(REPRINTED WITH ADOPTED AMENDMENTS)

                                                                                    FIRST REPRINT                                                              A.B. 619

 

Assembly Bill No. 619–Committee on Commerce and Labor

 

March 26, 2001

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Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor

 

SUMMARY—Revises certain provisions relating to mobile home parks. (BDR 10‑1090)

 

FISCAL NOTE:    Effect on Local Government: No.

                                 Effect on the State: No.

 

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EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.

Green numbers along left margin indicate location on the printed bill (e.g., 5-15 indicates page 5, line 15).

 

AN ACT relating to mobile home parks; authorizing the landlord of a mobile home park to require written consent before a personmoves a mobile home or recreational vehicle into the mobile home park; providing certain statutory exceptions for corporate cooperative parks; requiring the landlord of a mobile home park to post periodically a report on the quality of water supplied to the mobile home park; authorizing the landlord of a mobile home park to impose certain requirements pertaining to the occupancy of mobile homes; providing that certain prohibitions pertaining to increases in rent for mobile homes and mobile home lots apply to long-term leases; reducing certain periods of notice required before a landlord may bring an action for an unlawful detainer or terminate a written agreement; authorizing the landlord or manager of a mobile home park to resell mobile homes with a limited dealer’s license under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

1-1    Section 1.  Chapter 118B of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto

1-2  the provisions set forth as sections 2, 3 and 4 of this act.

1-3    Sec. 2.  “Corporate cooperative park” means a mobile home park

1-4  owned by a nonprofit cooperative corporation formed pursuant to

1-5  chapter 81 of NRS that is wholly owned or controlled by the tenants of

1-6  the park.

1-7    Sec. 3. 1.  The landlord of a mobile home park may require that a

1-8  person submit a written application to and receive written consent from

1-9  the landlord before the person moves or causes to be moved a mobile

1-10  home or recreational vehicle into the mobile home park. The landlord

1-11  shall not unreasonably withhold his consent.

1-12    2.  If the landlord of a mobile home park requires written consent

1-13  pursuant to subsection 1, the landlord shall post and maintain a sign that

1-14  is clearly readable at the entrance to the mobile home park which advises


2-1  the reader of the consent that is required before a person may move or

2-2  cause to be moved a mobile home or recreational vehicle into the mobile

2-3  home park.

2-4    3.  If a person moves or causes to be moved a mobile home or

2-5  recreational vehicle into the mobile home park without the written

2-6  consent of the landlord, if the landlord requires such consent pursuant to

2-7  subsection 1, the landlord of that mobile home park may:

2-8    (a) After providing at least 5 days’ written notice to the person, bring

2-9  an action for an unlawful detainer in the manner prescribed in chapter

2-10  40 of NRS; or

2-11    (b) Require the person to sign a rental agreement. If the person

2-12  refuses to sign the rental agreement within 5 days after such a request,

2-13  the landlord may, after providing at least 5 days’ written notice to the

2-14  person, bring an action for an unlawful detainer in the manner provided

2-15  in chapter 40 of NRS.

2-16    4.  For the purposes of NRS 40.251, a person who moves or causes to

2-17  be moved a mobile home or recreational vehicle into a mobile home park

2-18  without the written consent of the landlord, if the landlord requires such

2-19  consent pursuant to subsection 1, shall be deemed a tenant at will and a

2-20  lessee of the mobile home park.

2-21    5.  The provisions of this section do not apply to a corporate

2-22  cooperative park.

2-23    Sec. 4.  1.  The landlord of a mobile home park shall post in a

2-24  conspicuous and readily accessible place in the community or

2-25  recreational facility in the mobile home park, at or near the entrance of

2-26  the mobile home park or other common area in the mobile home park, a

2-27  current report on the quality of the water that is supplied to the mobile

2-28  home park.

2-29    2.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, the report must be

2-30  obtained from the community water system that is the supplier of water to

2-31  the mobile home park. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, the

2-32  landlord shall post the report at least once each year and at such other

2-33  times as the community water system may provide an updated report to

2-34  the landlord.

2-35    3.  If a mobile home park is not a community water system and does

2-36  not otherwise obtain water from a community water system, the landlord

2-37  of the mobile home park shall annually cause the water that is provided

2-38  to the tenants of the mobile home park to be tested in accordance with

2-39  the standards adopted pursuant to NRS 445A.855. The test must be

2-40  performed by a laboratory certified by the health division of the

2-41  department of human resources pursuant to NRS 445A.863.

