(REPRINTED WITH ADOPTED AMENDMENTS)

                                                                                 SECOND 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 governing manufactured 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 manufactured home parks; authorizing the landlord of a manufactured home park to require written consent before a personmoves a manufactured home or recreational vehicle into the manufactured home park; providing certain statutory exceptions for corporate cooperative parks; requiring the landlord of a manufactured home park to post periodically a report on the quality of water supplied to the manufactured home park; authorizing the landlord of a manufactured home park to impose certain requirements relating to the occupancy of manufactured homes; providing that certain prohibitions relating to increases in rent for manufactured homes and manufactured 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; requiring the manufactured housing division of the department of business and industry to create a limited license authorizing the landlord or manager of a manufactured home park to resell a manufactured home 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 manufactured home

1-4  park 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 manufactured home park may require

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

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

1-10  manufactured home or recreational vehicle into the manufactured home

1-11  park. The landlord shall not unreasonably withhold his consent.


2-1    2.  If the landlord of a manufactured home park requires written

2-2  consent pursuant to subsection 1, the landlord shall post and maintain a

2-3  sign that is clearly readable at the entrance to the manufactured home

2-4  park which advises the reader of the consent that is required before a

2-5  person may move or cause to be moved a manufactured home or

2-6  recreational vehicle into the manufactured home park.

2-7    3.  If a person moves or causes to be moved a manufactured home or

2-8  recreational vehicle into the manufactured home park without the

2-9  written consent of the landlord, if the landlord requires such consent

2-10  pursuant to subsection 1, the landlord of that manufactured home park

2-11  may:

2-12    (a) After providing at least 5 days’ written notice to the person, bring

2-13  an action for an unlawful detainer in the manner prescribed in chapter

2-14  40 of NRS; or

2-15    (b) Require the person to sign a rental agreement. If the person

2-16  refuses to sign the rental agreement within 5 days after such a request,

2-17  the landlord may, after providing at least 5 days’ written notice to the

2-18  person, bring an action for an unlawful detainer in the manner provided

2-19  in chapter 40 of NRS.

2-20    4.  For the purposes of NRS 40.251, a person who moves or causes to

2-21  be moved a manufactured home or recreational vehicle into a

2-22  manufactured home park without the written consent of the landlord, if

2-23  the landlord requires such consent pursuant to subsection 1, shall be

2-24  deemed a tenant at will and a lessee of the manufactured home park.

2-25    5.  The provisions of this section do not apply to a corporate

2-26  cooperative park.

2-27    Sec. 4.  1.  The landlord of a manufactured home park shall post in

2-28  a conspicuous and readily accessible place in the community or

2-29  recreational facility in the manufactured home park, at or near the

2-30  entrance of the manufactured home park or other common area in the

2-31  manufactured home park, a current report on the quality of the water

2-32  that is supplied to the manufactured home park.

2-33    2.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, the report must be

2-34  obtained from the community water system that is the supplier of water to

2-35  the manufactured home park. Except as otherwise provided in subsection

2-36  4, the landlord shall post the report at least once each year and at such

2-37  other times as the community water system may provide an updated

2-38  report to the landlord.

2-39    3.  If a manufactured home park is not a community water system

2-40  and does not otherwise obtain water from a community water system, the

2-41  landlord of the manufactured home park shall annually cause the water

2-42  that is provided to the tenants of the manufactured home park to be

2-43  tested in accordance with the standards adopted pursuant to NRS

2-44  445A.855. The test must be performed by a laboratory certified by the

2-45  health division of the department of human resources pursuant to NRS

2-46  445A.863.

2-47    4.  Upon receipt of the results of a test performed pursuant to

2-48  subsection 3, the landlord shall prepare or cause to be prepared a report

2-49  on the quality of the water that is supplied to the tenants of the


3-1  manufactured home park. The report must be accurately based upon the

3-2  results of the test and prepared in accordance with the standards adopted

3-3  by the state board of health pursuant to NRS 445A.855 for similar

3-4  reports by community water systems. The landlord shall post a copy of

3-5  the most current report in accordance with subsection 1 and shall deliver

3-6  a copy of each such report to the health division of the department of

3-7  human resources or the health authority as that term is defined in NRS

3-8  445A.820.

3-9    5.  As used in this section, “community water system” has the

3-10  meaning ascribed to it in NRS 445A.808.

