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Nev. Rev. Stat. § 111.065 (2026)

Joint tenancy in real and personal property: Creation

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NRS 111.065  Joint tenancy in real and personal property: Creation.

      1.  Joint tenancy in real property may be created by a single will or transfer when expressly declared in the will or transfer to be a joint tenancy, or by transfer from a sole owner to himself or herself and others, or from tenants in common to themselves, or to themselves and others, or to one of them and others, or from a married couple when holding title as community property or otherwise to themselves, or to themselves and others, or to one of them and others, when expressly declared in the transfer to be a joint tenancy, or when granted or devised to executors or trustees as joint tenants.

      2.  A joint tenancy in personal property may be created by a written transfer, agreement or instrument.

      [1:21:1939; 1931 NCL § 3710]—(NRS A 1965, 619; 2017, 778)

     

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 10 cases, 1975–2018 · leading case: Darryl F. Bryant, Sr. v. Darryl F. Bryant, Jr., 522 S.W.3d 392 (Tenn. 2017).
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Darryl F. Bryant, Sr. v. Darryl F. Bryant, Jr., 522 S.W.3d 392 (Tenn. 2017). · cites it 2× “§§ 70-1-307 , -314 (2015); Nev. Rev. Stat. § 111.065 (2015); N.H. Rev.”
McKissick v. McKissick, 560 P.2d 1366 (Nev. 1977). · cites it 2× “NRS 111.065 (2). It may not be created orally.”
Starr v. Rousselet, 877 P.2d 525 (Nev. 1994). · cites it 2× “McKissick also cited NRS 111.065(2) 1 in support of the court’s conclusion that a writing is required in order to create a joint tenancy.”
Natko v. State, 435 P.3d 680 (Nev. 2018). · cites it 2× “Because *687 many years or decades may go by before one tenant dies, Nevada law requires such transfers to be evidenced by "a written transfer, agreement, or instrument," so that the parties do not become embroiled in probate disputes years after the fact based upon oral…”
Weinstein v. Sodaro, 541 P.2d 531 (Nev. 1975). · cites it 2× “1 By *640 the enactment of NRS 111.065, which permits an individual to transfer solely owned property to himself and another as joint tenants, 2 the statute only requires that the transfer be manifested by a writing which in this case was met in the form of a signed signature…”
Smolen for Smolen v. Smolen, 956 P.2d 128 (Nev. 1998). “1 NRS 111.065, entitled “Joint tenancy in real and personal property: Creation,” sets forth Nevada’s revised requirements for the creation of a joint tenancy.”
Natko (helen) Vs. State, 2018 NV 103 (Nev. 2018). · cites it 6× “Beyond that, NRS 111.065 adds a writing requirement that did not exist at common law This is so because the essence of joint tenancy is the "right of survivorship" that governs what happens when one of the joint tenants dies.”
Natko v. State, 134 Nev. 841 (2018). · cites it 6× “Beyond that, NRS 111.065 adds a writing requirement that did not exist at common law This is so because the essence of joint tenancy is the "right of survivorship" that governs what happens when one of the joint tenants dies.”
Natko (helen) Vs. State, 2018 NV 103 (Nev. 2018). · cites it 3× “Because many years or decades may go by before one tenant dies, Nevada law requires such transfers to be evidenced by "a written transfer, agreement, or instrument," so that the parties do not become embroiled in probate disputes years after the fact based upon oral statements…”
Est. of Matelich v. Matelich, 772 P.2d 319 (Nev. 1989). · cites it 2× “We hold that the signature card does not create a joint tenancy in the property because the card is not a title-changing writing required by NRS 111.065(2) to create a joint tenancy.”
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 111.065(2): 7 cases
McKissick v. McKissick, 560 P.2d 1366 (Nev. 1977). “NRS 111.065 (2). It may not be created orally.”
Starr v. Rousselet, 877 P.2d 525 (Nev. 1994). “McKissick also cited NRS 111.065(2) 1 in support of the court’s conclusion that a writing is required in order to create a joint tenancy.”
Natko v. State, 435 P.3d 680 (Nev. 2018). “Because *687 many years or decades may go by before one tenant dies, Nevada law requires such transfers to be evidenced by "a written transfer, agreement, or instrument," so that the parties do not become embroiled in probate disputes years after the fact based upon oral…”
Natko (helen) Vs. State, 2018 NV 103 (Nev. 2018). “Beyond that, NRS 111.065 adds a writing requirement that did not exist at common law This is so because the essence of joint tenancy is the "right of survivorship" that governs what happens when one of the joint tenants dies.”
Natko v. State, 134 Nev. 841 (2018). “Beyond that, NRS 111.065 adds a writing requirement that did not exist at common law This is so because the essence of joint tenancy is the "right of survivorship" that governs what happens when one of the joint tenants dies.”
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