Nev. Rev. Stat. § 482.36662 — NV Code / Title 43 / Chapter 482 / Section 482.36662
Written warranty required under certain circumstances; contents of warranty
Status: in_force

1. A used vehicle dealer who sells to a retail customer a used vehicle the odometer of which registers 75,000 miles or more shall provide to that retail customer an express written warranty which complies with the requirements set forth in subsection 2 and is valid for the period set forth in the schedule of warranties created pursuant to NRS 482.36663 , if the used vehicle dealer is the subject of more than three substantiated complaints filed against the dealer with the Department of Motor Vehicles during a 12-month period.

2. An express written warranty required pursuant to subsection 1 must contain a statement that, in the event the operation of the used vehicle becomes impaired as a result of a defect in a component or system of the vehicle's engine or drivetrain, the used vehicle dealer shall, with reasonable promptness, correct the defect or cause the defect to be corrected.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 489.801 — NV Code / Title 43 / Chapter 489 / Section 489.801
Manufacture or sale of noncomplying unit; sale without certificate or label of compliance; false certification; notification of defects; failure to permit access; disclosure of contents of examination; use of unsafe unit
Status: in_force

1. It is unlawful for any person to manufacture any manufactured home, mobile home, travel trailer or commercial coach unless the manufactured home, mobile home, travel trailer or commercial coach and its components and systems are constructed and assembled according to the standards prescribed pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.

2. It is unlawful for any person knowingly to sell or offer for sale any manufactured home which has been constructed on or after June 15, 1976, unless the manufactured home and its components and systems have been constructed and assembled according to the standards prescribed pursuant to the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974 ( 42 U.S.C. §§ 5401 et seq. ).

3. Any person who knowingly sells or offers to sell in this state any manufactured home, mobile home or commercial coach for which a certificate or label of compliance is required under this chapter, which does not bear a certificate or label of compliance, is liable for the penalties provided in NRS 489.811 and 489.821 .

4. It is unlawful for any person to issue a certification which states that a manufactured home conforms to all applicable federal standards for safety and construction if that person, in the exercise of due care, has reason to know that the certification is false or misleading in any material respect.

5. It is unlawful for a manufacturer to fail to furnish notification of defects relating to construction or safety, as required by the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Act of 1974 ( 42 U.S.C. § 5414 ).

6. It is unlawful for any person to fail or refuse to permit access by the Administrator to the documentary materials set forth in NRS 489.231 .

7. It is unlawful for any person, without authorization from the Division, to disclose or obtain the contents of an examination given by the Division.

8. It is unlawful for any person to use a manufactured home or mobile home as living quarters or for human occupancy, respectively, if the manufactured home or mobile home violates a standard of safety set forth in regulations adopted pursuant to subsection 1 of NRS 489.251 , concerning installation, tie down, and support of manufactured homes and mobile homes.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 484A.030 — NV Code / Title 43 / Chapter 484A / Section 484A.030
“Bus” defined
Status: in_force

“ Bus ” means a vehicle owned by the State, a political subdivision or a private school or nursery, designed for carrying more than 10 passengers and used for the transportation of persons, or a vehicle, other than a taxicab, designed and used for the transportation of persons for compensation.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 490.360 — NV Code / Title 43 / Chapter 490 / Section 490.360
Off-highway vehicle dealer: Location and name of business; designation of principal place of business and branches; branches may be operated under authority of license for principal place of business under certain circumstances; change of name or location
Status: in_force

1. An off-highway vehicle dealer shall inform the Department of the location of each place at which the off-highway vehicle dealer conducts any business and the name under which he or she does business at each location.

2. If an off-highway vehicle dealer does business at more than one location, the off-highway vehicle dealer shall designate one location in each county in which he or she does business as the principal place of business for that county and one name as the principal name of the business. The off-highway vehicle dealer shall designate all other business locations not otherwise designated as a principal place of business pursuant to this subsection as branches.

3. An off-highway vehicle dealer who maintains a principal place of business and one or more businesses designated as branches may operate those branches under the authority of the license issued by the Department to the principal place of business under the following conditions: (a) The principal and branch locations are owned and operated by the same principal or group of principals listed on the records of the Department for the principal place of business; (b) The sales activities conducted at a branch location are the same as those authorized by the Department at the principal place of business; (c) The principal place of business and each branch location are located within the same county; (d) The principal place of business and each branch location maintain the appropriate city or county license; (e) The closest boundary of a branch location is not more than 500 feet from the principal place of business; (f) The business sign displayed at each branch location meets the requirements of NRS 490.370 and is essentially the same in name, style and design as that of the principal place of business; (g) Sales transactions originating at a branch location are culminated, and the records of the transaction maintained, at the principal place of business; and (h) The off-highway vehicle dealer provides all documentation which the Department deems necessary to ensure that each business location is operated in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and all other applicable laws and regulations established for the operation of an off-highway vehicle sales business in this State.

4. If an off-highway vehicle dealer changes the name or location of any of his or her established places of business, the off-highway vehicle dealer shall not conduct business as an off-highway vehicle dealer under the new name or at the new location until he or she has been issued a license for the new name or location from the Department.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 484B.313 — NV Code / Title 43 / Chapter 484B / Section 484B.313
Display of unauthorized signs, signals, markings or street banners; limitation on placement of commercial advertising; removal as public nuisance; exceptions; use of advertising revenues to repay bonds
Status: in_force

1. It is unlawful for any person to place, maintain or display upon or in view of any highway any unauthorized sign, signal, marking or device which purports to be or is an imitation of or resembles an official traffic-control device or railroad sign or signal, or which attempts to direct the movement of traffic, or which hides from view or interferes with the effectiveness of any such device, sign or signal, and except as otherwise provided in subsections 4 and 5, a person shall not place or maintain nor may any public authority permit upon any highway any sign, signal, marking or street banner bearing thereon any commercial advertising.

2. Every such prohibited sign, signal or marking is hereby declared to be a public nuisance, and the proper public authority may remove the same or cause it to be removed without notice.

3. This section does not prohibit the erection upon private property adjacent to highways of signs giving useful directional information and of a type that cannot be mistaken for official traffic-control devices.

4. A person may place and maintain commercial advertising in an airspace above a highway under the conditions specified pursuant to subsection 3 of NRS 405.110 , and a public authority may permit commercial advertising that has been placed in an airspace above a highway under the conditions specified pursuant to subsection 3 of NRS 405.110 .

5. The provisions of subsection 1 do not apply to any sign, signal, marking or street banner bearing thereon any commercial advertising that is located: (a) On a bench or shelter for passengers of public mass transportation built pursuant to a franchise granted pursuant to NRS 244.187 and 244.188 , 268.081 and 268.083 , 269.128 and 269.129 , or 277A.310 and 277A.330 ; (b) On a monorail station; (c) On a touchdown structure if a public authority authorizes such advertising and the advertising is placed and maintained by a person who owns real property adjacent to the touchdown structure and who has: (1) Dedicated the touchdown structure to the public authority or has granted a fee or perpetual easement to the public authority for the construction or maintenance of the touchdown structure; and (2) Entered a written agreement with the public authority on terms and conditions acceptable to the public authority; or (d) On or over any highway before, during or after a special event, if: (1) A public authority authorizes the use and location of such advertising, and the advertising is placed and maintained by the organizer of a special event for itself or its sponsors or partners; (2) The organizer of a special event enters into a written agreement with the public authority on terms and conditions acceptable to the public authority; (3) The advertising does not constitute a hazard or prevent the safe use of the highway by the public; and (4) Such advertising is placed and maintained for not more than 14 consecutive days.

6. If a franchisee receives revenues from commercial advertising authorized by subsection 1 and the franchisee is obligated to repay a bond issued by the State of Nevada, the franchisee shall use all revenue generated by the advertising authorized by subsection 1 to meet its obligations to the State of Nevada as set forth in the financing agreement and bond indenture, including, without limitation, the payment of operations and maintenance obligations, the funding of reserves and the payment of debt service. To the extent that any surplus revenue remains after the payment of all such obligations, the surplus revenue must be used solely to repay the bond until the bond is repaid.

7. As used in this section: (a) “ Monorail station ” means: (1) A structure for the loading and unloading of passengers from a monorail for which a franchise has been granted pursuant to NRS 705.695 or an agreement has been entered into pursuant to NRS 705.695 ; and (2) Any facilities or appurtenances within such a structure. (b) “ Special event ” means a sporting event, concert, festival or other similar event which: (1) Will provide an anticipated economic impact of $250,000,000 or more, as certified by the county fair and recreation board of the county in which the special event will occur; and (2) After the certification of the anticipated economic impact pursuant to subparagraph (1), is designated as a special event by the public authority with jurisdiction over a highway and is issued a permit as a special event by that public authority. (c) “ Street banner ” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 277A.130 . (d) “ Touchdown structure ” means a structure, connected to a pedestrian bridge, which houses an elevator.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 484C.130 — NV Code / Title 43 / Chapter 484C / Section 484C.130
Vehicular homicide; affirmative defense
Status: in_force

<See notes for changes to this section effective under certain conditions.>

1. A person commits vehicular homicide if the person: (a) Drives or is in actual physical control of a vehicle on or off the highways of this State and: (1) Is under the influence of intoxicating liquor; (2) Has a concentration of alcohol of 0.08 or more in his or her blood or breath; (3) Is found by measurement within 2 hours after driving or being in actual physical control of a vehicle to have a concentration of alcohol of 0.08 or more in his or her blood or breath; (4) Is under the influence of a controlled substance or is under the combined influence of intoxicating liquor and a controlled substance; (5) Inhales, ingests, applies or otherwise uses any chemical, poison or organic solvent, or any compound or combination of any of these, to a degree which renders the person incapable of safely driving or exercising actual physical control of a vehicle; or (6) Has a prohibited substance in his or her blood or urine, as applicable, in an amount that is equal to or greater than the amount set forth in subsection 3 or 4 of NRS 484C.110 ; (b) Proximately causes the death of another person while driving or in actual physical control of a vehicle on or off the highways of this State; and (c) Has previously been convicted of at least three offenses.

2. If consumption is proven by a preponderance of the evidence, it is an affirmative defense under subparagraph (3) of paragraph (a) of subsection 1 that the defendant consumed a sufficient quantity of alcohol after driving or being in actual physical control of the vehicle, and before his or her blood or breath was tested, to cause the defendant to have a concentration of alcohol of 0.08 or more in his or her blood or breath. A defendant who intends to offer this defense at a trial or preliminary hearing must, not less than 14 days before the trial or hearing or at such other time as the court may direct, file and serve on the prosecuting attorney a written notice of that intent.

3. As used in this section, “ offense ” means: (a) A violation of NRS 484C.110 , 484C.120 or 484C.430 ; (b) A homicide resulting from driving or being in actual physical control of a vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or a controlled substance or resulting from any other conduct prohibited by this section or NRS 484C.110 or 484C.430 ; or (c) A violation of a law of any other jurisdiction that prohibits the same or similar conduct as set forth in paragraph (a) or (b).
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 488.590 — NV Code / Title 43 / Chapter 488 / Section 488.590
Overloading vessel prohibited
Status: in_force

No owner or operator of any vessel shall knowingly permit such vessel to be loaded with passengers or cargo beyond the maximum allowable weight capacity of such vessel, nor beyond its safe carrying capacity, taking into consideration weather and other operating conditions.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 482.38277 — NV Code / Title 43 / Chapter 482 / Section 482.38277
Certain charitable organizations to prepare and file balance sheet and bank statement with Legislative Auditor; certain information concerning persons responsible for such organizations, the budget of such organizations and description of how certain money is spent by such organizations to be provided to Legislative Auditor and Department; certain information to be made public annually by such organizations; exceptions; duties of Legislative Auditor with respect to forms and information
Status: in_force

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, on or before September 1 of each fiscal year, each charitable organization, not including a governmental entity whose budget is included in the executive budget, that receives additional fees shall prepare a balance sheet for the immediately preceding fiscal year on a form provided by the Legislative Auditor and file the balance sheet, accompanied by a recent bank statement, with the Legislative Auditor. The Legislative Auditor shall prepare and make available, or cause to be prepared and made available, a form that must be used by a charitable organization to prepare such a balance sheet.

2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, on or before July 1 of each fiscal year, each charitable organization, not including a governmental entity whose budget is included in the executive budget, that receives additional fees shall provide to the Legislative Auditor and the Department: (a) A list of the names of the persons, whether or not designated officers, who are responsible for overseeing the operation of the charitable organization; (b) The current mailing address of the charitable organization; (c) The current telephone number of the charitable organization; (d) A report on the budget of the charitable organization, including, without limitation: (1) A copy of the most recent annual budget of the charitable organization; and (2) A description of how all money received by the charitable organization in the form of additional fees was expended, including, without limitation, how that money was expended by the charitable organization, or any recipient or awardee of that money from the charitable organization; and (e) A copy of the most recent federal tax return of the charitable organization, if any, including all schedules related thereto.

3. On or before July 1 of each fiscal year, each charitable organization, not including a governmental entity whose budget is included in the executive budget, that receives additional fees shall post on the Internet website of the charitable organization or, if no such Internet website exists, publish in a newspaper of general circulation in the county where the charitable organization is based, the most recent federal tax return of the charitable organization, if any, including all schedules related thereto.

4. A charitable organization, not including a governmental entity whose budget is included in the executive budget, is not required to comply with the provisions of subsection 1 or 2, unless requested by the Legislative Auditor or the Department if it receives additional fees: (a) In an amount less than $10,000 in a fiscal year; or (b) From special license plates which are no longer in production.

5. The Legislative Auditor shall prescribe: (a) The form and content of the balance sheets required to be filed pursuant to subsection 1; and (b) Any additional information that must accompany the balance sheets and bank statements required to be filed pursuant to subsection 1, including, without limitation, the methods and procedures used to ensure that all money received in the form of additional fees is expended solely for the benefit of the intended recipient.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 482.5161 — NV Code / Title 43 / Chapter 482 / Section 482.5161
Sale of repossessed construction equipment
Status: in_force

1. All the provisions of NRS 482.516 apply equally to the repossession of any article of construction equipment pursuant to the security agreement.

2. As used in this section, “construction equipment” includes without limitation all earth-moving, erecting, excavating and rigging machinery, whether self-propelled or towed, and any auxiliary vehicle used for towing or transporting such machinery.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 482.276 — NV Code / Title 43 / Chapter 482 / Section 482.276
Farm license plate for implement of husbandry; application; fee; renewal
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the contrary:

1. Any agricultural user who wishes to operate or tow an implement of husbandry which is designed to operate at a speed of 25 miles per hour or more on the highways of this State, to operate an implement of husbandry on a highway of this State with a posted speed limit greater than 35 miles per hour or to transport a nonmotorized implement of husbandry on the highways of this State must submit an application to the Motor Carrier Division of the Department and obtain from the Division a farm license plate. Each application must be made upon the appropriate form furnished by the Department. The application must include a nonrefundable fee of $100 plus the fees required pursuant to NRS 482.268 and evidence satisfactory to the Department that the agricultural user is the holder of a policy of liability insurance which provides at least $300,000 in coverage for bodily injury and property damage resulting from any single crash caused by the agricultural user while operating the implement of husbandry on the highways of this State. As soon as practicable after receiving the application, fee and evidence of insurance, the Department shall issue the farm license plate to the agricultural user to affix to the implement of husbandry. The farm license plate is not transferable and must be surrendered or returned to the Department within 60 days after a transfer of ownership or interest in the implement of husbandry occurs.

2. The Department shall suspend a farm license plate issued pursuant to subsection 1 and require the return of the license plate to the Department if the agricultural user is not the holder of a policy of liability insurance specified in subsection 1. The Department shall reissue the farm license plate only upon evidence satisfactory to the Department that the agricultural user is the holder of a policy of liability insurance which meets the requirements of subsection 1 and the payment of a nonrefundable fee of $100 plus the fees required pursuant to NRS 482.268 .

3. A farm license plate issued pursuant to subsection 1 must be displayed on the implement of husbandry in such a manner that the license plate is easily visible from the rear of the implement of husbandry. If the farm license plate is lost or destroyed, the Department may issue a duplicate number plate upon the payment of the fees required pursuant to NRS 482.268 .

4. Any motorized implement of husbandry designed to operate at a speed of 25 miles per hour or less and which is operated on the highways of this State must display a farm license plate issued pursuant to subsection 1 or a reflective placard for slow-moving vehicles that is approved for such use by the United States Department of Transportation.

5. Any nonmotorized implement of husbandry transported on the highways of this State must be transported in combination with a properly registered motor vehicle or a motorized implement of husbandry which displays a farm license plate issued pursuant to subsection 1 or a reflective placard for slow-moving vehicles that is approved for such use by the United States Department of Transportation.

6. If an implement of husbandry displays a reflective placard for slow-moving vehicles as authorized by subsection 4 or 5, the placard must be displayed on the rear of the implement of husbandry as near as practicable to the center of the implement of husbandry, must be entirely visible in daylight and must be visible at night from all distances between 100 feet and 600 feet from the rear when directly in front of lawful upper-beam headlamps. The display of such a placard is in addition to any warning device otherwise required by chapters 484A to 484E, inclusive, of NRS, including, without limitation, any tail lamps, reflectors, flashing lights or warning flags. A placard displayed pursuant to this section must not be used as a clearance marker for wide equipment.

7. Notwithstanding any provision of chapter 445B of NRS to the contrary, an agricultural user is not required to obtain a certificate of compliance or vehicle inspection report concerning the control of emissions from an implement of husbandry before obtaining a farm license plate for or operating the implement of husbandry pursuant to this section.

8. As used in this section: (a) “ Agricultural user ” means any person who owns or operates an implement of husbandry specified in subsection 1 for an agricultural use. As used in this subsection, “agricultural use” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 361A.030 . (b) “Implement of husbandry” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 484D.020 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 482.5445 — NV Code / Title 43 / Chapter 482 / Section 482.5445
“Salvage pool” defined
Status: in_force

“ Salvage pool ” has the meaning ascribed to it in subsection 2 of NRS 487.400 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 484B.310 — NV Code / Title 43 / Chapter 484B / Section 484B.310
Flashing signals
Status: in_force

Whenever an illuminated flashing red or yellow signal is used in conjunction with an official traffic-control device, it shall require obedience by vehicular traffic as follows:

1. When a red lens is illuminated with rapid intermittent flashes, drivers of vehicles shall stop before entering the nearest crosswalk in an intersection or at a limit line when marked, or, if none, then before entering the intersection, and the right to proceed shall be subject to the rules applicable after making a required stop.

