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Transferring a vehicle in Nevada after someone dies

Nevada does three things almost no other state does. It leaves the car out of the count that decides whether the car can pass. It forbids the DMV to refuse a conforming affidavit, in those words. And it closes a beneficiary designation against a will — once TOD is printed on the title, only selling the car or paying the Department to reissue it can undo the choice.

State Nevada

The procedure is set by the state that issued the title, not by where the owner lived.

Sahvelo publishes 50 states for this topic. If the title came from another state, that state's motor vehicle agency is the authoritative source until we publish it. See what's published.

Paths
3 in this state

The paths this state offers

Every route Sahvelo has verified for transferring a vehicle after a death in this state, side by side. The guided questions identify which one applies to you.

Path When it applies Court involvement Tax owed Speed Authority
Beneficiary on the title TOD is printed on the certificate and every owner has died None — the transfer is not testamentary and not subject to administration Not established on this route Fastest — the title, the fee and a death certificate for each owner NRS 482.247
Surviving owner on a TOD title TOD is printed on the certificate but an owner is still living None Not established on this route Fast — the title goes to the surviving owner, not the beneficiary NRS 482.247(8)
Affidavit without probate No trust, no probate, no Nevada real property, and the estate excluding vehicles is inside the applicable amount None — no letters of administration and no probate of the will Not established on this route Fourteen days' notice, then forty days from the death NRS 146.080; form VP-24

The cars are outside the count

NRS 146.080 measures the gross value of the deceased's property in Nevada over and above two things: amounts due for services in the Armed Forces of the United States, and the value of any motor vehicles registered to the deceased. The vehicle is excluded from the sum that decides whether the vehicle can pass, which is what makes this route reach an ordinary family.3

The ceiling itself is two numbers, and which applies turns on who is claiming rather than on who died: $150,000 where the claimant is the surviving spouse, and $25,000 for any other claimant.3

Real property is a separate bar with no floor. The route is open only where the person left no real property in Nevada, nor interest in it, nor mortgage or lien on it — the affidavit swears to that before it swears to any figure.32

The wait is forty days from the death, shown by a certified copy of the death certificate attached to the affidavit, and the affidavit also certifies that no petition for the appointment of a personal representative is pending or has been granted in any jurisdiction.3

The DMV may not refuse it

Most states permit an agency to act on a small estate affidavit. Nevada forbids it to decline. Subsection 5(b) directs that a governmental agency required to issue certificates of title, ownership or registration shall issue a new certificate to the person claiming to succeed — and then adds that the agency may not refuse to accept an affidavit containing the information the section requires, regardless of the form of the affidavit.3

Regardless of the form. So an affidavit that carries the eleven statements is good even if it is not on the Department's own VP-24, though using VP-24 is the path of least resistance.3

The person on the other side of the counter is protected too, which is why the rule is workable: anyone receiving a conforming affidavit is entitled to rely on it, and if they rely in good faith they are immune from civil liability for actions based on that reliance.3

The affidavit is sworn and the form says what a false one costs: the affiant acknowledges an understanding that filing a false affidavit constitutes a felony in this State. Signatures must be original, photocopies are not acceptable, and no changes may be made to the form once it is signed and witnessed.2

Fourteen days' notice to anyone with a better claim

This is the Nevada condition that is a task rather than a fact, and it is the one that catches families out because it takes calendar time. The affiant must have given written notice, by personal service or by certified mail, identifying their claim and describing the property claimed, to every person whose right to succeed to the deceased's property is equal or superior to their own — and at least fourteen days must have elapsed since the notice was served or mailed.3

Skipping it does not void the transfer. It converts the affiant into a trustee: where the affiant fails to give notice to other successors as required, any money or property they receive is held by them in trust for all other successors who have an interest in the property.3

The same is true of a defective affidavit. Where it does not meet the requirements, or contains statements which are not entirely true, any money or property the affiant receives is subject to all the debts of the deceased.3

One further statement on the list is easy to sign past and worth pausing on: that the affiant has no knowledge of any existing claims for personal injury or tort damages against the deceased.3

A will cannot undo a TOD title

Nevada's beneficiary designation is printed on the face of the certificate — the owners' names, then the words transfer on death to or the abbreviation TOD, then the beneficiary's name — and the statute then locks it. The designation may not be changed or revoked by will, any other instrument or a change in circumstances, or otherwise changed or revoked.4

