Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 139 - Appointment of Administrators

NRS 139.010 - Qualifications. - No person is entitled to letters of administration if the...

NRS 139.030 - Surviving partner. - The surviving partner of a decedent must not be appointed...

NRS 139.040 - Order of priority for right to appointment; priority of nominee. - 1. Administration of the intestate estate of a decedent must...

NRS 139.050 - Nomination. - Administration may be granted upon petition to one or more...

NRS 139.060 - Relatives of whole blood preferred to those of half blood. - When there shall be several persons claiming and equally entitled...

NRS 139.070 - Discretion of the court. - When there are several persons equally entitled to the administration,...

NRS 139.080 - Failure to claim letters. - Letters of administration may be granted to any petitioner, even...

NRS 139.090 - Contents of petition; effect of defect. - 1. A petition for letters of administration must be in...

NRS 139.100 - Clerk to set petition for hearing; notice of hearing. - The clerk shall set the petition for hearing, and notice...

NRS 139.110 - Right of contest: Filing of counterpetition; notice and hearing. - An interested person may contest the petition by filing a...

NRS 139.120 - Facts to be proved. - Before letters are granted, the fact of death and that...

NRS 139.130 - Entry in minutes or written order conclusive evidence of notice. - An entry in the minutes or in the written order...

NRS 139.135 - Circumstances in which agreement between heir finder and apparent heir is void and unenforceable. - 1. An agreement between an heir finder and an apparent...

NRS 139.140 - Right of person with priority to petition for revocation and reissuance of letters. - When letters of administration have been granted to any person...

NRS 139.150 - Procedure. - 1. If a petition for revocation is filed, notice must...

NRS 139.160 - Assertion of prior right. - The surviving spouse, or nominee of the surviving spouse, when...

NRS 139.170 - Discretion of court. - The court may refuse to grant letters of administration as...