Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 624 - Contractors

NRS 624.035 - County or municipality may impose additional requirements for contractor’s license. - The provisions of this chapter shall not be construed to...

NRS 624.040 - Creation; number and appointment of members. - There is hereby created the State Contractors’ Board to consist...

NRS 624.050 - Qualifications of members. - 1. Six members of the Board must each: (a) At...

NRS 624.070 - Certificate of appointment; oath of office. - Each member of the Board shall: 1. Receive a certificate...

NRS 624.080 - Regular and special meetings; notice. - 1. The Board shall hold such meetings as may be...

NRS 624.090 - Quorum. - Four members of the Board shall constitute a quorum. [Part...

NRS 624.100 - Appointment of committees; adoption of bylaws, rules of procedure and regulations; advisory committees. - 1. The Board may appoint such committees and make such...

NRS 624.105 - Designation of Ombudsman for Residential Pools and Spas; duties. - 1. The Board shall designate an employee as Ombudsman for...

NRS 624.110 - Offices; maintenance, inspection and confidentiality of records and reports. - 1. The Board may maintain offices in as many localities...

NRS 624.112 - Investigations Office: Establishment; qualifications of investigators. - 1. The Board shall: (a) Establish an Investigations Office to...

NRS 624.115 - Employment of necessary personnel; authority of Board concerning criminal investigators and compliance investigators employed by Board. - 1. The Board may employ attorneys, investigators and other professional...

NRS 624.120 - Seal. - The Board shall adopt a seal for its own use....

NRS 624.135 - Fiscal year. - The Board shall operate on the basis of a fiscal...

NRS 624.140 - Use of money received by Board; delegation of authority concerning disciplinary action; deposit of certain money into Construction Education Account. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, if money...

NRS 624.150 - Election and duties of Treasurer; disposition of money. - 1. The Board shall elect one of its members as...

NRS 624.160 - Administration of chapter; provision of information to public concerning contractors and contracting; advisory opinions; investigation of persons acting as contractors. - 1. The Board is vested with all of the functions...

NRS 624.165 - Investigation of constructional fraud. - 1. The Board shall: (a) Designate one or more of...

NRS 624.170 - Administration of oaths; taking of testimony and proofs; issuance of subpoenas. - 1. Any member of the Board or the Executive Officer...

NRS 624.180 - Service of process. - 1. Any process issued by the Board or the Executive...

NRS 624.190 - Action by district court to compel attendance of witness or production of records, books or papers. - 1. The district court in and for the county in...

NRS 624.200 - Deposition of witness. - The Board may in any hearing, investigation or other proceeding...

NRS 624.210 - Right of party to compel attendance of witness or taking of deposition. - Any party to any hearing, investigation or other proceeding before...

NRS 624.212 - Cease and desist order for unlicensed activity: Issuance; service; actions that Board is authorized or required to take regarding compliance or noncompliance with order; petition to lift or alter order; authority of Board to consider or... - 1. The Executive Officer, on behalf of the Board, shall...

NRS 624.213 - Persons authorized to perform work requiring a license and work not requiring a license for a contractor. - 1. A contractor may perform work that requires a contractor’s...

NRS 624.215 - Contracting business. - 1. For the purpose of classification, the contracting business includes...

NRS 624.218 - Classification for persons who construct or improve video service networks; regulations. - 1. The Board shall adopt by regulation a classification of...

NRS 624.220 - Contractors; monetary limit on license; regulations. - 1. The Board shall adopt regulations necessary to effect the...

NRS 624.240 - Issuance of licenses; use of examinations to investigate, classify and qualify applicants; additional qualifications for master’s license; transitory provision. - 1. Under reasonable regulations adopted by the Board, the Board...

NRS 624.241 - Program for issuance of license in expedited manner. - The Board may establish a program for the issuance of...

NRS 624.245 - Temporary prohibition of certain violators from taking examination. - The Board may prohibit a person who has been convicted...

NRS 624.250 - Application for issuance or renewal of license: Contents; fees and assessments; contributions to Construction Education Account. - 1. To obtain or renew a license, an applicant must...

NRS 624.253 - Application for one or more classifications; additional application and fee for license may be required. - 1. A licensee may make application for classification and be...

NRS 624.254 - Issuance or renewal of license under name likely to result in confusion or mistake prohibited. - No license may be issued or renewed by the Board...

NRS 624.2545 - Denial of application for issuance or renewal of license: Notice; request for hearing; hearing; delegation of authority to hearing officer; regulations. - 1. If the Board denies an application for issuance or...

