AB121
AN ACT relating to real property; requiring a landlord or his or her agent to provide a tenant at least one method of paying rent or any other fee or charge that meets certain requirements; prohibiting a landlord or his or her agent from charging a tenant a fee to make a payment through an Internet website or online portal that exceeds the amount of any fee charged by the operator of the Internet website or online portal for the use of the website or portal; requiring a written rental agreement to separately identify any such fee under certain circumstances; authorizing a tenant to bring a civil action against a landlord who has committed certain violations; requiring a landlord or his or her agent to provide, upon request, a copy of a written rental agreement to a prospective tenant; requiring a landlord to refund certain fees collected from a prospective tenant under certain circumstances; prohibiting a landlord from collecting certain application fees; requiring certain references to the amount of rent due under a rental agreement to be set forth in a certain manner; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Close title AN ACT relating to real property; requiring a landlord or his or her agent to provide a tenant at least one method of paying rent or any other fee or charge that meets certain requirements; prohibiting a landlord or his or her agent from charging a tenant a fee to make a payment through an Internet website or online portal that exceeds the amount of any fee charged by the operator of the Internet website or online portal for the use of the website or portal; requiring a written rental agreement to separately identify any such fee under certain circumstances; authorizing a tenant to bring a civil action against a landlord who has committed certain violations; requiring a landlord or his or her agent to provide, upon request, a copy of a written rental agreement to a prospective tenant; requiring a landlord to refund certain fees collected from a prospective tenant under certain circumstances; prohibiting a landlord from collecting certain application fees; requiring certain references to the amount of rent due under a rental agreement to be set forth in a certain manner; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Introduction Date
Monday, January 27, 2025
Primary Sponsor
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Public exhibits
3
Support 1 · Opp 1 · Neutral 1
Auditor findings
0
recusal 0 · QPQ 0
AN ACT relating to real property; requiring a landlord or his or her agent to provide a tenant at least one method of pa
Existing law sets forth certain requirements relating to a written rental agreement and requires any written agreement for the use and occupancy of a dwelling unit or premises to contain provisions relating to the amount of rent due and the manner and time of its payment. (NRS 118A.200) Section 5 of this bill requires that, in each place where a landlord lists the amount of rent due under a rental agreement and in any reference to the amount of rent due in a written rental agreement, the rent must be set forth as a single figure representing the maximum total amount of periodic rent that includes the amount of any mandatory fees to be charged to the tenant in addition to the base rent. Section 5 prohibits a landlord from charging a tenant an amount of periodic rent that exceeds the maximum total amount of rent due under the written rental agreement, as set forth in the manner required by section 5. Section 5 also authorizes a landlord, under certain circumstances, to charge a monthly fee in an amount which is equal to the cost for the electric, natural gas or water service provided in the individual dwelling unit of the tenant that is not included in the single figure representing the maximum total amount of periodic rent due, subject to certain requirements. Section 4 of this bill requires a landlord or his or her agent, upon request, to provide a prospective tenant with a copy of the written rental agreement, if any, to which the prospective tenant would be subject if he or
NELIS exhibits (3 on file)
Support (1)
- Mathilda Guerrero Miller — MPPA, Government Relations Director, Native Voters Alliance Nevada (Letter)
Opposition (1)
- Ron M. Aryel — M.D., M.B.A (Letter)
Neutral (1)
- Proposed Conceptual Amendment — Assemblymember Venicia Considine (Testimony)
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