How much notice does a landlord have to give to raise rent in Nevada?

Sixty days in writing, or thirty days if your tenancy runs for less than a month, under section 118A.300. The period is counted back from the first rental payment at the higher rate, not from the date on the letter. Many sources still say 45 days, which was the rule before Assembly Bill 308 changed it in 2021. A notice shorter than the required period usually delays the increase rather than cancelling it.

Why do some websites say Nevada requires 45 days?

Because they are quoting the version of the statute that existed before 2021. Assembly Bill 308 struck 45 days and inserted 60, and struck 15 days and inserted 30, for tenancies shorter than a month. One widely used statute mirror still publishes the superseded text, and several guides dated 2026 repeat it from there. The current text gives 60 and 30, and the history note records the 2021 amendment.

Is there a limit on how much rent can go up in Nevada?

No. Nevada sets no cap on the amount of an increase, so once the notice period has run a landlord may ask any figure. Nevada also has no statute preempting local rent control, but that does not mean a city could introduce it: Nevada is a Dillon Rule state, so a local government has only the powers the legislature grants. Neither Las Vegas nor Reno can create rent control on its own.

Can my landlord raise the rent during my lease in Nevada?

Not during a fixed term unless the lease plainly allows it, because rent is a term of the agreement and cannot be changed by announcement. On a periodic tenancy the landlord can raise it with the required notice. If what you received ends your tenancy rather than raising the rent, that is a different document with different consequences, and worth getting advice on before you reply.

Nevada Rent Increase Notice: 60 Days, Not the Old 45

Your landlord must give you 60 days’ written notice before raising your rent in Nevada, or 30 days if your tenancy runs for less than a month. There is no limit on the amount. The notice is the only protection the statute gives you, which is why the period is worth getting right.

And there is a problem with getting it right: a widely used statute website still publishes the old figure of 45 days. If you look this up and find 45, you have found text that was superseded in 2021.

Why you will find two different numbers

Nev. Rev. Stat. § 118A.300 used to require 45 days, and 15 days for a tenancy shorter than a month. Assembly Bill 308, passed in 2021, struck both figures and replaced them with 60 and 30. The amendment is recorded in the statute’s own history note as A 1983, 1574; 2021, 401.

The trouble is that one of the statute mirrors people reach first still serves the pre-2021 wording, and several guides dated 2026 repeat 45 days from it. So a tenant who checks the law, finds 45 days, and concludes that a 50-day notice was valid has been misled by a source that looked authoritative.

How to tell which you are looking at: the current text says 60 days, and 30 for a periodic tenancy of less than one month. Any version giving 45 and 15 is the old one.

What the 60 days are counted from

The period runs in advance of the first rental payment to be increased — not from the date written on the letter, and not from the start of the month in which it arrived. If the new rent is first due on 1 March, the notice has to have reached you 60 days before that.

A notice short of the period does not usually void the increase permanently. It delays it until a full 60 days have run. Saying that in writing, early, is normally enough.

There is no cap, and no Nevada city can make one

Nevada sets no limit on the size of an increase. It is also one of the few states with no statute preempting local rent control — but that does not mean Las Vegas or Reno could introduce it.

Nevada is a Dillon Rule state, which means a local government has only the powers the legislature has granted it. The absence of a ban is not permission. So the answer to whether there is rent control in Nevada is no, for a structural reason rather than because a statute forbids it — where Arizona next door gets to the same answer the blunt way, with two separate preemption statutes.

When this needs a lawyer

Get advice if the increase followed a repair request or a complaint, if you were served a notice ending your tenancy rather than raising the rent, or if the increase is being applied during a fixed term that does not allow it. Nevada Legal Services and the Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada both handle tenant matters without charge.

Sources

Nev. Rev. Stat. § 118A.300 as amended by Assembly Bill 308 (2021), section 7, which struck 45 days and inserted 60, and struck 15 days and inserted 30. The enrolled bill text and the 2024 compilation of the statute were both read; the compilation carries the history note A 1983, 1574; 2021, 401. Dillon Rule classification follows the National Multifamily Housing Council’s state chart of August 2026. Verified November 2026. This is general information, not legal advice about your tenancy.

Nevada is one of 41 states that take the notice period from a statute other than a rent cap — how all 51 jurisdictions compare. California and Oregon are the nearest states that do cap the amount.

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