2. When a yellow lens is illuminated with rapid intermittent flashes, drivers of vehicles may proceed past such signal and through the intersection or other hazardous location only with caution.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 483.461 — NV Code / Title 43 / Chapter 483 / Section 483.461
Mandatory suspension of license of person less than 21 years of age if test shows concentration of alcohol of 0.02 or more but less than 0.08 in blood or breath; cancellation of suspension and credit toward subsequent revocation or suspension
Status: in_force

<See notes for changes to this section effective under certain conditions. >

1. If the result of a test given pursuant to NRS 484C.150 or 484C.160 shows that a person less than 21 years of age had a concentration of alcohol of 0.02 or more but less than 0.08 in his or her blood or breath at the time of the test, the person's license, permit or privilege to drive must be suspended for a period of 90 days.

2. If a revocation or suspension of a person's license, permit or privilege to drive for a violation of NRS 62E.640 , 484C.120 , 484C.130 or 484C.430 follows a suspension ordered pursuant to subsection 1, the Department shall: (a) Cancel the suspension ordered pursuant to subsection 1; and (b) Give the person credit toward the period of revocation or suspension ordered pursuant to NRS 62E.640 , 484C.120 , 484C.130 or 484C.430 , whichever is applicable, for any period during which the person's license, permit or privilege to drive was suspended pursuant to subsection 1.

3. This section does not preclude: (a) The prosecution of a person for a violation of any other provision of law; or (b) The suspension or revocation of a person's license, permit or privilege to drive pursuant to any other provision of law.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 487.553 — NV Code / Title 43 / Chapter 487 / Section 487.553
“Person authorizing repairs” defined
Status: in_force

“ Person authorizing repairs ” means a person who uses the services of a garage. The term includes an insurance company, its agents or its representatives authorizing repairs to motor vehicles under a policy of insurance.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 484D.735 — NV Code / Title 43 / Chapter 484D / Section 484D.735
Continuous and multiple trip-limited time permits: Maximum weight per axle; fee for investigation; revocation; new application; Department of Transportation to consider recommendation of city or county
Status: in_force

1. No vehicle operated or moved upon any public highway under the authority of a continuous or multiple trip-limited time permit may exceed a maximum weight of 20,000 pounds on any single axle. Before any continuous permit is issued, the applicant shall pay a reasonable fee to be determined by the Department of Transportation to pay the costs and expenses of conducting an initial investigation of the highway or highways involved.

2. If, after issuance of a continuous or multiple trip-limited time permit, the Department of Transportation finds that the traffic authorized by such continuous or multiple trip-limited time permit has caused substantial highway distress, the permit may be revoked summarily, but the revocation does not operate to prevent a subsequent filing of a new application for another continuous or multiple trip-limited time permit.

3. The Department of Transportation shall consider the recommendation of a city or county regarding whether traffic authorized by the issuance of a continuous or multiple trip-limited time permit has caused substantial distress to a highway under the jurisdiction of that city or county, and whether the permit should be revoked.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 483.7205 — NV Code / Title 43 / Chapter 483 / Section 483.7205
Applicant for licensure as operator of school or instructor for school: Submission of fingerprints; payment of fee
Status: in_force

An applicant for a license to operate a school for training drivers or a license as an instructor for a school for training drivers must submit to the Department:

1. A complete set of fingerprints and written permission authorizing the Department to forward those fingerprints to the Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History for submission to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for its report; and

2. The fee established by the Department for processing the fingerprints of the applicant. The fee must not exceed the total amount charged by the Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History and the Federal Bureau of Investigation for processing the fingerprints of the applicant.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 484B.813 — NV Code / Title 43 / Chapter 484B / Section 484B.813
“Law enforcement agency” defined
Status: in_force

“Law enforcement agency” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 289.010 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 483.926 — NV Code / Title 43 / Chapter 483 / Section 483.926
Commercial driver's license: Privilege granted; general requirement; surrender of other licenses
Status: in_force

1. Any person to whom a valid commercial driver's license has been issued may exercise the privilege thereby granted upon all streets and highways of this State and shall not be required to obtain any other license to exercise the privilege by any county, municipal or local board or body having authority to adopt local police regulations.

2. Except persons expressly exempted in regulations adopted by the Department pursuant to NRS 483.908 , a person shall not steer or exercise any degree of physical control of a vehicle being towed by a motor vehicle upon a highway unless the person has a license to drive the type or class of vehicle being towed.

3. The Department shall not issue a commercial driver's license to a person until the person surrenders to the Department all valid licenses in his or her possession issued to the person by this or any other jurisdiction. Surrendered licenses issued by another jurisdiction must be returned by the Department to that jurisdiction. A person shall not have more than one valid driver's license.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 483.495 — NV Code / Title 43 / Chapter 483 / Section 483.495
Tests and other requirements for reinstatement of license; waiver of tests or requirements; modification of revocation, suspension or cancellation
Status: in_force

The Department shall by regulation:

1. Except as otherwise provided in title 5 of NRS, set forth any tests and other requirements which are a condition for the reinstatement of a license after any suspension, revocation, cancellation or voluntary surrender of the license. The tests and requirements: (a) Must provide for a fair evaluation of a person's ability to operate a motor vehicle; and (b) May allow for the waiver of certain tests or requirements as the Department deems necessary.

2. Set forth the circumstances under which the Administrator may, for good cause shown, rescind the revocation, suspension or cancellation of a license, or shorten the period for the suspension of a license.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 485.185 — NV Code / Title 43 / Chapter 485 / Section 485.185
Insurance for payment of tort liabilities arising from maintenance or use of motor vehicle: Coverage to be obtained from insurance company duly licensed and approved; minimum thresholds of coverage
Status: in_force

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, every owner of a motor vehicle which is registered or required to be registered in this State shall continuously provide, while the motor vehicle is present or registered in this State, insurance provided by an insurance company licensed by the Division of Insurance of the Department of Business and Industry and approved to do business in this State: (a) In the amount of $25,000 for bodily injury to or death of one person in any one crash; (b) Subject to the limit for one person, in the amount of $50,000 for bodily injury to or death of two or more persons in any one crash; and (c) In the amount of $20,000 for injury to or destruction of property of others in any one crash, for the payment of tort liabilities arising from the maintenance or use of the motor vehicle.

2. The provisions of this section do not apply to a moped.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 481.063 — NV Code / Title 43 / Chapter 481 / Section 481.063
Collection and deposit of fees for publications of Department and private use of files and records of Department; limitations on release and use of files and records; regulations
Status: in_force

<Section effective until Dec. 31, 2026, when it expires by limitation. See, also, section 481.063 effective Jan. 1, 2027. See notes for changes to this section effective under certain conditions. >

1. The Director may charge and collect reasonable fees for official publications of the Department and from persons making use of files and records of the Department or its various divisions for a private purpose. All money so collected must be deposited in the State Treasury for credit to the Motor Vehicle Fund.

2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 6, the Director may release personal information, except a photograph, from a file or record relating to the driver's license, identification card, or title or registration of a vehicle of a person if the requester submits a written release from the person who holds a lien on the vehicle, or an agent of that person, or the person about whom the information is requested which is dated not more than 90 days before the date of the request. The written release must be in a form required by the Director.

3. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 2 and 4, the Director shall not release to any person who is not a representative of the Division of Welfare and Supportive Services of the Department of Health and Human Services or an officer, employee or agent of a law enforcement agency, an agent of the public defender's office or an agency of a local government which collects fines imposed for parking violations, who is not conducting an investigation pursuant to NRS 253.0415 or 253.220 , who is not authorized to transact insurance pursuant to chapter 680A of NRS or who is not licensed as a private investigator pursuant to chapter 648 of NRS and conducting an investigation of an insurance claim: (a) A list which includes license plate numbers combined with any other information in the records or files of the Department; (b) The social security number of any person, if it is requested to facilitate the solicitation of that person to purchase a product or service; or (c) The name, address, telephone number or any other personally identifiable information if the information is requested by the presentation of a license plate number. When such personally identifiable information is requested of a law enforcement agency by the presentation of a license plate number, the law enforcement agency shall conduct an investigation regarding the person about whom information is being requested or, as soon as practicable, provide the requester with the requested information if the requester officially reports that the motor vehicle bearing that license plate was used in a violation of NRS 205.240 , 205.345 , 205.380 or 205.445 .

4. If a person is authorized to obtain such information pursuant to a contract entered into with the Department and if such information is requested for the purpose of an advisory notice relating to a motor vehicle or the recall of a motor vehicle or for the purpose of providing information concerning the history of a vehicle, the Director may release: (a) A list which includes license plate numbers combined with any other information in the records or files of the Department; or (b) The name, address, telephone number or any other personally identifiable information if the information is requested by the presentation of a license plate number.

5. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 2, 4, 6, 7 and 11 and NRS 483.294 , 483.855 and 483.937 , the Director shall not release any personal information from a file or record relating to a driver's license, identification card, or title or registration of a vehicle.

6. Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (a) and subsections 8 and 11, if a person or governmental entity provides a description of the information requested and its proposed use and signs an affidavit to that effect, the Director may release any personal information, except a photograph, from a file or record relating to a driver's license, identification card, or title or registration of a vehicle for use: (a) By any governmental entity, including, but not limited to, any court or law enforcement agency, in carrying out its functions, or any person acting on behalf of a federal, state or local governmental agency in carrying out its functions. The personal information may include a photograph from a file or record relating to a driver's license, identification card, or title or registration of a vehicle. (b) In connection with any civil, criminal, administrative or arbitration proceeding before any federal or state court, regulatory body, board, commission or agency, including, but not limited to, use for service of process, investigation in anticipation of litigation, and execution or enforcement of judgments and orders, or pursuant to an order of a federal or state court. (c) In connection with matters relating to: (1) The safety of drivers of motor vehicles; (2) Safety and thefts of motor vehicles; (3) Emissions from motor vehicles; (4) Alterations of products related to motor vehicles; (5) An advisory notice relating to a motor vehicle or the recall of a motor vehicle; (6) Monitoring the performance of motor vehicles; (7) Parts or accessories of motor vehicles; (8) Dealers of motor vehicles; or (9) Removal of nonowner records from the original records of motor vehicle manufacturers. (d) Except as otherwise provided in subsection 6 of NRS 482.2175 , by any insurer, self-insurer or organization that provides assistance or support to an insurer or self-insurer or its agents, employees or contractors, in connection with activities relating to the rating, underwriting or investigation of claims or the prevention of fraud. (e) In providing notice to the owners of vehicles that have been towed, repossessed or impounded. (f) By an employer or its agent or insurer to obtain or verify information relating to a holder of a commercial driver's license who is employed by or has applied for employment with the employer. (g) By a private investigator, private patrol officer or security consultant who is licensed pursuant to chapter 648 of NRS , for any use permitted pursuant to this section. (h) By a reporter or editorial employee who is employed by or affiliated with any newspaper, press association or commercially operated, federally licensed radio or television station for a journalistic purpose. The Department may not make any inquiries regarding the use of or reason for the information requested other than whether the information will be used for a journalistic purpose. (i) In connection with an investigation conducted pursuant to NRS 253.0415 or 253.220 . (j) In activities relating to research and the production of statistical reports, if the personal information will not be published or otherwise redisclosed, or used to contact any person.

7. Upon the request of a court or its traffic violations bureau, the Director shall release the mailing address and contact information of a person who has been issued a traffic citation that is filed with the court or traffic violations bureau from a file or record relating to the driver's license of the person or the title or registration of the person's vehicle for the purpose of enabling the court or traffic violations bureau to provide notifications concerning the traffic citation to the person.

8. Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (j) of subsection 6, the Director shall not provide personal information to individuals or companies for the purpose of marketing extended vehicle warranties, and a person who requests and receives personal information may sell or disclose that information only for a use permitted pursuant to subsection 6. Such a person shall keep and maintain for 5 years a record of: (a) Each person to whom the information is provided; and (b) The purpose for which that person will use the information. The record must be made available for examination by the Department at all reasonable times upon request.

9. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the Director may deny any use of the files and records if the Director reasonably believes that the information taken may be used for an unwarranted invasion of a particular person's privacy.

10. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 485.316 , the Director shall not allow any person to make use of information retrieved from the system created pursuant to NRS 485.313 for a private purpose and shall not in any other way release any information retrieved from that system.

11. The Director shall not release any personal information from a file or record relating to a license, identification card or title or registration of a vehicle to any person or to any federal, state or local governmental entity for any purpose relating to the enforcement of immigration laws unless the requester submits a written release from the person about whom the information is requested or the Director releases the personal information pursuant to a lawful order, subpoena or warrant issued by a court of competent jurisdiction. If the Director releases personal information pursuant to this subsection in response to an order, subpoena or warrant, the Director shall not release personal information beyond what is specifically required to comply with the order, subpoena or warrant.

12. The Director shall adopt such regulations as the Director deems necessary to carry out the purposes of this section. In addition, the Director shall, by regulation, establish a procedure whereby a person who is requesting personal information may establish an account with the Department to facilitate the person's ability to request information electronically or by written request if the person has submitted to the Department proof of employment or licensure, as applicable, and a signed and notarized affidavit acknowledging that the person: (a) Has read and fully understands the current laws and regulations regarding the manner in which information from the Department's files and records may be obtained and the limited uses which are permitted; (b) Understands that any sale or disclosure of information so obtained must be in accordance with the provisions of this section; (c) Understands that a record will be maintained by the Department of any information he or she requests; and (d) Understands that a violation of the provisions of this section is a criminal offense.

13. It is unlawful for any person to: (a) Make a false representation to obtain any information from the files or records of the Department. (b) Knowingly obtain or disclose any information from the files or records of the Department for any use not permitted by the provisions of this chapter.

14. As used in this section: (a) “ Personal information ” means information that reveals the identity of a person, including, without limitation, his or her photograph, social security number, individual taxpayer identification number, driver's license number, identification card number, name, address, telephone number or information regarding a medical condition or disability. The term does not include the zip code of a person when separate from his or her full address, information regarding vehicular crashes or driving violations in which he or she has been involved or other information otherwise affecting his or her status as a driver. (b) “ Vehicle ” includes, without limitation, an off-highway vehicle as defined in NRS 490.060 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 484A.295 — NV Code / Title 43 / Chapter 484A / Section 484A.295
“Trailer” defined
Status: in_force

“ Trailer ” means every vehicle designed to be drawn by a motor vehicle and so constructed that no part of its weight rests upon the towing vehicle, except a pole trailer.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 487.005 — NV Code / Title 43 / Chapter 487 / Section 487.005
Suspension of license issued pursuant to chapter for failure to pay child support or comply with certain subpoenas or warrants; reinstatement of license
Status: in_force

<See notes for changes to this section effective under certain conditions.>

1. If the Department receives a copy of a court order issued pursuant to NRS 425.540 that provides for the suspension of all professional, occupational and recreational licenses, certificates and permits issued to a person who is the holder of a license issued pursuant to this chapter, the Department shall deem the license issued to that person to be suspended at the end of the 30th day after the date on which the court order was issued unless the Department receives a letter issued to the holder of the license by the district attorney or other public agency pursuant to NRS 425.550 stating that the holder of the license has complied with the subpoena or warrant or has satisfied the arrearage pursuant to NRS 425.560 .

2. The Department shall reinstate a license issued pursuant to this chapter that has been suspended by a district court pursuant to NRS 425.540 if the Department receives a letter issued by the district attorney or other public agency pursuant to NRS 425.550 to the person whose license was suspended stating that the person whose license was suspended has complied with the subpoena or warrant or has satisfied the arrearage pursuant to NRS 425.560 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 484A.450 — NV Code / Title 43 / Chapter 484A / Section 484A.450
Designation of through highways and intersections requiring stop or yield; vehicle entering intersection
Status: in_force

1. The Department of Transportation and local authorities, with reference to highways under their respective jurisdictions, may designate through highways and erect official traffic-control devices in the form of stop signs or yield signs at specified entrances thereto, or may designate any intersection as a stop intersection or as a yield intersection and erect stop signs or yield signs at one or more entrances to such an intersection.

2. Every driver of a vehicle approaching a stop intersection indicated by a stop sign shall stop before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection or, if there is no crosswalk, shall stop at a clearly marked stop line, or if none, then at the point nearest the intersecting highway where the driver has a view of approaching traffic on the intersecting highway before entering the intersection.

3. The driver of a vehicle approaching a yield sign if required for safety to stop shall stop before entering the crosswalk on the nearest side of the intersection or, if there is no crosswalk, at a clearly marked stop line, or if none, then at the point nearest the intersecting highway where the driver has a view of approaching traffic on the intersecting highway.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 482C.110 — NV Code / Title 43 / Chapter 482C / Section 482C.110
“Car sharing delivery period” defined
Status: in_force

“ Car sharing delivery period ” means the period of time before the car sharing start time during which a shared vehicle is being delivered to the location where the shared vehicle driver will assume control of the shared vehicle.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 484B.010 — NV Code / Title 43 / Chapter 484B / Section 484B.010
“Business district” defined
Status: in_force

“ Business district ” means the territory contiguous to and including a highway when within any 600 feet along such highway there are buildings in use for business or industrial purposes, including, but not limited to, hotels, banks or office buildings, railroad stations and public buildings which occupy at least 300 feet of frontage on one side or 300 feet collectively on both sides of the highway.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 485.020 — NV Code / Title 43 / Chapter 485 / Section 485.020
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 485.028 to 485.120 , inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 487.6893 — NV Code / Title 43 / Chapter 487 / Section 487.6893
Statement of charges required for repair and storage of vehicle; violation constitutes misdemeanor; statement required for enforcement of lien
Status: in_force

1. If charges are made for the repair of a motor vehicle, the garage operator or body shop making the charges shall present to the person authorizing repairs or the person entitled to possession of the motor vehicle a statement of the charges setting forth the following information: (a) The name and signature of the person authorizing repairs; (b) A statement of the total charges; (c) An itemization and description of all parts used to repair the motor vehicle indicating the charges made for labor; (d) In the case of a garage operator, a description of all other charges; and (e) In the case of a body shop, a description of all other charges, including, without limitation, charges, if any, for storage of the motor vehicle.

2. Any person violating this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.

3. In the case of a motor vehicle registered in this State, no lien for labor or materials provided under NRS 108.265 to 108.367 , inclusive, may be enforced by sale or otherwise unless a statement as described in subsection 1 has been given by delivery in person or by certified mail to the last known address of the registered owner and the legal owner of the motor vehicle. In all other cases, the notice must be made to the last known address of the registered owner and any other person known to have or to claim an interest in the motor vehicle.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 482.223 — NV Code / Title 43 / Chapter 482 / Section 482.223
Application for title for rebuilt, reconstructed or specially constructed vehicle; inspection; certificate of inspection; affidavit
Status: in_force

1. Before an application for a title for a rebuilt, reconstructed or specially constructed vehicle may be submitted, the vehicle must be inspected and a certificate of inspection must be completed on a form prescribed by the Department which attests that: (a) The work performed on the vehicle meets the standards of the manufacturer for mechanical fitness and safety; (b) The vehicle has been repaired to the standards of the manufacturer; and (c) Any safety equipment, including, without limitation, occupant restraint devices, which was present in the vehicle at the time the vehicle was manufactured is present and operational to the standards of the manufacturer.

