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Nevada rental application rules to know

• •Nevada does not cap application or screening fees, but since October 1, 2025 the landlord must refund your application fee if they rent the unit to someone else and never actually run your screening (both conditions must be met) (AB121).
• •On request, a landlord must give you a signed written receipt for any deposit, fee, or rent you pay (§ 118A.250).
• •Security deposits, including any surety bond and prepaid last month's rent, cannot exceed three months' rent (§ 118A.242).
• •After you move out, the landlord has 30 days to mail an itemized accounting and return the balance; missing that deadline can make them liable for the entire deposit and, at the court's discretion, up to a like additional amount (§ 118A.242).
• •Late fees are capped at 5% of the periodic rent and cannot be charged until rent is at least three days past due (§ 118A.210).
• •Since October 1, 2025, rental ads and leases must state rent as a single all-in figure that includes every nonoptional fee, so the advertised price is what you actually pay; the narrow exception is for utilities the provider cannot bill you directly (such as master-metered service), which may be passed through at cost if the lease discloses it (AB121).
• •Nevada has no statewide source-of-income law, so outside of any local rule a landlord may decline a Section 8 voucher; a blanket denial can still raise federal fair-housing concerns.
• •Nevada fair-housing law protects more classes than federal law, adding sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, and ancestry (§ 118.100); there is no statewide fair-chance law, so landlords may ask about criminal history.

Last reviewed 2026-07-15. General information, not legal advice.