NRS361.483. Time for payment of taxes; penalties; notification of certain provisions regarding waiver or reduction of penalty.

      1.  Except as otherwise provided in this section and NRS 361.736 to 361.7398, inclusive, taxes assessed upon the real property tax roll and upon mobile or manufactured homes are due on the third Monday of August.

      2.  Taxes assessed upon the real property tax roll may be paid in four approximately equal installments if the taxes assessed on the parcel exceed $100.

      3.  Except as otherwise provided in this section, taxes assessed upon a mobile or manufactured home may be paid in four installments if the taxes assessed exceed $100.

      4.  If a taxpayer owns at least 25 mobile or manufactured homes in a county that are leased for commercial purposes, and those mobile or manufactured homes have not been converted to real property pursuant to NRS 361.244, taxes assessed upon those homes may be paid in four installments if, not later than July 31, the taxpayer returns to the county assessor the written statement of personal property required pursuant to NRS 361.265.

      5.  Except as otherwise provided in this section and NRS 361.505, taxes assessed upon personal property may be paid in four approximately equal installments if:

      (a) The total personal property taxes assessed exceed $5,000;

      (b) Not later than July 31, the taxpayer returns to the county assessor the written statement of personal property required pursuant to NRS 361.265;

      (c) The taxpayer files with the county assessor, or county treasurer if the county treasurer has been designated to collect taxes, a written request to be billed in installments and includes with the request a copy of the written statement of personal property required pursuant to NRS 361.265;

      (d) The owner of the personal property assessed has paid all the personal property taxes assessed on the property without accruing penalties for the immediately preceding 2 fiscal years in any county in the State; and

      (e) Not later than September 15, the county tax receiver issues to the taxpayer an individual tax bill for the personal property which itemizes the dates on which the installments are due. If that tax bill is issued on or after August 1 and on or before September 15, the first two installments are due on the first Monday of October, the third installment on the first Monday of January, and the fourth installment on the first Monday of March.

      6.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 5, if a person elects to pay in installments, the first installment is due on the third Monday of August, the second installment on the first Monday of October, the third installment on the first Monday of January, and the fourth installment on the first Monday of March.

      7.  If any person charged with taxes which are a lien on real property fails to pay:

      (a) Any one installment of the taxes on or within 10 days following the day the taxes become due, there must be added thereto a penalty of 4 percent.

      (b) Any two installments of the taxes, together with accumulated penalties, on or within 10 days following the day the later installment of taxes becomes due, there must be added thereto a penalty of 5 percent of the two installments due.

      (c) Any three installments of the taxes, together with accumulated penalties, on or within 10 days following the day the latest installment of taxes becomes due, there must be added thereto a penalty of 6 percent of the three installments due.

      (d) The full amount of the taxes, together with accumulated penalties, on or within 10 days following the first Monday of March, there must be added thereto a penalty of 7 percent of the full amount of the taxes.

      8.  Any person charged with taxes which are a lien on a mobile or manufactured home who fails to pay the taxes within 10 days after an installment payment is due is subject to the following provisions:

      (a) A penalty of 10 percent of the taxes due; and

      (b) The county assessor may proceed under NRS 361.535.

      9.  If any property tax postponed pursuant to NRS 361.736 to 361.7398, inclusive, becomes due and payable and the person charged with that tax fails to make the required payment within 10 days after it becomes due, there must be added thereto a penalty of 7 percent of the amount of the tax that is due. If the required payment is not paid within 30 days after it becomes due, there must be added thereto all penalties and interest that would have accrued had the property tax not been postponed pursuant to NRS 361.736 to 361.7398, inclusive.

      10.  The ex officio tax receiver of a county shall notify each person in the county who is subject to a penalty pursuant to this section of the provisions of NRS 360.419 and 361.4835.

      (Added to NRS by 1959, 114; A 1975, 915; 1977, 1377; 1979, 539, 1377, 1378; 1981, 802; 1987, 1660; 1989, 170, 594, 601, 1821; 1991, 1428; 1995, 1881; 1997, 1578; 1999, 198; 2001, 7, 1554; 2003, 1624, 2768; 2011, 3524)