Short-Term Rentals in Las Vegas, NV (2026)

LVMC 6.75.020(A)

No person shall engage in the business of offering or operating a short-term residential rental without first obtaining and thereafter maintaining a valid unexpired license pursuant to this Chapter for each short-term residential rental unit. Where there are multiple dwelling units on the same property, each unit must be licensed individually.

LVMC § 6.75.090(D)

Notwithstanding the provisions of LVMC Chapter 9.16, the use of any radio receiver, stereo, musical instrument, sound amplifier or similar device which produces, reproduces or amplifies sound shall take place only within an enclosed short-term residential rental unit. The property owner or operator of a short-term residential rental unit shall use reasonably prudent business practices to ensure...

LVMC 6.75.030

The operator of a short-term residential rental unit shall pay, in advance, an annual fee of five hundred dollars for each short-term residential rental unit.

LVMC 6.75.090(B)-(C)

(B) The maximum occupancy of a short-term residential rental unit shall not exceed any of the following limits: (1) Two persons per bedroom (but excluding children under the age of twelve); (2) The maximum occupancy limits for residential dwellings established by the Uniform Housing Code, as adopted in LVMC Chapter 16.20; or (3) Sixteen persons within that unit at any given time. (C) All occupa...

LVMC 6.75.090(B)

(B)The maximum occupancy of a short-term residential rental unit shall not exceed any of the following limits:(1)Two persons per bedroom (but excluding children under the age of twelve);(2)The maximum occupancy limits for residential dwellings established by the Uniform Housing Code, as adopted in LVMC Chapter 16.20; or(3)Sixteen persons within that unit at any given time.

LVMC 6.75.040(H); 6.75.090(J)

A certificate of insurance evidencing general liability insurance coverage in a minimum amount of five hundred thousand dollars. Such certificate must have been issued by an insurer licensed to do business in the State of Nevada. ... The operator of a short-term residential rental must obtain, and continuously thereafter maintain, valid liability insurance coverage in the minimum amount specifi...

LVMC 6.75.020(C)(2)

A dwelling unit qualifies as "owner-occupied during each period the unit is rented" only if the owner continues to reside at the unit throughout the rental period, the dwelling unit is the owner's primary residence, and the owner's occupancy includes occupancy and use of the bedroom... In determining occupancy by the owner during any rental period, the owner's absence, if any, from the unit dur...

LVMC 6.75.020(C)

no person is eligible for a license for a short-term residential rental under this Chapter unless the person qualifies as an owner of the parcel on which the short-term residential unit is located and is a resident occupying that unit as his or her primary residence. In addition, the unit must qualify as owner-occupied during each period the unit is rented.

NRS 118A.180 — Occupancies excluded from landlord-tenant chapter

ontract of sale of a dwelling unit or the property of which it is a part, if the occupant is the purchaser or his or her successor in interest; ����� (e) Occupancy by a member of a fraternal or social organization in the portion of a structure operated for the benefit of the organization; ����� (f) Occupancy in a hotel or motel for less than 30 consecutive days unless the occupant clearly manif...

LVMC 6.75.110

In addition to any other remedy available for a violation of this Chapter, the Director may suspend or revoke a license issued under this Chapter in connection with a particular short-term residential unit for the second or subsequent violation of this Chapter regarding that unit within any twenty-four month period. Such action is appealable to the City Council or the Council's designee.

LVMC 6.75.122(B)

An accommodations facilitator...is deemed to be engaged in the business of providing transient lodging within the City. However, the deemed to be provisions...: (1) Are solely for the purposes of imposing, collecting and remitting all taxes on the gross receipts from the rental of transient lodging; and (2) By themselves do not create, expand or alter any other liability, duty, obligation or re...