Substandard property found to substantially endanger health and safety of residents: Court order or judgment; owner to pay certain fees, costs and relocation compensation or benefits; penalty for failure to comply with order or judgment; equitable or declaratory relief.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 244.369055
in effect1. If the district court finds that there is a condition of the substandard property which substantially endangers the health and safety of the residents of the substandard property, upon the entry of any order or judgment pursuant to NRS 244.36905 , the district court shall:
(a) Order the owner of the substandard property to pay all reasonable and actual costs of the board of county commissioners or its designee, including, without limitation, inspection costs, investigation costs, enforcement costs, attorneys fees and costs and all costs of prosecution.
(b) Order that the board of county commissioners or its designee shall provide each tenant of the substandard property with the notice of the district court order or judgment.
(c) Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, if the conditions of the substandard property or the repair, rehabilitation or abatement thereof significantly affect the safe and sanitary use of the substandard property by any lawful tenant, such that the tenant cannot safely reside in the premises, order the owner to provide or pay relocation benefits to each lawful tenant. These benefits must consist of actual reasonable moving and storage costs and relocation compensation, including, without limitation, the costs and compensation for the following:
(1) Transportation of the personal property of the tenant to the new location. The new location must be in close proximity to the substandard property, except where relocation to a new location beyond a close proximity is determined by the district court to be justified.
(2) Packing, crating, unpacking and uncrating all personal property of the tenant.
(3) Insurance of the property of the tenant while in transit.
(4) The reasonable replacement value of any personal property lost, stolen or damaged, other than any personal property that was lost, stolen or damaged through the fault or negligence of the displaced tenant, or his or her agent or employee, in the process of moving, where insurance covering the loss, theft or damage is not reasonably available.
(5) The cost of disconnecting, dismantling, removing, reassembling, reconnecting and reinstalling machinery, equipment or other personal property of the tenant, including connection charges imposed by utility companies for starting utility service.
(6) Relocation compensation in an amount equal to the differential between the contract rent and the fair market rental value determined by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development for a unit of comparable size within the area for the period that the unit is being repaired or rehabilitated, for not more than 120 days.
(d) Determine the date when the tenant is to relocate, and order the tenant to notify the board of county commissioners or its designee and the owner of the dwelling unit of the address to which the tenant has relocated not more than 5 days after the relocation.
(e) Order that the owner of the substandard property offer the first right of occupancy of a dwelling unit to each tenant who received benefits pursuant to this section, before letting the dwelling unit for rent to a third party. Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, the offer for first right of occupancy to the tenant must be in writing and sent by certified mail to the address given by the tenant at the time of relocation. If the owner has not been provided the address of the tenant by the tenant as required by this section, the owner is not required to offer the tenant the first right of occupancy. The tenant may accept the offer by giving the owner notice in writing by certified mail not later than 10 days after the owner mailed the offer.
(f) Order that if the owner fails to comply with any order issued pursuant to NRS 244.36901 to 244.36909 , inclusive, the court may:
(1) Sanction the person for civil contempt;
(2) Impose any penalty authorized pursuant to NRS 244.3603 as if the substandard property were a chronic nuisance; or
(3) Any other penalty provided by law.
2. If the district court finds that a tenant has been substantially responsible for causing or substantially contributing to the conditions found by the district court that make the residential multifamily rental property a substandard property, the court shall not grant to the tenant any relocation compensation or benefits.
3. Any tenant of the substandard property who has been ordered to relocate due to the conditions found by the district court that make the residential multifamily rental property a substandard property and who is not substantially responsible for causing or contributing to the condition must be paid these benefits and moving costs at the time that the tenant actually relocates.
4. If the district court finds that it is not possible to provide a tenant with the benefits described in paragraph (c) of subsection 1, the district court may award such other equitable or declaratory relief as the court finds necessary.
Source: NV Statutes (Official Site)URL: https://www.leg.state.nv.us/nrs/NRS-244.htmlFetched: 10/4/2026