Nevada rental housing laws
What Nevada has enacted on rental housing, what each law requires, and what the bills still moving would do. Nevada is one of 42 states that enacted a rental housing law in the 2025 and 2026 sessions.
- Bills in scope
- 12bills in scope
- Past committee
- 4past committee
- Most recent action
- 11 June 2025most recent action
Rental housing laws enacted in Nevada
3 rental housing laws enacted in the Nevada Legislature in the 2025 and 2026 sessions, newest first. Each links to the legislature's own page.
- AB 475Makes appropriations to Clark County, the City of Reno and the Nevada Rural Housing Authority for eviction diversion programs. (BDR S-1094)Enacted 11 June 2025
Eviction procedure
What it requires: Landlords must list rent as a single figure including all mandatory fees and cannot charge more than that amount. Landlords must provide at least one fee-free payment method and refund application fees if they rent to a different tenant without conducting the promised activity. Landlords must provide prospective tenants with rental agreement copies upon request.
- SB 201Prohibits certain restrictions on the display of religious or cultural items under certain circumstances. (BDR 10-122)Took effect 1 July 2025
What it requires: The executive board of an association and unit owners who rent or lease their units shall not prohibit unit owners or occupants from displaying religious or cultural items within exclusively occupied areas, except items exceeding 36 by 12 square inches, threatening health or safety, hindering door operation, violating law, promoting discrimination, or containing obscene content. Landlords face the same restriction.
Rental housing in Nevada, by topic
Eviction procedure
3 bills, 1 enacted. Enacted in 28 states.
Rent caps and stabilization
1 bill. Enacted in 11 states.
Habitability and repairs
1 bill. Enacted in 17 states.
Rental housing bills in Nevada
The bills not yet law, furthest along first, with what each would do.
3Enacted
1Cleared both chambers
8Introduced or inactive
12 bills in scope
Cleared both chambers
1
What it would do: Establishes new summary eviction procedures for non-commercial tenants defaulting on rent or committing unlawful detainer, requiring landlords to file complaints and serve tenants before court proceedings, with tenants having 7 judicial days to answer. Applies to actions accruing on or after October 1, 2025.
Introduced or inactive
8
What it would do: Requires landlords to provide tenants at least one free payment method without bank account disclosure, prohibits charging fees exceeding the payment processor's fee, requires rent be listed as a single figure including mandatory fees, and authorizes civil actions with damages up to $1,000 per deceptive violation or treble damages for willful violations.
What it would do: Prohibits landlords from refusing to rent to corporations that provide housing assistance to persons with disabilities, and requires landlords to provide written denial explanations within 7 days to the corporation, state disability services, and the ombudsman. Extends existing fair housing protections and remedies to this new prohibition.
What it would do: Prohibits counties and cities from enacting rent control ordinances and removes planning, zoning, development and redevelopment from local matters of concern. Mandates cities and counties authorize single-staircase apartments, single-room occupancy housing, multi-family housing, accessory dwelling units, and expedited residential development approval while prohibiting minimum parking, height, lot size, setback requirements and urban growth boundaries.
What it would do: Requires landlords to offer tenants the option to report positive rental payment information to consumer reporting agencies, with specified written offer contents, optional fees up to $10 monthly, and exemptions for small landlords unless they own multiple properties or are corporate entities.
What it would do: Prohibits boards of county commissioners and governing bodies of incorporated cities from enacting any ordinance or measure that imposes rent control.
What it would do: Limits rent increases for month-to-month tenancies in manufactured home parks to 60 percent of the Consumer Price Index change plus pass-through expenses, and allows landlords to apply for exemptions if operating costs exceed projected earnings.
What it would do: Authorizes property owners to submit written complaints to sheriffs to remove unlawful occupants who forcibly entered or detained dwellings, bypassing standard court procedures, if specified conditions are met. Requires the Housing Division to create a form for sellers to authorize law enforcement entry.
Bill titles link to the Nevada Legislature's own page.
What counts as rental housing legislation
In scope: Rent caps and stabilization; eviction procedure; fees, screening and rent pricing; security deposits; habitability and repairs; and short-term rentals.
Questions
Does Nevada have a rental housing law?
Yes. Nevada enacted 3 rental housing laws in the 2025 and 2026 sessions, among them AB 475, AB 121 and SB 201. Each is listed on this page with what it requires.
When do Nevada's rental housing laws take effect?
SB 201 on 1 July 2025. The others have no single date in their text.
Which rental housing bills are moving in Nevada?
1 bill not yet law has passed a committee or a chamber, the furthest along AB 283 (vetoed).
What does Nevada legislate on most in rental housing?
Eviction procedure (3 bills), Rent caps and stabilization (1 bill) and Habitability and repairs (1 bill).
Are these summaries reviewed by a lawyer?
No. Which bills count as Rental housing bills, and the line on what each law requires or each bill would do, are drafted by software from the bill's own text and not reviewed by an attorney. Every bill links to the legislature's own record: read the text before relying on it. The list covers bills from the 2025 and 2026 sessions.
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Rental housing legislation in other jurisdictions
51 more currently hold bills in this tracker
- New Jersey209
- New York197
- Connecticut99
- Massachusetts86
- Virginia72
- Texas64
- Arizona59
- Maryland59
- Montana59
- Rhode Island54
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- Utah12
- Ohio11
- Idaho10
- Mississippi10
- District of Columbia9
- Louisiana9
- North Dakota8
- Arkansas5
- Alaska3
- South Dakota3
- Puerto Rico2
- Wyoming1
Know when Nevada's rental housing law changes
An alert when a bill moves, and one report a month on what changed in every state and Congress.