Nevada Plumbing Licensing Law

Nevada Code · 48 sections

The following is the full text of Nevada’s plumbing licensing law statutes as published in the Nevada Code. For the official version, see the Nevada Legislature.

NRS 104.9102

NRS

104.9102

Definitions and index of definitions.

In this Article:

(a) Accession means goods that are physically united with other goods in such a manner that the identity of the original goods is not lost.

(b) Account, except as used in account for, account statement, account to, commodity account in paragraph (o), customers account, deposit account in paragraph (ff), on account of and statement of account means a right to payment of a monetary obligation, whether or not earned by performance, for property that has been or is to be sold, leased, licensed, assigned, or otherwise disposed of; for services rendered or to be rendered; for a policy of insurance issued or to be issued; for a secondary obligation incurred or to be incurred; for energy provided or to be provided; for the use or hire of a vessel under a charter or other contract; arising out of the use of a credit or charge card or information contained on or for use with the card; or as winnings in a lottery or other game of chance operated or sponsored by a state, governmental unit of a state, or person licensed or authorized to operate the game by a state or governmental unit of a state. The term includes controllable accounts and health-care-insurance receivables. The term does not include chattel paper; commercial tort claims; deposit accounts; investment property; letter-of-credit rights or letters of credit; rights to payment for money or funds advanced or sold, other than rights arising out of the use of a credit or charge card or information contained on or for use with the card; or rights to payment evidenced by an instrument.

(c) Account debtor means a person obligated on an account, chattel paper or general intangible. The term does not include persons obligated to pay a negotiable instrument, even if the negotiable instrument evidences chattel paper.

(d) Accounting, except as used in accounting for, means a record:

(1) Signed by a secured party;

(2) Indicating the aggregate unpaid secured obligations as of a date not more than 35 days earlier or 35 days later than the date of the record; and

(3) Identifying the components of the obligations in reasonable detail.

(e) Agricultural lien means an interest, other than a security interest, in farm products:

(1) Which secures payment or performance of an obligation for:

(I) Goods or services furnished in connection with a debtors farming operation; or

(II) Rent on real property leased by a debtor in connection with its farming operation;

(2) Which is created by statute in favor of a person that:

(I) In the ordinary course of its business furnished goods or services to a debtor in connection with his or her farming operation; or

(II) Leased real property to a debtor in connection with his or her farming operation; and

(3) Whose effectiveness does not depend on the persons possession of the personal property.

(f) As-extracted collateral means:

(1) Oil, gas or other minerals that are subject to a security interest that:

(I) Is created by a debtor having an interest in the minerals before extraction; and

(II) Attaches to the minerals as extracted; or

(2) Accounts arising out of the sale at the wellhead or minehead of oil, gas or other minerals in which the debtor had an interest before extraction.

(g) Assignee, except as used in assignee for benefit of creditors, means a person:

(1) In whose favor a security interest that secures an obligation is created or provided for under a security agreement, whether or not the obligation is outstanding; or

(2) To which an account, chattel paper, payment intangible or promissory note has been sold.

Ê The term includes a person to which a security interest has been transferred by a secured party.

(h) Assignor means a person that:

(1) Under a security agreement creates or provides for a security interest that secures an obligation; or

(2) Sells an account, chattel paper, payment intangible or promissory note.

Ê The term includes a secured party that has transferred a security interest to another person.

(i) Bank means an organization that is engaged in the business of banking. The term includes savings banks, savings and loan associations, credit unions and trust companies.

(j) Cash proceeds means proceeds that are money, checks, deposit accounts or the like.

(k) Certificate of title means a certificate of title with respect to which a statute provides for the security interest in question to be indicated on the certificate as a condition or result of the security interests obtaining priority over the rights of a lien creditor with respect to the collateral. The term includes another record maintained as an alternative to a certificate of title by the governmental unit that issues certificates of title if a statute permits the security interest in question to be indicated on the record as a condition or result of the security interests obtaining priority over the rights of a lien creditor with respect to the collateral.

(l) Chattel paper means:

(1) A right to payment of a monetary obligation secured by specific goods, if the right to payment and security agreement are evidenced by a record; or

(2) A right to payment of a monetary obligation owed by a lessee under a lease agreement with respect to specific goods and a monetary obligation owed by the lessee in connection with the transaction giving rise to the lease, if:

(I) The right to payment and lease agreement are evidenced by a record; and

(II) The predominant purpose of the transaction giving rise to the lease was to give the lessee the right to possession and use of the goods.

Ê The term does not include a right to payment arising out of a charter or other contract involving the use or hire of a vessel or a right to payment arising out of the use of a credit or charge card or information contained on or for use with the card.

(m) Collateral means the property subject to a security interest or agricultural lien. The term includes:

(1) Proceeds to which a security interest attaches;

(2) Accounts, chattel paper, payment intangibles and promissory notes that have been sold; and

(3) Goods that are the subject of a consignment.

(n) Commercial tort claim means a claim arising in tort with respect to which:

(1) The claimant is an organization; or

(2) The claimant is a natural person and the claim:

(I) Arose in the course of the claimants business or profession; and

(II) Does not include damages arising out of personal injury to or the death of a natural person.

(o) Commodity account means an account maintained by a commodity intermediary in which a commodity contract is carried for a commodity customer.

(p) Commodity contract means a commodity futures contract, an option on a commodity futures contract, a commodity option or another contract if the contract or option is:

(1) Traded on or subject to the rules of a board of trade that has been designated as a contract market for such a contract pursuant to federal commodities laws; or

(2) Traded on a foreign commodity board of trade, exchange or market, and is carried on the books of a commodity intermediary for a commodity customer.

(q) Commodity customer means a person for which a commodity intermediary carries a commodity contract on its books.

(r) Commodity intermediary means a person that:

(1) Is registered as a futures commission merchant under federal commodities law; or

(2) In the ordinary course of its business provides clearance or settlement services for a board of trade that has been designated as a contract market pursuant to federal commodities law.

(s) Communicate means:

(1) To send a written or other tangible record;

(2) To transmit a record by any means agreed upon by the persons sending and receiving the record; or

(3) In the case of transmission of a record to or by a filing office, to transmit a record by any means prescribed by filing-office rule.

(t) Consignee means a merchant to which goods are delivered in a consignment.

(u) Consignment means a transaction, regardless of its form, in which a person delivers goods to a merchant for the purpose of sale and:

(1) The merchant:

(I) Deals in goods of that kind under a name other than the name of the person making delivery;

(II) Is not an auctioneer; and

(III) Is not generally known by its creditors to be substantially engaged in selling the goods of others;

(2) With respect to each delivery, the aggregate value of the goods is $1,000 or more at the time of delivery;

(3) The goods are not consumer goods immediately before delivery; and

(4) The transaction does not create a security interest that secures an obligation.

(v) Consignor means a person that delivers goods to a consignee in a consignment.

(w) Consumer debtor means a debtor in a consumer transaction.

(x) Consumer goods means goods that are used or bought for use primarily for personal, family or household purposes.

(y) Consumer-goods transaction means a consumer transaction to the extent that:

(1) A natural person incurs an obligation primarily for personal, family or household purposes; and

(2) A security interest in consumer goods or in consumer goods and software that is held or acquired primarily for personal, family or household purposes secures the obligation.

(z) Consumer obligor means an obligor who is a natural person and who incurred the obligation as part of a transaction entered into primarily for personal, family or household purposes.

(aa) Consumer transaction means a transaction to the extent that a natural person incurs an obligation primarily for personal, family or household purposes; a security interest secures the obligation; and the collateral is held or acquired primarily for personal, family or household purposes. The term includes consumer-goods transactions.

(bb) Continuation statement means a change of a financing statement which:

(1) Identifies, by its file number, the initial financing statement to which it relates; and

(2) Indicates that it is a continuation statement for, or that it is filed to continue the effectiveness of, the identified financing statement.

(cc) Controllable account means an account evidenced by a controllable electronic record that provides that the account debtor undertakes to pay the person that has control under NRS 104B.12105 of the controllable electronic record.

(dd) Controllable payment intangible means a payment intangible evidenced by a controllable electronic record that provides that the account debtor undertakes to pay the person that has control under NRS 104B.12105 of the controllable electronic record.

(ee) Debtor means:

(1) A person having an interest, other than a security interest or other lien, in the collateral, whether or not the person is an obligor;

(2) A seller of accounts, chattel paper,

payment intangibles or promissory notes; or

(3) A consignee.

(ff) Deposit account means a demand, time, savings, passbook or similar account maintained with a bank. The term does not include investment property or accounts evidenced by an instrument.

(gg) Document means a document of title or a receipt of the type described in subsection 2 of NRS 104.7201 .

(hh) Encumbrance means a right, other than an ownership interest, in real property. The term includes mortgages and other liens on real property.

(ii) Equipment means goods other than inventory, farm products or consumer goods.

(jj) Farm products means goods, other than standing timber, with respect to which the debtor is engaged in a farming operation and which are:

(1) Crops grown, growing or to be grown, including:

(I) Crops produced on trees, vines and bushes; and

(II) Aquatic goods produced in aquacultural operations;

(2) Livestock, born or unborn, including aquatic goods produced in aquacultural operations;

(3) Supplies used or produced in a farming operation; or

(4) Products of crops or livestock in their unmanufactured states.

(kk) Farming operation means raising, cultivating, propagating, fattening, grazing, or any other farming, livestock, or aquacultural operation.

(ll) File number means the number assigned to an initial financing statement pursuant to subsection 1 of NRS 104.9519 .

(mm) Filing office means an office designated in NRS 104.9501 as the place to file a financing statement.

(nn) Filing-office rule means a rule adopted pursuant to NRS 104.9526 .

(oo) Financing statement means a record or records composed of an initial financing statement and any filed record relating to the initial financing statement.

(pp) Fixture filing means the filing of a financing statement covering goods that are or are to become fixtures and satisfying subsections 1 and 2 of NRS 104.9502 . The term includes the filing of a financing statement covering goods of a transmitting utility which are or are to become fixtures.

(qq) Fixtures means goods that have become so related to particular real property that an interest in them arises under real property law.

(rr) General intangible means any personal property, including things in action, other than accounts, chattel paper, commercial tort claims, deposit accounts, documents, goods, instruments, investment property, letter-of-credit rights, letters of credit, money, and oil, gas or other minerals before extraction. The term includes controllable electronic records, payment intangibles and software.

(ss) Goods means all things that are movable when a security interest attaches. The term includes fixtures; standing timber that is to be cut and removed under a conveyance or contract for sale; the unborn young of animals; crops grown, growing, or to be grown, even if the crops are produced on trees, vines, or bushes; and manufactured homes. The term also includes a computer program embedded in goods and any supporting information provided in connection with a transaction relating to the program if the program is associated with the goods in such a manner that it customarily is considered part of the goods, or by becoming the owner of the goods, a person acquires a right to use the program in connection with the goods. The term does not include a computer program embedded in goods that consist solely of the medium in which the program is embedded. The term also does not include accounts, chattel paper, commercial tort claims, deposit accounts, documents, general intangibles, instruments, investment property, letter-of-credit rights, letters of credit, money, or oil, gas or other minerals before extraction.

(tt) Governmental unit means a subdivision, agency, department, county, parish, municipality, or other unit of the government of the United States, a state, or a foreign country. The term includes an organization having a separate corporate existence if the organization is eligible to issue debt on which interest is exempt from income taxation under the laws of the United States.

