Property Ownership
What is 'escheat' in Nevada property law?
AThe right of a property owner to escape creditor claims
BThe reversion of property to the state of Nevada when an owner dies without a will and without any heirs — the state ultimately receives the property to prevent it from having no owner✓ Correct
CA type of deed used when the government purchases property
DThe process by which Nevada taxes unclaimed property
Explanation
Escheat is a government's inherent right to take property when there is no legal owner. In Nevada, if a person dies intestate (without a will) with no heirs, their real property escheats to the state after the appropriate waiting period. Similarly, abandoned property and unclaimed bank accounts eventually escheat under Nevada's unclaimed property laws. Real estate rarely escheats because most estates have some heirs; when it does occur, Nevada's Division of State Lands handles the property.
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