Title 20

NRS 244.35253 Powers of commissioners to license, tax and regulate cannabis and cannabis products, production, registries and establishments. 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a board of county commissioners shall not fix, impose or collect a license tax for revenu…

NRS 244.3535 Restrictions on regulation of blockchains. 1. A board of county commissioners shall not: (a) Impose any tax or fee on the use of a blockchain by any person or entity; (b) Require any person or entity to obtain from the board of county commissioners any certificate, l…

NRS 244.35351 Applicability. 1. The provisions of NRS 244.35351 to 244.35359, inclusive, apply to a county whose population is 700,000 or more. 2. The provisions of NRS 244.35351 to 244.35359, inclusive, do not apply to a residential unit located within a building that is: (a) Lo…

NRS 244.353515 Definitions. As used in NRS 244.35351 to 244.35359, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 244.35352 to 244.35354, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (Added to NRS by 2021, 2392)

NRS 244.35352 “Accommodations facilitator” defined. “Accommodations facilitator” means a person, other than the owner, lessee or other lawful occupant of a residential unit, or a manager of a residential unit, who, for a fee or other charge, brokers, coordinates, makes available …

NRS 244.353525 “Authorization” defined. “Authorization” means a permit, license, registration or any other type of approval or authorization issued by a board of county commissioners or its designee to a person who, independently or using an accommodations facilitator, makes avai…

NRS 244.35353 “Hosting platform” defined. “Hosting platform” means a person who, for a fee or other charge, provides on an Internet website an online platform that facilitates the rental of a residential unit or a room within a residential unit by an owner or lessee of the reside…

NRS 244.353535 “Residential unit” defined. “Residential unit” means a single-family residence or an individual residential unit within a larger building, including, without limitation, a condominium, townhouse, duplex or other multifamily dwelling. The term does not include a tim…

NRS 244.35354 “Transient lodging” defined. “Transient lodging” has the meaning ascribed to it in the ordinance adopted pursuant to NRS 244.33565 by the board of county commissioners to define the term “transient lodging” for the purpose of all taxes imposed by the board on the re…

NRS 244.353545 Ordinance regulating rental of residential unit as transient lodging and accommodations facilitators: Requirements; penalties; restriction on regulations. 1. A board of county commissioners shall adopt and enforce an ordinance regulating: (a) The rental of a reside…

NRS 244.35355 Requirement to hold and display authorization and state business license; accommodations facilitator required to report and verify information under certain circumstances. 1. Every person who makes available for rent a residential unit or a room within a residential…

NRS 244.35356 Application for authorization; powers and duties of board of county commissioners related to processing application; requirements for person granted authorization. 1. A person who wishes to offer for rent a residential unit or a room within a residential unit for th…

NRS 244.35357 Power of board of county commissioners to impose penalties for violations of ordinance. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, in accordance with the ordinance adopted pursuant to NRS 244.353545, a board of county commissioners or its designee may: (a) Sus…

NRS 244.35358 Authority to impose additional requirements and penalties related to rental of residential units. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4 of NRS 244.353545, a board of county commissioners may impose additional requirements on a person or accommodations faci…

NRS 244.35359 Tax on revenues from rental of residential unit as transient lodging: Imposition and collection; accommodations facilitator deemed provider of transient lodging for certain purposes. 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if the board of county commissioners…

NRS 244.354 Ordinance required. The board of county commissioners of each county shall adopt an ordinance regulating and licensing outdoor assemblies. The minimum requirements set forth in NRS 244.354 to 244.3548, inclusive, may be incorporated in such ordinance. (Added to NRS by…

NRS 244.3541 “Assembly” defined. As used in NRS 244.354 to 244.3548, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, “assembly” means a company of persons gathered together for any purpose at any location, other than in a permanent building or permanent installation, which has …

NRS 244.3542 License required. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 244.35425, every person who permits, maintains, promotes, conducts, advertises, operates, undertakes, organizes, manages, sells or gives away tickets to an actual or reasonably anticipated assembly of 1,000 or mor…

NRS 244.35425 Agreement for exemption: Entry into agreement; modification or termination; required provisions; duration. 1. A board of county commissioners may enter into an agreement with any person or organization described in paragraph (b) to exempt from the provisions of any …

NRS 244.3543 Application for license: Time; contents. Application for a license to conduct such an assembly shall be made in writing to the county clerk at least 60 days prior to the time indicated for the commencement of the planned activity and shall be accompanied by a nonrefu…

NRS 244.3544 Hearing: Notice; investigation; grant, denial or conditioning of license; issuance of license. 1. Upon receipt of a complete application and the application fee, the clerk shall: (a) Set the application for public hearing at a regular meeting of the board, not less t…

NRS 244.3545 Conditions which may be imposed. The conditions which may be imposed by the board, as provided in NRS 244.3544, for the protection of the health, safety and property of local residents and persons attending such assemblies may include the following: 1. A minimum numb…

NRS 244.3546 Denial of license: Grounds; notice. 1. After holding the hearing required under NRS 244.3544, the board may deny issuance of the license if it finds any of the following: (a) That the applicant fails to meet the conditions imposed pursuant to the provisions of NRS 24…