(uu) Health-care-insurance receivable means an interest in or claim under a policy of insurance which is a right to payment of a monetary obligation for health-care goods or services provided.

(vv) Instrument means a negotiable instrument or any other writing that evidences a right to the payment of a monetary obligation, is not itself a security agreement or lease, and is of a type that in ordinary course of business is transferred by delivery with any necessary endorsement or assignment. The term does not include investment property, letters of credit, writings that evidence a right to payment arising out of the use of a credit or charge card or information contained on or for use with the card or writings that evidence chattel paper.

(ww) Inventory means goods, other than farm products, which:

(1) Are leased by a person as lessor;

(2) Are held by a person for sale or lease or to be furnished under a contract of service;

(3) Are furnished by a person under a contract of service; or

(4) Consist of raw materials, work in process, or materials used or consumed in a business.

(xx) Investment property means a security, whether certificated or uncertificated, security entitlement, securities account, commodity contract, or commodity account.

(yy) Jurisdiction of organization, with respect to a registered organization, means the jurisdiction under whose law the organization is formed or organized.

(zz) Letter-of-credit right means a right to payment or performance under a letter of credit, whether or not the beneficiary has demanded or is at the time entitled to demand payment or performance. The term does not include the right of a beneficiary to demand payment or performance under a letter of credit.

(aaa) Lien creditor means:

(1) A creditor that has acquired a lien on the property involved by attachment, levy or the like;

(2) An assignee for benefit of creditors from the time of assignment;

(3) A trustee in bankruptcy from the date of the filing of the petition; or

(4) A receiver in equity from the time of appointment.

(bbb) Manufactured home means a structure, transportable in one or more sections, which in the traveling mode, is 8 feet or more in body width or 40 feet or more in body length, or, when erected on-site, is 320 or more square feet, and which is built on a permanent chassis and designed to be used as a dwelling with or without a permanent foundation when connected to the required utilities, and includes the plumbing, heating, air-conditioning and electrical systems contained therein. The term includes any structure that meets all of the requirements of this paragraph except the size requirements and with respect to which the manufacturer voluntarily files a certification required by the United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and complies with the standards established under Title 42 of the United States Code.

(ccc) Manufactured-home transaction means a secured transaction:

(1) That creates a purchase-money security interest in a manufactured home, other than a manufactured home held as inventory; or

(2) In which a manufactured home, other than a manufactured home held as inventory, is the primary collateral.

(ddd) Money has the meaning ascribed to it in paragraph (y) of subsection 2 of NRS 104.1201 , but does not include a deposit account.

(eee) Mortgage means a consensual interest in real property, including fixtures, which is created by a mortgage, deed of trust, or similar transaction.

(fff) New debtor means a person that becomes bound as debtor under subsection 4 of NRS 104.9203 by a security agreement previously entered into by another person.

(ggg) New value means money; moneys worth in property, services or new credit; or release by a transferee of an interest in property previously transferred to the transferee. The term does not include an obligation substituted for another obligation.

(hhh) Noncash proceeds means proceeds other than cash proceeds.

(iii) Obligor means a person that, with respect to an obligation secured by a security interest in or an agricultural lien on the collateral, owes payment or other performance of the obligation, has provided property other than the collateral to secure payment or other performance of the obligation, or is otherwise accountable in whole or in part for payment or other performance of the obligation. The term does not include an issuer or a nominated person under a letter of credit.

(jjj) Original debtor means, except as used in subsection 3 of NRS 104.9310 , a person that, as debtor, entered into a security agreement to which a new debtor has become bound under subsection 4 of NRS 104.9203 .

(kkk) Payment intangible means a general intangible under which the account debtors principal obligation is a monetary obligation. The term includes a controllable payment intangible.

(lll) Person related to, with respect to a natural person, means:

(1) The persons spouse;

(2) The persons brother, brother-in-law, sister or sister-in-law;

(3) The persons or the persons spouses ancestor or lineal descendant; or

(4) Any other relative, by blood or marriage, of the person or the persons spouse who shares the same home with him or her.

(mmm) Person related to, with respect to an organization, means:

(1) A person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with the organization;

(2) An officer or director of, or a person performing similar functions with respect to, the organization;

(3) An officer or director of, or a person performing similar functions with respect to, a person described in subparagraph (1);

(4) The spouse of a natural person described in subparagraph (1), (2) or (3); or

(5) A person who is related by blood or marriage to a person described in subparagraph (1), (2), (3) or (4) and shares the same home with that person.

(nnn) Proceeds means, except as used in subsection 2 of NRS 104.9609 , the following property:

(1) Whatever is acquired upon the sale, lease, license, exchange or other disposition of collateral;

(2) Whatever is collected on, or distributed on account of, collateral;

(3) Rights arising out of collateral;

(4) To the extent of the value of collateral, claims arising out of the loss, nonconformity, or interference with the use of, defects or infringement of rights in, or damage to, the collateral; and

(5) To the extent of the value of collateral and to the extent payable to the debtor or the secured party, insurance payable by reason of the loss or nonconformity of, defects or infringement of rights in, or damage to, the collateral.

(ooo) Promissory note means an instrument that evidences a promise to pay a monetary obligation, does not evidence an order to pay, and does not contain an acknowledgment by a bank that the bank has received for deposit a sum of money or funds.

(ppp) Proposal means a record signed by a secured party which includes the terms on which the secured party is willing to accept collateral in full or partial satisfaction of the obligation it secures pursuant to NRS 104.9620 , 104.9621 and 104.9622 .

(qqq) Public-finance transaction means a secured transaction in connection with which:

(1) Debt securities are issued;

(2) All or a portion of the securities issued have an initial stated maturity of at least 20 years; and

(3) The debtor, the obligor, the secured party, the account debtor or other person obligated on collateral, the assignor or assignee of a secured obligation, or the assignor or assignee of a security interest is a state or a governmental unit of a state.

(rrr) Public organic record means a record that is available to the public for inspection and is:

(1) A record consisting of the record

initially filed with or issued by a state or the United States to form or organize an organization and any record filed with or issued by the state or the United States which amends or restates the initial record;

(2) An organic record of a business trust consisting of the record initially filed with a state and any record filed with the state which amends or restates the initial record, if a statute of the state governing business trusts requires that the record be filed with the state; or

(3) A record consisting of legislation enacted by the legislature of a state or the Congress of the United States which forms or organizes an organization, any record amending the legislation and any record filed with or issued by the state or the United States which amends or restates the name of the organization.

(sss) Pursuant to commitment, with respect to an advance made or other value given by a secured party, means pursuant to the secured partys obligation, whether or not a subsequent event of default or other event not within the secured partys control has relieved or may relieve the secured party from its obligation.

(ttt) Record, except as used in for record, of record, record or legal title, and record owner, means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or which is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form.

(uuu) Registered organization means an organization formed or organized solely under the law of a single state or the United States by the filing of a public organic record with, the issuance of a public organic record by, or the enactment of legislation by the state or the United States. The term includes a business trust that is formed or organized under the law of a single state if a statute of the state governing business trusts requires that the business trusts organic record be filed with the state.

(vvv) Secondary obligor means an obligor to the extent that:

(1) The obligors obligation is secondary; or

(2) The obligor has a right of recourse with respect to an obligation secured by collateral against the debtor, another obligor or property of either.

(www) Secured party means:

(1) A person in whose favor a security interest is created or provided for under a security agreement, whether or not any obligation to be secured is outstanding;

(2) A person that holds an agricultural lien;

(3) A consignor;

(4) A person to which accounts, chattel paper, payment intangibles or promissory notes have been sold;

(5) A trustee, indenture trustee, agent, collateral agent or other representative in whose favor a security interest or agricultural lien is created or provided for; or

(6) A person that holds a security interest arising under NRS 104.2401 , 104.2505 , subsection 3 of NRS 104.2711 , NRS 104.4210 , 104.5118 or subsection 5 of NRS 104A.2508 .

(xxx) Security agreement means an agreement that creates or provides for a security interest.

(yyy) Software means a computer program and any supporting information provided in connection with a transaction relating to the program. The term does not include a computer program that is contained in goods unless the goods are a computer or computer peripheral.

(zzz) State means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.

(aaaa) Supporting obligation means a letter-of-credit right or secondary obligation that supports the payment or performance of an account, chattel paper, document, general intangible, instrument or investment property.

(bbbb) Termination statement means a subsequent filing which:

(1) Identifies, by its file number, the initial financing statement to which it relates; and

(2) Indicates either that it is a termination statement or that the identified financing statement is no longer effective.

(cccc) Transmitting utility means a person primarily engaged in the business of:

(1) Operating a railroad, subway, street railway or trolley bus;

(2) Transmitting communications electrically, electromagnetically or by light;

(3) Transmitting goods by pipeline;

(4) Providing sewerage; or

(5) Transmitting or producing and transmitting electricity, steam, gas or water.

Control as provided in NRS 104.7106 and the following definitions in other Articles apply to this Article:

Applicant. NRS 104.5102 .

Beneficiary. NRS 104.5102 .

Broker. NRS 104.8102 .

Certificated security. NRS 104.8102 .

Check. NRS 104.3104 .

Clearing corporation. NRS 104.8102 .

Contract for sale. NRS 104.2106 .

Controllable electronic record. NRS 104B.12102 .

Customer. NRS 104.4104 .

Entitlement holder. NRS 104.8102 .

Financial asset. NRS 104.8102 .

Holder in due course. NRS 104.3302 .

Issuer (with respect to a letter of credit or letter-of-credit right). NRS 104.5102 .

Issuer (with respect to a security). NRS 104.8201 .

Issuer (with respect to documents of title). NRS 104.7102 .

Lease. NRS 104A.2103 .

Lease agreement. NRS 104A.2103 .

Lease contract. NRS 104A.2103 .

Leasehold interest. NRS 104A.2103 .

Lessee. NRS 104A.2103 .

Lessee in ordinary course of business. NRS 104A.2103 .

Lessor. NRS 104A.2103 .

Lessors residual interest. NRS 104A.2103 .

Letter of credit. NRS 104.5102 .

Merchant. NRS 104.2104 .

Negotiable instrument. NRS 104.3104 .

Nominated person. NRS 104.5102 .

Note. NRS 104.3104 .

Proceeds of a letter of credit. NRS 104.5114 .

Protected purchaser. NRS 104.8303 .

Prove. NRS 104.3103 .

Qualifying purchaser. NRS 104B.12102 .

Sale. NRS 104.2106 .

Securities account. NRS 104.8501 .

Securities intermediary. NRS 104.8102 .

Security. NRS 104.8102 .

Security certificate. NRS 104.8102 .

Security entitlement. NRS 104.8102 .

Uncertificated security. NRS 104.8102 .

Article 1 contains general definitions and principles of construction and interpretation applicable throughout this Article.

(Added to NRS by 1999, 281 ; A 2001, 710 ; 2005, 860 ; 2011, 608 ; 2023, 3193 )

NRS 111.2397

NRS

111.2397

Prohibition on entering into or recording certain service agreements.

A service provider shall not enter into or record a service agreement with an owner of residential property that provides for performance of the service agreement more than 1 year from the date of execution of the service agreement if the service agreement:

(a) Purports to run with the land or bind future owners of interests in the residential property;

(b) Allows for the assignment of the right to provide service without requiring notice to and agreement of the owner of the residential property; or

(c) Purports to create a security interest in the residential property, including, without limitation, a lien or encumbrance.