3-11    Sec. 5.  NRS 118B.010 is hereby amended to read as follows:

3-12    118B.010  As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise

3-13  requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 118B.011 to 118B.0195,

3-14  inclusive, and section 2 of this act have the meanings ascribed to them in

3-15  those sections.

3-16    Sec. 6.  NRS 118B.060 is hereby amended to read as follows:

3-17    118B.060  1.  Any payment, deposit, fee or other charge which is

3-18  required by the landlord in addition to periodic rent, utility charges or

3-19  service fees and is collected as prepaid rent or a sum to compensate for any

3-20  tenant default is a “deposit” governed by the provisions of this section.

3-21    2.  The landlord shall maintain a separate record of the deposits.

3-22    3.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4:

3-23    (a) All deposits are refundable, and upon termination of the tenancy, or

3-24  if the deposit is collected as a sum to compensate for a tenant default, not

3-25  more than 5 years after the landlord receives the deposit, the landlord may

3-26  claim from a deposit only such amounts as are reasonably necessary to

3-27  remedy tenant defaults in the payment of rent, utility charges or service

3-28  fees and to repair damage to the park caused by the tenant. The landlord

3-29  shall provide the tenant with an itemized written accounting of the

3-30  disposition of the deposit.

3-31    (b) Any refund must be sent to the tenant within 21 days after the

3-32  tenancy is terminated.

3-33    4.  Each deposit collected as a sum to compensate for a tenant default

3-34  must be refunded to the tenant not more than 5 years after the landlord

3-35  receives the deposit or upon the termination of the tenancy, whichever is

3-36  earlier. The refund must include interest at the rate of 5 percent per year,

3-37  compounded annually, for the entire period during which the deposit was

3-38  held by the landlord.

3-39    5.  Upon termination of the landlord’s interest in the manufactured

3-40  home park, the landlord shall transfer to his successor in interest that

3-41  portion of the deposit remaining after making any deductions allowed

3-42  pursuant to this section or refund that portion to the tenant.

3-43    6.  If the former landlord fails to transfer that portion of the deposit

3-44  remaining to the successor in interest or refund it to the tenant at the time

3-45  the successor in interest takes possession, the successor becomes jointly

3-46  and severally liable with the former landlord for refunding to the tenant

3-47  that portion of the deposit to which he is entitled.

3-48    7.  If the former landlord fails to transfer or refund the deposit, the

3-49  tenant may not be required to pay another deposit until the successor in


4-1  interest refunds the deposit to the tenant or provides him with an itemized

4-2  written accounting of the statutorily authorized disposition of the deposit.

4-3    8.  The claim of the tenant to any deposit to which he is entitled by law

4-4  takes precedence over the claim of any creditor of the landlord.

4-5    9.  The provisions of this section do not apply to a corporate

4-6  cooperative park.

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

4-8    118B.120  1.  The landlord or his agent or employee may:

4-9    (a) Require that the tenant landscape and maintain the tenant’s lot if the

4-10  landlord advises the tenant in writing of reasonable requirements for the

4-11  landscaping.

4-12    (b) If the tenant does not comply with the provisions of paragraph (a),

4-13  maintain the tenant’s lot and charge the tenant a service fee for the actual

4-14  cost of that maintenance.

4-15    (c) Require that the manufactured home be removed from the park if it

4-16  is unoccupied for more than 90 consecutive days and the tenant or dealer is

4-17  not making good faith and diligent efforts to sell it.

4-18    2.  The landlord shall maintain, in the manner required for the other

4-19  tenants, any lot on which is located a manufactured home within the park

4-20  which has been repossessed, abandoned or held for rent or taxes. The

4-21  landlord is entitled to reimbursement for the cost of that maintenance from

4-22  the repossessor or lien holder or from the proceeds of any sale for taxes, as

4-23  the case may be.

4-24    3.  The landlord shall trim all the trees located within the park and

4-25  dispose of the trimmings from those trees, absent a voluntary assumption

4-26  of that duty by the tenant for trees on the tenant’s lot.

4-27    4.  For the purposes of this section, a manufactured home shall be

4-28  deemed to be abandoned if:

4-29    (a) It is located on a lot in a manufactured home park , other than a

4-30  corporate cooperative park, for which no rent has been paid for at least 60

4-31  days;

4-32    (b) It is unoccupied; and

4-33    (c) The manager of the manufactured home park reasonably believes it

4-34  to be abandoned.

