What Happens to Jointly Owned Property in Nevada When an Owner Dies?

Who may sign, in the statute's words: A person who has knowledge of the facts the affidavit sets forthNRS 111.365(1)Verified Oct 26, 2026View source. The document is sworn before a notary public, who completes the juratNRS 111.365(1); NRS 240.0035Verified Oct 26, 2026View source.

What the statute has it state: the family relationship, if any, of the affiant to each deceased joint tenant or the deceased spouse; a description of the instrument or conveyance by which the joint tenancy or right of survivorship was created; a description of the property subject to the joint tenancy or right of survivorship; the date and place of death of each deceased joint tenant or the deceased spouse; the mailing address of the grantee or, if there is no grantee, of the person requesting the recording; the assessor's parcel number at the top left corner of the first page, where the county assessor has assigned one; the typed or legibly printed name of each signer beneath the original signatureNRS 111.365(1)(a)Verified Oct 26, 2026View source. Attached when recorded: death certificate of each deceased joint tenant or deceased spouse (certified copy)NRS 111.365(1)Verified Oct 26, 2026View source.

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's deed upon death passes the property at the owner's death. After the last grantor dies, a beneficiary or an authorized representative records a sworn Death of Grantor Affidavit in the statute's form, with a copy of each grantor's death certificate and a declaration of valueNRS 111.699Verified Oct 26, 2026View source.