The provisions of this section do not apply to:

(a) A home warranty or similar product that covers the cost of maintenance of a major housing system, including, without limitation, a plumbing or electrical system, for a set period of time;

(b) An insurance contract;

(d) A maintenance or repair agreement entered into by a homeowners association in a common-interest community;

(e) A mechanics lien;

(f) A mortgage loan or a commitment to make or receive a mortgage loan;

(g) A security agreement relating to the sale or rental of personal property or fixtures;

(h) Any utility service provided by a public utility, including, without limitation, water, sewer, electrical, telephone or cable; or

(i) A declaration created in the formation of a common-interest community or an amendment thereto.

A service agreement prohibited pursuant to this section that is recorded on or after June 15, 2023, is void and unenforceable. A county recorder may refuse to record any written instrument that contains a service agreement that is prohibited pursuant to this section. A person who submits a written instrument for recordation to the county recorder that contains such a service agreement is guilty of a misdemeanor.
The recording of a service agreement prohibited pursuant to this section does not provide actual or constructive notice to a bona fide purchaser or creditor of residential property.
A violation of subsection 1 constitutes a deceptive trade practice for the purposes of NRS 598.0903 to 598.0999 , inclusive. Any person with an interest in a residential property for which a service agreement prohibited pursuant to this section is recorded may bring a civil action in any court of competent jurisdiction for such a violation. If a person brings such an action, the court may award the person:

(a) Any equitable relief that the court deems appropriate;

(b) Actual damages; and

On or before July 31, 2023, a service provider that has entered into a service agreement on or before June 15, 2023, shall record a notice of service agreement with the county recorder of the county in which the real property that is the subject of the service agreement is located, which must include, without limitation:

(a) The title Notice of Service Agreement in not less than 14-point boldface type;

(b) A legal description of the real property;

(d) The date or circumstances under which the obligation set forth in the service agreement expires;

(e) The name, address and telephone number of the service provider; and

(f) If the service provider is:

(1) A natural person, the notarized signature of the service provider; or

(2) A business entity, the notarized signature of an authorized officer or employee of the business entity.

If a service provider fails to record the notice required pursuant to subsection 6 on or before July 31, 2023, the service agreement is hereby declared void and unenforceable and any interest in the real property that is subject to the service agreement may be conveyed free and clear of the service agreement.
As used in this section:

(a) Residential property means any land in this State which is primarily used for personal, family or household purposes to which is affixed not less than one nor more than four dwelling units.

(b) Service agreement means a contract under which a person agrees to provide services in connection with the maintenance, purchase or sale of residential property.

(Added to NRS by 2023, 3478 )

ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF INSTRUMENTS

NRS 113.120

NRS

113.120

Regulations prescribing format and contents of form for disclosing condition of property.

The Real Estate Division of the Department of Business and Industry shall adopt regulations prescribing the format and contents of a form for disclosing the condition of residential property offered for sale. The regulations must ensure that the form:

Provides for an evaluation of the condition of any electrical, heating, cooling, plumbing and sewer systems on the property, and of the condition of any other aspects of the property which affect its use or value, and allows the seller of the property to indicate whether or not each of those systems and other aspects of the property has a defect of which the seller is aware.
Provides notice:

(a) Of the provisions of NRS 113.140 and subsection 5 of NRS 113.150 .

(b) That the disclosures set forth in the form are made by the seller and not by the sellers agent.

(c) That the sellers agent, and the agent of the purchaser or potential purchaser of the residential property, may reveal the completed form and its contents to any purchaser or potential purchaser of the residential property.

(Added to NRS by 1995, 842 )

NRS 244.105

NRS

244.105

Procedure for enactment of specialized or uniform code.

An ordinance which adopts:

(a) A specialized or uniform building, plumbing or electrical code printed in the form of a book or pamphlet;

(b) Any other specialized or uniform code; or

Ê may adopt it by reference with such changes as may be necessary to make it applicable to conditions in the county, and with such other changes as may be desirable.

The code upon adoption need not be published as required by NRS 244.100 if an adequate number of copies of the code, either typewritten or printed, with the changes, if any, have been filed for use and examination by the public in the office of the county clerk. Notice of the filing must be given by one publication in a newspaper having a general circulation in the county, and the copies must be filed, at least 10 days before the passage of the ordinance.

[2.1:296:1955]—(NRS A 1983, 363 )

NRS 244.35356

NRS

244.35356

Application for authorization; powers and duties of board of county commissioners related to processing application; requirements for person granted authorization.

A person who wishes to offer for rent a residential unit or a room within a residential unit for the purposes of transient lodging independently or using an accommodations facilitator must file a written application for an authorization with the agency, officer or department designated by the board of county commissioners in the ordinance and in the form set forth in the ordinance adopted pursuant to NRS 244.353545 .
Upon receipt of an application for an authorization, the board of county commissioners may hold a public hearing on the application.
Before granting, denying or renewing an authorization, the board of county commissioners or its designee may conduct any necessary health, safety or fire inspection of the residential unit. The costs of any inspection must be paid by the applicant.
The board of county commissioners or its designee may grant or deny the authorization. If the board of county commissioners or its designee grants an authorization, the board or its designee, as applicable, shall include such terms and conditions for the rental of the residential unit or a room within the residential unit for the purposes of transient lodging that the board or its designee deems necessary for the health and safety of the residents of the county. The conditions imposed by the board or designee must include, without limitation, provisions stipulating that the holder of the authorization is subject to the oversight and enforcement authority of the county and the local health authority, law enforcement agency and fire department having jurisdiction in the county.
A person who is granted an authorization pursuant to this section must, without limitation:

(a) Pay an annual fee for the authorization in an amount established in the ordinance adopted by the board of county commissioners pursuant to NRS 244.353545 . The board of county commissioners may increase the annual fee in an amendment to the ordinance.

(b) Maintain insurance which identifies that the property is used for transient lodging with a minimum liability coverage in an amount set forth in the ordinance adopted pursuant to NRS 244.353545 .

(c) Have a designated local representative who is responsible for the rental and available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to respond to any issues relating to the residential unit.

(d) Include educational information in the residential unit for any renters, which must include, without limitation, the occupancy limitations for the residential units, emergency telephone numbers, the telephone number of the designated local representative, safety information, trash requirements, parking rules and noise regulations.

(e) Ensure that the address of the residential unit is clearly visible from the roadway.

(f) Maintain the residential unit in a safe and hazard-free condition, including, without limitation, all mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems within the residential unit.

(g) Ensure that the residential unit is equipped with a fire extinguisher, a smoke alarm or detector and a carbon monoxide alarm or detector.

(Added to NRS by 2021, 2394 )

NRS 244.366

NRS

244.366

Water and sewer facilities: Construction; acquisition; operation and maintenance; unlawful acts; penalty.

The board of county commissioners of any county whose population is 700,000 or more has the power, outside of the limits of incorporated cities and towns:

(a) To construct, acquire by gift, purchase or the exercise of eminent domain, otherwise acquire, reconstruct, improve, extend, better and repair water and sewer facilities, such as:

(1) A water system, including but not limited to water mains, conduits, aqueducts, pipelines, ditches, canals, pumping stations, and all appurtenances and machinery necessary or useful and convenient for obtaining, transporting or transferring water.

(2) A water treatment plant, including but not limited to reservoirs, storage facilities, and all appurtenances necessary or useful and convenient thereto for the collection, storage and treatment, purification and disposal of water for domestic uses and purposes.

(3) A storm sewer or sanitary sewage collection system, including but not limited to intercepting sewers, outfall sewers, force mains, collecting sewers, storm sewers, combined sanitary and storm sewers, pumping stations, ejector stations, and all other appurtenances necessary, useful or convenient for the collection, transportation and disposal of sewage.

(4) A sewage treatment plant, including but not limited to structures, buildings, machinery, equipment, connections and all appurtenances necessary, useful or convenient for the treatment, purification or disposal of sewage.

(b) To acquire, by gift, purchase or the exercise of the right of eminent domain, lands or rights in land or water rights in connection therewith, including but not limited to easements, rights-of-way, contract rights, leases, franchises, approaches, dams and reservoirs.

(d) To sell, lease, donate for public use and otherwise dispose of those water facilities, sewer facilities, lands, rights in land and water rights.

(e) To prescribe and collect rates, fees, tolls or charges, including but not limited to the levy or assessments of such rates, fees, tolls or charges against governmental units, departments or agencies, including the State of Nevada and political subdivisions thereof, for the services, facilities and commodities furnished by those water facilities and sewer facilities, and to provide methods of collections, and penalties, including but not limited to denial of service, for nonpayment of the rates, fees, tolls or charges.

(f) To provide it is unlawful for any persons, associations and corporations owning, occupying or in any way controlling any building or other structure, any part of which is within 400 feet of any street, alley, court, passageway, other public highway, right-of-way, easement or other alley owned or occupied by the county in which a public sewer is then in existence and use, to construct, otherwise acquire, to cause or permit to be constructed or otherwise acquired, or to use or continue to use any private sewage disposal plant, privy vault, septic tank, cesspool or other private sewage system, upon such terms and conditions as the board of county commissioners may provide.

(g) To provide for the disconnection of plumbing facilities from any of those private sewage facilities and for the discontinuance and elimination of those private sewage facilities.

The powers conferred by this section are in addition and supplemental to, and not in substitution for, and the limitations imposed by this section do not affect the powers conferred by, any other law. No part of this section repeals or affects any other law or any part thereof, it being intended that this section provide a separate method of accomplishing its objectives, and not an exclusive one.
This section, being necessary to secure and preserve the public health, safety and convenience and welfare, must be liberally construed to effect its purpose.
Any person, association or corporation violating any of the provisions of any ordinance adopted pursuant to this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.

(Added to NRS by 1957, 658 ; A 1967, 734 ; 1969, 1534 ; 1979, 513 ; 1989, 1901 ; 2011, 1112 )

NRS 244.3675

NRS

244.3675

Regulation of construction, maintenance and safety of buildings, structures and property; adoption of codes and establishment of fees.

Subject to the limitations set forth in NRS 244.368 , 278.02315 , 278.580 , 278.582 ,

278.584 , 278.5846 , 278.586 , 444.340

to 444.430 , inclusive, and 477.030 , the boards of county commissioners within their respective counties may:

Regulate all matters relating to the construction, maintenance and safety of buildings, structures and property within the county.
Adopt any building, electrical, housing, plumbing or safety code necessary to carry out the provisions of this section and establish such fees as may be necessary. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 278.580 , these fees do not apply to the State of Nevada or the Nevada System of Higher Education.

(Added to NRS by 1973, 707 ; A 1991, 1167 ; 1993, 2584 ; 1999, 1064 ; 2001, 3103 ; 2007, 1096 , 3099 ;

2009, 833 ; 2015, 1991 ; 2017, 1479 ; 2021, 2346 )

NRS 268.012

NRS

268.012

Procedure for adoption by reference of specialized or uniform code.

An ordinance which adopts:

A specialized or uniform building, plumbing or electrical code printed in the form of a book or pamphlet;
Any other specialized or uniform code; or
Any portion of such a code,

Ê may adopt it by reference with such changes as may be necessary to make it applicable to conditions in the city, and with such other changes as may be desirable, without the necessity of reading the code at length. The code, upon adoption, need not be published if an adequate number of copies of the code, either typewritten or printed, with the changes, if any, have been filed for use and examination by the public in the office of the city clerk. Notice of the filing must be given by one publication in a newspaper in the city, if there is one, otherwise in some newspaper published in the county with a general circulation in the city, and the copies must be filed, at least 10 days before the passage of the ordinance.

