Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 136 - Probate of Wills and Petitions for Letters
NRS 136.060 - Order to produce will; penalty for failure to comply with order.


1. If it is alleged in any petition that the will of a decedent is in the possession of a third person, and the court is satisfied that the allegation is correct, an order must be issued and served upon the person having possession of the will, requiring that person to produce it at a time to be named in the order.
2. Any person having the possession of a will who neglects or refuses to produce it in obedience to such an order may, by warrant from the court, be committed to the county jail, and be kept in close confinement until the person produces the will. The court may make all other necessary orders at chambers to enforce the production of the will.
[8:107:1941; 1931 NCL § 9882.08] + [9:107:1941; 1931 NCL § 9882.09]—(NRS A 1999, 2263)

Structure Nevada Revised Statutes

Nevada Revised Statutes

Chapter 136 - Probate of Wills and Petitions for Letters

NRS 136.010 - Determination of proper court.

NRS 136.020 - Disqualified judge.

NRS 136.030 - Disqualified judge required to transfer proceedings to qualified judge; duties, powers and jurisdiction of qualified judge.

NRS 136.040 - Transfer of proceedings back to original court.

NRS 136.050 - Delivery of will after death; liability for nondelivery; record of will; inspection of records.

NRS 136.060 - Order to produce will; penalty for failure to comply with order.

NRS 136.070 - Persons qualified to petition for probate.

NRS 136.090 - Petition for probate: Requirements; effect of defect.

NRS 136.100 - Petition for probate: Clerk to set for hearing; notice of hearing.

NRS 136.120 - Service of petition when petition presented by person other than named personal representative or by fewer than all named personal representatives.

NRS 136.130 - Attesting witnesses to will subpoenaed; unnecessary where self-proving affidavits.

NRS 136.140 - Proof of notice; witnesses to testify orally.

NRS 136.150 - Evidence of subscribing witnesses: Affidavits ex parte.

NRS 136.160 - Proof of will by affidavits of attesting witnesses.

NRS 136.170 - Proof of will when subscribing witnesses are unavailable.

NRS 136.180 - Proof of will by copy.

NRS 136.185 - Proof of electronic will.

NRS 136.190 - Proof of holographic will.

NRS 136.200 - Appointment of attorney to represent minors, unborn members of interested class or nonresidents; retention of other counsel.

NRS 136.210 - Translation and recording of will in foreign language.

NRS 136.220 - Admissibility of certified copy of will and order admitting will to probate.

NRS 136.225 - Applicability of provisions concerning revocation of certain transfers of real property based upon divorce or annulment to transfers of property pursuant to will.

NRS 136.230 - Jurisdiction of court to take proof of execution and validity of lost or destroyed will.

NRS 136.240 - Petition for probate; same requirement of proof as other wills; testimony of witnesses; rebuttable presumption concerning certain wills; prima facie showing that will was not revoked; order.

NRS 136.250 - Restraint of administration pending petition.

NRS 136.260 - Probate of foreign wills: Procedure.