Simplified route
$150,000
Set aside without administration; usable 30 days after death.
Eligibility and caveatsNevada estate administration
Nevada probate: rules, process, costs, executor fees and deadlines
Small-estate limit: $150,000
In Nevada, estates up to $150,000 can use the small-estate route and executor fees run 4% down to 2% on a sliding scale (NRS 150.020(1)). Nevada offers both a court set-aside procedure and a narrower affidavit procedure, each with its own waiting period.
Sources reviewed August 7, 2026. Sources rechecked October 3, 2026. This page last revised .
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Nevada simplified probate route
Up to $150,000; usable 30 days after death. Source: NRS 146.070 and 146.080.
Set aside without administrationNo combined Nevada probate total
The District Court filing charge (NRS 19.013(1) and NRS 19.0302(1)(c)) differs by proceeding or by a value the statute defines. The commission rates (NRS 150.020(1)) run on the estate net of the liens against it. Each side in full: Nevada probate filing cost and Nevada executor fees.
Screen a specific Nevada estate with the calculators on the small-estate page and the executor-fee page, or compare states in the full estate navigator.
What the reviewed rules establish
Court cost
Tiered
2 published schedules, itemised on the filing-cost page.
Filing-cost detailExecutor compensation
Statutory schedule
A statutory percentage schedule applies. Source: NRS 150.020(1).
Compensation detailCreditor deadline
Not published
Timeline and creditor detailsStatutes read in full for Nevada
Read on the enacting state’s own site, with the date each was read.
| Citation | What reading it established | Read on |
|---|---|---|
| NRS 147.040 | Nevada measures in days, shortens the window under summary administration, and leaves one door open — creditor deadline note | 2026-09-17 |
Nevada decision map
The four facts that change the Nevada route
Each Nevada answer below links to the page that sets out its source.
| Question | Recorded Nevada answer |
|---|---|
| What route is being screened? | Set aside without administration |
| What property and basis count? | probate property within the rule's stated scope; net of enforceable liens and encumbrances. |
| What is the amount screen? | $150,000 |
| What is the time or deadline record? | 30 days after death; creditor deadlines: not published here |
| What does the cost record establish? | 2 published schedules; the proceeding and value basis control the total. |
| What does compensation use? | Statutory percentage schedule, measured on probate property after enforceable liens. |
Limits and unresolved costs
- This page models the court set-aside track.
- Values are fixed as of the date of death, and only enforceable liens reduce them. The petition must list any lien the petitioner believes may be unenforceable.
- The affidavit track has different limits and a 40-day wait.
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What Nevada courts publish
Each link goes to the court’s own page and is checked before every release.
- Official formAffidavit of Entitlement, fillable (PDF)Nevada Supreme Court Self-Help Center
This form is for the affidavit track, which is narrower than the court set-aside track modelled on this page.
- Forms indexNevada probate formsNevada Supreme Court Self-Help Center
Limits on court material
- Nevada runs two separate small-estate tracks. The published affidavit form belongs to the affidavit track, not to the $150,000 court set-aside track that this page models.
Nevada primary sources
Each rule on the Nevada pages comes from one of these 4 sources; the citation opens the publisher’s own text. All were last rechecked October 3, 2026.
Simplified-procedure rule
NRS 146.070 and 146.080, Nevada Revised Statutes, Estates Not Exceeding $150,000.
- Small-estate limit: $150,000 (court set-aside track)
- Waiting period: 30 days
- How the estate is valued: net of liens and encumbrances per subsection 17
- Caveat: the affidavit track uses a lower limit and a 40-day wait
Court cost rule
NRS 19.013(1), Nevada Revised Statutes, Probate Filing Fee.
- Filing fee: $72 when the stated estate value exceeds $2,500
- Filing fee: $0 when the stated estate value is $2,500 or less
Court cost rule
NRS 19.0302(1)(c), Nevada Revised Statutes, Additional Probate Filing Fee.
- Additional filing fee on a petition for letters: 0 / 99 / 352 by estate value
Executor compensation rule
NRS 150.020(1), Nevada Revised Statutes, Personal Representative Compensation.
- Where the will provides no fee, or the representative gives up every claim to the will’s fee, and also where there is no will, the court allows 4% of the first $15,000, 3% of the next $85,000 and 2% of everything above $100,000.
- The schedule runs on the whole estate the representative has accounted for, less the liens and encumbrances against it.
- Two or more representatives share one fee, divided by the court according to the work each actually did.
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