(Added to NRS by 1971, 882 ; A 1983, 364 )

NRS 268.09797

NRS

268.09797

Application for authorization; powers and duties of governing body related to processing applications; requirements for person granted authorization.

Except as otherwise provided in subsection 5 of NRS 268.09795 , a person who wishes to offer for rent a residential unit or a room within a residential unit for the purposes of transient lodging in this State independently or using an accommodations facilitator must file a written application for an authorization with the agency, officer or department designated by the city council or other governing body of an incorporated city in the ordinance and in the form set forth in the ordinance adopted pursuant to NRS 268.09795 .
Upon receipt of an application for an authorization, the city council or other governing body of an incorporated city may hold a public hearing on the application.
Before granting, denying or renewing an authorization, the city council or other governing body of the incorporated city or its designee, as applicable, may conduct any necessary health, safety or fire inspection of the residential unit. The costs of any inspection must be paid by the applicant.
The city council or other governing body of the incorporated city or its designee, as applicable, may grant or deny the authorization. If the city council or governing body or its designee grants an authorization, the city council or governing body or its designee, as applicable, shall include such terms and conditions for the rental of the residential unit or a room within the residential unit for the purposes of transient lodging that the city council or governing body or its designee deems necessary for the health and safety of the residents of the incorporated city. The conditions imposed by the city council or governing body or its designee, as applicable, must include, without limitation, provisions stipulating that the holder of the authorization is subject to the oversight and enforcement authority of the city and the local health authority, law enforcement agency and fire department having jurisdiction in the city.
A person who is granted an authorization pursuant to this section must, without limitation:

(a) Pay an annual fee for the authorization in an amount established in the ordinance adopted by the city council or other governing body of the incorporated city pursuant to NRS 268.09795 . The city council or governing body, as applicable, may increase the annual fee in an amendment to the ordinance.

(b) Maintain insurance which identifies that the property is used for transient lodging with a minimum liability coverage in an amount set forth in the ordinance adopted pursuant to NRS 268.09795 .

(c) Have a designated local representative who is responsible for the rental and available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to respond to any issues relating to the residential unit.

(d) Include educational information in the residential unit for any renters, which must include, without limitation, the occupancy limitations for the residential unit, emergency telephone numbers, the telephone number of the designated local representative, safety information, trash requirements, parking rules and noise regulations.

(e) Ensure that the address of the residential unit is clearly visible from the roadway.

(f) Maintain the residential unit in a safe and hazard-free condition, including, without limitation, all mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems within the residential unit.

(g) Ensure that the residential unit is equipped with a fire extinguisher, a smoke alarm or detector and a carbon monoxide alarm or detector.

(Added to NRS by 2021, 2402 )

NRS 268.413

NRS

268.413

Citys building codes and regulations.

Subject to the limitations contained in NRS 244.368 ,

278.02315 , 278.580 , 278.582 ,

278.584 , 278.5846 , 278.586 , 444.340

to 444.430 , inclusive, and 477.030 , the city council or other governing body of an incorporated city may:

Regulate all matters relating to the construction, maintenance and safety of buildings, structures and property within the city.
Adopt any building, electrical, plumbing or safety code necessary to carry out the provisions of this section and establish such fees as may be necessary. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 278.580 , those fees do not apply to the State of Nevada or the Nevada System of Higher Education.

(Added to NRS by 1973, 708 ; A 1991, 1168 ; 1993, 2584 ; 1999, 1065 ; 2007, 1096 , 3099 ;

2009, 833 ; 2015, 1991 ; 2017, 1479 ; 2021, 2346 )

NRS 269.155

NRS

269.155

Enactment; notice; publication; duration of effect.

In addition to the powers and jurisdiction conferred by other laws, the town board or board of county commissioners shall:

(a) Adopt all ordinances, rules and regulations for any unincorporated town; and

(b) Perform all other acts necessary for the execution of the powers and jurisdiction conferred by this chapter.

Except as otherwise provided in this section and NRS 269.167 , each ordinance must be:

(a) Signed by the chair of the town board and attested to by the town clerk, or signed by the chair of the board of county commissioners and attested to by the county clerk; and

(b) Published in full in a newspaper published in or having a general circulation in the county at least once a week for 2 weeks before the ordinance is effective.

Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, if the town board or board of county commissioners proposes the adoption of an ordinance for an unincorporated town, the town board or the board of county commissioners shall, not less than 10 days nor more than 20 days before the meeting of the board at which the proposed ordinance is to be adopted or otherwise acted upon, cause the title and a detailed summary of the proposed ordinance to be published in a newspaper published in or having a general circulation in the county.
Ordinances relating to the issuance of municipal securities, as that term is defined in the Local Government Securities Law, and ordinances adopting any specialized or uniform codes, including, but not limited to, building, electrical and plumbing codes, printed in book or pamphlet form, may be published by title only, together with the names of the members of the town board or the county commissioners voting for or against their passage, in a newspaper published in or having a general circulation in the county, at least once a week for 2 weeks before the ordinances are effective. Publication by title must set forth a statement indicating that typewritten copies of the ordinance are available for inspection at the office of the town clerk or the county clerk by all interested persons.
All ordinances of the town or city that:

(a) Are in effect on the date of the assumption of the town board or board of county commissioners of the powers and duties conferred or imposed by this chapter; and

(b) Are not inconsistent with those powers and duties,

Ê remain in effect and must be enforced until changed or repealed by the board.

[Part 1:48:1881; A 1889, 43 ; 1903, 55 ; 1919, 408 ; 1943, 65 ; 1951, 455 ]—(NRS A 1965, 993 ; 1967, 802 , 1727 ;

1969, 57 ; 1997, 2409 )

NRS 278.582

NRS

278.582

Standards for plumbing fixtures and landscape irrigation fixtures in certain structures; certification; compliance with federal law.

Each county and city shall include in its respective building code the requirements of this section. If a county or city has no building code, it shall adopt those requirements by ordinance and provide for their enforcement by its own officers or employees or through interlocal agreement by the officers or employees of another local government. Additionally, each county and city shall prohibit by ordinance the sale and installation of any plumbing fixture or landscape irrigation fixture which does not meet the standards made applicable for the respective county or city pursuant to this section.
Except as otherwise provided in subsection 7, each residential, commercial or industrial structure on which construction begins on or after March 1, 1992, and before March 1, 1993, and each existing residential, commercial or industrial structure which is expanded or renovated on or after March 1, 1992, and before March 1, 1993, must incorporate the following minimal standards for plumbing fixtures:

(a) A toilet which uses water must not be installed unless its consumption of water does not exceed 3.5 gallons of water per flush.

(b) A shower apparatus which uses more than 3 gallons of water per minute must not be installed unless it is equipped with a device to reduce water consumption to 3 gallons of water or less per minute.

(c) Each faucet installed in a lavatory or kitchen must not allow water to flow at a rate greater than 3 gallons per minute.

(d) A urinal which continually flows or flushes water must not be installed.

Except as otherwise provided in subsection 7, each residential, commercial or industrial structure on which construction begins on or after March 1, 1993, and before January 1, 2020, and each existing residential, commercial or industrial structure which is expanded or renovated on or after March 1, 1993, and before January 1, 2020, must incorporate the following minimal standards for plumbing fixtures:

(a) A toilet which uses water must not be installed unless its consumption of water does not exceed 1.6 gallons of water per flush.

(b) A shower apparatus which uses more than 2.5 gallons of water per minute must not be installed unless it is equipped with a device to reduce water consumption to 2.5 gallons of water or less per minute.

(c) A urinal which uses water must not be installed unless its consumption of water does not exceed 1 gallon of water per flush.

(d) A toilet or urinal which employs a timing device or other mechanism to flush periodically, irrespective of demand, must not be installed.

(e) A urinal which continually flows or flushes water must not be installed.

(f) Each faucet installed in a lavatory or kitchen must not allow water to flow at a rate greater than 2.5 gallons per minute.

(g) Each faucet installed in a public restroom must contain a mechanism which closes the faucet automatically after a predetermined amount of water has flowed through the faucet. Multiple faucets that are activated from a single point must not be installed.

Except as otherwise provided in subsection 7, each residential, commercial or industrial structure on which construction begins on or after January 1, 2020, and each existing residential, commercial or industrial structure which is expanded or renovated on or after January 1, 2020:

(a) If the WaterSense program established by the United States Environmental Protection Agency has developed a final product specification for a type of toilet, shower apparatus, urinal or faucet, must not install any toilet, shower apparatus, urinal or faucet that has not been certified under the WaterSense program.

(b) If the WaterSense program has not developed a final product specification for a type of toilet, shower apparatus, urinal or faucet, must not install any toilet, shower apparatus, urinal or faucet that does not comply with any applicable requirements of federal law and the building code of the county or city.

Except as otherwise provided in subsection 7, each residential, commercial or industrial structure on which construction begins on or after January 1, 2024, and each existing residential, commercial or industrial structure which is expanded or renovated on or after January 1, 2024:

(a) If the WaterSense program established by the United States Environmental Protection Agency has developed a final product specification for an irrigation controller or spray sprinkler body, must not install any irrigation controller or spray sprinkler body that has not been certified under the WaterSense program.

(b) If the WaterSense program has not developed a final product specification for a type of irrigation controller or spray sprinkler body, must not install any irrigation controller or spray sprinkler body that does not comply with any applicable requirements of federal law and the building code of the county or city.

For the purposes of subsections 4 and 5:

(a) A plumbing fixture or landscape irrigation fixture is considered certified under the WaterSense program if the fixture has been:

(1) Tested by an accredited third-party certifying body or laboratory in accordance with the United States Environmental Protection Agencys WaterSense program or an analogous successor program;

(2) Certified by the certifying body or laboratory as meeting the performance and efficiency requirements of the WaterSense program or an analogous successor program; and

(3) Authorized by the WaterSense program or an analogous successor program to use the WaterSense label or the label of an analogous successor program.

(b) If the WaterSense program modifies the requirements for a plumbing fixture or landscape irrigation fixture to be certified under the WaterSense program, a plumbing fixture or landscape irrigation fixture that was certified under the previous requirements shall be deemed certified for use under the WaterSense program for a period of 12 months following the modification of the requirements for certification.

The requirements of this section:

(a) For the installation of certain plumbing fixtures do not apply to any portion of:

(1) An existing residential, commercial or industrial structure which is not being expanded or renovated; or

(2) An existing residential, commercial or industrial structure if the structure was constructed 50 years or more before the current year, regardless of whether that structure has been expanded or renovated since its original construction.

(b) Except as otherwise provided in federal law, do not prohibit the governing body of a county or city from adopting more stringent requirements for plumbing fixtures or landscape irrigation fixtures.

(Added to NRS by 1991, 1166 ; A 2019, 2100 ; 2023, 1271 )

NRS 338.193

NRS

338.193

Standards for plumbing fixtures.

Each public building sponsored or financed by a public body must meet the standards made applicable for the building pursuant to this section.
Except as otherwise provided in subsection 8, each public building, other than a prison or jail, on which construction begins on or after March 1, 1992, and before March 1, 1993, and each existing public building which is expanded or renovated on or after March 1, 1992, and before March 1, 1993, must incorporate the following minimal standards for plumbing fixtures:

(a) A toilet which uses water must not be installed unless its consumption of water does not exceed 3.5 gallons of water per flush.