4-35    Sec. 8.  NRS 118B.140 is hereby amended to read as follows:

4-36    118B.140  [The]

4-37    1.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the landlord or his

4-38  agent or employee shall not:

4-39    [1.] (a) Require a person to purchase a manufactured home from him or

4-40  any other person as a condition to renting a manufactured home lot to the

4-41  purchaser or give an adjustment of rent or fees, or provide any other

4-42  incentive to induce the purchase of a manufactured home from him or any

4-43  other person.

4-44    [2.] (b) Charge or receive:

4-45    [(a)] (1) Any entrance or exit fee for assuming or leaving occupancy of

4-46  a manufactured home lot.

4-47    [(b)] (2) Any transfer or selling fee or commission as a condition to

4-48  permitting a tenant to sell his manufactured home or recreational vehicle

4-49  within the manufactured home park even if the manufactured home or


5-1  recreational vehicle is to remain within the park, unless the landlord is

5-2  licensed as a dealer of manufactured homes pursuant to NRS 489.311 and

5-3  has acted as the tenant’s agent in the sale pursuant to a written contract.

5-4    [(c)] (3) Any fee for the tenant’s spouse or children.

5-5    [(d)] (4) Any fee for pets kept by a tenant in the park. If special

5-6  facilities or services are provided, the landlord may also charge a fee

5-7  reasonably related to the cost of maintenance of the facility or service and

5-8  the number of pets kept in the facility.

5-9    [(e)] (5) Any additional service fee unless the landlord provides an

5-10  additional service which is needed to protect the health and welfare of the

5-11  tenants, and written notice advising each tenant of the additional fee is sent

5-12  to the tenant 90 days in advance of the first payment to be made, and

5-13  written notice of the additional fee is given to prospective tenants on or

5-14  before commencement of their tenancy. A tenant may only be required to

5-15  pay the additional service fee for the duration of the additional service.

5-16    [(f)] (6) Any fee for a late monthly rental payment within 4 days after

5-17  the date the rental payment is due or which exceeds $5 for each day,

5-18  excluding Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays, for which the payment is

5-19  overdue, beginning on the day after the payment was due. Any fee for late

5-20  payment of charges for utilities must be in accordance with the

5-21  requirements prescribed by the public utilities commission of Nevada.

5-22    [(g)] (7) Any fee, surcharge or rent increase to recover from his tenants

5-23  the costs resulting from converting from a master-metered water system to

5-24  individual water meters for each manufactured home lot.

5-25    [(h)] (8) Any fee, surcharge or rent increase to recover from his tenants

5-26  any amount that exceeds the amount of the cost for a governmentally

5-27  mandated service or tax that was paid by the landlord.

5-28    2.  Except for the provisions of subparagraphs (3), (4), (6) and (8) of

5-29  paragraph (b) of subsection 1, the provisions of this section do not apply

5-30  to a corporate cooperative park.

5-31    Sec. 9.  NRS 118B.150 is hereby amended to read as follows:

5-32    118B.150  [The]

5-33    1.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the landlord or his

5-34  agent or employee shall not:

5-35    [1.] (a) Increase rent or additional charges unless:

5-36    [(a)] (1) The rent charged after the increase is the same rent charged for

5-37  manufactured homes of the same size or lots of the same size or of a

5-38  similar location within the park, including, without limitation,

5-39  manufactured homes and lots which are held pursuant to a long-term

5-40  lease, except that a discount may be selectively given to persons who:

5-41      [(1)] (I) Are handicapped;

5-42      [(2)] (II) Are 55 years of age or older;

5-43      [(3)] (III) Are long-term tenants of the park if the landlord has

5-44  specified in the rental agreement or lease the period of tenancy required to

5-45  qualify for such a discount;

5-46      [(4)] (IV) Pay their rent in a timely manner; or

5-47      [(5)] (V) Pay their rent by check, money order or electronic means;

5-48    [(b)] (2) Any increase in additional charges for special services is the

5-49  same amount for each tenant using the special service; and


6-1    [(c)] (3) Written notice advising a tenant of the increase is received by

6-2  the tenant 90 days before the first payment to be increased and written

6-3  notice of the increase is given to prospective tenants before commencement

6-4  of their tenancy. In addition to the notice provided to a tenant pursuant to

6-5  this [paragraph,] subparagraph, if the landlord or his agent or employee

6-6  knows or reasonably should know that the tenant receives assistance from

6-7  the fund created pursuant to NRS 118B.215, the landlord or his agent or

6-8  employee shall provide to the administrator written notice of the increase

6-9  90 days before the first payment to be increased.

