Free Nevada Last Will and Testament
Build a complete Nevada will in minutes — free, no account. Fill in your details and download a ready-to-sign PDF with the protective clauses built in and Nevada's correct signing requirements.
A free, ready-to-sign will — but not legal advice.
This builds a complete Nevada will with the protective clauses most templates skip (survivorship period, residuary, minor's trust, executor powers). It becomes legally valid only when you sign it correctly (see the signing steps below). For a large or blended estate, have an attorney review it. RecordingLaw.com is not a law firm.
About you
Children
Name all your children, even any you are not leaving anything to — naming them prevents an 'omitted child' claim.
Who inherits everything else (your residuary estate)
The catch-all gift of everything not specifically given. Shares should total 100%.
Specific gifts (optional)
Particular items or sums to particular people.
Executor (the person who carries out your will)
Options
Naming them states the omission is intentional. Note: you generally cannot fully disinherit a spouse (see the warnings).
Before you sign — Nevada notes
Choose 2 witnesses who are adults and who do NOT inherit under this Will. A beneficiary (or a beneficiary's spouse) should never witness your Will.
Add at least one residuary beneficiary with a share above 0%. Without a residuary gift, everything not specifically given would pass by intestacy (state default rules), defeating the point of the Will.
To make this Will valid in Nevada: Type the will, sign it (or direct another to sign at your express direction), and have at least two competent witnesses sign in your presence. Unlike most states, Nevada lets the witnesses self-prove the will by signing a declaration under penalty of perjury — no notary required — OR a notarized affidavit, written on or attached to the will (NRS 133.050). A witness who is also a beneficiary stays competent but forfeits the gift unless two other disinterested witnesses signed (NRS 133.060). Nevada also recognizes holographic and electronic wills.
This is a do-it-yourself Will for a straightforward estate. If you have a large or blended estate, business interests, tax concerns, a special-needs beneficiary, or want to disinherit close family, have an attorney review it. This is not legal advice and RecordingLaw.com is not a law firm.
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Last Will and Testament of [YOUR FULL NAME]
ARTICLE I — DECLARATION
I, [YOUR FULL NAME], a resident of [CITY], [COUNTY] County, Nevada, being of full legal age to make a will and of sound mind and memory, declare this to be my Last Will and Testament, and I revoke all wills and codicils I have previously made.
ARTICLE II — FAMILY
I am not married.
If I have not named or provided for a child or other descendant in this Will, that omission is intentional and not the result of accident or mistake.
ARTICLE III — PAYMENT OF DEBTS, EXPENSES, AND TAXES
I direct my Executor to pay my legally enforceable debts, the expenses of my last illness and funeral, the costs of administering my estate, and any estate or inheritance taxes payable by reason of my death, out of the residue of my estate, without apportionment.
ARTICLE IV — TANGIBLE PERSONAL PROPERTY
I give my tangible personal property (household goods, furniture, vehicles, jewelry, collections, and personal effects not otherwise specifically given) to my residuary beneficiaries as they agree, or as my Executor determines if they cannot agree.
I may leave a separate written memorandum, signed and dated by me, disposing of items of tangible personal property. Nevada law allows such a memorandum to be given effect, and I direct my Executor to honor the most recent such memorandum I leave.
ARTICLE V — RESIDUARY ESTATE
I give all the rest, residue, and remainder of my estate to [RESIDUARY BENEFICIARY].
If no beneficiary named in this article survives me, my residuary estate shall pass to my heirs at law under the intestacy laws of my state.
ARTICLE VI — SURVIVORSHIP
Except as otherwise provided, a beneficiary must survive me by 30 days to receive any gift under this Will. A beneficiary who does not survive me by 30 days shall be treated as having predeceased me. This protects my estate from passing through the estate of a beneficiary who dies shortly after me.
ARTICLE VII — APPOINTMENT OF EXECUTOR
I nominate [EXECUTOR NAME] as Executor of this Will.
