Clark County, NV Short-Term Rentals: Repeat Violator Strikes (2026)
Key Facts
- Lookback window
- 36 months of enforcement history
- Trigger
- Multiple substantiated, unremediated code violations
- Effect
- Ineligible for STR license issuance or renewal
- Per-violation fine
- $500 first offense, $1,000 each after
- Enforcing agency
- Clark County Department of Business License
Summary
Clark County denies or won't renew a short-term rental license if code enforcement's case files show multiple substantiated Clark County Code violations in the preceding 36 months that were never remediated.
A review of Clark County Code Enforcement's case management system reveals multiple substantiated violations of Clark County Code within the preceding thirty-six months that were not subsequently remediated to the satisfaction of code enforcement;(i)The residential unit has been designated as below market rate or income-restricted, is subject to affordability covenants, or is otherwise subject to housing or rental assistance under local, state, or federal law; or(j)Operation of the residential unit as a short-term rental unit is prohibited by state or federal law or any provision of this chapter or code. Any short-term rental license issued by the department in contravention of the foregoing prohibitions is void and shall be revoked.
(Ord. No. 4959, § 3, 6-21-2022)
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 147).
Full Breakdown
Under Clark County Code section 7.100.080(h), the Department of Business License will not issue -- and under section 7.100.130 will not renew -- a short-term rental license if a review of Code Enforcement's case management system turns up multiple substantiated Clark County Code violations against the unit within the preceding 36 months that were not subsequently remediated to code enforcement's satisfaction. The bar sits alongside the chapter's own escalating fine schedule at section 7.100.230, which fines $500 for a first short-term-rental-specific violation and $1,000 for each one after that.
Violations & Fines
Unremediated substantiated violations within a 36-month lookback make the unit ineligible for licensure or renewal; separately, each STR-specific violation draws a $500 first-offense fine and $1,000 for every repeat offense.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does one code violation disqualify a Clark County short-term rental?
Does this rule apply on the Las Vegas Strip?
Sources & Official References
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