Nevada landlord tenant law: the rules a landlord meets

Nevada security deposit law

Most you can take

3 months’ rentNRS 118A.242Includes last month's rent and any surety bond.

Back to the tenant within

30 daysNRS 118A.242

Rent and late fees

Late fee

5% of the monthly rentNRS 118A.210Must be reasonable, may not exceed 5% of the periodic rent, and may not grow on account of earlier late fees.

Grace period before a fee

3 daysNRS 118A.210

Nevada rent increase laws and rent control

Notice before a rent increase

60 daysNev. Rev. Stat. § 118A.300Written notice 60 days before the first increased payment, or 30 days for a periodic tenancy shorter than a month. No state statute caps rent or bans local rent control, and no Nevada city has one.

Rent control

None in forceNev. Rev. Stat. § 118A.300

Entering the property: notice to the tenant

Notice before you enter

24 hoursNRS 118A.330

Ending a tenancy and eviction notices

Ending a month-to-month tenancy

30 daysNRS 40.251

Unpaid rent

7 court daysNev. Rev. Stat. §§ 40.2512(1)(b), 40.253(1)“7-day notice to pay rent or quit”Paying in full within the period stops itSeven judicial days, ending at the close of business of the court on the seventh judicial day after service, and the tenant may file an affidavit contesting it within that time. A tenancy of a week or less that has lasted 45 days or less may instead get a notice ending at noon of the fourth full day.

Another breach of the lease

5 daysNev. Rev. Stat. § 40.2516(1)“5-day notice to perform conditions or quit”The tenant can fix the breach within the periodThe tenant may perform the broken condition within 5 days and save the lease. Nuisance, waste, unlawful business, illegal subletting and drug violations get a 3-day notice to surrender with no cure under § 40.2514.

Lockouts and shutoffs

Banned: lockouts and utility shutoffsNev. Rev. Stat. §§ 118A.480, 118A.390

The Nevada eviction process, step by step

Disclosures a Nevada lease has to carry

• A written lease must address duration, rent, required fees, deposits, late and dishonoured-check charges, inspection rights, occupants, utilities, a signed inventory and condition record, a summary of NRS 202.470, how to report nuisances and code violations, and the right to display the U.S. flag. (NRS 118A.200(3))
• For a single-family home or a building of up to four units not signed by a licensed property manager, the lease must carry a disclosure in type at least twice the size of other text about the presumptions of lawful occupancy. (NRS 118A.200)