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2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 133 - Wills › NRS 133.190 - Effect of advancements.

If the child or children, or their descendants, so unprovided for, have had an equal proportion of the testator’s estate bestowed upon them in the testator’s lifetime, by way of an advancement, as provided in NRS 151.120, they take nothing under NRS 133.160, 133.170 and 133.180.
[17:61:1862; B § 828; BH § 3016; C § 3087; RL § 6218; NCL § 9921]—(NRS A 1999, 2258)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 133 - Wills › NRS 133.200 - Death of beneficiary.

In the absence of a provision in the will to the contrary, if any beneficiary who is a descendant of the testator dies before the testator, leaving lineal descendants, the property, share or beneficial interest that would have been distributed or allocated to that deceased beneficiary must be distributed or allocated to that beneficiary’s descendants then living, by right of representation, to be distributed under the same terms that would have applied to the deceased beneficiary.
[18:61:1862; A 1937, 48; 1931 NCL § 9922]—(NRS A 1999, 2258; 2011, 1435)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 133 - Wills › NRS 133.210 - Devise of real property.

Every devise of real property in any will conveys all the estate of the testator therein which could lawfully be devised, unless it clearly appears by the will that the testator intended to convey a lesser estate.
[19:61:1862; B § 830; BH § 3018; C § 3089; RL § 6220; NCL § 9923]—(NRS A 1999, 2259)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 133 - Wills › NRS 133.220 - Interests acquired after execution of will.

Any estate, right or interest in real property acquired by the testator after the making of a will passes thereby in like manner as if it had been acquired before the time of making the will, if that manifestly appears by the will to have been the intention of the testator.
[20:61:1862; B § 831; BH § 3019; C § 3090; RL § 6221; NCL § 9924]—(NRS A 1960, 423; 1999, 2259)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 133 - Wills › NRS 133.300 - Written statement required to serve as qualified custodian.

1. A person must execute a written statement affirmatively agreeing to serve as the qualified custodian of an electronic will before he or she may serve in such a capacity.
2. A qualified custodian may not cease serving in such a capacity until the requirements of NRS 133.310 have been met.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 3438; A 2021, 963)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 133 - Wills › NRS 133.310 - Requirements to cease serving as qualified custodian; appointment of successor qualified custodian.

1. A qualified custodian may cease serving in such a capacity by:
(a) The conversion of an electronic will into a certified paper original in accordance with NRS 133.340;
(b) The conversion of an electronic revocation into a certification of revocation of the electronic will in accordance with subsection 7 of NRS 133.340; or
(c) The appointment of a successor qualified custodian in accordance with subsection 2.
2. A successor qualified custodian may be appointed as follows:
(a) The successor qualified custodian is designated by:
(1) The testator; or
(2) Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, the qualified custodian, by providing the testator 30 days’ written notice that the qualified custodian has decided to cease serving in such a capacity and designating the successor qualified custodian;
(b) The qualified custodian provides to the successor qualified custodian the electronic record of the electronic will and an affidavit which states:
(1) That the qualified custodian ceasing to act in such a capacity is eligible to act as a qualified custodian in this State and is the qualified custodian designated by the testator in the electronic will or was designated to act in such a capacity by another qualified custodian pursuant to this subsection;
(2) That an electronic record was created at the time the testator executed the electronic will;
(3) That the electronic record has been in the custody of one or more qualified custodians since the execution of the electronic will and has not been altered since the time it was created; and
(4) The identity of all qualified custodians who have had custody of the electronic record since the execution of the electronic will; and
(c) The successor qualified custodian executes a written statement pursuant to subsection 1 of NRS 133.300.
3. If the qualified custodian has custody of the testator’s electronic revocation of the electronic will, the qualified custodian shall provide to the successor qualified custodian the electronic record of the electronic revocation and an affidavit stating:
(a) That an electronic record was created at the time the testator revoked the will;
(b) That the electronic record has been in the custody of one or more qualified custodians since the execution of the electronic revocation and has not been altered since the time it was created; and
(c) The identity of all qualified custodians who have had custody of the electronic record since the execution of the electronic revocation.
4. Before the expiration of the 30 days after the qualified custodian gives notice designating a successor qualified custodian pursuant to subparagraph (2) of paragraph (a) of subsection 2, if the testator designates a different successor qualified custodian, the successor qualified custodian whom the testator designates must be the appointed successor qualified custodian.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 3437; A 2021, 963)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 133 - Wills › NRS 133.320 - Restriction on and duties of qualified custodian; written notice; requirements governing electronic will also govern electronic codicil and electronic revocation of will.

