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.

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