2. An application for a title for a rebuilt, reconstructed or specially constructed vehicle must include an affidavit which states that the vehicle: (a) Has been inspected pursuant to subsection 1; (b) Is in a condition to be operated safely on the highways of this State; and (c) Has all safety equipment required by the manufacturer.

3. Any of the following persons may complete the inspection and sign the certificate of inspection and the affidavit required by subsections 1 and 2: (a) A garage operator who operates a garage that is registered pursuant to NRS 487.560 ; (b) The owner of a body shop licensed pursuant to NRS 487.630 ; (c) A rebuilder licensed pursuant to NRS 482.325 ; or (d) Any employee of a garage operator, owner of a body shop or rebuilder who is authorized by his or her employer to inspect the vehicle and attest that the repairs have been completed in accordance with the standards of the manufacturer.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 484B.070 — NV Code / Title 43 / Chapter 484B / Section 484B.070
“Temporary roadblock” defined
Status: in_force

“Temporary roadblock” means any structure, device or means used by police officers to control traffic at a place on a highway whereby vehicles may be slowed or stopped:

1. To identify the occupants of those vehicles; or

2. Because of the existence of an emergency.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 482.36389 — NV Code / Title 43 / Chapter 482 / Section 482.36389
Unfair practices: Requiring dealer to disclose information concerning customer to manufacturer or third party; prohibiting or preventing dealer from disclosing information concerning service, repair or recall notice, or notifying customer of warranty information
Status: in_force

A manufacturer shall not:

1. Require a dealer to disclose information concerning a customer to the manufacturer or a third party if the customer objects or the disclosure is otherwise unlawful; or

2. Prohibit or prevent a dealer from disclosing a service, repair guidance or recall notice that is documented by the manufacturer or notifying customers of available warranty coverage and expiration dates of existing warranty coverage.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 484A.280 — NV Code / Title 43 / Chapter 484A / Section 484A.280
“Tow car” defined
Status: in_force

“ Tow car ” means a motor vehicle which has been altered or designed and equipped for and exclusively used in the business of towing vehicles by means of a crane, hoist, tow bar, towline or dolly, or is otherwise exclusively used to render assistance to other vehicles.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 484B.467 — NV Code / Title 43 / Chapter 484B / Section 484B.467
Parking space designated for persons who are handicapped: Signs; required plates, stickers or placards for parking; prohibited acts; penalty
Status: reserved

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1. Any parking space designated for persons who are handicapped must be indicated by a sign: (a) Bearing the international symbol of access with or without the words “Parking,” “Handicapped Parking,” “Handicapped Parking Only” or “Reserved for the Handicapped,” or any other word or combination of words indicating that the space is designated for persons who are handicapped; (b) Stating “Minimum fine of $250 for use by others” or equivalent words; and (c) The bottom of which must be not less than 4 feet above the ground.

2. In addition to the requirements of subsection 1, a parking space designated for persons who are handicapped which: (a) Is designed for the exclusive use of a vehicle with a side-loading wheelchair lift; and (b) Is located in a parking lot with 60 or more parking spaces, must be indicated by a sign using a combination of words to state that the space is for the exclusive use of a vehicle with a side-loading wheelchair lift.

3. If a parking space is designed for the use of a vehicle with a side-loading wheelchair lift, the space which is immediately adjacent and intended for use in the loading and unloading of a wheelchair into or out of such a vehicle must be indicated by a sign: (a) Stating “No Parking” or similar words which indicate that parking in such a space is prohibited; (b) Stating “Minimum fine of $250 for violation” or similar words indicating that the minimum fine for parking in such a space is $250; and (c) The bottom of which must not be less than 4 feet above the ground.

4. An owner of private property upon which is located a parking space described in subsection 1, 2 or 3 shall erect and maintain or cause to be erected and maintained any sign required pursuant to subsection 1, 2 or 3, whichever is applicable. If a parking space described in subsection 1, 2 or 3 is located on public property, the governmental entity having control over that public property shall erect and maintain or cause to be erected and maintained any sign required pursuant to subsection 1, 2 or 3, whichever is applicable.

5. A person shall not park a vehicle in a space designated for persons who are handicapped by a sign that meets the requirements of subsection 1, whether on public or privately owned property, unless the person is eligible to do so and the vehicle displays: (a) A special license plate or plates issued pursuant to NRS 482.384 ; (b) A special or temporary parking placard issued pursuant to NRS 482.384 ; (c) A special or temporary parking sticker issued pursuant to NRS 482.384 ; (d) A special license plate or plates, a special or temporary parking sticker, or a special or temporary parking placard displaying the international symbol of access issued by another state or a foreign country; or (e) A special license plate or plates for a veteran with a disability issued pursuant to NRS 482.3765 , 482.377 , 482.3775 , 482.378 or 482.3783 .

6. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, a person shall not park a vehicle in a space that is reserved for the exclusive use of a vehicle with a side-loading wheelchair lift and is designated for persons who are handicapped by a sign that meets the requirements of subsection 2, whether on public or privately owned property, unless: (a) The person is eligible to do so; (b) The vehicle displays the special license plate, plates or placard set forth in subsection 5; and (c) The vehicle is equipped with a side-loading wheelchair lift. A person who meets the requirements of paragraphs (a) and (b) may park a vehicle that is not equipped with a side-loading wheelchair lift in such a parking space if the space is in a parking lot with fewer than 60 parking spaces.

7. A person shall not park in a space which: (a) Is immediately adjacent to a space designed for use by a vehicle with a side-loading wheelchair lift; and (b) Is designated as a space in which parking is prohibited by a sign that meets the requirements of subsection 3, whether on public or privately owned property.

8. A person shall not use a plate, sticker or placard set forth in subsection 5 to park in a space designated for persons who are handicapped unless he or she is a person with a permanent disability, disability of moderate duration or temporary disability, a veteran with a disability or the driver of a vehicle in which any such person is a passenger.

9. A person with a permanent disability, disability of moderate duration or temporary disability to whom a: (a) Special license plate, or a special or temporary parking sticker, has been issued pursuant to NRS 482.384 shall not allow any other person to park the vehicle, motorcycle or moped displaying the special license plate or special or temporary parking sticker in a space designated for persons who are handicapped unless the person with the permanent disability, disability of moderate duration or temporary disability is a passenger in the vehicle or on the motorcycle or moped, or is being picked up or dropped off by the driver of the vehicle, motorcycle or moped, at the time that the vehicle, motorcycle or moped is parked in the space designated for persons who are handicapped. (b) Special or temporary parking placard has been issued pursuant to NRS 482.384 shall not allow any other person to park the vehicle which displays the special or temporary parking placard in a space designated for persons who are handicapped unless the person with the permanent disability, disability of moderate duration or temporary disability is a passenger in the vehicle, or is being picked up or dropped off by the driver of the vehicle, at the time that it is parked in the space designated for persons who are handicapped.

10. A person who violates any of the provisions of subsections 5 to 9, inclusive, is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished: (a) Upon the first offense, by a fine of $250. (b) Upon the second offense, by a fine of $250 and not less than 8 hours, but not more than 50 hours, of community service. (c) Upon the third or subsequent offense, by a fine of not less than $500, but not more than $1,000 and not less than 25 hours, but not more than 100 hours, of community service.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 486.370 — NV Code / Title 43 / Chapter 486 / Section 486.370
“Motorcycle” includes moped
Status: in_force

“ Motorcycle ” includes a moped.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 484D.415 — NV Code / Title 43 / Chapter 484D / Section 484D.415
Mufflers: Prevention of emissions
Status: in_force

1. Every motor vehicle shall at all times be equipped with a muffler in good working order and in constant operation to prevent emissions greater than those allowed by rules and regulations established by the Department. No person shall use a muffler cutout, bypass or similar device upon a motor vehicle on a highway.

2. The engine and power mechanism of every motor vehicle shall be so equipped and adjusted as to prevent the escape of excessive fumes or smoke.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 483.934 — NV Code / Title 43 / Chapter 483 / Section 483.934
Issuance of license or learner's permit to nonresidents prohibited; exception
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided in NRS 483.936 , the Department may not issue a commercial driver's license or commercial learner's permit to a person unless the person is a resident of this State.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 482.3647 — NV Code / Title 43 / Chapter 482 / Section 482.3647
Threat by manufacturer or distributor to discontinue sales to retail seller prima facie evidence of violation
Status: in_force

Any threat, expressed or implied, made directly or indirectly to any person engaged in the business of selling motor vehicles at retail in this State by any person engaged, either directly or indirectly, in the manufacture or distribution of motor vehicles, that such person will discontinue or cease to sell, or refuse to enter into a contract to sell, or will terminate a contract to sell motor vehicles, whether patented or unpatented, to such person who is so engaged in the business of selling motor vehicles at retail, unless such person finances the purchase or sale of any one or number of motor vehicles only with or through a designated person or class of persons or sells and assigns the security agreements or leases arising from the retail sales of motor vehicles or any one or number thereof only to a designated person or class of persons is prima facie evidence of the fact that such person so engaged in the manufacture or distribution of motor vehicles has sold or intends to sell motor vehicles on the condition or with the agreement or understanding prohibited in NRS 482.3645 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 482.3157 — NV Code / Title 43 / Chapter 482 / Section 482.3157
Restrictions on recovery for damages to leased car by placing block or processing charge on lessee's credit card; unfair, deceptive or coercive conduct prohibited
Status: in_force

1. A short-term lessor of a passenger car shall not seek to recover any portion of a claim arising out of damage to or loss of a leased passenger car by causing any block to be placed on the lessee's credit card account.

2. A short-term lessor of a passenger car shall not process a charge on a short-term lessee's credit card to pay for any damages to a passenger car leased by the lessee unless the lessor first: (a) Obtains the written consent of the lessee, on a form that is separate from the form for the lease, to pay for the damages by processing a charge on the lessee's credit card; (b) Inspects the vehicle upon its return to the lessor to verify the extent of the damages; and (c) Provides the lessee with a written estimate of the cost to repair the damages and the lessee provides the lessor with written authorization to pay for the damages by processing a charge on the lessee's credit card in an amount that does not exceed the amount of the written estimate. The lessee may waive the provisions of paragraph (c) if the inspection conducted pursuant to paragraph (b) indicates that the cost to repair the damages will not exceed $500 and the lessee provides the lessor with written authorization to pay for the damages by processing a charge on the lessee's credit card in an amount that does not exceed $500.

3. A short-term lessor of a passenger car shall not engage in any unfair, deceptive or coercive tactics in attempting to recover or in recovering on any claim arising out of damage to or loss of a passenger car.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 482.3961 — NV Code / Title 43 / Chapter 482 / Section 482.3961
Nonresident business permit required for vehicle owned by nonresident who allows vehicle to be operated in this State for business purpose; conditions; application; fees; penalties; regulations
Status: in_force

1. Except as otherwise provided in this section and NRS 482.390 and 706.801 to 706.861 , inclusive, a nonresident who: (a) Is not a natural person; (b) Is the owner of a vehicle of a type subject to registration pursuant to the provisions of this chapter; and (c) Allows that vehicle to be operated in this State by an employee, independent contractor or any other person for the purpose of engaging in the business of the nonresident within this State, shall, within 10 days after the commencement of such operation, apply for a nonresident business permit for the vehicle.

2. The Department shall grant an application for the permitting of a vehicle pursuant to subsection 1 if the nonresident owner of the vehicle: (a) Submits proof that the vehicle has been registered for the current year in the state, country or other place of which the owner is a resident; (b) Submits proof that the vehicle is currently insured in compliance with the laws of the state, country or other place of which the owner is a resident; (c) Submits proof that the vehicle has been tested for emissions in compliance with the laws of the state, country or other place of which the owner is a resident or, if the place where the owner is a resident does not require the testing of the emissions of motor vehicles, complies with the provisions of NRS 445B.700 to 445B.815 , inclusive, and the regulations adopted pursuant thereto for the vehicle as if the vehicle were required to comply with those provisions; and (d) Pays a fee of: (1) Two hundred dollars for the first vehicle for which the owner obtains a permit pursuant to this section. (2) One hundred and fifty dollars for each additional vehicle for which the owner obtains a permit pursuant to this section.

3. The Department shall issue to a nonresident owner who obtains a permit for a vehicle pursuant to this section an indicator for the permitted vehicle that must be displayed on the permitted vehicle when the permitted vehicle is operated in this State. The indicator issued pursuant to this subsection is nontransferable and expires 1 year after the date of issuance.

4. All fees paid pursuant to subsection 2 must be deposited with the State Treasurer for credit to the State Highway Fund and expended pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 408.235 .

5. A person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished: (a) For the first offense, by a fine of not more than $500. (b) For the second and each subsequent offense, by a fine of not more than $750. The failure of a person to comply with the provisions of this section for each vehicle to which this section applies constitutes a separate offense.

6. A vehicle may be cited for a violation of this section regardless of whether it is in operation or is parked on a highway, in a public parking lot or on private property which is open to the public if, after communicating with the owner or operator of the vehicle, the peace officer issuing the citation determines that the vehicle is required to be permitted pursuant to subsection 1. As used in this subsection, “ peace officer ” includes a constable.

7. The Department may adopt such regulations as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this section.

8. The provisions of this section do not apply with respect to a vehicle that is leased or rented to a lessee by a short-term lessor, as that term is defined in subsection 5 of NRS 482.053 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 484A.730 — NV Code / Title 43 / Chapter 484A / Section 484A.730
When peace officer has option to give traffic citation or take person before magistrate
Status: in_force

1. Whenever any person is halted by a peace officer for any violation of chapters 484A to 484E, inclusive, of NRS punishable as a misdemeanor and is not required to be taken before a magistrate, the person must be given a traffic citation unless the violation constitutes a repeat offense or a prohibited offense, in which case the person may, in the discretion of the peace officer, either be given a traffic citation or be taken without unnecessary delay before the proper magistrate.

2. As used in this section: (a) “ Prohibited offense ” means: (1) A violation of NRS 484B.653 ; (2) A violation of NRS 484C.110 ; (3) A violation of NRS 484C.120 ; (4) A violation of NRS 484E.020 ; (5) A violation of NRS 484E.030 ; (6) A violation of NRS 484E.040 ; or (7) A crime of violence, as defined in NRS 200.408 . (b) “ Repeat offense ” means an offense for which the person has previously been arrested, convicted or issued a citation.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 487.6874 — NV Code / Title 43 / Chapter 487 / Section 487.6874
Duty of body shop or garage operator to inform certain persons of types of payment accepted
Status: in_force

1. A body shop or garage operator, as applicable, must inform a person regarding the types of payment the body shop or garage accepts: (a) If the person is a prospective customer or customer, before the prospective customer or customer authorizes the body shop or garage operator to perform repair work on his or her vehicle; and (b) In the specific instance of a body shop, if the: (1) Person is the registered owner of the vehicle; (2) Vehicle is towed to the body shop at the request of someone other than the registered owner of the motor vehicle; and (3) Body shop notifies the registered owner of the location of the vehicle, as required pursuant to NRS 487.68703 .

2. The information required to be provided pursuant to subsection 1: (a) Must be in writing; (b) May be incorporated into a form already used by the body shop or garage operator for another purpose, including, without limitation, a form used to authorize repairs or estimate the cost of repairs or storage; and (c) Must set forth, without limitation: (1) Whether the body shop or garage provides the service of directly billing an insurance company for any payment due; (2) Whether the body shop or garage accepts only cash as payment; (3) Whether the body shop or garage accepts credit or debit cards; (4) If the body shop or garage accepts credit or debit cards, or both: (I) The brand or type of such cards the body shop or garage accepts; and (II) Whether the body shop or garage imposes a fee or surcharge for the use of a credit or debit card; (5) Whether the body shop or garage accepts personal checks or travelers' checks; and (6) If the body shop or garage does not accept only cash as payment, whether the body shop or garage offers a discount for making payment in the form of cash.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 482.267 — NV Code / Title 43 / Chapter 482 / Section 482.267
License plates: Production at facility of Department of Corrections; exception
Status: in_force

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the Director shall utilize the facility for the production of license plates which is located at the Department of Corrections to produce all license plates required by the Department of Motor Vehicles.

2. The Director may contract with a vendor for the production of license plates which require technological or mechanical processes which are not available at the facility.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 482.362 — NV Code / Title 43 / Chapter 482 / Section 482.362
Salespersons: Licensing; fees; grounds for denial, suspension or revocation of license; reemployment; notice of change of address or termination; penalty
Status: in_force

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1. A person shall not engage in the activity of a salesperson of vehicles, trailers or semitrailers, or act in the capacity of a salesperson as defined in this chapter, in the State of Nevada without first having received a license or temporary permit from the Department. Before issuing a license or temporary permit to engage in the activity of a salesperson, the Department shall require: (a) An application, signed and verified by the applicant, stating that the applicant is to engage in the activity of a salesperson, his or her residence address and social security number, and the name and address of the applicant's employer. (b) Proof of the employment of the applicant by a licensed and bonded vehicle dealer, trailer or semitrailer dealer, lessor or rebuilder at the time the application is filed. (c) A statement as to whether any previous application of the applicant has been denied or license revoked. (d) Payment of a nonrefundable license fee of $75. The license expires on December 31 of each calendar year and may be renewed annually upon the payment of a fee of $40. (e) A fee for the processing of fingerprints. The Department shall establish by regulation the fee for processing fingerprints. The fee must not exceed the sum of the amounts charged by the Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History and the Federal Bureau of Investigation for processing the fingerprints. (f) For initial licensure, the applicant to submit a complete set of fingerprints and written permission authorizing the Department to forward those fingerprints to the Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History for submission to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for its report. (g) Any other information the Department deems necessary.

2. The Department may issue a 60-day temporary permit to an applicant who has submitted an application and paid the required fees.

3. A license to act as a salesperson of vehicles, trailers or semitrailers, or to act in the capacity of a salesperson as defined in this chapter, issued pursuant to this chapter does not permit a person to engage in the business of selling mobile homes.

4. An application for a salesperson's license may be denied and a salesperson's license may be suspended or revoked upon the following grounds: (a) Failure of the applicant to establish by proof satisfactory to the Department that the applicant is employed by a licensed and bonded vehicle dealer, trailer dealer or semitrailer dealer, lessor or rebuilder. (b) Conviction of a class A or B felony. (c) Conviction of a class C, D or E felony within the immediately preceding 10 years. (d) Conviction of a gross misdemeanor within the immediately preceding 10 years. (e) Conviction of a misdemeanor within the immediately preceding 20 years for violation of any of the provisions of this chapter. (f) Falsification of the application. (g) Evidence of unfitness as described in NRS 482.3255 . (h) Failure of the applicant to provide any information deemed necessary by the Department to process the application. (i) Any reason determined by the Director to be in the best interests of the public.

