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NRS 138.070 Executor of deceased executor; account of deceased personal representative. 1. No executor of the will of a deceased executor, as such, is authorized to administer the estate of the first testator, but on the death of the sole or surviving executor of any last will, l…

NRS 138.080 Failure to appoint all named executors. If all the persons named as executors are not appointed by the court, those appointed have the same authority to perform every act and discharge every duty required by the will, and their acts are effectual for every purpose as …

NRS 138.090 Administrators with will annexed: Order of appointment; exceptions. 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, administrators with the will annexed have the same authority as the executor named in the will would have had if the executor had qualified, and their …

NRS 139.010 Qualifications. No person is entitled to letters of administration if the person: 1. Is under the age of majority; 2. Has been convicted of a felony, unless the court determines that such a conviction should not disqualify the person from serving in the position of an…

NRS 139.030 Surviving partner. The surviving partner of a decedent must not be appointed administrator of the estate if any interested person objects to the appointment. [52:107:1941; 1931 NCL § 9882.52]—(NRS A 1999, 2273)

NRS 139.040 Order of priority for right to appointment; appointment when heir is minor or incapacitated or no surviving spouse; priority of nominee. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 5, administration of the intestate estate of a decedent must be granted to one or mor…

NRS 139.050 Nomination. Administration may be granted upon petition to one or more qualified persons, although not otherwise entitled to serve, at the written request of the person entitled, filed in the court. The qualified person making the written request must provide his or h…

NRS 139.060 Relatives of whole blood preferred to those of half blood. Repealed. (See chapter 339, Statutes of Nevada 2025, at page 2324.)

NRS 139.070 Discretion of the court. When there are several persons equally entitled to appointment as personal representative, the court may, in its discretion, appoint one or more of them to serve as personal representative or appoint an independent representative. [51:107:1941…

NRS 139.080 Failure to claim letters. Letters of administration may be granted to any petitioner, even if it appears that there are other persons having priority for appointment, if the latter fail to appear and claim the issuance of letters to themselves after receiving due noti…

NRS 139.090 Contents of petition; effect of defect. 1. A petition for letters of administration must be in writing, signed by the petitioner or the attorney for the petitioner and filed with the clerk of the court, and must state: (a) The jurisdictional facts; (b) The names and a…

NRS 139.100 Clerk to set petition for hearing; notice of hearing. The clerk shall set the petition for hearing, and notice must be given to the heirs of the decedent, the Director of the Department of Human Services as provided in NRS 155.020 and, if the petitioner is not the sur…

NRS 139.110 Right of contest: Filing of counterpetition; notice and hearing. An interested person may contest the petition by filing a written opposition on the ground that the petitioner is not qualified or may assert the contestant’s own right to appointment and request that le…

NRS 139.120 Facts to be proved. Before letters are granted, the fact of death and that the decedent died intestate, and that notice has been given as required in this chapter, must be proved by the evidence of the petitioner or others. The court may also examine the petitioner or…

NRS 139.130 Entry in minutes or written order conclusive evidence of notice. An entry in the minutes or in the written order appointing the administrator that proof was made and that notice had been given according to law is conclusive evidence of the fact of such notice. [59:107…

NRS 139.135 Circumstances in which agreement between heir finder and apparent heir is void and unenforceable. 1. An agreement between an heir finder and an apparent heir, the primary purpose of which is to locate, recover or assist in the recovery of an estate for which the publi…

NRS 139.140 Right of person with priority to petition for revocation and reissuance of letters. When letters of administration have been granted to any person other than the surviving spouse or the spouse’s nominee, or the child, parent, brother or sister of the decedent, any one…

NRS 139.150 Procedure. 1. If a petition for revocation is filed, notice must be given as in the case of an original petition, and the petitioner shall serve a citation on the administrator to appear and answer the petition at the time appointed for the hearing. The citation must …

NRS 139.160 Assertion of prior right. The surviving spouse, or nominee of the surviving spouse, when letters of administration have been granted to a child, parent, brother or sister of the decedent, or any of those relatives, when letters have been granted to any other of them, …

NRS 139.170 Discretion of court. The court may refuse to grant letters of administration as provided in this chapter to any person or to the nominee of any person who had actual notice of the first petition and an opportunity to contest it. [65:107:1941; 1931 NCL § 9882.65]—(NRS …

NRS 140.010 Causes for appointment. The court shall appoint a special administrator to collect and take charge of the estate of the decedent, in whatever county or counties the estate may be found, and to exercise such other powers as may be necessary to preserve the estate or an…

NRS 140.020 Notice and order of appointment; order not appealable. 1. The appointment of a special administrator may be made at chambers or in open court, and without notice or upon such notice to such interested persons as the court deems reasonable, and must be made by entry up…

NRS 140.030 Bond and oath. Before letters issue to a person as a special administrator, the person must: 1. Give bond in such sum as the court directs, with sureties to the satisfaction of the court, conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties, unless the court waives …

