Yes, you can sell what you bake in Nevada.

The 2-minute version

Three cards, the whole story. Everything below is detail — with the actual laws linked, so you never have to take our word for it. (At-a-glance reflects current law; the July 1, 2027 changeover is flagged where it lands.)

Two ways to sell in Nevada — pick your path

Most of what you’ll bake or make from a Nevada home kitchen runs on one of two exemptions, split by what kind of food it is. The cleanest way to see the line is the cheesecake test: a cheesecake fails both — anything that needs refrigeration is outside cottage food, and craft food is acidified produce only. There are no refrigerated home-food products of any kind in Nevada.

A cheesecake fails both paths. Anything that needs refrigeration is outside cottage food (the baked-goods rule bars cream, custard, meringue, and cream-cheese frosting), and craft food is acidified produce only — it excludes milk, eggs, meat, poultry, fish, and shellfish. A cheesecake business needs a full food establishment permit (a commercial kitchen). (There’s also an adjacent farm-to-fork exemption for on-farm dinner events held by registered farms — that’s an events path, not a way to sell packaged homemade food, so it’s outside this guide.)

Sources: NRS 580.600 · NRS 587.692 · SNHD — Cottage Food FAQ · NDA — Craft Foods

Where you can sell

In person, inside Nevada — that’s the boundary (current law). The statute lets a cottage food operation sell on the maker’s private property or “at a location where [they] sell the food item directly to a consumer,” and it names the venues: a farmers’ market, a flea market, swap meet, church bazaar, garage sale, or craft fair — all by an in-person transaction that does not involve selling the food item by telephone or via the Internet.

Direct to the person, for their own use — no resale. Sales must be to a natural person “for his or her consumption and not for resale” — so no wholesale, no consignment, and no selling to restaurants or markets (cottage foods are an “unapproved source” for a permitted establishment).

Online ordering and shipping are out — with one agency-stated nuance. The statute bars selling “by telephone or via the Internet.” SNHD’s FAQ reads that to mean a website “may be used for information and advertising but may not have an option for shipping,” and that an order can be taken by phone or internet only if the cottage food operator delivers it in person themselves — “Cottage foods cannot be sold without a person-to-person exchange.” That’s the agency’s interpretation; the statute’s own words are stricter on their face, so treat in-person delivery of a phoned order as a county-by-county question.

You must live and prepare in Nevada, and your county or city can’t ban it — no local zoning board, planning commission, or governing body may adopt an ordinance prohibiting a person from preparing food in a cottage food operation.

Changing July 1, 2027: the replacement regime lets a sale be made “by means of an in-person transaction or a transaction by telephone or via the Internet,” and that sale “may be fulfilled in person, by mail or through a food delivery service platform.” (The craft path also gains phone/internet ordering on that date, but its fulfillment must still be in person.) Until then, the in-person rules above govern. (See “What changed.”)

Sources: NRS 580.600 · SNHD — Cottage Food FAQ · NRS 585.730 (eff. 2027)

What you can sell

Sources: NRS 580.600 · NRS 587.692 · SNHD — Cottage Food FAQ

The rules that actually matter

• $100,000 a year in gross salesA cottage food operation’s gross sales of the listed items can’t exceed $100,000 a year. Beginning FY 2026-27 the state Department of Agriculture adjusts that amount for CPI each year and publishes it by September 30 — so confirm the current number with the Department if you’re near the ceiling. (This was raised from $35,000 by SB 466, effective July 1, 2025 — many agency pages still show the old figure.)
• In person, in Nevada, direct-to-individualNo internet or phone sales, no shipping, no wholesale, no consignment, no resale (current law). You’re a single natural person — no partners, no employees — and the food is prepared and stored in your private home kitchen (or, if the authority allows, a club, school, or nonprofit kitchen).
• Shelf-stable only — a hard lineNo refrigerated products, ever. The baked-goods rule and the whole list draw the line at anything needing time or temperature control.
• No routine inspection — but a for-cause investigation can be billed to youThe health authority may inspect only to investigate a product that may be adulterated or an illness outbreak — and if it finds your product was the cause, it may bill you the actual cost of the investigation. No food-handler card and no training course are required on the cottage path.

Sources: NRS 580.600 · SB 466 (2025) · SNHD — Cottage Food FAQ

Getting set up

Sources: NRS 580.600 · NRS 76.130 / 76.020 · NAC 587.848 · SNHD — Fee Schedule · NDA — Craft Foods

Labels

The label maker below builds the cottage food label (the path most porch shops use) — it names the individual and prints the “MADE IN A COTTAGE FOOD OPERATION…” line prominently. If you’re on the craft food path, use the craft string instead, and add the production date and “Refrigerate after opening.” July 1, 2027: the cottage statement string is unchanged in the replacement regime (NRS 585.730(1)(d) carries the identical sentence), so the cottage label spec survives the changeover.