NRS 624.256 - Proof of industrial insurance; notification of Fraud Control Unit for Industrial Insurance of failure to obtain industrial insurance; disciplinary action; penalty for failure to pay contributions to Unemployment Compensation Fund. - 1. Before granting an original or renewal of a contractor’s...

NRS 624.260 - Applicant or licensee required to demonstrate experience, knowledge and financial responsibility; qualifications concerning experience and knowledge; limitations on qualifications of natural person. - 1. The Board shall require an applicant or licensee to...

NRS 624.262 - Financial responsibility of applicant or licensee: Demonstration required. - A licensee or an applicant for a contractor’s license must...

NRS 624.263 - Financial responsibility of applicant or licensee: Standards and criteria for determination. - 1. The financial responsibility of a licensee or an applicant...

NRS 624.264 - Financial responsibility of applicant or licensee: Additional requirements for certain applicants and licensees engaged in residential construction. - 1. In addition to any other requirements set forth in...

NRS 624.265 - Good character of applicant or licensed contractor and certain associates; grounds for establishment of lack of good character; background investigation; confidentiality of results of background investigation; fee for processing fingerp... - 1. An applicant for a contractor’s license or a licensed...

NRS 624.266 - Duty of applicant or licensee to disclose certain information to Board. - 1. An applicant for a contractor’s license or a licensee...

NRS 624.268 - Payment of child support: Submission of certain information by applicant; grounds for denial of license; duty of Board. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state to establish proced... - 1. In addition to any other requirements set forth in...

NRS 624.270 - Bond or deposit: Requirements; amount; conditions. - 1. Before issuing a contractor’s license to any applicant, the...

NRS 624.273 - Bond and deposit: Person benefited; actions; payment by surety without action by court; interpleader by surety or Board; preferred claims; prohibited claims. - 1. Each bond or deposit required by NRS 624.270 must...

NRS 624.275 - Bond and deposit: Notice of claim paid against contractor’s bond by surety; cancellation of contractor’s bond by surety; notification to contractor of claim against or cancellation of bond; duties of Board and contractor; revocation or... - 1. With respect to a surety bond that a licensed...

NRS 624.276 - Bond and deposit: Additional requirements for contractors performing work concerning residential pools or spas. - 1. Before granting an original contractor’s license to, or renewing...

NRS 624.280 - Regulations concerning fees; limitation on amount. - The Board may adopt regulations fixing the fee for an...

NRS 624.281 - Fee for license issued in expedited manner; reimbursement to Board for costs and expenses; regulations concerning application for license issued in expedited manner. - 1. If an applicant wishes to have a license issued...

NRS 624.282 - Inactive status of license: Application; effect; duration; regulations. - 1. A contractor may apply to the Board to have...

NRS 624.283 - License: Expiration; renewal; automatic suspension for failure to renew on or before renewal date; demonstration of financial responsibility; reinstatement; cancellation; exceptions for reinstatement of license automatically suspended d... - 1. Each license issued under the provisions of this chapter...

NRS 624.284 - License: Limitation of scope; exceptions. - Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4 of NRS 118B.090...

NRS 624.285 - Termination of association of natural person qualifying by examination on behalf of another natural person or firm: Notice; replacement with qualified natural person. - 1. If the natural person qualifying by examination on behalf...

NRS 624.288 - Display of name and license on motor vehicle. - A licensee shall display on each commercial motor vehicle registered...

NRS 624.291 - Hearing required if Board suspends or revokes license, has probable cause to believe that person has engaged in unlawful advertising or imposes administrative fine for unlicensed actions; exception. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, if the...

NRS 624.295 - Member of Board authorized to inform Executive Officer of allegation of ground for disciplinary action; action by Executive Officer. - If a member of the Board becomes aware that any...

NRS 624.300 - Disciplinary actions against licensee; private reprimands prohibited; orders imposing discipline deemed public records; deposit of fines in Construction Education Account. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 3 and 5,...

NRS 624.301 - Abandonment or failure or refusal to complete or prosecute diligently project for construction; failure or refusal to comply with terms of contract or written warranty. - The following acts, among others, constitute cause for disciplinary action...

NRS 624.3011 - Disregard of plans, specifications, laws or regulations. - 1. The following acts, among others, constitute cause for disciplinary...

NRS 624.3012 - Diversion of money or property; failure to pay for materials or services; false denial of amount due, or validity of claim of amount due, for materials or services; failure to release lien against property to be improved. - The following acts, among others, constitute cause for disciplinary action...

NRS 624.3013 - Failure to keep records or maintain bond; misrepresentation or omission; failure to establish financial responsibility or comply with law or regulations of Board. - The following acts, among others, constitute cause for disciplinary action...

