How does joint tenancy with right of survivorship work in Nevada?

In Nevada, an interest in real property granted or devised to two or more people, other than executors and trustees, is a tenancy in common unless the grant or devise expressly declares it to be a joint tenancy. A joint tenancy in real property may be created by a single will or transfer that expressly declares it, including a transfer from a sole owner to himself or herself and others or from a married couple to themselves. A married couple may take property as community property, but no right of survivorship arises unless the instrument creating the estate expressly declares that the couple take it as community property with a right of survivorship, and that right ends whenever either spouse, during the marriage, transfers that spouse’s interest. The words in the deed decide which kind of ownership was created, so read the deed itself. This is NRS 111.060, 111.064, 111.065.

WhatNevada
A deed to two or more peopleTenancy in common unless the deed says otherwise
What it meansTenancy in common unless the deed declares survivorship

Source

NRS 111.060, 111.064, 111.065

Read the statute in the Nevada Revised Statutes (Nevada Legislature): leg.state.nv.us.

Checked against the statute on November 13, 2026.

This is a summary of a published statute, not legal advice. Rules change, local ordinances can add to them, and the terms of a specific lease may differ. Check the citation and speak to a lawyer before acting.

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