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As of 2009, prostitution is illegal under state law in Clark County ( which contains Las Vegas ) and under county or municipal law in Washoe County ( which contains Reno ), Carson City ( an independent city ), Douglas County, and Lincoln County.

The other 12 Nevada counties permit licensed brothels in certain specified areas or cities, with the exception of Eureka County, which has no law on the books either permitting or prohibiting licensed brothels.

All 12 of these rural counties have had at least one legal brothel in operation subsequent to 1971, but many of these brothels were financially unsuccessful or ran afoul of State health regulations.

As of 2009, only eight of these counties have active brothels, while the other four ( Churchill County, Esmeralda County, Eureka County, and Pershing County ) no longer do.