6-10    [2.] (b) Require a tenant to pay for an improvement to the common area

6-11  of a manufactured home park unless the landlord is required to make the

6-12  improvement pursuant to an ordinance of a local government.

6-13    [3.] (c) Require a tenant to pay for a capital improvement to the

6-14  manufactured home park unless the tenant has notice of the requirement at

6-15  the time he enters into the rental agreement. A tenant may not be required

6-16  to pay for a capital improvement after the tenant enters into the rental

6-17  agreement unless the tenant consents to it in writing or is given 60 days’

6-18  notice of the requirement in writing. The landlord may not establish such a

6-19  requirement unless a meeting of the tenants is held to discuss the proposal

6-20  and the landlord provides each tenant with notice of the proposal and the

6-21  date, time and place of the meeting not less than 60 days before the

6-22  meeting. The notice must include a copy of the proposal. A notice in a

6-23  periodic publication of the park does not constitute notice for the purposes

6-24  of this [subsection.

6-25    4.] paragraph.

6-26    (d) Require a tenant to pay his rent by check or money order.

6-27    [5.] (e) Require a tenant who pays his rent in cash to apply any change

6-28  to which he is entitled to the next periodic payment that is due. The

6-29  landlord or his agent or employee shall have an adequate amount of money

6-30  available to provide change to such a tenant.

6-31    [6.] (f) Prohibit or require fees or deposits for any meetings held in the

6-32  park’s community or recreational facility by the tenants or occupants of

6-33  any manufactured home or recreational vehicle in the park to discuss the

6-34  park’s affairs, or any political or social meeting sponsored by a tenant, if

6-35  the meetings are held at reasonable hours and when the facility is not

6-36  otherwise in use, or prohibit the distribution of notices of those meetings.

6-37    [7.] (g) Interrupt, with the intent to terminate occupancy, any utility

6-38  service furnished the tenant except for nonpayment of utility charges when

6-39  due. Any landlord who violates this [subsection] paragraph is liable to the

6-40  tenant for actual damages.

6-41    [8.] (h) Prohibit a tenant from having guests, but he may require the

6-42  tenant to register the guest within 48 hours after his arrival, Sundays and

6-43  legal holidays excluded, and if the park is a secured park, a guest may be

6-44  required to register upon entering and leaving.

6-45    [9.] (i) Charge a fee for a guest who does not stay with the tenant for

6-46  more than a total of 60 days in a calendar year. The tenant of a

6-47  manufactured home lot who is living alone may allow one other person to

6-48  live in his home without paying an additional charge or fee, unless such a

6-49  living arrangement constitutes a violation of chapter 315 of NRS. No


7-1  agreement between a tenant and his guest alters or varies the terms of the

7-2  rental contract between the tenant and the landlord, and the guest is subject

7-3  to the rules and regulations of the landlord.

7-4    [10.] (j) Prohibit a tenant from erecting a fence along the perimeter of

7-5  the tenant’s lot if the fence complies with any standards for fences

7-6  established by the landlord, including limitations established for the height

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

7-8  to be constructed.

7-9    [11.] (k) Prohibit any tenant from soliciting membership in any

7-10  association which is formed by the tenants who live in the park. As used in

7-11  this [subsection,] paragraph, “solicit” means to make an oral or written

7-12  request for membership or the payment of dues or to distribute, circulate or

7-13  post a notice for payment of those dues.

7-14    [12.] (l) Prohibit a public officer , [or] candidate for public office or the

7-15  representative of a public officer or candidate for public office from

7-16  walking through the park to talk with the tenants [.] or distribute political

7-17  material.

7-18    [13.] (m) If a tenant has voluntarily assumed responsibility to trim the

7-19  trees on his lot, require the tenant to trim any particular tree located on the

7-20  lot or dispose of the trimmings unless a danger or hazard exists.

