Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 76 - State Business Licenses
NRS 76.020 - "Business" defined.


1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, "business" means:
(a) Any person, except a natural person, that performs a service or engages in a trade for profit;
(b) Any natural person who performs a service or engages in a trade for profit if the person is required to file with the Internal Revenue Service a Schedule C (Form 1040), Profit or Loss From Business Form, or its equivalent or successor form, a Schedule E (Form 1040), Supplemental Income and Loss Form, or its equivalent or successor form, or a Schedule F (Form 1040), Profit or Loss From Farming Form, or its equivalent or successor form, for that activity; or
(c) Any entity organized pursuant to this title, including, without limitation, those entities required to file with the Secretary of State, whether or not the entity performs a service or engages in a business for profit.
2. The term does not include:
(a) A governmental entity.
(b) A nonprofit religious, charitable, fraternal or other organization that qualifies as a tax-exempt organization pursuant to 26 U.S.C. § 501(c).
(c) A person who operates a business from his or her home and whose net earnings from that business are not more than 66 2/3 percent of the average annual wage, as computed for the preceding calendar year pursuant to chapter 612 of NRS and rounded to the nearest hundred dollars.
(d) A natural person whose sole business is the rental of four or fewer dwelling units to others.
(e) A business organized pursuant to chapter 82 or 84 of NRS.
(f) A business organized pursuant to chapter 81 of NRS if the business is a nonprofit unit-owners’ association.
(Added to NRS by 2009, 2028; A 2015, 1274; 2017, 141, 2189)

Structure Nevada Revised Statutes

Nevada Revised Statutes

Chapter 76 - State Business Licenses

NRS 76.010 - Definitions.

NRS 76.020 - "Business" defined.

NRS 76.030 - "State business license" defined.

NRS 76.035 - "Unit-owners’ association" defined.

NRS 76.040 - "Wages" defined.

NRS 76.100 - State business license required; application and fee for license; activities constituting conduct of business.

NRS 76.103 - Certain manufacturers not required to obtain state business license.

NRS 76.105 - Claim for exemption; renewal; exceptions.

NRS 76.110 - Penalty for failing to obtain state business license before conducting business.

NRS 76.120 - Limitation on number of state business licenses natural person is required to obtain.

NRS 76.130 - Annual renewal of state business license: Fee; notice; penalty for late payment; waiver of fees and penalties.

NRS 76.140 - Regulations.

NRS 76.150 - Deposit of proceeds in State General Fund.

NRS 76.160 - Confidentiality of records and files of Secretary of State.

NRS 76.170 - Enforcement of provisions: Revocation or suspension of state business license; denial of new license.

NRS 76.172 - Suspension of state business license for failure to comply with controlling health standards; notice of suspension.

NRS 76.173 - Suspension of state business license for owing debt to certain agencies.

NRS 76.175 - Mandatory suspension of state business license for failure to pay child support or comply with certain subpoenas or warrants; reinstatement. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state...

NRS 76.180 - Penalty for willfully failing or neglecting to obtain or renew state business license; enforcement; regulations.