2-42    4.  Upon receipt of the results of a test performed pursuant to

2-43  subsection 3, the landlord shall prepare or cause to be prepared a report

2-44  on the quality of the water that is supplied to the tenants of the mobile

2-45  home park. The report must be accurately based upon the results of the

2-46  test and prepared in accordance with the standards adopted by the state

2-47  board of health pursuant to NRS 445A.855 for similar reports by

2-48  community water systems. The landlord shall post a copy of the most

2-49  current report in accordance with subsection 1 and shall deliver a copy


3-1  of each such report to the health division of the department of human

3-2  resources or the health authority as that term is defined in NRS

3-3  445A.820.

3-4    5.  As used in this section, “community water system” has the

3-5  meaning ascribed to it in NRS 445A.808.

3-6    Sec. 5.  NRS 118B.010 is hereby amended to read as follows:

3-7    118B.010  As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise

3-8  requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 118B.011 to 118B.0195,

3-9  inclusive, and section 2 of this act have the meanings ascribed to them in

3-10  those sections.

3-11    Sec. 6.  NRS 118B.060 is hereby amended to read as follows:

3-12    118B.060  1.  Any payment, deposit, fee [,] or other charge which is

3-13  required by the landlord in addition to periodic rent, utility charges or

3-14  service fees and is collected as prepaid rent or a sum to compensate for any

3-15  tenant default is a “deposit” governed by the provisions of this section.

3-16    2.  The landlord shall maintain a separate record of the deposits.

3-17    3.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4:

3-18    (a) All deposits are refundable, and upon termination of the tenancy, or

3-19  if the deposit is collected as a sum to compensate for a tenant default, not

3-20  more than 5 years after the landlord receives the deposit, the landlord may

3-21  claim from a deposit only such amounts as are reasonably necessary to

3-22  remedy tenant defaults in the payment of rent, utility charges or service

3-23  fees and to repair damage to the park caused by the tenant. The landlord

3-24  shall provide the tenant with an itemized written accounting of the

3-25  disposition of the deposit.

3-26    (b) Any refund must be sent to the tenant within 21 days after the

3-27  tenancy is terminated.

3-28    4.  Each deposit collected as a sum to compensate for a tenant default

3-29  must be refunded to the tenant not more than 5 years after the landlord

3-30  receives the deposit or upon the termination of the tenancy, whichever is

3-31  earlier. The refund must include interest at the rate of 5 percent per year,

3-32  compounded annually, for the entire period during which the deposit was

3-33  held by the landlord.

3-34    5.  Upon termination of the landlord’s interest in the mobile home park,

3-35  the landlord shall transfer to his successor in interest that portion of the

3-36  deposit remaining after making any deductions allowed pursuant to this

3-37  section or refund that portion to the tenant.

3-38    6.  If the former landlord fails to transfer that portion of the deposit

3-39  remaining to the successor in interest or refund it to the tenant at the time

3-40  the successor in interest takes possession, the successor becomes jointly

3-41  and severally liable with the former landlord for refunding to the tenant

3-42  that portion of the deposit to which he is entitled.

3-43    7.  If the former landlord fails to transfer or refund the deposit, the

3-44  tenant may not be required to pay another deposit until the successor in

3-45  interest refunds the deposit to the tenant or provides him with an itemized

3-46  written accounting of the statutorily authorized disposition of the deposit.

3-47    8.  The claim of the tenant to any deposit to which he is entitled by law

3-48  takes precedence over the claim of any creditor of the landlord.


4-1    9.  The provisions of this section do not apply to a corporate

4-2  cooperative park.

4-3    Sec. 7.  NRS 118B.120 is hereby amended to read as follows:

4-4    118B.120  1.  The landlord or his agent or employee may:

4-5    (a) Require that the tenant landscape and maintain the tenant’s lot if the

4-6  landlord advises the tenant in writing of reasonable requirements for the

4-7  landscaping.

4-8    (b) If the tenant does not comply with the provisions of paragraph (a),

4-9  maintain the tenant’s lot and charge the tenant a service fee for the actual

4-10  cost of that maintenance.

4-11    (c) Require that the mobile home be removed from the park if it is

4-12  unoccupied for more than 90 consecutive days and the tenant or dealer is

4-13  not making good faith and diligent efforts to sell it.

