Clark County, NV - Title 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS

Clark County, Nevada - Code of Ordinances Title 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS SHOW CHANGES MORE VERSION: FEB 6, 2026 (CURRENT) PRINT OR DOWNLOAD TABLE OF CONTENTS CLARK COUNTY CODE 1966 (This content was modified in this version of the code.) modified FOREWORD SUPPLEMENT HISTORY TABLE (This content was modified in this version of the code.) modified COLLAPSE TITLE 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS Title 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS EXPAND CHAPTER 1.01 - CODE Chapter 1.01 - CODE EXPAND CHAPTER 1.04 - FINES AND FORFEITURES LAW Chapter 1.04 - FINES AND FORFEITURES LAW EXPAND CHAPTER 1.08 - STATE MISDEMEANOR LAW Chapter 1.08 - STATE MISDEMEANOR LAW EXPAND CHAPTER 1.10 - TRANSACTION FEES Chapter 1.10 - TRANSACTION FEES EXPAND CHAPTER 1.12 - MEETINGS OF BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Chapter 1.12 - MEETINGS OF BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS EXPAND CHAPTER 1.14 - ADMINISTRATIVE CITATIONS Chapter 1.14 - ADMINISTRATIVE CITATIONS EXPAND CHAPTER 1.16 - INSPECTION FEES Chapter 1.16 - INSPECTION FEES EXPAND TITLE 2 - ADMINISTRATION AND PERSONNEL Title 2 - ADMINISTRATION AND PERSONNEL EXPAND TITLE 3 - COMMISSIONS, BOARDS AND DISTRICTS Title 3 - COMMISSIONS, BOARDS AND DISTRICTS EXPAND TITLE 4 - REVENUE AND TAXATION Title 4 - REVENUE AND TAXATION EXPAND TITLE 5 - FRANCHISES Title 5 - FRANCHISES EXPAND TITLE 6 - BUSINESS LICENSES* Title 6 - BUSINESS LICENSES* EXPAND TITLE 7 - BUSINESS REGULATIONS* Title 7 - BUSINESS REGULATIONS* EXPAND TITLE 8 - LIQUOR AND GAMING LICENSES AND REGULATIONS* Title 8 - LIQUOR AND GAMING LICENSES AND REGULATIONS* EXPAND TITLE 9 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND SANITATION* Title 9 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND SANITATION* EXPAND TITLE 10 - ANIMALS Title 10 - ANIMALS EXPAND TITLE 11 - ABATEMENT OF NUISANCES Title 11 - ABATEMENT OF NUISANCES EXPAND TITLE 12 - PUBLIC PEACE, SAFETY AND MORALS Title 12 - PUBLIC PEACE, SAFETY AND MORALS EXPAND TITLE 13 - FIRE AND FIRE PREVENTION Title 13 - FIRE AND FIRE PREVENTION EXPAND TITLE 14 - TRAFFIC* Title 14 - TRAFFIC* EXPAND TITLE 15 - TRANSPORTATION Title 15 - TRANSPORTATION EXPAND TITLE 16 - ROADS AND HIGHWAYS Title 16 - ROADS AND HIGHWAYS EXPAND TITLE 18 - PUBLIC PROPERTY Title 18 - PUBLIC PROPERTY EXPAND TITLE 19 - PARKS AND RECREATION Title 19 - PARKS AND RECREATION EXPAND TITLE 20 - AIRPORTS* Title 20 - AIRPORTS* EXPAND TITLE 22 - BUILDINGS AND CONSTRUCTION Title 22 - BUILDINGS AND CONSTRUCTION EXPAND TITLE 24 - WATER, SEWAGE AND OTHER UTILITIES Title 24 - WATER, SEWAGE AND OTHER UTILITIES EXPAND TITLE 25 - PLUMBING AND ELECTRICAL REGULATIONS* Title 25 - PLUMBING AND ELECTRICAL REGULATIONS* Title 30 - UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE EXPAND APPENDICES APPENDICES ORDINANCE LIST (This content was modified in this version of the code.) modified BONDING ORDINANCES GAMING REGULATIONS LIQUOR LICENSING ORDINANCES SUPPLEMENT HISTORY TABLE Title 2 - ADMINISTRATION AND PERSONNEL Title 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS SHARE LINK TO SECTION PRINT SECTION DOWNLOAD (DOCX) OF SECTIONS EMAIL SECTION COMPARE VERSIONS Chapters: Chapter 1.01 - CODE SHARE LINK TO SECTION PRINT SECTION DOWNLOAD (DOCX) OF SECTIONS EMAIL SECTION COMPARE VERSIONS Sections: 1.01.010 - Adoption. SHARE LINK TO SECTION PRINT SECTION DOWNLOAD (DOCX) OF SECTIONS EMAIL SECTION COMPARE VERSIONS From and after June 20, 1967, the Clark County Code, prepared by Book Publishing Company, codifiers, and approved and accepted, shall be the official code of all the ordinances of a general and permanent character of the county of Clark, state of Nevada. (Ord. 268 § 1, 1967) 1.01.020 - Amendments