Elko County, NV Code Violation Reporting: Common Violations (2026)

Chapter 4-15 of the Elko County Code, titled Nuisances, defines nuisance activity in § 4-15-1. The first four items are criminal activity; the presence of debris, litter, garbage, rubble, abandoned or junk vehicles or junk appliances; excessive noise and violations of curfew; and violations of building codes, housing codes or any other codes regulating the health or safety of occupants of real property. Two further items cover any act or omission that injures or endangers life, safety, health or property or annoys a considerable number of persons, and any act that violates a county health and safety ordinance designated a nuisance.

The same section defines debris, rubbish and refuse as an accumulation of solid materials visible to the public that is offensive to the senses or dangerous, including paper, cardboard, inoperable automobiles, tin cans, wood, glass, bedding and crockery. Section 4-15-3(A)1 declares a chronic nuisance when three or more instances of nuisance activities occur during any ninety-day period on the property, or when a person associated with the property commits three or more within one hundred (100) feet of it. Other triggers include a search warrant based on repeated violations of NRS Chapter 459 and unlawful controlled substance activity.

Notice goes by certified mail, return receipt requested, and is posted on the property. The owner can answer by filing a Complaint for Declaratory or Injunctive Relief in District Court before the abatement date. For ordinary debris, weeds or dangerous structures, § 4-15-2 gives the owner a minimum of thirty days to abate.