7-21    2.  The provisions of paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (j) and (m) of subsection

7-22  1 do not apply to a corporate cooperative park.

7-23    3.  As used in this section, “long-term lease” means a rental

7-24  agreement or lease the duration of which exceeds 12 months.

7-25    Sec. 10.  NRS 118B.153 is hereby amended to read as follows:

7-26    118B.153  [The]

7-27    1.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the amount of rent

7-28  charged a tenant for a service, utility or amenity upon moving into the

7-29  manufactured home park must be reduced proportionately when the

7-30  service, utility or amenity is decreased or eliminated by the landlord. The

7-31  landlord may not increase the rent to recover the lost revenue.

7-32    2.  The provisions of this section do not apply to a corporate

7-33  cooperative park.

7-34    Sec. 11.  NRS 118B.160 is hereby amended to read as follows:

7-35    118B.160  [The]

7-36    1.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the landlord or his

7-37  agent or employee shall not:

7-38    [1.] (a) Deny any tenant the right to sell his manufactured home or

7-39  recreational vehicle within the park or require the tenant to remove the

7-40  manufactured home or recreational vehicle from the park solely on the

7-41  basis of the sale, except as otherwise provided in NRS 118B.170.

7-42    [2.] (b) Prohibit any tenant desiring to sell his manufactured home or

7-43  recreational vehicle within the park from advertising the location of the

7-44  home or vehicle and the name of the manufactured home park or prohibit

7-45  the tenant from displaying at least one sign of reasonable size advertising

7-46  the sale of the home or vehicle.

7-47    [3.] (c) Require that he be an agent of an owner of a manufactured

7-48  home or recreational vehicle who desires to sell the home or vehicle.


8-1    [4.] (d) Unless subleasing of lots is prohibited by a rental agreement or

8-2  lease, prohibit a tenant from subleasing his manufactured home lot if the

8-3  prospective subtenant meets the general requirements for tenancy in the

8-4  park.

8-5    [5.] (e) Require a tenant to make any additions to his manufactured

8-6  home unless those additions are required by an ordinance of a local

8-7  government.

8-8    [6.] (f) Purchase a manufactured home within the park if he has denied:

8-9    [(a)] (1) A tenant the right to sell that manufactured home; or

8-10    [(b)] (2) A prospective buyer the right to purchase that manufactured

8-11  home.

8-12    2.  The provisions of this section do not apply to a corporate

8-13  cooperative park.

8-14    Sec. 12.  NRS 118B.170 is hereby amended to read as follows:

8-15    118B.170  1.  The landlord may require approval of a prospective

8-16  buyer and tenant before the sale of a tenant’s manufactured home or

8-17  recreational vehicle, if the manufactured home or vehicle will remain in the

8-18  park. The landlord shall consider the record, if any, of the prospective

8-19  buyer and tenant concerning the payment of rent. The landlord shall not

8-20  unreasonably withhold his consent.

8-21    2.  If a tenant sells his manufactured home or recreational vehicle, the

8-22  landlord may require that the manufactured home or recreational vehicle be

8-23  removed from the park if it is deemed by the park’s written rules or

8-24  regulations in the possession of the tenants to be in a run-down condition

8-25  or in disrepair or does not meet the safety standards set forth in NRS

8-26  461A.120. If the manufactured home must be inspected to determine

8-27  compliance with the standards, the person requesting the inspection shall

8-28  pay for it.

8-29    3.  If the landlord requires the approval of a prospective buyer and

8-30  tenant, he shall post and maintain a sign which is clearly readable at the

8-31  entrance to the park which advises the reader that before a manufactured

8-32  home in the park is sold, the prospective buyer must be approved by the

8-33  landlord.

8-34    4.  If the landlord requires the approval of a prospective buyer and

8-35  tenant of a manufactured home or recreational vehicle and the

8-36  manufactured home or recreational vehicle is sold without the approval of

8-37  the landlord, the landlord may:

8-38    (a) After providing at least [10] 5 days’ written notice to the buyer and

8-39  tenant, bring an action for an unlawful detainer in the manner prescribed in

8-40  chapter 40 of NRS; or

8-41    (b) Require the buyer and tenant to sign a rental agreement. If the buyer

8-42  and tenant refuse to sign the rental agreement within 5 days after such a

8-43  request, the landlord may, after providing at least [10] 5 days’ written

8-44  notice to the buyer and tenant, bring an action for an unlawful detainer in

8-45  the manner provided in chapter 40 of NRS.