1. A qualified custodian of an electronic will:
(a) Must not be an heir of the testator or a beneficiary or devisee under the electronic will.
(b) Shall consistently employ, and store electronic records of electronic wills in, a system that protects electronic records from destruction, alteration or unauthorized access and detects any change to an electronic record.
(c) Shall store in the electronic record of an electronic will each of the following:
(1) A photograph or other visual record of the testator and the attesting witnesses that was taken contemporaneously with the execution of the electronic will;
(2) A photocopy, photograph, facsimile or other visual record of any documentation that was taken contemporaneously with the execution of the electronic will and provides satisfactory evidence of the identities of the testator and the attesting witnesses, including, without limitation, documentation of the methods of identification used pursuant to subsection 4 of NRS 240.1655; and
(3) An audio and video recording of the testator, attesting witnesses and notary public, as applicable, taken at the time the testator, each attesting witness and notary public, as applicable, placed his or her electronic signature on the electronic will, as required pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 1 of NRS 133.085.
(d) Shall provide to any court that is hearing a matter involving an electronic will which is currently or was previously stored by the qualified custodian any information requested by the court pertaining to the qualifications of the qualified custodian and the policies and practices of the qualified custodian concerning the maintenance, storage and production of electronic wills.
2. For the purposes of this title, if a qualified custodian or other person is required to provide written notice to a testator, notice shall be deemed to be provided if the qualified custodian or other person delivers written notice to the last known address of the testator.
3. Except as otherwise provided by law, the requirements governing an electronic will also govern an electronic codicil and electronic revocation of a will.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 3436; A 2021, 964)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 133 - Wills › NRS 133.330 - Access to and destruction of electronic records in custody of qualified custodian.

1. With regard to an electronic record of an electronic will, a qualified custodian shall provide access to or information concerning the electronic will or the certified paper original of the electronic will only to:
(a) The testator or another person as directed by the written instructions of the testator; and
(b) After the death of the testator, the nominated personal representative of the testator or any interested person.
2. A qualified custodian may, in the absolute discretion of the qualified custodian, destroy the electronic record of an electronic will at any of the following times:
(a) One year after notice of entry of an order admitting any will to probate;
(b) After ceasing to serve as the qualified custodian of the electronic record of the electronic will upon the appointment of a successor qualified custodian pursuant to NRS 133.310;
(c) If the electronic will has been converted to a certified paper original in accordance with NRS 133.340 and the qualified custodian complies with subsection 4, after 30 days’ written notice to the testator;
(d) If a certification of revocation has been created in accordance with subsection 7 of NRS 133.340 and the qualified custodian complies with subsection 4, after 30 days’ written notice to the testator;
(e) Pursuant to the direction of a testator in a writing executed with the same formalities required for the execution of a will or an electronic will; or
(f) Upon court order authorizing the destruction of the electronic will.
3. Subject to the provisions of subsection 4, if a certification of revocation has been created pursuant to subsection 7 of NRS 133.340, a qualified custodian may, in the absolute discretion of the qualified custodian, destroy the electronic record of an electronic revocation at any of the following times:
(a) One year after notice of entry of an order admitting any will to probate;
(b) If the requirements of subsection 3 of NRS 133.310 are met, after ceasing to serve as the qualified custodian of the electronic will upon the appointment of a successor qualified custodian pursuant to NRS 133.310;
(c) Pursuant to the direction of a testator in a writing executed with the same formalities required for the execution of a will or an electronic will;
(d) After 30 days’ written notice to the testator; or
(e) Upon court order authorizing the destruction of the electronic record of the electronic will.
4. Before destroying an electronic will or an electronic revocation, the qualified custodian shall make reasonable efforts to provide to the testator the electronic record of the electronic will and electronic revocation.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 3437; A 2021, 965)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 133A - International Wills (Uniform Act) › NRS 133A.030 - "Authorized person" defined.

"Authorized person" and "person authorized to act in connection with international wills" mean a person who, by NRS 133A.120 or by the laws of the United States, including members of the diplomatic and consular service of the United States designated by Foreign Service Regulations, is empowered to supervise the execution of international wills.
(Added to NRS by 2009, 248)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 133A - International Wills (Uniform Act) › NRS 133A.050 - Validity.

