🇺🇸 Nevada tenant document
Landlord kept your deposit? Check the Nevada return rules, then challenge withheld funds with an organized written demand, your dates and amounts, an evidence plan, and official starting points in one downloadable pack.
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Official framework
Nevada Revised Statutes (NRS) 118A.240, 118A.242, and 118A.200
Nevada generally requires the landlord to provide an itemized, written accounting of the disposition of the security deposit and return any remaining portion no later than 30 days after the termination of the tenancy, by hand or by mail to the tenant’s present or last known address.
Read the official statute ↗Content reviewed October 2, 2026. General information only—not legal advice.
Nevada security deposit rules
Nevada generally requires a landlord to provide an itemized, written accounting of the security deposit and return any remaining balance no later than 30 days after the tenancy terminates, and deductions are limited to unpaid rent, repair of tenant-caused damage other than normal wear, and reasonable cleaning costs. NRS 118A.242 also caps deposits at three months’ periodic rent and describes damages a court may consider when a landlord fails or refuses to return the remainder on time, including an amount equal to the entire deposit and a further sum of up to the entire deposit.
Watch your own deadline: If a surety bond was used in place of all or part of the deposit, NRS 118A.242(5) provides that a written dispute sent to the surety within 30 days after you receive the itemized accounting bars the surety from reporting the landlord’s claim to a credit agency without a judgment. Send any dispute to the surety well before that date.
Check coverage: NRS 118A.180 excludes some arrangements, including manufactured home park tenancies under chapter 118B, public housing authority low-rent programs, hotel or motel stays under 30 days unless the occupant clearly intends to stay longer, and occupancy conditioned solely on employment.
These are general summaries, not conclusions about your situation. Review the linked official text and obtain legal advice when needed.
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Nevada deposit dispute
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Nevada generally requires the landlord to provide an itemized, written accounting of the disposition of the security deposit and return any remaining portion no later than 30 days after the termination of the tenancy, by hand or by mail to the tenant’s present or last known address. Check the official statute for the conditions that apply to your tenancy.
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