NRS 118A.460 Procedure for disposal of personal property abandoned or left on
premises; landlord required to provide tenant reasonable opportunity to
retrieve essential personal effects for period following eviction or lockout of
tenant.
1. The landlord may dispose of personal
property abandoned on the premises by a former tenant or left on the premises
after eviction of the tenant without incurring civil or criminal liability in
the following manner:
(a) The landlord shall reasonably provide for the
safe storage of the property for 30 days after the abandonment or eviction or
the end of the rental period and may charge and collect the reasonable and
actual costs of inventory, moving and storage before releasing the property to
the tenant or his or her authorized representative rightfully claiming the
property within that period. The landlord is liable to the tenant only for the
landlord’s negligent or wrongful acts in storing the property.
(b) 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, has notified the tenant in writing of his or her
intention to dispose of the property and 14 days have elapsed since the notice
was given to the tenant. The notice must be mailed to the tenant at the
tenant’s present address, and if that address is unknown, then at the tenant’s
last known address.
(c) Vehicles must be disposed of in the manner
provided in chapter 487 of NRS for abandoned
vehicles.
2. Any dispute relating to the amount of
the costs claimed by the landlord pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection 1 may
be resolved using the procedure provided in subsection 7 of NRS 40.253.