Title 3

NRS 41B.050 “Community property” defined. “Community property” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 123.220. (Added to NRS by 1999, 1348)

NRS 41B.060 “Community property with right of survivorship” defined. “Community property with right of survivorship” means community property in which a right of survivorship exists pursuant to NRS 111.064 or 115.060 or any other provision of law. (Added to NRS by 1999, 1349)

NRS 41B.070 “Convicted” and “conviction” defined. “Convicted” and “conviction” mean a judgment based upon: 1. A plea of guilty, guilty but mentally ill or nolo contendere; 2. A finding of guilty or guilty but mentally ill by a jury or a court sitting without a jury; 3. An adjudic…

NRS 41B.080 “Culpable actor in the felonious and intentional killing of a decedent” defined. “Culpable actor in the felonious and intentional killing of a decedent” means a person who: 1. Causes or perpetrates the felonious and intentional killing of the decedent; 2. Aids, abets,…

NRS 41B.090 “Governing instrument” defined. “Governing instrument” means any of the following: 1. A deed or any other instrument that transfers any property, interest or benefit. 2. An annuity or a policy of insurance. 3. A trust, whether created by an instrument executed during …

NRS 41B.100 “Interest” defined. “Interest” means: 1. Any interest, in whole or in part, in any property or estate, whether such interest is legal or equitable, present or future, or contingent or vested; 2. A right, power or privilege to appoint, consume, exercise, transfer or us…

NRS 41B.110 “Interested person” defined. “Interested person” means: 1. A parent, spouse, child or sibling of a decedent; 2. A beneficiary or a person who would be a beneficiary if another person were found to be a killer of a decedent; 3. A person who serves in any fiduciary or r…

NRS 41B.120 “Joint tenants with right of survivorship” defined. “Joint tenants with right of survivorship” means two or more persons who hold any property, interest or benefit under circumstances that entitle one or more of the persons to the whole of the property, interest or be…

NRS 41B.130 “Killer” defined. “Killer” means a person who is deemed to be a killer of a decedent pursuant to NRS 41B.250 or 41B.260. (Added to NRS by 1999, 1350)

NRS 41B.140 “Payor” defined. “Payor” means a person who is authorized or obligated by law or a governing instrument to pay or transfer any property, interest or benefit to another person. (Added to NRS by 1999, 1350)

NRS 41B.150 “Person” defined. “Person” means any of the following: 1. A natural person. 2. Any form of business or social organization and any other nongovernmental legal entity, including, without limitation, a corporation, partnership, association, trust or unincorporated organ…

NRS 41B.160 “Property” defined. “Property” means anything that may be the subject of ownership, including, without limitation, any real or personal property or any estate in such property. (Added to NRS by 1999, 1351) APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER

NRS 41B.200 General rule; killer cannot profit or benefit from wrong; anti-lapse statute and right of representation; contingent, residuary and other beneficiaries; common law. 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the provisions of this chapter apply to any appointment,…

NRS 41B.210 Acts constituting felonious and intentional killing; insanity or diminished capacity. For the purposes of this chapter: 1. A killing is “felonious” if it is committed without legal excuse or justification. 2. A killing is “intentional” if it is caused by or occurs dur…

NRS 41B.250 Criminal action: Conclusive effect of judgment of conviction; admissibility of judgment of conviction in civil action. 1. If a court in this state or any other jurisdiction enters a judgment of conviction against a person in which the person is found to have been a cu…

NRS 41B.260 Civil action: Parties; burden of proof; evidence; stay of proceedings; limitation on time for commencement. 1. For the purposes of this chapter, an interested person may bring a civil action alleging that a person was a culpable actor in the felonious and intentional …

NRS 41B.300 Estate of decedent. 1. A killer of a decedent forfeits any appointment, nomination, power, right, property, interest or benefit that, pursuant to the provisions of title 12 of NRS or the common law, accrues or devolves to the killer from or through the estate of the d…

NRS 41B.310 Governing instruments. 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 41B.320, a killer of a decedent forfeits any appointment, nomination, power, right, property, interest or benefit that, pursuant to the provisions of a governing instrument executed by the decedent or any o…

NRS 41B.320 Community property with right of survivorship and joint tenants with right of survivorship. 1. A killer of a decedent forfeits any right of survivorship in property that, at the time of the killing, was held by the decedent and the killer as community property with ri…

NRS 41B.330 Action for wrongful death. 1. A killer of a decedent may not: (a) Bring an action for wrongful death of the decedent pursuant to NRS 41.085; or (b) Benefit in any way from such an action brought by a personal representative of the decedent. 2. Each person who may brin…

NRS 41B.400 Payor or other third person who pays or transfers forfeited property, interest or benefit. Except as otherwise provided by specific statute, if a payor or other third person, in good faith, pays or transfers any property, interest or benefit to a beneficiary in accord…

NRS 41B.410 Person who acquires or receives forfeited property, interest or benefit without legal right or authorization. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, if a person, without legal right or authorization, acquires or receives any property, interest or benefit for…

NRS 41B.420 Killer who transfers forfeited property, interest or benefit to third person; effect of preemption by federal law. 1. If a killer, for value or otherwise, transfers to a third person any property, interest or benefit forfeited by the killer pursuant to the provisions …