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NV Rev Stat § 136.180 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 136 - Probate of Wills and Petitions for Letters|NRS 136.180 - Proof of will by copy.

  1. If the will of a person is detained beyond the jurisdiction of the State, in a court of any other state, country or jurisdiction, and cannot be produced for probate in this State, a copy of the will may be admitted to probate in this State in lieu thereof and has the same force and effect as would be required if the original will were produced.  2. Unless otherwise ordered by the court, a subscribing witness may testify in person, by deposition or by affidavit with respect to a copy of the executed will, and with respect to the handwriting of the affiant as a witness, or the handwriting of the testator or another witness, in the same way as he or she would if the original will were available.  [29:107:1941; 1931 NCL § 9882.29] — (NRS A 1983, 199; 1999, 2265)
NV Rev Stat § 136.185 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 136 - Probate of Wills and Petitions for Letters|NRS 136.185 - Proof of electronic will.

  1. An electronic will executed or deemed to be executed in or pursuant to the laws of this State may be proved and letters granted in the county in which the decedent was a resident at the time of his or her death or the domicile or registered office of the qualified custodian exists.  2. A certified paper original of an electronic will may be offered for and admitted to probate in the same manner as if it were a will executed in accordance with NRS 133.040.  3. A certified paper original of an electronic will that is self-proving pursuant to NRS 133.086 is presumed to be valid and, absent any objection, must be admitted to probate expeditiously without requiring any further proof of validity.  4. An electronic will that is executed or deemed to be executed in or pursuant to the laws of another state in accordance with the laws of the other state or of this State is a valid electronic will in this State.  (Added to NRS by 2001, 2343; A 2017, 3443)
NV Rev Stat § 136.190 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 136 - Probate of Wills and Petitions for Letters|NRS 136.190 - Proof of holographic will.

A holographic will may be proved by authentication satisfactory to the court.  [3:111:1895; C § 3094; RL § 6225; NCL § 9928] + [30:107:1941; 1931 NCL § 9882.30] — (NRS A 1999, 2266)
NV Rev Stat § 136.200 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 136 - Probate of Wills and Petitions for Letters|NRS 136.200 - Appointment of attorney to represent minors, unborn members of interested class or nonresidents; retention of other counsel.

  1. If a will is offered for probate and it appears there are minors or unborn members of a class who are interested, or if it appears there are other interested persons who reside out of the county and are unrepresented, the court may, whether there is a contest or not, appoint an attorney for them.  2. If a person for whom an attorney has been appointed, pursuant to subsection 1, retains counsel and notifies the court of the retention, the court shall enter an order relieving the court-appointed attorney of further obligation to represent the person.  [16:107:1941; 1931 NCL § 9882.16] — (NRS A 1961, 409; 1967, 213; 1999, 2266)
NV Rev Stat § 136.210 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 136 - Probate of Wills and Petitions for Letters|NRS 136.210 - Translation and recording of will in foreign language.

If the will is in a foreign language the court shall certify to a correct translation thereof into English and the certified translation shall be recorded in lieu of the original.  [28:107:1941; 1931 NCL § 9882.28]
NV Rev Stat § 136.220 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 136 - Probate of Wills and Petitions for Letters|NRS 136.220 - Admissibility of certified copy of will and order admitting will to probate.

A copy of the will and order admitting it to probate, certified by the clerk in whose custody it may be, must be received in evidence and be as effectual in all cases as the original will would be if proved.  [31:107:1941; 1931 NCL § 9882.31] — (NRS A 1999, 2266)
NV Rev Stat § 136.225 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 136 - Probate of Wills and Petitions for Letters|NRS 136.225 - Applicability of provisions concerning revocation of certain transfers of real property based upon divorce or annulment to transfers of property pursuant to will.

