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Nev. Rev. Stat. § 111.205

No estate created in land unless by operation of law or written conveyance; leases for terms not exceeding 1 year

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NRS 111.205  No estate created in land unless by operation of law or written conveyance; leases for terms not exceeding 1 year.

      1.  No estate or interest in lands, other than for leases for a term not exceeding 1 year, nor any trust or power over or concerning lands, or in any manner relating thereto, shall be created, granted, assigned, surrendered or declared after December 2, 1861, unless by act or operation of law, or by deed or conveyance, in writing, subscribed by the party creating, granting, assigning, surrendering or declaring the same, or by the party’s lawful agent thereunto authorized in writing.

      2.  Subsection 1 shall not be construed to affect in any manner the power of a testator in the disposition of the testator’s real property by a last will and testament, nor to prevent any trust from arising or being extinguished by implication or operation of law.

      [55:9:1861; B § 283; BH § 2624; C § 2694; RL § 1069; NCL § 1527] + [56:9:1861; B § 284; BH § 2625; C § 2695; RL § 1070; NCL § 1528]

     

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 32 cases (5 in the last 5 years), 1961–2026 · leading case: Summa Corp. v. Greenspun
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Summa Corp. v. Greenspun (1980) nev · cites it 7× “Such is the command in NRS 111.205(1). [1] With regard to this statute the trial court expressed alternative conclusions.”
Branch Banking and Trust Co. v. D.M.S.I., LLC (2017) ca9 “Citing Nevada’s statute of frauds, Nev. Rev. Stat. § 111.205 (1), Defendants contend that the Bulk Assignment is invalid because it does not describe the property securing the loans with particularity.”
In re Phillips (2013) nvb · cites it 4× “Nev.Rev.Stat. § 111.205(1) (2011). Negotiation of a promissory note, however, does not convey an interest in real property.”
Bonnell v. Lawrence (2012) nev · cites it 3× “In the order, the district judge determined that Bonnell’s claims were “meritless” because they were based on a fully repaid loan; he further held that the statute of frauds, NRS 111.205, defeated Bonnell’s oral life estate claim.”
Edelstein v. Bank of New York Mellon (2012) nev “However, BNY Mellon indicated at the hearing before the district court that Bank of America was BNY Mellon’s servicer, and a servicer is a representative within the meaning of NRS 107.”
Nationstar Mortgage LLC v. Saticoy Bay LLC (2021) ca9 “See Nev. Rev. Stat. § 111.205 (1). That argument, too, is foreclosed by binding precedent.”
Leyva v. National Default Servicing Corp. (2011) nev “NRS 111.205(1) (emphases added). Thus, to prove that Mort-gagelT properly assigned its interest in land via the deed of trust to Wells Fargo, Wells Fargo needed to provide a signed writing from MortgagelT demonstrating that transfer of interest.”
Grisham v. Grisham (2012) nev “See NRS 111.205(1) (requiring a properly executed instrument to convey an interest in land); compare Schreiber v.”
Occhiuto v. Occhiuto (1981) nev · cites it 2× “NRS 111.205(1). 5 The case is remanded to the district court with intructions to afford appellant an opportunity to plead his first two causes of action with sufficient particularity.”
Einhorn v. BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP (2012) nev “NRS 111.205(1) (requiring a signed writing to demonstrate a transfer in interest in land); Leyva, 127 Nev.”
Wiley v. Cook (1978) nev · cites it 3× “We disagree. (a) The instrument in question clearly comes within two separate provisions of our statute of frauds.”
Goldstein v. Hanna (1981) nev · cites it 2× “" NRS 111.205. Here, Callahan was unable to even produce a listing agreement.”
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— Nev. Rev. Stat. § 111.205(1) — 16 cases
Summa Corp. v. Greenspun (1980) nev “Such is the command in NRS 111.205(1). [1] With regard to this statute the trial court expressed alternative conclusions.”
In re Phillips (2013) nvb “Nev.Rev.Stat. § 111.205(1) (2011). Negotiation of a promissory note, however, does not convey an interest in real property.”
Edelstein v. Bank of New York Mellon (2012) nev “However, BNY Mellon indicated at the hearing before the district court that Bank of America was BNY Mellon’s servicer, and a servicer is a representative within the meaning of NRS 107.”
Leyva v. National Default Servicing Corp. (2011) nev “NRS 111.205(1) (emphases added). Thus, to prove that Mort-gagelT properly assigned its interest in land via the deed of trust to Wells Fargo, Wells Fargo needed to provide a signed writing from MortgagelT demonstrating that transfer of interest.”
Grisham v. Grisham (2012) nev “See NRS 111.205(1) (requiring a properly executed instrument to convey an interest in land); compare Schreiber v.”
— Nev. Rev. Stat. § 111.205(2) — 1 case
SATICOY BAY LLC SER. 3580 LOST HILLS v. FORECLOSURE RECOVERY SER., LLC (2024) nev
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