North Las Vegas, NV Property Maintenance: Property Blight (2026)
Key Facts
- Adopted code
- Uniform Code for Abatement of Dangerous Buildings, 1994
- Governing section
- NLVMC § 15.24.010
- Max criminal penalty
- $1,000 fine / 6 months jail per day
- Cost recovery
- Special assessment lien on property
- Delinquent interest
- 7% per annum after 30 days
Summary
North Las Vegas enforces blighted and dangerous structures under the 1994 Uniform Code for the Abatement of Dangerous Buildings, adopted at City Code § 15.24.010. The building official can order repair or demolition and recover the cost as a lien against the property.
That certain document, three copies of which are on file in the office of the city clerk of the city of North Las Vegas, Nevada, which is marked and designated as the "Uniform Code for the Abatement of Dangerous Buildings, 1994 Edition," and published by the International Conference of Building Officials (hereinafter called "Abatement Code"), is adopted and made part hereof as if fully set out in this chapter subject to the deletions, modifications or amendments hereinafter set forth.
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
24 adopts the "Uniform Code for the Abatement of Dangerous Buildings, 1994 Edition," published by the International Conference of Building Officials, as the city's mechanism for dealing with structures that endanger public health or safety, with Chapter 2 Section 203 and Chapters 8 and 9 locally rewritten. 010 states the Abatement Code "is adopted and made part hereof as if fully set out in this chapter," subject to those local amendments. 030), when repair or demolition work is ordered, the building official directs the work either through city personnel or private contract, and the cost is paid initially from a dedicated repair-and-demolition fund.
040) then recovers that cost: the building official files an itemized report of the work and expense with the city clerk and director of finance, the director of finance bills the property owner by certified mail with payment due within 30 days, and unpaid charges become both a personal obligation of the owner and a special assessment lien against the property that is paramount to nearly all other liens except state, county, and municipal taxes. Unpaid assessments accrue interest at 7 percent per annum after 30 days' delinquency, and any order of the building official or director of finance can be appealed under the code's Chapter 5 appeal provisions.
Violations & Fines
Violating the Abatement Code, owning, leasing, or occupying a building found dangerous and failing to correct it, is punishable under the locally amended Section 203 (§ 15.24.020) by a fine of up to $1,000.00, up to six months in the city jail, or both, with each day of continuing violation a separate offense. Separately, the city can recover repair or demolition costs as a special assessment lien against the property, delinquent after 30 days and accruing interest at 7 percent per annum.
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