Affidavit of attesting witnesses as proof of due execution of relinquishment.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 127C.310
in effect1. Any or all of the attesting witnesses to any relinquishment may make and sign an affidavit before any person authorized to administer oaths in this State, stating such facts as they would be required to testify to in court to prove the due execution of the relinquishment. The affidavit must be written on the relinquishment or, if that is impracticable, on some paper attached thereto. The sworn statement of any witness so taken must be accepted by the court in any action or proceeding relating to the validity or due execution of the relinquishment as if it had been taken before the court.
2. The affidavit described in subsection 1 may be substantially in the following form:
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Then and there personally appeared the within-named ................ and ................, who, being duly sworn, depose and say: That they witnessed the execution of the within relinquishment by ................ (name of person or persons relinquishing); that they subscribed the relinquishment and declared the same to be a voluntary relinquishment in their presence; that at the time the relinquishment was executed it contained the name of the agency to which relinquishment was made; that they thereafter subscribed the same as witnesses in the presence of ................ (name of person or persons relinquishing) and in the presence of each other and at the request of ................ (name of person or persons relinquishing) that at the time of the execution of the relinquishment ................ (name of person or persons relinquishing) acknowledged to them that they were, and they appeared to them to be, in full possession of their faculties and not under the influence of any drug or sedative that could impact their reasoning or judgment or subject to any duress, fear, menace, compulsion or undue influence whatever; and that they make this affidavit at their request.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this ...... day of the month of ...... of the year ......
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Notary Public
Source: NV Statutes (Official Site)URL: https://www.leg.state.nv.us/nrs/NRS-127C.htmlFetched: 10/4/2026