Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 136 - Probate of Wills and Petitions for Letters
NRS 136.185 - Proof of electronic will.


1. An electronic will executed or deemed to be executed in or pursuant to the laws of this State may be proved and letters granted in the county in which the decedent was a resident at the time of his or her death or the domicile or registered office of the qualified custodian exists.
2. A certified paper original of an electronic will may be offered for and admitted to probate in the same manner as if it were a will executed in accordance with NRS 133.040.
3. A certified paper original of an electronic will that is self-proving pursuant to NRS 133.086 is presumed to be valid and, absent any objection, must be admitted to probate expeditiously without requiring any further proof of validity.
4. An electronic will that is executed or deemed to be executed in or pursuant to the laws of another state in accordance with the laws of the other state or of this State is a valid electronic will in this State.
(Added to NRS by 2001, 2343; A 2017, 3443)

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.