Probate in Nye County

Probate Court Record

Nye County Fifth Judicial District Court

Nye County · 5th Judicial District

Hours

Monday-Friday 8:00 AM-noon and 1:00 PM-5:00 PM

Office

1520 East Basin Avenue, Suite 108, Pahrump, NV 89060

Self-represented filing

Allowed

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Verified October 16, 2026 · Source

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Elder Law Firms Serving Nye County

Las Vegas firm handling estate planning and probate throughout Clark County, with attorneys licensed in Nevada, California, and Illinois. Manages the full Clark County probate process — creditor notice, asset inventory, and distribution to heirs — alongside revocable and irrevocable trusts, wills, and powers of attorney. Offers a complimentary initial consultation.

Free consultationEstate PlanningProbateElder LawAsset ProtectionBusiness Law+3

Las Vegas firm near Green Valley handling estate planning and probate through the Eighth Judicial District Court. Partners Russell Bowler and Travis Twitchell administer decedents' estates, contest and defend wills and trusts, and represent beneficiaries and trustees in trust litigation, alongside drafting trusts, wills, and powers of attorney. Serves English- and Spanish-speaking clients.

Free consultationEstate PlanningProbateElder LawTax PlanningGuardianship+4

Serves Clark County from the southwest valley on South Durango Drive, practicing before the Eighth Judicial District Court. Handles probate, trust administration, and adult guardianship for families caring for an aging or incapacitated relative, alongside estate planning and Medicaid planning. Kim Boyer is certified as an Elder Law Attorney by the National Elder Law Foundation; free consultations.

Since 1997Free consultationEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder LawGuardianshipMedicaid Planning

Family-owned firm with offices on West Russell Road in Las Vegas and on Horizon Ridge Parkway in Henderson, covering Clark County including Boulder City. Handles probate and trust administration through the Eighth Judicial District Court, plus wills, revocable trusts, and adult guardianship. Free consultation.

Since 2002Free consultationEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder LawGuardianship

Henderson firm with nine attorneys serving the Las Vegas metro through the Eighth Judicial District Court, handling estate planning, probate administration, and trust litigation since 1995. Work spans revocable living trusts, charitable remainder trusts, qualified personal residence trusts, and contested will and trust disputes, plus elder law and asset protection.

Since 1995Estate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateTrust LitigationElder Law+2

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Nevada allows a choice for a healthcare power of attorney: 2NRS 162A.855, 162A.865, 162A.870Verified Oct 15, 2026View source witnesses or a notary.

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Nevada treats a power of attorney as durable by defaultNRS § 162A.200-660Verified Sep 18, 2026View source, and it is signed with no witness or notary requirementNRS § 162A.200-660Verified Oct 21, 2026View source.

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Nevada automatically revokes an ex-spouse as beneficiary at divorceNRS 133.115; NRS 111.781Verified Sep 15, 2026View source; employer plans under ERISA follow federal rules either way, so a 401(k) beneficiary changes only by a new designation.

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