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Nev. Rev. Stat. § 134.120 (2026)

Escheat

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NRS 134.120  Escheat.  If the decedent leaves no surviving spouse or kindred, the estate escheats to the State for educational purposes.

      [Part 297:107:1941; A 1945, 349; 1943 NCL § 9882.297]—(NRS A 1999, 2261)

     

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Cited in 1 case, 2012–2012 · leading case: State v. Palm, 272 P.3d 668 (Nev. 2012).
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State v. Palm, 272 P.3d 668 (Nev. 2012). · cites it 7× “We conclude that an escheat is triggered in such a circumstance because, when all heirs have been disinherited, the testator “leaves no surviving spouse or kindred” under NRS 134.120 pursuant to the plain and commonly understood meaning of that phrase.”
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