2013 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 136 - Probate of Wills and Petitions for Letters
NRS 136.090 - Petition for probate: Requirements; effect of defect.


NV Rev Stat § 136.090 (2013) What's This?

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;

(c) The names and residences of the heirs, next of kin and devisees of the decedent, the age of any heir, next of kin or devisee who is a minor, and the relationship of the heirs and next of kin to the decedent, so far as known to the petitioner;

(d) The character and estimated value of the property of the estate;

(e) The name of the person for whom letters are requested, and whether the person has been convicted of a felony; and

(f) The name of any devisee who is deceased.

2. No defect of form or in the statement of jurisdictional facts actually existing voids the probate of a will.

[5:107:1941; 1931 NCL 9882.05] (NRS A 1975, 1766; 1985, 2036; 1999, 2264; 2009, 1624)

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