Can a domestic violence victim end a lease early in Nevada?

In Nevada, a tenant or cotenant may end the rental agreement if the tenant, a cotenant or a household member is the victim of domestic violence, harassment, sexual assault or stalking that occurred within the 90 days before the notice, by giving written notice effective at the end of the current rental period or 30 days after the notice, whichever is sooner, and owes rent only through the termination date. The notice must describe the reason and include, for domestic violence, a copy of an order for protection, a law enforcement report showing the victim notified the agency, or an affidavit in the statutory form signed by a qualified third party (a licensed physician, psychiatrist, psychologist, social worker, psychiatric nurse, marriage and family therapist or clinical professional counselor, certain trained staff, board members or executive directors of a domestic violence agency, or a member of the clergy, as the statute defines them); for harassment, sexual assault or stalking, a law enforcement report or a temporary or extended order under NRS 200.378 or 200.591. The events must have occurred within the 90 days before the notice. The landlord may keep prepaid rent for the rental period in which the agreement ends, but may not withhold the security deposit for the early termination. The person named as the adverse party may be civilly liable to the landlord for the resulting economic losses. The landlord may not tell the adverse party where the tenant, cotenant or household member is. After giving the notice, the tenant may require the landlord to rekey or replace the lock at the tenant’s cost, and the landlord must refuse to give the adverse party a key or access to reclaim property unless a law enforcement officer is present. A current landlord may not describe the termination as an early termination to a prospective landlord, and the tenant need not disclose it as one. This is NRS 118A.345.

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Ending the lease earlyWritten notice; ends at period end or in 30 days

What the statute says

“… the tenant or any cotenant may terminate the rental agreement by giving the landlord written notice of termination effective at the end of the current rental period or 30 days after the notice is provided to the landlord, whichever occurs sooner …”

Quoted word for word from the section’s text.

Source

NRS 118A.345

Read the statute in the Nevada Revised Statutes (Nevada Legislature): leg.state.nv.us.

Checked against the statute on November 15, 2026.

This is a summary of a published statute, not legal advice. Rules change, local ordinances can add to them, and the terms of a specific lease may differ. Check the citation and speak to a lawyer before acting.

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