What does Nevada’s prompt payment law require on private construction?

In Nevada, an owner must pay a prime contractor by the date in a written payment schedule or, without one, within 21 days after the contractor submits a request for payment, a higher-tiered contractor must pay a subcontractor by the earlier of the subcontract’s due date (or, without a schedule, 30 days after the subcontractor’s request) and 10 days after being paid for that work, and money due bears interest at the higher of the contract rate or the prime rate at the largest bank in Nevada plus 4 percent. The owner-to-prime-contractor rules do not apply to an agreement between a prime contractor and a natural person who owns a single-family residence for construction, remodeling, repair or improvement of that owner-occupied home by a residential contractor, or to a public work. Money still unpaid at the end of the job is payable to the prime contractor within 30 days after the owner occupies or uses the work or it becomes available for its intended use. An owner may withhold a retention of no more than 5 percent and, after a written notice of withholding given on or before the due date, the value of unperformed work and certain correction costs. A prime contractor who is not paid on time may stop work after giving the owner at least 10 days’ written notice. A contract term that waives or limits these rights is void. A written contract can set its own payment terms where the statute allows. This is NRS 624.440, 624.609, 624.610, 624.620, 624.622, 624.624, 624.630.

WhatNevada
Payment deadlineOwner pays in 21 days; subs within 10 days of payment
Who this coversPrivate construction, not only public works

What the statute says

“If no such schedule is established or if the agreement is oral, pay the prime contractor within 21 days after the date the prime contractor submits a request for payment …”

Quoted word for word from the section’s text.

Source

NRS 624.440, 624.609, 624.610, 624.620, 624.622, 624.624, 624.630

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.

How Seayora uses this rule

A contractor on Seayora keeps every job’s dates, its estimate, its invoices and its payments in one record, so the date work was last performed, the date each invoice went out and the amount still owed are on file when a lien or payment deadline is counted.

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