You are the successor trustee now — the record still says otherwise.
The affidavit of successor trustee Nevada counties record puts you on title, prepared for $250.
The trust names you. The county still shows a trustee who has died or stepped down, and until that changes a bank, a title company or a buyer will stop the transaction cold. An Affidavit of Successor Trustee records your acceptance as trustee and, once recorded, shows the change of trustee on the title to the trust’s real property. TruPoint prepares it for $250.
What it costs
- Affidavit of Successor Trustee — $250
- Certificate of Trust, for banks and title — $200
- Deed out of the trust to a beneficiary — $250
- Retrieve the recorded deed to the trust — $30
- Same-day electronic recording of a document we prepare — $50
- Notarization through our Las Vegas partner — $25 per signature online, or $15 first, $7 each additional in Clark County
- County recording fee, estimated — $50 (est.)
What the affidavit does, and why the record will not move without it.
An Affidavit of Successor Trustee is the Nevada document a successor trustee signs to formally take up the office. Signing it records that the successor has accepted the office. Where the trust owns real property, recording the affidavit with the recorder in the county where the property sits adds the successor trustee to the title, so the public record finally matches who is actually in charge. TruPoint prepares it for $250 and submits it electronically the day it is signed.
The situation is almost always the same. A parent set up a revocable living trust, put the house into it properly, and named a son or daughter as successor trustee. The parent dies. The trust says the successor is now in charge, and legally that is true. But the county record still shows the parent as trustee, and every institution the successor deals with reads the county record, not the trust document sitting in a drawer.
So the bank will not release funds, the title company will not insure a sale, and a refinance stops before it starts. None of that is a dispute about who the trustee is. It is a paperwork gap, and the affidavit is what closes it.
It applies to more than death. A trustee who resigns, becomes incapacitated or is removed under the terms of the trust creates the same gap, and the person stepping up records the same document to close it.
Three papers people confuse, and who each one is for.
Which one clears your record depends entirely on how the property was actually vested, not on what anyone assumed. If you are unsure, we retrieve the recorded deed for $30 and read it before anything is drafted.
One more that sounds similar and is not: a Substitution of Trustee belongs to a deed of trust rather than a living trust. It is how a lender replaces the trustee on a recorded loan, and it has nothing to do with a family trust after a death.
A bonded Nevada preparer, and a team you can reach.
Meet Quinnie Do
Quinnie founded TruPoint and leads a small team of document preparers working under the firm’s Nevada Document Preparation Service registration, issued by the Nevada Secretary of State and backed by a bond. We read the recorded deed that put the property into the trust, draft the affidavit against what the record actually says, and submit it electronically to your county.
Quinnie is a native English and Vietnamese speaker, an IRS-registered tax return preparer and Certifying Acceptance Agent. Most people who call about this have just lost a parent and are being told by a bank that they cannot act. We try to make this one part of it quick.
The moment somebody asks you to prove you are the trustee.
The trustee has died
The most common reason. A parent who was their own trustee dies, and the child named as successor has to be put on the record before anything can move.
You are selling the trust’s property
Title will not insure a sale signed by someone the record does not show as trustee. This gets discovered late, usually in escrow.
The lender wants proof
Refinancing or drawing on the property means satisfying the lender that you hold the office. The affidavit, often with a Certificate of Trust, is what they want.
A trustee resigned or cannot serve
Death is not the only trigger. Resignation, incapacity or removal under the trust terms leaves the same gap in the record.
You are ready to distribute
Before a beneficiary can be deeded the property, the record has to show the trustee making the transfer. That is you, once this is recorded.
You live out of state
Successor trustees are often the child who moved away. Intake, notarization and recording all run remotely.
The affidavit is short. The details it has to match are not.
Nevada does not require an attorney or a preparer to record one. What makes a downloaded version risky is that it has to line up exactly with a deed recorded years ago, and a form written for another state will not.
If something in a document we prepared is wrong on our end, we correct it and resubmit at no additional charge. We are not attorneys and do not give legal advice — if a beneficiary is disputing the trust, that is a matter for one.
Matched to the trust and the recorded deed, line for line.
Title companies and lenders compare the affidavit with the trust and with the deed already on record. We prepare it from both, so the names, the trust date and the property description agree.
The trust, identified exactly
The trust name and date as they appear on the trust and on the deed that put the property into it.
Why the trustee changed
Death, resignation or incapacity. Where a trustee has died, a certified copy of the death certificate goes with it. Incapacity is determined under NRS 163.605.
Who takes over, and by what authority
The successor or co-successor trustees, named in the order the trust sets out.
The property, as recorded
The assessor’s parcel number and legal description taken from the recorded deed. We retrieve that deed for $30 if you do not have it.