1. A will is valid as regards form, irrespective particularly of the place where it is made, of the location of the assets and of the nationality, domicile or residence of the testator, if it is made in the form of an international will complying with the requirements of this chapter.
2. The invalidity of the will as an international will does not affect its formal validity as a will of another kind.
3. This chapter does not apply to the form of testamentary dispositions made by two or more persons in one instrument.
(Added to NRS by 2009, 249)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 133A - International Wills (Uniform Act) › NRS 133A.060 - Requirements.

1. The will must be made in writing. It need not be written by the testator. It may be written in any language, by hand or by any other means.
2. The testator shall declare in the presence of two witnesses and of a person authorized to act in connection with international wills that the document is the testator’s will and that he or she knows the contents thereof. The testator need not inform the witnesses, or the authorized person, of the contents of the will.
3. In the presence of the witnesses, and of the authorized person, the testator shall sign the will or, if the testator has previously signed it, shall acknowledge his or her signature.
4. When the testator is unable to sign, the absence of his or her signature does not affect the validity of the international will if the testator indicates the reason for his or her inability to sign and the authorized person makes note thereof on the will. In these cases, it is permissible for any other person present, including the authorized person or one of the witnesses, at the direction of the testator, to sign the testator’s name for the testator, if the authorized person makes note of this also on the will, but it is not required that any person sign the testator’s name for the testator.
5. The witnesses and the authorized person shall there and then attest the will by signing in the presence of the testator.
(Added to NRS by 2009, 249)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 133A - International Wills (Uniform Act) › NRS 133A.070 - Additional requirements.

1. The signatures must be placed at the end of the will. If the will consists of several sheets, each sheet must be signed by the testator or, if the testator is unable to sign, by the person signing on his or her behalf or, if there is no such person, by the authorized person. In addition, each sheet must be numbered.
2. The date of the will must be the date of its signature by the authorized person. That date must be noted at the end of the will by the authorized person.
3. The authorized person shall ask the testator whether he or she wishes to make a declaration concerning the safekeeping of the will. If so, and at the express request of the testator, the place where the testator intends to have the will kept must be mentioned in the certificate provided for in NRS 133A.080.
4. A will executed in compliance with NRS 133A.060 is not invalid merely because it does not comply with this section.
(Added to NRS by 2009, 249)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 133A - International Wills (Uniform Act) › NRS 133A.080 - Certificate.

The authorized person shall attach to the will a certificate to be signed by him or her establishing that the requirements of this chapter for valid execution of an international will have been complied with. The authorized person shall keep a copy of the certificate and deliver another to the testator. The certificate must be in substantially the following form:
CERTIFICATE
(Convention of October 26, 1973)
I, __________ (name, address and capacity), a person authorized to act in connection with international wills, certify that on __________ (date) at __________ (place), __________ (testator name, address, date and place of birth), in my presence and that of the witnesses:
(a) __________ (name, address, date and place of birth); and
(b) __________ (name, address, date and place of birth),
has declared that the attached document is his or her will and that he or she knows the contents thereof.
I furthermore certify that:
(a) In my presence and in that of the witnesses:
(1) The testator has signed the will or has acknowledged his or her signature previously affixed.
*(2) Following a declaration of the testator stating that he or she was unable to sign his or her will for the following reason, __________, I have mentioned this declaration on the will *and the signature has been affixed by __________ (name and address).
(b) The witnesses and I have signed the will.
*(c) Each page of the will has been signed by __________ and numbered.
(d) I have satisfied myself as to the identity of the testator and of the witnesses as designated above.
(e) The witnesses met the conditions requisite to act as such according to the law under which I am acting.
*(f) The testator has requested me to include the following statement concerning the safekeeping of his or her will:
__________
PLACE OF EXECUTION
DATE
SIGNATURE and, if necessary, SEAL
*To be completed if appropriate
(Added to NRS by 2009, 249)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 133A - International Wills (Uniform Act) › NRS 133A.090 - Effect of certificate.

In the absence of evidence to the contrary, the certificate of the authorized person is conclusive of the formal validity of the instrument as a will under this chapter. The absence or irregularity of a certificate does not affect the formal validity of a will under this chapter.
(Added to NRS by 2009, 250)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 133A - International Wills (Uniform Act) › NRS 133A.110 - Source and construction.

