AB 489
Revises provisions relating to civil actions. (BDR 3-1141)
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Bill overview
This bill revises Nevada law regarding civil actions, specifically concerning actions for damages resulting from a death caused by another person’s wrongful act. It changes the definition of ‘heir’ to include individuals entitled to a decedent’s separate property, regardless of whether they were deemed a ‘killer’ at the time of the action. Critically, the bill eliminates the usual two-year statute of limitations for these types of actions against a natural person deemed a killer or the killer’s estate representative, and retroactively applies these changes to existing lawsuits that would otherwise be time-barred.
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Assembly Committee on Judiciary
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