Nevada Revised Statutes 244.1545 – Accommodations facilitators: County’s power to require quarterly reports on rentals of residential units and issue certain related subpoenas
1. The board of county commissioners:
Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 244.1545
- county: includes Carson City. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.033
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- person: means a natural person, any form of business or social organization and any other nongovernmental legal entity including, but not limited to, a corporation, partnership, association, trust or unincorporated organization. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.039
- population: means the number of people in a specified area as determined by the last preceding national decennial census conducted by the Bureau of the Census of the United States Department of Commerce pursuant to Section 2 of Nevada Revised Statutes 0.050
- Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
(a) In a county whose population is 700,000 or more shall adopt an ordinance requiring an accommodations facilitator that facilitates the rental of a residential unit in the county or a room within such a residential unit for the purposes of transient lodging to submit a quarterly report to an agency of the county of the information required by subsection 2 that is collected by the accommodations facilitator.
(b) In a county whose population is less than 700,000 may adopt an ordinance requiring an accommodations facilitator that facilitates the rental of a residential unit in the county or a room within such a residential unit for the purposes of transient lodging to submit a quarterly report to an agency of the county of the information required by subsection 2 that is collected by the accommodations facilitator.
(c) May adopt an ordinance requiring an owner or lessee which uses an accommodations facilitator that facilitates the rental of a residential unit in the county or a room within such a residential unit for the purposes of transient lodging to submit a quarterly report to an agency of the county of any information required by subsection 2 regarding the rental that is not collected by the accommodations facilitator.
2. The report required by subsection 1 must state, for the quarter:
(a) The number of bookings, listings, owners and lessees for the county;
(b) The average number of bookings per listing for the county;
(c) Current year-to-date booking value for the county;
(d) Current year-to-date revenue collected from all rentals through the accommodations facilitator in the county, disaggregated by owner or lessee; and
(e) The average length of a rental in the county.
3. An accommodations facilitator that submits the report required by subsection 1 shall provide a copy of the report to the Department of Taxation on a quarterly basis.
4. An ordinance adopted pursuant to subsection 1 must authorize an agency of the county to issue subpoenas for the production of documents, records or materials relevant for determining whether a residential unit in the county or a room within such a residential unit has been rented in violation of any law of this State or an ordinance adopted by the board of county commissioners of the county. The ordinance must provide that such a subpoena may be issued only if:
(a) There is evidence sufficient to support a reasonable belief that a residential unit in the county or a room within such a residential unit has been rented or is being rented in violation of any law of this State or an ordinance adopted by the board of county commissioners of the county; and
(b) The subpoena identifies the rental alleged to be in violation of any law of this State or an ordinance adopted by the board of county commissioners of the county and the provision of law or ordinance allegedly violated. A subpoena issued pursuant to the ordinance must be mailed by regular and certified mail to the accommodations facilitator or, if applicable, the owner or lessee who was required to file a quarterly report regarding the rental pursuant to the ordinance.
5. An ordinance adopted pursuant to subsection 1 must require:
(a) An accommodations facilitator to whom a subpoena has been issued pursuant to the ordinance to:
(1) Provide notice of the subpoena to the user of the accommodations facilitator who provided the rental identified in the subpoena.
(2) Produce any subpoenaed books, papers or documents not later than 21 days after providing the notice required by subparagraph (1) unless otherwise ordered by a court.
(b) An owner or lessee of a rental to whom a subpoena has been issued pursuant to the ordinance to produce any subpoenaed books, papers or documents not later than 21 days after the issuance of the subpoena, unless otherwise ordered by a court.
6. If a person to whom a subpoena has been issued pursuant to an ordinance adopted pursuant to subsection 1 refuses to produce any document, record or material that the subpoena requires, the agency of the county issuing the subpoena may apply to the district court for the judicial district in which the county is located for the enforcement of the subpoena in the manner provided by law for the enforcement of a subpoena in a civil action.
7. As used in this section:
(a) ’Accommodations facilitator’ has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 244.35352.
(b) ’Hosting platform’ has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 244.35353.
(c) ’Residential unit’ has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 244.353535.