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North Las Vegas, NV Hotels & Lodging: Transient Occupancy Tax (2026)

Some Restrictions
Compiled from the official code textEditor Martyn O'NeillLast verified August 2026

Key Facts

Resort hotel tax rate
13% (since 3/1/2017)
Non-resort/motel/STR rate
13% (since 3/1/2017)
City's cut
2.0% (non-resort), 1.0% (resort)
Permanent residency threshold
30 consecutive days
Payment schedule
Monthly, by the 15th
STR treatment
Taxed same as non-resort hotels

Summary

North Las Vegas taxes transient lodging at 13 percent for resort hotels and non-resort hotels, motels, and short-term rentals alike, effective March 1, 2017, under Municipal Code Section 5.22.010. Stays of 30 or more consecutive days are exempt as permanent residency.

F.Effective March 1, 2017, the tax on transient lodging shall be thirteen (13) percent for all room rentals by all hotels other than resort hotels, by all motels, by all residential dwelling units operating as a short-term rental, and by apartment motels advertising and accepting less than weekly rentals. ... In order to establish permanency of occupancy for all hotels other than resort hotels, short-term rentals, and all motels, one calendar month or thirty (30) days of continuous occupancy or rental shall constitute such permanency. Occupants of such room rentals would be considered a resident guest and not subject to the payment of the room tax from and after thirty (30) days continuous residence.

View official code

Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 146 Update 1).

Full Breakdown

22 (Hotel and Gaming Tax), sets the room tax on transient lodging. 5 percent set in earlier subsections C and D. A resort hotel is defined in the chapter as an establishment renting 100 or more rooms to transient guests and operating a gambling casino with at least three games; any other hotel is treated as commercial rather than resort. 625 percent to the Clark County School District. Occupancy of 30 calendar days or more establishes permanency, converting the occupant to a resident guest who is exempt from the room tax from that point forward. B.

Violations & Fines

Chapter 5.22 imposes the transient lodging tax as a license tax obligation on the hotel, motel, or short-term rental operator rather than the guest, and payment is due monthly to the city treasurer under Section 5.22.030; the code text reviewed here does not include a separate late-payment penalty schedule for this section.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the hotel/room tax rate in North Las Vegas?
Thirteen percent, effective March 1, 2017, for both resort hotels (Section 5.22.010.E) and non-resort hotels, motels, and short-term rentals (Section 5.22.010.F). Earlier rates were 12.5 percent starting January 15, 2017 and 12 percent before that.
Does the tax apply to short-term rentals like Airbnbs?
Yes. Section 5.22.010.F expressly lists 'all residential dwelling units operating as a short-term rental' alongside non-resort hotels and motels as subject to the 13 percent transient lodging tax, effective March 1, 2017.
Is a long-term guest exempt from the room tax?
Yes. Section 5.22.010 treats 30 calendar days or more of continuous occupancy as establishing permanency, and once that threshold is reached the occupant is considered a resident guest not subject to the room tax going forward.

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