Signed before a notary
Acknowledged by the successor trustee, by remote online notarization through our Las Vegas partner, or in person at our partner’s office for South Las Vegas residents.
A certificate of trust to go with it
Banks and title companies usually ask for one too. Nevada lets it confirm how a successor trustee took over (NRS 164.410). Certificate of trust, $200.
$250. Government charges shown separately.
What people ask after a trustee dies, answered plainly.
Yes. In Nevada the successor trustee records an Affidavit of Successor Trustee stating that the trustee has died and that the successor now has authority to act for the trust, with a certified copy of the death certificate, so title companies, lenders and buyers can deal with the successor. TruPoint prepares it for $250 and submits it for recording the same day it is signed and returned.
Yes. It is the document a successor trustee signs to accept the office of trustee, and where the trust owns real property, recording it puts the change of trustee on the county record. TruPoint prepares it for $250.
If the property was properly deeded into the trust during their lifetime, you record an Affidavit of Successor Trustee to put yourself on the title as the trustee now in charge. If the deed into the trust was never recorded, the trust does not hold the house and a different route applies — we retrieve the recorded deed first, for $30.
TruPoint prepares the affidavit for $250. Same-day electronic recording is $50, notarization in person with our partner notary for South Las Vegas residents is $15 for the first signature and $7 for each additional, or $25 per signature to sign from home by video with our partner’s registered Nevada online notary, and the county recording fee is estimated at $50 and varies by county.
The trust names you and that is what gives you authority. The problem is that the county record still shows the previous trustee, and banks, title companies and buyers act on the record rather than on a document in a drawer. The affidavit is what makes the record agree with the trust.
Property properly held in a trust does not go through probate in the first place. The affidavit is not a probate substitute, it is the step that keeps the trust working by showing who the trustee is now. Property the trust never received is a different problem entirely.
No. Affidavit of Death of Trustee is a California document, and the forms you will find under that name are Californian. In Nevada the instrument is the Affidavit of Successor Trustee.
No. A Substitution of Trustee belongs to a deed of trust rather than a living trust — it is how a lender replaces the trustee named on a recorded loan, and it is not a living trust document at all. What a family needs after a death or a resignation is this affidavit, which is what we prepare.
The trust document naming you as successor trustee, a certified copy of the death certificate where the trustee has died, and the property address. If you do not have the deed that put the property into the trust, we retrieve it for $30 so the affidavit matches the record exactly.
Yes. Resignation, incapacity or removal under the terms of the trust creates the same gap in the record as a death, and the person stepping up records the same affidavit. No death certificate is needed where nobody has died.
Recording the affidavit puts you on the title as trustee, which is what a title company needs before it will insure a sale signed by you. Most will also ask for a Certificate of Trust, which we prepare for $200. What the trust permits you to do with the property is governed by the trust itself.
Once the record shows you as trustee, you can sign a deed transferring the property out of the trust to whoever the trust says receives it. That deed is $250 with the Declaration of Value included. Transfers out of a trust without consideration are among the transfers Nevada recognises as exempt from the transfer tax.
Co-trustees are common and the affidavit can reflect more than one person taking up the office. Tell us who is serving and we prepare it to match the trust. How co-trustees must act together is set by the trust document.
There is no fixed filing deadline for the affidavit itself, but leaving it undone tends to surface at the worst time — in escrow, or when a lender asks. Separately, a trustee serving notice on beneficiaries starts a 120-day window for contesting the trust (NRS 164.021), and creditors generally have 90 days after the notice to creditors is mailed or first published to file claims (NRS 164.025). Those are worth understanding early.
Yes. We record in all 17 Nevada jurisdictions, from Clark and Washoe to Esmeralda and Eureka. The affidavit records in the county where the property sits, whatever county you live in.
Yes. Successor trustees are very often the child who moved away years ago. Intake, preparation, notarization and electronic recording are all handled remotely, and you never need to travel to Nevada.
Yes. Quinnie is a native English and Vietnamese speaker and handles the entire matter in either language.
The rest of the trust administration, priced the same way.
Nevada certificate of trust
What banks ask for before dealing with a successor trustee, and what the county needs for the trust transfer-tax exemption. $200.
Living trust
From $950, with the $250 funding deed that actually puts the property inside it.
Affidavit of Death of Joint Tenant
Where the property was held with a co-owner rather than by a trust. $250.
Death of Grantor Affidavit
Where a Deed Upon Death was recorded and the owner has died. $250.
Deed out of the trust
Transferring the property to the beneficiaries once you are on the record. $250.
The trust says you are trustee. Let the county say it too.
Send us the trust, the death certificate and the property address. We read the deed that put the property into the trust, draft the affidavit to match it, and submit it for recording the day it is signed. $250, recorded in any of Nevada’s 17 counties, in English or Vietnamese.