Nevada legislators approved a bill to change probate laws and sent it to the governor's desk this past weekend, after the Las Vegas Review-Journal found a cottage industry reaped paydays selling dead people's homes through court but often didn't make a dime for heirs.

The state Senate and Assembly both unanimously approved a measure that adds steps needed to take over a dead person's estate. It also limits who can obtain court authority to sell homes in probate cases without a judge's approval.

The measure was delivered on Sunday to Gov. Joe Lombardo, who, under Nevada's legislative process, still has another week or so to take action on it.

This year's 120-day lawmaking session adjourned in Carson City just after midnight on Tuesday.

A Review-Journal investigation published last yea

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