4-14    2.  The landlord shall maintain, in the manner required for the other

4-15  tenants, any lot on which is located a mobile home within the park which

4-16  has been repossessed, abandoned or held for rent or taxes. The landlord is

4-17  entitled to reimbursement for the cost of that maintenance from the

4-18  repossessor or lien holder or from the proceeds of any sale for taxes, as the

4-19  case may be.

4-20    3.  The landlord shall trim all the trees located within the park and

4-21  dispose of the trimmings from those trees absent a voluntary assumption of

4-22  that duty by the tenant for trees on the tenant’s lot.

4-23    4.  For the purposes of this section, a mobile home shall be deemed to

4-24  be abandoned if:

4-25    (a) It is located on a lot in a mobile home park , other than a corporate

4-26  cooperative park, for which no rent has been paid for at least 60 days;

4-27    (b) It is unoccupied; and

4-28    (c) The manager of the mobile home park reasonably believes it to be

4-29  abandoned.

4-30    Sec. 8.  NRS 118B.140 is hereby amended to read as follows:

4-31    118B.140  [The]

4-32    1.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the landlord or his

4-33  agent or employee shall not:

4-34    [1.] (a) Require a person to purchase a mobile home from him or any

4-35  other person as a condition to renting a mobile home lot to the purchaser or

4-36  give an adjustment of rent or fees, or provide any other incentive to induce

4-37  the purchase of a mobile home from him or any other person.

4-38    [2.] (b) Charge or receive:

4-39    [(a)] (1) Any entrance or exit fee for assuming or leaving occupancy of

4-40  a mobile home lot.

4-41    [(b)] (2) Any transfer or selling fee or commission as a condition to

4-42  permitting a tenant to sell his mobile home or recreational vehicle within

4-43  the mobile home park even if the mobile home or recreational vehicle is to

4-44  remain within the park, unless the landlord is licensed as a dealer of mobile

4-45  homes pursuant to NRS 489.311 and has acted as the tenant’s agent in the

4-46  sale pursuant to a written contract.

4-47    [(c)] (3) Any fee for the tenant’s spouse or children.

4-48    [(d)] (4) Any fee for pets kept by a tenant in the park. If special

4-49  facilities or services are provided, the landlord may also charge a fee


5-1  reasonably related to the cost of maintenance of the facility or service and

5-2  the number of pets kept in the facility.

5-3    [(e)] (5) Any additional service fee unless the landlord provides an

5-4  additional service which is needed to protect the health and welfare of the

5-5  tenants, and written notice advising each tenant of the additional fee is sent

5-6  to the tenant 90 days in advance of the first payment to be made, and

5-7  written notice of the additional fee is given to prospective tenants on or

5-8  before commencement of their tenancy. A tenant may only be required to

5-9  pay the additional service fee for the duration of the additional service.

5-10    [(f)] (6) Any fee for a late monthly rental payment within 4 days after

5-11  the date the rental payment is due or which exceeds $5 for each day,

5-12  excluding Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays, which the payment is

5-13  overdue, beginning on the day after the payment was due. Any fee for late

5-14  payment of charges for utilities must be in accordance with the

5-15  requirements prescribed by the public utilities commission of Nevada.

5-16    [(g)] (7) Any fee, surcharge or rent increase to recover from his tenants

5-17  the costs resulting from converting from a master-metered water system to

5-18  individual water meters for each mobile home lot.

5-19    [(h)] (8) Any fee, surcharge or rent increase to recover from his tenants

5-20  any amount that exceeds the amount of the cost for a governmentally

5-21  mandated service or tax that was paid by the landlord.

5-22    2.  Except for the provisions of subparagraphs (3), (4), (6) and (8) of

5-23  paragraph (b) of subsection 1, the provisions of this section do not apply

5-24  to a corporate cooperative park.

