A specific devise passes subject to any mortgage or lien existing on the date of death, without right of exoneration, regardless of a general directive in the will to pay debts.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 1485; A 1999, 2258)
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Nevada Revised Statutes, Chapter 133 — WILLS
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A specific devise passes subject to any mortgage or lien existing on the date of death, without right of exoneration, regardless of a general directive in the will to pay debts.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 1485; A 1999, 2258)