What an Eviction Costs a Las Vegas Landlord, and How to Avoid One

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The Real Cost of an Eviction in Las Vegas

The filing fee is small. The months around it are not.

Owners who manage their own rentals often ask what an eviction costs, expecting a single number. There isn't one. The fees the court and the constable charge are published and modest. What a removal actually costs depends on how long rent goes unpaid, how the home is left and how quickly it can be leased again, and none of those come with a fixed price.

This page sets out the official fees, the stages Nevada law requires, the costs that don't appear on any fee schedule, and what lowers the chance that you ever need any of it. It is general information, not legal advice. For your own case, speak with a Nevada attorney or the court's self-help resources.

What You Pay the Court and the Constable

A Nevada summary eviction is filed in the justice court of the township where the home is located (NRS 40.253). For homes inside Las Vegas Township, that is the Las Vegas Justice Court, whose fee schedule effective November 10, 2026 lists:

Filing	Court fee	Chapter 4 add-on
Complaint for summary eviction	$71	+$21
Amended complaint for summary eviction	$25	None listed
Writ of restitution	$75	None listed
Unlawful detainer under NRS 40.290 to 40.420 (formal action), by damages claimed	$71 to $271	+$21 on the $71, $121 and $196 tiers

The add-on is the court's own note: "$21.00 in additional fees required by Chapter 4 of the Nevada Revised Statutes." Paying by card adds a third-party convenience fee of 5% plus $0.50. Homes in Henderson, North Las Vegas or another township go to that township's justice court, so check that court's fees before you file.

Service is a separate charge. Under NRS 258.125, a constable is entitled to $26 for serving a notice the law requires before an eviction case starts, $26 for each service within a summary eviction, and $26 for serving notice of and executing a writ of restitution, plus $3 a mile in mileage or a flat travel fee where the county has set one. An attorney or a private process server is extra, and their prices vary.

Where the Real Money Goes

• Rent that stops while the clock runs. For unpaid rent, the notice gives the tenant until the close of business on the seventh judicial day after service to pay or leave (NRS 40.253). A tenant who files an affidavit gets a hearing. For lease violations and other grounds, the tenant can contest until the fifth judicial day after service and can ask the court to delay removal for up to 10 days (NRS 40.254). Each stage adds days with no rent coming in.
• The lockout window. Once the court issues an order, the sheriff or constable posts it within 24 hours of receiving it and removes the tenant no earlier than 24 and no later than 36 hours after posting.
• A notice that fails. At a hearing the court decides whether the notice and affidavit are truthful and sufficient. If it finds a legal defense, the summary case ends and anything further goes through the formal unlawful detainer process in NRS 40.290 to 40.420. A notice missing what the statute requires can cost you the weeks already spent.
• No shortcuts. Changing the locks, blocking entry or shutting off utilities yourself is not a faster route. The eviction notice itself has to tell the tenant they can seek relief under NRS 118A.390 if a landlord does any of these things.
• Belongings left behind. Inventory, moving and storage of a former tenant's property cost money under NRS 118A.460, and the tenant can ask the court to review what you charge for them.
• Rent you may not hold out for. After a pay-or-quit notice, you can't refuse rent the tenant offers because collection fees, attorney's fees or other non-rent costs are still unpaid.
• Turnover. Cleaning, repairs, marketing and the empty weeks until the next lease starts are all yours to carry.
• Damage beyond the deposit. Anything past the deposit becomes a debt you have to collect. See Nevada security deposit rules for what a deposit can and cannot cover.

Why Prevention Beats Any Eviction Service

Almost every cost above is set in motion months earlier, at the application. The habits that prevent evictions are not complicated, but they have to be applied every time:

• Publish your standards before you list. Income, credit and rental history thresholds, applied identically to every applicant and based on the application, never on who the applicant is. Our guide to tenant screening criteria in Nevada covers what is allowed.
• Verify at the source. Call employers and prior landlords through numbers you find yourself, not the ones on the application, and check documents for signs of alteration.
• Record the home's condition. A dated, photographed move-in inspection is what turns a damage dispute into a simple comparison.
• Act on the first missed payment. A correctly worded notice served on time keeps a late month from becoming three.

How The Rental Lister Handles This

Our published qualifications ask for a minimum 600 FICO score, income of three times the rent, and a landlord reference showing no evictions or balance owed to another property manager or landlord. Every application is also checked for false IDs, false pay stubs, false bank statements, jobs that don't exist and fraudulent landlord references. Read the full process on our tenant screening page.

Screening lowers the odds of an eviction; it cannot remove them. When one has been necessary, we have handled it: 14 evictions, never lost one, each handled in full compliance with Nevada law, and no tenant we placed has been evicted in the last two years. Our eviction services page explains how a case runs with us.

Our Eviction Guarantee also applies. If we are ever in a position to have to evict your tenant, we cover the costs of filing for the court appearances involved, and additional coverage is available. The exact terms sit with our other owner commitments on the guarantees page.

Next Step

To see how screening, fraud checks and the guarantees fit together, start with protecting your Las Vegas rental. If you would rather begin with numbers, request a free rental analysis, or call Mark at 702.278.4781.

Related Reading

• The Nevada eviction process for rental properties
• Nevada eviction laws in 2026: updates for property owners
• Landlord resources