5-25    Sec. 9.  NRS 118B.150 is hereby amended to read as follows:

5-26    118B.150  [The]

5-27    1.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the landlord or his

5-28  agent or employee shall not:

5-29    [1.] (a) Increase rent or additional charges unless:

5-30    [(a)] (1) The rent charged after the increase is the same rent charged for

5-31  mobile homes of the same size or lots of the same size or of a similar

5-32  location within the park, including, without limitation, mobile homes and

5-33  lots which are held pursuant to a long-term lease, except that a discount

5-34  may be selectively given to persons who:

5-35      [(1)] (I) Are handicapped;

5-36      [(2)] (II) Are 55 years of age or older;

5-37      [(3)] (III) Are long-term tenants of the park if the landlord has

5-38  specified in the rental agreement or lease the period of tenancy required to

5-39  qualify for such a discount;

5-40      [(4)] (IV) Pay their rent in a timely manner; or

5-41      [(5)] (V) Pay their rent by check, money order or electronic means;

5-42    [(b)] (2) Any increase in additional charges for special services is the

5-43  same amount for each tenant using the special service; and

5-44    [(c)] (3) Written notice advising a tenant of the increase is received by

5-45  the tenant 90 days before the first payment to be increased and written

5-46  notice of the increase is given to prospective tenants before commencement

5-47  of their tenancy. In addition to the notice provided to a tenant pursuant to

5-48  this [paragraph,] subparagraph, if the landlord or his agent or employee

5-49  knows or reasonably should know that the tenant receives assistance from


6-1  the fund created pursuant to NRS 118B.215, the landlord or his agent or

6-2  employee shall provide to the administrator written notice of the increase

6-3  90 days before the first payment to be increased.

6-4    [2.] (b) Require a tenant to pay for an improvement to the common area

6-5  of a mobile home park unless the landlord is required to make the

6-6  improvement pursuant to an ordinance of a local government.

6-7    [3.] (c) Require a tenant to pay for a capital improvement to the mobile

6-8  home park unless the tenant has notice of the requirement at the time he

6-9  enters into the rental agreement. A tenant may not be required to pay for a

6-10  capital improvement after the tenant enters into the rental agreement unless

6-11  the tenant consents to it in writing or is given 60 days’ notice of the

6-12  requirement in writing. The landlord may not establish such a requirement

6-13  unless a meeting of the tenants is held to discuss the proposal and the

6-14  landlord provides each tenant with notice of the proposal and the date, time

6-15  and place of the meeting not less than 60 days before the meeting. The

6-16  notice must include a copy of the proposal. A notice in a periodic

6-17  publication of the park does not constitute notice for the purposes of this

6-18  [subsection.

6-19    4.] paragraph.

6-20    (d) Require a tenant to pay his rent by check or money order.

6-21    [5.] (e) Require a tenant who pays his rent in cash to apply any change

6-22  to which he is entitled to the next periodic payment that is due. The

6-23  landlord or his agent or employee shall have an adequate amount of money

6-24  available to provide change to such a tenant.

6-25    [6.] (f) Prohibit or require fees or deposits for any meetings held in the

6-26  park’s community or recreational facility by the tenants or occupants of

6-27  any mobile home or recreational vehicle in the park to discuss the park’s

6-28  affairs, or any political or social meeting sponsored by a tenant, if the

6-29  meetings are held at reasonable hours and when the facility is not otherwise

6-30  in use, or prohibit the distribution of notices of those meetings.

6-31    [7.] (g) Interrupt, with the intent to terminate occupancy, any utility

6-32  service furnished the tenant except for nonpayment of utility charges when

6-33  due. Any landlord who violates this [subsection] paragraph is liable to the

6-34  tenant for actual damages.

6-35    [8.] (h) Prohibit a tenant from having guests, but he may require the

6-36  tenant to register the guest within 48 hours after his arrival, Sundays and

6-37  legal holidays excluded, and if the park is a secured park, a guest may be

6-38  required to register upon entering and leaving.

6-39    [9.] (i) Charge a fee for a guest who does not stay with the tenant for

6-40  more than a total of 60 days in a calendar year. The tenant of a mobile

6-41  home lot who is living alone may allow one other person to live in his

6-42  home without paying an additional charge or fee, unless such a living

6-43  arrangement constitutes a violation of chapter 315 of NRS. No agreement

6-44  between a tenant and his guest alters or varies the terms of the rental

6-45  contract between the tenant and the landlord, and the guest is subject to the

6-46  rules and regulations of the landlord.

6-47    [10.] (j) Prohibit a tenant from erecting a fence along the perimeter of

6-48  the tenant’s lot if the fence complies with any standards for fences

6-49  established by the landlord, including limitations established for the height


7-1  of fences, the materials used for fences and the manner in which fences are

7-2  to be constructed.

