Nevada Asset Protection Trust
Nevada sets the standard for asset protection. Self-settled spendthrift control provisions that let you serve as both Grantor and Beneficiary. Dynasty provisions lasting up to 365 years. No statutory exception creditors. One of the shortest asset-protection seasoning periods of any jurisdiction.
When it comes to shielding assets from potential creditors, asset protection trusts are among the most effective estate-planning solutions available. While a number of states permit asset protection trusts, families across the U.S. — and around the world — establish their trusts in Nevada to truly secure their wealth. A Nevada trust protects it all.
What is a Domestic Asset Protection Trust (DAPT)?
A DAPT protects your assets by irrevocably transferring them into a trust governed by Nevada law, shielding them from future creditors — including claims arising from divorce. Nevada is one of the few states with no statutory exception creditors, and its courts have consistently upheld the strength of its spendthrift protections.
Nevada is also among the small number of states that pair these protections with no state income tax and the privilege for a grantor to also serve as a beneficiary of their own trust. Should circumstances change unexpectedly, Nevada's statutes give grantors the flexibility to decant their trust into a new one with updated terms.
Tax benefits of a Nevada Trust
- Nevada imposes no state income tax on trusts — and the Nevada Constitution expressly prohibits any tax on personal income.
- Nevada imposes no state estate or gift tax.
- Nevada imposes no corporate income tax.
Who can establish a DAPT in Nevada?
DAPTs are sought after not only by U.S. residents but by international families as well. You do not need to live in Nevada — the trust simply names a licensed Nevada corporate trustee, like Crawford Trust, to establish Nevada situs. Families can hold nearly any combination of tangible and intangible assets in trust, from residential and commercial property to investment portfolios and business interests. Trusts are generally funded with $500,000 or more in assets.
What makes Nevada #1 in asset protection
- Only a two-year seasoning period — among the shortest statutes of limitations of any jurisdiction, domestic or offshore.
- No statutory exception creditors — Nevada's protections extend even to claims arising from spousal divorce.
- No state tax on trust income — personal or corporate.
- Self-settled spendthrift provisions — the Grantor can also name themselves as a Beneficiary.
- Dynasty-trust provisions — trusts may last up to 365 years, protecting generations of your family.
- Directed-trust statutes — keep your existing financial advisors and attorneys involved in managing trust assets.
- Trust decanting — move assets into a new trust with different terms as circumstances evolve.
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