Sources: NRS 580.600 · NRS 587.6945 · NAC 587.844

What changed recently

• SB 466 — effective July 1, 2025It transferred authority over food establishments, cottage food, and farm-to-fork events from the Division of Public and Behavioral Health to the State Department of Agriculture and local boards of health; the Legislative Counsel recodified the old food-establishments chapter (NRS 446) as NRS chapter 580, so cottage food now lives at NRS 580.600 (the old NRS 446.866 is repealed); and it raised the cottage gross-sales cap from $35,000 to $100,000 with an annual CPI adjustment.
• AB 352 — enacted, operative July 1, 2027 (not yet in force)A second, more permissive regime. On July 1, 2027 it repeals NRS 580.600 and replaces cottage food with a statewide NDA license in NRS chapter 585 (585.700–585.770); legalizes internet/phone orders with fulfillment in person, by mail, or via a food delivery service platform; adds teas and dried vegetables to the list and drops vinegar; raises the craft food cap to $100,000 and gives craft phone/internet ordering (in-person fulfillment only); and adds an SSN/ITIN + child-support-compliance statement to the application. It does NOT add refrigerated foods — cheesecake still fails. Both SNHD and NNPH confirm the county health authorities keep handling registrations through July 2027, after which the NDA oversees the programs statewide. As of this page’s date it is not yet in effect — today’s county-registration, in-person, in-Nevada rules still govern.
• The county agency pages lag the statuteAs of mid-2026, SNHD’s and NNPH’s pages still cite the repealed NRS 446.866 and the old $35,000 cap; both now carry an AB 352 transition banner, but neither has updated the cap to $100,000. Where the agency material and the statute disagree, the statute (NRS 580.600) controls. NDA regulations to implement AB 352 are due before July 2027; none were found published yet.

Sources: SB 466 (2025) · AB 352 (2025) · NRS 585.700–585.770 · NRS 580.600

Common questions

Who do I register with?

Your county’s food safety authority — the Southern Nevada Health District in Clark County, Northern Nevada Public Health in Washoe County, or your local health authority elsewhere. Starting July 1, 2027 it becomes a single state license from the Nevada Department of Agriculture.

How much does it cost?

It varies by county — there’s no single statewide number. In Clark County it’s a one-time $220 (effective July 1, 2026; was $214), listed on SNHD’s Environmental Health Fee Schedule. The statute caps the fee at the authority’s actual cost of maintaining the registry, so other counties set their own.

Does my registration expire?

Per SNHD, no — your Clark County registration doesn’t expire as long as your information stays accurate; you re-contact them only if something changes or you add a food category. Other counties may differ — confirm with yours.

Can I sell cheesecake from home in Nevada?

No. Cheesecake needs refrigeration, which puts it outside the cottage baked-goods rule, and it isn’t an acidified food, so it’s outside craft food too. No refrigerated home-food products are allowed; that’s a commercial food-establishment-permit product.

Can I sell online or ship my baked goods?

Not under today’s law — cottage food is an in-person transaction and can’t be sold by telephone or via the Internet. SNHD reads that to allow a website for advertising only (no shipping option), and to allow a phoned/online order only if you deliver it in person yourself. On July 1, 2027 the new regime opens up internet/phone orders with mail or delivery-platform fulfillment.

How much can I earn?

Up to $100,000 a year in gross sales, CPI-adjusted by the Department of Agriculture each year (published by Sept 30). Many agency pages still show the old $35,000 cap — that figure is superseded; the statute says $100,000.

Can I sell salsa or pickles?

Not as a cottage food — those are acidified canned goods and run on the separate craft food path (NDA registration, training + exam, approved recipes, pH testing), for anything canned to a finished pH of 4.6 or lower. Vinegar and dry seasoning mixes are the cottage-friendly neighbors of that craving (vinegar through June 30, 2027).

Do I need a kitchen inspection or a food-handler card?

No — the cottage path requires neither a routine inspection nor a food-handler card nor a training course. The craft path does require training, an exam, approved recipes, and per-batch pH testing.

Can a store or restaurant carry my goods?

No — cottage food is direct-to-individual, not for resale, consignment, or wholesale, and a permitted establishment can’t serve it (it’s an “unapproved source”).

Do I need a state business license?

Maybe not. Nevada’s state business license is $200/year, but a home business whose net earnings are 66⅔% of the state average annual wage or less is excluded from the definition of “business” and needs no state license (NRS 76.020(2)(c)). Local city/county business licenses are a separate question.