7-3    [11.] (k) Prohibit any tenant from soliciting membership in any

7-4  association which is formed by the tenants who live in the park. As used in

7-5  this [subsection,] paragraph, “solicit” means to make an oral or written

7-6  request for membership or the payment of dues or to distribute, circulate or

7-7  post a notice for payment of those dues.

7-8    [12.] (l) Prohibit a public officer , [or] candidate for public office or the

7-9  representative of a public officer or candidate for public office from

7-10  walking through the park to talk with the tenants [.] or distribute political

7-11  material.

7-12    [13.] (m) If a tenant has voluntarily assumed responsibility to trim the

7-13  trees on his lot, require the tenant to trim any particular tree located on the

7-14  lot or dispose of the trimmings unless a danger or hazard exists.

7-15    2.  The provisions of paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (j) and (m) of subsection

7-16  1 do not apply to a corporate cooperative park.

7-17    3.  As used in this section, “long-term lease” means a rental

7-18  agreement or lease the duration of which exceeds 12 months.

7-19    Sec. 10.  NRS 118B.153 is hereby amended to read as follows:

7-20    118B.153  [The]

7-21    1.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the amount of rent

7-22  charged a tenant for a service, utility or amenity upon moving into the

7-23  mobile home park must be reduced proportionately when the service,

7-24  utility or amenity is decreased or eliminated by the landlord. The landlord

7-25  may not increase the rent to recover the lost revenue.

7-26    2.  The provisions of this section do not apply to a corporate

7-27  cooperative park.

7-28    Sec. 11.  NRS 118B.160 is hereby amended to read as follows:

7-29    118B.160  [The]

7-30    1.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the landlord or his

7-31  agent or employee shall not:

7-32    [1.] (a) Deny any tenant the right to sell his mobile home or

7-33  recreational vehicle within the park or require the tenant to remove the

7-34  mobile home or recreational vehicle from the park solely on the basis of

7-35  the sale, except as otherwise provided in NRS 118B.170.

7-36    [2.] (b) Prohibit any tenant desiring to sell his mobile home or

7-37  recreational vehicle within the park from advertising the location of the

7-38  home or vehicle and the name of the mobile home park or prohibit the

7-39  tenant from displaying at least one sign of reasonable size advertising the

7-40  sale of the home or vehicle.

7-41    [3.] (c) Require that he be an agent of an owner of a mobile home or

7-42  recreational vehicle who desires to sell the home or vehicle.

7-43    [4.] (d) Unless subleasing of lots is prohibited by a rental agreement or

7-44  lease, prohibit a tenant from subleasing his mobile home lot if the

7-45  prospective subtenant meets the general requirements for tenancy in the

7-46  park.

7-47    [5.] (e) Require a tenant to make any additions to his mobile home

7-48  unless those additions are required by an ordinance of a local government.

7-49    [6.] (f) Purchase a mobile home within the park if he has denied:


8-1    [(a)] (1) A tenant the right to sell that mobile home; or

8-2    [(b)] (2) A prospective buyer the right to purchase that mobile home.

8-3    2.  The provisions of this section do not apply to a corporate

8-4  cooperative park.

8-5    Sec. 12.  NRS 118B.170 is hereby amended to read as follows:

8-6    118B.170  1.  The landlord may require approval of a prospective

8-7  buyer and tenant before the sale of a tenant’s mobile home or recreational

8-8  vehicle, if the mobile home or vehicle will remain in the park. The landlord

8-9  shall consider the record, if any, of the prospective buyer and tenant

8-10  concerning the payment of rent. The landlord shall not unreasonably

8-11  withhold his consent.

8-12    2.  If a tenant sells his mobile home or recreational vehicle, the landlord

8-13  may require that the mobile home or recreational vehicle be removed from

8-14  the park if it is deemed by the park’s written rules or regulations in the

8-15  possession of the tenants to be in a run-down condition or in disrepair or

8-16  does not meet the safety standards set forth in NRS 461A.120. If the

8-17  mobile home must be inspected to determine compliance with the

8-18  standards, the person requesting the inspection shall pay for it.

8-19    3.  If the landlord requires the approval of a prospective buyer and

8-20  tenant, he shall post and maintain a sign which is clearly readable at the

8-21  entrance to the park which advises the reader that before a mobile home in

8-22  the park is sold, the prospective buyer must be approved by the landlord.

