1.  A personal representative may sell the equity of the estate in any property which is subject to a mortgage or lien and sell the property subject to the mortgage or lien, upon such proceedings as are prescribed in this chapter for the sale of like property.

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Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 148.160

  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • mortgage: includes a deed of trust. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.037

2.  If a claim has been filed upon the debt secured by the mortgage or lien, no such sale may be confirmed unless the holder of the claim, by a signed and acknowledged instrument filed in the matter of the estate, releases the estate from all liability upon the claim.