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Las Vegas Private Roommate Rental Laws

Las Vegas Private Roommate Rental Laws. Before you enter into any Las Vegas Room Rental contract or agreement, you should know what laws affect your rights . Knowing what rights you have as a tenant is very important before the outset of your rental agreement.

My name is Professor Ron. I have been leasing and selling properties for over 20 years. I also passed my Real Estate exam, and became a Las Vegas, NV Real-Estate agent. I am no longer a licensed agent, but I still currently lease and sell privare properties.

All Las Vegas Private Roommate Rental Laws are covered by Nevada Revised Statutes. Any legitimate landlord should be familair with these laws. Why? Not all tenants are honest. Not all tenants are ethical. Not all tenants share your values of hard work, ethics, and integrity. Moreover, there are plenty of unscrupulous landlords out there too.

CHAPTER 118A - LANDLORD AND TENANT: DWELLINGS of Nevada Revised Statutes is the official source for laws and statutes that govern Las Vegas Private Room Rental Laws,

In general, all Nevada tenant laws, property rental laws, tenant rights, and landlord obligations are covered under these laws: NRS 118A.355, NRS 118A.360,NRS 118A.370,NRS 118A.380.

Las Vegas, NV: Private Roommate and House Rental Laws: Obligations of Landlord Towards Security Desposit (NRS118A.242, NRS118A.250)

Any legitimate landlord will require a security deposit. A security deposit acts as a buffer against tenants who may damage the property, or a tenant fails to follow basis tenant laws, or if there is need to enforce terms of the rental agreement.

Rquiring a security deposit is common, and legal. The Security Deposit achieves these objectives: a) Helps to remedy any default of the tenant in the payment of rent; b.) . (b) Repair damages to the premises other than normal wear and tear; and, (c) Expenses related to cleaning the dwelling unit.

What are the laws concerning a security deposit, and what requirements are landlords required to follow?

It is within the legal right of all Las Vegas, NV Private Roommate Landlords, and landlords of Apartments, Houses, and commercial buildings to require a security deposit.
1. The landlord may not demand or receive a security deposit or a surety bond whose total amount or value exceeds 3 months’ periodic rent.
2. Upon termination of the tenancy by either party for any reason, the landlord may claim the security deposit only such amounts as are reasonably necessary to remedy any default of the tenant in the payment of rent, to repair damages to the premises caused by the tenant other than normal wear and to pay the reasonable costs of cleaning the premises. The landlord shall provide the tenant with an itemized, written accounting of the disposition of the security deposit or surety bond, or a combination thereof, and return any remaining portion of the security deposit to the tenant no later than 30 days after the termination of the tenancy by handing it to the tenant personally at the place where the rent is paid, or by mailing it to the tenant at the tenant’s present address or, if that address is unknown, at the tenant’s last known address.
3. It is within the legal right of all Las Vegas, NV Private Room Landlords, as well as AirBnB hosts, to charge a nonrefundable expense or charge for cleaning.
4. The landlord shall deliver to the tenant upon the tenant’s request a signed written receipt for the security deposit or surety bond, or a combination thereof, and any other payments, deposits or fees, including rent, paid by the tenant and received by the landlord. The tenant may refuse to make rent payments until the landlord tenders the requested receipt.

Las Vegas, NV: Private Roommate and House Rental Laws: Rights of Tenant Towards Security Desposit (NRS118A.242, NRS118A.250)

If a tenant disputes an item contained in an itemized written accounting received from a landlord, the tenant may send a written response disputing the item and costs.
1. If the tenant sends the written response within 30 days after receiving the itemized written accounting, the surety shall not report the claim of the landlord to a credit reporting agency unless the surety obtains a judgment against the tenant.
2. If the landlord fails or refuses to return the remainder of a security deposit within 30 days after the end of a tenancy, the landlord may be liable to the tenant for damages: (a)In an amount equal to the entire security deposit; and (b) For a sum to be fixed by the court of not more than the amount of the entire security deposit.
3. Except for an agreement which provides for a nonrefundable charge for cleaning, in a reasonable amount, no rental agreement may contain any provision characterizing any security deposit as nonrefundable.

