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Nev. Rev. Stat. § 151.240 (2026)

Subsequent administration; limitation on reopening estate

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NRS 151.240  Subsequent administration; limitation on reopening estate.

      1.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the final settlement of an estate does not prevent:

      (a) The reopening of the estate for the purpose of administering other property which has been discovered or for correcting errors made in the description of the property administered.

      (b) The subsequent issuance of letters if it becomes necessary or proper for any cause that letters should again be issued.

      2.  In the absence of fraud, an estate must not be reopened based upon the discovery of:

      (a) A will, if the estate was administered as if the decedent had died intestate; or

      (b) A will dated later than the will that was probated.

      [275:107:1941; 1931 NCL § 9882.275]—(NRS A 1983, 196; 1991, 132; 1999, 2346)

     

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1971–1979 · leading case: Kotecki v. Augusztiny, 487 P.2d 925 (Nev. 1971).
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Kotecki v. Augusztiny, 487 P.2d 925 (Nev. 1971). · cites it 3× “” NRS 151.240. Under such a statute, the court may issue further letters when “there is property not fully disposed of or some act to be done which only an administrator can do.”
Reid v. Scheffler, 592 P.2d 948 (Nev. 1979). “NRS 151.240 provides the trial judge with authority to issue subsequent letters of administration “should it become necessary or proper from any cause.”
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