Nevada Certification of Trust
CERTIFICATION OF TRUST
Nevada affidavit under NRS 164.400–164.420
Date of certification: [__/__/____]
Person or institution to whom presented, if known: [________________________________]
Pending transaction or purpose: [________________________________]
The undersigned are all currently acting trustees of the trust identified below. Being duly sworn or affirmed, they state from personal knowledge and the current trust instrument:
1. Trust identification
Full trust name: [________________________________]
Date the trust instrument was executed: [__/__/____]
Dates of amendments or restatements now in effect, or “none”: [________________________________]
Settlor(s), full names: [________________________________]
Currently acting trustee(s), full names and addresses:
| Trustee | Mailing address | Date authority began |
|---|---|---|
| [____________________________] | [____________________________] | [__/__/____] |
| [____________________________] | [____________________________] | [__/__/____] |
| [____________________________] | [____________________________] | [__/__/____] |
Trust situs or domicile and governing law stated in the instrument: [________________________________]
2. Authority for this transaction
Trustee power relevant to the pending transaction: [IDENTIFY POWER AND EXACT TRUST ARTICLE/SECTION: ________________________________]
Restrictions, required consent, or conditions affecting that power: [NONE / IDENTIFY: ________________________________]
Action required when more than one trustee serves: ☐ all acting trustees must act ☐ fewer than all may act as follows: [________________________________]. Cite the trust provision: [____].
Other person with instrument-granted direction, approval, or veto authority for this transaction: ☐ none ☐ [NAME AND CAPACITY: ________________________________]. Identify the trust provision and evidence of completed action: [________________________________]. If a trust protector is involved, NRS 163.5553(1) makes the instrument's grant and limits controlling.
Form in which title to trust assets is to be taken: [________________________________]
Revocability status: ☐ revocable ☐ irrevocable. Person, if any, holding a power to revoke: [________________________________]. Identify the trust provision: [____].
Successor trustee after a former trustee's incapacity under NRS 163.605, if this is relevant to the transaction: ☐ not applicable ☐ successor is [________________________________]; basis and supporting document: [________________________________].
3. Current representations
The trustees certify that the trust has not been revoked or amended in a way that makes any representation in this certification incorrect. The signatures below are those of all currently acting trustees, as required by NRS 164.400(2) and 164.410(2).
This certification does not set out the trust's dispositive terms. NRS 164.420 permits omission of those terms, although the recipient may request excerpts showing the trustees' appointment or authority for the pending transaction.
This affidavit is presented in place of the trust instrument for the transaction identified above, subject to the benefits-application exception in NRS 164.400(1).
4. Signatures of all acting trustees
TRUSTEE 1
Signature: ___________________________________ Date: [__/__/____]
Printed name: [________________________________]
TRUSTEE 2, if serving
Signature: ___________________________________ Date: [__/__/____]
Printed name: [________________________________]
TRUSTEE 3, if serving
Signature: ___________________________________ Date: [__/__/____]
Printed name: [________________________________]
Additional acting trustee signatures, if any, on attached page: [YES / NO]
5. Jurat and acknowledgment
Complete both notarial acts for every acting trustee. NRS 164.400(2) requires an affidavit signed and acknowledged by all acting trustees; NRS 240.167 and 240.1665 provide short forms for the jurat and representative-capacity acknowledgment.
JURAT — STATE OF NEVADA, COUNTY OF [________________]
Signed and sworn to or affirmed before me on [__/__/____] by [ALL TRUSTEE NAMES: ________________________________].
Notarial officer signature: ___________________________________ Seal: [____]
REPRESENTATIVE-CAPACITY ACKNOWLEDGMENT — STATE OF NEVADA, COUNTY OF [________________]
This instrument was acknowledged before me on [__/__/____] by [ALL TRUSTEE NAMES: ________________________________] as trustees of [TRUST NAME: ________________________________].
Notarial officer signature: ___________________________________ Seal: [____]
Additional or separate certificates used for trustees signing at different times or places: [IDENTIFY ATTACHMENTS: ________________________________]
Official sources
About this template
- Last updated
- November 6, 2026
- Citations checked
- November 6, 2026
- Jurisdiction
- Nevada
- Category
- Estate Planning & Wills
Legal authority
- NRS 164.400(1), (2) (presentation and all-trustee affidavit)
- NRS 164.410(1), (2) (certification contents and current representations)
- NRS 164.420 (dispositive terms and instrument excerpts)
- NRS 163.5553(1) (instrument-granted protector authority, if relevant)
- NRS 163.605(1) (successor trustee following determined incapacity)
- NRS 240.1665 (representative-capacity acknowledgment)
- NRS 240.167 (jurat)
Estate planning documents decide what happens to your property, your children, and your medical care when you cannot make those decisions yourself. Wills, trusts, powers of attorney, and health care directives each serve different purposes and each have to meet state law requirements for signing, witnessing, and notarization. A document that looks fine on the page but was not executed correctly can be rejected in probate, which is exactly when it is too late to fix.
Not legal advice
This template is provided for informational purposes. We recommend having an attorney review any legal document before signing, especially for high-value or complex matters.
Checked against the law it cites
A reviewer verified this template's legal citations against the official source on November 6, 2026.
NRS 163.5553(1) (checked November 6, 2026): "A trust protector may exercise the powers provided to the trust protector in the instrument subject to the terms and provisions in the instrument."
NRS 164.410(1)(g)-(h) (checked October 30, 2026): "The form in which title to assets of the trust is to be taken; and"
NRS 164.410(1)(c) (checked October 29, 2026): "The powers of the trustee and any restrictions imposed upon the trustee in dealing with assets of the trust"
NRS 164.410(1)(e) (checked October 29, 2026): "If there is more than one trustee, whether all of the currently acting trustees must or less than all may act"
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