NRS 133A.020 to 133A.100, inclusive, derive from Annex to Convention of October 26, 1973, Providing a Uniform Law on the Form of an International Will. In interpreting and applying this chapter, regard must be given to its international origin and to the need for uniformity in its interpretation.
(Added to NRS by 2009, 250)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 133A - International Wills (Uniform Act) › NRS 133A.120 - Persons authorized to act in relation to international will; eligibility; recognition by authorizing agency.

Persons who have been admitted to practice law before the courts of this State and who are in good standing as active law practitioners in this State are hereby declared to be authorized persons in relation to international wills.
(Added to NRS by 2009, 250)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 134 - Succession › NRS 134.005 - Applicability of chapter as between spouses with premarital agreement.

The provisions of this chapter do not apply to the extent that they are inconsistent with the provisions of a premarital agreement which was executed by the decedent and the surviving spouse of the decedent and which is enforceable pursuant to chapter 123A of NRS.
(Added to NRS by 1981, 779; A 1989, 1008; 1999, 1356)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 134 - Succession › NRS 134.010 - Vesting upon death of spouse; applicability of chapter only to separate property.

If a decedent leaves a surviving spouse:
1. Community property with right of survivorship vests in accordance with the right of survivorship;
2. All other community property vests as provided in NRS 123.250; and
3. The provisions of this chapter apply only to the separate property of the decedent.
[Part 1:198:1937; 1931 NCL § 3395.01]—(NRS A 1957, 361; 1999, 1356)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 134 - Succession › NRS 134.030 - Descent and distribution.

If a decedent dies intestate and has title to any estate which is the separate property of the decedent and which is not otherwise limited by contract, the estate descends and must be distributed, subject to the payment of the debts of the decedent, in the manner provided in NRS 134.040 to 134.120, inclusive.
[Part 297:107:1941; A 1945, 349; 1943 NCL § 9882.297]—(NRS A 1981, 779; 1999, 1356; 2003, 2508)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 134 - Succession › NRS 134.040 - Surviving spouse and issue.

1. If the decedent leaves a surviving spouse and only one child, or the lawful issue of one child, the estate goes one-half to the surviving spouse and one-half to the child or the issue of the child.
2. If the decedent leaves a surviving spouse and more than one child living, or a child and the lawful issue of one or more deceased children, the estate goes one-third to the surviving spouse and the remainder in equal shares to the children and the lawful issue of any deceased child by right of representation.
[Part 297:107:1941; A 1945, 349; 1943 NCL § 9882.297]—(NRS A 1999, 2259)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 134 - Succession › NRS 134.050 - Surviving spouse and no issue; no surviving spouse or issue but parent.

1. If the decedent leaves no issue, the estate goes one-half to the surviving spouse, one-fourth to one parent of the decedent and one-fourth to the other parent of the decedent, if both are living. If both parents are not living, one-half to the parent then living.
2. If the decedent leaves no issue or parent, one-half of the separate property of the decedent goes to the surviving spouse and the other one-half goes in equal shares to the brothers and sisters of the decedent.
3. If the decedent leaves no issue or surviving spouse, the estate goes one-half to one parent of the decedent and one-half to the other parent of the decedent, if both are living. If both parents are not living, the whole estate goes to the parent then living.
4. If the decedent leaves no issue, parent, brother or sister, or children of any issue, all of the separate property of the decedent goes to the surviving spouse.
[Part 297:107:1941; A 1945, 349; 1943 NCL § 9882.297]—(NRS A 1999, 2259; 2017, 785)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 134 - Succession › NRS 134.060 - No issue, surviving spouse or parent but sibling.

If there is no issue, surviving spouse or parent, then the estate goes in equal shares to the brothers and sisters of the decedent and to the lawful issue of any deceased brother or sister by right of representation as follows:
1. To the brothers and sisters, each a share; and
2. To the lawful issue of each deceased brother and sister, by right of representation, the same share that the parent would have received if the parent had been living at the time of the death of the decedent.
[Part 297:107:1941; A 1945, 349; 1943 NCL § 9882.297]—(NRS A 1999, 2260; 2007, 895; 2009, 1624; 2017, 785)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 134 - Succession › NRS 134.070 - No issue, surviving spouse or immediate family.

