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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 co…

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 …

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…

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; (…

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…

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 …

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 mention…

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,…

NRS 136.150 Evidence of subscribing witness; effect of filed affidavit. 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…

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 …

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…

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…

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 registere…

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)

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…

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]

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 wou…

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 annulm…

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, aft…

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 co…

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 decede…

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 …