Las Vegas conducts scheduled encampment abatements through the Department of Public Works and LVMPD. Posted notice, item storage, and coordination with the Courtyard Homeless Resource Center accompany cleanups under city sanitation policy.
When the city clears an encampment under LVMC 10.86 and related public-nuisance authority, Public Works typically posts a 24 to 72-hour written notice on the location identifying the planned cleanup time. LVMPD HOPE team officers and outreach workers from the Courtyard Homeless Resource Center engage occupants beforehand to offer shelter, services, and storage of personal property. Items considered hazardous or biohazard waste are discarded; non-hazardous personal property of evident value is bagged, tagged, and stored for retrieval, generally for at least 30 days, at a city-designated location. Residents can claim stored property by appointment.
Refusing to vacate a posted encampment cleanup site, returning to the location after abatement, or interfering with sanitation crews violates LVMC 10.86 and obstruction statutes and can result in arrest plus loss of unstored items.
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