Two ways out survive, and both are acts rather than intentions: selling the vehicle with proper assignment and delivery of the certificate to another person, or filing an application with the Department and paying a fee to reissue the title with no beneficiary or a different one.4

It can also be lost without anybody choosing to lose it. A beneficiary cannot be added to a title where there is a lienholder or where ownership is designated as tenants in common — and if a lienholder or lessor is added later, the beneficiary will be removed from the title.54

The beneficiary waits behind every owner: the Department issues the new title to the surviving owner or owners and, if none, to the beneficiary. The Department's own form puts it plainly — where more than one owner is on the title, the beneficiary cannot become the vehicle owner until all owners are deceased. A certified death certificate is needed for each owner listed.456

Where the certificate cannot be found, form VP-241 works from the Department's own title record instead. It must be notarized or witnessed by an authorized DMV representative, needs a certified death certificate for each owner, and carries a printed fee of $20.6

A loan blocks everything

The Department states it as a precondition rather than a complication: any loan or lien on the vehicle must be satisfied before ownership can be transferred.1

A lien also decides whether a beneficiary designation could ever have existed. One cannot be added to a title when there is a lienholder, and adding a lienholder or lessor later removes an existing beneficiary from the title.5

Where a designation does survive to the death, the beneficiary still takes the car subject to what was on it: their interest is subject to any contract of sale, assignment or ownership or security interest to which the owners were subject during their lifetime, and the new title issues subject to any security interest.4

What Nevada does where a loan cannot be satisfied is not established here, and this page does not guess at it.1

What Nevada does not publish

The Department is unusually candid about the ordinary case and unusually quiet about its paperwork. It says the transfer of a vehicle after the owner's death is typically handled through a family trust, or probate proceedings — and then, instead of a document list, asks the reader to contact it with the vehicle details and VIN to determine which documents will be needed.1

So this page states nothing about what a trustee or a personal representative brings to a Nevada DMV office. Nothing has been read, and an absence of published guidance is not a finding that no route exists. The Department has invited the question, which is the shortest way to the answer.1

What is published for those cases is the boundary: the affidavit route is introduced with the words if there is no trust or probate, and the affidavit itself certifies that no petition for the appointment of a personal representative is pending or has been granted in any jurisdiction. An appointment anywhere closes it.13

One requirement reaches every Nevada transfer and catches owners of older cars: for all 2011 or newer vehicles the odometer reading section of the title must be completed, even where the title says the vehicle is exempt due to age.1

What to do, step by step

The order of operations for each path. Only one of these applies to you — the guided questions will say which.

Beneficiary on the title

TOD is printed on the certificate and every owner has died.

  1. First

    Read the face of the certificate

    The designation appears after the owners' names as the words transfer on death to, or the abbreviation TOD, followed by a name.

  2. First

    Count the owners named on the title

    A certified copy of the death certificate is needed for each owner listed, and the beneficiary cannot take until all of them have died.

  3. First

    Submit the title, the fee and the death certificates

    The beneficiary submits the title if available, the title fee, and a certified death certificate of the vehicle's legal owners.

  4. First

    If the title cannot be found, use VP-241 instead

    It is completed by the beneficiary named on the Department's own title record, must be notarized or witnessed by an authorized DMV representative, and carries a $20 title fee.

  5. First

    Complete the odometer section for a 2011 or newer vehicle

    Required even where the title says the vehicle is exempt due to age.

Surviving owner on a TOD title

The title goes to the surviving owner. The beneficiary waits.

  1. First

    The order is fixed by statute

    The Department issues the new certificate to the surviving owner or owners and, if none, to the beneficiary.

  2. First

    Apply with proof of death and the outstanding certificate

    On proof of death, surrender of the outstanding certificate of title in beneficiary form, and payment of the title fee, the Department issues the new title.

  3. First

    Decide deliberately whether to keep the designation

    It survives the death and cannot be revoked by will or by a change in circumstances — only by selling the vehicle, or by applying to the Department and paying a fee to reissue the title.

  4. First

    Know that refinancing ends it

    If a lienholder or lessor is added to the title at a later time, the beneficiary will be removed from the title.

Affidavit without probate

No trust, no probate, no Nevada real property, and the estate inside the applicable amount.

