Probate Notice to Creditors and Claim Deadlines in Nevada

At a glance

Requirements one by one

Publication and mailing are mandatory

NRS 147.010 directs the personal representative to publish and mail notice in the manner set by NRS 155.020. The latter section requires publication on three dates. If the newspaper publishes more than weekly, at least 10 days must run from the first through the last publication date. Publication uses a newspaper published in the county where the proceeding is pending, or a newspaper of general circulation there if the county has none.

The statutory form identifies the court, appointment date, personal representative, and estate, and warns creditors to file with the clerk within 60 or 90 days after mailing or first publication, as applicable. A copy and affidavit of publication or certificate of mailing must be filed with the clerk. Section 155.020 describes the three publication dates as occurring before the hearing but states no separate postappointment start day for publication.

Readily ascertainable creditors receive mailed notice

As soon as practicable after appointment, the representative must mail the notice to creditors whose names and addresses were readily ascertainable as of first publication and who have not already filed. If the representative discovers another creditor before the claim-filing deadline, the notice must be mailed immediately.

The researched sections use the readily ascertainable standard but do not specify a records-search or inquiry checklist.

Claims are filed with the court clerk

The creditor files the claim with the clerk. Every claim states the claimant's mailing address. A claim of $250 or more includes an affidavit addressing the amount due, uncredited payments, and offsets. The claimant computes and states interest and its rate.

A copy with endorsements accompanies a claim founded on a written instrument. A secured claim instead attaches a certified copy of the mortgage or lien. Before the final account, the court may allow correction or amendment of a defective claim for good cause, but an amendment after the filing deadline cannot increase the amount.

The ordinary bar is 90 days, with two variants

The usual filing deadline is 90 days after the required mailing for a creditor entitled to mail or 90 days after first publication. A creditor discovered and mailed later under NRS 155.020(5) gets the later of 30 days after mailing or 90 days after first publication. Summary administration reduces the statutory 90-day period to 60 days.

An untimely claim is forever barred unless the claimant proves to the court's satisfaction that the claimant lacked both statutory notice and actual notice of the estate administration. That claimant may file any time before the final account. Time during a vacancy in administration is excluded from Chapter 147's limitation periods, and NRS 155.070 gives the court good-cause power to extend or shorten times prescribed in Title 12.

Nevada states no separate death-based bar in these chapters

Chapters 147 and 155 state no additional outside period measured from death for ordinary predeath claims. That does not revive an already stale debt: NRS 147.090 prohibits allowance or approval of a claim already barred by its ordinary statute of limitations.

Lien and pending-action routes remain limited

A lienholder or mortgagee may sue to enforce against the encumbered estate property without first filing and receiving rejection only if the complaint expressly waives recourse to all other estate property.

A proceeding pending against the decedent ordinarily may continue only after the claim is filed and rejected and the claimant timely seeks substitution. The court may otherwise order for good cause. Nevada also permits its Medicaid authority to amend an already filed Medicaid-benefit claim before the final account when it later identifies the amount.

What trips people up

The later-discovered-creditor formula is not simply 30 days after mailing. It is the later of that date or 90 days after first publication.

The claim goes to the clerk. Mailing a demand only to the personal representative does not satisfy the filing rule stated in NRS 147.040.

Nevada's no-notice route requires lack of both the statutory notice and actual notice of administration, and it closes when the final account is filed.

Common questions

How many times is notice published?

Three publication dates. If the newspaper appears more than once a week, at least 10 days must separate the first and last dates, counting both.

Does every late claim remain barred?

No. A claimant who proves lack of statutory and actual notice may file before the final account. That is a specific statutory route, not an automatic extension for every late creditor.

Can a mortgage holder proceed without a probate claim?

Only through the express collateral-only route. The complaint must waive all recourse against other estate property.

Statutes and sources

• NRS 147.010, 147.030 and 147.040 — notice duty, proof, filing deadlines, bar, no-notice route, and summary variant. https://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-147.html (accessed 2026-08-12)
• NRS 155.020 — publication, newspaper, readily ascertainable creditors, mailing, and notice form. https://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-155.html (accessed 2026-08-12)
• NRS 147.070-147.100 — claim form, affidavit, attachments, limitation, and pending actions. https://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-147.html (accessed 2026-08-12)
• NRS 147.140 and 147.150; NRS 155.070 — vacancy, collateral-only lien action, and court timing power. https://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-147.html and https://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-155.html (accessed 2026-08-12)