
8. Alternately, Petitioner requests the Court to sign an Order directing that the persons named
above be served by publication.
9. I declare under penalty of perjury under the law of the State of Nevada that the foregoing is
true and correct.
DATED _____________________________, 20____.
Submitted By: (your signature)
(print your name)
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COURT CODE: AFDD
Your Name:
Address:
City, State, Zip:
Telephone:
Email Address:
Self-Represented
DISTRICT COURT
CLARK COUNTY, NEVADA
In the Matter of the Guardianship of the:
Person
Estate
Person and Estate
of:
____________________________________
(
name of person who needs a guardian)
A Proposed Protected Person.
CASE NO.: ____________________
DEPT: ____________________
DECLARATION OF DUE DILIGENCE
I, (your name) , respectfully state:
1. I am the ( check one) Petitioner other (state your relationship) __________________
in this case. A verified Petition was filed and a Citation was filed directed to (name of
relative who cannot be found) __________________________________. This person is the
(relationship) _____________________ to the person who is the subject of the guardianship
case. This person must be served with the Petition and Citation, but the person’s location is
unknown.
2. Last Address. To the best of my knowledge, the person’s last known address is:
_________________________________________
Last Known Street Address
_________________________________________
City, State, Zip Code
The person last lived at that address on (date) _______________________. I do not know of
any other address for this person.
© 2018 Nevada Supreme Court
Page 1 of 6 – Affidavit of Due Diligence (Guardianship)
3. Attempts to Serve. ( check one)
No one tried to serve the last known address because: (explain why no one tried to
serve the person at the last known address)
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
Someone tried to serve the person at the address above, but the person does not live
there anymore. (file an affidavit of attempted service as proof)
This person is avoiding being served. The following attempts to serve the person
failed: (explain when and how service was attempted, and the person’s response)
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
4. Attempts to Locate. I have done the following to try to find the person:
Email. ( check one)
I do not have an email address for the person.
All of the person’s known email addresses are (list all known email addresses)
___________________________________________________________. I emailed
these addresses to ask for the person’s current address on (date you emailed)
__________________. I got the following response back (explain what, if any,
response you got from email)
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
Phone / Text. ( check one)
I do not have a phone number for the person.
The person’s last known phone number is (phone number)
_________________________. I called and/or texted the phone number to ask for
the current address on (date you called/texted) __________________. I got the
following response back (explain what, if any, response you got)
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
Mail. ( check one)
I do not have a last known street address for the person.
I mailed an envelope to the last known street address through the U.S. Postal office
and wrote the words “ADDRESS CORRECTION REQUESTED / DO NOT
FORWARD” on the front. The envelope was returned to me on (date you mailed
letter) _______________ with the following information:
____________________________________________________________________
© 2018 Nevada Supreme Court
Page 2 of 6 – Affidavit of Due Diligence (Guardianship)
Social Media. I looked for the person on these social media sites:
Describe What You Found
Date
Facebook:
www.facebook.com
Twitter: www.twitter.com/
Google +
https://plus.google.com/
LinkedIn
www.linkedin.com/
Other: ________
Friends/Family. ( check one)
I do not know any of the person’s friends or family.
I contacted the the person’s friends and family who told me:
Name of Person You
Contacted
Relationship
to the person
What They Told You
Date
Employer. ( check one)
I do not know any of the person’s employers.
I contacted the the person’s current/former employers who told me:
Name of Employer
What They Told You
Date
Current Employer
Past Employer
© 2018 Nevada Supreme Court
Page 3 of 6 – Affidavit of Due Diligence (Guardianship)
Neighbors. ( check one)
I did not contact any of the person’s former neighbors.
I contacted the neighbors around the last known address who told me:
Name of Neighbor
What They Told You
Date
Online People Searches. I searched the following online databases for the person:
Describe What You Found
Date
www.intelius.com/
www.spokeo.com/
www.peoplefinders.com/
Other: _______________
Public Records. I searched the following public records databases:
Describe What You Found
Date
County Assessor
County Recorder
Court Records
Other: __________________________
© 2018 Nevada Supreme Court
Page 4 of 6 – Affidavit of Due Diligence (Guardianship)
Jail / Prison. ( check one)
The person does not have a criminal history to my knowledge.
The person is, was, or may be in jail or prison. I searched these inmate records:
Describe What You Found
Date
NV Department of Corrections
https://ofdsearch.doc.nv.gov/
Nationwide Inmate Locator
http://inmatesplus.com/
Federal Inmate Locator
https://www.bop.gov/inmateloc/
Other: _________________________
Child Support. ( check one)
There is no child support case against the person to my knowledge.