The provisions of NRS 111.781 concerning the revocation of certain transfers based upon divorce or annulment apply to transfers of property made pursuant to a will.  (Added to NRS by 2011, 1436)
NV Rev Stat § 136.230 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 136 - Probate of Wills and Petitions for Letters|NRS 136.230 - Jurisdiction of court to take proof of execution and validity of lost or destroyed will.

If a will is lost by accident or destroyed by fraud without the knowledge of the testator, the court may take proof of the execution and validity of the will and establish it, after notice is given to all persons, as prescribed for proof of wills in other cases.  [34:107:1941; 1931 NCL § 9882.34] — (NRS A 1999, 2266)
NV Rev Stat § 136.240 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 136 - Probate of Wills and Petitions for Letters|NRS 136.240 - Petition for probate; same requirement of proof as other wills; testimony of witnesses; rebuttable presumption concerning certain wills; prima facie showing that will was not revoked; order.

  1. The petition for the probate of a lost or destroyed will must include a copy of the will, or if no copy is available state, or be accompanied by a written statement of, the testamentary words, or the substance thereof.  2. If offered for probate, a lost or destroyed will must be proved in the same manner as other wills are proved under this chapter.  3. In addition, no will may be proved as a lost or destroyed will unless its provisions are clearly and distinctly proved by two or more credible witnesses and it is:  (a) Proved to have been in legal existence at the death of the person whose will it is claimed to be and has not otherwise been revoked or destroyed without the knowledge, consent or ratification of such person; or  (b) Shown to have been fraudulently destroyed in the lifetime of that person.  4. The testimony of each witness must be reduced to writing, signed by the witness and filed, and is admissible in evidence in any contest of the will if the witness has died or permanently moved from the State.  5. Notwithstanding any provision of this section to the contrary:  (a) The production of a person’s lost or destroyed will, whose primary beneficiary is a nontestamentary trust established by the person and in existence at his or her death, creates a rebuttable presumption that the will had not been revoked.  (b) The production of a copy of a person’s lost or destroyed will, whose provisions are clearly and distinctly proved by two or more credible witnesses, creates a rebuttable presumption that the will had not been revoked.  (c) A person may overcome the presumption set forth in paragraph (a) or (b) only by proving by a preponderance of the evidence that the person whose will it is claimed to be destroyed the will with the intent to revoke the will before his or her death. In the absence of such evidence:  (1) The lost or destroyed will must be admitted to probate; and  (2) The court shall accept a copy of such a will as sufficient proof of the terms thereof without requiring further evidence.  (d) For a lost or destroyed will to which the presumption set forth in paragraph (a) or (b) does not apply, if the proponent of a lost or destroyed will makes a prima facie showing that it was more likely than not left unrevoked by the person whose will it is claimed to be before his or her death, then the will must be admitted to probate in absence of an objection. If such prima facie showing has been made, the court shall accept a copy of such a will as sufficient proof of the terms thereof without requiring further evidence in the absence of any objection.  6. If the will is established, its provisions must be set forth specifically in the order admitting it to probate, or a copy of the will must be attached to the order.  [35:107:1941; 1931 NCL § 9882.35] — (NRS A 1999, 2266; 2009, 1624; 2017, 1673; 2019, 1853)
NV Rev Stat § 136.250 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 136 - Probate of Wills and Petitions for Letters|NRS 136.250 - Restraint of administration pending petition.

If, before or during the pendency of an application to prove a lost or destroyed will, letters of administration have been granted upon the estate of the decedent, or letters testamentary of any previous will of the decedent, the court may restrain the administration if necessary to protect the interests of devisees claiming under the lost or destroyed will.  [36:107:1941; 1931 NCL § 9882.36] — (NRS A 1999, 2267)
NV Rev Stat § 136.260 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 136 - Probate of Wills and Petitions for Letters|NRS 136.260 - Probate of foreign wills: Procedure.

