Senate Bill No. 13–Senator McGinness

 

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AN ACT relating to property; revising the provision requiring a landlord to disclose an emergency telephone number to a tenant at or before the commencement of a tenancy; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

    Section 1. NRS 118A.260 is hereby amended to read as

follows:

    118A.260  1.  The landlord, or any person authorized to enter

into a rental agreement on his behalf, shall disclose to the tenant in

writing at or before the commencement of the tenancy:

    (a) The name and address of:

        (1) The persons authorized to manage the premises;

        (2) A person authorized to act for and on behalf of the

landlord for the purpose of service of process and receiving notices

and demands; and

        (3) The principal or corporate owner.

    (b) A telephone number at which a responsible person who

resides in the county [in which] or within 60 miles of where the

premises are located may be called in case of emergency.

    2.  The information required to be furnished by this section

must be kept current, and this section is enforceable against any

successor landlord or manager of the premises.

    3.  A party who enters into a rental agreement on behalf of the

landlord and fails to comply with this section is an agent of the

landlord for purposes of:

    (a) Service of process and receiving notices and demands; and

    (b) Performing the obligations of the landlord under law and

under the rental agreement.

    4.  In any action against a landlord which involves his rental

property, service of process upon the manager of the property shall

be deemed to be service upon the landlord. The obligations of the

landlord devolve upon the persons authorized to enter into a rental

agreement on his behalf.

    5.  This section does not limit or remove the liability of an

undisclosed landlord.

 

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