If the decedent leaves no issue, surviving spouse, parent, brother or sister living at the time of death, the estate goes to the next of kin in equal degree, except that if there are two or more collateral kindred in equal degree, but claiming through different ancestors, those who claim through the nearest ancestors are preferred to those who claim through ancestors more remote.
[Part 297:107:1941; A 1945, 349; 1943 NCL § 9882.297]—(NRS A 1999, 2260; 2001, 2343; 2017, 785)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 134 - Succession › NRS 134.080 - Unmarried minor decedent without issue or sibling but issue of sibling.

At the death of a child who is under age, who is without issue and who has not been married, all the other children of the parent being also dead, if any of the other children left issue, the estate that came to the child by inheritance from the parent descends to all the issue of the other children of the same parent, and if all the issue are in the same degree of kindred to the child, they are entitled to share the estate equally; otherwise, they are entitled to take according to the right of representation.
[Part 297:107:1941; A 1945, 349; 1943 NCL § 9882.297]—(NRS A 1999, 2260; 2001, 2343; 2003, 2508)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 134 - Succession › NRS 134.085 - Unmarried minor decedent without issue but sibling or issue of sibling.

If any person dies leaving several children, or leaving a child and issue of one or more children, and any such surviving child dies under age, without issue and not having been married, all the estate that came to the deceased child by inheritance from the deceased parent descends in equal shares to the other children of the same parent, and to the issue of any other children of the same parent who may have died, by right of representation.
(Added to NRS by 2003, 2508)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 134 - Succession › NRS 134.090 - No surviving spouse but issue.

If the decedent leaves no surviving spouse, but there is a child or children, the estate, if there is only one child, all goes to that child. If there is more than one child, the estate goes to all the children of the decedent, to share and share alike.
[Part 297:107:1941; A 1945, 349; 1943 NCL § 9882.297]—(NRS A 1999, 2260)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 134 - Succession › NRS 134.100 - No surviving spouse but issue and children of issue.

If the decedent leaves no surviving spouse, but there is a child or children and the lawful issue of a child or children, the estate goes to the child or children and lawful issue of the child or children by right of representation as follows: To the child or children, each a share and to the lawful issue of each deceased child, by right of representation, the same share that the parent would have received if the parent had been living at the time of the death of the decedent.
[Part 297:107:1941; A 1945, 349; 1943 NCL § 9882.297]—(NRS A 1999, 2260)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 134 - Succession › NRS 134.110 - No surviving spouse or issue but children of issue.

If the decedent leaves no surviving spouse, or child or children, but there is the lawful issue of a child or children, all the estate descends and must be distributed to the lawful issue of the child or children by right of representation, and this rule applies to the lawful issue of all such children, and to the lawful issue ad infinitum.
[Part 297:107:1941; A 1945, 349; 1943 NCL § 9882.297]—(NRS A 1999, 2261)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 134 - Succession › NRS 134.120 - Escheat.

If the decedent leaves no surviving spouse or kindred, the estate escheats to the State for educational purposes.
[Part 297:107:1941; A 1945, 349; 1943 NCL § 9882.297]—(NRS A 1999, 2261)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 134 - Succession › NRS 134.210 - Vesting of estate if both spouses die intestate.

Whenever one spouse dies intestate, leaving heirs, if the other spouse dies intestate after the first spouse, without heirs, leaving property, the estate of the second spouse to die vests in the heirs of the first spouse to die, subject to expenses of administration and payment of legal debts against the estate.
[321:107:1941; 1931 NCL § 9882.321]—(NRS A 1981, 520; 1999, 2261)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 135 - Simultaneous Death (Uniform Act) › NRS 135.020 - Insufficient evidence of survivorship.

Where the title to property or the devolution thereof depends upon priority of death and there is insufficient evidence that the persons died otherwise than simultaneously, the property of each person must be disposed of as if that person had survived, except as provided otherwise in this chapter.
[1:44:1949; 1943 NCL § 9885.01]—(NRS A 1999, 2261)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 135 - Simultaneous Death (Uniform Act) › NRS 135.030 - Beneficiaries of another person’s disposition of property.

Where two or more beneficiaries are designated to take successively by reason of survivorship under another person’s disposition of property and there is insufficient evidence that these beneficiaries died otherwise than simultaneously, the property thus disposed of must be divided into as many equal portions as there are successive beneficiaries and these portions must be distributed respectively to those who would have taken in the event that each designated beneficiary had survived.
[2:44:1949; 1943 NCL § 9885.02]—(NRS A 1999, 2261)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 135 - Simultaneous Death (Uniform Act) › NRS 135.040 - Joint tenants or spouses holding title to community property with right of survivorship.

