Nevada Revised Statutes Section 624.031 - Professions, Occupations and Businesses

Applicability of chapter: Exemptions. The provisions of this chapter do not apply to:

1. Work performed exclusively by an authorized representative of the United States Government, the State of Nevada, or an incorporated city, county, irrigation district, reclamation district, or other municipal or political corporation or subdivision of this State.

2. An officer of a court when acting within the scope of his office.

3. Work performed exclusively by a public utility operating pursuant to the regulations of the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada on construction, maintenance and development work incidental to its business.

4. An owner of property who is building or improving a residential structure on the property for his own occupancy and not intended for sale or lease. The sale or lease, or the offering for sale or lease, of the newly built structure within 1 year after its completion creates a rebuttable presumption for the purposes of this section that the building of the structure was performed with the intent to sell or lease that structure. An owner of property who requests an exemption pursuant to this subsection must apply to the Board for the exemption. The Board shall adopt regulations setting forth the requirements for granting the exemption.

5. An owner of a complex containing not more than four condominiums, townhouses, apartments or cooperative units, the managing officer of the owner or an employee of the managing officer, who performs work to repair or maintain that property the value of which is less than $500, including labor and materials, unless:

(a) A building permit is required to perform the work;

(b) The work is of a type performed by a plumbing, electrical, refrigeration, heating or air-conditioning contractor;

(c) The work is of a type performed by a contractor licensed in a classification prescribed by the Board that significantly affects the health, safety and welfare of members of the general public;

(d) The work is performed as a part of a larger project:

(1) The value of which is $500 or more; or

(2) For which contracts of less than $500 have been awarded to evade the provisions of this chapter; or

(e) The work is performed by a person who is licensed pursuant to this chapter or by an employee of that person.

6. The sale or installation of any finished product, material or article of merchandise which is not fabricated into and does not become a permanent fixed part of the structure.

7. The construction, alteration, improvement or repair of personal property.

8. The construction, alteration, improvement or repair financed in whole or in part by the Federal Government and conducted within the limits and boundaries of a site or reservation, the title of which rests in the Federal Government.

9. An owner of property, the primary use of which is as an agricultural or farming enterprise, building or improving a structure on the property for his use or occupancy and not intended for sale or lease.

Last modified: February 27, 2006