Cottage food rules
Cottage Food Laws in Las Vegas, Nevada
What a Las Vegas home baker can sell, how to register, and what changes in 2027.
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What to remember
- Nevada has allowed home food businesses since May 2013, when SB206 was signed.
- You may sell a limited list of shelf stable foods, and only after you register as a cottage food operation.
- AB352, passed in 2025, raises the yearly sales cap to $100,000 and adds acidified foods to the allowed list.
- Starting July 2027, cottage food regulation moves to the Nevada Department of Agriculture.
The short version is that the rules here are old, narrow, and about to change. Las Vegas sits in Clark County, so it helps to read the county level guide at Clark County Nevada cottage food laws alongside this one. If you are comparing Nevada with other states, the cottage food laws by state map shows how the lists and caps differ from place to place.
What you can sell from your Las Vegas kitchen
Nevada allows home producers to sell a limited list of shelf stable homemade foods. The two words that matter are limited and shelf stable. Before you plan a menu or write out a price list, check the current allowed list from the Southern Nevada Health District, because a bake that sells well at a school fair is not automatically a cottage food item. For the wider picture of how these requirements are built elsewhere, see cottage food law requirements by state.
Register before you take your first order
Registration is not paperwork you catch up on later. In Nevada, selling is allowed after you register as a cottage food operation, so the order matters: rules first, registration second, sales third. The Southern Nevada Health District publishes the cottage food operation page with the rules and the registration route for the Las Vegas area.
Read the current rules
Start with the Southern Nevada Health District cottage food operation page and read the allowed list and the registration steps.
Match your menu to the list
Keep only the items that appear on the allowed list of shelf stable foods, and set aside anything that does not.
Register as a cottage food operation
Complete the registration before you advertise a bake or accept money for one.
Track your sales
Keep a simple record of what you sell so you always know where you stand against the yearly cap.
The 2027 change worth planning for
AB352, passed in 2025, does three things that matter to a home baker. It raises the annual cottage food sales cap to $100,000, it expands the allowed list to include acidified foods, and it moves cottage food regulation to the Nevada Department of Agriculture starting July 2027. None of that is in force today, but a baker planning a bigger year should know it is coming.
Until then, work with the rules as they stand. A higher cap only helps if your records are clean enough to show what you sold, so build the habit now while the numbers are small. The same is true of your prices: a busy year at a low price is still a low profit year.
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Rules change, and the ones above are the ones on record today. Before your first sale, and again before you raise your prices or add a new item, read the current page and confirm the details yourself.
Common questions
Can I sell cakes from my home in Las Vegas?
You can sell homemade foods from home only if they are on Nevada's allowed list of shelf stable cottage foods and you have registered as a cottage food operation. Check the current list before you take an order.
When did Nevada allow cottage food operations?
In May 2013, when the Legislature passed and the Governor signed SB206. That law later became NRS 446.866.
What is the sales cap for a Nevada cottage food operation?
AB352, passed in 2025, raises the annual cottage food sales cap to $100,000. Confirm the timing and the details with the Southern Nevada Health District before you plan around it.
Who regulates cottage food after 2027?
Under AB352, cottage food regulation moves to the Nevada Department of Agriculture starting July 2027.
Does AB352 add any new foods?
Yes. AB352 expands the allowed cottage food list to include acidified foods.
Sources
This is general information about cottage food rules in Nevada, not legal or tax advice. Rules change, so confirm the current details with the Southern Nevada Health District before you sell.