1. Notwithstanding any provision in a lease of a dwelling to the contrary, if a physical or mental condition of a tenant requires the relocation of the tenant from his or her dwelling because of a need for care or treatment that cannot be provided in the dwelling and the tenant is 60 years of age or older or has a physical or mental disability:
(a) That tenant may terminate the lease by giving the landlord 30 days’ written notice within 60 days after the tenant relocates; and
(b) A cotenant of that tenant may terminate the lease by giving the landlord 30 days’ written notice within 60 days after the tenant relocates if:
(1) The cotenant became a tenant of the dwelling before the date on which the lease was signed by the tenant who is relocating and the cotenant is 60 years of age or older or has a physical or mental disability; or
(2) The cotenant became a tenant of the dwelling on or after the date on which the lease was signed by the tenant who is relocating.
2. Notwithstanding any provision in a lease of a dwelling to the contrary, upon the death of the spouse or cotenant of:
(a) A tenant who is 60 years of age or older; or
(b) A tenant who has a physical or mental disability,
the tenant may terminate the lease by giving the landlord 60 days’ written notice within 3 months after the death.
3. The written notice provided to a landlord pursuant to subsection 1 or 2 must set forth the facts which demonstrate that the tenant or cotenant is entitled to terminate the lease. If the tenant or cotenant is terminating the lease pursuant to subsection 1, the tenant or cotenant shall include reasonable verification:
(a) Of the existence of the physical or mental condition of the tenant; and
(b) That the physical or mental condition requires the relocation of the tenant from his or her dwelling because of a need for care or treatment that cannot be provided in the dwelling.
4. This section does not give a landlord the right to terminate a lease solely because of the death of one of the tenants.
5. As used in this section, “cotenant” means a tenant who, pursuant to a lease, is entitled to occupy a dwelling that another tenant who is 60 years of age or older or who has a physical or mental disability is also entitled to occupy pursuant to the same lease.
(Added to NRS by 1977, 1338; A 2005, 314)
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