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NRS 133.140 Agreements of testator. A bond, covenant or agreement made by a testator to convey any property devised in any will previously made is not a revocation of the previous devise, but the property passes by the devise, subject to the same remedies on the bond, covenant or…

NRS 133.150 Charges or encumbrances upon estate. A charge or encumbrance upon any estate, for the purpose of securing the payment of money, or the performance of any covenant or agreement, is not a revocation of a will relating to the same estate which was previously executed, bu…

NRS 133.155 Specific devise passes subject to mortgage or lien existing on date of death. A specific devise passes subject to any mortgage or lien existing on the date of death, without right of exoneration, regardless of a general directive in the will to pay debts. (Added to NR…

NRS 133.160 Rights of child born after making of will by parent of child; effect of such rights on remaining provisions of will. 1. When a child is born after the making of a will by a parent of that child and no provision is made for the child in the will, the child is entitled …

NRS 133.170 Omission of child or grandchild presumed intentional; rights of child or grandchild if omission found unintentional. When the child of a testator or the issue of a deceased child of a testator is omitted from the testator’s will, it must be presumed that the omission …

NRS 133.180 Sources of unmentioned child’s share. When any share of the estate of a testator is assigned to a child born after the making of a will, or to a child or the issue of a child omitted in the will, as mentioned in NRS 133.160 and 133.170, the share must first be taken f…

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 unde…

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…

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 § 30…

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 th…

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 ce…

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 133.34…

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 bene…

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…

NRS 133.340 Affidavit required upon creation of certified paper original of electronic will; certification of revocation after electronic revocation of will. 1. A qualified custodian may cause an electronic will to be converted into a certified paper original of the electronic wi…

NRS 133A.010 Short title. This chapter may be cited as the Uniform International Wills Act. (Added to NRS by 2009, 248)

NRS 133A.020 Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 133A.030 and 133A.040 have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (Added to NRS by 2009, 248)

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 State…

NRS 133A.040 “International will” defined. “International will” means a will executed in conformity with NRS 133A.050 to 133A.080, inclusive. (Added to NRS by 2009, 248) INTERNATIONAL WILLS

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 r…

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…

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 su…

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 th…

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 va…

NRS 133A.100 Revocation. An international will is subject to the ordinary rules of revocation of wills. (Added to NRS by 2009, 250) MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

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 origi…

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 here…

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…

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 pro…

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 de…

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 s…

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 livin…

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…

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 equ…

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 esta…

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 e…

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 …

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 o…

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 …

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)

NRS 134.150 Degree of kindred. The degrees of kindred shall be computed according to the rules of the civil law. [Part 300:107:1941; 1931 NCL § 9882.300]

NRS 134.160 Kindred of half blood. Kindred of the half blood inherit equally with those of the whole blood in the same degree. [Part 300:107:1941; 1931 NCL § 9882.300]—(NRS A 1999, 2261; 2019, 1852)

NRS 134.190 Adopted child. An adopted child and the adoptive parents or their relatives shall inherit as provided in NRS 127A.250. [Part 16:332:1953]—(NRS A 2025, 1554)

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 spous…

NRS 135.010 Short title. This chapter may be cited as the Uniform Simultaneous Death Act. [9:44:1949; 1943 NCL § 9885.09]

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 th…