8-23    4.  If the landlord requires the approval of a prospective buyer and

8-24  tenant of a mobile home or recreational vehicle and the mobile home or

8-25  recreational vehicle is sold without the approval of the landlord, the

8-26  landlord may:

8-27    (a) After providing at least [10] 5 days’ written notice to the buyer and

8-28  tenant, bring an action for an unlawful detainer in the manner prescribed in

8-29  chapter 40 of NRS; or

8-30    (b) Require the buyer and tenant to sign a rental agreement. If the buyer

8-31  and tenant refuse to sign the rental agreement within 5 days after such a

8-32  request, the landlord may, after providing at least [10] 5 days’ written

8-33  notice to the buyer and tenant, bring an action for an unlawful detainer in

8-34  the manner provided in chapter 40 of NRS.

8-35    5.  For the purposes of NRS 40.251, a person who:

8-36    (a) Purchases a mobile home or recreational vehicle from a tenant of a

8-37  mobile home park which will remain in the park;

8-38    (b) Was required to be approved by the landlord of the mobile home

8-39  park before the sale of the mobile home or recreational vehicle; and

8-40    (c) Was not approved by the landlord before he purchased that mobile

8-41  home or recreational vehicle,

8-42 

 

 
shall be deemed a tenant at will and a lessee of the mobile home park.

8-43    6.  The provisions of this section do not apply to a corporate

8-44  cooperative park.

8-45    Sec. 13. NRS 118B.173 is hereby amended to read as follows:

8-46    118B.173  1.  Any landlord who lists a mobile home park or any part

8-47  of a mobile home park for sale with a licensed real estate broker shall , not

8-48  less than 10 days nor more than 30 days before listing the park for sale,

8-49  mail written notice of that listing to any association of tenants of the park


9-1  that requested the notice. A landlord is not required to provide notice of a

9-2  listing for sale that is not initiated by the owner of the park or his

9-3  authorized agent.

9-4    2.  In order to receive the notice required by subsection 1, an

9-5  association of tenants of a mobile home park shall:

9-6    (a) Submit to the landlord a written request for that notice;

9-7    (b) Furnish the landlord with a written list of the names and addresses

9-8  of three members of the association; and

9-9    (c) Give written notice to the landlord that the tenants of the park are

9-10  interested in buying the park and renew that notice at least once each year

9-11  after the initial notice.

9-12    3.  The provisions of this section do not apply to a corporate

9-13  cooperative park.

9-14    Sec. 14.  NRS 118B.180 is hereby amended to read as follows:

9-15    118B.180  1.  A landlord may convert an existing mobile home park

9-16  into individual mobile home lots for sale to mobile home owners if the

9-17  change is approved by the appropriate local zoning board, planning

9-18  commission or governing body, and:

9-19    (a) The landlord gives notice in writing to each tenant within 5 days

9-20  after he files his application for the change in land use with the local

9-21  zoning board, planning commission or governing body;

9-22    (b) The landlord offers to sell the lot to the tenant at the same price the

9-23  lot will be offered to the public and holds that offer open for at least 75

9-24  days before he offers the lot for sale to the public;

9-25    (c) The landlord does not sell an occupied lot for more than a vacant lot

9-26  of similar location, size and shape;

9-27    (d) The landlord pays:

9-28      (1) The cost of moving the tenant’s mobile home and its

9-29  appurtenances to a comparable location within 50 miles from the mobile

9-30  home park; or

9-31      (2) If the new location is more than 50 miles from the mobile home

9-32  park, the cost of moving the mobile home for the first 50 miles,

9-33  including fees for inspection, any deposits for connecting utilities and the

9-34  cost of taking down, moving, setting up and leveling his mobile home and

9-35  its appurtenances in the new lot or park; and

9-36    (e) After the landlord is granted final approval of the change by the

9-37  appropriate local zoning board, planning commission or governing body,

9-38  notice in writing is served on each tenant in the manner provided in NRS

9-39  40.280, giving the tenant at least 180 days after the date of the notice [,]

9-40  before he is required to move his mobile home from the lot.

9-41    2.  Upon the sale of a mobile home lot and a mobile home which is

9-42  situated on that lot, the landlord shall indicate what portion of the purchase

9-43  price is for the mobile home lot and what portion is for the mobile home.

