Nevada's statutory power of attorney (NRS 162A.620) is an initial-to-grant form: your agent gets exactly the subjects you hand-initial, and nothing else. That makes blanks safe and silence meaningful — but it also means an unfinished form quietly withholds authority you meant to give. Here is what the form contains and where its edges are.
Fourteen subjects, initialed one at a time
The Grant of General Authority lists fourteen subjects. You initial the ones you want. There is also an 'All Preceding Subjects' line that grants every one of them at once — convenient, and worth pausing over, because it is genuinely broad.
- Real Property; Tangible Personal Property.
- Stocks and Bonds; Commodities and Options — Nevada lists these separately.
- Banks and Other Financial Institutions; Safe Deposit Boxes — also separate lines here, unlike most states.
- Operation of Entity or Business; Insurance and Annuities.
- Estates, Trusts and Other Beneficial Interests; Legal Affairs, Claims and Litigation.
- Personal Maintenance; Benefits from Governmental Programs or Civil or Military Service.
- Retirement Plans; Taxes.
The specific-authority block is separate for a reason
Below the subjects sits a second block of seven powers: creating or changing trusts, making gifts, changing rights of survivorship, changing beneficiary designations, delegating your agent's authority, waiving a joint and survivor annuity right, and exercising fiduciary powers you could delegate.
Nevada keeps these off the general grant because each one can move property out of your estate or change who receives it when you die. The form asks for separate initials on each. Treat that block as a conversation with a Nevada attorney rather than a checklist.
There is no digital-assets line
The NRS 162A.620 form predates the Revised Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act, which Nevada enacted separately at NRS Chapter 722. So the statutory form has no subject line for email, cloud accounts, or other digital property.
If digital access matters to you, that is a gap in this form, not something to improvise on the Special Instructions lines without advice.
Signing
Under NRS 162A.220 a signature is presumed genuine when the principal acknowledges it before a notary public or another officer authorized to take acknowledgments. The statutory form does not require witnesses.
Bring the completed form to the notary unsigned, and initial the subject lines yourself. Nobody can initial for you.
Frequently Asked Questions
What happens to a subject line I leave blank?
Nothing is granted. Nevada's form is initial-to-grant, so a blank line withholds that authority. This is the opposite of Illinois, where categories are struck out to remove them.
Should I initial 'All Preceding Subjects'?
That grants all fourteen at once. Some people want exactly that; others want a narrower appointment. Read each subject before deciding, and get advice if you are unsure.
Does this document cover medical decisions?
No. This is financial only. Nevada uses a separate Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care under NRS 162A.700 and following.
Do I need witnesses as well as a notary?
The statutory financial form does not require witnesses. Nevada's health care power of attorney is the one that offers a witness alternative.