Nevada Real Estate Transfer Tax Calculator

Nevada's Real Property Transfer Tax under NRS 375.020 sets a base state rate of $1.95 per $500, or 0.39%, and then varies meaningfully by county: Clark County, home to Las Vegas and the state's most populous county, adds its own $0.60 per $500 (0.12%), while Washoe County, home to Reno, adds a smaller $0.10 per $500 (0.02%) instead. A sale in Clark County therefore owes a noticeably higher combined rate than the identical sale in a rural Nevada county with no local add-on at all.

By custom, the seller typically pays at closing, though this is negotiable in the purchase agreement rather than fixed by statute. This calculator models the state rate plus Clark County's add-on as its baseline, since Clark County represents the majority of Nevada's real estate transaction volume; a rural-county transaction should generally expect a lower combined rate than the figure shown here.

1. Take the sale price, the full consideration stated on the deed.
2. Apply the base state rate of 0.39% ($1.95 per $500) to the entire sale price.
3. Add the Clark County local rate of 0.12% ($0.60 per $500), used here as the statewide baseline since Clark County contains the majority of Nevada's population.
4. Sum the two for a combined effective rate of 0.51%.

Both components are flat rates applied to the full sale price, with no brackets and no additional mansion-tax cliff for high-value sales.

Baseline scenario, $380,000 sale price:

• Base state transfer tax: $380,000 × 0.39% = $1,482.00
• Clark County local add-on: $380,000 × 0.12% = $456.00
• Total transfer tax due: $1,938.00
• Net proceeds after transfer tax: $380,000 − $1,938.00 = $378,062.00

Luxury scenario, $1,500,000 sale price:

• Base state transfer tax: $1,500,000 × 0.39% = $5,850.00
• Clark County local add-on: $1,500,000 × 0.12% = $1,800.00
• Total transfer tax due: $7,650.00
• Net proceeds after transfer tax: $1,500,000 − $7,650.00 = $1,492,350.00

The combined 0.51% effective rate holds at both price points, since neither the base rate nor the Clark County add-on uses graduated brackets.

• County-specific rate variation outside Clark County. Washoe County uses a smaller add-on ($0.10 per $500 instead of $0.60), and other Nevada counties may differ within statutory limits; this calculator's baseline reflects only Clark County's combined rate.
• The low-income housing exemption. Nevada offers a partial exemption from a portion of the transfer tax for transfers involving certain low-income housing programs, which this calculator does not model.
• Family transfer exemptions. NRS 375.090 exempts certain transfers, such as those between spouses or to correct a title defect, from the transfer tax; this calculator assumes a standard taxable sale.
• Recording fees and escrow costs, which are separate line items from the transfer tax itself.

• Assuming the Clark County rate applies statewide. Since Las Vegas and Clark County dominate Nevada's population and media coverage, it is easy to assume the 0.51% combined rate applies everywhere in the state, when Washoe County and other counties may use a different local add-on.
• Treating the tax as a single flat state rate. Nevada's transfer tax is genuinely two-part, base state rate plus county add-on, and quoting only the 0.39% base rate understates the real cost in most counties.
• Overlooking the low-income housing exemption where applicable, which can meaningfully reduce the tax owed for qualifying transactions.
• Confusing the transfer tax with Nevada's lack of a state income tax. Nevada has no state income tax, which sometimes leads buyers to assume other transaction taxes are similarly absent; the real property transfer tax is a real and separate cost.

• Nevada Department of Taxation, Real Property Transfer Tax (NRS 375.020)
• engine/tables/2026/state-real-estate-transfer-tax.json, verified 2026-08-21