Nevada: rules and deadlines at a glance

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Medicaid long-term care · Small estate limits · Will and trust rules · Estate and inheritance tax · Common law marriage · Property tax rates · Medicaid expansion · Inheritance tax · Social Security tax

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Medicaid long-term care

Home equity limit	$752,000
Look-back	60 months (5 years)

Small estate limits Single detailed source

Small estate limit	$25,000, or $150,000 if the claimant is the surviving spouse
Wait after death	40 days
Real estate	No

Will and trust rules Single detailed source

Witnesses	2
Handwritten will	Valid if dated, and the signature and material parts are in your handwriting
Uniform Trust Code	No

Estate and inheritance tax

Estate tax	No state estate tax
Inheritance tax	No inheritance tax

Common law marriage

New ones allowed?	No new ones
Status	Abolished March 29, 1943

Property tax rates

Effective rate	0.50%
On a $300,000 home	$1,500 a year

Medicaid expansion Single detailed source

Expanded?	Yes
Since	Jan. 1, 2014

Inheritance tax

Inheritance tax?	No
Sibling pays	No inheritance tax

Social Security tax

State taxes benefits?	No