  1. Give written notice to anyone with an equal or better claim

    By personal service or certified mail, identifying the claim and describing the property. At least fourteen days must elapse before the affidavit can be made.

  2. Wait forty days from the death

    Shown by a certified copy of the death certificate attached to the affidavit.

  3. First

    Count the Nevada property, leaving the vehicles out

    The gross value of the deceased's property in Nevada, over and above armed forces pay and the value of any motor vehicles registered to them, must not exceed the applicable amount — $150,000 for a surviving spouse, $25,000 for any other claimant.

  4. First

    Deal with the debts

    All debts including funeral and burial expenses, and money owed to the Nevada Health Authority for Medicaid benefits, must have been paid or provided for.

  5. First

    Satisfy any loan on the vehicle

    The Department requires that any loan or lien on the vehicle be satisfied before ownership can be transferred.

  6. First

    Swear form VP-24

    Before a notary public or an authorized DMV representative. Signatures must be original, and no changes may be made once it is signed and witnessed.

  7. First

    Present it to the Department

    A governmental agency required to issue certificates of title shall issue a new certificate, and may not refuse to accept a conforming affidavit regardless of its form.

Documents and forms

Each name below links to the official form or the agency page that issues it.

Needed on every path

Needed on some paths

Where and how to file

  • In person

    The Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles

    The Department's forms carry its address at 555 Wright Way, Carson City, and telephone numbers for Reno and Carson City and for Las Vegas.Signatures on the estate affidavit and on the beneficiary's affidavit must be original — photocopies are not acceptable — and no changes may be made to either form once it is signed and witnessed.Both are sworn before a notary public or an authorized Nevada DMV representative, so the swearing can be done at the counter.

    Find an office

    Applies to every path

  • Online

    The Nevada DMV's contact form

    Where a trust or a probate is involved the Department publishes no document list and instead invites the reader to contact it with the vehicle details and VIN to determine which documents will be needed.That invitation is the Department's own, and it is the shortest route to an answer this page cannot give.

    Start the application

    Applies to No trust, no probate — one sworn page the DMV may not refuse

What it costs

Fees change, and the agency's own schedule is the only current source. Where Sahvelo cannot verify a fixed amount, it links the schedule rather than quoting a number.

FeeAmountNotesFee schedule
Title fee on the beneficiary's affidavit Published by the agency Printed on form VP-241, which is the route where the certificate of title cannot be located. It is the only Nevada title figure stated on the pages read here. Current fee schedule
Title fee generally Published by the agency Sahvelo states no figure. The statute requires payment of the fee for a certificate of title on a beneficiary transfer, and form VP-239 requires a title fee to add or change a designation, without either naming an amount. Current fee schedule
Serving the notice Published by the agency Not a state fee, but a real cost and a real delay. The notice must go by personal service or certified mail to every person whose right to succeed is equal or superior to the affiant's, and fourteen days must elapse afterwards. Current fee schedule
Paying off the loan Published by the agency The largest cost on any of these routes, and the Department treats it as a precondition: any loan or lien on the vehicle must be satisfied before ownership can be transferred. Current fee schedule

After you file

  • The new certificate issues subject to any security interest, and the beneficiary's interest is subject to any contract of sale, assignment or ownership or security interest the owners were subject to during their lifetime. Nothing about the death clears those.

    Applies to The title says TOD, and every owner has died

  • The designation is still on the title and still locked. It cannot be revoked by will, by any other instrument or by a change in circumstances — only by selling the vehicle with proper assignment and delivery of the certificate, or by applying to the Department and paying a fee to reissue the title. Adding a lienholder or lessor later removes the beneficiary.

    Applies to An owner is still living — the title goes to them, not to the beneficiary

  • The exposure created by the affidavit outlasts the transfer. Where it did not meet the requirements, or contained statements which were not entirely true, the property received is subject to all the debts of the deceased; and where the notice to other successors was not given, the property is held in trust for them. Keep the proof of service with the paperwork.

    Applies to No trust, no probate — one sworn page the DMV may not refuse

  • Check the odometer line before you leave. For all 2011 or newer vehicles the odometer reading section of the title must be completed, even where the title says the vehicle is exempt due to age.

    Applies to every path

If your situation doesn't fit one of these paths

Common complications, and what each one changes.

