Nevada Ordinances (2026)

Nevada law forces larger counties and cities to zone for tiny houses. NRS 278.253 requires every county over 100,000 and city over 150,000 to designate zoning districts allowing tiny…

Nevada law makes it unlawful to keep bees in anything other than movable-frame hives, so inspectors can open colonies to check for disease. The State Department of Agriculture enforces…

Nevada law prohibits any local government from adopting or enforcing ordinances that declare a specific breed of dog inherently dangerous or vicious. Cities and counties cannot ban…

Nevada is a fence-out, open-range state. Under NRS 569.440, a livestock owner is liable for trespass only when animals break through a legal fence enclosing your property. Without a…

Nevada takes a negative-list approach to exotic pets. NAC 503.110 bars possession of specific species such as foxes, raccoons, skunks, coyotes, and alligators, while primates, most…

Nevada Department of Wildlife prohibits feeding big game mammals like deer, elk, bighorn sheep, mountain goats, antelope, and mountain lions. NAC 503.145 makes intentional feeding…

Nevada requires vapor and other tobacco product retailers to hold a Tobacco Retail Dealer's License from the Department of Taxation, verify buyers are 21, and remit the 30 percent…

Nevada sets statewide minimum setbacks for licensed cannabis retailers from schools, parks, and similar uses under NRS 678B.250, while authorizing cities and counties to impose…

Nevada permits adults 21 and older to cultivate up to six cannabis plants per person, capped at twelve per household, only when the residence is more than 25 miles from a licensed…

Commercial drone operators in Nevada must hold an FAA Part 107 Remote Pilot Certificate and follow NRS 493. NRS 493.109 bars flying within 500 feet horizontally or 250 feet vertically…

Nevada regulates drones by statute: NRS 493.103 lets a property owner sue for trespass when a drone flies below 250 feet over their land, and NRS 493.109 bars flying within 500 feet…

Nevada sets minimum wage statewide through constitutional and statutory provisions, preempting local wage ordinances and standardizing employer obligations.

Nevada requires private employers with 50+ employees to provide paid leave, with statewide standards limiting local government modification of leave rules.

Nevada bans discharging sediment-laden stormwater or any pollutant into state waters without an NDEP permit under NRS 445A.465, the core of the state's erosion and construction-runoff…

Nevada participates in the National Flood Insurance Program through the Division of Water Resources under NRS Chapter 540, requiring participating local governments to adopt floodplain…

Nevada Division of Environmental Protection administers federal NPDES stormwater permits statewide under NRS 445A.300, requiring construction sites over one acre and industrial…

Nevada law authorizes counties and incorporated cities to regulate or prohibit consumer fireworks under NRS 244.367 and NRS 268.418, while prohibiting dangerous fireworks statewide and…

Nevada regulates liquefied petroleum gas storage and handling statewide under NRS 590 and NAC 590, adopting NFPA 58 by reference and licensing dealers, installers, and bulk storage…

Nevada Division of Forestry administers wildland-urban interface fire safety under NRS 472 and NRS 527, requiring defensible space around structures in fire hazard zones and…

Nevada is a shall-issue state requiring a permit to carry concealed firearms, with sheriff-issued CCW permits valid for five years subject to training requirements.

Nevada law preempts local firearm ordinances, reserving regulation of firearms, ammunition, and components to the state legislature, with narrow exceptions.

Nevada generally permits open carry of firearms by adults without a permit, subject to location restrictions and the state preemption framework.

Nevada regulates mobile food establishments through NRS 446 and NAC 446. Food trucks must obtain health permits from county health districts, comply with FDA Food Code adopted…

Nevada law won't let the Gaming Commission license a full casino inside the Las Vegas Boulevard corridor or the rural Clark County gaming zone unless the site sits in a designated…

Nevada regulates charitable bingo, poker, blackjack and raffle-style lotteries entirely through NRS Chapter 462, administered by the Nevada Gaming Control Board. Only a "qualified…

Nevada's gambling laws exempt one narrow category from licensing: card games played in a private home or residence where nobody profits from running the game, with winnings going only…

Nevada legalized sports wagering statewide long before other states, but you can only bet through a sports pool licensed under NRS 463.160. Operating a race book or sports pool without…

Under the Nevada Common-Interest Ownership Act, NRS 116.3116, an association has a statutory lien for unpaid assessments. A portion is super-priority over a first mortgage, and the…

A Nevada association's executive board must meet at least once every quarter and not less than once every 100 days, and at least twice a year at a time outside standard business hours…

Nevada law overrides HOA restrictions in several areas: NRS 278.0208 voids CC&Rs that prohibit or unreasonably restrict solar energy systems, NRS 116.320 protects display of the U.S…

NRS 116.330 bars a Nevada homeowners association, and its governing documents, from prohibiting an owner from installing or maintaining drought tolerant landscaping in the yard and…

NRS 116.320 forbids a Nevada homeowners association, and the association's own governing documents, from banning display of the flag of the United States or the flag of the State of…

For a violation of the governing documents that does not pose an imminent threat of causing a substantial adverse effect on health, safety or welfare, NRS 116.31031 limits a Nevada…

A Nevada association gets a lien the moment an assessment, fine or construction penalty falls due, and NRS 116.3116(3) puts part of that lien ahead of the first mortgage: nine months…

Nevada rewrote NRS 116.335 effective July 1, 2026, and the section now runs in the association's favor rather than the owner's. The version in force lets an association whose…

Nevada moved its cottage food rule out of NRS chapter 446 in 2025. The section in force today is NRS 580.600, which keeps a home cottage food operation outside the definition of a food…

Nevada requires state licensing through the Division of Public and Behavioral Health for any home caring for more than four unrelated children, setting uniform background-check…

