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2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 485 - Motor Vehicles: Insurance and Financial Responsibility › NRS 485.250 - Authority of Department to reduce amount of security.

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.
[Part 8:127:1949; 1943 NCL § 4439.08]—(NRS A 1961, 143; 1999, 3582; 2015, 1650)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 485 - Motor Vehicles: Insurance and Financial Responsibility › NRS 485.260 - Custody of security.

Security deposited pursuant to the requirements of NRS 485.190 to 485.300, inclusive, must be placed by the Department in the custody of the State Treasurer.
[Part 9:127:1949; A 1955, 192]—(NRS A 1961, 143; 1981, 1129; 1995, 2738; 1999, 3583)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 485 - Motor Vehicles: Insurance and Financial Responsibility › NRS 485.270 - Disposition of security.

Security deposited in compliance with the requirements of this chapter is applicable only to the payment of a judgment or judgments rendered against the person or persons on whose behalf the deposit was made for damages arising out of the crash in question in an action at law, begun not later than 2 years after the date of the crash or within 1 year after the date of deposit of any security under NRS 485.230, whichever period is longer, or to the payment in settlement, agreed to by the depositor, of a claim or claims arising out of the crash.
[Part 9:127:1949; A 1955, 192]—(NRS A 1957, 722; 1981, 1865; 2015, 1650)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 485 - Motor Vehicles: Insurance and Financial Responsibility › NRS 485.280 - Return of deposit.

A deposit or any balance thereof must be returned to the depositor or his or her personal representative:
1. When evidence satisfactory to the Department has been filed with it that there has been a release from liability, a final adjudication of nonliability or an acknowledged agreement, in accordance with paragraph (h) of subsection 1 of NRS 485.200; or
2. If 2 years after the date of the crash or 1 year after the date of deposit of any security under NRS 485.230, whichever period is longer, the Department is given reasonable evidence that there is no action pending and no judgment rendered in such an action left unpaid.
[Part 9:127:1949; A 1955, 192]—(NRS A 1961, 143; 1981, 1865; 1987, 1093; 1999, 3583; 2015, 1650)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 485 - Motor Vehicles: Insurance and Financial Responsibility › NRS 485.290 - Transfers of deposits to State Highway Fund; procedure for payment of claimants after transfer.

1. In cases where a return to a depositor or his or her personal representative is authorized and warranted under NRS 485.280 but the address or present whereabouts of the depositor is unknown and cannot be readily ascertained by the Department, the security deposited may, 90 days after its return would be authorized by NRS 485.280, be transferred from the custody of the State Treasurer to the State Highway Fund for the general use of the Department of Transportation upon the written and certified request of the Department.
2. The request made by the Department must state the names of the parties, the dates and a concise statement of the facts involved and must be forwarded in duplicate to the State Controller and the State Treasurer.
3. The State Controller and the State Treasurer are directed to transfer the amounts of security deposits from the custody of the State Treasurer to the State Highway Fund to effectuate the purposes of this section upon being satisfied that the provisions of this chapter have been complied with.
4. If the depositor of the security or his or her rightful heirs or legatees, within 5 years after the transfer of the deposit to the State Highway Fund, present a verified claim to the Department and make proof of the validity of the claim, the Department, if it is satisfied as to the validity of the claim, may determine the amount thereby found to be due and certify it to the State Controller who shall draw a warrant therefor on the State Treasurer, who shall pay the warrant out of the State Highway Fund.
5. If the Department denies the validity of the claim, the claimant, upon notice to the Attorney General, has a right to appeal to the First Judicial District Court of the State of Nevada, in and for Carson City, and present proof of the validity of the claim. If, after hearing, the court is satisfied the claimant is rightfully entitled to the deposit, the court shall enter a decree that the money be paid to the claimant. The decree must be certified to the State Board of Examiners, stating the amount thereby found to be due, and the State Board of Examiners shall allow the amount and certify it to the State Controller who shall draw a warrant therefor on the State Treasurer, who shall pay the warrant out of the State Highway Fund.
6. The amounts in the custody of the State Treasurer on March 19, 1955, falling under the provisions of this section, may be transferred to the State Highway Fund, after the expiration of 90 days from March 19, 1955, in accordance with the provisions of this section.
[Part 9:127:1949; A 1955, 192]—(NRS A 1961, 143; 1971, 231; 1979, 1815; 1999, 3583)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 485 - Motor Vehicles: Insurance and Financial Responsibility › NRS 485.300 - Matters not to be evidence in civil suits.

Any action taken by the department pursuant to NRS 485.190 to 485.300, inclusive, the findings, if any, of the department upon which the action is based and the security filed pursuant to NRS 485.190 to 485.300, inclusive, are privileged against disclosure at the trial of any action at law to recover damages.
[10:127:1949; 1943 NCL § 4439.10]—(NRS A 1961, 144; 1971, 809; 1981, 1129; 1995, 2738; 1999, 3584)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 485 - Motor Vehicles: Insurance and Financial Responsibility › NRS 485.301 - Judgment creditor authorized to report nonpayment of judgment entered as result of motor vehicle crash; Department to transmit copy of judgment to nonresident’s state.

1. Whenever any person fails within 60 days to satisfy any judgment that was entered as a result of a crash involving a motor vehicle, the judgment creditor or the judgment creditor’s attorney may forward to the Department immediately after the expiration of the 60 days a certified copy of the judgment.
2. If the defendant named in any certified copy of a judgment that was entered as a result of a crash involving a motor vehicle and reported to the Department is a nonresident, the Department shall transmit a certified copy of the judgment to the officer in charge of the issuance of licenses and registration certificates of the state in which the defendant is a resident.
(Added to NRS by 1957, 723; A 1961, 144; 1983, 266; 1999, 3584; 2007, 2050; 2015, 1651)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 485 - Motor Vehicles: Insurance and Financial Responsibility › NRS 485.302 - Suspension for nonpayment of judgment; exceptions.

