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Re: Privacy question



In the particular case referenced, there is no legal privacy issue: He's dead.  It is quite settled that in the US legal privacy does not extend post-mortem.  

As to the issue of a guardianship, that would be a matter of public record.  

It is a common practice with records such as these to make them available on proof of the death of the individual concerned.  It is also common to set a time period (70 years or more) after which there will be a presumption that individuals are dead and the records are open.  


R. Jackson Armstrong-Ingram, C.A. 
Archives and Records Administrator
Office of the City Clerk
City Archives and Records Division 
240 Water St
Henderson, NV 89015 

702-568-8334

jai@gty.ci.henderson.nv.us

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