(c) Each faucet installed in a lavatory or kitchen must not allow water to flow at a rate greater than 3 gallons per minute.

(d) A toilet or urinal which employs a timing device or other mechanism to flush periodically irrespective of demand must not be installed.

Except as otherwise provided in subsection 8, each public building, other than a prison or jail, on which construction begins on or after March 1, 1993, and before January 1, 2020, and each existing public building which is expanded or renovated on or after March 1, 1993, and before January 1, 2020, must incorporate the following minimal standards for plumbing fixtures:

(a) A toilet which uses water must not be installed unless its consumption of water does not exceed 1.6 gallons of water per flush.

(c) A urinal which uses water must not be installed unless its consumption of water does not exceed 1 gallon of water per flush.

(d) A toilet or urinal which employs a timing device or other mechanism to flush periodically, irrespective of demand, must not be installed.

(e) A urinal which continually flows or flushes water must not be installed.

(f) Each faucet installed in a lavatory or kitchen must not allow water to flow at a rate greater than 2.5 gallons per minute.

Except as otherwise provided in subsection 8, each public building, other than a prison or jail, on which construction begins on or after January 1, 2020, and each existing public building which is expanded or renovated on or after January 1, 2020:

For the purposes of subsection 4, a plumbing fixture is considered certified under the WaterSense program if the fixture meets the requirements of paragraph (a) or (b) of subsection 6 of NRS 278.582 .
Each public building, other than a prison or jail, on which construction begins on or after January 1, 2024, and each existing public building which is expanded or renovated on or after January 1, 2024:

For the purposes of subsection 6, a landscape fixture is considered certified under the WaterSense program if the fixture meets the requirements of paragraph (a) or (b) of subsection 6 of NRS 278.582 .
The requirements of this section for the installation of certain plumbing fixtures do not apply to any portion of:

(a) An existing public building which is not being expanded or renovated; or

(b) A public building if the public building was constructed 50 years or more before the current year, regardless of whether that public building has been expanded or renovated since its original construction.

(Added to NRS by 1991, 1168 ; A 2019, 2102 ; 2023, 1274 )

NRS 444.160

NRS

444.160

Toilet facilities or portable facilities for temporarily holding sewage.

Every construction or labor camp must have convenient and suitable toilet facilities or portable facilities for temporarily holding sewage that is treated with chemicals which must be kept in a clean and sanitary state. The toilet facilities and portable facilities must conform to the provisions of the Uniform Plumbing Code

of the International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials, as adopted by the Division, and all applicable administrative regulations which pertain to the disposal of sewage.

[4:47:1923; NCL § 2819]—(NRS A 1993, 2639 )

NRS 444.270

NRS

444.270

Toilets and disposal systems or portable facilities for temporarily holding sewage.

Every childrens camp must have suitable toilets and disposal systems or portable facilities for temporarily holding sewage that is treated with chemicals which conform to the provisions of the Uniform Plumbing Code of the International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials, as adopted by the Division, and all applicable administrative regulations which pertain to the disposal of sewage.
A childrens camp must provide one toilet or portable facility for every 15 persons or fraction thereof in the camp population.

(Added to NRS by 1967, 1050 ; A 1993, 2639 )

NRS 444.335

NRS

444.335

Health authority to supervise sanitation of certain local institutions; regulations; inspections and reports.

The health authority shall have supervision over the sanitation, healthfulness, cleanliness and safety, as it pertains to the foregoing matters, of the following city, county and private institutions:

(a) Jails, correctional institutions and other institutions performing similar functions, including, without limitation, any facility for the detention of children;

(b) Schools; and

The State Board of Health shall, with respect to jails, correctional institutions and other institutions performing similar functions, including, without limitation, any facility for the detention of children, and may, with respect to the other institutions named in subsection 1, adopt and enforce such regulations as are necessary to promote properly the sanitation, healthfulness, cleanliness and safety, as it pertains to the foregoing matters, of those institutions.
The health authority shall inspect those institutions at least once each calendar year and at such other times as, in its discretion, it deems an inspection necessary to carry out the provisions of this section, except that inspections of schools and gymnasiums shall be made at least twice each year, once during each semester. The inspection of any institution which has physical custody of children pursuant to the order of a court must include, without limitation, an inspection of all areas where food is prepared and served, bathrooms, areas used for sleeping, common areas and areas located outdoors that are used by children at the facility.
A report of the findings of an inspection must be made to the Chief Medical Officer within 20 days following the inspection. The Chief Medical Officer shall publish the report of the inspection of any facility which has physical custody of children pursuant to the order of a court and may from time to time, in his or her discretion, publish the reports of the inspections of other institutions.
All persons charged with the duty of maintenance and operation of the institutions named in this section shall operate those institutions in conformity with regulations relating to sanitation, healthfulness, cleanliness and safety, as it pertains to the foregoing matters, adopted by the State Board of Health.
The health authority may, in carrying out the provisions of this section, enter upon any part of the premises of any of the institutions named in this section over which it has jurisdiction, to determine the sanitary conditions of those places and to determine whether the provisions of this section and the regulations of the State Board of Health pertaining thereto are being violated.

(Added to NRS by 1973, 228 ; A 1979, 1009 ; 2007, 1195 )

UNIFORM PLUMBING CODE

NRS 444.340

NRS

444.340

Declaration of state policy.

The policy of the State of Nevada with respect to the uniformity of plumbing codes throughout the State is:

That uniformity is a matter of statewide interest and concern, affecting health and environmental conditions, housing costs and efficiency in private housing construction.
That, by allowing local governments to waive and modify provisions of the Uniform Plumbing Code , adopted by the International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials, based on differences in geographic and climatic conditions only upon submission of such proposed waivers and modifications to the State Public Works Board, excessive waivers and modifications would be deterred.

(Added to NRS by 1971, 233 ; A 1977, 1219 )

NRS 444.350

NRS

444.350

Compliance with and local modification of Code; use of materials containing lead; approval of amendments to Code by Chair of State Public Works Board.

Any construction, alteration or change in the use of a building or other structure in this State must be in compliance with the Uniform Plumbing Code of the International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials in the form most recently adopted by that Association, unless the State Public Works Board posts a notice of disapproval of any amendment to the Code pursuant to subsection 5.
Any city or county may adopt such modifications as are deemed reasonably necessary because of its geographic, topographic or climatic conditions. Any city or county desiring to make changes to the Uniform Plumbing Code must, before its adoption, submit the Code with the proposed amendments to the State Public Works Board.
No city or county may allow the use of any solder or flux that contains more than 0.2 percent lead or allow the use of any pipe or pipe fitting that contains more than 8 percent lead in the installation or repair of a public water system or any residence or facility connected to a public water system. As used in this subsection, public water system has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 445A.840 .
A facility used by members of the public whose construction or renovation begins on or after January 1, 1994, must provide on its premises a sufficient number of water closets and urinals to comply with the minimum standards set forth in the Uniform Plumbing Code . As used in this subsection, facility used by members of the public means any motion picture house, theater, concert hall, community hall, sports arena, stadium, ski resort or other permanent place of exhibition or entertaining to which members of the public are invited or which is intended for public use. The term does not include:

(a) A hotel as defined in NRS 447.010 .

(b) A food establishment as defined in NRS 446.020 .

(d) A historic structure as defined in NRS 244A.6825 .

(e) A public or private school.

(f) A convention hall.

The Chair of the State Public Works Board or the Chairs designee shall review each amendment to the Uniform Plumbing Code and approve or disapprove of the amendment for use in Nevada. If the Chair does not post a notice of disapproval within 30 days after an amendment is published, the amendment shall be deemed approved for this State.
As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires, convention hall means a facility which incorporates both space for exhibitions and a substantial number of smaller spaces for meetings, and which is primarily for use by trade shows, public shows, conventions or related activities.

(Added to NRS by 1971, 233 ; A 1975, 201 ; 1977, 1219 ; 1985, 372 ; 1989, 1094 ; 1991, 482 ; 1993, 324 ; 1995, 1529 , 2506 ,

2507 )

NRS 444.420

NRS

444.420

Duties of State Public Works Board.

The State Public Works Board shall:

Review all proposed adoptions of the Uniform Plumbing Code by any city or county and any proposed changes to the Uniform Plumbing Code , and advise such city or county on whether or not such change is deemed warranted by geographic, topographic or climatic conditions.
Submit a copy of the Uniform Plumbing Code adopted by any city or county to the Division.

(Added to NRS by 1971, 234 ; A 1973, 1406 ; 1975, 202 ; 1977, 1220 )

NRS 444.430

NRS

444.430

Power of local government to adopt regulations; procedure.

The governing body of any city or county shall, 60 days prior to the adoption of any regulation for the enforcement of the Uniform Plumbing Code or any other regulations pursuant thereto, deliver by certified or registered mail, a copy of the proposed regulation to the State Public Works Board for the Boards recommendation on the proposed regulation.
The governing body of the city or county may, 60 days after the State Public Works Board receives the copy of the proposed regulation, adopt the regulation with or without the approval of the State Public Works Board.

(Added to NRS by 1971, 235 ; A 1975, 202 ; 1977, 1220 )

PLASTIC BOTTLES AND CONTAINERS

NRS 447.170

NRS

447.170

Supply of water; plumbing.

Every hotel shall be provided with a safe, sanitary water supply and there shall be no cross connection between the water system and the sewage collecting system. All plumbing fixtures shall be constructed so there will be no possibility of back siphonage from the plumbing fixtures into the water system.

[9a:136:1915; added 1945, 384 ; 1943 NCL § 3345a]

NRS 447.185

NRS

447.185

Regulation of construction or reconstruction of hotel or other establishment for transient lodging.

The reconstruction of existing hotels, including all types of transient lodging establishments, and the construction of new hotels, including all types of transient lodging establishments, shall be in accord with pertinent state laws, rules and regulations of the State Board of Health or local board of health, and the latest editions of the Uniform Building Code and the Uniform Plumbing Code and such other codes as the State Board of Health may designate.

(Added to NRS by 1957, 484 ; A 1969, 1023 ; 1971, 235 )

NRS 461.170

NRS

461.170

Division required to adopt by regulation nationally recognized codes and standards for construction, reconstruction and alteration.

The Division shall adopt by regulation nationally recognized codes and standards for the construction of factory-built housing, manufactured buildings and modular components.
The Division shall adopt regulations for the:

(a) Reconstruction; and

(b) Alteration, including, without limitation, alteration to a plumbing, heating or electrical system,

Ê of factory-built housing, manufactured buildings and modular components that are consistent with nationally recognized codes and standards.

If approved in writing by the Division, a local enforcement agency may impose requirements that are more stringent than the codes, standards and regulations adopted under this section.

(Added to NRS by 1971, 1312 ; A 1979, 1220 ; 1985, 373 ; 1993, 232 ; 1999, 928 ; 2007, 385 )

NRS 461.175

NRS

461.175

Minimal standards for plumbing fixtures.

Each manufactured building on which construction begins on or after March 1, 1992, and before March 1, 1993, must incorporate the following minimal standards for plumbing fixtures:

(a) A toilet which uses water must not be installed unless its consumption of water does not exceed 3.5 gallons of water per flush.

(c) Each faucet installed in a lavatory or kitchen must not allow water to flow at a rate greater than 3 gallons per minute.

