Nevada estate administration

Nevada probate: rules, process, costs, executor fees and deadlines

Small-estate limit: $150,000

This guide explains probate in Nevada: Nevada offers both a court set-aside procedure and a narrower affidavit procedure, each with its own waiting period.

Sources reviewed August 7, 2026. Latest primary-source re-fetch October 3, 2026.

Answer first

Nevada simplified probate route

Up to $150,000; usable 30 days after death. Source: NRS 146.070 and 146.080.

Set aside without administration

Screen a specific Nevada estate with the calculators on the small-estate page and the executor-fee page, or compare states in the full estate navigator.

What the reviewed rules establish

Court cost

Tiered

2 published schedules, itemised on the filing-cost page.

Filing-cost detail

Executor compensation

Statutory schedule

A statutory percentage schedule applies. Source: NRS 150.020(1).

Compensation detail

Statutes read in full for Nevada

Read on the enacting state’s own site, with the date each was read.

CitationWhat reading it establishedRead on
NRS 147.040Nevada measures in days, shortens the window under summary administration, and leaves one door open — creditor deadline note2026-09-17

Nevada decision map

The four facts that change the Nevada route

Each Nevada answer below links to the page that sets out its source.

Nevada estate administration decision map
QuestionRecorded Nevada answer
What route is being screened?Set aside without administration
What property and basis count?probate property within the rule's stated scope; net of enforceable liens and encumbrances.
What is the amount screen?$150,000
What is the time or deadline record?30 days after death; creditor deadlines: not published here
What does the cost record establish?2 published schedules; the proceeding and value basis control the total.
What does compensation use?Statutory percentage schedule, measured on probate property after enforceable liens.

Limits and unresolved costs

  • This page models the court set-aside track.
  • Values are fixed as of the date of death, and only enforceable liens reduce them. The petition must list any lien the petitioner believes may be unenforceable.
  • The affidavit track has different limits and a 40-day wait.

What Nevada courts publish

Every link is probed before each release.

Limits on court material

  • Nevada runs two separate small-estate tracks. The published affidavit form belongs to the affidavit track, not to the $150,000 court set-aside track that this page models.

Nevada primary sources

Every quotation, edition label and machine check is on the Nevada source record.

Nevada record: 4/4 verified, 17 matched checks, latest source re-fetch October 3, 2026. Source record · method · report a correction