Nevada never created a microenterprise home kitchen operation. The words microenterprise and home kitchen appear nowhere in NRS chapter 580 or NAC chapter 446. What Nevada does have is…

The word "checkpoint" does not appear anywhere in the Nevada Revised Statutes or in the Nevada Administrative Code. What Nevada does have is a two-part roadblock scheme in NRS chapter…

Nevada does not leave the right to film police to case law. NRS 171.1233, added in the 2020 32nd Special Session, says a person who is not under arrest or in the custody of a peace…

Nevada is a stop-and-identify state, and the duty sits in a statute rather than in case law. NRS 171.123 lets a peace officer detain anyone the officer encounters under circumstances…

Nevada decriminalized most traffic offenses in 2021, and in doing so the Legislature wrote down exactly what a peace officer may do after pulling a driver over. NRS 484A.7033(1) lets…

NRS 527.260 through 527.300 establishes a statewide program to protect, conserve, and restore native flora threatened with extinction, requiring permits from the State Forester…

Nevada law explicitly permits de minimis rainwater collection from single-family rooftops for nonpotable domestic use, including watering family gardens, under NRS 533.027 enacted by…

NRS 555.150 requires every person who owns, controls, or occupies land in Nevada, along with railroads, canal and ditch companies, counties, and cities, to control weeds the State…

Nevada runs two separate schemes. A golf cart can get a DMV operating permit only "in a county whose population is 700,000 or more," which under the 2020 census reaches Clark County…

Nevada Revised Statutes Chapter 487 governs the removal, storage, and disposition of abandoned vehicles statewide, setting uniform notice, lien, and title procedures that local…

In Nevada a vehicle may be towed from private property without the owner's consent only if the property owner or an authorized agent signs a specific request, the area is properly…

For nonpayment, NRS 40.253 requires a 7-judicial-day pay-or-quit notice before summary eviction. Nevada uses a unique 'tenant-initiated' process: the tenant must file an affidavit…

NRS 118A.290 requires Nevada landlords to keep rentals habitable: sound structure, weatherproofing, working plumbing, heating, electrical, and a safe water supply. NRS 118A.360 lets…

Nevada eviction procedures are exclusively set by state law under NRS 40.251 through 40.254, allowing summary eviction for nonpayment, lease violation, or no-cause termination after…

NRS 118A.330 requires a Nevada landlord to give the tenant at least 24 hours' notice before entering and to enter only at reasonable times during normal business hours, except in an…

NRS 118A.210 caps a Nevada late fee at 5 percent of the periodic rent and requires it to be set out in the rental agreement. For tenancies longer than week-to-week, no late fee may be…

Under NRS 40.251, either party may end a month-to-month tenancy with 30 days' written notice (7 days for week-to-week). Tenants who are 60 or older or have a disability may request an…

Under NRS 118A.300, a Nevada landlord may not raise rent without serving written notice 60 days before the first increased payment, or 30 days in advance for a periodic tenancy of less…

Nevada caps a residential security deposit, including any surety bond and last month's rent, at three months' periodic rent. After the tenancy ends, the landlord has 30 days to return…

Nevada requires 5 years of continuous, adverse occupancy plus payment of all state, county, and municipal taxes for that period before a claim of adverse possession can succeed (NRS…

Nevada protects established agricultural operations from nuisance claims when farming activities pre-date conflicting non-agricultural land uses in the area.

Nevada imposes statewide transient lodging taxes on short-term rentals, including combined state and local rates that platforms or hosts must collect and remit on stays under 30 days…

Nevada law protects the right of residents to display political signs on their private property and limits the ability of homeowners associations to restrict political speech, though…

Nevada rebuilt its HOA solar law in 2025. Under NRS 116.333 an association that has adopted solar rules must approve or deny a request to install a residential solar system within 35…

Nevada protects residential solar but has no statewide SolarAPP+ or one-day permit mandate. NRS 278.0208 bars prohibiting or unreasonably restricting solar systems, and NRS 278.580…

Nevada requires charitable organizations and professional fundraisers soliciting donations to register with the Secretary of State under NRS 82A, in addition to any local door-to-door…

Nevada prohibits the sale of tobacco, vapor, and alternative nicotine products to anyone under 21 years old, aligning with federal Tobacco 21 law.

Nevada has no statewide ban on flavored tobacco or vapor products, leaving flavor regulation primarily to federal FDA authority and limited local action.

Nevada sets a statewide target of recycling at least 25 percent of municipal solid waste. The State Environmental Commission writes the rules requiring source separation of recyclables…

Nevada counts auxiliary lamps rather than rating them. NRS 484D.180 lets any motor vehicle carry up to two spot lamps, up to two auxiliary driving lamps mounted 16 to 42 inches above…

Nevada never wrote a dash-cam rule, so a windshield camera is governed by the general obstruction section. NRS 484D.435(1) bars driving with "any sign, poster or other nontransparent…

Nevada prohibits lane splitting outright. NRS 486.351(1) says a person other than an on-duty police officer "shall not drive a motorcycle or moped between moving or stationary vehicles…

Nevada has no statute that uses the words "plate cover" or "plate frame." What it has instead is NRS 482.275(5), which requires every license plate to be securely fastened, positioned…

Nevada traffic law says nothing whatever about radar detectors. The word does not appear in NRS chapters 484A through 484E, which together are the whole of the state traffic code, nor…

Nevada allows metal studded tires only between October 1 and April 30, and only where the studs are tungsten carbide or similar material and the metal touching the pavement never…

Nevada allows aftermarket film on the two windows beside the driver only if the glass and film together pass at least 35 percent of the light striking them, with a statutory tolerance…