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Short-term rental rules in Las Vegas, NV
How Las Vegas regulates short-term rentals: the rules that apply, their sources, and pending changes.
Rules here limit which homes may operate as short-term rentals, how many, where, or for how many nights a year.
- Owner-occupancy supply device: on any parcel the STR use is limited to a single residential dwelling unit occupied by its owner during each rental period — whole-home absentee STR barred in residential zones
- Hard distance-separation: an STR use may not be located closer than 660 feet to any other STR use (property line to property line)
- Unit-scale cap: no more than three (3) bedrooms
- Additional siting exclusion: 2,500-ft separation from resort hotels; only allowed in certain commercial districts with a residential/mixed-use component or a legal nonconforming dwelling
- State floor (NV AB 363, 2021) requires local ordinances but permits owner-occupancy and density caps; the City device is stricter than a bare registration
Based on: Las Vegas Municipal Code Title 6 Ch. 6.75 (Short-Term Residential Rentals) + Title 19 conditional-use regulations, as
Summary of the rule
On any particular parcel, the use is limited to a single residential dwelling unit occupied by its owner during each period the unit is rented, with no more than three bedrooms.
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Last reviewed Sep 14, 2026 · Sources · Report an error
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