diff --git a/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/ape/ape_util.go b/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/ape/ape_util.go
index dfa7c6392..5e17f4014 100644
--- a/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/ape/ape_util.go
+++ b/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/ape/ape_util.go
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ func newPolicyContractReaderInterface(cmd *cobra.Command) (*morph.ContractStorag
 	inv := invoker.New(c, nil)
 	var ch util.Uint160
 	r := management.NewReader(inv)
-	nnsCs, err := r.GetContractByID(1)
+	nnsCs, err := helper.GetContractByID(r, 1)
 	commonCmd.ExitOnErr(cmd, "can't get NNS contract state: %w", err)
 
 	ch, err = helper.NNSResolveHash(inv, nnsCs.Hash, helper.DomainOf(constants.PolicyContract))
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ func newPolicyContractInterface(cmd *cobra.Command) (*morph.ContractStorage, *he
 
 	var ch util.Uint160
 	r := management.NewReader(ac.Invoker)
-	nnsCs, err := r.GetContractByID(1)
+	nnsCs, err := helper.GetContractByID(r, 1)
 	commonCmd.ExitOnErr(cmd, "can't get NNS contract state: %w", err)
 
 	ch, err = helper.NNSResolveHash(ac.Invoker, nnsCs.Hash, helper.DomainOf(constants.PolicyContract))
diff --git a/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/balance/balance.go b/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/balance/balance.go
index 428fb98b9..5519705d4 100644
--- a/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/balance/balance.go
+++ b/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/balance/balance.go
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ func dumpBalances(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) error {
 
 	if dumpStorage || dumpAlphabet || dumpProxy {
 		r := management.NewReader(inv)
-		nnsCs, err = r.GetContractByID(1)
+		nnsCs, err = helper.GetContractByID(r, 1)
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("can't get NNS contract info: %w", err)
 		}
diff --git a/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/config/config.go b/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/config/config.go
index ba6e515c1..3a7f84acb 100644
--- a/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/config/config.go
+++ b/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/config/config.go
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ func dumpNetworkConfig(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) error {
 	inv := invoker.New(c, nil)
 	r := management.NewReader(inv)
 
-	cs, err := r.GetContractByID(1)
+	cs, err := helper.GetContractByID(r, 1)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("can't get NNS contract info: %w", err)
 	}
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ func SetConfigCmd(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	}
 
 	r := management.NewReader(wCtx.ReadOnlyInvoker)
-	cs, err := r.GetContractByID(1)
+	cs, err := helper.GetContractByID(r, 1)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("can't get NNS contract info: %w", err)
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/container/container.go b/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/container/container.go
index eda388d37..a66438975 100644
--- a/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/container/container.go
+++ b/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/container/container.go
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ func getContainerContractHash(cmd *cobra.Command, inv *invoker.Invoker) (util.Ui
 	}
 	if err != nil {
 		r := management.NewReader(inv)
-		nnsCs, err := r.GetContractByID(1)
+		nnsCs, err := helper.GetContractByID(r, 1)
 		if err != nil {
 			return util.Uint160{}, fmt.Errorf("can't get NNS contract state: %w", err)
 		}
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ func parseContainers(filename string) ([]Container, error) {
 
 func fetchContainerContractHash(wCtx *helper.InitializeContext) (util.Uint160, error) {
 	r := management.NewReader(wCtx.ReadOnlyInvoker)
-	nnsCs, err := r.GetContractByID(1)
+	nnsCs, err := helper.GetContractByID(r, 1)
 	if err != nil {
 		return util.Uint160{}, fmt.Errorf("can't get NNS contract state: %w", err)
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/contract/deploy.go b/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/contract/deploy.go
index 7a8f34a5d..5adb480da 100644
--- a/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/contract/deploy.go
+++ b/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/contract/deploy.go
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ func deployContractCmd(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	}
 
 	r := management.NewReader(c.ReadOnlyInvoker)
-	nnsCs, err := r.GetContractByID(1)
+	nnsCs, err := helper.GetContractByID(r, 1)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("can't fetch NNS contract state: %w", err)
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/contract/dump_hashes.go b/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/contract/dump_hashes.go
index 11cc3bd04..5a0d29550 100644
--- a/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/contract/dump_hashes.go
+++ b/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/contract/dump_hashes.go
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ func dumpContractHashes(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) error {
 	}
 
 	r := management.NewReader(invoker.New(c, nil))
-	cs, err := r.GetContractByID(1)
+	cs, err := helper.GetContractByID(r, 1)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/frostfsid/frostfsid.go b/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/frostfsid/frostfsid.go
index 6b274ddfb..442920912 100644
--- a/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/frostfsid/frostfsid.go
+++ b/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/frostfsid/frostfsid.go
@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ func newFrostfsIDClient(cmd *cobra.Command) (*frostfsidClient, error) {
 	}
 
 	r := management.NewReader(wCtx.ReadOnlyInvoker)
-	cs, err := r.GetContractByID(1)
+	cs, err := helper.GetContractByID(r, 1)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("can't get NNS contract info: %w", err)
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/helper/contract.go b/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/helper/contract.go
index 7326ec1f5..2011301d1 100644
--- a/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/helper/contract.go
+++ b/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/helper/contract.go
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import (
 
 func getFrostfsIDAdminFromContract(roInvoker *invoker.Invoker) (util.Uint160, bool, error) {
 	r := management.NewReader(roInvoker)
-	cs, err := r.GetContractByID(1)
+	cs, err := GetContractByID(r, 1)
 	if err != nil {
 		return util.Uint160{}, false, fmt.Errorf("get nns contract: %w", err)
 	}
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ func GetContractDeployData(c *InitializeContext, ctrName string, keysParam []any
 		// In case if NNS is updated multiple times, we can't calculate
 		// it's actual hash based on local data, thus query chain.
 		r := management.NewReader(c.ReadOnlyInvoker)
-		nnsCs, err := r.GetContractByID(1)
+		nnsCs, err := GetContractByID(r, 1)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("get nns contract: %w", err)
 		}
diff --git a/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/helper/netmap.go b/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/helper/netmap.go
index 9ea27d3a3..7a778f8c3 100644
--- a/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/helper/netmap.go
+++ b/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/helper/netmap.go
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ func EmitNewEpochCall(bw *io.BufBinWriter, wCtx *InitializeContext, nmHash util.
 
