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AB 121

Relating to: recodification of battery statutes and providing a penalty.

2025-2026 Regular Session

AB 121 requires rent to be shown as a single maximum figure including mandatory fees, limits certain charges, and expands disclosures and remedies to protect tenants.

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Bill Summary · AB 121

AB 121 — Summary (Landlords & Tenants; Nevada, 2025)

Status: Enacted (Chapter 8, Statutes of 2025). Passed both houses and approved by the Governor (enrolled and presented June 27, 2025).

Purpose
- Increase transparency in rent pricing and payment practices, limit certain fees, and strengthen protections for prospective and current tenants by requiring clearer lease disclosures and providing civil remedies for violations.

Key provisions
- Rent disclosure as a single figure
- Wherever the rent amount appears in a rental agreement or related reference, the rent must be shown as a single figure representing the maximum total periodic rent inclusive of any mandatory fees in addition to base rent.
- A landlord may, under specified circumstances, charge a monthly fee for electric, natural gas, or water service equal to the unit-specific cost if that service is not included in the single figure; such charges are subject to statutory requirements.

  • Payment methods and fees

    • Landlords must offer tenants at least one payment method that (a) does not impose a fee on the tenant and (b) does not require the tenant to provide bank-account information. (Providing a check is permitted even if it contains bank-account info.)
    • If tenants pay via an internet website/online portal, landlords may not charge a portal fee that exceeds the fee imposed by the portal operator. Any landlord-imposed portal fee must be separately identified in the written rental agreement.

  • Prospective tenant protections

    • On request, landlords must provide a prospective tenant with a copy of the written rental agreement they would be required to sign.
    • If a landlord collects an application-related fee (application, credit report, background check) and then rents the unit to a different applicant without performing the activity for which the fee was collected, the landlord must refund the fee.
    • Landlords may not collect application, credit-report, or background-check fees for minors who are members of the prospective tenant’s household.

  • Enforcement and remedies

    • Tenants aggrieved by violations of the rent-disclosure rules may bring a civil action in any court of competent jurisdiction.
    • If a tenant prevails, the court must award:
    • Any damages the court deems appropriate;
    • Appropriate equitable relief;
    • Costs and reasonable attorney’s fees; and
    • Statutory damages of $250 for each violation that involved deception.

Who is affected
- Landlords and their agents (all landlords must update agreements, disclosures, and payment systems to comply).
- Current tenants (benefit from clearer pricing and fee limits).
- Prospective tenants (benefit from refund and disclosure protections).

Procedural / timeline notes
- AB 121 moved through the Assembly (Commerce & Labor) and the Senate (Commerce & Labor), was amended in committee and on the floor (multiple reprints and amendments), and was ultimately enrolled and chaptered as Chapter 8, Statutes of 2025.
- Fiscal notes attached to the bill indicate no fiscal effect on state or local government.

Potential practical impacts
- Landlords will need to revise lease forms and payment platforms to present a single, maximum rent figure and to disclose portal fees.
- Landlords using online payment vendors may need to absorb excess portal fees (or pass through only the vendor’s fee, clearly disclosed).
- May reduce surprise or “hidden” fees for tenants; could prompt administrative or contractual changes by property managers and software vendors.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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