  1. A will duly proved, allowed and admitted to probate outside of this State may be admitted to probate and recorded in the proper court of any county in this State in which the testator left any estate.  2. When a copy of the will and the order admitting it to probate, duly certified, are presented by the personal representative, a nominee or any other interested person, with a petition for probate, the order and copy must be filed, and the clerk shall set a time for a hearing thereon, and notice must be given as required by law on a petition for the original probate of a domestic will pursuant to NRS 136.100.  3. If, upon the hearing, it appears to the satisfaction of the court that the will has been duly proved and admitted to probate outside this State, and that it was executed according to the law of the place in which it was made, or in which the testator was at the time domiciled, or in conformity with the laws of this State, it must be admitted to probate with the same force and effect as the original probate of a domestic will.  4. If a certified copy of a will from any jurisdiction where probate is not required by the laws of that jurisdiction, with the certificate of the legal custodian of the original will that the certified copy is a true copy and that the will has become operative by the laws of that jurisdiction, or a copy of a notarial will in possession of a notary in a foreign jurisdiction entitled to the custody of the will and required by the laws of that jurisdiction to retain custody of it, duly certified by the notary, is presented by the personal representative, a nominee of the personal representative or another interested person to the proper court in this State, the clerk shall set a time for a hearing thereon, and notice must be given as required by law on a petition for the original probate of a domestic will.  5. If it appears to the court that the will should be admitted to probate in this State, as the last will and testament of the decedent, the copy must be filed with the clerk, and the will has the same effect as if originally proved and admitted to probate in the court of this State.  [32:107:1941; 1931 NCL § 9882.32] — (NRS A 1973, 392; 1999, 2267)
NV Rev Stat § 137.007 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 137 - Contests of Wills|NRS 137.007 - Enforcement of declaratory judgment; validity of will not subject to challenge.

  1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, if a declaratory judgment is entered under subsection 2 of NRS 30.040 during the lifetime of a decedent, declaring a document to be the valid will of the decedent, the validity of that will is not subject to challenge after the death of the decedent.  2. Nothing in this section shall be construed to:  (a) Prevent the appeal of a declaratory judgment entered pursuant to subsection 1; or  (b) Prohibit evidence that the will has been revoked or that the decedent executed a valid later will.  (Added to NRS by 2015, 3527)
NV Rev Stat § 137.010 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 137 - Contests of Wills|NRS 137.010 - Proceedings preliminary to trial.

  1. The Attorney General or any interested person, including a devisee under a former will, may contest the will by filing written grounds of opposition to the probate thereof at any time before the hearing of the petition for probate. Personal notice must then be given by a citation directed to the heirs of the decedent and to all interested persons, including minors and incapacitated persons, wherever residing, directing them to plead to the contest within 30 days after service of the citation in the manner provided in NRS 155.050.  2. A person so served may interpose any defense or objection to the contest by any motion authorized by the Nevada Rules of Civil Procedure in civil actions. If the motion is granted, the court may allow the contestant 10 days within which to amend the contest. If the motion is denied, the petitioner and other interested persons, within 10 days after the receipt of written notice thereof, may jointly or separately answer the contest. The times specified in this section may be extended by the court.  [Part 18:107:1941; 1931 NCL § 9882.18] — (NRS A 1999, 2268)
NV Rev Stat § 137.020 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 137 - Contests of Wills|NRS 137.020 - Trial of contest: Jury; costs.

  1. In the contest, the contestant is plaintiff and the petitioner is defendant. The written grounds of opposition constitute a pleading and are subject to the same rules governing pleadings as in the case of a complaint in a civil action.  2. An issue of fact involving the competency of the decedent to make a will, the freedom of the decedent at the time of the execution of the will from duress, menace, fraud or undue influence, the due execution and attestation of the will, or any other question substantially affecting the validity of the will, must be tried by the court unless one of the parties demands a jury. The party demanding the jury shall advance the jury costs.  3. Upon the determination of the contest, costs must be awarded in accordance with the provisions of chapter 18 of NRS.  [Part 18:107:1941; 1931 NCL § 9882.18] — (NRS A 1999, 2268)
NV Rev Stat § 137.030 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 137 - Contests of Wills|NRS 137.030 - Admissibility of testimony concerning declarations of testator.

