Nevada Code § 155.020

Method and form for notices
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1. Notice of a petition for probate and
the issuance of letters and the notice to creditors must be given to:
(a) The persons respectively entitled thereto,
including the Director of the Department of Human Services, as provided in NRS 155.010 ; and
(b) The public, including creditors whose names
and addresses are not readily ascertainable, by publication on three dates of
publication before the hearing, and if the newspaper is published more than
once each week, there must be at least 10 days from the first to last dates of
publication, including both the first and last days.
2. Every publication required by this
section must be made in a newspaper published in the county where the
proceedings are pending, but if there is not such a newspaper, then in one
having general circulation in that county.
3. The notice of the hearing upon the
petition to administer the estate must be in substantially the following form:
NOTICE
OF THE HEARING UPON THE PETITION TO
ADMINISTER
THE ESTATE
Notice is hereby given that
................................ has filed in this court a petition for probate
and for letters testamentary, or for letters of administration, of the estate
of ................................, deceased, and a hearing has been set for
the .......... day of the month of................, of the year......, at
.......... (a.m. or p.m.) at the courthouse of the above-entitled court. All
persons interested in the estate are notified to appear and show cause why the
petition should not be granted.
Dated ....................................
4. As soon as practicable after
appointment, a personal representative shall, in addition to publishing the
notice to creditors, mail a copy of the notice to those creditors whose names
and addresses are readily ascertainable as of the date of first publication of
the notice and who have not already filed a claim. The notice must be in
substantially the following form:
NOTICE
TO CREDITORS
Notice is hereby given that
the undersigned has been appointed and qualified by the (giving the title of
the court and the date of appointment) as personal representative of the estate
of ................................, deceased. All creditors having claims against
the estate are required to file the claims with the clerk of the court within
.......... (60 or 90) days after the mailing or the first publication (as the
case may be) of this notice.
Dated ....................................
5. If before the last day for the filing
of a creditors claim under NRS 147.040 ,
the personal representative discovers the existence of a creditor who was not
readily ascertainable at the time of first publication of the notice to
creditors, the personal representative shall immediately mail a copy of the
notice to the creditor.

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