8-46    5.  For the purposes of NRS 40.251, a person who:

8-47    (a) Purchases a manufactured home or recreational vehicle from a

8-48  tenant of a manufactured home park which will remain in the park;


9-1    (b) Was required to be approved by the landlord of the manufactured

9-2  home park before the sale of the manufactured home or recreational

9-3  vehicle; and

9-4    (c) Was not approved by the landlord before he purchased that

9-5  manufactured home or recreational vehicle,

9-6 

 

 
shall be deemed a tenant at will and a lessee of the manufactured home

9-7  park.

9-8    6.  The provisions of this section do not apply to a corporate

9-9  cooperative park.

9-10    Sec. 13. NRS 118B.173 is hereby amended to read as follows:

9-11    118B.173  1.  Any landlord who lists a manufactured home park or

9-12  any part of a manufactured home park for sale with a licensed real estate

9-13  broker shall, not less than 10 days nor more than 30 days before listing the

9-14  park for sale, mail written notice of that listing to any association of tenants

9-15  of the park that requested the notice. A landlord is not required to provide

9-16  notice of a listing for sale that is not initiated by the owner of the park or

9-17  his authorized agent.

9-18    2.  To receive the notice required by subsection 1, an association of

9-19  tenants of a manufactured home park shall:

9-20    (a) Submit to the landlord a written request for that notice;

9-21    (b) Furnish the landlord with a written list of the names and addresses

9-22  of three members of the association; and

9-23    (c) Give written notice to the landlord that the tenants of the park are

9-24  interested in buying the park and renew that notice at least once each year

9-25  after the initial notice.

9-26    3.  The provisions of this section do not apply to a corporate

9-27  cooperative park.

9-28    Sec. 14.  NRS 118B.180 is hereby amended to read as follows:

9-29    118B.180  1.  A landlord may convert an existing manufactured home

9-30  park into individual manufactured home lots for sale to manufactured home

9-31  owners if the change is approved by the appropriate local zoning board,

9-32  planning commission or governing body, and:

9-33    (a) The landlord gives notice in writing to each tenant within 5 days

9-34  after he files his application for the change in land use with the local

9-35  zoning board, planning commission or governing body;

9-36    (b) The landlord offers to sell the lot to the tenant at the same price the

9-37  lot will be offered to the public and holds that offer open for at least 75

9-38  days before he offers the lot for sale to the public;

9-39    (c) The landlord does not sell an occupied lot for more than a vacant lot

9-40  of similar location, size and shape;

9-41    (d) The landlord pays:

9-42      (1) The cost of moving the tenant’s manufactured home and its

9-43  appurtenances to a comparable location within 50 miles from the

9-44  manufactured home park; or

9-45      (2) If the new location is more than 50 miles from the manufactured

9-46  home park, the cost of moving the manufactured home for the first 50

9-47  miles,


10-1  including fees for inspection, any deposits for connecting utilities and the

10-2  cost of taking down, moving, setting up and leveling his manufactured

10-3  home and its appurtenances in the new lot or park; and

10-4    (e) After the landlord is granted final approval of the change by the

10-5  appropriate local zoning board, planning commission or governing body,

10-6  notice in writing is served on each tenant in the manner provided in NRS

10-7  40.280, giving the tenant at least 180 days after the date of the notice [,]

10-8  before he is required to move his manufactured home from the lot.

10-9    2.  Upon the sale of a manufactured home lot and a manufactured home

10-10  which is situated on that lot, the landlord shall indicate what portion of the

10-11  purchase price is for the manufactured home lot and what portion is for the

10-12  manufactured home.

10-13  3.  The provisions of this section do not apply to a corporate

10-14  cooperative park.