Each manufactured building on which construction begins on or after March 1, 1993, and before January 1, 2020, must incorporate the following minimal standards for plumbing fixtures:

(a) A toilet which uses water must not be installed unless its consumption of water does not exceed 1.6 gallons of water per flush.

(c) Each faucet installed in a lavatory or kitchen must not allow water to flow at a rate greater than 2.5 gallons per minute.

Each manufactured building on which construction begins on or after January 1, 2020:

For the purposes of subsection 3, a plumbing fixture is considered certified under the WaterSense program if the fixture meets the requirements of paragraph (a) or (b) of subsection 6 of NRS 278.582 .
Each manufactured building on which construction begins on or after January 1, 2024, and each existing manufactured building which is expanded or renovated on or after January 1, 2024:

For the purposes of subsection 5, a landscape irrigation fixture is considered certified under the WaterSense program if the fixture meets the requirements of paragraph (a) or (b) of subsection 6 of NRS 278.582 .

(Added to NRS by 1991, 1169 ; A 2019, 2103 ; 2023, 1267 )

NRS 489.051

NRS

489.051

Certificate of compliance defined.

Certificate of compliance means a certificate issued by this state certifying that the plumbing, heating, electrical systems, body and frame design and construction requirements of a commercial coach or the reconstruction or alteration requirements of a mobile home or commercial coach comply with standards adopted by the Division.

(Added to NRS by 1973, 1065 ; A 1977, 1453 ; 1981, 1191 ; 1983, 777 ; 1993, 2052 )

NRS 489.102

NRS

489.102

General serviceperson defined.

General serviceperson means a person who owns or is the responsible managing employee of a business which:

(a) Installs or repairs the awnings, roofing, skirting, plumbing, heating or electrical systems of a manufactured home, mobile home, manufactured building or commercial coach or factory-built housing;

(b) Installs, removes or prepares for transport a manufactured home, mobile home, manufactured building or commercial coach or factory-built housing at the site where it will be or has been used for occupancy; or

(c) Reconstructs a manufactured home, mobile home, manufactured building or commercial coach or factory-built housing by the alteration, addition or substitution of substantial or essential parts.

The term does not include:

(a) A licensed manufacturer engaged in the installation, repair or service of a manufactured home, mobile home, manufactured building or commercial coach or factory-built housing that was manufactured by the licensed manufacturer;

(b) The owner or purchaser of a manufactured home, mobile home or manufactured building or factory-built housing who uses the manufactured home, mobile home or manufactured building or factory-built housing as his or her private residence; or

(c) The owner or purchaser of a commercial coach who uses the commercial coach for his or her own industrial, professional or commercial purposes.

(Added to NRS by 2005, 1625 ; A 2009, 1903 )

NRS 489.113

NRS

489.113

Manufactured home defined.

Manufactured home means a structure which is:

(a) Built on a permanent chassis;

(b) Designed to be used with or without a permanent foundation as a dwelling when connected to utilities;

(d) Eight feet or more in body width or 40 feet or more in body length when transported, or, when erected on-site, contains 320 square feet or more.

The term includes:

(a) The plumbing, heating, air-conditioning and electrical systems of the structure.

(b) Any structure:

(1) Which meets the requirements of paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of subsection 1, and with respect to which the manufacturer voluntarily files a certification required by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and complies with the standards established under the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974, 42 U.S.C. §§ 5401 et seq.; or

(2) Built in compliance with the requirements of chapter 461 of NRS.

The term does not include a recreational park trailer.

(Added to NRS by 1983, 775 ; A 1995, 2601 ; 2001, 1726 )

NRS 489.120

NRS

489.120

Mobile home defined.

Mobile home means a structure which is:

(a) Built on a permanent chassis;

(b) Designed to be used with or without a permanent foundation as a dwelling when connected to utilities; and

The term includes the design of the body and frame and the plumbing, heating, air-conditioning and electrical systems of the mobile home.
The term does not include a recreational park trailer, travel trailer, commercial coach or manufactured home or any structure built in compliance with the requirements of chapter 461 of NRS.

(Added to NRS by 1973, 1066 ; A 1975, 1579 ; 1977, 1454 ; 1979, 1216 ; 1983, 778 ; 2001, 1726 )

NRS 489.241

NRS

489.241

Regulations: Federal and national standards; issuance of certificates and labels of compliance.

The Administrator shall adopt regulations:

Consistent with the federal regulations governing procedure and enforcement respecting manufactured homes to administer and enforce federal construction and safety standards respecting manufactured homes in accordance with the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. §§ 5401 et seq.).
For the construction of commercial coaches that are reasonably consistent with nationally recognized standards.
For the:

(a) Reconstruction; and

(b) Alteration, including that done to a plumbing, heating or electrical system,

Ê of mobile homes and commercial coaches that are reasonably consistent with nationally recognized standards.

For the issuance of certificates and labels of compliance. The regulations must provide for, without limitation:

(a) Inspection at the place of manufacture;

(b) Submission and approval of plans and specifications or for the actual inspection and approval of the mobile home, travel trailer or commercial coach or acceptance of a label of compliance issued by another state or a private organization which the Administrator finds has a competent inspection program reasonably consistent with this chapter; and

(c) Revocation for cause, upon notice and hearing, of the right of a manufacturer to sell mobile homes, travel trailers or commercial coaches in this state for use in this state.

Consistent with nationally recognized standards governing the minimum requirements for the design of travel trailers.

(Added to NRS by 1979, 1208 ; A 1981, 1191 ; 1983, 781 ; 1993, 2052 )

NRS 489.251

NRS

489.251

Regulations pertaining to safety standards and inspection; certificate of installation and label of installation prerequisite to connecting utilities.

The Administrator shall adopt regulations pertaining to:

(a) Safety standards for the installation, support and tie down of manufactured homes, mobile homes or commercial coaches which are designed to protect the health and safety of occupants of manufactured homes, mobile homes or commercial coaches against uplift, sliding, rotation and overturning, subject to the following provisions:

(1) Safety standards must be reasonably consistent with nationally recognized standards for placement, support and tie down of manufactured homes, mobile homes or commercial coaches.

(2) The Administrator may designate wind pressure zones in which the regulations for tie down of manufactured homes, mobile homes or commercial coaches apply.

(b) The inspection of plumbing, heating, cooling, fuel burning and electrical systems connections to a manufactured home, mobile home or commercial coach at the time of installation of the manufactured home, mobile home or commercial coach, which regulations are designed to protect the health and safety of occupants of manufactured homes, mobile homes and commercial coaches.

Unless the Division determines otherwise, the plumbing, heating, cooling, fuel burning and electrical systems of a manufactured home, mobile home or commercial coach may not be connected or activated until a certificate of installation has been issued and a label of installation affixed to the manufactured home, mobile home or commercial coach.

(Added to NRS by 1979, 1208 ; A 1983, 781 )

NRS 489.262

NRS

489.262

Regulations pertaining to portable buildings.

The Administrator shall adopt regulations prescribing safety standards for:

The construction, transportation, installation and use of a portable building;
The inspection of any plumbing, heating, cooling, fuel burning or electrical system contained in a portable building; and
The maintenance and repair of a portable building.

(Added to NRS by 2011, 1630 )

NRS 489.325

NRS

489.325

Regulations providing for licensing of specialty servicepersons.

The Administrator may adopt regulations which provide for the licensing of specialty servicepersons. A person licensed as a specialty serviceperson pursuant to this section must be limited in the scope of the work he or she may perform to installation or repair in one of the following categories:

(a) Awnings, roofing or skirting;

(b) Plumbing;

(d) Electrical systems; or

(e) Any other category that may be similarly licensed by the State Contractors Board.

The Administrator shall provide in those regulations for:

(a) The imposition of reasonable fees for application, examination and licensure.

(b) The creation and administration of a written or oral examination for each category of limited licensure.

(c) Minimum qualifications for such a license, including, without limitation, the passage of any applicable examination required pursuant to subsection 1 of NRS 489.351 , unless waived pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 489.351 .

A person who is licensed as a specialty serviceperson shall comply with each statute and regulation which applies to general servicepersons, including, without limitation, the payment of a fee required pursuant to subparagraph 1 of paragraph (c) of subsection 2 of NRS 489.4971 .

(Added to NRS by 1993, 827 ; A 1999, 861 ; 2003, 587 ; 2005, 1631 ; 2007, 383 )

NRS 489.461

NRS

489.461

Compliance with local building codes and ordinances not required if certificate and label issued; exception.

Except as otherwise provided in NRS 278.02095 , a manufactured home, mobile home, travel trailer or commercial coach for which a certificate and label of compliance has been issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter is not required to comply with any local building codes or ordinances prescribing standards for plumbing, heating, electrical systems, body and frame design and construction requirements.

(Added to NRS by 1979, 1208 ; A 1983, 789 ; 1999, 3467 )

NRS 489.706

NRS

489.706

Newly constructed mobile and manufactured homes: Minimal standards for plumbing fixtures and certain landscaping fixtures.

Each manufactured home or mobile home on which construction begins on or after March 1, 1992, and before March 1, 1993, must incorporate the following minimal standards for plumbing fixtures:

(a) A toilet which uses water must not be installed unless its consumption of water does not exceed 3.5 gallons of water per flush.

(c) Each faucet installed in a lavatory or kitchen must not allow water to flow at a rate greater than 3 gallons per minute.

Each manufactured home or mobile home on which construction begins on or after March 1, 1993, and before January 1, 2020, must incorporate the following minimal standards for plumbing fixtures:

(a) A toilet which uses water must not be installed unless its consumption of water does not exceed 1.6 gallons of water per flush.

(c) Each faucet installed in a lavatory or kitchen must not allow water to flow at a rate greater than 2.5 gallons per minute.

Each manufactured home or mobile home on which construction begins on or after January 1, 2020:

For the purposes of subsection 3, a plumbing fixture is considered certified under the WaterSense program if the fixture meets the requirements of paragraph (a) or (b) of subsection 6 of NRS 278.582 .
Each manufactured home or mobile home on which construction begins on or after January 1, 2024:

For the purposes of subsection 5, a landscape fixture is considered certified under the WaterSense program if the fixture meets the requirements of paragraph (a) or (b) of subsection 6 of NRS 278.582 .

(Added to NRS by 1991, 1169 ; A 2019, 2104 ; 2023, 1277 )

TAXATION

NRS 489.751

NRS

489.751

Implied warranty by dealer of working order of essential systems.

Unless otherwise specifically waived in writing by the buyer, for each sale in which the dealer is the seller or an agent of the seller, there is an implied warranty by the dealer that all the essential systems are in working order upon the execution of the sale. For the purposes of this subsection, the words as is or any similar words do not constitute a waiver of the implied warranty unless the words specifically refer to a specific component of an essential system.
As used in this section, essential system means the heating, air-conditioning, electrical, plumbing and drainage systems of a manufactured home, mobile home, manufactured building or commercial coach or factory-built housing.

(Added to NRS by 1999, 860 ; A 2009, 1924 )

NRS 540.151

NRS

540.151

Supplier of water required to adopt plan to provide certain incentives; procedure for adoption of plan; adoption of joint plans permitted.

Except as otherwise provided in subsection 5, each supplier of water which supplies water for municipal, industrial or domestic purposes shall adopt a plan to provide incentives:

(a) To encourage water conservation in its service area;

(b) To retrofit existing structures with plumbing fixtures designed to conserve the use of water; and

Ê The supplier of water may request assistance from the Section to develop its plan.