 func GetNetConfigFromNetmapContract(roInvoker *invoker.Invoker) ([]stackitem.Item, error) {
 	r := management.NewReader(roInvoker)
-	cs, err := r.GetContractByID(1)
+	cs, err := GetContractByID(r, 1)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("get nns contract: %w", err)
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/helper/util.go b/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/helper/util.go
index ea8266b38..2d9281c24 100644
--- a/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/helper/util.go
+++ b/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/helper/util.go
@@ -14,10 +14,12 @@ import (
 	"git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-node/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/config"
 	"git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-node/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/constants"
 	"git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-node/pkg/innerring"
+	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/core/state"
 	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/core/transaction"
 	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/crypto/keys"
 	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/encoding/fixedn"
 	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/rpcclient/actor"
+	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/rpcclient/management"
 	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/wallet"
 	"github.com/spf13/viper"
 )
@@ -181,3 +183,18 @@ func ParseGASAmount(s string) (fixedn.Fixed8, error) {
 	}
 	return gasAmount, nil
 }
+
+// GetContractByID retrieves a contract by its ID using the standard GetContractByID method.
+// However, if the returned state.Contract is nil, it returns an error indicating that the contract was not found.
+// See https://git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-node/issues/1210
+func GetContractByID(r *management.ContractReader, id int32) (*state.Contract, error) {
+	cs, err := r.GetContractByID(id)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	if cs == nil {
+		return nil, errors.New("contract not found")
+	}
+	return cs, nil
+}
diff --git a/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/initialize/initialize_nns.go b/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/initialize/initialize_nns.go
index 14f12cf8e..e127ca545 100644
--- a/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/initialize/initialize_nns.go
+++ b/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/initialize/initialize_nns.go
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import (
 
 func setNNS(c *helper.InitializeContext) error {
 	r := management.NewReader(c.ReadOnlyInvoker)
-	nnsCs, err := r.GetContractByID(1)
+	nnsCs, err := helper.GetContractByID(r, 1)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/netmap/epoch.go b/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/netmap/epoch.go
index e60dc5673..df9a03fd1 100644
--- a/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/netmap/epoch.go
+++ b/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/netmap/epoch.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ func ForceNewEpochCmd(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) error {
 	}
 
 	r := management.NewReader(wCtx.ReadOnlyInvoker)
-	cs, err := r.GetContractByID(1)
+	cs, err := helper.GetContractByID(r, 1)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("can't get NNS contract info: %w", err)
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/netmap/netmap_candidates.go b/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/netmap/netmap_candidates.go
index e9404e910..d8471bb9a 100644
--- a/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/netmap/netmap_candidates.go
+++ b/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/netmap/netmap_candidates.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ func listNetmapCandidatesNodes(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) {
 	inv := invoker.New(c, nil)
 	r := management.NewReader(inv)
 
-	cs, err := r.GetContractByID(1)
+	cs, err := helper.GetContractByID(r, 1)
 	commonCmd.ExitOnErr(cmd, "can't get NNS contract info: %w", err)
 
 	nmHash, err := helper.NNSResolveHash(inv, cs.Hash, helper.DomainOf(constants.NetmapContract))
diff --git a/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/nns/helper.go b/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/nns/helper.go
index 36c3dd2fd..0eaa5ac58 100644
--- a/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/nns/helper.go
+++ b/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/nns/helper.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ func getRPCClient(cmd *cobra.Command) (*client.Contract, *helper.LocalActor, uti
 	commonCmd.ExitOnErr(cmd, "can't create actor: %w", err)
 
 	r := management.NewReader(ac.Invoker)
-	nnsCs, err := r.GetContractByID(1)
+	nnsCs, err := helper.GetContractByID(r, 1)
 	commonCmd.ExitOnErr(cmd, "can't get NNS contract state: %w", err)
 	return client.New(ac, nnsCs.Hash), ac, nnsCs.Hash
 }
diff --git a/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/node/remove.go b/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/node/remove.go
index 0d14bc646..0a19102ba 100644
--- a/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/node/remove.go
+++ b/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/node/remove.go
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ func RemoveNodesCmd(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	defer wCtx.Close()
 
 	r := management.NewReader(wCtx.ReadOnlyInvoker)
-	cs, err := r.GetContractByID(1)
+	cs, err := helper.GetContractByID(r, 1)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("can't get NNS contract info: %w", err)
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/proxy/proxy.go b/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/proxy/proxy.go
index ba48465f7..cb575b657 100644
--- a/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/proxy/proxy.go
+++ b/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/proxy/proxy.go
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ func processAccount(cmd *cobra.Command, addr util.Uint160, method string) error
 	}
 
 	r := management.NewReader(wCtx.ReadOnlyInvoker)
-	cs, err := r.GetContractByID(1)
+	cs, err := helper.GetContractByID(r, 1)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("can't get NNS contract info: %w", err)
 	}