Can a tenant withhold rent for repairs in Nevada?

In Nevada, a tenant may withhold rent without late fees if the landlord does not remedy, or make a reasonable effort to remedy, a material failure to keep the unit habitable within 14 days after the tenant’s written notice, but has a defense to eviction only if the withheld rent is deposited into a court-approved escrow account. The written notice must specify each failure and ask the landlord to remedy it. Withholding lasts until the landlord has remedied, or attempted in good faith to remedy, the failure. A tenant may withhold without giving that notice if a governmental code-inspection agency has given the landlord written notice of the condition and the landlord fails to remedy it within the time the agency set. The remedy is not available for a condition caused by the tenant, a household member or a guest, or if the landlord could not remedy it within 14 days because the tenant refused lawful access. Justice courts must establish by local rule a mechanism for depositing withheld rent into an escrow account maintained or approved by the court. Separately, if the landlord willfully or negligently fails to supply heat, air-conditioning, running water, hot water, electricity, gas, a functioning door lock or another essential item or service, making the premises unfit for habitation, a tenant who was current in rent when giving written notice may withhold rent that comes due during the noncompliance if the landlord does not remedy it or use best efforts within 48 hours, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays. Repair-and-deduct is a different remedy with its own rules. This is NRS 118A.355, 118A.380.

WhatNevada
Rent withholdingWithhold after 14 days’ notice; escrow it to defend
How it worksThe tenant may withhold rent after the required notice

What the statute says

“Withhold any rent that becomes due without incurring late fees, charges for notice or any other charge or fee authorized by this chapter or the rental agreement until the landlord has remedied, or has attempted in good faith to remedy, the failure.”

Quoted word for word from the section’s text.

Source

NRS 118A.355, 118A.380

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

Every deadline on this page runs from the tenant’s notice. A repair request filed in Seayora keeps the date it was made and every update after it, on the website and both phone apps, so owner and tenant are working from the same date.

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