NRS 624.3014 - Misuse of license; evasion of law. - The following acts, among others, constitute cause for disciplinary action...

NRS 624.3015 - Acting beyond scope of license; bidding on work in excess of limit or beyond scope of license; contracting with unlicensed contractor; constructing or repairing mobile home, manufactured home, manufactured building or commercial coach... - The following acts, among others, constitute cause for disciplinary action...

NRS 624.3016 - Fraudulent or deceitful acts; criminal conviction; improper acts involving liens; improper acts involving residential pools and spas or residential photovoltaic systems used to produce electricity; failure to make required disclosure;... - The following acts or omissions, among others, constitute cause for...

NRS 624.30165 - Unfair business practices: Misrepresentations involving need for service, replacement parts, equipment or repairs; false or misleading statements. - The following acts, among others, are unfair business practices and...

NRS 624.3017 - Substandard workmanship; incomplete advertising; advertising projects beyond scope of license. - The following acts, among others, constitute cause for disciplinary action...

NRS 624.30175 - Suspension of license for failure to pay child support or comply with certain subpoenas or warrants; reinstatement of license. [Effective until 2 years after the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each st... - 1. If the Board receives a copy of a court...

NRS 624.3018 - Certain persons prohibited from serving as officer, director, associate or partner of licensee. - 1. Any person who: (a) Has been denied a license...

NRS 624.302 - Contracting, offering to contract or submitting bid if license is suspended, revoked or inactive; failure to comply with written citation or pay administrative fine; suspension or revocation of license in other state or disciplinary act... - The following acts or omissions, among others, constitute cause for...

NRS 624.305 - Unlawful use, assignment or transfer of license; revocation of license. - 1. No license may be used for any purpose by...

NRS 624.320 - Allegation and proof of license in action on contract. - No person, firm, copartnership, corporation, association or other organization, or...

NRS 624.323 - Licensee subject to disciplinary proceeding must submit financial statement and other information to Board; authority of Board to take certain actions to protect public. - 1. In addition to any other requirements set forth in...

NRS 624.327 - Certain records relating to investigation deemed confidential; certain records relating to disciplinary action deemed public records. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section and NRS...

NRS 624.331 - Complaint against licensee must be written and filed within certain period; Board must act on complaint within certain period. - 1. A complaint against a licensee for the commission of...

NRS 624.335 - Investigation of complaint by Investigations Office; notification of actions taken; resolution of complaint by Investigations Office; forwarding of complaint to appropriate agency for resolution. - 1. The Investigations Office of the Board shall: (a) Upon...

NRS 624.341 - Administrative citation; order to take corrective action; penalty. - 1. If the Board or its designee, based upon a...

NRS 624.345 - Contest of administrative citation or order to cease and desist: Time limit; effect of failure to contest citation or order within time limit; extension of time to contest citation or order; service of citation or order. - 1. A person who is issued a written citation pursuant...

NRS 624.351 - Contest of administrative citation or order to correct violation: Hearing. - If a person contests a citation issued pursuant to NRS...

NRS 624.355 - Annual review of complaints by Board; report to Governor and Legislature; duty to inform public. - 1. On or before September 1 of each even-numbered year,...

NRS 624.361 - Regulations. - The Board shall adopt regulations concerning the: 1. Form of...

NRS 624.400 - Definitions. - As used in NRS 624.400 to 624.560, inclusive, unless the...

NRS 624.410 - "Account" defined. - "Account" means the account established pursuant to NRS 624.470. (Added...

NRS 624.420 - "Injured person" defined. - "Injured person" means an owner who: 1. Is damaged by...

NRS 624.430 - "Owner" defined. - "Owner" means a natural person who owns a single-family residence...

NRS 624.440 - "Qualified services" defined. - "Qualified services" means any construction, remodeling, repair or improvement performed...

NRS 624.450 - "Residential contractor" defined. - "Residential contractor" means a contractor who is licensed pursuant to...

NRS 624.455 - "Single-family residence" defined. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, "single-family residence"...

NRS 624.460 - "Subsequent owner" defined. - "Subsequent owner" means a natural person who purchases a single-family...

NRS 624.470 - Establishment of account; reference to account as "Recovery Fund"; collection of biennial assessment; reduction in amount of assessment under certain circumstances; use of money in account. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, in addition...

NRS 624.480 - Limitation on time to file complaint seeking recovery. - Except as otherwise provided in NRS 624.490, an injured person...

NRS 624.490 - Application to Board for satisfaction of judgment from account. - Within 2 years after an injured person has obtained a...

