2013 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 136 - Probate of Wills and Petitions for Letters
NRS 136.010 - Resident decedent; nonresident decedent.


NV Rev Stat § 136.010 (2013) What's This?

1. Wills may be proved and letters granted in the county where the decedent was a resident at the time of death, whether death occurred in that county or elsewhere, and the district court of that county has exclusive jurisdiction of the settlement of such estates, whether the estate is in one or more counties.

2. The estate of a nonresident decedent may be settled by the district court of any county in which any part of the estate is located. The district court to which application is first made has exclusive jurisdiction of the settlement of estates of nonresidents.

[1:107:1941; 1931 NCL 9882.01] (NRS A 1999, 2262)

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