5. Except where a dealer, lessor or rebuilder has multiple branches licensed under NRS 482.326 , a salesperson of vehicles shall not engage in any sales activity, or act in any other capacity as a salesperson as defined in this chapter, other than for the account of or for and in behalf of a single employer, at a specified place of business of that employer, who must be a licensed dealer, lessor or rebuilder.

6. If an application for a salesperson's license has been denied, the applicant may reapply not less than 6 months after the denial.

7. A salesperson's license must be posted in a conspicuous place on the premises of the dealer, lessor or rebuilder for whom the salesperson is licensed to sell vehicles.

8. If a licensed salesperson ceases to be employed by a licensed and bonded dealer, lessor or rebuilder, the license to act as a salesperson is automatically suspended and the right to act as a salesperson thereupon immediately ceases, and the person shall not engage in the activity of a salesperson until he or she has paid the Department a transfer fee of $20 and submitted a certificate of employment indicating he or she has been reemployed by a licensed and bonded dealer, lessor or rebuilder, and has thereafter presented a current temporary permit or a new salesperson's license to the employer.

9. If a licensed salesperson changes his or her residential address, the salesperson shall submit a written notice of the change to the Department within 10 days after the change occurs.

10. If a person who holds a temporary permit to act as a salesperson ceases to be employed by a licensed and bonded dealer, lessor or rebuilder, the permit to act as a salesperson is automatically suspended, the right to act as a salesperson thereupon immediately ceases and the person shall not engage in the activity of a salesperson until he or she has paid the Department a transfer fee of $20 and submitted a certificate of employment indicating he or she has been reemployed by a licensed and bonded dealer, lessor or rebuilder, and has thereafter presented a current temporary permit or a new salesperson's license to the employer.

11. A licensed dealer, lessor or rebuilder who employs a licensed salesperson shall notify the Department of the termination of his or her employment within 10 days following the date of termination by forwarding the salesperson's license to the Department.

12. Any person who fails to comply with the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor except as otherwise provided in NRS 482.555 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 484D.130 — NV Code / Title 43 / Chapter 484D / Section 484D.130
Turn signals
Status: in_force

1. Except as provided in subsection 6, every motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer and any vehicle which is being drawn at the end of a train of vehicles must be equipped with electric turn signal lamps, except that vehicles less than 80 inches in overall width not originally equipped with electric turn signal lamps and manufactured before July 1, 1969, are not required to be equipped with such lamps.

2. Such lamps must be located on the front and rear of any such vehicle or combination of vehicles and must indicate an intention to turn by flashing lights in the direction toward which the turn is to be made.

3. The lamps showing to the front must be mounted on the same level and as widely spaced laterally as practicable and, when signaling, must emit white or amber light, or any shade of light between white and amber.

4. The lamps showing to the rear must be mounted on the same level and as widely spaced laterally as practicable, and, when signaling, must emit red or amber light, or any shade of light between red and amber.

5. The lamps must be visible in normal sunlight from a distance of not less than 500 feet.

6. The provisions of this section do not apply to: (a) Mopeds; (b) Special mobile equipment, except when such equipment is being towed at the end of a train of vehicles; (c) Motorcycles propelled by a motor producing not more than 5 brake horsepower measured at the crankshaft and having a maximum speed not exceeding 30 miles per hour upon maximum acceleration from a standing start for 1 mile on a level surface; or (d) Towable tools or equipment.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 490.520 — NV Code / Title 43 / Chapter 490 / Section 490.520
Penalties for certain violations of chapter
Status: in_force

1. It is a gross misdemeanor for any person knowingly to falsify: (a) An off-highway vehicle dealer's report of sale, as described in NRS 490.440 ; or (b) An application or document to obtain any license, permit, certificate of title or registration issued under the provisions of this chapter.

2. It is a misdemeanor for any person to violate any of the provisions of NRS 490.200 to 490.450 , inclusive.

3. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 4 and 5, it is a civil infraction punishable pursuant to NRS 484A.703 to 484A.705 , inclusive, for any person to violate any of the provisions of this chapter unless the violation is by this section or other provision of this chapter or other law of this State declared to be a misdemeanor, gross misdemeanor or felony.

4. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 5, a person who violates a provision of this chapter relating to the registration or operation of an off-highway vehicle is guilty of a civil infraction punishable pursuant to NRS 484A.703 to 484A.705 , inclusive, and shall be punished by a civil penalty not to exceed $100.

5. Any person who registers a large all-terrain vehicle pursuant to NRS 490.0825 and who: (a) Operates or knowingly permits the operation of the vehicle without having insurance as required by NRS 490.0825 ; (b) Operates or knowingly permits the operation of the vehicle without having evidence of insurance of the vehicle in the possession of the operator of the vehicle; or (c) Fails or refuses to surrender, upon demand, to a peace officer or to an authorized representative of the Department the evidence of insurance, is guilty of a civil infraction punishable pursuant to NRS 484A.703 to 484A.705 , inclusive, and shall be punished by a civil penalty not to exceed $100.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 487.690 — NV Code / Title 43 / Chapter 487 / Section 487.690
Penalty
Status: in_force

Any person who violates any of the provisions of NRS 487.530 to 487.690 , inclusive, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 487.680 — NV Code / Title 43 / Chapter 487 / Section 487.680
Licensee to inform Department of changes concerning operation of body shop; books and records
Status: in_force

1. Any person licensed to operate a body shop shall inform the Department of the location of each place at which the person conducts business and the name under which the person does business at each location.

2. If a licensee does business at more than one location, the licensee shall designate one location as his or her principal place of business.

3. If a licensee changes the name or location of any of his or her established places of business, the licensee shall notify the Department of the change within 10 days after the change.

4. Every licensee shall keep his or her books and records at his or her principal place of business and shall permit any authorized agent of the Director to inspect them during usual business hours. The records must include the year, make, model and identification number of each motor vehicle which the body shop repairs, and the source of the parts purchased or otherwise acquired for the repair of each vehicle.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 484B.120 — NV Code / Title 43 / Chapter 484B / Section 484B.120
Driving on defiles, canyons or mountain highways
Status: in_force

The driver of a motor vehicle traveling through defiles or canyons or on mountain highways shall hold such motor vehicle under control and as near the right hand edge of the highway as reasonably possible.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 484B.200 — NV Code / Title 43 / Chapter 484B / Section 484B.200
Driving on right half of highway required; exceptions; additional penalty for violation committed in work zone or pedestrian safety zone
Status: in_force

1. Upon all highways of sufficient width a vehicle must be driven upon the right half of the highway, except as follows: (a) When overtaking and passing another vehicle proceeding in the same direction under the laws governing such movements; (b) When the right half of the highway is closed to traffic; (c) Upon a highway divided into three lanes for traffic under the laws applicable thereon; (d) Upon a highway designated and posted for one-way traffic; or (e) When the highway is not of sufficient width.

2. A person who violates any provision of this section may be subject to any additional penalty set forth in NRS 484B.130 or 484B.135 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 484D.720 — NV Code / Title 43 / Chapter 484D / Section 484D.720
Permit for movement of oversized manufactured or mobile home or similar structure: Waiver; additional requirements and conditions; designation of highways; regulations
Status: in_force

1. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the Department of Transportation may, upon application, if good cause appears, issue a special or multiple trip-limited time permit authorizing the applicant to move a manufactured or mobile home, or any other similar type of vehicle or structure, in excess of 120 inches in width but not exceeding 192 inches in width, including any appendages and roof eaves. Upon request of the applicant, the Department of Transportation may grant a waiver from the maximum width of 192 inches, subject to any conditions prescribed by the Department of Transportation.

2. The movement of a manufactured or mobile home, or a similar type of vehicle or structure, pursuant to subsection 1 is, in addition to the conditions and requirements of NRS 484D.715 , subject to the following requirements and conditions: (a) “Wide-load” signs and red flags must be on the front of the towing vehicle and on the rear of the home, vehicle or structure. (b) The towing vehicle must be a one-and-one-half-ton or larger truck or tractor equipped with dual wheels. (c) The applicant must present evidence satisfactory to the Department that the applicant is financially responsible and has complied or is able to comply with the equipment requirements. (d) As an additional warning to approaching traffic, the towing vehicle must be operated with the headlights turned on low beam. (e) The driver of the towing vehicle shall do everything possible to prevent the congestion or slowing down of traffic in either direction because of the overwidth home, vehicle or structure and shall, if necessary to maintain the normal flow of traffic, drive the towing vehicle and the home, vehicle or structure off the pavement where safe to do so, in order that traffic may pass. (f) When two or more homes, vehicles or structures in excess of 120 inches in width are moved over the same highway in the same direction, the drivers of the towing vehicles shall maintain a distance of at least 1,000 feet between vehicles.

3. The Department of Transportation shall: (a) Designate the highways over which manufactured or mobile homes, or other similar types of vehicles or structures, in excess of 120 inches in width may be moved, and may require a pilot car to precede or follow the load. (b) Prescribe, by regulation, standards for moving homes, vehicles or structures, in excess of 120 inches in width, including the times and days when such moving is permitted, and additional safety precautions to be taken.

4. The regulations adopted pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 3 may establish different standards that are applicable only to the moving of a manufactured or mobile home, or other similar types of vehicle or structure, that is in excess of 168 inches, excluding any appendages and roof eaves, but does not exceed 192 inches in width, including any appendages and roof eaves.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 487.100 — NV Code / Title 43 / Chapter 487 / Section 487.100
Wrecker to transmit certificates of title and registration of certain vehicles to state agency; exceptions
Status: in_force

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 2, 3 and 4, any automobile wrecker purchasing from any person other than a licensed operator of a salvage pool any vehicle subject to registration pursuant to the laws of this State shall forward to the Department the certificates of title and registration last issued therefor.

2. The certificate of title last issued for a mobile home or commercial coach must be sent by the wrecker to the Housing Division of the Department of Business and Industry.

3. An automobile wrecker is not required to provide the Department with the certificate of title and certificate of registration last issued for a motor vehicle that the automobile wrecker sells pursuant to NRS 487.103 .

4. An automobile wrecker is not required to: (a) Provide the Department with a certificate of title, salvage title or a nonrepairable vehicle certificate and certificate of registration last issued; or (b) Obtain from the Department a certificate of title, salvage title, nonrepairable vehicle certificate or certificate of registration, for a motor vehicle that is to be processed as parts or scrap metal by the automobile wrecker pursuant to NRS 487.105 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 490.370 — NV Code / Title 43 / Chapter 490 / Section 490.370
Duty to affix legible sign containing name of business; exceptions
Status: in_force

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, at each established place of business, the off-highway vehicle dealer, long-term or short-term lessor or manufacturer shall permanently affix a sign containing the name of the business in lettering of sufficient size to be clearly legible from the center of the nearest street or roadway, except that the lettering must be at least 8 inches high and formed by lines that are at least 1 inch wide.

2. Upon approval of the Director, and in accordance with all other city and county ordinances, an off-highway vehicle dealer or a long-term or short-term lessor may be exempted from the requirements of subsection 1 if: (a) The established place of business or branch location is located within the confines of another business; (b) The other place of business is the primary business at that location; and (c) The primary business is not licensed pursuant to any provision of this chapter.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 484D.320 — NV Code / Title 43 / Chapter 484D / Section 484D.320
Conspiracy
Status: in_force

It is unlawful for any person to conspire with any other person to violate NRS 484D.300 to 484D.345 , inclusive.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 482.347 — NV Code / Title 43 / Chapter 482 / Section 482.347
Dealers: Principal and branch places of business to be covered by vehicle dealer's bond; dealer to procure certain other separate bonds
Status: in_force

1. The vehicle dealer's bond required by NRS 482.345 must cover the dealer's principal place of business and all branches operated by the dealer, including, without limitation, any place of business operated in this State by the dealer that is located outside the county of the dealer's principal office or any place of business operated by the dealer under a different name.

2. In addition to the coverage provided by the vehicle dealer's bond pursuant to subsection 1, the dealer shall procure a separate bond for: (a) Each place of business operated in this State by the dealer that is located outside the county of the dealer's principal office; and (b) Each place of business operated by the dealer under a different name.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 484C.394 — NV Code / Title 43 / Chapter 484C / Section 484C.394
Court may assign offender to program; duties and powers of court; notices required to offender and Department of Motor Vehicles; eligibility for restricted driver’s license; regulations
Status: in_force

1. A court may, as a condition of pretrial release, a sentence, a suspension of sentence or probation, assign an offender who is arrested for or found guilty of, as applicable, a violation of NRS 484C.110 or 484C.120 that is punishable pursuant to paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of subsection 1 of NRS 484C.400 to the program established pursuant to NRS 484C.392 .

2. If the court assigns an offender to the program who is found guilty of a violation of NRS 484C.110 or 484C.120 that is punishable pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection 1 of NRS 484C.400 , the court: (a) Shall immediately sentence the offender in accordance with NRS 484C.400 and enter judgment accordingly. (b) Shall suspend the sentence of the offender upon the condition that the offender participate in the program for not less than 90 days. (c) Shall advise the offender that: (1) If the offender fails to participate in the program for the period determined by the court or fails to comply with the requirements of the program, the court will require the offender to serve the sentence imposed by the court. The sentence of imprisonment must be reduced by a time equal to that which the offender served before participating in the program. (2) If the offender participates in the program for the period determined by the court and complies with the requirements of the program, the sentencing conditions, including, without limitation, the mandatory period of imprisonment or community service, will be reduced, but the conviction must remain on the record of criminal history of the offender for the period prescribed by law. (3) The offender is eligible for a restricted driver's license pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 483.490 while participating in and complying with the requirements of the program. (d) May immediately revoke the suspension of sentence for a violation of a condition of suspension.

3. If the court assigns an offender to the program who is found guilty of a violation of NRS 484C.110 or 484C.120 that is punishable pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 1 of NRS 484C.400 , the court: (a) Shall immediately sentence the offender in accordance with NRS 484C.400 and enter judgment accordingly. (b) Shall suspend the sentence of the offender upon the condition that the offender participate in the program for not less than 1 year and require that the offender receive an assessment of whether the offender has an alcohol or other substance use disorder and any appropriate treatment. (c) Shall advise the offender that: (1) If the offender fails to participate in the program for the period determined by the court or fails to comply with the requirements of the program, the court will require the offender to serve the sentence imposed by the court. The sentence of imprisonment must be reduced by a time equal to that which the offender served before participating in the program. (2) Except as otherwise provided in subparagraph (2) of paragraph (c) of subsection 4, if the offender participates in the program for the period determined by the court and complies with the requirements of the program, the offender's sentence will be reduced, but the minimum mandatory term of imprisonment must not be less than 5 days, and the conviction must remain on the record of criminal history of the offender for the period prescribed by law. (3) The offender is eligible for a restricted driver's license pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 483.490 while participating in and complying with the requirements of the program. (d) Shall not defer the sentence, set aside the conviction or impose conditions upon participation in the program except as otherwise provided in this section. (e) May immediately revoke the suspension of sentence for a violation of a condition of the suspension.

4. If the court assigns an offender to the program who is found guilty of a violation of NRS 484C.110 or 484C.120 that is punishable pursuant to paragraph (c) of subsection 1 of NRS 484C.400 , the court: (a) Shall immediately, without entering a judgment of conviction and with the consent of the offender, suspend further proceedings and place the offender on probation. (b) Shall order the offender to participate in the program for not less than 18 months and require that the offender receive an assessment of whether the offender has an alcohol or other substance use disorder and any appropriate treatment. (c) Shall advise the offender that: (1) The court will enter a judgment of conviction for a violation of paragraph (c) of subsection 1 of NRS 484C.400 if the offender fails to participate in the program for the period determined by the court or fails to comply with the requirements of the program. Any sentence of imprisonment may be reduced by a time equal to that which the offender served before participating in the program. (2) If the offender participates in the program for the period determined by the court and complies with the requirements of the program, the court will enter a judgment of conviction for a violation of paragraph (b) of subsection 1 of NRS 484C.400 and sentence the offender accordingly, but the minimum mandatory term of imprisonment must not be less than 10 days, and the conviction must remain on the record of criminal history of the offender for the period prescribed by law. (3) The provisions of NRS 483.460 requiring the revocation of the license, permit or privilege of the offender to drive do not apply and the offender is eligible for a restricted driver's license pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 483.490 while participating in and complying with the requirements of the program. (d) Shall not defer the sentence or set aside the conviction upon participation in the program, except as otherwise provided in this section. (e) May enter a judgment of conviction and proceed as provided in paragraph (c) of subsection 1 of NRS 484C.400 for a violation of a condition ordered by the court.

5. If the court assigns an offender to the program as a condition of pretrial release after his or her arrest for a violation of NRS 484C.110 or 484C.120 that is punishable pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection 1 of NRS 484C.400 , the court shall advise the offender that: (a) If the offender fails to participate in the program, the court may remand the offender to custody and require bond or other conditions. (b) The offender is eligible for a restricted driver's license pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 483.490 while participating in and complying with the requirements of the program.

6. If a court assigns a person to the program pursuant to this section, the court shall notify the Department of Motor Vehicles that as a participant in the program, the person is eligible for a restricted driver's license pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 483.490 . If the person fails to comply with the requirements of the program, the court may notify the Department of Motor Vehicles of the person's noncompliance and direct the Department of Motor Vehicles to revoke the restricted license.

7. The Department of Motor Vehicles may adopt any regulations necessary to provide for the issuance of a restricted driver's license to a person assigned to the program.

8. As used in this section, “ imprisonment ” means confinement in jail or an inpatient rehabilitation or treatment center or other facility or under house arrest with electronic monitoring, provided the person under confinement or house arrest is in fact being detained.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 487.830 — NV Code / Title 43 / Chapter 487 / Section 487.830
Transfer of interest in motor vehicle: Transferor to disclose in writing information as to status of vehicle as salvage, rebuilt or reconstructed; additional duties of transferor; criminal penalty
Status: in_force

1. Any person who transfers an interest in a motor vehicle in this State shall, before the transfer, disclose in writing to the transferee any information that the transferor knows or reasonably should know concerning whether the vehicle is a salvage vehicle, a rebuilt vehicle or a reconstructed vehicle, as that term is defined in NRS 482.100 .

2. If the transferor is subject to any of the provisions of NRS 482.423 to 482.4245 , inclusive, the transferor shall: (a) Make the disclosure required by subsection 1 before executing a contract of sale or a long-term lease; (b) Provide a copy of the disclosure to the transferee; and (c) Retain the written disclosure in his or her records for the period specified in NRS 482.3263 .

