Requirement to provide copy of trust instrument to beneficiary entitled to receive account.

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1. Upon demand by a beneficiary pursuant to NRS 165.141 who is entitled to receive an account pursuant to the terms of NRS 165.1201 to 165.148, inclusive, a trustee shall provide a copy of the trust instrument to that beneficiary except as expressly provided otherwise in the trust instrument.

2. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 1 or any provision to the contrary in the trust instrument, the court may direct the trustee to provide a beneficiary who is entitled to receive an account pursuant to the terms of NRS 165.1201 to 165.148, inclusive, a copy of the trust instrument, or such portions as the court deems to be pertinent to the determination of the adequacy of the trustee’s account and to the enforcement of the beneficiary’s rights under the trust.

3. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 165.145 or by order of the court for good cause shown, the trustee must not be compelled to provide a copy of the trust instrument to a person who is not a beneficiary of the trust or a person who is not entitled to an account of the trust pursuant to the provisions of NRS 165.1201 to 165.148, inclusive.

(Added to NRS by 2011, 1476; A 2015, 3566)


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