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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
“Beneficiary,” as it relates to:
1. A trust, includes a person who has a present or future interest, vested or contingent, and the owner of an interest by assignment or other transfer;
2. A charitable trust, includes any person entitled to enforce the trust;
3. An instrument designating a beneficiary, includes a beneficiary of any nonprobate transfer; and
4. A beneficiary designated in a governing instrument, includes a grantee of a deed, a devisee, a beneficiary of a trust, a beneficiary under a designation, a donee, an appointee or a taker in default under a power of appointment, or a person in whose favor a power of attorney or a power held in any individual, fiduciary or representative capacity is exercised,
but does not include a person who receives less than $100 under a will.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Nevada Revised Statutes Title 12. Wills and Estates of Deceased Persons § 132.050. “Beneficiary” defined - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/nv/title-12-wills-and-estates-of-deceased-persons/nv-rev-st-132-050/
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