Breaking a lease in Nevada

If you are the tenant

• No statute sets the tenant's notice for a month-to-month tenancy. Nevada Legal Services says tenants usually must give 30 days' notice under the lease. A lease may not make the tenant give a different notice than the landlord must give (NRS 118A.220(1)(e)).

If the landlord ends it

• A landlord may end a month-to-month (or other non-weekly periodic) tenancy with at least 30 days' notice; the statute does not tie the end date to a rental period. A tenant aged 60+ or with a disability may ask in writing for 30 more days (NRS 40.251(1)-(2)).

Written notice required: Yes. Landlord notices must be written and served as NRS 40.280 requires (NRS 118A.190(2)). Written notices to the landlord may be delivered or mailed to the landlord's designated place of business (NRS 118A.190(3)).

• week-to-week, landlord: 7 days. A landlord may end a week-to-week tenancy with at least 7 days' notice (NRS 40.251(1)(b)(1)(I)).

If a tenant abandons the property, the landlord must make reasonable efforts to re-rent at a fair rental; the tenant is liable for the landlord's actual damages from the abandonment (NRS 118.175). The lease ends when the landlord accepts surrender, re-rents, or the unit is deemed abandoned (NRS 118.185).

Landlord's duty to re-rent: Yes. The landlord must make reasonable efforts to re-rent an abandoned unit at a fair rental; if it does not, the former tenant owes only actual damages that occurred before the landlord had reason to believe the unit was abandoned (NRS 118.175).

Lease-break fees: No statutory cap on lease-break fees; the lease controls, subject to the landlord's duty to re-rent. A deposit may not be withheld for an early termination under the domestic-violence section (NRS 118A.345(5)).

• Domestic violence, sexual assault or stalking (NRS 118A.345)

  A victim tenant or cotenant may end the lease by written notice effective at the end of the current rental period or 30 days after notice, whichever is sooner.

  Notice:

  30 days, in writing

  Proof:

  For domestic violence: protection order, law-enforcement report, or affidavit (NRS 118A.347 form) from a qualified third party. For harassment, sexual assault or stalking: law-enforcement report or an order under NRS 200.378 or 200.591. The abuse must have occurred within 90 days before the notice.

  What you still owe:

  Rent through the termination date only; prepaid rent for that period may be kept; deposit may not be withheld for the early termination.

• Age, illness or disability (NRS 118A.340(1))

  A tenant aged 60+ or with a disability who must relocate for care that cannot be given in the unit may end the lease with 30 days' written notice given within 60 days after relocating; a qualifying cotenant may too.

  Notice:

  30 days, in writing

  Proof:

  Written notice stating the facts, with reasonable verification of the condition and that it requires relocation for care or treatment.

  What you still owe:

  Lease ends 30 days after the notice.

• Other (NRS 118A.340(2))

  A tenant aged 60+ or with a disability may end the lease with 60 days' written notice given within 3 months after a spouse's or cotenant's death.

  Notice:

  60 days, in writing

  Proof:

  Written notice stating the facts showing entitlement.

  What you still owe:

  Lease ends 60 days after the notice.

• Unit unlivable or landlord fails to repair (NRS 118A.355)

  If the landlord does not fix a material habitability failure within 14 days of written notice, the tenant may terminate immediately.

  Proof:

  Written notice listing each habitability failure; landlord has 14 days to remedy or use best efforts.

  What you still owe:

  Tenant may end the lease immediately after the 14 days; landlord returns prepaid rent and deposit.

• Unit unlivable or landlord fails to repair (NRS 118A.400)

  If fire or casualty substantially impairs use of the unit, the tenant may vacate at once and give notice within 7 days.

  Notice:

  7 days, in writing

  Proof:

  Notice to the landlord within 7 days after vacating.

  What you still owe:

  Lease ends on the date of vacating.

• Other (NRS 118A.350)

  If the landlord does not remedy a breach of the rental agreement within 14 days of written notice, the tenant may terminate the rental agreement immediately.

  Proof:

  Written notice specifying the landlord's breach of the rental agreement; landlord has 14 days to remedy or use best efforts.

  What you still owe:

  Tenant may terminate immediately after the 14 days; landlord returns prepaid rent and recoverable deposit.

• Landlord harassment or illegal entry (NRS 118A.500(2))

  If the landlord abuses its right of entry so as to harass the tenant, the tenant may end the rental agreement.

  Proof:

  Landlord made an unlawful entry, a lawful entry in an unreasonable manner, or repeated harassing demands for entry.

  What you still owe:

  Tenant may terminate the rental agreement and recover actual damages.

• Landlord harassment or illegal entry (NRS 118A.390)

  After an illegal lockout or willful shut-off of essential services, the tenant may terminate the rental agreement.

  Proof:

  Landlord unlawfully removed or locked out the tenant, willfully interrupted an essential service, or otherwise recovered possession in violation of NRS 118A.480.

  What you still owe:

  Tenant may terminate; landlord returns prepaid rent and deposit; tenant may also recover actual damages and up to $2,500.

Military orders, every state: the federal SCRA lets servicemembers with orders (permanent change of station or deployment of 90+ days) end a lease with written notice and a copy of the orders. How the SCRA date is counted.

• Unless the lease sets a definite term, the tenancy is week to week for weekly rent and month to month otherwise (NRS 118A.210(2)).
• Absence for half a rental period without notice, with rent unpaid, raises a presumption of abandonment (NRS 118A.450).
• Military lease termination in Nevada follows the federal SCRA; no broader state rule was found in NRS 118A.

• Write a Nevada notice to vacate
• Nevada security deposit law: getting your deposit back after you move

• NRS 40.251 Retrieved October 13, 2026.
• NRS 118.175 Retrieved October 13, 2026.
• NRS 118A.190 Retrieved October 13, 2026.
• NRS 118A.210 Retrieved October 13, 2026.
• NRS 118A.220 Retrieved October 13, 2026.
• NRS 118A.340 Retrieved October 13, 2026.
• NRS 118A.345 Retrieved October 13, 2026.
• NRS 118A.355 Retrieved October 13, 2026.
• NRS 118A.400 Retrieved October 13, 2026.
• NRS 118A.450 Retrieved October 13, 2026.
• Nevada Legal Services, Lease Requirements and Termination fact sheet Retrieved October 13, 2026.
• NRS 118A.350, 118A.390, 118A.500 Retrieved October 13, 2026.

Laws change. This page was checked against the sources above on October 13, 2026. It is legal information, not legal advice; see our methodology.