[Rev. 2/10/2015 4:21:17
PM--2014R2]
CHAPTER 135 - SIMULTANEOUS DEATH (UNIFORM
ACT)
NRS 135.010 Short
title.
NRS 135.020 Insufficient
evidence of survivorship.
NRS 135.030 Beneficiaries
of another person’s disposition of property.
NRS 135.040 Joint
tenants or spouses holding title to community property with right of
survivorship.
NRS 135.050 Insurance
policies.
NRS 135.060 Community
property.
NRS 135.080 Chapter
does not apply if decedent provides otherwise.
NRS 135.090 Uniformity
of interpretation.
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NRS 135.010 Short title. This
chapter may be cited as the Uniform Simultaneous Death Act.
[9:44:1949; 1943 NCL § 9885.09]
NRS 135.020 Insufficient evidence of survivorship. Where
the title to property or the devolution thereof depends upon priority of death
and there is insufficient evidence that the persons died otherwise than
simultaneously, the property of each person must be disposed of as if that
person had survived, except as provided otherwise in this chapter.
[1:44:1949; 1943 NCL § 9885.01]—(NRS A 1999, 2261)
NRS 135.030 Beneficiaries of another person’s disposition of property. Where two or more beneficiaries are designated
to take successively by reason of survivorship under another person’s
disposition of property and there is insufficient evidence that these
beneficiaries died otherwise than simultaneously, the property thus disposed of
must be divided into as many equal portions as there are successive
beneficiaries and these portions must be distributed respectively to those who
would have taken in the event that each designated beneficiary had survived.
[2:44:1949; 1943 NCL § 9885.02]—(NRS A 1999, 2261)
NRS 135.040 Joint tenants or spouses holding title to community property
with right of survivorship. Where
there is insufficient evidence that two joint tenants or spouses holding title
to community property with right of survivorship died otherwise than simultaneously,
the property so held must be distributed one-half as if one had survived and
one-half as if the other had survived. If there are more than two joint tenants
and all of them have so died, the property thus distributed must be in the
proportion that one bears to the whole number of joint tenants.
[3:44:1949; 1943 NCL § 9885.03]—(NRS A 1999, 2261)
NRS 135.050 Insurance policies. Where
the insured and the beneficiary in a policy of life or accident insurance have
died and there is insufficient evidence that they died otherwise than
simultaneously, the proceeds of the policy must be distributed as if the
insured had survived the beneficiary.
[4:44:1949; 1943 NCL § 9885.04]—(NRS A 1999, 2262)
NRS 135.060 Community property. Except
as otherwise provided in NRS 135.050 or in a
premarital agreement between spouses which is enforceable pursuant to chapter 123A of NRS, where both spouses have
died, leaving community property, and there is insufficient evidence that they
died otherwise than simultaneously, one-half of all the community property must
be distributed as if one spouse had survived and the other one-half thereof
must be distributed as if the other spouse had survived.
[5:44:1949; 1943 NCL § 9885.05]—(NRS A 1989, 1009; 1999, 2262)
NRS 135.080 Chapter does not apply if decedent provides otherwise. This chapter does not apply in the case of
wills, living trusts, deeds, or contracts in which provision has been made for
distribution of property different from the provisions of this chapter.
[7:44:1949; 1943 NCL § 9885.07]—(NRS A 1999, 2262)
NRS 135.090 Uniformity of interpretation. This
chapter shall be so construed and interpreted as to effectuate its general
purpose to make uniform the law in those states which enact it.
[8:44:1949; 1943 NCL § 9885.08]