Nevada estate administration
Small-estate limit: $150,000
This guide explains probate in Nevada: Nevada offers both a court set-aside procedure and a narrower affidavit procedure, each with its own waiting period.
Sources reviewed August 7, 2026. Latest primary-source re-fetch September 15, 2026.
A court may set aside an estate not exceeding $150,000 after 30 days, measured at fair market value less enforceable liens and encumbrances as of the date of death. The separate affidavit route usually has a lower limit and excludes Nevada real property.
Set aside without administrationSimplified route
A court may set aside an estate not exceeding $150,000 after 30 days, measured at fair market value less enforceable liens and encumbrances as of the date of death. The separate affidavit route usually has a lower limit and excludes Nevada real property.
Eligibility and caveatsCourt cost
The NRS 19.013 base petition fee is $72 when the stated estate value exceeds $2,500, and nothing at $2,500 or less. A petition for letters testamentary or letters of administration also carries a separate additional fee under NRS 19.0302(1)(c): nothing at $20,000 or less, $99 above $20,000 and below $300,000, and $352 at $300,000 or more.
Filing-cost detailExecutor compensation
Nevada applies a percentage schedule to the estate accounted for, generally net of liens and encumbrances.
Compensation detailCreditor deadline
No creditor deadline is published here because the governing rule was not verified to this site’s primary-source standard.
Timeline and creditor detailsThese are the Nevada provisions read end to end on the enacting state’s own site, rather than summarised from a secondary source. The middle column is what reading each one actually established for Nevada — not a restatement of the topic — and the last column records the date the wording was read, so a later amendment can be spotted by comparing dates.
| 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
Use this map before opening a form or entering a number. It keeps the Nevada amount test, time gate, court cost, and creditor record separate so one easy figure does not stand in for the whole administration.
| Question | Recorded Nevada answer | Carry into the case |
|---|---|---|
| What route is being screened? | Set aside without administration | Confirm that the will, prior appointment, family facts, and asset titles fit this route. |
| What property and basis count? | probate property within the rule's stated scope; net of enforceable liens and encumbrances. | Keep real property, liens, beneficiary transfers, and survivorship transfers classified separately. |
| What is the amount screen? | $150,000 | Use the counted property, not a bank-balance shortcut. |
| What is the time or deadline record? | 30 days after death; No deadline is recorded here: The creditor-notice and claim-bar deadlines have not been verified to this site's primary-source standard, so no number is published. | Keep the event that starts each clock with the date; do not combine separate periods into one number. |
| What does the cost record establish? | 2 published schedules; the proceeding and value basis control the total. | Ask the District Court about local surcharges, copies, publication, bond, and later filings. |
| What does compensation use? | Nevada applies a percentage schedule to the estate accounted for, generally net of liens and encumbrances. The relevant base is probate property after enforceable liens. | Keep the will, task log, receipts, and accounting base together; extraordinary work is separate. |
Arithmetic illustration
The recorded Nevada ceiling is $150,000, and it is tested against probate property within the rule's stated scope, on a basis this site records as net of enforceable liens and encumbrances. Counted that way, $112,500 sits below the Nevada figure and $187,500 sits above it. Both are comparisons to a published number rather than legal outcomes: two estates holding the same total can land on opposite sides of this line, because what Nevada counts and how it values it are decided before the comparison is made.
| Illustrative counted amount | Comparison to the Nevada ceiling | What it does not decide |
|---|---|---|
| $112,500 | Below $150,000 | Title, liens, waiting period, appointment, or creditor duties |
| $187,500 | Above $150,000 | Whether another statutory route or court process applies |
Next evidence to collect
Official 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.
Source trail
This is general information, not legal, tax, or financial advice, and it does not create an attorney-client relationship. Probate law varies by state and county and changes over time. Verify the current rule with the court or a licensed attorney in the relevant state.
The statutes on this page state the rule. These are the documents the court itself publishes. Every link is probed before release, and any link that stops resolving fails the build rather than staying on the page.
This form is for the affidavit track, which is narrower than the court set-aside track modelled on this page.
Each legal input links to the government source reviewed for this page. Source text can change; confirm the current rule before acting.
Reviewed source note: (a) If the value of a decedent's estate does not exceed $150,000, the estate may be set aside without administration by the order of the court; or
Reviewed source note: On the filing of a petition for letters testamentary, letters of administration or setting aside an estate without administration, which fee includes the court fee prescribed by NRS 19.020 , to be paid by the petitioner: Where the stated value of the estate is more than $2,500............... 72.00 Where the stated value of the estate is $2,500 or less, no fee may be charged or collected.
Reviewed source note: (c) On the filing of a petition for letters testamentary or letters of administration, which fee does not include the court fee prescribed by NRS 19.020 , to be paid by the petitioner: (1) Where the stated value of the estate is $300,000 or more..................... $352 (2) Where the stated value of the estate is more than $20,000 but less than $300,000 $99 (3) Where the stated value of the estate is $20,000 or less, no fee may be charged or collected.
Reviewed source note: 1. If no compensation is provided by the will, or the personal representative renounces all claims thereto, fees must be allowed upon the whole amount of the estate which has been accounted for, less liens and encumbrances, as follows: (a) For the first $15,000, at the rate of 4 percent. (b) For the next $85,000, at the rate of 3 percent. (c) For all above $100,000, at the rate of 2 percent.