and supplements. SHARE LINK TO SECTION PRINT SECTION DOWNLOAD (DOCX) OF SECTIONS EMAIL SECTION COMPARE VERSIONS There is adopted, as a method of perpetual codification, the loose-leaf type of binding together with the continuous supplemental service whereby each newly adopted ordinance of a general nature amending, altering, adding to, or deleting provisions of the Clark County Code is identified by the proper title or catchline and, following preparation by Book Publishing Company, is inserted in the proper place in each of the official copies. Supplements to the Clark County Code of newly adopted ordinances amending, altering, adding to, or deleting provisions thereof shall be furnished at least once a year. (Ord. 268 § 2, 1967) 1.01.030 - File. SHARE LINK TO SECTION PRINT SECTION DOWNLOAD (DOCX) OF SECTIONS EMAIL SECTION COMPARE VERSIONS At least three official copies of the Clark County Code shall at all times be on file and available for inspection by the general public at the office of the Clark County clerk. (Ord. 268 § 3, 1967) 1.01.040 - General penalty. SHARE LINK TO SECTION PRINT SECTION DOWNLOAD (DOCX) OF SECTIONS EMAIL SECTION COMPARE VERSIONS Whenever in this code or in any ordinance of the county any act is prohibited or is made or declared to be unlawful or an offense or a misdemeanor, or whenever in such code or ordinance the doing of any act is required or the failure to do any act is declared to be unlawful or a misdemeanor, when no specific penalty is provided therefor, the violation of any such provision of this code or any ordinance shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars or imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or by any combination of such fine and imprisonment. However, whenever in this code or in any ordinance of the county regulating parking any act is prohibited or is made or declared to be unlawful or an offense, or whenever in such code or ordinance the doing of any act is required or the failure to do any act is declared to be unlawful, and such ordinance provides that the violation of any particular ordinance incurs a civil liability to the county instead of a criminal sanction, said civil liability shall not be in an amount exceeding one hundred fifty-five dollars. Each day any violation of any provision of this code or of any ordinance continues shall constitute a separate offense. (Ord. 1281 § 1, 1991: Ord. 769 § 1, 1981: Ord. 734 § 1, 1981: Ord. 375 § 1, 1971) 1.01.050 - Preventing performance of duties under code. SHARE LINK TO SECTION PRINT SECTION DOWNLOAD (DOCX) OF SECTIONS EMAIL SECTION COMPARE VERSIONS No person shall willfully, by means of threat, force, or violence, attempt to deter or prevent any law enforcement officer from performing his or her duties pertaining to the enforcement of the law. A county employee authorized to serve a citation for a violation of any provision of the Clark County Code, pursuant to NRS 171.17751, is authorized to serve a citation under this section. (Ord. No. 4387, § 1, 4-19-2016) Chapter 1.04 - FINES AND FORFEITURES LAW SHARE LINK TO SECTION PRINT SECTION DOWNLOAD (DOCX) OF SECTIONS EMAIL SECTION COMPARE VERSIONS Sections: 1.04.010 - Deposit. SHARE LINK TO SECTION PRINT SECTION DOWNLOAD (DOCX) OF SECTIONS EMAIL SECTION COMPARE VERSIONS All fines and forfeitures for violations of the Clark County ordinances shall be deposited in the general fund of Clark County, Nevada. (Ord. 295 § 1, 1968) Chapter 1.08 - STATE MISDEMEANOR LAW SHARE LINK TO SECTION PRINT SECTION DOWNLOAD (DOCX) OF SECTIONS EMAIL SECTION COMPARE VERSIONS Sections: 1.08.010 - State misdemeanor. SHARE LINK TO SECTION PRINT SECTION DOWNLOAD (DOCX) OF SECTIONS EMAIL SECTION COMPARE VERSIONS The commission of any act, or the failure to perform any act, within Clark County, outside the corporate limits of the