3. A person who violates subsection 1 is guilty of obtaining property by false pretenses as provided in NRS 205.380 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 483.3485 — NV Code / Title 43 / Chapter 483 / Section 483.3485
Program for imprinting symbol indicating medical condition on license: Establishment; regulations; single symbol; eligibility; records of medical condition; provision of information about program; donations
Status: in_force

1. The Department may adopt regulations establishing a program for the imprinting of a symbol indicating a medical condition on a driver's license issued by the Department.

2. If the Department establishes a program pursuant to subsection 1: (a) Except as otherwise provided in this title, the Department shall adopt a single symbol for imprinting on a driver's license to indicate a medical condition and shall not adopt individualized symbols for different medical conditions. (b) The regulations adopted by the Department must provide that a person is eligible to have the symbol indicating a medical condition imprinted on his or her driver's license if the person is: (1) On anticoagulants; or (2) A person with: (I) Diabetes; (II) Epilepsy; (III) Blindness and low vision; (IV) Deafness; (V) Coronary atherosclerosis; (VI) Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; (VII) A food allergy; (VIII) Malignant hyperthermia; (IX) Sickle cell disease; (X) Systemic lupus erythematosus; (XI) Heart disease; (XII) Hemophilia; (XIII) Schizophrenia; (XIV) Depression; or (XV) A mental illness. (c) The Department shall maintain a record of the medical condition for which the symbol indicating a medical condition was imprinted on the driver's license of an eligible person. The record must be maintained in the same location and manner as all other records relating to the driver's license of the person, including, without limitation, the records relating to the driver's license of the person that are made available to law enforcement agencies. If the Department maintains such information in the form of a code, the code used must conform with the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification, or the most current revision, adopted by the National Center for Health Statistics and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. (d) The Department shall maintain on the Internet website of the Department information about the program established pursuant to subsection 1, including, without limitation, the manner in which a person may obtain a driver's license which has been imprinted with a symbol indicating a medical condition. (e) The regulations adopted by the Department may provide that a person is eligible to have the symbol indicating a medical condition imprinted on his or her driver's license to indicate such other medical conditions not listed in paragraph (b) as the Department deems appropriate. The Department shall provide a means for members of the public to suggest additional medical conditions for inclusion in the regulations adopted by the Department.

3. The Department may apply for and accept any gift, grant, appropriation or other donation to assist in carrying out a program established pursuant to the provisions of this section.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 486.161 — NV Code / Title 43 / Chapter 486 / Section 486.161
Expiration and renewal of license; regulations
Status: in_force

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1. Every motorcycle driver's license expires as prescribed by regulation.

2. The Department shall adopt regulations prescribing when a motorcycle driver's license expires.

3. Every license is renewable at any time before its expiration upon application, submission of the statement required pursuant to NRS 486.084 and payment of the required fee. Every motorcycle endorsement to a driver's license issued on or after January 1, 1972, expires simultaneously with the expiration of the driver's license.

4. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 1 of NRS 483.384 , each applicant for renewal must appear before an examiner for a driver's license and successfully pass a test of the applicant's eyesight.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 483.745 — NV Code / Title 43 / Chapter 483 / Section 483.745
Inspection of vehicles: Frequency; results to be provided to Department within certain period; Department to adopt certain regulations; results thereof to be maintained for certain period
Status: in_force

1. A school for training drivers or a third-party certifier provided for by regulation shall ensure that each vehicle used for training drivers and operated on a highway is inspected within 30 days after initial use by the school for training drivers and inspected annually thereafter.

2. The school for training drivers or the third-party certifier shall provide to the Department, within 30 days of the inspection or by December 31 of each calendar year, whichever comes first, the results of the inspection regarding the safety and road worthiness of the vehicles inspected pursuant to subsection 1.

3. The Department shall adopt regulations setting forth: (a) The persons qualified to conduct the inspection; and (b) The standards with which the inspection must comply.

4. The owner of the school for training drivers or the third-party certifier shall maintain a copy of the results of the inspection at his or her principal place of business for 3 years after the inspection is completed.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 484D.150 — NV Code / Title 43 / Chapter 484D / Section 484D.150
Mounting of reflectors, clearance lamps and side marker lamps
Status: in_force

1. Reflectors required in NRS 484D.145 shall be mounted at a height not less than 15 inches and not higher than 60 inches above the ground on which the vehicle stands, except that if the highest part of the permanent structure of the vehicle is less than 15 inches the reflector at such point shall be mounted as high as that part of the permanent structure will permit.

2. Any required red reflector on the rear of such vehicle may be incorporated with the tail lamp, but such reflector shall meet all the other reflector requirements of this chapter.

3. Except as provided in subsections 4 and 5, clearance lamps shall be mounted on the permanent structure of the vehicle in such a manner as to indicate its extreme width and as near the top thereof as practicable. Clearance lamps and side marker lamps may be mounted in combination provided illumination is given as required in this chapter with reference to both.

4. When rear identification lamps are mounted at the extreme height of the vehicle, rear clearance lamps may be mounted at optional height.

5. When mounting of front clearance lamps at the highest point of a trailer results in such lamps failing to mark the extreme width of a trailer, such lamps shall be mounted at a height to indicate the extreme width of the trailer.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 487.475 — NV Code / Title 43 / Chapter 487 / Section 487.475
Card authorizing dealer of new or used motor vehicles or rebuilder to bid for purchase of vehicle: Contents; quantity; issuance to salesperson under certain circumstances; fee; expiration; disposition of fees
Status: in_force

1. A card authorizing a dealer of new or used motor vehicles or a rebuilder to bid to purchase a vehicle from an operator of a salvage pool must contain the dealer's or rebuilder's: (a) Name and signature; (b) Business name; (c) Business address; (d) Business license number issued by the Department; and (e) Picture.

2. A dealer or rebuilder may obtain one or two cards for his or her business. If a dealer obtains two cards for his or her business, one of the cards may be issued to a salesperson who is an employee of the dealer and who is: (a) Licensed pursuant to NRS 482.362 ; and (b) Acting as an agent for the dealer in the purchase of a vehicle from an operator of a salvage pool.

3. The Department shall charge a fee of $50 for each card issued.

4. A card issued pursuant to this section expires on December 31 of the year in which it was issued. The dealer or rebuilder must submit to the Department an application for renewal accompanied by a renewal fee of $25 for each card. The application must be made on a form provided by the Department and contain such information as the Department requires.

5. Fees collected by the Department pursuant to this section must be deposited with the State Treasurer for credit to the Motor Vehicle Fund.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 482.3155 — NV Code / Title 43 / Chapter 482 / Section 482.3155
Waiver of damages: Required provisions; limitation is void; exception
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided in NRS 482.31555 :

1. Every waiver of damages must provide that the short-term lessee of a passenger car has no liability for any damage, loss or loss of use, or any cost incident thereto.

2. Every limitation, exception or exclusion to any waiver of damages is void and unenforceable.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 484B.763 — NV Code / Title 43 / Chapter 484B / Section 484B.763
Application of traffic laws to person riding bicycle, electric bicycle or electric scooter
Status: in_force

Every person riding a bicycle, an electric bicycle or an electric scooter upon a roadway has all of the rights and is subject to all of the duties applicable to the driver of a vehicle except as otherwise provided in NRS 484B.767 to 484B.790 , inclusive, and except as to those provisions of chapters 484A to 484E, inclusive, of NRS which by their nature can have no application.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 482C.340 — NV Code / Title 43 / Chapter 482C / Section 482C.340
Safety recalls: Program to verify shared vehicle not subject to recall; program to notify vehicle owner of duties regarding safety recalls; duties of shared vehicle owner
Status: in_force

1. At the time a motor vehicle owner registers as a shared vehicle owner through a peer-to-peer car sharing program and before being permitted to make a shared vehicle available for car sharing through the peer-to-peer car sharing program, the peer-to-peer car sharing program shall: (a) Verify that the shared vehicle is not subject to any safety recalls on the vehicle for which the repairs have not been made; and (b) Notify the shared vehicle owner of the requirements of subsections 2, 3 and 4.

2. If a shared vehicle owner has received an actual notice of a safety recall on the vehicle, the shared vehicle owner may not make the vehicle available as a shared vehicle on a peer-to-peer car sharing program until the safety recall repair has been made.

3. If a shared vehicle owner receives an actual notice of a safety recall on a shared vehicle while the shared vehicle is made available through a peer-to-peer car sharing program, the shared vehicle owner shall remove the shared vehicle from being made available through the peer-to-peer car sharing program as soon as possible after receiving the notice of the safety recall and until the safety recall repair has been made.

4. If a shared vehicle owner receives an actual notice of a safety recall on a shared vehicle while the shared vehicle is in the possession of a shared vehicle driver, the shared vehicle owner shall notify the peer-to-peer car sharing program as soon as possible after receiving the notice of the safety recall so that the shared vehicle owner may address the safety recall repair.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 485.250 — NV Code / Title 43 / Chapter 485 / Section 485.250
Authority of Department to reduce amount of security
Status: in_force

The Department may reduce the amount of security ordered in any case within 6 months after the date of the crash if, in its judgment, the amount ordered is excessive. In case the security originally ordered has been deposited, the excess deposited over the reduced amount ordered must be returned to the depositor or his or her personal representative forthwith, notwithstanding the provisions of NRS 485.270 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 483.300 — NV Code / Title 43 / Chapter 483 / Section 483.300
Signing and verification of application of minor by responsible person; liability
Status: in_force

1. The application of any person under the age of 18 years for an instruction permit or driver's license must be signed and verified, before a person authorized to administer oaths: (a) By the applicant's parent who has custody of the applicant or by either parent if both have custody of the applicant; (b) If neither parent has custody of the applicant or if neither parent is living, by the person who has custody of the applicant, including an officer or employee of the State or a county if the minor is in the legal custody of the State or county; (c) If neither parent has custody of the applicant or if neither is living and the applicant has no custodian, by the applicant's employer; or (d) If neither parent has custody of the applicant or if neither is living and the applicant has no custodian or employer, by any responsible person who is willing to assume the obligation imposed under NRS 483.010 to 483.630 , inclusive, upon a person signing the application of a minor.

2. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 41.0325 , any negligence or willful misconduct of a minor under the age of 18 years when driving a motor vehicle upon a highway is imputed to the person who has signed the application of the minor for a permit or license and that person is jointly and severally liable with the minor for any damages caused by such negligence or willful misconduct.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 483.790 — NV Code / Title 43 / Chapter 483 / Section 483.790
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in NRS 483.800 :

1. “Person who is blind” means any person whose visual acuity with correcting lenses does not exceed 20/200 in the better eye, or whose vision in the better eye is restricted to a field which subtends an angle of not greater than 20°.

2. “Person who is night-blind” means a person afflicted with nyctalopia.

3. “Person who is severely visually impaired” means any person whose visual acuity with correcting lenses does not exceed 20/70 in the better eye, or whose vision in the better eye is restricted to a field which subtends an angle of not greater than 30°, or whose vision is impaired to such an extent that it materially limits, contributes to limiting or, if not corrected, will probably result in limiting the individual's activities of functioning.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 488.600 — NV Code / Title 43 / Chapter 488 / Section 488.600
Unlawful operation of vessel: Reduced speed required in certain areas
Status: in_force

Every owner, operator or person in command of any vessel is guilty of a misdemeanor who operates it or permits it to be operated at a speed in excess of 5 nautical miles per hour in any of the following areas:

1. Within 100 feet of any person who is engaged in the act of bathing, wading, diving, floating or swimming.

2. Within 200 feet of any: (a) Beach frequented by persons who engage in the acts of bathing, wading, diving, floating or swimming. (b) Swimming float, diving platform or lifeline. (c) Way or landing float to which vessels are made fast or which is used for the embarkation or discharge of passengers.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 482.368 — NV Code / Title 43 / Chapter 482 / Section 482.368
Distinguishing plates for exempt vehicles: Issuance and renewal; fees; confidentiality; unlawful use of vehicle; interstate agreements; application; regulations
Status: in_force

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the Department shall provide suitable distinguishing license plates for exempt vehicles. These plates must be displayed on the vehicles in the same manner as provided for privately owned vehicles. The fee for the issuance of the plates is $5. Any license plates authorized by this section must be immediately returned to the Department when the vehicle for which they were issued ceases to be used exclusively for the purpose for which it was exempted from the governmental services tax.

2. License plates furnished for: (a) Those vehicles which are maintained for and used by the Governor or under the authority and direction of the Chief Parole and Probation Officer, the State Contractors' Board and auditors, the State Fire Marshal, the Investigation Division of the Department of Public Safety and any authorized federal law enforcement agency or law enforcement agency from another state; (b) One vehicle used by the Department of Corrections, three vehicles used by the Department of Wildlife, two vehicles used by the Caliente Youth Center and four vehicles used by the Nevada Youth Training Center; (c) Vehicles of a city, county or the State, if authorized by the Department for the purposes of law enforcement or work related thereto; (d) Two vehicles used by the office of the county coroner of any county which has created that office pursuant to NRS 244.163 ; and (e) Vehicles maintained for and used for investigations and undercover investigations by investigators of the following: (1) The Nevada Gaming Control Board; (2) The State Department of Agriculture; (3) The Attorney General; (4) City or county juvenile officers; (5) District attorneys' offices; (6) Public administrators' offices; (7) Public guardians' offices; (8) Sheriffs' offices; (9) Police departments in the State; (10) The Securities Division of the Office of the Secretary of State; (11) The Investigation Division of the Department of Public Safety; and (12) Any authorized federal law enforcement agency or law enforcement agency from another state, must not bear any distinguishing mark which would serve to identify the vehicles as owned by the United States, the State of Nevada, any other state or any county or city. The fee to be received by the Department for the initial issuance of these license plates is $12 per plate or, if issued in sets, per set. Such license plates are renewable annually upon the payment of $12.

3. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 239.0115 , information pertaining to the issuance or renewal of a license plate pursuant to paragraph (e) of subsection 2 is confidential and must be securely maintained by the Department.

4. It is unlawful for a person to use a vehicle furnished with a license plate pursuant to paragraph (e) of subsection 2 for any purpose other than the investigation or undercover investigation for which it was issued. Any license plate issued pursuant to paragraph (e) of subsection 2 must be returned immediately to the Department when the vehicle for which the license plate was issued ceases to be used for the investigation or undercover investigation for which it was issued.

5. The Director may enter into agreements with departments of motor vehicles of other states providing for exchanges of license plates of regular series for vehicles maintained for and used by investigators of the law enforcement agencies enumerated in paragraph (e) of subsection 2, subject to all of the requirements imposed by that paragraph, except that the fee required by that paragraph must not be charged.

6. Applications for the license plates must be made through the head of the agency, division, department, board, bureau, commission, school district or irrigation district, or through the chair of the board of county commissioners of the county or town or through the mayor of the city, owning or controlling the vehicles. No plate or plates may be issued until: (a) A certificate has been filed with the Department showing that the name of the agency, division, department, board, bureau, commission, county, city, town, school district or irrigation district, as the case may be; and (b) The words “For Official Use Only” have been permanently and legibly affixed to each side of the vehicle, except those vehicles enumerated in subsection 2.

7. The Department shall adopt regulations governing the use of all license plates provided for in this section. Upon a finding by the Department of any violation of its regulations, it may revoke the violator's privilege of registering vehicles pursuant to this section.

8. As used in this section: (a) “ Exempt vehicle ” means a vehicle exempt from the governmental services tax. (b) “ Undercover investigation ” means an investigation that requires the use of a fictitious vehicle registration and license plate.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 482.456 — NV Code / Title 43 / Chapter 482 / Section 482.456
Penalties related to operation of motor vehicle for which registration is suspended or failure to return certificate of registration or license plates; service of term of imprisonment; consecutive sentences
Status: in_force

1. A person who has had the registration of a motor vehicle suspended pursuant to NRS 482.451 and who drives the motor vehicle for which the registration has been suspended on a highway is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be: (a) Punished by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than 30 days nor more than 6 months; or (b) Sentenced to a term of not less than 60 days nor more than 6 months in residential confinement, and by a fine of not less than $500 and not more than $1,000. The provisions of this subsection do not apply if the period of suspension has expired but the person has not reinstated the registration.

2. A person who has had the registration of a motor vehicle suspended pursuant to NRS 482.451 and who knowingly allows the motor vehicle for which the registration has been suspended to be operated by another person upon a highway is guilty of a misdemeanor.

3. A person who willfully fails to return a certificate of registration or the license plates as required pursuant to NRS 482.451 is guilty of a misdemeanor.

4. A term of imprisonment imposed pursuant to the provisions of this section may be served intermittently at the discretion of the judge or justice of the peace, except that the full term of imprisonment must be served within 6 months after the date of conviction, and any segment of time the person is imprisoned must not consist of less than 24 hours. This discretion must be exercised after considering all the circumstances surrounding the offense, and the family and employment of the person convicted.

5. Jail sentences simultaneously imposed pursuant to this section and NRS 484C.320 , 484C.330 , 484C.400 , 484C.410 or 484C.420 must run consecutively.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 486.101 — NV Code / Title 43 / Chapter 486 / Section 486.101
Application of minors
Status: in_force

1. The application of any person under the age of 18 years for a motorcycle driver's license must be signed and verified, before a person authorized to administer oaths, by either or both parents of the applicant, if either or both are living and have custody of the applicant, or if neither parent is living, then by the guardian having custody, or by an employer of the minor, or if there is no guardian or employer, then by any responsible person who is willing to assume the obligation imposed pursuant to NRS 486.011 to 486.381 , inclusive, upon a person signing the application of a minor.

2. Any negligence or willful misconduct of a minor under the age of 18 years when driving a motorcycle upon a highway is imputed to the person who signed the application of the minor for a license. That person is jointly and severally liable with the minor for any damages caused by negligence or willful misconduct.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 488.530 — NV Code / Title 43 / Chapter 488 / Section 488.530
Unlawful acts; inspections; authority of peace officers
Status: in_force

1. It is unlawful for any person at any time to: (a) Launch a vessel into any body of water in this State for which the Department has approved an inspection program without first complying with that program; (b) Refuse to comply with any requirements of the Department or any requirements of an inspection program approved by the Department; or (c) Leave an impaired body of water in this State or any other state after operating a vessel on that impaired body of water and launch the vessel on any other body of water in this State without first decontaminating the vessel and any conveyance used on the impaired body of water.

2. In addition to any inspection conducted pursuant to NRS 488.900 , each owner, operator or person in control of a vessel or conveyance shall stop at any mandatory inspection station for aquatic invasive species authorized by the Department. If a peace officer reasonably believes, based on articulable facts, that an aquatic invasive species or aquatic plant material may be present on the vessel or conveyance, the peace officer may: (a) Require the owner, operator or person in control of the vessel or conveyance to decontaminate the vessel or conveyance; or (b) In addition to any seizure required pursuant to NRS 488.910 , impound or quarantine the vessel or conveyance.

