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Every source behind the Nevada guide

4 primary records, quoted verbatim and checked against 17 named presence or absence conditions that must pass against the live government text. Open the record, read the words the publishing body actually used, and confirm the current rule for yourself.

Last full re-fetch September 15, 2026

What each source establishes

The Nevada guide rests on the source-backed rules this site can verify for the state: which simplified procedure exists and what it limits, what the court charges, how the person administering the estate may be paid, and any statutory creditor-deadline gaps the related guide names rather than guesses through.Every published rule below is quoted in the publisher’s own words rather than summarised.

Simplified-procedure rule

NRS 146.070 and 146.080

Nevada Legislature · Chapter revised 4/15/2026, current through 2025 session · 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)
  • set-aside petition may not be filed until 30 days after death
  • separate affidavit track under NRS 146.080
  • 40-day affidavit wait exists on the affidavit track
  • value means fair market value reduced by enforceable liens and encumbrances
  • values are fixed as of the date of death

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Court cost rule

NRS 19.013(1)

Nevada Legislature · Chapter revised 4/15/2026, current through 2025 session · 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 fee
  • no fee at or below $2,500
  • letters testamentary or of administration

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Court cost rule

NRS 19.0302(1)(c)

Nevada Legislature · Chapter revised 4/15/2026, current through 2025 session · Verified August 7, 2026

(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.

What was published from this source

  • additional filing fee on a petition for letters = 0 / 99 / 352 by estate value

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.

  • additional fee on a petition for letters
  • $352 at $300,000 or more
  • $99 above $20,000 and below $300,000
  • no fee at $20,000 or less

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Executor compensation rule

NRS 150.020(1)

Nevada Legislature · Chapter revised 4/15/2026, current through 2025 session · 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 $15,000
  • 3 percent next $85,000
  • 2 percent above $100,000
  • basis is amount accounted for less liens and encumbrances

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Statutes read in full for Nevada

These 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.

CitationWhat reading it establishedRead on
NRS 147.040Nevada measures in days, shortens the window under summary administration, and leaves one door open — creditor deadline note2026-09-17

Nevada source decision map

How the Nevada records fit together

The source record is most useful when each citation has a job. This map links the Nevada procedure, cost, compensation, and deadline records to the decision each one can and cannot answer.

QuestionRecorded Nevada answerCarry into the case
What route is being screened?Set aside without administrationConfirm 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?$150,000Use 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.

Decision boundary

What the Nevada source set does not silently decide

The Nevada records establish the rules listed above, but they do not turn a source citation into advice about title, family priority, tax filing, contested proceedings, or the exact clerk practice in every county. Those questions stay with the official court or a qualified adviser. The useful next step is to match the question to the citation rather than treating the longest quote as the answer to every estate problem.

Arithmetic illustration

See the Nevada amount screen without mistaking it for a result

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 amountComparison to the Nevada ceilingWhat it does not decide
$112,500Below $150,000Title, liens, waiting period, appointment, or creditor duties
$187,500Above $150,000Whether another statutory route or court process applies

Next evidence to collect

Open the quoted record for the row you rely on and check the publisher's current text before filing.

  1. Record the date of death, the county, and the exact proceeding or affidavit being considered.
  2. Classify each asset by title, beneficiary, trust, real-property status, and the value basis shown above.
  3. Open the official court material below and keep its form or schedule with the estate record.
  4. Do not distribute property until the route, creditor position, and required approvals are resolved.

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

Records used by this Nevada map

  • NRS 146.070 and 146.080Nevada Revised Statutes, Estates Not Exceeding $150,000; reviewed August 7, 2026
  • NRS 19.013(1)Nevada Revised Statutes, Probate Filing Fee; reviewed August 7, 2026
  • NRS 19.0302(1)(c)Nevada Revised Statutes, Additional Probate Filing Fee; reviewed August 7, 2026
  • NRS 150.020(1)Nevada Revised Statutes, Personal Representative Compensation; reviewed August 7, 2026

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.

Checking these Nevada records against the publishers

Every citation above links to the body that publishes it, and every quoted sentence is reproduced exactly, so a text search on the publisher’s own page should land on it. Where the publisher’s current wording differs from what is recorded here, the publisher governs and this page is wrong; naming the citation and the language you see maps the difference onto a specific condition rather than a general complaint. The full procedure, including how a source qualifies in the first place and what disqualifies one, is set out once on the methodology page instead of being restated on each of the254 state records.

These records cover the cost and route questions this site answers for Nevada. 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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