Las Vegas, NV Rental Property Rules: Repairs & Habitability (2026)
Key Facts
- Adopted standard
- Uniform Housing Code, 1994 Edition (LVMC 16.20.010)
- Local amendment
- City supplement adds to/deletes from the 1994 code
- Penalty
- Misdemeanor: up to $1,000 fine and/or 6 months jail
- Continuing violation
- Each day counted as a separate offense
- Separate program
- Converted motels inspected under LVMC Chapter 16.22
- Where filed
- Full adopted text on file with the City Clerk
Summary
Las Vegas sets its local habitability baseline by adopting the Uniform Housing Code, 1994 Edition, by reference under LVMC 16.20.010, plus a City supplement that amends it. Breaking any requirement of that adopted Housing Code is a misdemeanor under LVMC 16.20.020, punishable by up to a $1,000 fine, six months in jail, or both, with each day of violation counted separately.
16.20.010 - Adoption by reference. Those certain documents, three copies of each being on file in the office of the City Clerk and designated as follows, are adopted by reference and made a part of this Code, to the same effect as if set forth at length herein: (A)Uniform Housing Code, 1994 Edition, designated as Part 1 of this Chapter;(B)A supplemental document which amends, by adding to and deleting from, the Uniform Housing Code, 1994 Edition, designated as Part 2 of this Chapter.
16.20.020 - Violations. Whenever in this Chapter any act is prohibited or is made or declared to be unlawful or an offense or a misdemeanor... the doing of any such prohibited act or the failure to do any such required act shall constitute a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment for a term of not more than six months, or by any combination of such fine and imprisonment. Any day of any violation of this Chapter shall constitute a separate offense.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 61).
Full Breakdown
20 of the Las Vegas Municipal Code, the City's Housing Code, does not print its habitability standards directly in the Municipal Code text. 010 adopts 'the Uniform Housing Code, 1994 Edition,' as Part 1 of the chapter, plus 'a supplemental document which amends, by adding to and deleting from, the Uniform Housing Code, 1994 Edition,' as Part 2, both kept on file in the Office of the City Clerk under Ordinance 3896 (1995). That incorporated text, not the Municipal Code itself, is where the itemized structural, sanitation, plumbing, electrical, light and ventilation standards for existing residential buildings live.
22. Because the operative standards sit inside the adopted 1994 edition and its local supplement rather than the codified Municipal Code, a tenant or owner who wants the itemized criteria must obtain that adopted document from the City Clerk; the Municipal Code section establishes only the adoption and the penalty for violating it.
Violations & Fines
Violating any requirement of the adopted Housing Code is a misdemeanor under LVMC 16.20.020: a fine of up to $1,000, up to six months in jail, or both. The chapter treats each day a violation continues as a separate offense, so an uncorrected habitability defect, such as a structural or sanitation failure covered by the adopted 1994 Uniform Housing Code, can generate cumulative daily counts until the property is repaired and passes reinspection.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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