1. If the dwelling unit or premises are damaged or destroyed by fire or casualty to an extent that enjoyment of the dwelling unit is substantially impaired, the landlord may terminate the rental agreement and the tenant may, in addition to any other remedy:
(a) Immediately vacate the premises and notify the landlord within 7 days thereafter of the tenant’s intention to terminate the rental agreement, in which case the rental agreement terminates as of the date of vacating.
(b) If continued occupancy is lawful, vacate any part of the dwelling unit rendered unusable by the fire or casualty, in which case the tenant’s liability for rent is reduced in proportion to the diminution in the fair rental value of the dwelling unit or lack of use of the dwelling unit.
2. If the rental agreement is terminated, the landlord shall return all prepaid rent and any security deposit recoverable under this chapter. Accounting for rent in the event of termination or such continued occupancy shall be made as of the date the premises were vacated.
3. This section does not apply if it is determined that the fire or casualty were caused by deliberate or negligent acts of the tenant, a member of his or her household or other person on the premises with his or her consent.
(Added to NRS by 1977, 1340; A 2021, 404)
Structure Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 118A - Landlord and Tenant: Dwellings
NRS 118A.030 - "Abandoned property" defined.
NRS 118A.040 - "Action" defined.
NRS 118A.050 - "Building, housing and health codes" defined.
NRS 118A.060 - "Cause" defined.
NRS 118A.070 - "Court" defined.
NRS 118A.080 - "Dwelling" and "dwelling unit" defined.
NRS 118A.090 - "Exclude" defined.
NRS 118A.095 - "Federal worker" defined.
NRS 118A.100 - "Landlord" defined.
NRS 118A.110 - "Normal wear" defined.
NRS 118A.120 - "Owner" defined.
NRS 118A.125 - "Periodic rent" defined.
NRS 118A.130 - "Person" defined.
NRS 118A.140 - "Premises" defined.
NRS 118A.150 - "Rent" defined.
NRS 118A.160 - "Rental agreement" defined.
NRS 118A.163 - "Shutdown" defined.
NRS 118A.167 - "State worker" defined.
NRS 118A.170 - "Tenant" defined.
NRS 118A.175 - "Tribal worker" defined.
NRS 118A.190 - Notice: Definition; service.
NRS 118A.210 - Rental agreements: Payment of rent; term of tenancy; late fee.
NRS 118A.220 - Rental agreements: Prohibited provisions.
NRS 118A.230 - Rental agreements: Unconscionability.
NRS 118A.240 - "Security deposit" defined.
NRS 118A.250 - Receipts for security deposit, surety bond, rent and other payments.
NRS 118A.270 - Alternative method of disclosure.
NRS 118A.280 - Delivery of possession of premises.
NRS 118A.290 - Habitability of dwelling unit.
NRS 118A.300 - Advance notice of increase of rent.
NRS 118A.315 - Petition by landlord for relief from certain requirements relating to shutdown.
NRS 118A.320 - Rules or regulations of landlord.
NRS 118A.330 - Landlord’s access to dwelling unit.
NRS 118A.347 - Form of affidavit for written notice terminating lease due to domestic violence.
NRS 118A.350 - Failure of landlord to comply with rental agreement.
NRS 118A.355 - Failure of landlord to maintain dwelling unit in habitable condition.
NRS 118A.370 - Failure of landlord to deliver possession of dwelling unit.
NRS 118A.380 - Failure of landlord to supply essential items or services.
NRS 118A.400 - Damage or destruction of dwelling unit by fire or casualty.
NRS 118A.410 - Failure of landlord to disclose required information to tenant.
NRS 118A.450 - Abandonment of dwelling unit by tenant: Remedies; presumption.
NRS 118A.470 - Holding over by tenant.
NRS 118A.480 - Landlord’s recovery of possession of dwelling unit.
NRS 118A.500 - Tenant’s refusal to allow lawful access to dwelling unit; landlord’s abuse of access.
NRS 118A.510 - Retaliatory conduct by landlord against tenant prohibited; remedies; exceptions.
NRS 118A.530 - Effect of chapter upon rental agreements entered into before July 1, 1977.