Nevada Code § 489.564

Certificate of title in beneficiary form: Request; application; fee; restriction upon issuance; contents; signatures and transactions; duties of Division
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1. The owner or joint owners of a
manufactured home, mobile home, manufactured building or commercial coach may
request the Division to issue a certificate of title in beneficiary form for
the manufactured home, mobile home, manufactured building or commercial coach,
as applicable, which includes a directive to the Division to transfer the
certificate of title upon the death of the owner or upon the death of all joint
owners to a beneficiary named on the face of the certificate of title.
2. A request made pursuant to subsection 1
must be submitted on an application made available by the Division and must:
(a) Contain a notarized signature of the owner or
each joint owner; and
(b) Be accompanied by the fee for the issuance of
a certificate of title.
3. A certificate of title in beneficiary
form may not be issued to a person who holds an interest in a manufactured
home, mobile home, manufactured building or commercial coach as a tenant in
common with another person.
4. A certificate of title in beneficiary
form must include after the name of the owner or after the names of joint
owners the words transfer on death to or the abbreviation TOD followed by
the name of the beneficiary.
5. During the lifetime of a sole owner or
before the death of the last surviving joint owner:
(a) The signature or consent of the beneficiary
is not required for any transaction relating to a manufactured home, mobile
home, manufactured building or commercial coach for which a certificate of
title in beneficiary form has been issued; and
(b) The certificate of title in beneficiary form
may be revoked or the beneficiary changed at any time by:
(1) Sale of the manufactured home, mobile
home, manufactured building or commercial coach with proper assignment and
delivery of the certificate of title to another person; or
(2) Filing an application with, and paying
a fee to, the Division to reissue the certificate of title with no designation
of a beneficiary or with the designation of a different beneficiary.
6. The interest of the beneficiary in a
manufactured home, mobile home, manufactured building or commercial coach on
the death of the sole owner or on the death of the last surviving joint owner
is subject to any contract of sale, assignment or ownership or security
interest to which the owner or owners of the manufactured home, mobile home,
manufactured building or commercial coach were subject during their lifetime.
7. Except as otherwise provided in
paragraph (b) of subsection 5, the designation of a beneficiary in a
certificate of title in beneficiary form may not be changed or revoked by will,
any other instrument or a change in circumstances, or otherwise changed or
revoked.
8. The Division shall, upon:
(a) Proof of death of one of the owners, of two
or more joint owners or of a sole owner; and
(b) Payment of the fee for a certificate of
title,
issue a new
certificate of title for the manufactured home, mobile home, manufactured
building or commercial coach to the surviving owner or owners or, if none, to
the beneficiary, subject to any security interest.
9. For the purposes of complying with the
provisions of subsection 8, the Division may rely on a death certificate,
record or report that constitutes prima facie evidence of death.
10. The transfer on death of a
manufactured home, mobile home, manufactured building or commercial coach
pursuant to this section is not considered as testamentary and is not subject
to administration pursuant to the provisions of title 12 of NRS.
11. As used in this section:
(a) Beneficiary means a person or persons
designated to become the owner or owners of a manufactured home, mobile home,
manufactured building or commercial coach on the death of the preceding owner
or owners.
(b) Certificate of title in beneficiary form
means a certificate of title of a manufactured home, mobile home, manufactured
building or commercial coach that indicates the present owner or owners of the
manufactured home, mobile home, manufactured building or commercial coach and
designates a beneficiary.

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