Know your rights

Nevada's common-interest community law is NRS Chapter 116. Each page below explains one piece in plain English and links to the text. Read the text; this isn't legal advice.

1. 1.How fines work in Nevada

   Notice, a hearing, caps on amounts, the health-safety-welfare exception, continuing violations, and the delivery-vehicle carve-out.

   NRS 116.31031 · NAC 116

2. 2.What rules a board can and can't adopt

   Rules must be explicit, consistent with the CC&Rs, adopted at a noticed open meeting, and applied uniformly.

   NRS 116.31065

3. 3.Open meetings and your right to comment

   Board meetings must be noticed and open to owners; you have the right to speak; executive session is limited to specific topics.

   NRS 116.31083 · NRS 116.31085

4. 4.Records you're entitled to - and how to ask

   Budgets, reserve study, minutes, contracts, financial statements. A request letter template you can send today.

   NRS 116.31175 · NRS 116.31177

5. 5.Reserve studies and budgets - what to look for

   The reserve study says whether a special assessment is coming. Here is how to read one.

   NRS 116.31151 · NRS 116.31152

6. 6.Special meetings and petitions

   Owners holding at least 10% of the votes can force a special meeting. Paper signatures count; chat messages don't.

   NRS 116.3108

7. 7.Elections and running for the board

   How board elections work, who can run, secret ballots, and the timeline.

   NRS 116.31034

8. 8.Dissolving an association - the honest explainer

   80% of allocated votes, per lot. What happens to roads, gates and common land. Why it almost never happens.

   NRS 116.2118

9. 9.The Ombudsman for Common-Interest Communities

   What the Nevada Ombudsman does, how to file a complaint, and what they won't do.

   NRS 116.625 · NRS 116.760

10. 10.Design Guidelines cheat-sheet (Feb 2026)

    The fees, the deposit, and the sections you'll actually hit: fences, snow storage, signage, lighting, hot tubs.