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If a tenant has a mental or physical disability or is sixty or older, and that tenant has a physical or mental disability that requires the tenant to relocate because of a need for care or treatment that cannot be provided in the rental unit, the tenant can terminate the lease. (NRS 118A.340(1).)
Can a cotenant of the tenant also terminate the lease?
If a tenant must terminate a lease because of the need to relocate for care or treatment, a cotenant of the tenant can also terminate the lease if:
Can a tenant terminate a lease because of the death of a spouse or cotenant?
A tenant can terminate a lease when the tenant's spouse or cotenant dies if:
What notice must the tenant or cotenant give to terminate the lease?
A tenant or cotenant who wants to terminate a lease because of the tenant's need to relocate for care or treatment must give the landlord a thirty-day written notice. The tenant or cotenant must give the written notice within sixty days after the tenant relocates. (NRS 118A.340(1).)
A tenant who desires to terminate a lease because of the death of the tenant's spouse or cotenant must give the landlord a thirty-day written notice. The tenant must give the written notice within three months after the tenant relocates. (NRS 118A.340(2).)
The written notice must state the facts that show that the tenant or cotenant is entitled to terminate the lease. If the tenant or cotenant is terminating because the tenant must relocate for care or treatment, the notice must including documents that verify:
Who is considered a "cotenant"?
A "cotenant" is a tenant who is entitled to occupy the same rental property, under the same lease, as another tenant who is sixty years of age or older or who has a physical or mental disability. (NRS 118A.340(5).)