Nevada Probate Guide
County-specific probate filing-office contacts, filing fees, required forms, and step-by-step guidance for families settling an estate in Nevada.
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Types of Probate in Nevada
Nevada offers several probate procedures depending on estate value and circumstances. Attorney requirements vary by probate type and local practice.
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Nevada Probate Filing Offices by County
Choose your county to get its probate court contacts, filing fees, and required forms. 17 counties have detailed data.
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Probate Basics
3Forms & Court
3Executor Duties
3Taxes & Deadlines
9- Nevada Probate Timeline
- How to Contest a Will in Nevada
- Nevada and the Federal Estate Tax
- Nevada Estate Creditor Claims and Notice to Creditors
- Nevada Family Allowance: Support During Probate
- Nevada Probate Bond Requirements: When Executors Must Post Bond
- Nevada Step-Up in Basis: Double Step-Up for Community Property
- Nevada Surviving Spouse Rights in Probate
- Nevada Trust Administration: Successor Trustee Duties
Planning Documents
6Property Transfer
2Nevada Probate Self-Help and Online Resources
Nevada probate resource map by source type
All Nevada self-help resources (11 links)Official court, form, law-library, referral, and legal-education links, plus how to use each source
Nevada probate source navigation starts with state court, form, agency, legal-help, or referral links that are already tracked in Settled state data. These links are state-level starting points, not county-specific filing instructions.
Which Nevada probate source should you use?
- Start with the state court, form, or self-help source for general Nevada probate context.
- Use county filing-office, clerk, register, or court pages for local filing locations, local forms, fee schedules, and records portals.
- Use legal-help, law-library, or referral links as research or referral paths, not as a substitute for counsel.
- Verify current filing steps with the county office, court, clerk, register, legal-aid source, or counsel before filing.
Statewide process, forms, and code sources
State court, form, statute, agency, and self-help sources for general probate and estate-settlement questions.
- Nevada Judiciary Self-Help Center
The Nevada courts' own self-help service, covering probate among other civil matters. It explains procedure and points to forms; it does not act as your attorney.
- Nevada Self-Help Center, probate forms
The statewide probate form set published by the Nevada judiciary's self-help service. Start here rather than with a local packet.
- Nevada Self-Help Center, all forms
The full statewide form index, useful when the task sits beside probate rather than inside it, such as a guardianship or a name change.
- NRS chapter 136, Probate of Wills and Petitions for Letters
The chapter that governs proving a Nevada will and applying for the letters that authorise someone to act for the estate.
- NRS chapter 146, Support of Family and Small Estates
The abbreviated routes: the small-estate affidavit and the set-aside without administration, plus the family support allowances that can come ahead of creditors.
- Nevada Revised Statutes, table of titles and chapters
The official code index published by the Nevada Legislature, and the right starting point for any section not linked above.
- Nevada Office of Vital Records, forms
The request forms for a certified Nevada death certificate. Nearly every asset transfer starts with certified copies.
- Nevada Department of Taxation, estate tax FAQs
The department's own answer on Nevada estate tax, which matters mainly for confirming what the state does not levy.
- Nevada Medicaid, estate recovery
The official page for Nevada's Medicaid estate recovery program, which is a claim the state may bring against the estate of someone who received Medicaid.
Referral-navigation sources
Referral paths for finding certified lawyer-referral services when a family wants help locating counsel.
- Nevada Legal Services
Statewide civil legal aid for Nevadans who meet its income limits, including probate and estate questions.
- State Bar of Nevada, Lawyer Referral and Information Service
The state bar's own referral service, which explains how a referral is made and what an initial consultation covers before you are matched.
Settled pairs these Nevada source links with county pages, forms, first-step guides, transfer guides, and source notes so families can move from statewide context to the local office that handles the estate.
Nevada Estate Law Overview
Nevada Estate Tax Info
Nevada has no state estate tax, no state inheritance tax, and no state personal income tax. The Nevada Constitution prohibits a state income tax, and an inheritance tax is barred. Nevada also does not charge a separate state 'probate tax' on the value of the estate.
