2019 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 139 - Appointment of Administrators
NRS 139.090 - Contents of petition; effect of defect.

Universal Citation: NV Rev Stat § 139.090 (2019)

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 addresses of the heirs of the decedent and their relationship to the decedent, so far as known to the petitioner, and the age of any who is a minor;

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

(d) Whether the person to be appointed as administrator has been convicted of a felony.

2. No defect of form or in the statement of jurisdictional facts actually existing voids an order appointing an administrator or any of the subsequent proceedings.

[55:107:1941; 1931 NCL § 9882.55] — (NRS A 1985, 2036; 1995, 2770; 1999, 2274; 2009, 1627)

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