3. A peace officer may stop and inspect a vessel or conveyance for the presence of aquatic invasive species or aquatic plant material, or for proof of a required inspection: (a) Before a vessel is launched into a body of water in this State; (b) Before a vessel or conveyance departs from a body of water in this State, a launch ramp or a vessel staging area; (c) If the vessel or conveyance is visibly transporting any aquatic invasive species or aquatic plant material; or (d) If the peace officer reasonably believes, based on articulable facts, that an aquatic invasive species or aquatic plant material is present.

4. If a peace officer conducts an inspection of a vessel or conveyance pursuant to this section and determines that an aquatic invasive species or aquatic plant material is present on the vessel or conveyance, the peace officer may order the vessel or conveyance to be decontaminated.

5. A peace officer may impound or quarantine a vessel if: (a) An inspection conducted pursuant to this section indicates the presence of an aquatic invasive species or aquatic plant material on the vessel or conveyance; or (b) The owner, operator or person in control of the vessel or conveyance refuses to: (1) Submit to an inspection authorized pursuant to this section; or (2) Comply with an order issued pursuant to this section to decontaminate his or her vessel or conveyance.

6. As used in this section, “ impaired body of water ” means any body of water in this State or any other state which the Commission or another governmental entity has identified as containing an aquatic invasive species.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 480.902 — NV Code / Title 43 / Chapter 480 / Section 480.902
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in NRS 480.900 to 480.950 , inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 480.904 to 480.912 , inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 482.020 — NV Code / Title 43 / Chapter 482 / Section 482.020
“Dealer” and “vehicle dealer” defined
Status: in_force

1. “ Dealer ” or “ vehicle dealer ” means any person who: (a) For compensation, money or other thing of value sells, exchanges, buys, offers or displays for sale, negotiates or attempts to negotiate a sale or exchange of an interest in a vehicle subject to registration under this chapter or induces or attempts to induce any person to buy or exchange an interest in a vehicle; (b) Represents that he or she has the ability to sell, exchange, buy or negotiate the sale or exchange of an interest in a vehicle subject to registration under this chapter or in any other state or territory of the United States; (c) Receives or expects to receive a commission, money, brokerage fee, profit or any other thing of value from the seller or purchaser of a vehicle; or (d) Is engaged wholly or in part in the business of selling vehicles or buying or taking in trade vehicles for the purpose of resale, selling or offering for sale or consignment to be sold or otherwise dealing in vehicles, whether or not he or she owns the vehicles.

2. “Dealer” or “vehicle dealer” does not include: (a) An insurance company, bank, finance company, government agency or any other person coming into possession of a vehicle, acquiring a contractual right to a vehicle or incurring an obligation with respect to a vehicle in the performance of official duties or under the authority of any court of law, if the sale of the vehicle is for the purpose of saving the seller from loss or pursuant to the authority of a court of competent jurisdiction; (b) A person, other than a long-term or short-term lessor, who is not engaged in the purchase or sale of vehicles as a business, but is disposing of vehicles acquired by the owner for his or her use and not for the purpose of avoiding the provisions of this chapter, or a person who sells not more than three personally owned vehicles in any 12-month period; (c) Persons regularly employed as salespersons by dealers, licensed under this chapter, while those persons are acting within the scope of their employment; (d) Persons who are incidentally engaged in the business of soliciting orders for the sale and delivery of vehicles outside the territorial limits of the United States if their sales of such vehicles produce less than 5 percent of their total gross revenue; or (e) Persons who sell kit trailers but no other vehicle defined by this chapter.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 489.321 — NV Code / Title 43 / Chapter 489 / Section 489.321
License to engage in business of manufacturer, dealer, distributor, general serviceperson or specialty serviceperson: Application; issuance; provisional license; expiration and renewal
Status: in_force

<See notes for changes to this section effective under certain conditions.>

1. An application for a manufacturer's, dealer's, distributor's, general serviceperson's or specialty serviceperson's license must be filed upon forms supplied by the Division and include the social security number of the applicant. The applicant must furnish: (a) Any proof the Division may deem necessary that the applicant is a manufacturer, dealer, distributor, general serviceperson or specialty serviceperson. (b) Any proof the Division may require that the applicant has an established place of business. (c) Any proof the Division may require of the applicant's good character and reputation and fitness to engage in the activities for which the license is sought. (d) A complete set of the applicant’s fingerprints and written permission authorizing the Administrator to forward those fingerprints to the Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History for submission to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for its report. The Administrator may exchange with the Central Repository and the Federal Bureau of Investigation any information relating to the fingerprints of an applicant under this section. (e) In the case of a dealer in new manufactured homes, an instrument in the form prescribed by the Division executed by or on behalf of the manufacturer certifying that the applicant is an authorized franchise dealer for the make or makes concerned. (f) A reasonable fee fixed by regulation. (g) In the case of a dealer, distributor or general serviceperson, proof of passing the examination required under subsection 1 of NRS 489.351 . (h) In the case of a specialty serviceperson, proof of passing the examination required under subsection 1 of NRS 489.351 or proof that the examination has been waived pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 489.351 . (i) Any additional requirements the Division may from time to time prescribe by regulation.

2. Within 60 days after the receipt of a complete application, the Division shall issue or deny the license.

3. The Administrator may issue a provisional license pending receipt of the report from the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Upon receipt of the report and a determination by the Administrator that the applicant is qualified, the Division shall issue to the applicant a dealer's, manufacturer's, distributor's, general serviceperson's or specialty serviceperson's license containing the applicant's name and the address of the applicant’s fixed place of business.

4. Each license is valid for a period of 2 years after the date of issuance and may be renewed for like consecutive periods upon application to and approval by the Division.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 483.010 — NV Code / Title 43 / Chapter 483 / Section 483.010
Short title
Status: in_force

The provisions of NRS 483.010 to 483.630 , inclusive, may be cited as the Uniform Motor Vehicle Drivers' License Act.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 483.924 — NV Code / Title 43 / Chapter 483 / Section 483.924
Restrictions on driving commercial motor vehicle on highways of Nevada
Status: in_force

A person shall not drive a commercial motor vehicle on the highways of this State:

1. Unless the person has been issued and has in his or her immediate possession a: (a) Commercial driver's license with applicable endorsements valid for the vehicle the person is driving issued by this State or by any other jurisdiction in accordance with the minimum federal standards for the issuance of a commercial driver's license; or (b) Valid learner's permit for the operation of a commercial motor vehicle and is accompanied by the holder of a commercial driver's license valid for the vehicle being driven.

2. At any time while the person's driving privilege is suspended, revoked or cancelled, or while subject to a disqualification, including, without limitation, a disqualification for any conduct described in 49 C.F.R. § 383.51 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 487.563 — NV Code / Title 43 / Chapter 487 / Section 487.563
Registration for authorization to operate garage: Filing of bond or deposit of money or securities in lieu of bond; disbursal or release of deposit under certain circumstances; revocation of or refusal to renew certificate for failure to perform certain acts; reinstatement of certificate
Status: in_force

1. Each person who submits an application for registration pursuant to the provisions of NRS 487.560 shall file with the Department a bond in the amount of $5,000, with a corporate surety for the bond that is licensed to do business in this State. The form of the bond must be approved by the Attorney General and be conditioned upon whether the applicant conducts business as an owner or operator of a garage without fraud or fraudulent representation and in compliance with the provisions of NRS 487.530 to 487.690 , inclusive.

2. The bond must be continuous in form and the total aggregate liability on the bond must be limited to the payment of the total amount of the bond.

3. The bond must provide that any person injured by the action of the garage operator may: (a) Apply to the Director for compensation from the bond. The Director, for good cause shown and after notice and opportunity for hearing, may determine the amount of compensation and the person to whom it is to be paid. The surety shall then make payment. (b) Present to the Director an order of a court requiring the Director to pay to the person an amount of compensation from the bond. The Director shall inform the surety, and the surety shall then make payment.

4. In lieu of a bond required to be filed pursuant to the provisions of subsection 1, a person may deposit with the Department, pursuant to the terms prescribed by the Department: (a) A like amount of lawful money of the United States; or (b) A savings certificate of a bank, savings and loan association or savings bank located in this State, which must indicate an account of an amount equal to the amount of the bond that would otherwise be required pursuant to this section and that the amount is unavailable for withdrawal except upon order of the Department. Interest earned on the certificate accrues to the account of the applicant.

5. A deposit made pursuant to subsection 4 may be disbursed by the Director, for good cause shown and after notice and opportunity for hearing, in an amount determined by the Director to compensate a person injured by an action of the garage operator or released upon receipt of: (a) An order of a court requiring the Director to release all or a specified portion of the deposit; or (b) A statement signed by the person under whose name the deposit is made and acknowledged before any person authorized to take acknowledgments in this State, requesting that the Director release the deposit, or a specified portion thereof, and stating the purpose for which the release is requested.

6. If a person fails to comply with an order of a court that relates to the repair of a motor vehicle, or fails to pay or otherwise discharge any final judgment rendered and entered against the person or any court order issued and arising out of the repair of a motor vehicle in the operation of a garage, the Department shall revoke or refuse to renew the certificate of registration of the person who failed to comply with the order or satisfy the judgment.

7. The Department may reinstate or renew a certificate of registration that is revoked pursuant to the provisions of subsection 6 if the person whose certificate of registration is revoked complies with the order of the court.

8. A garage operator whose registration has been revoked pursuant to the provisions of subsection 6 shall furnish to the Department a bond in the amount specified in subsection 1 before the reinstatement of his or her registration.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 487.820 — NV Code / Title 43 / Chapter 487 / Section 487.820
Salvage title: Procedure for acceptance of application if applicant unable to furnish certificates of title and registration; exception; prohibition on issuance of duplicate certificates of title or registration; procedure for obtaining salvage title upon filing of bond; requirements for bond
Status: in_force

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, 10 or 11 of NRS 487.800 , if the applicant for a salvage title is unable to furnish the certificates of title and registration last issued for the vehicle, the state agency may accept the application, examine the circumstances of the case and require the filing of suitable affidavits or other information or documents. If satisfied that the applicant is entitled to a salvage title, the state agency may issue the salvage title.

2. No duplicate certificate of title or registration may be issued when a salvage title is applied for, and no fees are required for the affidavits of any stolen, lost or damaged certificate, or duplicates thereof, unless the vehicle is subsequently registered.

3. If an applicant is unable to satisfy the state agency that the applicant is entitled to a salvage title pursuant to subsection 1, the applicant may obtain a salvage title from the state agency by: (a) Filing a bond with the state agency that meets the requirements of subsection 5; (b) Allowing the state agency to inspect the vehicle to verify the vehicle identification number and the identification numbers, if any, for parts used to repair the vehicle; and (c) Authorizing the state agency to conduct a search through any national crime information system, including, without limitation, the: (1) National Crime Information Center, as defined in NRS 179A.061 ; and (2) National Motor Vehicle Title Information System of the United States Department of Justice.

4. Any person damaged by the issuance of the salvage title pursuant to subsection 3 has a right of action to recover on the bond for any breach of its conditions, except the aggregate liability of the surety to all persons must not exceed the amount of the bond. The state agency shall return the bond, and any deposit accompanying it, 3 years after the bond was filed with the state agency, except that the state agency must not return the bond if the state agency has been notified of the pendency of an action to recover on the bond.

5. The bond required pursuant to subsection 3 must be: (a) In a form prescribed by the state agency; (b) Executed by the applicant as principal and by a corporation qualified under the laws of this State as surety; (c) In an amount equal to 25 percent of the value of the vehicle, as determined by the state agency; and (d) Conditioned to indemnify any: (1) Prior owner or lienholder of the vehicle, and his or her successors in interest; (2) Subsequent purchaser of the vehicle, and his or her successors in interest; or (3) Person acquiring a security interest in the vehicle, and his or her successors in interest, against any expense, loss or damage because of the issuance of the salvage title or because of any defect in or undisclosed security interest in the applicant's right or title to the vehicle or the applicant's interest in the vehicle.

6. A right of action does not exist in favor of any person by reason of any action or failure to act on the part of the state agency or any officer or employee thereof in carrying out the provisions of subsections 3, 4 and 5, or in giving or failing to give any information concerning the legal ownership of a vehicle or the existence of a salvage title obtained pursuant to subsection 3.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 482.120 — NV Code / Title 43 / Chapter 482 / Section 482.120
“Specially constructed vehicle” defined
Status: in_force

“Specially constructed vehicle” means any vehicle which shall not have been originally constructed under a distinctive name, make, model or type by a generally recognized manufacturer of vehicles.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 484B.617 — NV Code / Title 43 / Chapter 484B / Section 484B.617
Certain violations of speed limit in rural areas: Penalties; violation not recorded on driver’s record and not deemed moving traffic violation
Status: in_force

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 3 and 4, a person driving a motor vehicle during the hours of daylight at a speed in excess of the speed limit posted by a public authority for the portion of highway being traversed shall be punished by a civil penalty of $25 if: (a) The posted speed limit is 60 miles per hour and the person is not exceeding a speed of 70 miles per hour. (b) The posted speed limit is 65 miles per hour and the person is not exceeding a speed of 75 miles per hour. (c) The posted speed limit is 70 miles per hour and the person is not exceeding a speed of 75 miles per hour. (d) The posted speed limit is 75 miles per hour and the person is not exceeding a speed of 80 miles per hour. (e) The posted speed limit is 80 miles per hour and the person is not exceeding a speed of 85 miles per hour.

2. A violation of the speed limit under any of the circumstances set forth in subsection 1 must not be recorded by the Department on a driver's record and shall not be deemed a moving traffic violation.

3. A person who commits a violation of any provision of this section that causes physical injury to a person or damage to property shall be punished by a civil penalty of not more than $1,000.

4. The provisions of this section do not apply to a violation specified in subsection 1 that occurs in a county whose population is 100,000 or more if the portion of highway being traversed is in: (a) An urban area; or (b) An area which is adjacent to an urban area and which has been designated by the public authority that established the posted speed limit for the portion of highway being traversed as an area that requires strict observance of the posted speed limit to protect public health and safety.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 487.103 — NV Code / Title 43 / Chapter 487 / Section 487.103
Sale of acquired vehicle with minor damage
Status: in_force

1. A person who is licensed as an automobile wrecker may, after acquiring a vehicle that possesses minor damage and is not scheduled to be salvaged, sell such a vehicle.

2. Before an automobile wrecker sells a vehicle subject to registration pursuant to the laws of this State, the automobile wrecker must possess the certificate of title for the vehicle.

3. Upon sale of the vehicle, the automobile wrecker shall provide the certificate of title for the vehicle to the person who purchased the vehicle.

4. As used in this section, “ minor damage ” means damage to a motor vehicle that can be repaired with the use of common repair materials.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 489.092 — NV Code / Title 43 / Chapter 489 / Section 489.092
“Dwelling” defined
Status: in_force

“Dwelling” means one or more habitable rooms which are designed to be occupied by one family with facilities for living, sleeping, cooking and eating.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 484B.260 — NV Code / Title 43 / Chapter 484B / Section 484B.260
Vehicle entering highway from private way
Status: in_force

The driver of a vehicle about to enter or cross a highway from a private way shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles approaching on such highway.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 482.399 — NV Code / Title 43 / Chapter 482 / Section 482.399
Expiration of registration on transfer of ownership or destruction of vehicle; transfer of registration to another vehicle; reuse of license plates; refund
Status: in_force

<See notes for changes to this section effective under certain conditions. >

1. Upon the transfer of the ownership of or interest in any vehicle by any holder of a valid registration, or upon destruction of the vehicle, the registration expires.

2. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 482.2155 and subsection 3 of NRS 482.483 , the holder of the original registration may transfer the registration to another vehicle to be registered by the holder and use the same regular license plate or plates or special license plate or plates issued pursuant to NRS 482.3667 to 482.3823 , inclusive, or 482.384 , on the vehicle from which the registration is being transferred, if the license plate or plates are appropriate for the second vehicle, upon filing an application for transfer of registration and upon paying the transfer registration fee and the excess, if any, of the registration fee and governmental services tax on the vehicle to which the registration is transferred over the total registration fee and governmental services tax paid on all vehicles from which he or she is transferring ownership or interest. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 482.294 , an application for transfer of registration must be made in person, if practicable, to any office or agent of the Department or to a registered dealer, and the license plate or plates may not be used upon a second vehicle until registration of that vehicle is complete.

3. In computing the governmental services tax, the Department, its agent or the registered dealer shall credit the portion of the tax paid on the first vehicle attributable to the remainder of the current registration period or calendar year on a pro rata monthly basis against the tax due on the second vehicle or on any other vehicle of which the person is the registered owner. If any person transfers ownership or interest in two or more vehicles, the Department or the registered dealer shall credit the portion of the tax paid on all of the vehicles attributable to the remainder of the current registration period or calendar year on a pro rata monthly basis against the tax due on the vehicle to which the registration is transferred or on any other vehicle of which the person is the registered owner. The certificates of registration and unused license plates of the vehicles from which a person transfers ownership or interest must be submitted before credit is given against the tax due on the vehicle to which the registration is transferred or on any other vehicle of which the person is the registered owner.

4. In computing the registration fee, the Department or its agent or the registered dealer shall credit the portion of the registration fee paid on each vehicle attributable to the remainder of the current calendar year or registration period on a pro rata basis against the registration fee due on the vehicle to which registration is transferred.

5. If the amount owed on the registration fee or governmental services tax on the vehicle to which registration is transferred is less than the credit on the total registration fee or governmental services tax paid on all vehicles from which a person transfers ownership or interest, the person may apply the unused portion of the credit to the registration of any other vehicle owned by the person. Any unused portion of such a credit expires on the date the registration of the vehicle from which the person transferred the registration was due to expire.

6. If the license plate or plates are not appropriate for the second vehicle, the plate or plates must be surrendered to the Department or registered dealer and an appropriate plate or plates must be issued by the Department. The Department shall not reissue the surrendered plate or plates until the next succeeding licensing period.

7. If application for transfer of registration is not made within 60 days after the destruction or transfer of ownership of or interest in any vehicle, the license plate or plates must be surrendered to the Department on or before the 60th day for cancellation of the registration.

8. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 of NRS 371.040 , NRS 482.2155, subsections 8 and 9 of NRS 482.260 and subsection 3 of NRS 482.483 , if a person cancels his or her registration and surrenders to the Department the license plates for a vehicle, the Department shall: (a) In accordance with the provisions of subsection 9, issue to the person a refund of the portion of the registration fee and governmental services tax paid on the vehicle attributable to the remainder of the current calendar year or registration period on a pro rata basis; or (b) If the person does not qualify for a refund in accordance with the provisions of subsection 9, issue to the person a credit in the amount of the portion of the registration fee and governmental services tax paid on the vehicle attributable to the remainder of the current calendar year or registration period on a pro rata basis. Such a credit may be applied by the person to the registration of any other vehicle owned by the person. Any unused portion of the credit expires on the date the registration of the vehicle from which the person obtained a refund was due to expire.