As part of the procedure of adopting a plan, the supplier of water shall provide an opportunity for any interested person to submit written views and recommendations on the plan.
The supplier of water shall file a copy of the plan with the Section for informational purposes.
The plan:

(a) Must be available for inspection by members of the public during office hours at the offices of the supplier of water; and

(b) May be revised from time to time to reflect the changing needs and conditions of the service area. Each such revision must be made available for inspection by members of the public.

Suppliers of water:

(a) Who are required to adopt a plan for incentives pursuant to this section; and

(b) Whose service areas are located in a common geographical area,

Ê may adopt joint plans.

(Added to NRS by 1991, 522 ; A 2005, 2571 )

NRS 623.035

NRS

623.035

Applicability of chapter: Exemptions; limitations.

The following persons are exempt from the provisions of this chapter:

(a) A person engaging in architectural work as an employee of a registered architect or residential designer, if the work does not include responsible charge of design or supervision, or a consultant retained by a registered architect or residential designer.

(b) A person hired by the Federal Government to practice architecture on federal land.

(c) A professional engineer licensed pursuant to the provisions of chapter 625 of NRS who designs buildings as permitted by chapter 625

of NRS.

(d) A contractor licensed pursuant to the provisions of chapter 624 of NRS who provides his or her own drawings for his or her own construction activities.

(e) Any person who prepares plans, drawings or specifications for:

(1) Buildings for his or her own private residential use;

(2) Farm or ranch buildings used as such; or

(3) Buildings owned by that person or his or her employer when an architect, a registered interior designer, a residential designer or a licensed professional engineer is also engaged by that person or his or her employer for work on the same building.

(f) A person engaging in work related to interior design as an employee of a registered interior designer, if the work does not include responsible charge of interior design or supervision, or a consultant retained by a registered interior designer.

(g) Any person who prepares drawings of the layout of materials or furnishings used in interior design or provides assistance in the selection of materials or furnishings used in interior design, including, without limitation:

(1) Decorative accessories;

(2) Wallpaper, wallcoverings or paint;

(3) Linoleum, tile, carpeting or floor coverings;

(4) Draperies, blinds or window coverings;

(5) Lighting fixtures which are not part of a structure;

(6) Plumbing fixtures which are not a part of a structure; and

(7) Furniture or equipment,

Ê if the preparation or implementation of those drawings or the installation of those materials or furnishings is not regulated by any building code or other law, ordinance, rule or regulation governing the alteration or construction of a structure.

(h) Any person who holds a certificate of registration issued by the State Fire Marshal to provide approved interior materials and furnishings used in interior design to the extent authorized by the certificate.

Any person exempted by the provisions of this section is not thereby absolved from any civil or criminal liability that might otherwise accrue.
The exemptions provided by this section do not entitle any person who does not hold a certificate of registration to hold himself or herself out to the public or advertise himself or herself as an architect, registered interior designer or residential designer.

[33:220:1949; 1943 NCL § 537.33]—(NRS A 1959, 494 ; 1963, 821 ; 1973, 1699 ; 1975, 585 ; 1979, 1898 ; 1983, 1924 ; 1993, 2471 ; 1995, 1702 ; 1997, 1035 ; 1999, 2548 )

STATE BOARD OF ARCHITECTURE, INTERIOR DESIGN AND RESIDENTIAL DESIGN

NRS 624.031

NRS

624.031

Applicability of chapter: Exemptions.

The provisions of this chapter do not apply to:

Work performed exclusively by an authorized representative of the United States Government, the State of Nevada, or an incorporated city, county, irrigation district, reclamation district, or other municipal or political corporation or subdivision of this State.
Any entity that is recognized as exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C. § 501(c)(3), which:

(a) Enters into a contract or other agreement with the State of Nevada, or an incorporated city, county, irrigation district, reclamation district, or other municipal or political corporation or subdivision of this State, to facilitate the repair or maintenance of properties, including, without limitation, weatherization and energy efficiency services;

(b) Facilitates work to be performed on such a property by a person licensed pursuant to this chapter; and

(c) Is a party with the owner of such a property and a person licensed pursuant to this chapter to a contract or agreement for the work on the property.

An officer of a court when acting within the scope of his or her office.
Work performed exclusively by a public utility operating pursuant to the regulations of the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada on construction, maintenance and development work incidental to its business.
An owner of property who is building or improving a residential structure on the property for his or her own occupancy and not intended for sale or lease. The sale or lease, or the offering for sale or lease, of the newly built structure within 1 year after its completion creates a rebuttable presumption for the purposes of this section that the building of the structure was performed with the intent to sell or lease that structure. An owner of property who requests an exemption pursuant to this subsection must apply to the Board for the exemption. The Board shall adopt regulations setting forth the requirements for granting the exemption.
Any work to repair or maintain property the value of which is less than $1,000, including labor and materials, unless:

(a) A building permit is required to perform the work;

(b) The work is of a type performed by a plumbing, electrical, refrigeration, heating or air-conditioning contractor;

(c) The work is of a type performed by a contractor licensed in a classification prescribed by the Board that significantly affects the health, safety and welfare of members of the general public;

(d) The work is performed as a part of a larger project:

(1) The value of which is $500 or more; or

(2) For which contracts of less than $500 have been awarded to evade the provisions of this chapter; or

(e) The work is performed by a person who is licensed pursuant to this chapter or by an employee of that person.

The sale or installation of any finished product, material or article of merchandise which is not fabricated into and does not become a permanent fixed part of the structure.
The construction, alteration, improvement or repair of personal property.
The construction, alteration, improvement or repair financed in whole or in part by the Federal Government and conducted within the limits and boundaries of a site or reservation, the title of which rests in the Federal Government.
An owner of property, the primary use of which is as an agricultural or farming enterprise, building or improving a structure on the property for his or her use or occupancy and not intended for sale or lease.
Construction oversight services provided to a long-term recovery group by a qualified person within a particular geographic area that is described in a proclamation of a state of emergency or declaration of disaster by the State or Federal Government, including, without limitation, pursuant to NRS 414.070 . A long-term recovery group may reimburse such reasonable expenses as the qualified person incurs in providing construction oversight services to that group. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, nothing in this subsection authorizes a person who is not a licensed contractor to perform the acts described in paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection 1 of NRS 624.700 . As used in this subsection:

(a) Construction oversight services means the coordination and oversight of labor by volunteers.

(b) Long-term recovery group means a formal group of volunteers coordinating response and recovery efforts related to a state of emergency or disaster that is proclaimed or declared by the State or Federal Government.

(c) Qualified person means a person who possesses the abilities, education, experience, knowledge, skills and training that a long-term recovery group has identified as being necessary to provide construction oversight services for a project to be performed by that group.

A person licensed as a real estate broker, real estate broker-salesperson or real estate salesperson pursuant to chapter 645 of NRS who, acting within the scope of the license or a permit to engage in property management issued pursuant to NRS 645.6052 , assists a client in scheduling work to repair or maintain residential property pursuant to a written brokerage agreement or a property management agreement. Such assistance includes, without limitation, assisting a client in the hiring of any number of licensed contractors to perform the work. Nothing in this subsection authorizes the performance of any work for which a license is required pursuant to this chapter by a person who is not licensed pursuant to this chapter or the payment of any additional compensation to a person licensed as a real estate broker, real estate broker-salesperson or real estate salesperson for assisting a client in scheduling the work. The provisions of this subsection apply only if a building permit is not required to perform the work and if the value of the work does not exceed $10,000 per residential property during the fixed term of the written brokerage agreement, if the assistance is provided pursuant to such an agreement, or during a period not to exceed 6 months if the assistance is provided pursuant to a property management agreement. As used in this subsection:

(a) Brokerage agreement has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 645.005 .

(b) Property management agreement has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 645.0192 .

(d) Real estate broker-salesperson has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 645.035 .

(e) Real estate salesperson has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 645.040 .

(f) Residential property means:

(1) Improved real estate that consists of not more than four residential units; or

(2) A single-family residential unit, including a condominium, townhouse or home within a subdivision, if the unit is sold, leased or otherwise conveyed unit by unit, regardless of whether the unit is part of a larger building or parcel that consists of more than four units.

[1:Art. III:186:1941; A 1951, 47 ] + [2:Art. III:186:1941; 1943 NCL § 1474.14] + [3:Art. III:186:1941; A 1951, 47 ] + [4:Art. III:186:1941; A 1947, 307 ; 1951, 47 ] + [5:Art. III:186:1941; 1931 NCL § 1474.17] + [6:Art. III:186:1941; 1931 NCL § 1474.18] + [7:Art. III:186:1941; A 1951, 47 ] + [9:Art. III:186:1941; A 1947, 307 ; 1943 NCL § 1474.21]—(NRS A 1975, 1167 ; 1987, 1730 ; 1989, 1629 ; 1997, 2019 , 3162 ;

2001, 2409 ; 2007, 855 ; 2009, 763 ; 2013, 578 ; 2017, 3963 )

NRS 624.215

NRS

624.215

Contracting business.

For the purpose of classification, the contracting business includes the following branches:

(a) General engineering contracting.

(b) General building contracting.

Ê General engineering contracting and general building contracting are mutually exclusive branches.

A general engineering contractor is a contractor whose principal contracting business is in connection with fixed works, including irrigation, drainage, water supply, water power, flood control, harbors, railroads, highways, tunnels, airports and airways, sewers and sewage disposal systems, bridges, inland waterways, pipelines for transmission of petroleum and other liquid or gaseous substances, refineries, chemical plants and industrial plants requiring a specialized engineering knowledge and skill, power plants, piers and foundations and structures or work incidental thereto.
Except as otherwise provided in subsections 5 and 6, a general building contractor is a contractor whose principal contracting business is in connection with the construction or remodeling of buildings or structures for the support, shelter and enclosure of persons, animals, chattels or movable property of any kind, requiring in their construction the use of more than two unrelated building trades or crafts, upon which he or she is a prime contractor and where the construction or remodeling of a building is the primary purpose. Unless he or she holds the appropriate specialty license, a general building contractor may only contract to perform specialty contracting if he or she is a prime contractor on a project. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4 of NRS 624.220 , a general building contractor shall not perform specialty contracting in plumbing, electrical, refrigeration and air-conditioning or fire protection without a license for the specialty. A person who is licensed pursuant to chapter 489 of NRS and who exclusively constructs or repairs mobile homes, manufactured homes or commercial coaches is not a general building contractor.
A specialty contractor is a contractor whose operations as such are the performance of construction work requiring special skill and whose principal contracting business involves the use of specialized building trades or crafts.
A general engineering contractor, when acting as a prime contractor, may hire not more than one general building contractor to provide any work, materials or equipment as specified in subsection 3 on a single construction project.
A general building contractor may contract to provide management and counseling services on a construction project for a professional fee. A general building contractor who has contracted to provide management and counseling services:

(a) Must have an active license in the same classifications and subclassifications that are required to be held by the prime contractor on the project.

(b) May hire not more than one general building contractor to provide any work, materials or equipment as specified in subsection 3 on a single construction project.

