How Do I File for Probate in Nevada?

Nevada offers a small-estate or summary procedure that can transfer property without a full grant of Letters when the estate qualifies. Three Letters variants, each with statutory text: Letters Testamentary (executor named in a will, NRS 141.020), Letters of Administration With the Will Annexed (will exists but no qualified named executor, NRS 141.030), and Letters of Administration (intestate, NRS 141.040); each section prints the form and says letters "may be in substantially the following form," and the clerk signs them under the court's seal (NRS 141.010(1)). If the estate includes real property, a certified copy of the letters must be recorded in each county where the real property sits (NRS 141.010(2)). Administrator priority follows NRS 139.040. A non-resident may serve only by associating a Nevada-resident coadministrator (or an authorized banking corporation), or where named as personal representative in a pending will (NRS 139.010(4)). Special administration (temporary) has its own statewide fillable petition; it is not the general appointment path. THRESHOLDS: set aside without administration if the estate does not exceed $150,000 (NRS 146.070(1)(a)); affidavit of entitlement for a "applicable amount" of $150,000 (surviving-spouse claimant) or $25,000 (any other claimant), 40 days after death, and only if the decedent left no Nevada real property (NRS 146.080(1), (7)); summary administration if the gross value of the estate, after deducting encumbrances, does not exceed $500,000 (NRS 145.040) — over $500,000 the case is a general administration. DEADLINE: anyone possessing the will must deliver it to the district-court clerk within 30 days after knowledge of the death (NRS 136.050(1)); Nevada sets no outer deadline for commencing probate.

District Court handles decedents' estates in Nevada. District Court clerk issues Letters Testamentary or Letters of Administration after the court grants the petition.

Letters Testamentary are issued when there is a will (to the executor); Letters of Administration are issued when there is no will (to an administrator). They give the personal representative authority to act for the estate.