Nevada Code § 278.0231

Requirement to place street address or identifying number on exterior of certain buildings; notice of violation
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1. Each governing body shall require by
ordinance that the owner of every:
(a) Apartment complex place the number of its
street address on the complex in such a manner that the police, fire department
and other persons responding to an emergency can readily locate individual
dwelling units within the complex.
(b) Commercial shopping center place on the back
door of each business in the shopping center, in numerals at least 3 inches
high, a number identifying that business.
(c) Building which is owned by or leased to the
State or a political subdivision thereof and located within the jurisdiction of
the governing body place the number of its street address on the front of the
building in such a manner that the police, fire department and other persons
responding to an emergency can readily locate the building.
(d) Building which is used for commercial
purposes place the number of its street address on the front of the building in
such a manner that the police, fire department and other persons responding to
an emergency can readily locate the building.
2. If, during an inspection of a building,
any member of a fire department becomes aware of a violation of an ordinance
adopted pursuant to subsection 1, the chief officer of the fire department or
an employee designated by the chief officer, shall give notice of the violation
to the owner or occupant of the building.
3. As used in this section, apartment
complex means a building or group of buildings, each building of which is
arranged in several suites of connecting rooms, each suite designed for
independent housekeeping.

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