How Do I Avoid Probate in Nevada?

Nevada's nonprobate-transfer statute names an insurance policyNRS 111.707Verified Nov 1, 2026View source: the death benefit is paid to the beneficiary the owner designated, outside probate. A policy with no beneficiary, or one payable to the estate, is part of the probate estate.

An employer plan is governed by federal law: An employer retirement plan pays its death benefit to the beneficiary named in the plan's records, and federal law displaces a state rule that would redirect it. A married participant's spouse is the beneficiary unless the spouse consented in writing to another29 U.S.C. § 1144(a)Verified Nov 1, 2026View source. An IRA is the state's: Nevada's statute names an individual retirement accountNRS 111.707Verified Nov 1, 2026View source, so the balance is paid to the named beneficiary outside probate. A retirement account with no beneficiary named is part of the probate estate.

Survivorship title in Nevada: Nevada holds survivorship title as joint tenancy or as community property with right of survivorship, which arises only where the deed creating it expressly declares it. One affidavit of death serves the surviving joint tenant and the surviving spouse alike; the Clark County Recorder calls it an Affidavit Terminating Joint TenancyNRS 111.365Verified Oct 26, 2026View source. Nevada recognizes the transfer on death deedNRS 111.655 to 111.699Verified Oct 17, 2026View source: the home passes to the named beneficiary at the owner's death without probate. A home in the owner's name alone, with no survivor, deed beneficiary or trust, is part of the probate estate.

Nevada titles a vehicle with a transfer on death designationNev. Rev. Stat. 482.247Verified Oct 21, 2026View source: the vehicle passes to the named beneficiary at the owner's death without probate. The form is Transfer on Death Application (Form VP 239)Nev. Rev. Stat. 482.247View source. A vehicle in the owner's name alone is part of the probate estate.