What can a landlord do with a tenant’s belongings left behind in Nevada?

In Nevada, a landlord must safely store property abandoned or left after an eviction for 30 days, and may dispose of it after that only once the landlord has made reasonable efforts to locate the tenant, mailed written notice of the intent to dispose of it and let 14 days pass since the notice. The 30 days run from the abandonment or eviction or the end of the rental period. During that time the landlord may charge and collect the reasonable and actual costs of inventory, moving and storage before releasing the property to the tenant or an authorized representative who rightfully claims it, and is liable only for negligent or wrongful acts in storing it. The notice is mailed to the tenant’s present address or, if that is unknown, the last known address. When disposing of the property the landlord may recover reasonable costs out of the property or its value; the statute says nothing further about proceeds. Vehicles are disposed of under the abandoned-vehicle rules of chapter 487 of NRS. For 5 days after an eviction or lockout, the landlord must give the former tenant a reasonable opportunity to retrieve essential personal effects such as medication, baby formula, basic clothing and personal care items. This is NRS 118A.460.

WhatNevada
Belongings left behindStore 30 days; written notice 14 days before disposal
What the statute requires firstNotice, a waiting period or storage before disposal

What the statute says

“After the expiration of the 30-day period, the landlord may dispose of the property and recover his or her reasonable costs out of the property or the value thereof if the landlord has made reasonable efforts to locate the tenant …”

Quoted word for word from the section’s text.

Source

NRS 118A.460

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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Seayora keeps a lease’s end date and every notice sent through it, with the date it went out, in the lease record — so the dates a rule like this one counts from are on file rather than remembered.

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