Where there is insufficient evidence that two joint tenants or spouses holding title to community property with right of survivorship died otherwise than simultaneously, the property so held must be distributed one-half as if one had survived and one-half as if the other had survived. If there are more than two joint tenants and all of them have so died, the property thus distributed must be in the proportion that one bears to the whole number of joint tenants.
[3:44:1949; 1943 NCL § 9885.03]—(NRS A 1999, 2261)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 135 - Simultaneous Death (Uniform Act) › NRS 135.050 - Insurance policies.

Where the insured and the beneficiary in a policy of life or accident insurance have died and there is insufficient evidence that they died otherwise than simultaneously, the proceeds of the policy must be distributed as if the insured had survived the beneficiary.
[4:44:1949; 1943 NCL § 9885.04]—(NRS A 1999, 2262)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 135 - Simultaneous Death (Uniform Act) › NRS 135.060 - Community property.

Except as otherwise provided in NRS 135.050 or in a premarital agreement between spouses which is enforceable pursuant to chapter 123A of NRS, where both spouses have died, leaving community property, and there is insufficient evidence that they died otherwise than simultaneously, one-half of all the community property must be distributed as if one spouse had survived and the other one-half thereof must be distributed as if the other spouse had survived.
[5:44:1949; 1943 NCL § 9885.05]—(NRS A 1989, 1009; 1999, 2262)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 135 - Simultaneous Death (Uniform Act) › NRS 135.080 - Chapter does not apply if decedent provides otherwise.

This chapter does not apply in the case of wills, living trusts, deeds, or contracts in which provision has been made for distribution of property different from the provisions of this chapter.
[7:44:1949; 1943 NCL § 9885.07]—(NRS A 1999, 2262)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 136 - Probate of Wills and Petitions for Letters › NRS 136.010 - Determination of proper court.

1. Jurisdiction of the settlement of the estate of a decedent may be assumed in the district court of any county in this State if:
(a) The decedent was a resident of this State at the time of death; or
(b) Any part of the estate of the decedent is located in this State.
2. Venue of the settlement of the estate of a decedent is proper in any district court in this State. If an interested person objects to the venue on the basis of convenience, the court may determine the appropriate venue only after considering, in order of priority, the convenience of the forum to:
(a) Where the decedent resided at the time of death;
(b) Where the decedent owned real property;
(c) The preference of the person named as personal representative or trustee in the will; and
(d) The preference of the heirs, devisees, interested persons or beneficiaries to the decedent or estate and their legal counsel.
3. After a properly noticed hearing is held, the district court that first assumes jurisdiction of the settlement of an estate has exclusive jurisdiction of the settlement of that estate, including, without limitation:
(a) The proving of wills;
(b) The granting of letters; and
(c) The administration of the estate.
[1:107:1941; 1931 NCL § 9882.01]—(NRS A 1999, 2262; 2019, 1852; 2023, 1314)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 136 - Probate of Wills and Petitions for Letters › NRS 136.020 - Disqualified judge.

A district judge shall not admit any will to probate, or grant letters in any case where the judge is:
1. Interested as next of kin to the decedent.
2. A devisee under the will.
3. Named as personal representative or trustee in the will.
4. A witness to the will.
[96:107:1941; 1931 NCL § 9882.96]—(NRS A 1999, 2262)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 136 - Probate of Wills and Petitions for Letters › NRS 136.030 - Disqualified judge required to transfer proceedings to qualified judge; duties, powers and jurisdiction of qualified judge.

1. If a district judge, who would otherwise be authorized to act, is precluded from acting from the causes mentioned in NRS 136.020, or if the judge is interested in any manner, the judge shall transfer all proceedings in the matter of the estate to another judge of the same county, if there is one, who is not disqualified to act in the settlement of the estate, or the judge shall request a judge of another district to hold the court in the other county.
2. The judge to whom the matter is transferred or the other district judge shall hold court and is vested with all the powers of the court and judge so disqualified, and retains jurisdiction as to all subsequent proceedings in regard to the estate.
[Part 97:107:1941; 1931 NCL § 9882.97]—(NRS A 1999, 2262)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 136 - Probate of Wills and Petitions for Letters › NRS 136.040 - Transfer of proceedings back to original court.