There is a child support case against the person with the local child support agency,
and the child support office has not been able to locate the person or will not release
the person’s information to me.
Military. ( check one)
The person has never been in the military to my knowledge.
The person is/was in the military. I contacted the following military locator services:
o Air Force: (210) 565-2660
o Army: emailed usarmy.knox.hrc.mbx.foia@mail.mil
o Navy (855) NAVY-311 (855-628-9311)
o Marines (703) 784-3942
o Coast Guard: http://www.uscg.mil/locator/
The locator service told me: _____________________________________________
Death Index. ( check one)
I did not check the Social Security death index.
I did check the Social Security Death Index at https://familysearch.org/search and did
not find the person’s name.
© 2018 Nevada Supreme Court
Page 5 of 6 – Affidavit of Due Diligence (Guardianship)
Other. Other efforts I made to locate the person are: (describe anything else you did to try
and find the person):
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
5. I was not able to locate the the person after conducting the above search. I believe that this
person cannot be found at this time.
I declare under penalty of perjury under the law of the State of Nevada that the foregoing
is true and correct.
DATED _____________________________, 20____.
Submitted By: (your signature)
(print your name)
© 2018 Nevada Supreme Court
Page 6 of 6 – Affidavit of Due Diligence (Guardianship)
/s/
© 2018 Nevada Supreme Court
Page 1 of 2 – Order for Publication (Guardianship)
COURT CODE: _____________________
Your Name:
Address:
City, State, Zip:
Telephone:
Email Address:
Self-Represented
DISTRICT COURT
_______________ COUNTY, NEVADA
In the Matter of the Guardianship of the:
Person
Estate
Person and Estate
of:
_
___________________________________
(name of person who needs a guardian)
A Proposed Protected Person.
CASE NO.: ____________________
DEPT: ____________________
ORDER FOR SERVICE BY PUBLICATION
Upon reading the Declaration of the Petitioner on file herein, it appearing that a verified
Petition has been filed; that a Citation directed to (names of relatives who cannot be located)
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
has been issued; that they are necessary parties; that those parties are not residents of the State of
Nevada or have departed from the state, or cannot, after due diligence, be found within the state,
or by concealment seek to avoid the service of the Petition and Citation, and that the above
named persons cannot be personally served in the State of Nevada, and good cause appearing
therefore:
THE COURT HEREBY FINDS (the judge will enter specific finding if needed)
OSBP
CLARK
© 2018 Nevada Supreme Court
Page 2 of 2 – Order for Publication (Guardianship)
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that if (names of relatives who cannot be located)
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
cannot now be found so as to be personally served, they may be served by publication of the
Citation at least once a week for a period of 4 consecutive weeks in (name of newspaper)
___________________________________________________, which is a newspaper of general
circulation published in (county name) _______________________ County, Nevada. The last
day of publication must end at least 20 days before the date of hearing.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that if not already completed, a copy of the Citation and a
copy of the Petition be deposited in the United States Post Office, enclosed in an envelope upon
which postage is fully prepaid, addressed to the relatives listed herein.
DATED this_______ day of_____________________, 20____.
____________________________________
DISTRICT COURT JUDGE
Submitted By: (your signature)
(print your name)
CLARK
/s/
© 2018 Nevada Supreme Court
Page 1 of 1 – Order Waiving Service (Guardianship)
COURT CODE: _____________________
Your Name:
Address:
City, State, Zip:
Telephone:
Email Address:
Self-Represented
DISTRICT COURT
_______________ COUNTY, NEVADA
In the Matter of the Guardianship of the:
Person
Estate
Person and Estate
of:
_
___________________________________
(name of person who needs a guardian)
A Proposed Protected Person.
CASE NO.: ____________________
DEPT: ____________________
ORDER WAIVING SERVICE
Upon reading the Declaration of the Petitioner on file herein, it appearing that a verified
Petition has been filed; that a Citation has been issued; that there are some people entitled to
notice whose whereabouts are unknown; that the Petition and Citation have been served on the
proposed protected person (if an adult) by personal service or (if a minor) by personal service or
certified mail, return receipt requested; that the Petition and Citation have been served on the
care provider or guardian and at least one relative entitled to service by personal service or by
certified mail, return receipt requested; and good cause appearing therefore;
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that service of the Citation upon (names of relatives who
cannot be located) _____________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________ shall be
waived pursuant to NRS 159.0475(4) and/or 2017 Nevada Laws Ch. 172 § 30(4) (A.B. 319).
DATED this_______ day of_____________________, 20____.
____________________________________
DISTRICT COURT JUDGE
Submitted By: (your signature)
(print your name)
ORDR
CLARK
/s/