Disposition of shopping cart by authorized city official.
North Las Vegas Municipal Code § 8.36.080
in effect8.36.080 - Disposition of shopping cart by authorized city official.
In the event a shopping cart is placed, located, left, situated or found upon public property, such shopping cart will be deemed abandoned and an authorized city official, or the authorized agent or designee thereof, may take any or all of the following actions:
A. The authorized city official, or the authorized agent or designee thereof, may remove, or cause the removal of, the abandoned shopping cart and return it, or cause it to be returned, to the location indicated on the identification sign or to the shopping cart owner. The shopping cart owner shall be responsible for payment of the City's fees and actual costs for retrieving and returning such shopping cart pursuant to this Subsection.
B. The authorized city official, or the authorized agent or designee thereof, may impound the abandoned shopping cart in accordance with Section 8.36.090.
C. The authorized city official, or the authorized agent or designee thereof, may give notice to the shopping cart owner of the location of such abandoned shopping cart. Such notice shall state that the shopping cart owner has one calendar day following the date of the notice to remove or cause the removal of such shopping cart from the public property upon which it is placed, located, left, situated or found and that the City may impound the abandoned shopping cart pursuant to Section 8.36.090 if the shopping cart owner fails to remove or cause the removal thereof within such one day period. If removal of the abandoned shopping cart is not accomplished by or on behalf of the shopping cart owner within such one day time period the authorized city official, or the authorized agent or designee thereof, may remove or cause the removal of the abandoned shopping cart, and may impound it in accordance with Section 8.36.090.
For purposes of this Section 8.36.080, "Shopping cart owner" includes the apparent owner of such shopping cart when the actual ownership is unknown.
(Ord. 1707 § 1 (part), 2002)
Source: City of North Las Vegas, Nevada, Municipal Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/nv/north_las_vegas/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TIT8HESA_CH8.36SHCA_8.36.080DISHCAAUOFFetched: 11/1/2026
