Free Nevada Pour-Over Will

A pour-over will directs any assets not already in your revocable living trust to transfer into the trust at death. It catches property you forgot to retitle, assets acquired after the trust was created, and personal belongings. In Nevada, these pour-over assets go through probate before reaching the trust — but they still follow the trust's distribution plan rather than state intestacy law.

No — assets transferred through a pour-over will go through Nevada probate, which typically takes 4-6 months. Assets already titled in the trust at death bypass probate entirely. If the pour-over assets total less than $150,000, Nevada's Small Estate Affidavit may apply — a faster path. Use the probate need checker to see what may require probate.

A pour-over will follows the same execution requirements as any Nevada will: 2 adult witnesses present at signing.NRS 133.040Verified Jul 15, 2026 A notary is optional for validity, but our form includes a self-proving affidavit that simplifies probate. See all Nevada signing requirements.

This form includes fields for alternate beneficiaries. If the trust doesn't exist, has been revoked, or is found invalid at death, assets go to your named alternates instead of Nevada intestacy distribution. This is an important safeguard — it ensures your assets have a destination regardless of what happens to the trust.

The successor trustee can publish Nevada's optional creditor notice to shorten the claim window to 3 months; without it, the settlor's creditors have up to 3 months to bring a claim.NRS 164.025(1) (permissive "may" — elective notice; no affirmative trustee duty), NRS 164.025(3) (untimely claims "forever barred" within 90 days of publication/mailing once notice invoked). Mandatory exception: NRS 164.025(5) requires the trustee to give notice within 30 days after death to the Department of Human Services / Nevada Health Authority if the settlor received public assistance or Medicaid — a targeted Medicaid-recovery duty, not a general creditor-notice duty, so the overall procedure remains elective. Verified 2026-06-19.Verified Jul 15, 2026 Either way, trust assets reach beneficiaries without court involvement. Pour-over assets, by contrast, go through probate, which typically takes 4-6 months. Funding your trust during your lifetime saves your family time, cost, and privacy.

Yes. Nevada supports a fully remote signing for both documents.NRS 240.181 to 240.206 The will and the trust can be executed in the same live video session with an online notary.

Yes. You can create a new pour-over will at any time — a new will revokes prior versions when it includes revocation language (our form includes this). Any new version must meet Nevada's execution requirements: 2 witnesses. Most families update their pour-over will whenever they update their trust.

Yes. A pour-over will only directs assets into a trust you've already created — without one, it's just a regular will. If you don't have a trust yet, you can set one up and pair it with this pour-over will as a safety net.