NRS 624.500 - Hearing on complaint; limitation on time for acting on complaint. - 1. The Board or its designee shall hold a hearing...

NRS 624.510 - Eligibility for recovery from account; restrictions; maximum amount of individual recovery from account; Board subrogated to rights of injured person; maximum amount of recovery from account for claims against individual contractor. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 624.490 and subsection...

NRS 624.520 - Contractor required to notify owner of rights related to account; written statement; administrative fine for noncompliance. - 1. A residential contractor shall notify an owner with whom...

NRS 624.530 - Board retains authority to take disciplinary action against residential contractor; additional actions by Board against residential contractor. - 1. The provisions of NRS 624.400 to 624.560, inclusive, do...

NRS 624.540 - Submission of annual statement of condition of account to Legislature; employment of necessary persons; procurement of necessary equipment, supplies and services; interest credited to account; limit on expenditures. - 1. The Board shall: (a) On or before February 1...

NRS 624.550 - Minimum balance in account. - Once an initial balance of $200,000 exists in the account,...

NRS 624.560 - Regulations. - The Board shall adopt such regulations as are necessary to...

NRS 624.570 - Creation; members; expenses; duties; powers; regulations. - 1. The Commission on Construction Education is hereby created. 2....

NRS 624.580 - Construction Education Account; administration. - 1. There is hereby created a Construction Education Account as...

NRS 624.600 - Required disclosures by general building contractor to owner of single-family residence with whom contractor has contracted. - A general building contractor shall provide in writing to the...

NRS 624.602 - Required disclosure and provision of builder’s warranty to purchaser by licensee who completes construction of new, single-family residence. - 1. A licensee who completes construction of a new, single-family...

NRS 624.605 - Availability to contractor of names and addresses of subcontractors delinquent in payment of contributions for unemployment or industrial insurance. - The Employment Security Division of the Department of Employment, Training...

NRS 624.606 - Definitions. - As used in NRS 624.606 to 624.630, inclusive, the words...

NRS 624.607 - "Higher-tiered contractor" defined. - "Higher-tiered contractor" means a prime contractor or subcontractor who has...

NRS 624.608 - "Lower-tiered subcontractor" defined. - "Lower-tiered subcontractor" means a subcontractor who has agreed in an...

NRS 624.6084 - "Owner" defined. - 1. "Owner" means an owner or lessee of real property...

NRS 624.6086 - "Prime contractor" defined. - "Prime contractor" means a contractor who enters into an oral...

NRS 624.609 - Payment of prime contractor during performance of agreement; grounds and procedure for withholding amounts from payment; rights and duties after notice of withholding, notice of objection or notice of correction. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 2 and 4...

NRS 624.610 - Grounds and procedure for stopping work or terminating agreement; change orders; damages and other remedies; rights of lower-tiered subcontractors; limitations on liability. - 1. If: (a) An owner fails to pay the prime...

NRS 624.620 - Payment of prime contractor after work of improvement is available for use or occupancy; grounds and procedure for withholding amounts from payment; rights and duties after notice of withholding or notice of correction; partial payments... - 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, any money...

NRS 624.622 - Requirements concerning notices; prohibited provisions; exemptions; requests for information. - 1. A prime contractor shall provide a copy of any...

NRS 624.624 - Payment of lower-tiered subcontractor; grounds and procedure for withholding amounts from payment; rights and duties after notice of withholding, notice of objection or notice of correction. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, if a...

NRS 624.626 - Grounds and procedure for stopping work or terminating agreement; change orders; damages and other remedies; rights of lower-tiered subcontractors after work stoppage or termination of agreement; limitations on liability. - 1. If: (a) A higher-tiered contractor fails to pay the...

NRS 624.628 - Requirements concerning notices; prohibited provisions; requests for information. - 1. A lower-tiered subcontractor shall provide a copy of any...

NRS 624.630 - Accrual of interest on money due; rate of interest. - Any money which is payable to a prime contractor, higher-tiered...

NRS 624.700 - Engaging in business or submitting bid without license unlawful; prosecution; damages; bid submitted in violation of section void. - 1. It is unlawful for any person or combination of...

NRS 624.710 - Administrative fine for engaging in business or submitting bid without license, engaging in unlawful advertising or acting in joint venture or combination without additional license; fine cumulative; action for fine; deposit of fine in... - 1. If any person violates the provisions of subsection 1...

NRS 624.720 - Unlawful advertising; disconnection of telephone number listed in unlawful advertisement. - 1. It is unlawful for any person, including a person...

NRS 624.730 - Unlawful to sit for examination on behalf of another; unlawful to provide any portion of examination to another. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, any person...