  • The will leaves the car to somebody other than the beneficiary on the title

    The title wins, and Nevada says so in terms. The designation of a beneficiary in a certificate of title in beneficiary form may not be changed or revoked by will, any other instrument or a change in circumstances, or otherwise changed or revoked. The only exits are the two the statute keeps open: selling the vehicle with proper assignment and delivery of the certificate, or applying to the Department and paying a fee to reissue the title with no beneficiary or a different one. Neither of those can happen after the death. The transfer is also not considered testamentary and is not subject to administration under title 12 of NRS, so the estate does not reach it.4

  • There was a TOD designation but you cannot find it on the title now

    A loan may have removed it without anybody noticing. Form VP-239 states both halves: a beneficiary cannot be added to the title when there is a lienholder or ownership is designated as tenants in common, and if a lienholder or lessor is added to the title at a later time, the beneficiary will be removed from the title. So a parent who refinanced the car after naming a beneficiary ended the designation by doing it.5

  • Two names are on the title and only one person has died

    Where the title is in beneficiary form, the surviving owner takes it and the beneficiary waits. The Department issues the new certificate to the surviving owner or owners and, if none, to the beneficiary — and its own form says that where more than one owner is on the title, the beneficiary cannot become the vehicle owner until all owners are deceased. Nevada allows a total of four names on a certificate including the beneficiary, so it is worth reading the whole face of the document rather than the first line.45

  • Other relatives have as good a claim as you do

    Then the affidavit route asks you to tell them first, and to wait. The affiant must have given written notice, by personal service or by certified mail, identifying the claim and describing the property claimed, to every person whose right to succeed is equal or superior to their own, and at least fourteen days must have elapsed since it was served or mailed. Skipping it does not void what follows — it makes the affiant hold whatever they receive in trust for all the other successors. The alternative on the form is to be claiming with the written authority of all other successors who have an interest in the property.32

  • The estate is worth more than twenty-five thousand dollars

    Check who is claiming before giving up. Nevada's applicable amount is $150,000 where the claimant is the surviving spouse and $25,000 for any other claimant — six times the difference, decided by the claimant's relationship rather than by the estate. And check what is being counted: the gross value is measured over and above amounts due for services in the Armed Forces of the United States and the value of any motor vehicles registered to the deceased, so the car itself is outside the sum.3

  • There is a house, or a mortgage, in Nevada

    That closes the affidavit route whatever the numbers say. It is open only where the deceased leaves no real property, nor interest in it, nor mortgage or lien on it, in Nevada — and form VP-24 puts that first, before any figure. There is no floor: this is not a value test.32

  • Somebody at the counter will not take the affidavit

    Nevada anticipated that and wrote the answer into the statute. A governmental agency required to issue certificates of title, ownership or registration to personal property shall issue a new certificate to the person claiming to succeed to ownership — and the governmental agency may not refuse to accept an affidavit containing the information required by this section, regardless of the form of the affidavit. It is also worth showing the protective half: a person who receives a conforming affidavit is entitled to rely upon it, and if they rely in good faith they are immune from civil liability for actions based on that reliance.3

  • There is still a loan on the car

    The Department treats it as a precondition rather than a complication: any loan or lien on the vehicle must be satisfied before ownership can be transferred. It also means no beneficiary designation can have been made — one cannot be added to a title when there is a lienholder. Where a designation was made before the loan, adding the lienholder removed it. What Nevada does where the loan cannot be satisfied is not established here.15

  • Nobody can find the certificate of title

    On the beneficiary route Nevada publishes a form for exactly that. VP-241 is completed by the beneficiary with the transfer on death designation on the title record on file with the Department — so it works from the Department's record rather than from the missing paper. It must be notarized or witnessed by an authorized Nevada DMV representative, a certified copy of the death certificate must be submitted for each owner listed on the title, and a $20 title fee goes with it. The beneficiary also certifies under penalty of perjury and agrees to hold the Department harmless against any contest of the validity of the designation.6

  • The title says tenants in common

    Then there is no beneficiary designation and there never could have been. A certificate of title in beneficiary form may not be issued to a person who holds an interest in a motor vehicle as a tenant in common with another person, and the Department's own form repeats it: a beneficiary cannot be added to the title when there is a lienholder or ownership is designated as tenants in common.45