Las Vegas, NV: Private Roommate Rental Laws: Obligations of Landlord Towards Habitability of dwelling unit (NRS118A.290).

The landlord shall at all times during the tenancy maintain the dwelling unit in a habitable condition.
1. The landlord shall maintain his dwelling unit to ensure it complies with housing or health codes concerning the health, safety, sanitation or fitness for habitation of the dwelling unit.
2. The landlord shall ensure effective waterproofing and weather protection of the roof and exterior walls, including windows and doors.
3. The landlord shall ensure effective plumbing facilities which conformed to applicable law when installed and which are maintained in good working order.
4. The landlord shall ensure a water supply approved under applicable law;
5. The landlord shall ensure that the rental unit is capable of producing hot and cold running water;
6. The landlord shall ensure that the rental unit is not only capable of producing both hot and cold running water, but that appropriate fixtures are attached thereto; in other words, a garden hose or portable potty is not adequate;
7. The landlord shall ensure that the plumbing and water fictures are connected to a sewage disposal system approved under applicable law and maintained in good working order to the extent that the system can be controlled by the landlord.
8. The landlord shall ensure that adequate heating facilities are provided which conform to local law when installed and are maintained in good working order.
9. The landlord shall ensure that that the rental unit is equipped with electrical lighting, outlets, wiring and electrical equipment which conformed to applicable law when installed and are maintained in good working order.
10. The landlord shall ensure that an adequate number of appropriate receptacles for garbage and rubbish in clean condition and good repair at the commencement of the tenancy. Typiclly, in private roomshares, or Las Vegas Room Rentals, the landlord requires the tenant to dispose of his/her own trash by simply placing the trash outside in a garbage bin
11. The landlord shall ensure that the building, grounds, appurtenances and all other areas under the landlord’s control at the time of the commencement of the tenancy in every part, shall be clean, sanitary and reasonably free from all accumulations of debris, filth, rubbish, garbage, rodents, insects and vermin.
12. The landlord shall ensure that all floors, walls, ceilings, stairways and railings are maintained in good repair.
13. The landlord shall ensure that all ventilating, air-conditioning and other facilities and appliances, including elevators, maintained in good repair if supplied or required to be supplied by the landlord.

Las Vegas, NV: Private Roommate Rental Laws: Obligations and Expectations of Tenant (NRS 118A.310).

Tenants are required to pay rent on time, and to do their part in maintaining the premises. Tenants are also obligated and required to sign a rental agreement if requested by the landlord. Las Vegas Roomshares also lists other obligations, and expectations of tenants.

1. The Las Vegas Roommate/roomshare tenant shall comply with the terms of the rental agreement;
2. The Las Vegas Roommate/roomshare tenant shall keep that part of the premises which is occupied and used as clean and safe as the condition of the premises permit;
3. The Las Vegas Roommate/roomshare tenant shall dispose of all ashes, garbage, rubbish and other waste from the dwelling unit in a clean and safe manner;
4. The Las Vegas Roommate/roomshare tenant shall keep all plumbing fixtures in the dwelling unit as clean as their condition permits;
5. The Las Vegas Roommate/roomshare tenant shall use in a reasonable manner all electrical, plumbing, sanitary, heating, ventilating, air-conditioning and other facilities and appliances, including elevators, in the premises;
6. The Las Vegas Roommate/roomshare tenant shall not deliberately or negligently render the premises uninhabitable or destroy, deface, damage, impair or remove any part of the premises or knowingly permit any person to do so; and
7. The Las Vegas Roommate/roomshare tenant shall conduct himself or herself and require other persons on the premises with his or her consent to conduct themselves in a manner that will not disturb a neighbor’s peaceful enjoyment of the premises.