Federal estate tax info
Federal estate tax only applies to estates exceeding $15,000,000 (2026).
Who Inherits Without a Will?
Intestate succession determines who receives a Nevada decedent's probate property when there is no valid will.
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Under NRS 123.250, the surviving spouse owns one-half of the community property outright and, absent a will, receives the decedent's one-half as well.
NRS 134.040(1): if the decedent leaves a surviving spouse and only one child, or the lawful issue of one child, the separate estate goes one-half to the surviving spouse and one-half to the child or that child's issue.
NRS 134.040(2): with a surviving spouse and more than one child, the separate estate goes one-third to the surviving spouse and the remainder in equal shares to the children and the issue of any deceased child by representation.
NRS 134.050: with a surviving spouse and no issue, if both parents survive, one-half goes to the surviving spouse, one-fourth to one parent, and one-fourth to the other parent.
NRS 134.050: with a surviving spouse and no issue, if only one parent survives, one-half goes to the surviving spouse and one-half to the surviving parent.
NRS 134.050: with a surviving spouse, no issue, and no surviving parent, one-half of the separate property goes to the surviving spouse and the other one-half goes in equal shares to the brothers and sisters and the lawful issue of any deceased sibling.
NRS 134.050: if the decedent leaves a surviving spouse but no issue, parent, brother, or sister (or their issue), the whole of the separate estate goes to the surviving spouse.
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- 1Issue (children, grandchildren, and more remote descendants)The share not passing to a surviving spouse, or all if no spouse
- 2Parents (surviving parent or parents)If no issue, the separate estate passes to the surviving spouse and parents under NRS 134.050, or entirely to the parents if there is also no surviving spouse (NRS 134.050)
- 3Brothers and sisters and their issueIf no issue and no surviving parent, the separate estate passes to the decedent's brothers and sisters and the lawful issue of any deceased sibling by representation
- 4Next of kin in equal degree and more remote kindredIf no issue, parent, or sibling (or sibling's issue), the estate goes to the next of kin in equal degree; where there is more than one collateral line, distribution follows the nearest common ancestor rules of NRS 134.070
Nevada Homestead Protection
Nevada's homestead exemption is a statutory creditor exemption under NRS Chapter 115. It protects a dollar-capped amount of equity in a dwelling, mobile home, or condominium that the claimant occupies as a primary residence from forced sale to satisfy most general creditor judgments. Under NRS 115.010 the exemption extends to equity not exceeding $605,000 in value.
0Creditor protection: read the statute text
Equity not exceeding $605,000 in value (NRS 115.010(2)); reverify the current adjusted amount under SB 142 (2025)
Statute: NRS 115.010
Size limits & qualifications
Inside city limits: No acreage split modeled
Outside city limits: No acreage split modeled
Property types: Single-family dwelling occupied as a primary residence, Condominium unit occupied as a primary residence, Mobile or manufactured home occupied as a primary residence
Restrictions on leaving homestead in will
With spouse, no minor children:
No state-level homestead devise restriction is modeled. A surviving spouse's interest is analyzed through community property (NRS 123.250), title, the deed-upon-death rules, intestacy, and the family allowance and set-apart property under NRS Chapter 146.
With minor children:
No state-level homestead devise restriction is modeled. Minor children's protections arise mainly through the set-apart property and family allowance of NRS Chapter 146 rather than a devise restriction.
Exempt Property
Nevada protects a surviving spouse and minor children through set-apart property and a family allowance under NRS Chapter 146, and protects a debtor's basic property from creditors through the exemptions in NRS 21.090. These protections are limited and source-specific.
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Family Allowance
A reasonable allowance set by the court (no fixed statewide dollar figure) - If the property set apart under NRS 146.020 is insufficient for the support of the surviving spouse and minor children, the court may make a reasonable allowance out of the estate as is necessary for the maintenance of the family according to their circumstances, during the progress of the settlement of the estate.