Nevada · statute · Nev. Rev. Stat. ch. 155 · 41 active provisions
Notwithstanding any provision in this title, if an act is authorized or required to be performed at or within a specified period pursuant to this chapter: 1. The period may be extended upon the agreement of all interested persons, by written stipulation of counsel filed in the action; or 2. The court, for good cause sh…
1. Except as otherwise provided in this section or a specific statute relating to the kind of notice required or otherwise ordered by the court in a particular instance, a petitioner shall cause notice of the time and place of the hearing of a petition to be given to each interested person and to every other person ent…
1. Notice of a petition for probate and the issuance of letters and the notice to creditors must be given to: (a) The persons respectively entitled thereto, including the Director of the Department of Human Services, as provided in NRS 155.010; and (b) The public, including creditors whose names and addresses are not r…
1. At any time after the issuance of letters in the estate of a decedent, an interested person or the person’s attorney may serve upon the personal representative or the personal representative’s attorney, and file with the clerk of the court wherein administration of the estate is pending, a written request stating th…
If personal notice is required by this title to be given to any person in the matter of an estate or testamentary trust, and no other mode of giving notice is prescribed, it must be given by citation, issued by the clerk and directed to the person to be served, and must command the person to appear before the court at…
1. The citation described in NRS 155.040 must be served by: (a) Certified mail, with a return receipt requested, on each person required to be served; or (b) Personal service in the manner provided pursuant to Rule 4(d) of the Nevada Rules of Civil Procedure. 2. If, after due diligence, service cannot be made upon the…
If no other time is specially prescribed, a citation must be served at least 10 days before the day of the hearing, but the court may, for good cause shown, shorten the time to no less than 1 full judicial day before the day of the hearing.
If publication is required, the publication must be made daily, or otherwise, as often during the prescribed period as the newspaper is regularly issued, unless otherwise provided in this title. The court, however, may prescribe less publications during the period for publication, and the court may, for good cause show…
All proofs of publication or other mode or modes of giving notice or serving papers may be made by the certificate or affidavit of any person competent to be a witness. The certificate or affidavit must be filed, and constitutes prima facie evidence of publication or service. Proof of service may also be made in any ma…
All notices required to be given by this title may be given by the clerk of the court without an order from the court, and, when so given, for the time and in the manner required by law, they are as legal and valid as though made upon an order from the court. If use of a citation is authorized or required by statute, t…
As used in NRS 155.093 to 155.098, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 155.0935 to 155.0965, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
“Caregiver” means a person who provides health or social services to a dependent adult for remuneration other than a donative transfer pursuant to this chapter or the reimbursement of expenses.
“Dependent adult” means a person who at the time of executing a transfer instrument pursuant to this chapter is 18 years of age or older and: 1. Is unable, without assistance, to provide properly for his or her personal needs for physical health, food, clothing or shelter; or 2. Has difficulty managing his or her own f…
“Health and social services” means services provided to a dependent adult because of his or her dependent condition, including, without limitation, the administration of medicine, medical testing, wound care, assistance with hygiene, companionship, housekeeping, shopping, cooking or assistance with finances.
1. “Independent attorney” means an attorney, other than an attorney who: (a) Is a transferee described in subsection 2 of NRS 155.097; or (b) Served as an attorney for a person who is described in subsection 2 of NRS 155.097 at the time of the execution of the transfer instrument. 2. The term includes, without limitati…
“Related to, affiliated with or subordinate to any person” includes, without limitation: 1. The person’s spouse; 2. A relative of the person within the third degree of consanguinity; 3. A co-owner of a business with the person; 4. An employee of a business if the person: (a) Has an ownership interest in the business; o…
“Transfer instrument” means a legal document intended to effectuate a transfer of property for less than fair market value, whether such transfer becomes effective during the life of the transferor or on or after the transferor’s death and includes, without limitation: 1. A will; 2. A trust; 3. A deed; and 4. Any form,…
“Transferee” means a devisee, a beneficiary of trust, a grantee of a deed, including a grantee of a deed pursuant to NRS 111.655 to 111.699, inclusive, and any other person designated in a transfer instrument to receive a nonprobate transfer or other interest in property for less than fair market value.
“Transferor” means a testator, settlor, grantor of a deed and a decedent whose interest is transferred pursuant to a nonprobate transfer.
1. In a proceeding involving the estate of a decedent or a testamentary trust, the court has jurisdiction over the assets of the estate or trust as a proceeding in rem. 2. In addition to any other basis for claiming jurisdiction over a person, the court has personal jurisdiction over each person: (a) Who is appointed a…
1. Regardless of when a transfer instrument is made, to the extent the court finds that a transfer was the product of fraud, duress or undue influence, the transfer is void and each transferee who is found responsible for the fraud, duress or undue influence shall bear the costs of the proceedings, including, without l…
The presumption established by NRS 155.097 does not apply: 1. To the spouse of the transferor. 2. To a transfer of property which is triggered by the transferor’s death if the transferee is an heir of the transferor and the combined value of all transfers received by that transferee is not greater than the share the tr…
The provisions of NRS 155.097 and 155.0975 do not abrogate or limit any principle or rule of the common law, unless the common law principle or rule is inconsistent with the provisions of NRS 155.097 and 155.0975.
The clerk shall enter a minute of all proceedings in matters of estates, as in other actions.
1. A transcript from the minutes of court, or a copy of the signed order of the court, showing the appointment of any person as personal representative, together with the certificate of the clerk that the person has given bond, if required, and has been qualified, and that letters have been issued to him or her, and ha…