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Medicaid Planning · Nevada

Nevada Medicaid estate recovery

Medicaid estate recovery rules for Nevada.

Published: September 4, 2026. Last checked: September 5, 2026.

Recovery scope

Expanded recovery reaches the undivided estate, including probate property and interests passing through joint tenancy, tenancy in common, survivorship, life estate, living trust, annuity, homestead, or other arrangements.

Source: Nevada Revised Statutes chapter 422 [state-legislature] — Compilation marker [Rev. 4/15/2026 2:45:36 PM--2025]

Controlling authority

Nevada Revised Statutes sections 422.054, 422.29302, and 422.29306

Source: Nevada Revised Statutes chapter 422 [state-legislature] — Compilation marker [Rev. 4/15/2026 2:45:36 PM--2025]

Exemptions and deferrals

Recovery is restricted while a surviving spouse, child under 21, or blind or disabled child survives; pre-death lien protections apply for specified siblings and caregiver children.

Source: Nevada Revised Statutes chapter 422 [state-legislature] — Compilation marker [Rev. 4/15/2026 2:45:36 PM--2025]

Hardship-waiver path

A beneficiary, heir, or family member may timely request waiver, temporary waiver, or compromise under the agency's severe-financial-distress, health, shelter, and other stated criteria.

Source: Nevada Medicaid Operations Manual chapter 800 [state-medicaid-agency] — December 28, 2018; MTL 02/19 Additional authority: Nevada Medicaid estate-recovery FAQs [state-medicaid-agency] — Last updated 08/27/2026

Lien practice

A lien may secure an incorrect payment or attach before death to property of a permanently institutionalized recipient after notice and hearing, subject to protected-relative exceptions; return home requires release.

Source: Nevada Revised Statutes chapter 422 [state-legislature] — Compilation marker [Rev. 4/15/2026 2:45:36 PM--2025]

Sources

Methodology & sources

Checked at least annually and whenever recovery statutes, waivers, liens, or agency practices change.

General information, not legal advice.