Nevada Code § 136.260

Probate of foreign wills: Procedure
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1. A will duly proved, allowed and
admitted to probate outside of this State may be admitted to probate and recorded
in the proper court of any county in this State in which the testator left any
estate.
2. When a copy of the will and the order
admitting it to probate, duly certified, are presented by the personal
representative, a nominee or any other interested person, with a petition for
probate, the order and copy must be filed, and the clerk shall set a time for a
hearing thereon, and notice must be given as required by law on a petition for
the original probate of a domestic will pursuant to NRS 136.100 .
3. If, upon the hearing, it appears to the
satisfaction of the court that the will has been duly proved and admitted to
probate outside this State, and that it was executed according to the law of
the place in which it was made, or in which the testator was at the time
domiciled, or in conformity with the laws of this State, it must be admitted to
probate with the same force and effect as the original probate of a domestic
will.
4. If a certified copy of a will from any
jurisdiction where probate is not required by the laws of that jurisdiction,
with the certificate of the legal custodian of the original will that the
certified copy is a true copy and that the will has become operative by the
laws of that jurisdiction, or a copy of a notarial will in possession of a
notary in a foreign jurisdiction entitled to the custody of the will and
required by the laws of that jurisdiction to retain custody of it, duly
certified by the notary, is presented by the personal representative, a nominee
of the personal representative or another interested person to the proper court
in this State, the clerk shall set a time for a hearing thereon, and notice
must be given as required by law on a petition for the original probate of a
domestic will.
5. If it appears to the court that the
will should be admitted to probate in this State, as the last will and
testament of the decedent, the copy must be filed with the clerk, and the will
has the same effect as if originally proved and admitted to probate in the
court of this State.

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