Las Vegas, NV Short-Term Rentals: Permit Requirements (2026)

LVMC Chapter 6.75 (Short-Term Residential Rentals) was adopted on August 17, 2022 to bring the City of Las Vegas into compliance with Nevada AB 363 (2021), which required jurisdictions in counties with 700,000 or more residents to license rather than ban STRs. Every operator must complete two separate approvals before accepting bookings: (1) a Conditional Use Verification (CUV) issued by the Department of Planning, and (2) a Short-Term Residential Rental Business License issued by Business Licensing. The CUV is filed through the city Citizen Portal at lasvegasnevada.gov/dashboard under Planning and Zoning and triggers an initial Planning review, a Code Enforcement home inspection, and a second Planning review before approval. Eligibility criteria written into Chapter 6.75 are unusually restrictive: the property must be a single-family detached dwelling that is the owner's primary residence, the owner must occupy the home during each rental stay (the owner's bedroom or sleeping room must be part of the home being rented), and the dwelling may contain no more than three bedrooms. Spatial separation rules prohibit issuance within 660 feet of any other licensed STR (measured property line to property line) and within 2,500 feet of any business holding a Nevada non-restricted gaming license (the Resort Corridor). Apartments, condominiums in multi-unit buildings, accessory dwelling units, and properties owned by entities where no natural-person primary residence is established are not eligible. The license must be renewed annually and the CUV survives only as long as the owner continues to meet primary-residence and separation conditions. Weddings, bachelor or bachelorette parties, ticketed events, and similar commercial gatherings are prohibited on licensed STRs regardless of occupancy headroom.