Political Sign Statute

Nevada Common Interest Ownership Act: NRS 116.325  Right of units' owners to exhibit political signs in certain areas; conditions and limitations on exercise of right.

1. The executive board shall not and the governing documents must not prohibit a unit's owner or an occupant of a unit from exhibiting one or more political signs within such physical portion of the common-interest community as that owner or occupant has a right to occupy and use exclusively, subject to the following conditions:

1. All political signs exhibited must not be larger than 24 inches by 36 inches.
2. If the unit is occupied by a tenant, the unit's owner may not exhibit any political sign unless the tenant consents, in writing, to the exhibition of the political sign.
3. All political signs exhibited are subject to any applicable provisions of law governing the posting of political signs.
4. (d) A unit's owner or an occupant of a unit may exhibit as many political signs as desired, but may not exhibit more than one political sign for each candidate, political party or ballot question.
   
   2. The provisions of this section establish the minimum rights of a unit's owner or an occupant of a unit to exhibit political signs. The provisions of this section do not preempt any provisions of the governing documents that provide greater rights and do not require the governing documents or the executive board to impose any restrictions on the exhibition of political signs other than those established by other provisions of law.
   
   3. As used in this section, “political sign" means a sign that expresses support for or opposition to a candidate, political party or ballot question in any federal, state or local election or any election of an association.
   
   (Added to NRS by 2005, 2585; A 2009, 2896)

Flag Statute

NRS 116.320 Right of units’ owners to display flag of the United States or of the State of Nevada in certain areas; conditions and limitations on exercise of right.

      1.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the executive board of an association shall not and the governing documents of that association must not prohibit a unit’s owner from engaging in the display of the flag of the United States or of the State of Nevada within such physical portion of the common-interest community as that owner has a right to occupy and use exclusively.

      2.  The provisions of this section do not:

      (a) Apply to the display of the flag of the United States or of the State of Nevada for commercial advertising purposes.

      (b) Preclude an association from adopting, and do not preclude the governing documents of an association from setting forth, rules that reasonably restrict the placement and manner of the display of the flag of the United States or of the State of Nevada by a unit’s owner.

      3.  In any action commenced to enforce the provisions of this section, the prevailing party is entitled to recover reasonable attorney’s fees and costs.

      4.  As used in this section, “display of the flag of the United States or of the State of Nevada” means a flag of the United States or of the State of Nevada that is:

      (a) Made of cloth, fabric or paper;

      (b) Displayed from a pole or staff or in a window;

      (c) With regard to a flag of the United States, displayed in a manner that is consistent with 4 U.S.C. Chapter 1; and

      (d) With regard to a flag of the State of Nevada, not larger than the size of a flag of the United States that is displayed, if at all, by a unit’s owner.

Ê The term does not include a depiction or emblem of the flag of the United States or of the State of Nevada that is made of balloons, flora, lights, paint, paving materials, roofing, siding or any other similar building, decorative or landscaping component.

      (Added to NRS by 2003, 2966; A 2015, 851) — (Substituted in revision for NRS 116.31067)