Nevada source record

Every source behind the Nevada guide

3 statutes, quoted verbatim and checked against 13 named conditions that must appear in the live government text. Open the record, read the words the legislature actually used, and confirm the current rule for yourself.

Last full re-fetch August 8, 2026

What each source establishes

The Nevada guide rests on three rules: which simplified procedure exists and what it limits, what the court charges, and how the person administering the estate may be paid. Each is quoted below in the statute’s own words rather than summarised.

Simplified-procedure rule

NRS 146.070 and 146.080

Nevada Legislature · Publisher states no version on this page · Verified August 7, 2026

(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

What was published from this source

  • smallEstate.threshold = 150000 (court set-aside track)
  • smallEstate.waitingDays = 30
  • smallEstate.valueBasis = net-of-liens per subsection 17
  • caveat: the affidavit track uses a lower limit and a 40-day wait

Conditions checked against the live text

Each condition below must be found in the page as the publisher currently serves it. If any one of them stops matching, the build fails and the figure is withheld rather than published from memory.

  • $150,000 set-aside ceiling, in NRS 146.070(1)(a)matched
  • set-aside petition may not be filed until 30 days after deathmatched
  • separate affidavit track under NRS 146.080matched
  • 40-day affidavit wait exists on the affidavit trackmatched
  • value means fair market value reduced by enforceable liens and encumbrancesmatched
  • values are fixed as of the date of deathmatched

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Court cost rule

NRS 19.013(1)

Nevada Legislature · Publisher states no version on this page · Verified August 7, 2026

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.

What was published from this source

  • filingFee.amount = 72 when the stated estate value exceeds $2,500
  • filingFee.amount = 0 when the stated estate value is $2,500 or less

Conditions checked against the live text

Each condition below must be found in the page as the publisher currently serves it. If any one of them stops matching, the build fails and the figure is withheld rather than published from memory.

  • $72 petition feematched
  • no fee at or below $2,500matched
  • letters testamentary or of administrationmatched

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Executor compensation rule

NRS 150.020(1)

Nevada Legislature · Publisher states no version on this page · Verified August 7, 2026

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.

What was published from this source

  • executorCompensation.tiers = 4% to $15k, 3% to $100k, 2% above

Conditions checked against the live text

Each condition below must be found in the page as the publisher currently serves it. If any one of them stops matching, the build fails and the figure is withheld rather than published from memory.

  • 4 percent first $15,000matched
  • 3 percent next $85,000matched
  • 2 percent above $100,000matched
  • basis is amount accounted for less liens and encumbrancesmatched

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What Nevada courts publish

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.

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.

How to check this yourself

  1. Open the citation link. It goes to the publishing government body, not to a summary.
  2. Search the page for the quoted sentence. It is reproduced here exactly, so a text search should land on it.
  3. Compare the figures. If the statute has changed since the verification date above, the statute governs and this page is wrong.
  4. Report the difference. Naming the citation and the language you see maps onto a specific condition in the list above, which makes the correction verifiable.

Scope of these records

These sources cover the cost and route questions this site answers. They do not cover intestate succession shares, spousal and family allowances, creditor priority, tax filing obligations, real-property transfer mechanics, or contested proceedings. Where an answer would require one of those, the site says so rather than estimating.

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