NRS 136.160
Proof of will by affidavits of attesting witnesses.

1.

Any or all of the attesting witnesses to any will may, after the death of the testator and at the request of the executor or any interested person, make and sign an affidavit stating such facts as a witness would be required to testify to in court to prove the will. The sworn statement of any witness so taken must be accepted by the court as if it had been taken before the court.

2.

The affidavit described in subsection 1 may be substantially in form as set forth in NRS 133.050.

Source: Section 136.160 — Proof of will by affidavits of attesting witnesses., https://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-136.html#NRS136Sec160.

136.050
Delivery of will after death 136.060
Order to produce will 136.070
Persons qualified to petition for probate. 136.090
Petition for probate: Requirements 136.100
Petition for probate: Clerk to set for hearing 136.120
Service of petition when petition presented by person other than named personal representative or by fewer than all named personal representatives. 136.130
Attesting witnesses to will subpoenaed 136.140
Proof of notice 136.150
Evidence of subscribing witnesses: Affidavits ex parte. 136.160
Proof of will by affidavits of attesting witnesses. 136.170
Proof of will when subscribing witnesses are unavailable. 136.180
Proof of will by copy. 136.185
Proof of electronic will. 136.190
Proof of holographic will. 136.200
Appointment of attorney to represent minors, unborn members of interested class or nonresidents 136.210
Translation and recording of will in foreign language. 136.220
Admissibility of certified copy of will and order admitting will to probate. 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.

Last Updated

Feb. 5, 2021

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Original Source: Section 136.160 — Proof of will by affidavits of attesting witnesses., https://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-136.html#NRS136Sec160 (last accessed Feb. 5, 2021).