10-15  Sec. 15.  NRS 118B.183 is hereby amended to read as follows:

10-16  118B.183  1.  A landlord may convert an existing manufactured home

10-17  park to any other use of the land if the change is approved by the

10-18  appropriate local zoning board, planning commission or governing body,

10-19  and:

10-20  (a) The landlord gives notice in writing to each tenant within 5 days

10-21  after he files his application for the change in land use with the local

10-22  zoning board, planning commission or governing body;

10-23  (b) The landlord pays:

10-24     (1) The cost of moving the tenant’s manufactured home and its

10-25  appurtenances to a new location within 50 miles from the manufactured

10-26  home park; or

10-27     (2) If the new location is more than 50 miles from the manufactured

10-28  home park, the cost of moving the manufactured home for the first 50

10-29  miles,

10-30  including fees for inspection, any deposits for connecting utilities and the

10-31  cost of taking down, moving, setting up and leveling his manufactured

10-32  home and its appurtenances in the new lot or park; and

10-33  (c) After the landlord is granted final approval of the change by the

10-34  appropriate local zoning board, planning commission or governing body,

10-35  written notice is served on each tenant in the manner provided in NRS

10-36  40.280, giving the tenant at least 180 days after the date of the notice

10-37  before he is required to move his manufactured home from the lot.

10-38  2.  A landlord shall not increase the rent of any tenant for 180 days

10-39  before applying for a change in land use, permit or variance affecting the

10-40  manufactured home park.

10-41  3.  The provisions of this section do not apply to a corporate

10-42  cooperative park.

10-43  Sec. 16.  NRS 40.251 is hereby amended to read as follows:

10-44  40.251  A tenant of real property, a recreational vehicle or a mobile

10-45  home for a term less than life is guilty of an unlawful detainer when having

10-46  leased:

10-47  1.  Real property, except as otherwise provided in this section, or a

10-48  mobile home for an indefinite time, with monthly or other periodic rent


11-1  reserved, he continues in possession thereof, in person or by subtenant,

11-2  without the landlord’s consent after the expiration of a notice of:

11-3    (a) For tenancies from week to week, at least 7 days;

11-4    (b) For all other periodic tenancies, at least 30 days; or

11-5    (c) For tenancies at will, at least 5 days.

11-6    2.  A dwelling unit subject to the provisions of chapter 118A of NRS,

11-7  he continues in possession, in person or by subtenant, without the

11-8  landlord’s consent after expiration of:

11-9    (a) The term of the rental agreement or its termination and, except as

11-10  otherwise provided in paragraph (b), the expiration of a notice of at least 7

11-11  days for tenancies from week to week and 30 days for all other periodic

11-12  tenancies; or

11-13  (b) A notice of at least 5 days where the tenant has failed to perform his

11-14  basic or contractual obligations under chapter 118A of NRS.

11-15  3.  A mobile home lot subject to the provisions of chapter 118B of

11-16  NRS, or a lot for a recreational vehicle in an area of a mobile home park

11-17  other than an area designated as a recreational vehicle lot pursuant to the

11-18  provisions of subsection 6 of NRS 40.215, he continues in possession, in

11-19  person or by subtenant, without the landlord’s consent, after notice has

11-20  been given pursuant to NRS 118B.170 or 118B.190 or section 3 of this act

11-21  and the period of the notice has expired.

11-22  4.  A recreational vehicle lot, he continues in possession, in person or

11-23  by subtenant, without the landlord’s consent, after the expiration of a

11-24  notice of at least 5 days.

11-25  Sec. 17.  Chapter 489 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a

11-26  new section to read as follows:

11-27  1.  The division shall adopt regulations for the issuance of limited

11-28  resale licenses authorizing a landlord or manager to sell a used mobile

11-29  home. Regulations adopted pursuant to this section must specify the

11-30  requirements for licensure, including, without limitation, any

11-31  educational requirements.

11-32  2.  A person who is licensed pursuant to the regulations described in

11-33  subsection 1 may sell a used mobile home if:

11-34  (a) The mobile home is located in a mobile home park that the

11-35  landlord or manager owns, leases or manages; and

11-36  (b) The landlord or manager purchased the mobile home at a sale to

11-37  enforce a lien pursuant to NRS 108.270 to 108.360, inclusive.

11-38  3.  As used in this section:

11-39  (a) “Landlord” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 118B.014.

11-40  (b) “Manager” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 118B.0145.

11-41  (c) “Mobile home park” has the meaning ascribed to “manufactured

11-42  home park” in NRS 118B.017.

11-43  Sec. 18. 1.  This section and sections 1 to 5, inclusive, 16 and 17 of

11-44  this act become effective on October 1, 2001.

11-45  2.  Sections 6 to 15, inclusive, of this act become effective at 12:01

11-46  a.m. on October 1, 2001.

 

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