9. The Department shall issue a refund pursuant to subsection 8 only if the request for a refund is made at the time the registration is cancelled and the license plates are surrendered, the person requesting the refund is a resident of Nevada, the amount eligible for refund exceeds $100, and evidence satisfactory to the Department is submitted that reasonably proves the existence of extenuating circumstances. For the purposes of this subsection, the term “ extenuating circumstances ” means circumstances wherein: (a) The person has recently relinquished his or her driver's license and has sold or otherwise disposed of his or her vehicle. (b) The vehicle has been determined to be inoperable and the person does not transfer the registration to a different vehicle. (c) The owner of the vehicle is seriously ill or has died and the guardians or survivors have sold or otherwise disposed of the vehicle. (d) Any other event occurs which the Department, by regulation, has defined to constitute an “extenuating circumstance” for the purposes of this subsection.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 483.100 — NV Code / Title 43 / Chapter 483 / Section 483.100
“Nonresident” defined
Status: in_force

“Nonresident” means every person who is not a resident of this State.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 480.010 — NV Code / Title 43 / Chapter 480 / Section 480.010
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

1. “ Department ” means the Department of Public Safety.

2. “ Director ” means the Director of the Department of Public Safety.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 482.2155 — NV Code / Title 43 / Chapter 482 / Section 482.2155
Registration of moped: Application; inspection; fees; Department to issue license plate; registration not renewable or transferable
Status: in_force

1. The owner of a moped shall, before the moped may be operated upon any highway in this State, apply to the Department for and obtain registration thereof. The application must be made upon the appropriate form as prescribed by the Department.

2. An application for the registration of a moped pursuant to this section must include: (a) The signature and residential address of the owner of the moped. (b) The owner's declaration of the county where he or she intends the moped to be based, unless the moped is deemed to have no base. The Department shall use this declaration to determine the county to which the governmental services tax is to be paid. (c) A brief description of the moped to be registered, including the name of the maker, the engine, identification or serial number, whether new or used, and, upon the registration of a new moped, the date of sale by the manufacturer or franchised and licensed dealer in this State for the make to be registered to the person first purchasing or operating the moped. (d) Proof of ownership satisfactory to the Department.

3. An application for the registration of a moped pursuant to subsection 2 must be accompanied by: (a) The registration fee required pursuant to NRS 482.480 . (b) The governmental services tax imposed pursuant to chapter 371 of NRS , as provided in NRS 482.260 . (c) The fees for a license plate and an inspection required pursuant to this section.

4. An applicant for the registration of a moped pursuant to this section must provide proof satisfactory to the Department that the moped was inspected and meets the definition of “moped” as provided in NRS 482.069 . An applicant who: (a) Purchased the moped from a new vehicle dealer or a used vehicle dealer may submit to the Department, on a form prescribed by the Department, verification of an inspection by the new vehicle dealer or used vehicle dealer which certifies that the moped meets the definition of “moped” as provided in NRS 482.069 . (b) Did not purchase the moped from a new vehicle dealer or a used vehicle dealer and: (1) Resides in a county where an office of the Department is located must, at an office of the Department in that county, allow the Department to inspect the moped for verification that the moped meets the definition of “moped” as provided in NRS 482.069 . The Department may by regulation establish a fee for such an inspection. (2) Resides in a county where no office of the Department is located must allow the Department to inspect the moped, as specified in subparagraph (1), at an office of the Department in another county or, in lieu of an inspection by the Department, allow a sheriff or deputy sheriff of the county in which the applicant resides to inspect the moped for verification that the moped meets the definition of “moped” as provided in NRS 482.069 . A sheriff or deputy sheriff shall, upon the request of the applicant, conduct such an inspection and transmit his or her determination, in writing, to the Department and may collect the fee established by the Department pursuant to subparagraph (1) for such an inspection. The fees must be accounted for as provided in subsection 6 of NRS 248.275 .

5. As soon as practicable after the Department: (a) Receives the application and fees required by this section; and (b) Receives the form completed by a new vehicle dealer or used vehicle dealer pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection 4, conducts the inspection required by subparagraph (1) of paragraph (b) of subsection 4 or receives the alternative written determination from a sheriff or deputy sheriff that is authorized by subparagraph (2) of paragraph (b) of subsection 4, the Department shall, if the inspection or written determination confirms that the moped meets the definition of “moped” as provided in NRS 482.069 , issue a license plate and certificate of registration to the owner of the moped.

6. The fee for the issuance of a license plate pursuant to this section is $5, which must be allocated to the Revolving Account for the Issuance of Special License Plates, created by NRS 482.1805 , to defray the costs of manufacturing license plates pursuant to this section.

7. The registration issued pursuant to this section is not renewable or transferable, and a moped that is registered pursuant to this section is registered until the date on which the owner of the moped: (a) Transfers the ownership of the moped; or (b) Cancels the registration of the moped and surrenders the license plate to the Department.

8. The Department may, upon proof of ownership satisfactory to it, issue a certificate of title before the registration of a moped pursuant to this section. A certificate of title issued pursuant to this subsection is valid until cancelled by the Department upon the transfer of interest therein.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 483.860 — NV Code / Title 43 / Chapter 483 / Section 483.860
Proof of full legal name and age; regulations; consular identification cards
Status: in_force

<Section effective until Jan. 1, 2026. See, also, section 483.860 effective Jan. 1, 2026.>

1. Every applicant for an identification card must furnish proof of his or her full legal name and age by presenting: (a) An original or certified copy of the required documents as prescribed by regulation; or (b) A photo identification card issued by the Department of Corrections pursuant to NRS 209.511 which indicates that the Director of the Department of Corrections has verified the full legal name and age of the applicant pursuant to subsection 4 of that section.

2. The Director shall adopt regulations: (a) Prescribing the documents an applicant may use to furnish proof of his or her full legal name and age to the Department pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection 1, including, without limitation, a document issued by the Department pursuant to NRS 483.375 or 483.8605 ; and (b) Setting forth criteria pursuant to which the Department will issue or refuse to issue an identification card in accordance with this section to a person who is a citizen of a state or a foreign country. The criteria pursuant to which the Department shall issue or refuse to issue an identification card to a citizen of a foreign country must be based upon the purpose for which that person is present within the United States.

3. Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the Department shall not accept a consular identification card as proof of the age or identity of an applicant for an identification card. As used in this subsection, “consular identification card” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 232.006 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 484B.053 — NV Code / Title 43 / Chapter 484B / Section 484B.053
“Residence district” defined
Status: in_force

“Residence district” means the territory contiguous to a highway not comprising a business district when the frontage on such for a distance of 300 feet or more is mainly occupied by dwellings or by dwellings and buildings in use for residence.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 483.340 — NV Code / Title 43 / Chapter 483 / Section 483.340
Issuance and contents of license; license for purposes of identification only issued to certain persons; confidentiality of certain information; exception; prohibited acts; anatomical gifts; symbol indicating medical condition; adoption of regulations
Status: in_force

<See notes for changes to this section effective under certain conditions. >

1. The Department shall, upon payment of the required fee, issue to every qualified applicant a driver's license indicating the type or class of vehicles the licensee may drive.

2. The Department shall adopt regulations prescribing the information that must be contained on a driver's license.

3. The Department may issue a driver's license for purposes of identification only for use by officers of local police and sheriffs' departments, agents of the Investigation Division of the Department of Public Safety while engaged in special undercover investigations relating to narcotics or prostitution or for other undercover investigations requiring the establishment of a fictitious identity, federal agents while engaged in undercover investigations, investigators employed by the Attorney General while engaged in undercover investigations, criminal investigators employed by the Secretary of State while engaged in undercover investigations and agents of the Nevada Gaming Control Board while engaged in investigations pursuant to NRS 463.140 . An application for such a license must be made through the head of the police or sheriff's department, the Chief of the Investigation Division of the Department of Public Safety, the director of the appropriate federal agency, the Attorney General, the Secretary of State or his or her designee or the Chair of the Nevada Gaming Control Board. Such a license is exempt from the fees required by NRS 483.410 . The Department, by regulation, shall provide for the cancellation of any such driver's license upon the completion of the special investigation for which it was issued.

4. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 239.0115 , information pertaining to the issuance of a driver's license pursuant to subsection 3 is confidential.

5. It is a misdemeanor for any person to use a driver's license issued pursuant to subsection 3 for any purpose other than the special investigation for which it was issued.

6. At the time of the issuance or renewal of the driver's license, the Department shall: (a) Give the holder the opportunity to have indicated on his or her driver's license that the holder wishes to be a donor of all or part of his or her body pursuant to NRS 451.500 to 451.598 , inclusive, or to refuse to make an anatomical gift of his or her body or part thereof. (b) Give the holder the opportunity to have indicated whether he or she wishes to donate $1 or more to the Anatomical Gift Account created by NRS 460.150 . (c) Provide to each holder who is interested in becoming a donor information relating to anatomical gifts, including the procedure for registering as a donor with the donor registry with which the Department has entered into a contract pursuant to this paragraph. To carry out this paragraph, the Department shall, on such terms as it deems appropriate, enter into a contract with a donor registry that is in compliance with the provisions of NRS 451.500 to 451.598 , inclusive. (d) If the Department has established a program for imprinting a symbol indicating a medical condition on a driver's license pursuant to NRS 483.3485 , give the holder the opportunity to have a symbol indicating a medical condition imprinted on his or her driver's license. (e) Provide to the holder information instructing the holder how to register with the Next-of-Kin Registry pursuant to NRS 483.653 if he or she so chooses.

7. If the holder wishes to make a donation to the Anatomical Gift Account, the Department shall collect the donation and deposit the money collected in the State Treasury for credit to the Anatomical Gift Account.

8. The Department shall submit to the donor registry with which the Department has entered into a contract pursuant to paragraph (c) of subsection 6 information from the records of the Department relating to persons who have drivers' licenses that indicate the intention of those persons to make an anatomical gift. The Department shall adopt regulations to carry out the provisions of this subsection.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 487.050 — NV Code / Title 43 / Chapter 487 / Section 487.050
Unlawful to dismantle, scrap, process or wreck vehicle without license; application for license; submission of fingerprints; fees for processing fingerprints and issuance of license
Status: in_force

<See notes for changes to this section effective under certain conditions.>

1. It is unlawful for any person to dismantle, scrap, process or wreck any vehicle without first applying for and obtaining a license for that operation from the Department.

2. An application for a license must be made on a form provided by the Department. The forms must designate the persons whose names are required to appear thereon. The application must include the social security number of the applicant and be accompanied by: (a) Such proof as the Department may require that the applicant: (1) Is a bona fide automobile wrecker; and (2) Owns or leases a place of business which meets the requirements of NRS 487.073 . (b) A fee for the processing of fingerprints. The Department shall establish by regulation the fee for processing fingerprints. The fee must not exceed the sum of the amounts charged by the Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History and the Federal Bureau of Investigation for processing the fingerprints. (c) For initial licensure, a complete set of fingerprints and written permission authorizing the Department to forward those fingerprints to the Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History for submission to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for its report. (d) The fee for issuance of a license provided in NRS 487.080 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 483.647 — NV Code / Title 43 / Chapter 483 / Section 483.647
“Registrant” defined
Status: in_force

<Section effective on the date the Department of Motor Vehicles has sufficient resources to carry out the amendatory provisions of Laws 2015, c. 119, and all required notifications of that fact have been promulgated by the Department.>

“ Registrant ” means a person who registers with the Next-of-Kin Registry pursuant to NRS 483.653 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 489.1351 — NV Code / Title 43 / Chapter 489 / Section 489.1351
“Recreational park trailer” defined
Status: in_force

“ Recreational park trailer ” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 482.1005 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 484A.610 — NV Code / Title 43 / Chapter 484A / Section 484A.610
Issuance of forms for traffic citations; maintenance of records of books, electronic devices and citations
Status: in_force

1. Every traffic enforcement agency in this State shall provide in appropriate form traffic citations containing notices to appear which must meet the requirements of chapters 484A to 484E, inclusive, of NRS and be: (a) Issued in books; or (b) Available through an electronic device used to prepare citations.

2. The chief administrative officer of each traffic enforcement agency is responsible for the issuance of such books and electronic devices and shall maintain a record of each book, each electronic device and each citation contained therein issued to individual members of the traffic enforcement agency and volunteers of the traffic enforcement agency appointed pursuant to NRS 484B.470 . The chief administrative officer shall require and retain a receipt for every book and electronic device that is issued.

3. Any traffic citation provided by a traffic enforcement agency pursuant to this section may be designed such that the traffic citation: (a) Clearly states at the top of the citation the purpose of the citation and the actions that must be taken by the person to whom the citation is issued; (b) Provides in a conspicuous location near the top of the citation fields for the date and time when and the location where the person to whom the citation is issued is required to appear in court; and (c) Clearly states, in bold type, the consequences of failing to appear in court.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 489.081 — NV Code / Title 43 / Chapter 489 / Section 489.081
“Distributor” defined
Status: in_force

“ Distributor ” means any person who engages in the sale and distribution of manufactured homes, mobile homes, manufactured buildings, commercial coaches or factory-built housing for resale.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 482.3823 — NV Code / Title 43 / Chapter 482 / Section 482.3823
Vehicle used for course of instruction in automobile repair
Status: in_force

1. An educational institution may operate on the highways of this State an unregistered motor vehicle otherwise required to be registered pursuant to this chapter if there is displayed on the vehicle a special license plate assigned to the educational institution pursuant to subsection 2. Such operation is strictly limited to movement of the vehicle: (a) From one educational institution to another educational institution; (b) From the educational institution to an established place of business which specializes in particular automotive repairs; and (c) Which is necessary to test the vehicle under practical operating conditions on the road.

2. Upon application by an educational institution, submission of such evidence of qualification as is determined necessary by the Director and payment of the applicable fee, the Department shall assign to the educational institution one or more sets of special license plates for use on educational vehicles. The Department shall charge and collect a fee of $5 for each set of special license plates issued pursuant to this section. The plates are valid for 1 year. The fee for renewal is $5.

3. Any unauthorized use of special license plates issued pursuant to this section is cause for the Department to revoke all sets of those plates issued to the educational institution. Unauthorized use of the plates includes: (a) Display on a vehicle which is not an educational vehicle; and (b) Movement of an educational vehicle in any manner not authorized in subsection 1.

4. Each special plate issued pursuant to this section must have displayed upon it suitable characters, as determined by the Department, to identify the vehicle as an educational vehicle. The special plates may be used interchangeably on educational vehicles by the educational institution to which the plates were issued.

5. As used in this section: (a) “Educational institution” means: (1) A public school as that term is defined in NRS 385.007 ; or (2) One of the branches or facilities within the Nevada System of Higher Education, which offers a course of instruction in automotive repair and owns or controls an educational vehicle. (b) “Educational vehicle” means any motor vehicle which is owned or controlled by an educational institution and used exclusively for the purposes of a course of instruction in automotive repair. The term does not include any motor vehicle: (1) Used by the educational institution for any purpose not directly related to a course of instruction in automotive repair. (2) Owned by a pupil, student or employee of the educational institution.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 484E.050 — NV Code / Title 43 / Chapter 484E / Section 484E.050
Immediate notice to police officer of crash involving unattended vehicle or other property; penalty
Status: in_force

1. The driver of a vehicle which is involved in a crash with any vehicle or other property which is unattended, resulting in any damage to such other vehicle or property, shall immediately by the quickest means of communication give notice of such crash to the nearest office of a police authority or of the Nevada Highway Patrol.

2. Whenever the driver of a vehicle is physically incapable of giving an immediate notice of a crash as required in subsection 1 and there was another occupant in the vehicle at the time of the crash capable of doing so, such occupant shall make or cause to be given the notice not given by the driver.

3. A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 483.165 — NV Code / Title 43 / Chapter 483 / Section 483.165
“State” defined
Status: in_force

“ State ” means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands and the United States Virgin Islands.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 489.731 — NV Code / Title 43 / Chapter 489 / Section 489.731
Restrictions on leasing of vacant lots
Status: in_force

Unless further restricted by a local ordinance, if more than 80 percent of the lots in the park where it is situated are occupied, it is unlawful for a dealer, general serviceperson, specialty serviceperson or salesperson to rent or lease a vacant mobile home lot unless:

1. Within 60 days he or she takes up residence in a manufactured home or mobile home placed upon the lot; or

2. He or she releases the lot to a qualified tenant.

After the expiration of 60 days after the date of rental of the lot to the dealer, general serviceperson, specialty serviceperson or salesperson, any qualified tenant is entitled, upon written request to the landlord, to obtain release of the lot.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 483.890 — NV Code / Title 43 / Chapter 483 / Section 483.890
Unlawful acts; penalty
Status: in_force

A person who:

1. Forges or alters an identification card or knowingly possesses an altered or forged identification card;

2. Refuses to surrender an identification card for cancellation when so directed by the Department;

3. Lends his or her identification card to another person for the other's use or uses a card issued to another person; or

4. Willfully fails to surrender to the Department within 10 days after another's identification card comes into his or her possession or to return it to the proper holder,

is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 485.385 — NV Code / Title 43 / Chapter 485 / Section 485.385
Department to take appropriate action after receipt of correct information
Status: in_force

Whenever the Department has taken any action or has failed to take any action under this chapter by reason of having received erroneous information or by reason of having received no information, upon receiving correct information within 2 years after the date of the crash, the Department shall take appropriate action to carry out the purposes of this chapter. The foregoing does not require the Department to reevaluate the amount of any deposit required under this chapter.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 484C.120 — NV Code / Title 43 / Chapter 484C / Section 484C.120
Unlawful acts relating to operation of commercial motor vehicle; affirmative defense; additional penalty for violation of out-of-service declaration or violation committed in work zone or pedestrian safety zone
Status: in_force

<See notes for changes to this section effective under certain conditions.>

1. It is unlawful for any person who: (a) Is under the influence of intoxicating liquor; (b) Has a concentration of alcohol of 0.04 or more but less than 0.08 in his or her blood or breath; or (c) Is found by measurement within 2 hours after driving or being in actual physical control of a commercial motor vehicle to have a concentration of alcohol of 0.04 or more but less than 0.08 in his or her blood or breath, to drive or be in actual physical control of a commercial motor vehicle on a highway or on premises to which the public has access.

2. It is unlawful for any person who: (a) Is under the influence of a controlled substance; (b) Is under the combined influence of intoxicating liquor and a controlled substance; or (c) Inhales, ingests, applies or otherwise uses any chemical, poison or organic solvent, or any compound or combination of any of these, to a degree which renders the person incapable of safely driving or exercising actual physical control of a commercial motor vehicle, to drive or be in actual physical control of a commercial motor vehicle on a highway or on premises to which the public has access. The fact that any person charged with a violation of this subsection is or has been entitled to use that drug under the laws of this State is not a defense against any charge of violating this subsection.