incorporated areas of the county, which act, or failure to act, is made a misdemeanor under the Nevada Revised Statutes, and any and all amendments thereto, is declared to be and shall constitute a misdemeanor under this chapter. (Ord. 769 § 2, 1981: Ord. 296 § 1, 1968) 1.08.020 - Penalty for violations. SHARE LINK TO SECTION PRINT SECTION DOWNLOAD (DOCX) OF SECTIONS EMAIL SECTION COMPARE VERSIONS Any person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for a term not to exceed six months, or by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars, or both such fine and imprisonment. (Ord. 769 § 3, 1981: Ord. 296 § 2, 1968) Chapter 1.10 - TRANSACTION FEES SHARE LINK TO SECTION PRINT SECTION DOWNLOAD (DOCX) OF SECTIONS EMAIL SECTION COMPARE VERSIONS Sections: 1.10.010 - Additional fee for payments made by credit or debit card. SHARE LINK TO SECTION PRINT SECTION DOWNLOAD (DOCX) OF SECTIONS EMAIL SECTION COMPARE VERSIONS All county imposed fines, fees, taxes, charges, and other moneys owing to or collected by the county may be augmented in a reasonable amount to offset the transaction costs to the county. The augmentation may not exceed twenty-five dollars per credit or debit card transaction. No augmentation shall be made pursuant to this section, if such an augmentation would conflict with state law. (Ord. 1913 § 1, 1996) Chapter 1.12 - MEETINGS OF BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS SHARE LINK TO SECTION PRINT SECTION DOWNLOAD (DOCX) OF SECTIONS EMAIL SECTION COMPARE VERSIONS Sections: 1.12.010 - Regular meetings. SHARE LINK TO SECTION PRINT SECTION DOWNLOAD (DOCX) OF SECTIONS EMAIL SECTION COMPARE VERSIONS Regular meetings of the board of commissioners shall be held on the first and third Tuesdays of each calendar month. The regular meeting occurring on the first Tuesday of each calendar month shall occur at 9:05 a.m. The regular meeting occurring on the third Tuesday of each calendar month shall occur at 9:00 a.m. The first meeting of the board in odd-numbered years must be held on the first Monday in January, or next judicial day if said first Monday is a non-judicial day, as provided in NRS 244.085. (Ord. 2872 § 1, 2003: Ord. 1378 § 1, 1992: Ord. 1363 §1, 1992: Ord. 474 § 1, 1975: Ord. 374 § 1 (part), 1971) (Ord. No. 4146, § 1, 11-5-2013) 1.12.020 - Meeting day falling on nonjudicial day. SHARE LINK TO SECTION PRINT SECTION DOWNLOAD (DOCX) OF SECTIONS EMAIL SECTION COMPARE VERSIONS When such days fall upon a nonjudicial day, the board shall meet upon the next succeeding judicial day. (Ord. 474 § 2, 1975: Ord. 374 § 1 (part), 1971) Chapter 1.14 - ADMINISTRATIVE CITATIONS SHARE LINK TO SECTION PRINT SECTION DOWNLOAD (DOCX) OF SECTIONS EMAIL SECTION COMPARE VERSIONS Sections: 1.14.010 - Penalty. SHARE LINK TO SECTION PRINT SECTION DOWNLOAD (DOCX) OF SECTIONS EMAIL SECTION COMPARE VERSIONS Any person violating any of the provisions, or failing to comply with any of the requirements, of Titles 7, 9, 10, 11, 14, 19, 22 or 30 of this code, may be issued a civil administrative citation by any officer within the code enforcement unit authorized to issue misdemeanor citations, or other civil notices, for such violations. Unless a violation specifies another fine amount, the fine schedule for such administrative citation shall be as follows: (a) A fine not exceeding one hundred dollars plus costs for a first violation; (b) A fine not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars plus costs for a second violation of the same code section within one year of the date of the first offense; and (c) A fine not exceeding five hundred dollars for each additional violation of the same code section within one year of the date of the first offense. (Ord. No. 4582, § 1, 5-1-2018; Ord. No. 5214, § 1, 2-4-2025) 1.14.020 - Citation form. SHARE LINK TO SECTION PRINT