Nevada HOA Laws

Courts call HOAs “quasi-governmental” yet deny public rights. Here’s why Nevada homeowners face government-type rules without protections.

Homeowners fund HOA budgets but have no real say. See how Nevada can fix this with pre-adoption input and stronger oversight.

Some Nevada HOAs continue to hold virtual-only board meetings even after emergency orders have ended—excluding homeowners and weakening transparency. Learn why this practice is legally questionable and how reform is needed.

The danger here isn’t just that courts may misread the law- that happens. It’s that they may stop reading it altogether. While courts must interpret statutes, they must also respect them. The NV Supreme Court has gutted ADR protections in HOA disputes. This blog explores how the Court’s ruling reclassifies statutory mandates, weakens legislative authority, and favors procedural gamesmanship—calling for legislative action to restore balance.

Explore the debate over HOA declaration amendment thresholds—balancing majority rule, minority rights, and governance stability. What should the law require?

Should HOA declarations require a supermajority to amend? Explore both sides of this debate and learn how Nevada’s NRS 116.21175 offers a court-reviewed path around amendment gridlock—balancing majority rule with minority rights.

Nevada law allows HOA declarations to be amended with court approval even without a supermajority vote. Learn how NRS 116.21175 works—and how minority owners can protect their rights.

Nevada HOA board members are shielded by the Business Judgment Rule—but when does that protection end? Learn how law, ethics, and oversight intersect.

Nevada’s HOA system is broken—weak oversight, regulatory secrecy, and unchecked power threaten homeowner rights. Learn why reform must begin with transparency.

Reforming HOA governance without reliable data or an engaged regulator is like flying blind. This post explores how the absence of transparency and oversight undermines accountability, policy legitimacy, and meaningful reform—and why foundational change must come first.

Governor Joe Lombardo vetoed two HOA bills both around a single principle: HOA covenants are “community constitutions.”

HOA proponents point to survey data showing high satisfaction among residents. These claims mask significant structural and psychological barriers that deter homeowner complaints or candid assessments of governance. The apparent lack of formal dissent is not reliable evidence of true consent or systemic legitimacy.

Prevailing party provisions in HOA CC&Rs are widely used having harmful and chilling effects on individuals, especially when embedded in a system with inherent power imbalances like homeowner associations. HOA owners agreeing when buying a home, to shift attorney fees from the American Rule is flawed.

Nevada’s HOA justice system burdens owners through litigation and abdicated oversight. Learn how cost-shifting and regulatory failure fuel legal inequality.

Courts treat CC&Rs that create HOAs as binding contractual obligations—even though homeowners lack real bargaining power and did not negotiate the terms. This post critiques the dominant legal justification of constructive consent and explores reforms. HOA law must evolve.

Nevada HOA Boards can take any action, to include approval of major contracts, without meeting or providing advance notice to owners. But should they? In my opinion this provides an unguarded door to abuse that for too long has been in need of closure.

"This guest column from HOA activist Mike Kosor is the most civic-minded thing about homeowner associations you will ever read, I bet. Check it out:" Hugh Jackson, Editor Nevada Current. (reprint of May 14, 2025)

Nevada COI laws favor declarant-appointed directors. Nevada law imposes a fiduciary duty on all HOA board members but the reality is that appointed directors faces potential challenges that could make him/her conflicted in exercising independent judgment.

Declarant-appointed directors fiduciary duties are owed to the association as a whole, meaning all unit owners—not just the declarant.

HOA owners in Nevada, understanding how anti-SLAPP laws work can be a valuable tool in protecting free speech.