If, before the administration of any estate transferred as provided in NRS 136.030 is closed, another person becomes judge of the court in which the proceeding was originally commenced who is not disqualified to act in the settlement of the estate, and the causes for which the proceeding was transferred no longer exist, any interested person may have the proceeding returned to the judge who succeeded the disqualified judge, by filing a petition setting forth these facts and moving the court to grant the petition. If these facts are satisfactorily shown, the court must make an order transferring the proceeding back to the judge who is not disqualified.
[Part 97:107:1941; 1931 NCL § 9882.97]—(NRS A 1999, 2263)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 136 - Probate of Wills and Petitions for Letters › NRS 136.050 - Delivery of will after death; liability for nondelivery; record of will; inspection of records.

1. Any person having possession of a will shall, within 30 days after knowledge of the death of the person who executed the will, deliver it to the clerk of the district court which has jurisdiction of the case or to the personal representative named in the will.
2. Any person named as personal representative in a will shall, within 30 days after the death of the testator, or within 30 days after knowledge of being named, present the will, if in possession of it, to the clerk of the court.
3. Every person who neglects to perform any of the duties required in subsections 1 and 2 without reasonable cause is liable to every person interested in the will for the damages the interested person may sustain by reason of the neglect.
4. A will that is delivered or presented pursuant to subsection 1 or 2 becomes part of the permanent record maintained by the clerk of the court, whether or not a petition for the probate of the will is filed.
5. A will that is part of the permanent record maintained by the clerk of the court becomes a court record open to inspection unless the will is sealed pursuant to Part VII of the Nevada Supreme Court Rules.
[2:107:1941; 1931 NCL § 9882.02] + [3:107:1941; 1931 NCL § 9882.03] + [4:107:1941; 1931 NCL § 9882.04]—(NRS A 1999, 2263; 2015, 961)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 136 - Probate of Wills and Petitions for Letters › NRS 136.060 - Order to produce will; penalty for failure to comply with order.

1. If it is alleged in any petition that the will of a decedent is in the possession of a third person, and the court is satisfied that the allegation is correct, an order must be issued and served upon the person having possession of the will, requiring that person to produce it at a time to be named in the order.
2. Any person having the possession of a will who neglects or refuses to produce it in obedience to such an order may, by warrant from the court, be committed to the county jail, and be kept in close confinement until the person produces the will. The court may make all other necessary orders at chambers to enforce the production of the will.
[8:107:1941; 1931 NCL § 9882.08] + [9:107:1941; 1931 NCL § 9882.09]—(NRS A 1999, 2263)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 136 - Probate of Wills and Petitions for Letters › NRS 136.070 - Persons qualified to petition for probate.

1. A personal representative or devisee named in a will, or any other interested person, may, at any time after the death of the testator, petition the court having jurisdiction to have the will proved, whether the will is in the possession of that person or not, or is lost or destroyed, or is beyond the jurisdiction of the State.
2. A personal representative named in a will, though not in possession of the will, may present a petition to the district court having jurisdiction, requesting that the person in possession of the will be required to produce it so that it may be admitted to probate and letters may be issued.
[6:107:1941; 1931 NCL § 9882.06] + [7:107:1941; 1931 NCL § 9882.07]—(NRS A 1999, 2263)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 136 - Probate of Wills and Petitions for Letters › NRS 136.090 - Petition for probate: Requirements; effect of defect.

1. A petition for the probate of a will and issuance of letters must state:
(a) The jurisdictional facts;
(b) Whether the person named as personal representative consents to act or renounces the right to letters;
(c) The names and residences of the heirs, next of kin and devisees of the decedent, the age of any heir, next of kin or devisee who is a minor, and the relationship of the heirs and next of kin to the decedent, so far as known to the petitioner;
(d) The character and estimated value of the property of the estate;
(e) The name of the person for whom letters are requested, and whether the person has been convicted of a felony;
(f) The name of any devisee who is deceased; and
(g) How the district court in which the petition is being filed is a convenient forum to:
(1) The person named as personal representative or trustee in the will; and
(2) The heirs, devisees, interested persons or beneficiaries to the decedent or estate and their legal counsel.
2. No defect of form or in the statement of jurisdictional facts actually existing voids the probate of a will.
[5:107:1941; 1931 NCL § 9882.05]—(NRS A 1975, 1766; 1985, 2036; 1999, 2264; 2009, 1624; 2019, 1853)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 136 - Probate of Wills and Petitions for Letters › NRS 136.100 - Petition for probate: Clerk to set for hearing; notice of hearing.

