136.010 - Resident decedent; nonresident decedent.
136.010 Resident decedent; nonresident decedent.
1. Wills may be proved and letters granted in the county where the decedent was a resident at the time of death, whether death occurred in that county or elsewhere, and the district court of that county has exclusive jurisdiction of the settlement of such estates, whether the estate is in one or more counties.
2. The estate of a nonresident decedent may be settled by the district court of any county in which any part of the estate is located. The district court to which application is first made has exclusive jurisdiction of the settlement of estates of nonresidents.
[1:107:1941; 1931 NCL § 9882.01]—(NRS A 1999, 2262)