SECTION DOWNLOAD (DOCX) OF SECTIONS EMAIL SECTION COMPARE VERSIONS Each administrative citation shall contain the following information: (a) Name of the responsible person for the violation of the code. (b) Date on which an inspection established the code violation. (c) The code section violated. (d) Address where the code violation was located. (e) Amount of the fine for the violation and procedure to pay the fine. (f) Description of the procedure for requesting an initial review and administrative hearing to contest a citation, including the indigency waiver to the fine deposit requirement. (g) A notice that collection of unpaid fines can be enforced by recording a lien and/or placing a special assessment lien on the tax roll pursuant to NRS 244.3605, against the property where a property related code violation is located and that unpaid assessments can result in the property being sold by the county assessor. (h) A notice that unpaid administrative citation fines will automatically become a lien on the related property and can be recorded on the property after the deadline to appeal the administrative citation or upon a hearing officer upholding the administrative citation. (i) A notice that there is no right to separately appeal the recording of the lien, it must be appealed during any appeal of the administrative citation. (j) An order prohibiting the continuation or repeated occurrence of the code violation described in the administrative citation. (k) Name of the officer issuing the citation. (Ord. No. 4582, § 1, 5-1-2018; Ord. No. 5214, § 2, 2-4-2025) 1.14.030 - Service of citation. SHARE LINK TO SECTION PRINT SECTION DOWNLOAD (DOCX) OF SECTIONS EMAIL SECTION COMPARE VERSIONS (a) An officer may personally serve the citation on the responsible person. The responsible person is required to sign a copy of the citation showing his or her receipt of the citation. If the responsible person served refuses to sign the administrative citation, the refusal to sign shall not affect the validity of the administrative citation or of the subsequent proceedings. The officer shall mark the citation "Refused to sign." (b) An officer may mail the citation by certified mail. The citation shall be mailed certified mail return receipt requested to the responsible person's address shown on the county assessor's records for a property related violation, or to any address known for the cite for all other violations. Simultaneously, the citation shall be sent by first class mail. If the citation is sent by certified mail and returned unsigned, then service shall be deemed effective pursuant to first class mail, provided the citation sent by first class mail is not returned. (c) Service is deemed completed on the date it is personally served or three days from the date the mail is postmarked, whichever occurs first. (Ord. No. 4582, § 1, 5-1-2018; Ord. No. 5214, § 3, 2-4-2025) 1.14.040 - Satisfaction of the administrative citation. SHARE LINK TO SECTION PRINT SECTION DOWNLOAD (DOCX) OF SECTIONS EMAIL SECTION COMPARE VERSIONS Upon receipt of a citation, the responsible person must pay the fine to the County within fifteen days from the date of the citation. All fines assessed shall be payable to the Clark County Treasurer. Payment of a fine shall not excuse or discharge a failure to correct continuing violations nor shall it bar further enforcement action by the County. (Ord. No. 4582, § 1, 5-1-2018) 1.14.050 - Reduction of administrative citation fine amounts. SHARE LINK TO SECTION PRINT SECTION DOWNLOAD (DOCX) OF SECTIONS EMAIL SECTION COMPARE VERSIONS The Chief of Code Enforcement may reduce cumulative administrative citation fine amounts, inclusive of costs, for a repeated violation at his discretion provided the minimum cumulati [Text truncated for display. Full text available on Congress.gov.]