I direct that my Executor serve without bond and, to the fullest extent allowed by law, without court supervision (independent administration). My Executor shall have all powers granted to executors and personal representatives under the law of my state, including the power to sell, lease, invest, and distribute estate property, to pay debts and taxes, and to settle claims, all without prior court approval, as my Executor deems to be in the best interest of my estate.
ARTICLE VIII — DIGITAL ASSETS
I authorize my Executor to access, manage, distribute, and dispose of my digital assets and electronic communications, and to act as my fiduciary under the Revised Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act (or its equivalent in my state), with full authority to consent to a custodian's disclosure of the content and records of my electronic communications and accounts.
ARTICLE IX — SIMULTANEOUS DEATH
If any beneficiary and I die under circumstances in which the order of our deaths cannot be established, that beneficiary shall be deemed to have predeceased me. If my spouse and I die under such circumstances, my spouse shall be deemed to have predeceased me.
ARTICLE X — GENERAL PROVISIONS
This Will shall be governed by the laws of the State of Nevada.
If any provision of this Will is held invalid, the remaining provisions shall remain in full effect. Words of one gender include the other, and the singular includes the plural, as the context requires. The headings are for convenience only and do not affect the meaning of this Will.
EXECUTION
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I sign this Will, consisting of the foregoing pages, on this _____ day of ____________, 20____, at [CITY], Nevada.
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[YOUR FULL NAME], Testator
ATTESTATION — The foregoing instrument was signed by the Testator and declared to be the Testator's Will in our presence, and we, at the Testator's request and in the Testator's presence and in the presence of each other, sign below as witnesses, believing the Testator to be of sound mind and under no constraint or undue influence.
Witness 1: ____________________________ Address: ____________________________
Witness 2: ____________________________ Address: ____________________________
SELF-PROVING AFFIDAVIT (Nev. Rev. Stat. §§ 133.050, 133.055) — sign this part before a notary to make probate easier:
DECLARATION (NRS 133.050 / 133.055): Under penalty of perjury pursuant to the law of the State of Nevada, the undersigned, [WITNESS NAME], declares: that the testator, [TESTATOR NAME], signed and executed the attached instrument as the testator's last will (or willingly directed another to sign for the testator) in the presence of the undersigned; that the testator signed willingly and as the testator's free and voluntary act; that the undersigned, in the presence and hearing of the testator, signed the will as a witness; and that to the best of the undersigned's knowledge the testator was at that time 18 years of age or older, of sound mind, and under no constraint or undue influence.
Executed on [DATE].
_______________________ Witness
_______________________ Witness
Note: NRS 133.050 lets witnesses sign EITHER a declaration under penalty of perjury (no notary) OR an affidavit before a notary. The self-proving declaration/affidavit must be written on the will or on paper attached to it.
How to Sign Your Will in Nevada
Type the will, sign it (or direct another to sign at your express direction), and have at least two competent witnesses sign in your presence. Unlike most states, Nevada lets the witnesses self-prove the will by signing a declaration under penalty of perjury — no notary required — OR a notarized affidavit, written on or attached to the will (NRS 133.050). A witness who is also a beneficiary stays competent but forfeits the gift unless two other disinterested witnesses signed (NRS 133.060). Nevada also recognizes holographic and electronic wills.
Nevada requires 2 witnesses: In writing and signed by the testator (or by an attending person at the testator's express direction) and attested by at least two competent witnesses who subscribe their names to the will in the presence of the testator (NRS 133.040). A devise to a subscribing witness is void unless there are two other competent subscribing witnesses (NRS 133.060) — the witness stays competent, but loses the gift.. Your will does not need to be notarized to be valid.
Choose witnesses who are adults and who do not inherit under your will. A beneficiary should never witness your will. Then sign the self-proving affidavit (Nev. Rev. Stat. §§ 133.050, 133.055) in front of a notary. That sworn statement lets the court accept your will without tracking down your witnesses later, which speeds up probate.
