Nev. Rev. Stat. ch. 118A § 118A.515

1. A landlord shall not take any adverse
action against a tenant, including, without limitation, evicting, imposing a
fine or taking any other punitive action against the tenant, based solely upon
the tenant or another person in the dwelling of the tenant requesting emergency
assistance if the tenant or other person had a reasonable belief that an
emergency response was necessary or that criminal activity may have occurred,
regardless of any other previous requests for emergency assistance by the
tenant or other person.
2. A local government or other political
subdivision of this State shall not deem there to be a nuisance or take any
other adverse action against the landlord of a dwelling based solely upon the
tenant or another person in the dwelling of the tenant requesting emergency
assistance in accordance with subsection 1.
3. Any local charter, code, ordinance,
regulation or other law that conflicts with this section is void and
unenforceable.
4. This section does not:
(a) Prohibit a landlord from taking any action
necessary to abate a nuisance on the property pursuant to NRS 40.140 or 202.450 or taking any other action which is
not in conflict with the provisions of this section, including, without
limitation, commencing eviction proceedings in accordance with the provisions
of chapter 40 of NRS for any nuisance
discovered by or reported to the landlord by a peace officer as a result of a
request for emergency assistance pursuant to subsection 1;
(b) Authorize a tenant to breach any provision of
a rental agreement that is not in conflict with this section or to violate any
other provision of law;
(c) Prohibit a landlord from taking any action
necessary to cure a breach of any provision of a rental agreement or any other
provision of law by a tenant which is discovered by or reported to the landlord
by a peace officer as a result of a request for emergency assistance pursuant
to subsection 1; or
(d) Prohibit a local government or other
political subdivision of this State from taking any action against a landlord
or a tenant to abate a nuisance or a violation of any local law, ordinance or
regulation which is discovered by a peace officer while responding to a request
for emergency assistance pursuant to subsection 1.
5. In addition to any other remedies, a
tenant, landlord or district attorney may bring a civil action in a court of
competent jurisdiction for a violation of this section to seek any or all of
the following relief:
(a) Declaratory and injunctive relief.
(b) Actual damages.
(c) Reasonable attorney’s fees and costs.
(d) Any other legal or equitable relief that the
court deems appropriate.
6. As used in this section:
(a) “Emergency assistance” means assistance
provided by an agency of the State of Nevada or a political subdivision of this
State that provides police, fire-fighting, rescue, emergency medical services
or any other services related to public safety.
(b) “Peace officer” means any person upon whom
some or all of the powers of a peace officer are conferred pursuant to NRS 289.150 to 289.360, inclusive.