Las Vegas, NV Trash & Recycling: Illegal Dumping (2026)
Key Facts
- Litter fine range
- $50-$500 per violation
- Jail exposure
- 30 days to 6 months
- Cleanup order deadline
- 10 days mail / 7 days hand
- Appeal window
- 7 days to City Council
- City cleanup fee
- $75 processing fee
- Dumping presumption
- Owner presumed responsible, LVMC 9.08.040
Summary
Las Vegas bans throwing or depositing litter on any street, sidewalk or public place under LVMC 9.12.070, and separately makes it unlawful to dump solid waste on private property under LVMC 9.08.040. Violating the litter ban is a misdemeanor carrying a $50 to $500 fine and 30 days to 6 months in the City Jail under LVMC 9.12.180, with every day a separate offense.
9.12.070 - Litter in public places. No person shall throw or deposit, or cause to be thrown or deposited, in or upon any street, sidewalk or other public place within the City any litter. ... 9.12.180 - Violation of Sections 9.12.030, 9.12.050, 9.12.060 or 9.12.070-Penalty. Any person who violates or fails to comply with any of the provisions of Sections 9.12.030, 9.12.050, 9.12.060 or 9.12.070 of this Chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, imprisonment in the City Jail for not less than thirty days or more than six months, or both. Every day of such violation constitutes 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
020(B). 070 makes it unlawful to throw or deposit litter in or upon any street, sidewalk or other public place in the City. 050 separately bans depositing litter on private property, whether or not you own it, unless it goes into a collection receptacle in a manner that keeps it from blowing onto a street or neighboring property. 040 declares litter a nuisance outright. 060 requires the owner or person in control of private property to keep the premises free of litter at all times, storing any debris in suitable receptacles so it can't be carried by wind onto a street or someone else's land.
090, which stays enforcement pending a hearing. 110. 040 makes it unlawful to throw, deposit, place or accumulate solid waste, hazardous waste or recyclables on any street, alley or highway, or on another person's property, and creates a rebuttable presumption that the property owner is responsible for illegal dumping found on their land. 180: a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than fifty dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, imprisonment in the City Jail for not less than thirty days nor more than six months, or both, with each day of continuing violation treated as a separate offense.
Violations & Fines
A litter conviction under LVMC 9.12.180 draws a fine of $50 to $500, 30 days to 6 months in jail, or both, with each day treated as a new offense. Property owners who ignore a City order to clean up face City-performed cleanup billed to them plus a $75 processing fee under LVMC 9.12.110, and illegal solid-waste dumping under LVMC 9.08.040 carries its own rebuttable presumption of owner liability.
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