Statute 134 070

If the decedent leaves no issue, surviving spouse, parent, brother or sister living at the time of death, the estate goes to the next of kin in equal degree, except that if there are two or more collateral kindred in equal degree, but claiming through different ancestors, those who claim through the nearest ancestors are preferred to those who claim through ancestors more remote. [Part 297:107:1941; A 1945, 349; 1943 NCL § 9882.297]—(NRS A 1999, 2260; 2001, 2343; 2017, 785)