In the contest, the testimony as to the declaration of a testator is admissible if contemporaneous with the execution of the will insofar as the declaration relates to the testator’s intention, state of mind, feelings, competency, and the existence or nonexistence of duress and undue influence.  [Part 18:107:1941; 1931 NCL § 9882.18] — (NRS A 1999, 2269)
NV Rev Stat § 137.040 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 137 - Contests of Wills|NRS 137.040 - Evidence of execution.

If the will is contested, all the subscribing witnesses who are present in the county and who are of sound mind must be produced and examined, or the death, absence or incapacity of any of them must be satisfactorily shown to the court. If none of the subscribing witnesses resides in the county, and the evidence of none of them can be produced, the court may admit the evidence of other witnesses to prove the due execution of the will and, as evidence of the execution, it may admit proof of the handwriting of the testator and of any of the subscribing witnesses.  [19:107:1941; 1931 NCL § 9882.19] — (NRS A 1999, 2269)
NV Rev Stat § 137.050 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 137 - Contests of Wills|NRS 137.050 - Verdict and judgment.

The jury must return a special verdict upon the issues submitted to them by the court; and upon the verdict, or upon the proof taken if a jury is waived, the court must render judgment, either admitting the will to probate or rejecting it.  [Part 18:107:1941; 1931 NCL § 9882.18]
NV Rev Stat § 137.060 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 137 - Contests of Wills|NRS 137.060 - Order admitting will to probate.

If the court is satisfied upon the proof taken when heard by the court, or by the verdict of a jury if a jury is had, that the will was duly executed by the testator, who was at the time of sound and disposing mind and not under duress, menace, undue influence or fraudulent representation, the court, by order in writing, shall admit the will to probate.  [20:107:1941; 1931 NCL § 9882.20] — (NRS A 1999, 2269)
NV Rev Stat § 137.070 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 137 - Contests of Wills|NRS 137.070 - Perpetuation of testimony.

The testimony of each subscribing witness who has testified must be reduced to writing, signed in the form of an affidavit or deposition and filed with the court, and is admissible in evidence in any subsequent contest of the will if the witness has died or has permanently moved from the State.  [21:107:1941; 1931 NCL § 9882.21] — (NRS A 1999, 2269)
NV Rev Stat § 137.080 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 137 - Contests of Wills|NRS 137.080 - Persons qualified to contest will; filing of petition.

After a will has been admitted to probate, any interested person other than a party to a contest before probate or a person who had actual notice of the previous contest in time to have joined therein may, at any time within 3 months after the order is entered admitting the will to probate, contest the admission or the validity of the will. The contestant must file with the court in which the will was proved a petition containing the allegations of the contestant against the validity of the will or against the sufficiency of the proof, and requesting that the probate be revoked.  [22:107:1941; 1931 NCL § 9882.22] — (NRS A 1999, 2269)
NV Rev Stat § 137.090 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 137 - Contests of Wills|NRS 137.090 - Issuance of citation.

Upon filing a petition pursuant to NRS 137.080, the court shall order the issuance of a citation, directed to the personal representative and to all the devisees mentioned in the will, and the heirs, so far as known to the petitioner, including minors and incapacitated persons, or the personal representative of any such person who is dead, directing them to plead to the contest within 30 days after service of the citation.  [23:107:1941; 1931 NCL § 9882.23] — (NRS A 1999, 2269; 2017, 1674)
NV Rev Stat § 137.100 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 137 - Contests of Wills|NRS 137.100 - Service of citation; trial; revocation of letters.