NRS 244.3547 Revocation and reinstatement of license; notice. 1. The board may revoke any license or may reinstate any license on such suitable conditions as are determined by the board. 2. Notice of intent to revoke shall be given and the licensee is entitled to a hearing. (Adde…

NRS 244.3548 Unlawful acts. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 244.35425, it is unlawful for any licensee or any employee, agent or associate of a licensee to: 1. Hold an actual or reasonably anticipated assembly of 1,000 or more persons without first procuring a license to do s…

NRS 244.35481 Applicability. The provisions of NRS 244.35481 to 244.35488, inclusive, apply only to a county whose population is 100,000 or more. (Added to NRS by 2023, 1432)

NRS 244.35482 “Sidewalk vendor” defined. As used in NRS 244.35481 to 244.35488, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, “sidewalk vendor” means a person who sells food upon a public sidewalk or other pedestrian path from a conveyance, including, without limitation, a pu…

NRS 244.35483 Adoption of ordinance regulating sidewalk vendors: Exceptions; prohibitions. 1. A board of county commissioners may adopt an ordinance regulating sidewalk vendors in accordance with the requirements of NRS 244.35481 to 244.35488, inclusive. 2. Except as otherwise pr…

NRS 244.35484 Unlawful acts; penalties; exceptions. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, a person shall not sell food, beverages or merchandise upon a public sidewalk or pedestrian path from a conveyance, including, without limitation, a pushcart, stand, display, peda…

NRS 244.35485 Ordinance regulating sidewalk vendors: Requirements. An ordinance adopted by a board of county commissioners regulating sidewalk vendors pursuant to NRS 244.35483 may require that a sidewalk vendor: 1. Hold: (a) A permit or license for sidewalk vending; (b) A state …

NRS 244.35486 Ordinance regulating sidewalk vendors: Authorized provisions. 1. In addition to the provisions of NRS 244.35485, an ordinance adopted by a board of county commissioners that regulates sidewalk vendors may: (a) Adopt requirements regulating the time, place and manner…

NRS 244.35487 Power of board of county commissioners to impose penalties for violations of ordinance. 1. In accordance with an ordinance adopted pursuant to NRS 244.35481 to 244.35488, inclusive, a board of county commissioners or its designee may: (a) Suspend or revoke any permi…

NRS 244.35488 Limitations on effect of provisions. The provisions of NRS 244.35481 to 244.35488, inclusive, shall not be construed to: 1. Exempt a person from complying with any state or local law or regulation; 2. Provide a defense to any criminal charge unrelated to the act of …

NRS 244.3549 Duty to adopt certain terms related to group homes by ordinance. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 2 and 3, each board of county commissioners shall adopt an ordinance using the following terms to describe the following types of facilities, homes, houses…

NRS 244.355 Animals running at large on highways may be prohibited by ordinance. 1. The boards of county commissioners of the respective counties are authorized, upon petition of 20 percent of the taxpayers residing in any district herein defined, to pass ordinances prohibiting h…

NRS 244.3555 Permits to solicit charitable contributions while standing on median strip of highway or sidewalk adjacent to highway. 1. The boards of county commissioners of a county whose population is 700,000 or more shall provide by ordinance for the issuance of permits to char…

NRS 244.356 Ordinance regulating traffic on streets of residential and commercial areas in federal military installation authorized. The board of county commissioners of a county in which a federal military installation is located and where exclusive federal jurisdiction is no ba…

NRS 244.3565 Ordinance regulating use of mobile carrying device or personal delivery device in unincorporated area of county; limitations. 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the board of commissioners of each county in this State may, to protect the health and safet…

NRS 244.357 Police, sanitary, loitering, prowling and traffic ordinances: Enactment and enforcement. 1. Each board of county commissioners may enact and enforce such local police and sanitary ordinances and regulations as are not in conflict with the general laws and regulations …

NRS 244.35705 Ordinance concerning criminal gang activity and certain buildings and places harboring such activity: Injunctions; damages, fees and costs; violation of injunction; immune entities. 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law or ordinance, each board of count…

NRS 244.35707 Ordinance designating corridor in which crime poses significant risk to public safety and economic welfare. 1. In a county whose population is 700,000 or more, the board of county commissioners shall adopt an ordinance that designates the geographic boundaries of on…

NRS 244.3571 Ordinance to regulate operation of electric personal assistive mobility devices or certain vehicles operated by security guards. 1. Each board of county commissioners may, to protect the health and safety of the public, enact an ordinance which regulates the time, pl…

NRS 244.3572 Ordinance to establish offense related to purchase, possession or use of tobacco products by children. 1. A board of county commissioners may adopt an ordinance to establish an offense related to tobacco that may include provisions which prohibit a child who is under…

NRS 244.3573 Provision of public safety within certain areas of mobile home park. 1. Members of a county law enforcement agency, or if the county is within the jurisdiction of a metropolitan police department, the members of the metropolitan police department, may patrol and prov…

NRS 244.3575 Ordinances regulating parking: Civil penalty in lieu of criminal sanction. A board of county commissioners may by ordinance provide that the violation of a specific ordinance regulating parking imposes a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed $155, instead of a cri…

NRS 244.358 Ordinance for control of rabies. In order to control rabies and to protect the public health and welfare, the board of county commissioners of each county of this state shall enact an ordinance providing for a rabies control program and shall include within the ordina…