Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation (DETR), Employment Security Division
Nevada · Unemployment
detr.nv.gov/Page/Unemployment_Insurance_BenefitsState Unemployment Benefits in Nevada
The Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation administers unemployment insurance. Benefits due a deceased claimant may be paid to the person or persons the Administrator finds legally entitled to them, on an affidavit executed by that person (NRS 612.360).
Steps to take when someone dies
Required Documents
- Form NUCS-4172, signed before a notary: to request a duplicate 1099-G when no executor or administrator has been appointed. The affiant states their relationship to the deceased on the form and returns it with supporting documents to the Employment Security Division, Attn: Monetary Unit.
State Unemployment Benefits in Nevada: key facts
What Nevada says4
- Benefits at and after the death
Under NRS 612.360, benefits due a deceased claimant may be paid in accordance with authorized regulations.1
Under NRS 612.360, the affidavit on which the benefits are paid discharges the Administrator from further liability.1
- Who may claim a final payment
NRS 612.360 pays the benefits to the person or persons who appear to the Administrator to be legally entitled to them.1
- Documents for a final payment
NRS 612.360 pays the benefits on an affidavit executed by the person or persons claiming to be entitled to them.1
- Claimant portal
Claims are filed through Claimant Self Service at nui.nv.gov.2
Governing law: NRS 612.360
Forms Nevada uses1
- NUCS-4172: Affidavit Concerning Deceased or Incompetent Person
An heir requests a duplicate 1099-G tax document, attesting that no executor or administrator has been appointed or is contemplated and that there is no other person who would be an heir.3, 4
Not in Nevada's published guidance1
- How to report a death
Nevada unemployment benefits
Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation (DETR), Employment Security Division
Phone
Toll-free
Southern Nevada
Mailing address
Website
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