The citation must be served and proceedings had thereunder as in the case of a contest before probate. If the jury finds or the court decides that the will is invalid or is not the last will of the testator, the court shall enter an order revoking the probate of the will and letters testamentary. Thereupon the powers of the personal representative cease, but the personal representative is not liable for any act done in good faith before the revocation.  [24:107:1941; 1931 NCL § 9882.24] — (NRS A 1999, 2270)
NV Rev Stat § 137.110 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 137 - Contests of Wills|NRS 137.110 - Costs.

If the probate is not revoked, the costs of trial must be paid by the contestant. If the probate is revoked, the costs must be paid by the party who resisted the revocation or out of the property of the decedent, as the court may direct in accordance with the provisions of chapter 18 of NRS.  [25:107:1941; 1931 NCL § 9882.25] — (NRS A 1999, 2270)
NV Rev Stat § 137.120 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 137 - Contests of Wills|NRS 137.120 - Period of limitation.

If no person contests the validity of a will or of the probate thereof, within the time specified in NRS 137.080, the probate of the will is conclusive.  [26:107:1941; 1931 NCL § 9882.26]
NV Rev Stat § 137.130 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 137 - Contests of Wills|NRS 137.130 - Probate of other will.

Failure to contest a will does not preclude the subsequent probate of a will executed later in point of time than the one previously admitted to probate.  [27:107:1941; 1931 NCL § 9882.27] — (NRS A 1999, 2270)
NV Rev Stat § 137.140 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 137 - Contests of Wills|NRS 137.140 - Appeal from final order.

An appeal from a final order determining the contest of a will is governed by the Nevada Rules of Appellate Procedure, and the notice of appeal must be filed with the clerk of the district court not later than 30 days after the date of service of written notice of entry of a final order. A party may make any motion after the determination that is provided by the Nevada Rules of Civil Procedure.  (Added to NRS by 1999, 2268; A 2001, 2343)
NV Rev Stat § 138.010 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 138 - Appointment of Personal Representatives|NRS 138.010 - Powers of personal representative before issuance of letters.

  1. If a will has been admitted to probate, the court shall direct letters thereon to issue to the personal representative named in the will, who shall appear and qualify.  2. No person has any power as a personal representative until he or she qualifies, except that, before letters are issued, he or she may pay the funeral charges and take necessary measures for the preservation of the estate.  [37:107:1941; 1931 NCL § 9882.37] — (NRS A 1999, 2270)
NV Rev Stat § 138.020 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 138 - Appointment of Personal Representatives|NRS 138.020 - Qualifications of executor; letters with will annexed.

  1. No person is qualified to serve as an executor who, at the time the will is probated:  (a) Is under the age of majority;  (b) Has been convicted of a felony, unless the court determines that such a conviction should not disqualify the person from serving in the position of an executor;  (c) Upon proof, is adjudged by the court disqualified to execute the duties of executor by reason of conflict of interest, drunkenness, improvidence, lack of integrity or understanding or other compelling reason; or  (d) Is a bank not authorized to do business in the State of Nevada, unless it associates as coexecutor a bank authorized to do business in this State. An out-of-state bank is qualified to appoint a substitute executor, pursuant to NRS 138.045, without forming such an association, but any natural person so appointed must be a resident of this State.  2. If a disqualified person is named as the sole executor in a will, or if all persons so named are disqualified or renounce their right to act, or fail to appear and qualify, letters of administration with the will annexed must issue.  [38:107:1941; 1931 NCL § 9882.38] — (NRS A 1969, 1198; 1971, 148; 1975, 1767; 1995, 496; 1999, 2270; 2003, 2509, 2690; 2009, 1625; 2015, 3527)
NV Rev Stat § 138.040 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 138 - Appointment of Personal Representatives|NRS 138.040 - Executor not specifically named may be appointed.

If it appears by the terms of a will that it was the intention of the testator to commit the execution of the will and the administration of the estate of the testator to any person as executor, that person, although not named executor, is entitled to letters testamentary in like manner as if that person had been named executor.  [39:107:1941; 1931 NCL § 9882.39] — (NRS A 1999, 2271)