Can You Use a Handwritten (Holographic) Will in Nevada?
A holographic will — signature, date, and material provisions in the testator's hand — is valid whether or not witnessed or notarized (NRS 133.090). Even so, a typed will signed in front of witnesses is far less likely to be challenged, because handwritten wills are easy to get wrong (unclear gifts, no date, no witnesses) and invite disputes.
Spousal and Family Protections in Nevada
Can you disinherit your spouse? Nevada is a COMMUNITY PROPERTY state with NO elective/forced share. On death, the surviving spouse already owns one-half of all community property outright; the decedent may will away only the other half of community property plus all of his/her separate property. You CAN disinherit a spouse from your separate property and from your half of the community property, but you cannot reach the spouse's vested one-half of community property.
Children born after your will: A child born or adopted AFTER the will, for whom no provision is made, takes an intestate share unless it appears from the will that the omission was intentional or the testator provided for the child outside the will. NRS 133.160. This is why the generator has you name your children and states that any omission is intentional.
If a beneficiary dies before you: If a devisee related to the testator by blood or adoption predeceases the testator leaving lineal descendants, the gift passes to those descendants by right of representation, unless the will provides otherwise. The generator's "per stirpes" option and survivorship clause work alongside this rule.
Survivorship, No-Contest, and Digital Assets
Survivorship: Nevada has adopted the Uniform Simultaneous Death Act with a 120-hour survival requirement; a person who does not survive by 120 hours is deemed to have predeceased unless the governing instrument states otherwise. (NRS Chapter 135 — Uniform Simultaneous Death Act.) The generator builds in a 30-to-60-day survivorship period regardless.
No-contest clauses: No-contest clauses are enforced to the greatest extent possible WITHOUT regard to probable cause or good faith, EXCEPT they are not enforced where the beneficiary brings an action to invalidate the will (or related instrument) in good faith and based on probable cause. Net effect: a good-faith, probable-cause challenge is protected.
Digital assets: Nevada has adopted the Revised Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act, so your executor can manage your online accounts and digital property — the generator includes a clause granting that authority.
Personal-property list: Nevada lets you leave a separate signed list (a "memorandum") giving away specific personal items, so you can update who gets what without rewriting your will.
What Happens If You Die Without a Will in Nevada?
Nevada is a community-property state, so the surviving spouse keeps all community property when there is no will (their own half plus the decedent's half under NRS 123.250). The decedent's separate property is divided: with one child the spouse gets half, with two or more children the spouse gets a third, and with no children the spouse shares it with the decedent's parents. Nevada does not reduce the spouse's share for stepchildren.
- Spouse, no children: Entire estate. If the decedent leaves no issue and no parent and no sibling, the whole separate estate goes to the surviving spouse (NRS 134.040, 134.050).
- Spouse and shared children: Nevada does NOT distinguish joint vs. step children for separate property. As to SEPARATE property: with one child (or that child's issue), one-half to the spouse and one-half to the child; with two or more children, one-third to the spouse and the remaining two-thirds split among the children by representation (NRS 134.040). Community property passes entirely to the spouse.
- Spouse and a child from another relationship: Same as above — Nevada splits separate property by the number of children regardless of whether they are the surviving spouse's: one child = 1/2 to spouse; two or more = 1/3 to spouse (NRS 134.040).
- Children, no spouse: If no spouse, the entire estate passes to the decedent's children and the issue of deceased children, by right of representation (NRS 134.040).
- No spouse or children: Parents equally (or surviving parent); then siblings and the issue of deceased siblings; then next of kin in equal degree; ultimately escheat to the state (NRS 134.050-134.120).
Community property: Nevada is a community-property state. On death, the surviving spouse already owns one-half of the community property as their own; the decedent's one-half of the community property passes to the surviving spouse if there is no will (NRS 123.250). The intestate-share splits in NRS 134.040-134.050 apply to the decedent's SEPARATE property. Result: the spouse keeps all community property, and separate property is divided with children/parents.