1. A petition for the probate of a will and for the issuance of letters must be signed by the party petitioning, or the attorney for the petitioner, and filed with the clerk of the court, who shall set the petition for hearing.
2. The petitioner shall give notice of the hearing for the period and in the manner provided in NRS 155.020 to the heirs of the testator and the devisees named in the will, to all persons named as personal representatives who are not petitioning and to the Director of the Department of Health and Human Services. The notice must be substantially in the form provided in that section.
[11:107:1941; 1931 NCL § 9882.11]—(NRS A 1975, 1767; 1995, 2571; 1999, 2264; 2003, 880)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 136 - Probate of Wills and Petitions for Letters › NRS 136.120 - Service of petition when petition presented by person other than named personal representative or by fewer than all named personal representatives.

If a petition for probate is presented by any person other than the personal representative named in the will, or if it is presented by fewer than all of the personal representatives named in the will, the petition must be served upon the personal representatives not joining in the petition.
[13:107:1941; 1931 NCL § 9882.13]—(NRS A 1999, 2264)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 136 - Probate of Wills and Petitions for Letters › NRS 136.130 - Attesting witnesses to will subpoenaed; unnecessary where self-proving affidavits.

1. The clerk shall issue subpoenas to the subscribing witnesses to a will if they reside in the county.
2. No subpoenas to subscribing witnesses need be issued if the affidavits mentioned in NRS 136.160 are filed with the clerk.
[14:107:1941; 1931 NCL § 9882.14]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 136 - Probate of Wills and Petitions for Letters › NRS 136.140 - Proof of notice; witnesses to testify orally.

1. At the time appointed, or at any other time to which the hearing may be continued, upon proof being made by affidavit or otherwise to the satisfaction of the court that notice has been given as required by this chapter, the court shall proceed to hear the testimony in proof of the will.
2. All witnesses who appear and are sworn shall testify orally.
[15:107:1941; 1931 NCL § 9882.15]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 136 - Probate of Wills and Petitions for Letters › NRS 136.150 - Evidence of subscribing witnesses: Affidavits ex parte.

1. If no person appears to contest the probate of a will, the court may admit it to probate on the testimony of only one of the subscribing witnesses, if that testimony shows that the will was executed in all particulars as required by law, and that the testator was of sound mind and had attained the age of 18 years at the time of its execution.
2. An ex parte affidavit of the witness, showing that the will was executed in all particulars as required by law, and that the testator was of sound mind and had attained the age of 18 years at the time of its execution, must be received in evidence and has the same force and effect as if the witness were present and testified orally.
[17:107:1941; 1931 NCL § 9882.17]—(NRS A 1999, 2264)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 136 - Probate of Wills and Petitions for Letters › NRS 136.160 - Proof of will by affidavits of attesting witnesses.

1. Any or all of the attesting witnesses to any will may, after the death of the testator and at the request of the executor or any interested person, make and sign an affidavit stating such facts as a witness would be required to testify to in court to prove the will. The sworn statement of any witness so taken must be accepted by the court as if it had been taken before the court.
2. The affidavit described in subsection 1 may be substantially in form as set forth in NRS 133.050.
[Part 1:21:1953] + [Part 2:21:1953]—(NRS A 1985, 1213; 1999, 2265)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 136 - Probate of Wills and Petitions for Letters › NRS 136.170 - Proof of will when subscribing witnesses are unavailable.

1. If it appears to the court that a will cannot be proven as otherwise provided by law because one or more or all the subscribing witnesses to the will, at the time the will is offered for probate, are dead or mentally or physically incapable of testifying or otherwise unavailable, the court may admit the will to probate upon the testimony in person, by deposition or by affidavit of at least two credible disinterested persons that the signature to the will is genuine, or upon other sufficient proof that the signature is genuine.
2. The provisions of subsection 1 do not preclude the court, in its discretion, from requiring in addition, the testimony in person, by deposition or by affidavit of any available subscribing witness, or proof of such other pertinent facts and circumstances as the court deems necessary to admit the will to probate.
[1:192:1945; 1943 NCL § 9931.01]—(NRS A 1975, 1767; 1999, 2265; 2003, 2509)
2023 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)
2023 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)
2023 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)
2023 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)
2023 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]
2023 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)
2023 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)
2023 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)