Unlawful detainer: Possession after default in payment of rent; exception.

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1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a tenant of real property or a mobile home for a term less than life is guilty of an unlawful detainer when the tenant continues in possession, in person or by subtenant, after default in the payment of any rent and after a notice in writing, requiring in the alternative the payment of the rent or the surrender of the detained premises, remains uncomplied with for a period of:

(a) Five days for a commercial premises;

(b) Seven judicial days for real property other than a commercial premises; or

(c) Ten days for a mobile home lot,

after service thereof. The notice may be served at any time after the rent becomes due.

2. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 118A.315, the provisions of subsection 1 do not apply to a person who provides to the landlord proof that he or she is a federal worker, tribal worker, state worker or household member of such a worker during a shutdown.

(Added to NRS by 1985, 226; A 2019, 3178, 3912; 2020, 32nd Special Session, 5)


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