Unmarried partners, friends, and stepchildren you have not adopted generally receive nothing under intestacy. A will is how you override these defaults. Source: Nev. Rev. Stat. §§ 134.040-134.050; § 123.250.
Updating, Revoking, and Storing Your Will
Review your will after any big life change — marriage, divorce, a birth, a death, or a move to a new state. To change it, either sign a new will that revokes the old one (the cleanest option, and what this generator produces) or add a witnessed "codicil." Do not cross things out on a signed will — handwritten edits can invalidate it. Store the signed original somewhere safe and tell your executor where it is; a will that cannot be found is presumed revoked.
Common mistakes to avoid: using a beneficiary as a witness; forgetting a residuary clause (so part of the estate passes by intestacy); leaving a young child a lump sum outright at 18 instead of in trust; not naming a backup executor or guardian; and never actually signing the document. The generator above is built to avoid each of these.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is a will made online valid in Nevada?
Yes, if you sign it correctly. Nevada requires 2 witnesses. The document this tool creates is a standard typed will; it becomes legally valid when you sign it following the steps above.
Does my Nevada will need to be notarized?
No. Nevada does not require your will to be notarized to be valid. Notarizing the separate self-proving affidavit is optional but makes probate easier.
How many witnesses does a Nevada will need?
2 witnesses. In writing and signed by the testator (or by an attending person at the testator's express direction) and attested by at least two competent witnesses who subscribe their names to the will in the presence of the testator (NRS 133.040). A devise to a subscribing witness is void unless there are two other competent subscribing witnesses (NRS 133.060) — the witness stays competent, but loses the gift. They should be adults who do not inherit under the will.
Can I leave my spouse out of my Nevada will?
Nevada is a COMMUNITY PROPERTY state with NO elective/forced share. On death, the surviving spouse already owns one-half of all community property outright; the decedent may will away only the other half of community property plus all of his/her separate property. You CAN disinherit a spouse from your separate property and from your half of the community property, but you cannot reach the spouse's vested one-half of community property.
What happens if I die without a will in Nevada?
Nevada is a community-property state, so the surviving spouse keeps all community property when there is no will (their own half plus the decedent's half under NRS 123.250). The decedent's separate property is divided: with one child the spouse gets half, with two or more children the spouse gets a third, and with no children the spouse shares it with the decedent's parents. Nevada does not reduce the spouse's share for stepchildren.
Does a Nevada will avoid probate?
No. A will still goes through probate — it directs how your estate is distributed and names your executor, but the court still supervises (often a simplified, independent administration). To avoid probate entirely, people use living trusts and beneficiary designations in addition to a will.
How old do I have to be to make a will in Nevada?
Generally 18. Every person of sound mind, 18 or more years of age, may make a will (NRS 133.020). You must also be of sound mind.
Can I write my will by hand in Nevada?
Nevada recognizes handwritten (holographic) wills, but they are easy to get wrong and easy to challenge. A typed, witnessed will is much safer.
Do I need a lawyer to make a will in Nevada?
Not for a straightforward estate — a properly signed will is valid whether or not a lawyer drafts it. See an attorney if you have a large or blended estate, business interests, tax concerns, a special-needs beneficiary, or want to disinherit close family.
Is this really free?
Yes. The generator is free, requires no account, and runs entirely in your browser — your answers are not sent to a server. It is not legal advice and RecordingLaw.com is not a law firm.
Disclaimer
This generator produces a general-purpose will for a straightforward estate and is not legal advice or a substitute for an attorney. Will and probate law changes; the Nevada requirements here are current as of 2026-06-03. A will is only valid if signed and witnessed correctly. For a large, blended, or complex estate, tax planning, a special-needs beneficiary, or to disinherit close family, consult a Nevada estate-planning attorney. RecordingLaw.com is not a law firm.
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