Nevada Code § 151.040

Order for distribution: Prerequisites to order; bond; assumption of personal liability by heir or devisee
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1. Subject to the provisions of subsection
3, if it appears at the hearing that the estate has little debt and that the
share or shares of the party or parties petitioning may be allowed without
injury to the creditors of the estate, the court shall enter an order in
conformity with the request of the petitioner or petitioners.
2. The order may direct the personal
representative to deliver to the petitioner or petitioners the whole portion of
the estate to which each is entitled, or a part of the portion, if there is
sufficient property remaining in the estate to satisfy the debts or if there is
filed with the court an assumption of liability for a contingent or disputed
debt as provided in subsection 3. The court may impose any other conditions it
determines are just, including a requirement that a distributee give a security
interest in all or part of the property distributed or give bond in an amount
determined by the court. The bond must be payable to the personal
representative and conditioned for the payment by the distributee, whenever
required, of his or her proportion of the debts of the estate.
3. As a condition of an order under subsection
2, if directed by the court, each heir or devisee shall file with the court a
signed and acknowledged agreement assuming personal liability for the
contingent or disputed debt and consenting to jurisdiction in this State for
the enforcement of the debt if it becomes absolute or established. The personal
liability of each heir or devisee does not exceed the fair market value on the
date of distribution of the property distributed less the amount of any liens
or encumbrances. If there is more than one heir or devisee, their personal
liability is joint and several.

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