Nevada § 266.355 - Power of city council to regulate and license
Full text of Nevada Nevada Revised Statutes § 266.355 — Power of city council to regulate and license, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 266.355. Power of city council to regulate and license
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 3, 4 and 5, the city council may: (a) Except as otherwise provided in NRS 268.0881 to 268.0888 , inclusive, 598D.150 and 640C.100 , regulate all businesses, trades and professions. (b) Except as otherwise provided in NRS 576.128 , fix, impose and collect a license tax for revenue upon all businesses, trades and
professions. 2. The city council may establish any equitable standard to be used in fixing license
taxes required to be collected pursuant to this section. 3. The city council may license insurance analysts, adjusters and managing general
agents and producers of insurance within the limitations and under the conditions
prescribed in NRS 680B.020 . 4. A city council shall not require that a person who is licensed as a contractor
pursuant to chapter 624 of NRS obtain more than one license to engage in the business of contracting or pay more
than one license tax related to engaging in the business of contracting, regardless
of the number of classifications or subclassifications of licensing for which the
person is licensed pursuant to chapter 624 of NRS . 5. The city council shall not require a person to obtain a license or pay a license
tax on the sole basis that the person is a professional. As used in this subsection, “ professional ” means a person who: (a) Holds a license, certificate, registration, permit or similar type of authorization
issued by a regulatory body as defined in NRS 622.060 , or who is regulated pursuant to the Nevada Supreme Court Rules; and (b) Practices his or her profession for any type of compensation as an employee.
Source: official Nevada text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 266.355 ("Power of city council to regulate and license") is part of the Nevada Revised Statutes, the codified statutory law of Nevada. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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