Prostitution is legal in Nevada only inside a brothel licensed by a rural county, and it is NOT legal in Las Vegas or Reno. NRS 244.345(8) bars licensing a house of prostitution in any county of 700,000 or more people, which is Clark County (Las Vegas), and Washoe County (Reno), Carson City, Douglas, Eureka, Lincoln and Pershing ban brothels by ordinance. In 2026 the Nevada Brothel Association counted 16 licensed brothels in seven counties (Elko, Lander, Lyon, Mineral, Nye, Storey, White Pine); Churchill, Esmeralda and Humboldt allow them but have none operating. Outside a licensed brothel, selling (NRS 207.030(1)(b)) and buying (NRS 201.354: a fine of at least $400 plus a civil penalty of at least $200 for a first offence) are misdemeanours, including in Las Vegas hotels. Escort services can be licensed by counties (NRS 244.345), but that does not make paying for sex legal. Advertising a brothel is an offence in any county where prostitution is prohibited (NRS 201.430). Source: Prostitution Laws (prostitutionlaws.org), https://prostitutionlaws.org/countries/united-states/, reviewed 2026-11-03, CC BY 4.0.