Can I Force the Sale of a House I Own With Someone Else in Nevada?

When one co-owner wants to sell and another absolutely refuses, people often search for something called a “partition.”

In general terms, partition is a legal process that may be relevant when co-owners cannot agree about jointly owned real property. Whether it is available or appropriate in a particular Nevada situation is a legal question.

Lisa is not going to tell someone:

“File this lawsuit and you'll win.”

That's not her job.

A Nevada attorney should review the deed, ownership, agreements and current law.

The question worth answering first: what could it actually sell for?

But there is another question that is often worth answering before or during that legal process:

Suppose two co-owners are fighting because one believes selling would leave them with almost nothing.

Lisa evaluates the property and the current debt and discovers the owners may have significantly more equity than expected.

That information may make a voluntary sale more attractive.

Or perhaps one owner has enough financial ability to buy out the other.

Now there may be an alternative to extended litigation.

If no voluntary solution exists

If no voluntary solution exists, the attorneys handle the legal remedies.

But everyone should understand what may be lost when control of the real-estate process deteriorates.

In a normal voluntary sale, owners can prepare the home, choose a pricing strategy, market it professionally, negotiate offers and make informed decisions.

Legal conflict can add cost, delay and uncertainty.

Sometimes it is unavoidable.

But it should not be chosen simply because nobody bothered to run the real-estate numbers first.