1. The personal representative shall, as soon as sufficient money is available, upon receipt of a sworn statement of the amount due and without any formal action upon creditors’ claims, pay the funeral expenses, the expenses of the last illness, the allowance made to the family of the decedents, money owed to the Department of Health and Human Services as a result of payment of benefits for Medicaid and wage claims to the extent of $600 of each employee of the decedent for work done or personal services rendered within 3 months before the death of the employer, but may retain the necessary expenses of administration.

2. The personal representative is not obliged to pay any other debt or any devise until the payment is ordered by the court.

3. The personal representative may, before court approval or order, pay any of the decedent’s debts amounting to $500 or less if:

(a) Claims for payment thereof have been properly filed in the proceedings;

(b) The debts are legally due; and

(c) The estate is solvent.

In settling the account of the estate, the court shall allow any such payment if the conditions of paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) have been met. Otherwise, the personal representative is personally liable to any person sustaining loss or damage as a result of the payment.

4. Funeral expenses and expenses of a last illness are debts payable out of the estate of the decedent and must not be charged to the community share of a surviving spouse, whether or not the surviving spouse is financially able to pay those expenses and whether or not the surviving spouse or any other person is also liable therefor.

[226:107:1941; 1931 NCL § 9882.226] — (NRS A 1973, 404; 1975, 1777; 1995, 2576; 1997, 1253, 1490; 1999, 2336)