3. It is unlawful for any person to drive or be in actual physical control of a commercial motor vehicle on a highway or on premises to which the public has access with any prohibited substance in his or her blood or urine. As used in this subsection, “prohibited substance” means any substance described in 21 C.F.R. § 1308.11 .

4. If consumption is proven by a preponderance of the evidence, it is an affirmative defense under paragraph (c) of subsection 1 that the defendant consumed a sufficient quantity of alcohol after driving or being in actual physical control of the commercial motor vehicle, and before his or her blood or breath was tested, to cause the defendant to have a concentration of alcohol of 0.04 or more in his or her blood or breath. A defendant who intends to offer this defense at a trial or preliminary hearing must, not less than 14 days before the trial or hearing or at such other time as the court may direct, file and serve on the prosecuting attorney a written notice of that intent.

5. A person who violates any provision of this section may be subject to any additional penalty set forth in NRS 483.939 , 484B.130 or 484B.135 .

6. As used in this section: (a) “ Commercial motor vehicle ” means a motor vehicle or combination of motor vehicles used in commerce to transport passengers or property if the motor vehicle: (1) Has a gross combination weight rating of 26,001 or more pounds which includes a towed unit with a gross vehicle weight rating of more than 10,000 pounds; (2) Has a gross vehicle weight rating of 26,001 or more pounds; (3) Is designed to transport 16 or more passengers, including the driver; or (4) Regardless of size, is used in the transportation of materials which are considered to be hazardous for the purposes of the federal Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, 49 U.S.C. §§ 5101 et seq., and for which the display of identifying placards is required pursuant to 49 C.F.R. Part 172, Subpart F . (b) The phrase “ concentration of alcohol of 0.04 or more but less than 0.08 in his or her blood or breath ” means 0.04 gram or more but less than 0.08 gram of alcohol per 100 milliliters of the blood of a person or per 210 liters of his or her breath.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 482.460 — NV Code / Title 43 / Chapter 482 / Section 482.460
Unsafe or improperly equipped vehicle
Status: in_force

1. The Department shall rescind and cancel the registration of any vehicle which the Department determines is unsafe, unfit to be operated or not equipped as required by law.

2. The Department shall rescind and cancel the registration of any vehicle if the registered owner of the vehicle is issued a citation or notice of violation for operating a motor vehicle in violation of subsection 2 of NRS 484D.415 , unless the owner provides, within 30 days after the citation or notice is issued, proof to the Department that the condition for which he or she was issued the notice or citation has been corrected.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 482.3752 — NV Code / Title 43 / Chapter 482 / Section 482.3752
Person who has been awarded Girl Scout Gold Award by Girl Scouts of America
Status: in_force

1. The Department, in cooperation with the Girl Scouts of America, shall design, prepare and issue license plates recognizing that a person has been awarded the Girl Scout Gold Award by the Girl Scouts of America using any colors the Department deems appropriate.

2. The Department shall issue license plates recognizing that a person has been awarded the Girl Scout Gold Award by the Girl Scouts of America for a passenger car or light commercial vehicle upon application by a person who: (a) Is entitled to license plates pursuant to NRS 482.265 ; (b) As proof that the person has been awarded the Girl Scout Gold Award by the Girl Scouts of America, submits a certificate issued by the Girl Scouts of America or a letter issued by a local area council of the Girl Scouts of America stating that the person has been awarded the Girl Scout Gold Award; and (c) Otherwise complies with the requirements for registration and licensing pursuant to this chapter.

3. A person may request that personalized prestige license plates issued pursuant to NRS 482.3667 be combined with license plates recognizing that a person has been awarded the Girl Scout Gold Award by the Girl Scouts of America if that person pays the fees for the personalized prestige license plates in addition to the fees for the license plates recognizing that a person has been awarded the Girl Scout Gold Award by the Girl Scouts of America pursuant to subsections 4 and 5.

4. The fee payable to the Department for license plates recognizing that a person has been awarded the Girl Scout Gold Award by the Girl Scouts of America is $35, in addition to all other applicable registration and license fees and governmental services taxes. The license plates are renewable upon the payment to the Department of $10.

5. In addition to all other applicable registration and license fees and governmental services taxes and the fee prescribed pursuant to subsection 4, a person who requests a set of license plates recognizing that a person has been awarded the Girl Scout Gold Award by the Girl Scouts of America must pay for the issuance of the plates an additional fee of $35 and for each renewal of the plates an additional fee of $25, to be deposited in accordance with subsection 6.

6. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 482.38279 , the Department shall deposit the fees collected pursuant to subsection 5 with the State Treasurer for credit to the State General Fund. The State Treasurer shall, on a quarterly basis, distribute the fees deposited pursuant to this subsection to the Girl Scouts of Southern Nevada of the Girl Scouts of America. The Girl Scouts of Southern Nevada shall allocate the fees to itself and the Girl Scouts of the Sierra Nevada and the Girl Scouts of Silver Sage Council of the Girl Scouts of America in proportion to the number of license plates issued pursuant to this section in the area represented by each area council. The fees must be used to assist girls from low-income families with the costs of participating in the Girl Scouts of America and to promote the Girl Scouts of America in schools.

7. If, during a registration period, the holder of license plates issued pursuant to the provisions of this section disposes of the vehicle to which the plates are affixed, the holder shall: (a) Retain the plates and affix them to another vehicle that meets the requirements of this section if the holder pays the fee for the transfer of the registration and any registration fee or governmental services tax due pursuant to NRS 482.399 ; or (b) Within 30 days after removing the plates from the vehicle, return them to the Department.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 484C.040 — NV Code / Title 43 / Chapter 484C / Section 484C.040
“Concentration of alcohol of less than 0.18 in his or her blood or breath” defined
Status: in_force

“ Concentration of alcohol of less than 0.18 in his or her blood or breath ” means less than 0.18 gram of alcohol per 100 milliliters of the blood of a person or per 210 liters of his or her breath.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 482A.025 — NV Code / Title 43 / Chapter 482A / Section 482A.025
“Automated driving system” defined
Status: in_force

“Automated driving system” has the meaning ascribed to it in SAE J3016.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 489.113 — NV Code / Title 43 / Chapter 489 / Section 489.113
“Manufactured home” defined
Status: in_force

1. “ Manufactured home ” means a structure which is: (a) Built on a permanent chassis; (b) Designed to be used with or without a permanent foundation as a dwelling when connected to utilities; (c) Transportable in one or more sections; and (d) Eight feet or more in body width or 40 feet or more in body length when transported, or, when erected on-site, contains 320 square feet or more.

2. The term includes: (a) The plumbing, heating, air-conditioning and electrical systems of the structure. (b) Any structure: (1) Which meets the requirements of paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of subsection 1, and with respect to which the manufacturer voluntarily files a certification required by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and complies with the standards established under the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974, 42 U.S.C. §§ 5401 et seq. ; or (2) Built in compliance with the requirements of chapter 461 of NRS .

3. The term does not include a recreational park trailer.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 488.185 — NV Code / Title 43 / Chapter 488 / Section 488.185
Classification of vessels
Status: in_force

Vessels subject to the provisions of this chapter shall be divided into four classes as follows:

Class A. Less than 16 feet in length. Class 1. Sixteen feet or over and less than 26 feet in length. Class 2. Twenty-six feet or over and less than 40 feet in length. Class 3. Forty feet or over.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 484B.293 — NV Code / Title 43 / Chapter 484B / Section 484B.293
Direction of movement on crosswalk
Status: in_force

Pedestrians shall move whenever practicable upon the right half of crosswalks.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 482C.305 — NV Code / Title 43 / Chapter 482C / Section 482C.305
Petition for hearing on denial, suspension or revocation of license; timeline for hearing and final decision; Director may issue subpoenas
Status: in_force

1. An applicant or licensee may, within 30 days after receipt of the notice of denial, suspension or revocation, petition the Director in writing for a hearing.

2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, the Director shall make written findings of fact and conclusions and grant or finally deny the application or suspend or revoke the license within 15 days after the hearing unless, by interim order, the Director extends the time to 30 days after the hearing. If the license has been temporarily suspended, the suspension expires not later than 15 days after the hearing.

3. If the Director finds that the action is necessary in the public interest, upon notice to the licensee, the Director may temporarily suspend or refuse to renew the license issued to a peer-to-peer car sharing program for a period not to exceed 30 days. A hearing must be held, and a final decision rendered, within 30 days after notice of the temporary suspension.

4. The Director may issue subpoenas for the attendance of witnesses and the production of evidence.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 490.064 — NV Code / Title 43 / Chapter 490 / Section 490.064
Definitions for limited purposes
Status: in_force

For the purposes of regulation under this chapter and of imposing tort liability under NRS 41.440 , and for no other purpose:

1. “ Lease ” means a contract by which the lienholder or owner of an off-highway vehicle transfers to another person, for compensation, the right to use such off-highway vehicle.

2. “ Long-term lessee ” means a person who has leased an off-highway vehicle from another person for a fixed period of more than 31 days.

3. “ Long-term lessor ” means a person who has leased an off-highway vehicle to another person for a fixed period of more than 31 days.

4. “ Short-term lessee ” means a person who has leased an off-highway vehicle from another person for a period of 31 days or less, or by the day, or by the trip.

5. “ Short-term lessor ” means a person who has leased an off-highway vehicle to another person for a period of 31 days or less, or by the day, or by the trip.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 484B.153 — NV Code / Title 43 / Chapter 484B / Section 484B.153
Boarding or alighting from vehicle; opening door of vehicle
Status: in_force

1. A person shall not board or alight from any vehicle while it is in motion.

2. A person shall not open the door of or board or alight from the side of a vehicle which is closest to passing traffic in such a manner as to interfere with moving vehicular traffic.

3. A person shall not leave open a door on the side of a vehicle which is closest to passing traffic longer than is necessary for immediate loading or unloading of passengers or cargo.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 487.670 — NV Code / Title 43 / Chapter 487 / Section 487.670
Subpoenas
Status: in_force

In any hearing conducted by the Department concerning the licensing of body shops, the Director may issue subpoenas for the attendance of witnesses and the production of evidence.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 484A.082 — NV Code / Title 43 / Chapter 484A / Section 484A.082
“Electric scooter” defined
Status: in_force

“ Electric scooter ” means a vehicle with handlebars and an electric motor that is designed to be ridden on in an upright or seated position and propelled by its electric motor or by propulsion provided by the rider. Such a vehicle:

1. Must not weigh more than 100 pounds without a rider; and

2. Must have a maximum speed of not more than 20 miles per hour when powered solely by its electric motor.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 485.037 — NV Code / Title 43 / Chapter 485 / Section 485.037
“Insurance” defined
Status: in_force

“Insurance” means:

1. A motor vehicle liability policy; or

2. The security provided by a self-insurer pursuant to NRS 485.380 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 489.265 — NV Code / Title 43 / Chapter 489 / Section 489.265
Trust account for deposit of advance fees for payment of services of Division; regulations
Status: in_force

1. The Division may establish a trust account in the State Treasury in which persons who require the services of the Division may deposit advance fees for payment of those services. Unless the appropriate fee accompanies the request for service, upon providing the service the Division shall cause the account to be debited.

2. The Division shall prescribe, by regulation, the services for which advance fees may be deposited and paid for upon providing the service.

3. The trust account established pursuant to this section must be administered by the Administrator.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 483.015 — NV Code / Title 43 / Chapter 483 / Section 483.015
Applicability
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided in NRS 483.330 , the provisions of NRS 483.010 to 483.630 , inclusive, apply only with respect to noncommercial drivers' licenses.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 482.36419 — NV Code / Title 43 / Chapter 482 / Section 482.36419
Exercise of right of first refusal by manufacturer or distributor if transfer of all or substantially all assets of dealership is proposed: Requirements; prohibited acts
Status: in_force

1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 482.36396 to 482.36414 , inclusive, if a transfer of the entire, or substantially the entire, ownership or of all, or substantially all, the assets of a dealership is proposed, a manufacturer or distributor may exercise a contractual right of first refusal only if all the following requirements are met: (a) The transfer is not to the dealer's spouse, a member of the dealer’s family, a qualified manager, or a trust or artificial person controlled by any of them. (b) The manufacturer or distributor notifies the dealer in writing, within 60 days after receipt of the completed form and information customarily used to review such transfers and a copy of all relevant agreements, of its intent to exercise the right of first refusal or its rejection of the proposed transfer. If the manufacturer or distributor fails to notify the dealer within the 60-day period, the effect is to approve the proposed transfer. (c) The exercise of the right of first refusal provides to the dealer the same compensation as or greater compensation than the dealer had negotiated to receive from the proposed transferee. (d) The manufacturer or distributor agrees to pay the reasonable expenses, including attorney's fees that do not exceed the usual and reasonable fees charged to other clients for similar work, incurred by the proposed transferee before the exercise of the right of first refusal in negotiating and putting into effect the proposed transfer.

2. A manufacturer or distributor shall not utilize a right of first refusal to influence terms offered by a third person, or to influence a third person to refrain from negotiating, for the acquisition of a dealership.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 484B.367 — NV Code / Title 43 / Chapter 484B / Section 484B.367
School zone or school crossing zone: Requirements for signs; placement of portable signs
Status: in_force

1. Each permanent sign which designates a school zone or school crossing zone and the speed limit in that zone must be uniform in size and color and must clearly designate the hours during which the speed limit applies.

2. Each portable sign designating a school zone or school crossing zone and the speed limit in the zone must be uniform in size and color. A portable sign may be placed on or beside a roadway only during those hours when pupils are arriving at and leaving regularly scheduled school sessions.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 484C.460 — NV Code / Title 43 / Chapter 484C / Section 484C.460
When court is required to order installation of ignition interlock device; exceptions; installation and inspection; tolling of period for which ignition interlock device required
Status: in_force

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 2 and 5, a court shall order a person to install, at his or her own expense, an ignition interlock device in any motor vehicle which the person operates as a condition to obtaining an ignition interlock privilege pursuant to NRS 483.490 to reinstate the driving privilege of the person: (a) For a period of 185 days if the person is convicted of a first violation within 7 years of NRS 484C.110 . (b) For a period of 1 year if the person is convicted of a second violation within 7 years of NRS 484C.110 . (c) For a period of 3 years if the person is convicted of: (1) A violation of NRS 484C.110 or 484C.120 that is punishable as a felony pursuant to NRS 484C.400 or 484C.410 ; or (2) A violation of NRS 484C.130 or 484C.430 .

2. A court may provide for an exception to the provisions of subsection 1 for a person who is convicted of a violation of NRS 484C.110 that is punishable pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection 1 of NRS 484C.400 , if the court determines that: (a) The person is unable to provide a deep lung breath sample for analysis by an ignition interlock device, as certified in writing by a physician or an advanced practice registered nurse of the person; or (b) The person resides more than 100 miles from a manufacturer of an ignition interlock device or its agent.

3. If the court orders a person to install an ignition interlock device pursuant to subsection 1: (a) The court shall immediately prepare and transmit a copy of its order to the Director. The order must include a statement that an ignition interlock device is required and the specific period for which it is required. The Director shall cause this information to be incorporated into the records of the Department and noted on the person's ignition interlock privilege. (b) The person who is required to install the ignition interlock device shall provide proof of compliance to the Department before the person may receive an ignition interlock privilege. Each model of an ignition interlock device installed pursuant to this section must have been certified by the Department of Public Safety.

4. A person who obtains an ignition interlock privilege pursuant to this section or NRS 483.490 shall have the ignition interlock device inspected, calibrated, monitored and maintained by the manufacturer of the ignition interlock device or its agent at least one time each 90 days during the period in which the person is required to use the ignition interlock device to determine whether the ignition interlock device is operating properly. Any inspection, calibration, monitoring or maintenance required pursuant to this subsection must be conducted in accordance with regulations adopted pursuant to NRS 484C.480 . The manufacturer or its agent shall submit a report to the Director of the Department of Public Safety indicating whether any of the incidents listed in subsection 1 of NRS 484C.470 have occurred and whether the ignition interlock device has been tampered with. Before the court imposes a penalty pursuant to subsection 3 of NRS 484C.470 , the court shall afford any interested party an opportunity for a hearing after reasonable notice.

5. If a person is required to operate a motor vehicle in the course and scope of his or her employment and the motor vehicle is owned by the person's employer, the person may operate that vehicle without the installation of an ignition interlock device, if: (a) The employee notifies his or her employer that the employee has been issued an ignition interlock privilege; and (b) The employee has proof of that notification in his or her possession or the notice, or a facsimile copy thereof, is with the motor vehicle. This exemption does not apply to a motor vehicle owned by a business which is all or partly owned or controlled by the person otherwise subject to this section.

6. The running of the period during which a person is required to have an ignition interlock device installed pursuant to this section commences when the Department issues an ignition interlock privilege to the person and is tolled whenever and for as long as the person is, with regard to a violation of NRS 484C.110 , 484C.120 , 484C.130 or 484C.430 , imprisoned, serving a term of residential confinement, placed under the supervision of a treatment provider, on parole or on probation.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 484C.373 — NV Code / Title 43 / Chapter 484C / Section 484C.373
Legislative declarations
Status: in_force

1. The Legislature hereby declares that driving in this State is a privilege, not a right, and a driver who wishes to enjoy the benefits of such a privilege must accept the corresponding responsibilities.

2. The Legislature further declares that the purpose of NRS 484C.372 to 484C.397 , inclusive, is to: (a) Protect the public health and welfare by reducing the number of people on the highways of this State who drive under the influence of intoxicating liquor or a prohibited substance; and (b) Strengthen the options available to courts and prosecuting attorneys in responding to offenders who repeatedly drive under the influence of intoxicating liquor or a prohibited substance.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 484C.370 — NV Code / Title 43 / Chapter 484C / Section 484C.370
Evaluation or treatment by private company authorized
Status: in_force

The provisions of NRS 484C.340 , 484C.350 or 484C.360 do not prohibit a court from:

1. Requiring an evaluation pursuant to NRS 484C.350 to be conducted by an evaluation center that is administered by a private company if the company meets the standards of the State Board of Health pursuant to NRS 484C.310 ; or

2. Ordering the offender to attend a program of treatment that is administered by a private company.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 481.095 — NV Code / Title 43 / Chapter 481 / Section 481.095
Prohibited acts
Status: in_force

1. A person shall not: (a) Make a false representation to obtain any information pursuant to NRS 481.089 , 481.091 or 481.093 ; or (b) Knowingly obtain or disclose information pursuant to NRS 481.089 , 481.091 or 481.093 for any use not authorized pursuant to NRS 481.089 , 481.091 or 481.093 .

2. A person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.