For tenancy longer than week-to-week, no late fee until at least 3 calendar days after rent is due.
Includes last month’s rent and surety-bond value for the cap.
After termination of the tenancy.
Mandatory periodic fees generally included under NRS 118A.200(6).
Nevada charge guides
Security Deposit
Nevada security deposit cap, 30-day accounting, normal wear, cleaning, surety bonds and remedies.
Open guide →3-Month Limit
Nevada limits the combined security deposit, surety bond and last month’s rent to three months’ periodic rent.
Open guide →30-Day Rule
Nevada generally requires an itemized written accounting and return of the remaining deposit within 30 days after tenancy termination.
Open guide →Permitted Deductions
Nevada limits deposit claims to reasonably necessary unpaid rent, tenant-caused damage beyond normal wear and reasonable cleaning costs.
Open guide →Surety Bond
Nevada allows a tenant to purchase a surety bond in lieu of some or all of a deposit if the landlord consents, but the landlord cannot require the bond.
Open guide →Cleaning Charge
Nevada permits a rental agreement to provide for a reasonable nonrefundable cleaning charge while generally prohibiting security deposits from being characterized as nonrefundable.
Open guide →Deposit Remedies
Nevada provides statutory damages when a landlord fails or refuses to return the remaining security deposit within 30 days.
Open guide →Utility Charges & Rent Disclosure
Nevada rules for separately charged electric, natural-gas or water costs, master-metered water and the single-figure periodic-rent disclosure requirement.
Open guide →Rent Late Fees
Nevada residential rent late-fee rule under NRS 118A.210, including rental-agreement disclosure, the three-calendar-day timing rule and the 5% periodic-rent ceiling.
Open guide →Three billing questions to keep separate
Rent late fees use NRS 118A.210, including the timing, rental-agreement and 5%-of-periodic-rent checks. Move-out deposit deductions use NRS 118A.242. Monthly pricing and separately billed utility costs use the current NRS 118A.200 framework. Review each line item against the rule that matches when and why it was charged.
Official sources
Current Nevada residential late-fee statute requiring the fee to be set forth in the rental agreement, imposing a three-calendar-day timing rule for tenancies longer than week-to-week, capping the fee at 5% of periodic rent and barring compounding of the maximum through prior late fees.
Nevada LegislatureNevada Revised Statutes Chapter 118A — Landlord and Tenant: Dwellings ↗Official Nevada residential landlord-tenant chapter containing the security-deposit definition, cap, return, surety-bond and remedy rules.
Nevada LegislatureNRS 118A.242 — Security deposit ↗Primary Nevada security-deposit provision covering the three-month cap, 30-day accounting, permissible deductions and damages.
Nevada LegislatureNRS 118A.200 — Written rental agreement; periodic rent and utility-fee disclosures ↗Current Nevada rental-agreement statute requiring utility-payment responsibilities in the lease, a single figure for maximum total periodic rent including mandatory fees, and narrow disclosure-based exceptions for separately charged electric, natural gas or water service.