Multijurisdictional business license for specified categories of businesses: Ordinance establishing system for issuance; interlocal agreement; required considerations.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 244.33502
in effect1. In a county whose population is 700,000 or more the board of county commissioners shall adopt an ordinance for the establishment of a multijurisdictional business license within the county and each incorporated city located in the county, which must, without limitation:
(a) Establish a system for issuing a multijurisdictional business license for categories of businesses set forth in the ordinance to engage in such business within the county;
(b) Include the requirements for obtaining the multijurisdictional business license;
(c) Include a revenue-sharing structure for participating jurisdictions; and
(d) Include any other requirement necessary to establish the system for issuing the multijurisdictional business license.
2. The board of county commissioners shall cooperate with the governing body of each incorporated city in the county to enter into an agreement in accordance with the provisions of NRS 277.080 to 277.180 , inclusive, to establish a multijurisdictional business license as agreed to by all the participating jurisdictions for any specified category of business in accordance with the ordinance adopted pursuant to subsection 1 or NRS 268.09505 , as applicable. An agreement entered into pursuant to this subsection must set forth the purposes, powers, rights, obligations and responsibilities, financial and otherwise, of the county and each incorporated city that enters into the agreement.
3. In entering into an agreement pursuant to subsection 2 to establish a multijurisdictional business license for a specified category of business, the board of county commissioners and governing bodies shall consider whether the existing requirements of the county or incorporated city for any business that falls within the proposed category:
(a) Provide for the same or substantially similar fees for an application for or an application to renew the existing license for that business;
(b) Establish the same or substantially similar renewal periods for the existing license for that business; and
(c) Regulate the business in the same or a substantially similar manner with respect to any time, place or manner requirements.
4. Upon entering into an agreement pursuant to subsection 2 to create a multijurisdictional business license:
(a) The board of county commissioners shall establish by ordinance a system for issuing such a multijurisdictional business license that authorizes a person that operates a business in the specified category of business to engage in that business within the county and each incorporated city located in the county in which the person intends to conduct business;
(b) The issuance of the multijurisdictional business license must comply with the requirements of NRS 244.33506 , 244.33507 and 244.33508 ; and
(c) The board of county commissioners and each governing body of an incorporated city located in the county shall integrate the application for the multijurisdictional business license with the state business portal pursuant to paragraph (c) of subsection 3 of NRS 75A.100 .
Source: NV Statutes (Official Site)URL: https://www.leg.state.nv.us/nrs/NRS-244.htmlFetched: 10/4/2026