  • The car was put into a family trust

    That is one of the two routes the Department names as typical, and it publishes no document list for it. What it does instead is invite the question: contact it with the vehicle details and VIN to determine which documents will be needed. Sahvelo states nothing further because nothing further has been read. Note also that the affidavit route is introduced with the condition that there is no trust or probate, so the two do not overlap.1

  • There is an accident or an injury claim in the background

    Read the tenth statement on the affidavit before signing. It requires the affiant to state that they have no knowledge of any existing claims for personal injury or tort damages against the deceased. It sits alongside the requirement that all debts, including funeral and burial expenses and money owed to the Nevada Health Authority for Medicaid benefits, have been paid or provided for — and an affidavit containing statements which are not entirely true makes the property received subject to all the debts of the deceased.3

Questions people ask about this

  • How much can pass on the affidavit?

    It depends who is claiming. The applicable amount is $150,000 where the claimant is the surviving spouse, and $25,000 for any other claimant. And the car is outside the count: the gross value of the deceased's Nevada property is measured over and above amounts due for services in the Armed Forces and the value of any motor vehicles registered to them.3

  • How long do we have to wait?

    Two clocks, and they can run together. At least forty days must have elapsed since the death, shown by a certified copy of the death certificate attached to the affidavit. And at least fourteen days must have elapsed since written notice was served or mailed to every person whose right to succeed is equal or superior to the affiant's.3

  • Do we have to tell the rest of the family?

    Yes, in writing, and it is a condition rather than a courtesy. The notice goes by personal service or certified mail, identifies the claim and describes the property claimed, and must reach every person whose right to succeed is equal or superior to the affiant's. Failing to give it means any money or property received is held in trust for all the other successors.3

  • What if the DMV will not accept it?

    The statute forbids that. A governmental agency required to issue certificates of title shall issue a new certificate to the person claiming to succeed, and may not refuse to accept an affidavit containing the information required by NRS 146.080, regardless of the form of the affidavit.3

  • There is a house. Does that matter?

    It closes the affidavit route entirely. It is available only where the deceased leaves no real property, nor interest in it, nor mortgage or lien on it, in Nevada — and that is the first thing form VP-24 asks the affiant to swear, before any dollar figure.32

  • Can a will override the beneficiary named on the title?

    No. The designation may not be changed or revoked by will, any other instrument or a change in circumstances, or otherwise changed or revoked. The only ways to undo it are to sell the vehicle with proper assignment and delivery of the certificate, or to apply to the Department and pay a fee to reissue the title — both of which have to happen while the owner is alive.4

  • There are two owners and a beneficiary. Who gets it?

    The surviving owner. The Department issues the new title to the surviving owner or owners and, if none, to the beneficiary. Its own form says the beneficiary cannot become the vehicle owner until all owners are deceased.45

  • There is a loan on the car. What now?

    It has to be dealt with first: the Department's rule is that any loan or lien on the vehicle must be satisfied before ownership can be transferred. A lien also means no beneficiary designation exists — one cannot be added to a title when there is a lienholder, and adding a lienholder later removes an existing beneficiary.15

  • We cannot find the title. Is that fatal?

    Not on the beneficiary route. Form VP-241 exists for when the title cannot be located, is completed by the beneficiary named on the Department's own title record, must be notarized or witnessed by an authorized DMV representative, needs a certified death certificate for each owner listed, and carries a $20 title fee.6

  • The car is in a trust, or the estate is in probate. What does the DMV want?

    Sahvelo has not established that and will not guess. The Department names both as the usual routes and then asks the reader to contact it with the vehicle details and VIN to determine which documents will be needed, rather than publishing a list. That invitation is the shortest way to an answer.1

  • What does it cost?

    The only Nevada title figure on the pages read here is the $20 printed on form VP-241 for a beneficiary whose certificate cannot be located. The statute and the other forms require a title fee without naming an amount, so Sahvelo states none. The real cost on any route may be paying off the loan, which the Department requires to be satisfied first.61

  • How serious is getting the affidavit wrong?