NRS 624.740 - Unlawful to act in joint venture or combination without additional license. - 1. It is unlawful for any two or more licensees,...

NRS 624.750 - Other unlawful acts or omissions; penalties for unlawful acts and omissions. - 1. It is unlawful for a person to commit any...

NRS 624.800 - Statute of limitations for certain violations. - For any violation of the provisions of NRS 624.005 to...

NRS 624.830 - Definitions. - As used in NRS 624.830 to 624.895, inclusive, unless the...

NRS 624.835 - "Contract" defined. - "Contract" means any contract or agreement as described in NRS...

NRS 624.840 - "Contractor" defined. - "Contractor" means a person licensed pursuant to the provisions of...

NRS 624.845 - "Electric utility" defined. - "Electric utility" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS...

NRS 624.850 - "Residential photovoltaic system" defined. - "Residential photovoltaic system" includes a distributed generation system as that...

NRS 624.855 - "Work concerning a residential photovoltaic system used to produce electricity" and "work" defined. - 1. "Work concerning a residential photovoltaic system used to produce...

NRS 624.860 - License or other authorization required to perform work concerning residential photovoltaic system used to produce electricity. - A person shall not, directly or indirectly, perform or offer...

NRS 624.865 - Contractor required to obtain permits and meet certain requirements; certain owner-builders required to submit information regarding bonds and insurance; license or other authorization required to perform certain acts for owner-builder. - 1. Any contractor who performs work concerning a residential photovoltaic...

NRS 624.870 - Duties of contractor regarding commencement, performance and completion of work; contract required to contain written explanation of rights of customer; conditions for final payment. - 1. A contractor who receives an initial down payment or...

NRS 624.875 - Mandatory elements and required information in contracts; contractor required to furnish copy of signed documents and receipt for money paid; certain contracts void; contractor required to apply for and obtain necessary permits and appr... - 1. The Board may adopt by regulation mandatory elements to...

NRS 624.880 - Advertisements and solicitations for work: Requirements; prohibited practices; standards for advertisements; regulations. - 1. Advertisements and solicitations for work concerning a residential photovoltaic...

NRS 624.885 - Limitations on certain lending and financial practices. - 1. A contract for work concerning a residential photovoltaic system...

NRS 624.890 - Contractor who commits certain violations may be required to obtain services of construction control. - 1. If a contractor who performs work concerning a residential...

NRS 624.895 - Grounds for disciplinary action; unlawful acts; penalties. - 1. A violation of any provision of NRS 624.830 to...

NRS 624.900 - Definitions. - As used in NRS 624.900 to 624.965, inclusive, unless the...

NRS 624.905 - "Contract" defined. - "Contract" means any contract or agreement in which a contractor...

NRS 624.910 - "Contractor" defined. - "Contractor" means a person licensed pursuant to the provisions of...

NRS 624.915 - "Work concerning a residential pool or spa" defined. - 1. "Work concerning a residential pool or spa" means any...

NRS 624.920 - License or other authorization required to perform work concerning residential pool or spa. - A person shall not, directly or indirectly, perform or offer...

NRS 624.925 - Classifications of licensing. - 1. The Board shall adopt regulations to provide for classifications...

NRS 624.930 - Contractor and subcontractor required to obtain permits and meet certain requirements; certain owner-builders required to submit information regarding bonds and insurance; supervision and control of work; license or other authorization... - 1. Any contractor or subcontractor who performs work concerning a...

NRS 624.935 - Duties of contractor regarding commencement, performance and completion of work; contract required to contain written explanation of rights of customer; conditions for final payment. - 1. A contractor who receives an initial down payment or...

NRS 624.940 - Mandatory elements and required information in contracts; contractor required to furnish copy of signed documents and receipt for money paid; certain contracts void; contractor required to apply for and obtain necessary permits; regulat... - 1. The Board shall adopt by regulation mandatory elements to...

NRS 624.945 - Standards for advertisements; prohibited advertising practices; regulations. - 1. The Board shall adopt by regulation standards for advertisements...

NRS 624.950 - Limitations on contractor’s involvement with entities engaged in certain lending and financial services. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section and NRS...

NRS 624.955 - Limitations on certain lending and financial practices. - 1. A contract for work concerning a residential pool or...

NRS 624.960 - Contractor who commits certain violations may be required to obtain services of construction control. - 1. If a contractor who performs work concerning a residential...

NRS 624.965 - Grounds for disciplinary action; unlawful acts; penalties. - 1. A violation of any provision of NRS 624.900 to...

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Nevada Revised Statutes Chapter 624 - Contractors

Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 624 - Contractors