427A.470 - “Home” defined. - Nevada Statutes

427A.470  “Home” defined.

      1.  “Home” means residential living quarters located in this State. The quarters may consist of a single dwelling unit, or a unit which is an integral part of a larger complex such as a multidwelling or a multipurpose building, together with the land upon which the unit is built and any surrounding land, not to exceed 2 acres, and any outbuildings and facilities reasonably necessary for use of the unit as residential living quarters.

      2.  The term includes:

      (a) A mobile or manufactured home.

      (b) A home, mobile or manufactured home or dwelling that the claimant and spouse of the claimant possess under a contract of sale, deed of trust, life estate, joint tenancy or tenancy in common.

      (c) A residential facility for groups required to be licensed by the Health Division of the Department pursuant to NRS 449.001 to 449.240, inclusive.

      (d) A dwelling within any housing project which has been established pursuant to chapter 315 of NRS and for which the housing authority makes payments in lieu of taxes.

      3.  The term does not include any part of the building or land which is not used as living quarters by the claimant and spouse and which produces income for the claimant or spouse, if the residential living quarters are part of a multipurpose building.

      (Added to NRS by 2001, 2656; A 2005, 22nd Special Session, 38)