NRS 140.040 Powers, duties and immunity from liability for certain claims. 1. A special administrator shall: (a) Collect and preserve for the executor or administrator when appointed all the goods, chattels and receivables of the decedent, and all incomes, rents, issues, profits,…

NRS 140.050 Payment of mortgage or lien; payment of interest. 1. If any property in the control or possession of a special administrator is subject to a mortgage or lien to secure the payment of money, and there is danger that the holder of the security may enforce or foreclose t…

NRS 140.060 Appointment pending contest of will or appeal from order; appointment before contest of will. 1. If a special administrator is appointed pending determination of a contest of a will instituted before it is admitted to probate, or pending an appeal from an order appoin…

NRS 140.070 Effect of grant of letters testamentary or letters of administration. If letters testamentary or letters of administration are granted, the powers of a special administrator cease, and the special administrator shall immediately deliver to the executor or administrato…

NRS 140.080 Account of special administrator. A special administrator shall also render an account, under oath, of the proceedings in like manner as other administrators are required to do, but if a person serving as special administrator is appointed the succeeding administrator…

NRS 141.010 Signing and sealing; requirements for estate that includes real property. 1. Letters testamentary, letters of administration with the will annexed, letters of special administration and letters of administration must be signed by the clerk and under the seal of the co…

NRS 141.020 Letters testamentary. Letters testamentary may be in substantially the following form, after properly entitling the court: In the Matter of the Estate of ) ) Case No. ) deceased. ) Letters Testamentary .......................................................... ) On .……

NRS 141.030 Letters of administration with will annexed. Letters of administration with the will annexed may be in substantially the following form, after properly entitling the court: In the Matter of the Estate of ) ) Case No. ) deceased. ) Letters of Administration With the Wi…

NRS 141.040 Letters of administration. Letters of administration may be in substantially the following form, after properly entitling the court: In the Matter of the Estate of ) ) Case No. ) deceased. ) Letters of Administration ...................................................…

NRS 141.045 Letters of special administration. Letters of special administration may be in substantially the following form, after properly entitling the court: In the Matter of the Estate of ) ) Case No. ) deceased. ) Letters of Special Administration ...........................…

NRS 141.050 Effect of subsequent probate. If, after granting letters of administration on the ground of intestacy, a will of the decedent is duly proved and allowed by the court, the letters of administration must be revoked and the power of the administrator ceases, and the admi…

NRS 141.060 Incapacity of joint personal representatives. If one of several personal representatives of the same estate to whom letters have been granted dies, becomes incapacitated or disqualified, or otherwise becomes incapable of executing the duties of the office, or if the l…

NRS 141.070 Incapacity of all personal representatives. If all the personal representatives die or from any cause become incapable of executing the duties of their office, or the authority of all of them is revoked or annulled according to law, the court shall direct letters to b…

NRS 141.080 Procedure for resigning appointment of personal representative. A personal representative may resign the appointment at any time, by a writing filed with the court, to take effect upon the settlement of the accounts. If, however, by reason of any delay in the settleme…

NRS 141.090 Causes for suspending appointment of personal representative. If a court has reason to believe, from its own knowledge or from credible information, that a personal representative: 1. Has wasted, converted to the personal representative’s own use or mismanaged, or is …

NRS 141.095 Powers of personal representative limited after receiving notice of proceeding to suspend or remove appointment; disposition or transfer of assets after removal. After receipt of notice of a proceeding to suspend or remove a person as personal representative, the pers…

NRS 141.100 Appointment of special administrator during suspension of personal representative; bond. During the suspension of the powers of a personal representative, as provided in NRS 141.090 and 142.110, the court, if the condition of the estate requires, may appoint a special…

NRS 141.110 Personal representative cited to show cause after suspension; service of citation. 1. If an order of suspension is entered, the clerk shall issue a citation, reciting the order of suspension, to the personal representative to appear before the court at a time stated, …

NRS 141.120 Interested person may file charges for removal of personal representative. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 155.165, an interested person may appear at the hearing and file allegations in writing, showing that the personal representative should be removed. [279:107…

NRS 141.130 Hearing for removal of personal representative; powers of court. 1. If the personal representative fails to appear as required by the citation, or if the personal representative appears and the court is satisfied that good grounds exist for removal, the letters of the…

NRS 141.140 Acts of personal representative before revocation. All acts of a personal representative before the revocation of the letters of the personal representative are as valid, for all intents and purposes, as if the personal representative had continued lawfully to execute…

NRS 142.010 Oath or affirmation of personal representative. 1. Before letters may be issued to a personal representative, the personal representative must take and subscribe an oath or affirmation, before a person authorized to administer oaths, that the personal representative w…

NRS 142.020 Requirement of bond discretionary with court; proof of blocked account; additional bond; amount of bond. 1. The requirement of a bond of a personal representative is discretionary with the court. Whether a bond is expressly required by the will or not, the court may: …