Executor Fee in Nevada: The Statutory Fee Only Applies If the Will Is Silent

Updated September 3, 2026. Quick answer: Nevada’s NRS 150.020(1) commission (4% of the first $15,000, 3% of the next $85,000, and 2% above $100,000) applies only “if no compensation is provided by the will, or the personal representative renounces” the will’s terms. On the statutory default, $100,000 pays $3,150; $500,000 pays $11,150; $1,000,000 pays $21,150. If the fee under the schedule turns out too small, subsection (4) lets the court award more; the table is a default floor a court can exceed, not a hard ceiling.

The will controls first; the schedule is the fallback

NRS 150.020(1) opens with the condition “if no compensation is provided by the will, or the personal representative renounces all claims thereto”; the tiered percentages are Nevada’s default rule for when the will is silent, not a mandatory floor the will cannot change. And even on the statutory default, subsection (4) allows the court to award more than the schedule produces “if the fees authorized pursuant to subsection 1 are not sufficient to reasonably compensate the personal representative.”

The attorney runs on a different, larger-banded schedule

The estate’s attorney is not on the same 4%/3%/2% ladder as the personal representative. NRS 150.060(4) sets a separate schedule for the attorney (4% of the first $100,000, 3% of the next $100,000, 2% of the next $800,000, 1% of the next $9,000,000 and 0.5% of the next $15,000,000) and requires the attorney’s fee to be fixed by written agreement, subject to court approval, under §150.060(8). Only the attorney’s fee has that written-agreement override; the personal representative’s own fee under §150.020 can only be changed by the will itself.

What the whole process costs in this state: Nevada probate cost. Every state’s fee model side by side: probate cost by state.

Work out the number: the executor fee calculator. How the standard is applied where no schedule exists: reasonable-compensation states. Whether to take the fee at all: when the executor is also an heir, and how the fee is taxed.

Statutory text read at each state’s own legislature or official code publisher. General information, not legal advice; a court retains the final say on what compensation is allowed.