A single construction project must be limited to not more than one general building contractor who provides management and counseling services for a professional fee and not more than one general building contractor who provides any work, materials or equipment as specified in subsection 3.
Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, each construction project must have one, but not more than one, prime contractor who is a licensed contractor and is responsible for the work, materials and equipment for the construction project. A construction project is not required to have a prime contractor if the work for the construction project or the person providing the work for the construction project is exempt pursuant to NRS 624.031 .
This section does not prevent the Board from establishing, broadening, limiting or otherwise effectuating classifications in a manner consistent with established custom, usage and procedure found in the building trades. The Board is specifically prohibited from establishing classifications in such a manner as to determine or limit craft jurisdictions.
As used in this section, prime contractor means:

(a) A general engineering contractor who enters into an oral or written agreement with an owner of a construction project or an agent of an owner to provide any work, materials or equipment for which the general engineering contractor is licensed;

(b) A general building contractor who enters into an oral or written agreement with an owner of a construction project or an agent of an owner to provide any work, materials or equipment for which the general building contractor is licensed;

(c) A general engineering contractor and general building contractor who enter into an oral or written agreement with an owner of a construction project or an agent of an owner to provide any work, materials or equipment for which the general engineering contractor and general building contractor are licensed; or

(d) A specialty contractor who enters into an oral or written agreement with an owner of a construction project or an agent of an owner to provide:

(1) Any work, materials or equipment for which the specialty contractor is licensed; and

(2) Any other work which is incidental and supplemental thereto.

(Added to NRS by 1967, 1594 ; A 1971, 600 ; 1983, 311 ; 1997, 212 , 2687 ;

2019, 158 , 1607 ,

1612 ;

2023, 63 )

NRS 624.220

NRS

624.220

Contractors; monetary limit on license; regulations.

The Board shall adopt regulations necessary to effect the classification and subclassification of contractors in a manner consistent with established usage and procedure as found in the construction business, and may limit the field and scope of the operations of a licensed contractor to those in which the contractor is classified and qualified to engage as defined by NRS 624.215 and the regulations of the Board.
The Board shall limit the field and scope of the operations of a licensed contractor by establishing a monetary limit on a contractors license, and the limit must be the maximum contract a licensed contractor may undertake on one or more construction contracts on a single construction site or subdivision site for a single client. The Board may take any other action designed to limit the field and scope of the operations of a contractor as may be necessary to protect the health, safety and general welfare of the public. The limit must be determined after consideration of the factors set forth in NRS 624.260 to 624.265 , inclusive.
A licensed contractor may request that the Board increase the monetary limit on his or her license, either on a permanent basis or for a single construction project. A request submitted to the Board pursuant to this subsection must be in writing on a form prescribed by the Board and accompanied by such supporting documentation as the Board may require. A request submitted pursuant to this section for a single construction project must be submitted to the Board at least 5 working days before the date on which the licensed contractor intends to submit a bid for the project and must be approved by the Board before the submission of a bid by the contractor for the project.
Subject to the provisions of regulations adopted pursuant to subsection 5, nothing contained in this section prohibits:

(a) A specialty contractor from taking and executing a contract involving the use of two or more crafts or trades, if the performance of the work in the crafts or trades, other than in which the specialty contractor is licensed, is incidental and supplemental to the performance of work in the craft for which the specialty contractor is licensed.

(b) Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, a licensed contractor from performing work of a type for which the contractor does not have a license in the applicable classification or subclassification if the value of the work is less than $1,000, including labor and materials, and the work does not require a permit. A licensed contractor shall not perform work of a type for which the contractor does not have a license in the applicable classification or subclassification if the work is of a type performed by a plumbing, electrical, refrigeration or air-conditioning contractor.

The Board shall adopt regulations establishing a specific limit on the amount of asbestos that a licensed contractor with a license that is not classified for the abatement or removal of asbestos may abate or remove pursuant to subsection 4.

[1:Art. III—A:186:1941; added 1945, 296 ; 1943 NCL § 1474.21a]—(NRS A 1960, 353 ; 1963, 694 ; 1967, 1592 ; 1971, 180 ; 1979, 321 ; 1999, 2178 , 2956 ;

2007, 1550 ; 2011, 199 ; 2019, 1607 )

LICENSES

NRS 624.3017

NRS

624.3017

Substandard workmanship; incomplete advertising; advertising projects beyond scope of license.

The following acts, among others, constitute cause for disciplinary action under NRS 624.300 :

Workmanship which is not commensurate with standards of the trade in general or which is below the standards in the building or construction codes adopted by the city or county in which the work is performed. If no applicable building or construction code has been adopted locally, then workmanship must meet the standards prescribed in the Uniform Plumbing Code , National Electrical Code , International Building Code or International Residential Code in the form of the code most recently approved by the Board. The Board shall review each edition of the Uniform Plumbing Code , National Electrical Code , International Building Code or International Residential Code that is published after the 1996 edition to ensure its suitability. Each new edition of the code shall be deemed approved by the Board unless the edition is disapproved by the Board within 60 days of the publication of the code.
Advertising projects of construction without including in the advertisements the name and license number of the licensed contractor who is responsible for the construction.
Advertising projects of construction beyond the scope of the license.

(Added to NRS by 1969, 942 ; A 1985, 375 , 1053 ;

1987, 217 ; 1997, 2691 ; 1999, 2856 ; 2015, 2008 )

NRS 624.602

NRS

624.602

Required disclosure and provision of builders warranty to purchaser by licensee who completes construction of new, single-family residence.

A licensee who completes construction of a new, single-family residence shall provide to the purchaser of the residence:

(a) A separate, single-page disclosure describing the rights of the purchaser under this chapter, including, without limitation, the right to file a complaint pursuant to NRS 624.480 seeking recovery from the account established pursuant to NRS 624.470 ; and

(b) A builders warranty that meets the requirements of this section.

A builders warranty provided by a licensee pursuant to this section must:

(a) Be in writing.

(b) Be valid for a period of at least 1 year from the date of completion of a written punch list. As used in this paragraph, punch list means a list of any materials or work describing incomplete or incorrect installations or incidental damage to existing finishes, material and structures that do not conform to the specifications of the contract or the requirements of subsection 1 of NRS 624.3017 .

(c) Contain terms that include, without limitation, warrantying all home systems, workmanship, materials, plumbing, electrical and mechanical systems, appliances installed by contractors, fixtures, equipment and structural components, unless a separate warranty is provided by the manufacturer or installer of such a product, component or system.

(d) Be transferable to a subsequent purchaser of the residence.

(e) Not be deemed, construed or interpreted to constitute a waiver or release of any other warranty from the licensee provided by contract or otherwise available under the laws of this State.

(Added to NRS by 2019, 2283 )

NRS 624.915

NRS

624.915

Work concerning a residential pool or spa defined.

Work concerning a residential pool or spa means any of the following acts, if performed for a fee:

(a) The design, construction, repair, maintenance, restoration, alteration or improvement of any residential swimming pool or spa, regardless of use, including the repair or replacement of existing equipment or the installation of new equipment, as necessary; or

(b) Any consultation or supervision concerning such work.

The scope of such work includes layout, excavation, operation of construction pumps for removal of water, steelwork, construction of floors, installation of gunite, fiberglass, tile and coping, installation of all perimeter and filter piping, installation of all filter equipment and chemical feeders of any type, plastering of the interior, construction of decks, installation of housing for pool equipment and installation of packaged pool heaters.
The scope of such work also includes the installation of plumbing, including, without limitation, connections to potable water, and the installation of gas lines if the contractor holds classifications for such work pursuant to NRS 624.925 .

(Added to NRS by 1997, 2698 ; A 2001, 2977 ; 2005, 2377 )—(Substituted in revision for part of NRS 597.713)

NRS 624.925

NRS

624.925

Classifications of licensing.

The Board shall adopt regulations to provide for classifications of licensing that authorize a contractor who performs work concerning a residential pool or spa to perform, in connection with such work, the installation of:

(a) Plumbing, including, without limitation, connections to potable water; and

(b) Gas lines.

The regulations adopted by the Board must include, without limitation, regulations establishing the qualifications, training and examinations that are required for such classifications.

(Added to NRS by 2005, 2376 )

NRS 627.030

NRS

627.030

Categories of disbursements defined.

Categories of disbursements means categories of construction funds to be disbursed in payment of work, labor and material bills due for construction, repair, alteration or improvement of premises. Such categories shall be in writing and include but not be limited to structural masonry, masonry veneer, plumbing, electrical work, carpentry, reinforcing steel, structural steel, earthwork, heating and ventilating and air-conditioning, glass and glazing, lath and plaster or sheetrock, insulation and soundproofing, finish flooring, painting and decorating, concrete or asphalt paving, and shall provide for the complete, full and final disbursement of all of the construction funds.

(Added to NRS by 1965, 1179 )

NRS 652.130

NRS

652.130

Regulations: Qualifications of laboratory directors and personnel; location, construction, sanitary conditions and equipment of laboratories; test results; restrictions.

Except as otherwise provided in NRS 652.127 , the Board, with the advice of the Medical Laboratory Advisory Committee, may prescribe and publish rules and regulations relating to:

(a) The education, training and experience qualifications of laboratory directors and technical personnel.

(b) The location and construction of laboratories, including plumbing, heating, lighting, ventilation, electrical services and similar conditions, to ensure the conduct and operation of the laboratory in a manner which will protect the public health.

(c) Sanitary conditions within the laboratory and its surroundings, including the water supply, sewage, the handling of specimens and matters of general hygiene, to ensure the protection of the public health.

(d) The equipment essential to the proper conduct and operation of a laboratory.

(e) The determination of the accuracy of test results produced by a laboratory and the establishment of minimum qualifications therefor.

Any regulations adopted by the Board pursuant to this section must not require that the laboratory director of a laboratory in which the only test performed is a test for the detection of the human immunodeficiency virus that is classified as a waived test pursuant to Subpart A of Part 493 of Title 42 of the Code of Federal Regulations:

(a) Be a licensed physician; or

(b) Perform duties other than those prescribed in

NRS 652.180 .

Any regulations adopted by the Board pursuant to this section that require the laboratory director of a laboratory in which the only tests performed are tests that are classified as waived tests pursuant to Subpart A of Part 493 of Title 42 of the Code of Federal Regulations to be a licensed physician must include a licensed optometrist among the types of licensed physicians who are qualified to serve as a laboratory director of such a laboratory.

(Added to NRS by 1967, 927 ; A 1999, 173 ; 2015, 849 ; 2023, 1462 )

NRS 701.746

NRS

701.746

Installer defined.

Installer means a person engaged in the attachment of a regulated appliance or an appliance for which the Director has adopted a minimum standard of energy efficiency pursuant to NRS 701.770 that the installer has purchased or been contracted to attach to a structure by means of the electrical, plumbing or ventilation system of the structure.

(Added to NRS by 2021, 2200 )

NRS 704.6624

NRS

704.6624

Plan to provide incentives for water conservation: Procedure for adoption; revision; review and approval by Commission.

Each public utility which furnishes, for compensation, any water for municipal, industrial or domestic purposes shall adopt a plan to provide incentives:

(a) To encourage water conservation in its service area;

(b) To retrofit existing structures with plumbing fixtures designed to conserve the use of water; and

As part of the procedure of adopting a plan, the public utility shall provide an opportunity for any interested person to submit written views and recommendations on the plan.
The plan:

(a) Must be available for inspection by members of the public during office hours at the office of the public utility; and

(b) May be revised from time to time to reflect the changing needs and conditions of the service area. Each such revision must be filed with the Commission and made available for inspection by members of the public within 30 days after its adoption.

The Commission shall review the plan for compliance with this section within 30 days after its submission. The plan must be approved by the Commission before it is put into effect.

(Added to NRS by 1991, 523 ; A 2001, 1766 )

The law belongs to the people. Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 590 U.S. (2020)