Nevada § 118B.150 - Prohibited practices by landlord: Rent and additional charges; payments for improvements; meetings; utility services; guests; fences; dues for associations of members; public officers or candidates; trimming of trees

§ 118B.150. Prohibited practices by landlord: Rent and additional charges; payments for improvements; meetings; utility services; guests; fences; dues for associations of members; public officers or candidates; trimming of trees

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 2 and 3, the landlord or his or her

agent or employee shall not: (a) Increase rent or additional charges unless: (1) The rent charged after the increase is the same rent charged for manufactured

homes of the same size or lots of the same size or of a similar location within the

park, including, without limitation, manufactured homes and lots which are held pursuant

to a long-term lease, except that a discount may be selectively given to persons who: (I) Are handicapped; (II) Are 55 years of age or older; (III) Are long-term tenants of the park if the landlord has specified in the rental

agreement or lease the period of tenancy required to qualify for such a discount; (IV) Pay their rent in a timely manner; or (V) Pay their rent by check, money order or electronic means; (2) Any increase in additional charges for special services is the same amount for

each tenant using the special service; and (3) Written notice advising a tenant of the increase is received by the tenant 90

days before the first payment to be increased and written notice of the increase is

given to prospective tenants before commencement of their tenancy. In addition to the notice provided to a tenant pursuant to this subparagraph, if

the landlord or his or her agent or employee knows or reasonably should know that

the tenant receives assistance from the Account, the landlord or his or her agent

or employee shall provide to the Administrator written notice of the increase 90 days

before the first payment to be increased. (b) Require a tenant to pay for an improvement to the common area of a manufactured

home park unless the landlord is required to make the improvement pursuant to an ordinance

of a local government. (c) Require a tenant to pay for a capital improvement to the manufactured home park

unless the tenant has notice of the requirement at the time the tenant enters into

the rental agreement. A tenant may not be required to pay for a capital improvement after the tenant enters

into the rental agreement unless the tenant consents to it in writing or is given

60 days' notice of the requirement in writing. The landlord may not establish such a requirement unless a meeting of the tenants

is held to discuss the proposal and the landlord provides each tenant with notice

of the proposal and the date, time and place of the meeting not less than 60 days

before the meeting. The notice must include a copy of the proposal. A notice in a periodic publication of the park does not constitute notice for the

purposes of this paragraph. (d) Require a tenant to pay the rent by check or money order. (e) Require a tenant who pays the rent in cash to apply any change to which the tenant

is entitled to the next periodic payment that is due. The landlord or his or her agent or employee shall have an adequate amount of money

available to provide change to such a tenant. (f) Prohibit or require fees or deposits for any meetings held in the park's community

or recreational facility by the tenants or occupants of any manufactured home or recreational

vehicle in the park to discuss the park's affairs, or any political meeting sponsored

by a tenant, if the meetings are held at reasonable hours and when the facility is

not otherwise in use, or prohibit the distribution of notices of those meetings. (g) Interrupt, with the intent to terminate occupancy, any utility service furnished

the tenant except for nonpayment of utility charges when due. Any landlord who violates this paragraph is liable to the tenant for actual damages. (h) Prohibit a tenant from having guests, but the landlord may require the tenant

to register the guest within 48 hours after his or her arrival, Sundays and legal

holidays excluded, and if the park is a secured park, a guest may be required to register

upon entering and leaving. (i) Charge a fee for a guest who does not stay with the tenant for more than a total

of 60 days in a calendar year. The tenant of a manufactured home lot who is living alone may allow one other person

to live in his or her home without paying an additional charge or fee, unless such

a living arrangement constitutes a violation of chapter 315 of NRS . No agreement between a tenant and his or her guest alters or varies the terms of

the rental contract between the tenant and the landlord, and the guest is subject

to the rules and regulations of the landlord. (j) Prohibit a tenant from erecting a fence on the tenant's lot if the fence complies

with any standards for fences established by the landlord, including limitations established

for the location and height of fences, the materials used for fences and the manner

in which fences are to be constructed. (k) Prohibit any tenant from soliciting membership in any association which is formed

by the tenants who live in the park. As used in this paragraph, “ solicit ” means to make an oral or written request for membership or the payment of dues or

to distribute, circulate or post a notice for payment of those dues. (l) Prohibit a public officer, candidate for public office or the representative of

a public officer or candidate for public office from walking through the park to talk

with the tenants or distribute political material. (m) If a tenant has voluntarily assumed responsibility to trim the trees on his or

her lot, require the tenant to trim any particular tree located on the lot or dispose

of the trimmings unless a danger or hazard exists. (n) Charge a fee for a late monthly rental payment by a federal worker, tribal worker,

state worker or household member of such a worker during a shutdown. 2. The landlord is entitled to require a security deposit from a tenant who wants

to use the manufactured home park's clubhouse, swimming pool or other park facilities

for the tenant's exclusive use. The landlord may require the deposit at least 1 week before the use. The landlord shall apply the deposit to costs which occur due to damage or cleanup

from the tenant's use within 1 week after the use, if any, and shall, on or before

the eighth day after the use, refund any unused portion of the deposit to the tenant

making the deposit. The landlord is not required to place such a deposit into a financial institution

or to pay interest on the deposit. 3. The provisions of paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (j) and (m) of subsection 1 do not

apply to a corporate cooperative park. 4. As used in this section, “ long-term lease ” means a rental agreement or lease the duration of which exceeds 12 months.