NRS244.3601. Dangerous structure or condition posing imminent danger: Determination; notice; securing or summary abatement; costs as special assessment.

      1.  Notwithstanding the abatement procedures set forth in NRS 244.360 or 244.3605, a board of county commissioners may, by ordinance, provide for a reasonable means to secure or summarily abate a dangerous structure or condition that at least three persons who enforce building codes, housing codes, zoning ordinances or local health regulations, or who are members of a local law enforcement agency or fire department, determine in a signed, written statement to be an imminent danger.

      2.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, the owner of the property on which the structure or condition is located must be given reasonable written notice that is:

      (a) If practicable, hand-delivered or sent prepaid by United States mail to the owner of the property; or

      (b) Posted on the property,

Ê before the structure or condition is so secured. The notice must state clearly that the owner of the property may challenge the action to secure or summarily abate the structure or condition and must provide a telephone number and address at which the owner may obtain additional information.

      3.  If it is determined in the signed, written statement provided pursuant to subsection 1 that the structure or condition is an imminent danger and the result of the imminent danger is likely to occur before the notice and an opportunity to challenge the action can be provided pursuant to subsection 2, then the structure or condition which poses such an imminent danger that presents an immediate hazard may be summarily abated. A structure or condition summarily abated pursuant to this section may only be abated to the extent necessary to remove the imminent danger that presents an immediate hazard. The owner of the structure or condition which is summarily abated must be given written notice of the abatement after its completion. The notice must state clearly that the owner of the property may seek judicial review of the summary abatement and must provide an address and telephone number at which the owner may obtain additional information concerning the summary abatement.

      4.  The costs of securing or summarily abating the structure or condition may be made a special assessment against the real property on which the structure or condition is located and may be collected pursuant to the provisions set forth in subsection 4 of NRS 244.360.

      5.  As used in this section:

      (a) “Dangerous structure or condition” has the meaning ascribed to it in subsection 8 of NRS 244.3605.

      (b) “Imminent danger” means the existence of any structure or condition that could reasonably be expected to cause injury or endanger the life, safety, health or property of:

             (1) The occupants, if any, of the real property on which the structure or condition is located; or

             (2) The general public.

      (Added to NRS by 1995, 2536; A 2001, 3100; 2009, 405; 2011, 3121; 2013, 358, 1875)