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Elk Point Country Club Hoa V. K. H. Brown, Llc, 138 Nev. Adv. Op. 60 (Aug. 18, 2022), Alexander Provan
Elk Point Country Club Hoa V. K. H. Brown, Llc, 138 Nev. Adv. Op. 60 (Aug. 18, 2022), Alexander Provan
Nevada Supreme Court Summaries
When a planned communities’ governing documents restrict real property use to residential use only, NRS 116.340(1)(a) permits a real property owner to use real property for transient commercial use so long as the governing documents of the community do not prohibit such use. Transient commercial use is the use of property, for remuneration, as transient lodging, if the term of occupancy is thirty days or less—i.e., short-term rentals. It is a reversable error to interpret bylaws and governing documents as prohibiting rentals when they use the terms “tenants” and
Sr Construction, Inc. V. Peek Brothers Construction, Inc., 138 Nev. Adv. Op. 41 (June 2, 2022), Candace Mays
Sr Construction, Inc. V. Peek Brothers Construction, Inc., 138 Nev. Adv. Op. 41 (June 2, 2022), Candace Mays
Nevada Supreme Court Summaries
The Supreme Court, reviewing an appeal from the district court’s denial to compel arbitration, contemplated the scope of and applicability of a master subcontractor agreement’s arbitration clause when the language did not unequivocally compel subcontractors to arbitrate disputes. The Court held that where the arbitration provision of a contract is broad, the presumption toward arbitrability prevails.