# Nevada HOA Solar Panel Rights: What the Law Allows (2026) > Nevada protects solar from two directions. Revised Statutes 111.239 voids any covenant or deed restriction that prohibits or unreasonably restricts a solar energy system. Revised Statutes 116.333 sets the process inside an HOA: an owner submits a request to install a distributed generation system, which includes rooftop solar, and the association must approve or deny it, with a path to resubmit. The board can impose reasonable placement and screening rules, but it cannot prevent the installation or, under Nevada's solar-access law, cut the system's production by more than about 10 percent or impose unreasonable cost. For a buyer, an older CC&R may still carry a solar ban that does not hold up, and the architectural rules show how the board handles requests. _Source: https://hoanotes.com/hoa/nevada/solar-panels/ | Last reviewed 2026-06-03_ ## What the law protects Two Nevada statutes work together on solar. Revised Statutes 111.239 is a general property-law rule: a covenant or deed restriction that prohibits or unreasonably restricts a solar energy system is void and unenforceable. Revised Statutes 116.333 handles the community-association side, setting a request and approval process for installing a distributed generation system, which includes rooftop solar, with a path to resubmit if the first request is denied. The board keeps a limited role. It can apply reasonable placement and screening rules, but under Nevada's solar-access protections it cannot prevent the installation, significantly impair the system's production, or impose unreasonable cost; restrictions that cut generation by more than about 10 percent are not enforceable. A rule that quietly does any of those reads as an effective prohibition. ## Why a buyer should care If solar is part of the plan, the rules in the packet tell you how much room you have and how the board has handled past requests. And a CC&R that still reads 'no solar panels' is a tell: the document is out of date, and an out-of-date document often means other provisions have drifted from current Nevada law too. ## What to check in the disclosure packet Read these together before you make an offer: - The CC&Rs and architectural rules for any solar prohibition, which is likely void but signals a document that needs updating. - The placement and screening rules, and whether any of them would cut a system's output or raise its cost. - The request-and-approval process under 116.333 and how the board has used it. - Recent board minutes for how solar applications were approved or denied. ## Why this matters to your offer Solar rights rarely sink a deal, but a stale governing document raises a question about the rest of the packet. If the solar ban is unenforceable, what else in the CC&Rs no longer matches Nevada law? An HOA Notes brief reads the CC&Rs, the architectural rules, and the minutes together, flags provisions that conflict with the statutes, and cites the page behind every finding. ## What the statute says **Nevada Revised Statutes section 116.333 and section 111.239** (Solar energy device rights). An association cannot prohibit installation of a solar energy system (photovoltaic panels, solar thermal collectors, or related equipment) on a unit or lot that the owner separately owns or controls; NRS 111.239 independently voids any restrictive covenant or deed restriction that prohibits or unreasonably restricts installation of a solar energy device; restrictions that significantly impair production or impose unreasonable costs are unenforceable. The association may impose reasonable restrictions on placement, size, and screening of solar equipment on owner-controlled areas, provided such restrictions do not prevent installation or reduce generation by more than 10%; it may prohibit solar installations on general common elements. ## Nevada HOA solar panel rules: common questions ### Can a Nevada HOA stop me from installing solar panels? No. Revised Statutes 111.239 voids a covenant that prohibits or unreasonably restricts a solar energy system, and 116.333 sets an approval process the board must follow. ### What solar rules can a Nevada HOA still enforce? Reasonable placement and screening rules, as long as they do not prevent installation, significantly impair production, or cut the system's output by more than about 10 percent. ### What is the 116.333 approval process? An owner submits a request to install a distributed generation system, which includes rooftop solar, and the association must approve or deny it, with a path to resubmit. ### The CC&Rs say no solar panels. Does that bind me? That provision is most likely void under 111.239, but confirm the current rules and the approval process. A blanket ban also suggests the document is out of date. ## Sources (verified 2026-06-03) 1. Nevada Revised Statutes Chapter 116 (section 116.333, distributed generation system requests), Nevada Legislature. Verified 2026-06-03. https://www.leg.state.nv.us/nrs/nrs-116.html 2. Nevada Revised Statutes Chapter 111 (section 111.239, solar restrictions void), Nevada Legislature. Verified 2026-06-03. https://www.leg.state.nv.us/nrs/nrs-111.html 3. Nevada Solar Restrictions (HOA solar rights), Community Associations Institute. Verified 2026-06-03. https://www.caionline.org/advocacy/advocacy-priorities-overview/solar-rights-and-easements/solar-restrictions-nevada/ HOA Notes is not a law firm and this is not legal advice.