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NRS 38.310

Limitations on commencement of certain civil actions

Applied in 11 court decisions — leading case Hamm v. Arrowcreek Homeowners' Ass'n (2008)

Most recently applied in 141 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 34 - KOSOR, JR. v. S. HIGHLANDS CMTY. ASS'N (June 2025)

(Added to NRS by 1995, 1417; A 1997, 526; 2007, 2278; 2013, 2296)

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1. No civil action based upon a claim relating to:

(a) The interpretation, application or enforcement of any covenants, conditions or restrictions applicable to residential property or any bylaws, rules or regulations adopted by an association; or

(b) The procedures used for increasing, decreasing or imposing additional assessments upon residential property,

Ê may be commenced in any court in this State unless the action has been submitted to mediation or, if the parties agree, has been referred to a program pursuant to the provisions of NRS 38.300 to 38.360, inclusive, and, if the civil action concerns real estate within a planned community subject to the provisions of chapter 116 of NRS or real estate within a condominium hotel subject to the provisions of chapter 116B of NRS, all administrative procedures specified in any covenants, conditions or restrictions applicable to the property or in any bylaws, rules and regulations of an association have been exhausted.

2. A court shall dismiss any civil action which is commenced in violation of the provisions of subsection 1.

Official source: Nevada Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Nevada statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.