9-44    3.  The provisions of this section do not apply to a corporate

9-45  cooperative park.

9-46    Sec. 15.  NRS 118B.183 is hereby amended to read as follows:

9-47    118B.183  1.  A landlord may convert an existing mobile home park

9-48  to any other use of the land if the change is approved by the appropriate

9-49  local zoning board, planning commission or governing body, and:


10-1    (a) The landlord gives notice in writing to each tenant within 5 days

10-2  after he files his application for the change in land use with the local

10-3  zoning board, planning commission or governing body;

10-4    (b) The landlord pays:

10-5      (1) The cost of moving the tenant’s mobile home and its

10-6  appurtenances to a new location within 50 miles from the mobile home

10-7  park; or

10-8      (2) If the new location is more than 50 miles from the mobile home

10-9  park, the cost of moving the mobile home for the first 50 miles,

10-10  including fees for inspection, any deposits for connecting utilities and the

10-11  cost of taking down, moving, setting up and leveling his mobile home and

10-12  its appurtenances in the new lot or park; and

10-13  (c) After the landlord is granted final approval of the change by the

10-14  appropriate local zoning board, planning commission or governing body,

10-15  written notice is served on each tenant in the manner provided in NRS

10-16  40.280, giving the tenant at least 180 days after the date of the notice

10-17  before he is required to move his mobile home from the lot.

10-18  2.  A landlord shall not increase the rent of any tenant for 180 days

10-19  before applying for a change in land use, permit or variance affecting the

10-20  mobile home park.

10-21  3.  The provisions of this section do not apply to a corporate

10-22  cooperative park.

10-23  Sec. 16.  NRS 40.251 is hereby amended to read as follows:

10-24  40.251  A tenant of real property, a recreational vehicle or a mobile

10-25  home for a term less than life is guilty of an unlawful detainer when having

10-26  leased:

10-27  1.  Real property, except as otherwise provided in this section, or a

10-28  mobile home for an indefinite time, with monthly or other periodic rent

10-29  reserved, he continues in possession thereof, in person or by subtenant,

10-30  without the landlord’s consent after the expiration of a notice of:

10-31  (a) For tenancies from week to week, at least 7 days;

10-32  (b) For all other periodic tenancies, at least 30 days; or

10-33  (c) For tenancies at will, at least 5 days.

10-34  2.  A dwelling unit subject to the provisions of chapter 118A of NRS,

10-35  he continues in possession, in person or by subtenant, without the

10-36  landlord’s consent after expiration of:

10-37  (a) The term of the rental agreement or its termination and, except as

10-38  otherwise provided in paragraph (b), the expiration of a notice of at least 7

10-39  days for tenancies from week to week and 30 days for all other periodic

10-40  tenancies; or

10-41  (b) A notice of at least 5 days where the tenant has failed to perform his

10-42  basic or contractual obligations under chapter 118A of NRS.

10-43  3.  A mobile home lot subject to the provisions of chapter 118B of

10-44  NRS, or a lot for a recreational vehicle in an area of a mobile home park

10-45  other than an area designated as a recreational vehicle lot pursuant to the

10-46  provisions of subsection 6 of NRS 40.215, he continues in possession, in

10-47  person or by subtenant, without the landlord’s consent, after notice has

10-48  been given pursuant to NRS 118B.170 or 118B.190 or section 3 of this act

10-49  and the period of the notice has expired.


11-1    4.  A recreational vehicle lot, he continues in possession, in person or

11-2  by subtenant, without the landlord’s consent, after the expiration of a

11-3  notice of at least 5 days.

11-4    Sec. 17.  Chapter 489 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a

11-5  new section to read as follows:

11-6    1.  A landlord or manager who:

11-7    (a) Purchases a mobile home that is sold to enforce a lien pursuant to

11-8  NRS 108.270 to 108.360, inclusive;

11-9    (b) Is in compliance with or exempt from the requirements for

11-10  continuing education set forth in NRS 118B.086; and

11-11  (c) Is a licensed real estate broker and holds a limited dealer’s license

11-12  issued pursuant to NRS 489.331,

11-13  may resell the mobile home in compliance with all other applicable

11-14  provisions of this chapter which pertain to dealers.

11-15  2.  As used in this section:

11-16  (a) “Landlord” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 118B.014.

11-17  (b) “Manager” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 118B.0145.

 

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