    Serious in two different ways. Civilly, an affidavit that does not meet the requirements or contains statements which are not entirely true makes the property received subject to all the debts of the deceased. Criminally, the affiant acknowledges on the form itself an understanding that filing a false affidavit constitutes a felony in Nevada.32

What the terms mean

6 terms used on this page, defined from the statute
Certificate of title in beneficiary form
A Nevada title carrying, after the owners' names, the words transfer on death to or the abbreviation TOD followed by a beneficiary's name. It is a directive to the Department to transfer the title on the death of the owner or of all joint owners. It cannot be issued to a tenant in common, and the designation cannot be revoked by will, by any other instrument or by a change in circumstances. Nev. Rev. Stat. § 482.247
Applicable amount
The ceiling on Nevada's affidavit route, and it is two numbers rather than one: $150,000 where the claimant is the surviving spouse of the deceased, and $25,000 for any other claimant. It is measured on the gross value of the deceased's Nevada property over and above armed forces pay and the value of any motor vehicles registered to them. Nev. Rev. Stat. § 146.080
Affiant
The person who swears Nevada's estate affidavit. They must be entitled by law to succeed to the property claimed, must be personally entitled to full payment or delivery of it or claiming with the written authority of all other successors, and must have given fourteen days' written notice to everybody whose right to succeed is equal or superior to their own. Nev. Rev. Stat. § 146.080, Nevada DMV — VP-24
May not refuse
The unusual direction in NRS 146.080(5)(b): a governmental agency required to issue certificates of title, ownership or registration shall issue a new certificate to the person claiming to succeed, and may not refuse to accept an affidavit containing the information the section requires, regardless of the form of the affidavit. Most states permit an agency to act on an affidavit; Nevada forbids it to decline. Nev. Rev. Stat. § 146.080
Form VP-24
The Nevada DMV's Affidavit for Transfer of Title for Estates Without Probate. Sworn before a notary public or an authorized DMV representative, signed in original — photocopies are not acceptable — and closed to changes once it is signed and witnessed. Its last line records that filing a false affidavit is a felony in Nevada. Nevada DMV — VP-24
Form VP-241
The affidavit a Nevada beneficiary uses when the certificate of title cannot be located. It works from the Department's own title record, must be notarized or witnessed by an authorized DMV representative, needs a certified death certificate for each owner listed on the title, and carries a printed fee of $20. Nevada DMV — VP-241

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Sources

Every rule on this page traces to one of the following. All are Nevada state publications: the Department of Motor Vehicles' own page and forms, and the Nevada Revised Statutes as published by the Legislature.

  1. Nevada DMV — Vehicle Title and Ownership

    That a death is typically handled through a trust or probate, that the affidavit is the route where there is neither, that any loan or lien must be satisfied first, and the odometer rule for 2011 or newer vehicles.

    dmv.nv.gov Checked 2026-08-18

  2. Nevada DMV — VP-24, Affidavit for Transfer of Title for Estates Without Probate

    The affidavit as a family signs it: the no-real-property statement, the exclusion of the vehicle from the count, the fourteen days' notice, the forty days, and the felony warning.

    dmv.nv.gov Checked 2026-08-18

  3. Nev. Rev. Stat. § 146.080 — estates not exceeding certain amounts, affidavit showing right to assets

    The two applicable amounts, the exclusion of registered vehicles from the gross value, the eleven statements, the consequences of a defective affidavit or a missing notice, and the direction that the agency may not refuse.

    leg.state.nv.us Checked 2026-08-18

  4. Nev. Rev. Stat. § 482.247 — certificate of title in beneficiary form

    The certificate of title in beneficiary form: how it is made, that tenants in common are excluded, that a will cannot revoke it, the order of surviving owners before the beneficiary, and that the transfer is not testamentary.

    leg.state.nv.us Checked 2026-08-18

  5. Nevada DMV — VP-239, Transfer on Death Application

    Who may designate, the four-name limit, the lienholder and tenants-in-common bars, that a later lienholder removes the beneficiary, and what the beneficiary submits afterwards.

    dmv.nv.gov Checked 2026-08-18

  6. Nevada DMV — VP-241, Transfer on Death Beneficiary's Affidavit for Title

    The route where the certificate cannot be located: who may complete it, the certified death certificate for each owner, and the $20 title fee.

    dmv.nv.gov Checked 2026-08-18

Sources last reviewed 2026-08-18. Sources are re-checked on a schedule, and this date changes when they are. Where a source is marked pending re-verification, the page says so wherever the claim appears.

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