1. The Department shall, upon the receipt of a certified copy of a judgment, suspend the license, all registrations and any nonresident’s operating privilege of any person against whom the judgment was rendered, except as otherwise provided in this section and in NRS 485.305.
2. If the judgment creditor consents in writing, in such a form as the Department may prescribe, that the judgment debtor be allowed a license and registration or nonresident’s operating privilege, it may be allowed by the Department until the consent is revoked in writing, notwithstanding default in the payment of the judgment or of any installments thereof prescribed in NRS 485.305, if the judgment debtor furnishes proof of financial responsibility as provided in NRS 485.307. The debtor shall maintain proof of financial responsibility for 3 years after the date of reinstatement of the license pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. If the debtor fails to do so, the Department shall suspend the license and registrations of the debtor.
(Added to NRS by 1957, 723; A 1961, 144; 1985, 1176; 1995, 2738; 1999, 3584)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 485 - Motor Vehicles: Insurance and Financial Responsibility › NRS 485.303 - Suspension to continue until judgments paid and proof given.

1. The license, all registrations and the nonresident’s operating privilege must remain so suspended and must not be renewed, nor may any license or registration be thereafter issued in the name of such a person, including any such person not previously licensed, unless every such judgment is stayed, satisfied in full or to the extent provided in this chapter and the person gives proof of financial responsibility subject to the exemptions stated in NRS 485.302 and 485.305.
2. The requirements of this section for reinstatement of a license, registration or privilege are in addition to the requirements of NRS 485.307.
(Added to NRS by 1957, 723; A 1975, 46; 1985, 1176)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 485 - Motor Vehicles: Insurance and Financial Responsibility › NRS 485.304 - Payments sufficient to satisfy requirements.

Judgments must for the purpose of this chapter only, be deemed satisfied:
1. When $25,000 has been credited upon any judgment or judgments rendered in excess of that amount because of bodily injury to or death of one person as the result of any one crash;
2. When, subject to the limit of $25,000 because of bodily injury to or death of one person, the sum of $50,000 has been credited upon any judgment or judgments rendered in excess of that amount because of bodily injury to or death of two or more persons as the result of any one crash; or
3. When $20,000 has been credited upon any judgment or judgments rendered in excess of that amount because of injury to or destruction of property of others as a result of any one crash,
but payments made in settlement of any claims because of bodily injury, death or property damage arising from a motor vehicle crash must be credited in reduction of the amounts provided for in this section.
(Added to NRS by 1957, 724; A 1963, 221; 1969, 177; 1981, 628; 2015, 1651; 2017, 1341)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 485 - Motor Vehicles: Insurance and Financial Responsibility › NRS 485.305 - Payment of judgment in installments; default.

1. A judgment debtor upon notice to the judgment creditor may apply to the court in which the judgment was rendered for the privilege of paying the judgment in installments and the court, without prejudice to any other legal remedies which the judgment creditor may have, may so order and fix the amounts and times of payment of the installments.
2. The Department shall not suspend a license, registration or a nonresident’s operating privilege, and shall restore any license, registrations or nonresident’s operating privilege suspended following nonpayment of a judgment, if the judgment debtor gives proof of financial responsibility and obtains such an order permitting the payment of the judgment in installments, and while the payment of any such installment is not in default. The requirements of this section for reinstatement of a license, registration or privilege are in addition to the requirements of NRS 485.307.
3. If the judgment debtor fails to pay any installment as specified by such an order, upon notice of the default, the Department shall forthwith suspend the license, registrations or nonresident’s operating privilege of the judgment debtor until the judgment is satisfied, as provided in this chapter.
(Added to NRS by 1957, 724; A 1961, 145; 1985, 1177; 1999, 3585)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 485 - Motor Vehicles: Insurance and Financial Responsibility › NRS 485.307 - Alternate methods of giving proof; proof required before registration is restored.

1. Proof of financial responsibility, when required pursuant to this title, may be given by filing:
(a) A certificate of financial responsibility as provided in NRS 485.308 or 485.309; or
(b) A certificate of self-insurance, as provided in NRS 485.380, supplemented by an agreement by the self-insurer that, with respect to crashes occurring while the certificate is in force, the self-insurer will pay the same judgments and in the same amounts that an insurer would have been obligated to pay under an owner’s policy of liability insurance if it had issued such a policy to the self-insurer.
2. Whenever the Department restores a license, permit or privilege of driving a vehicle in this State which has been revoked, no motor vehicle may be or continue to be registered in the name of the person whose license, permit or privilege was revoked unless proof of financial responsibility is furnished by that person.
(Added to NRS by 1957, 725; A 1985, 1177; 1987, 1093; 1993, 2486; 1995, 2738; 2015, 1651)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 485 - Motor Vehicles: Insurance and Financial Responsibility › NRS 485.3075 - Proof required before reinstatement of license or registrations suspended for failure to maintain proof; duration; penalty.

A person whose license or registrations are suspended for failure to maintain proof of financial responsibility as required pursuant to this title must provide proof of financial responsibility pursuant to NRS 485.307 before the person’s license or registrations will be reinstated. The person must maintain proof of financial responsibility for 3 years after the date of the reinstatement of his or her license pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. If the person fails to do so, the Department shall suspend his or her license and registrations.
(Added to NRS by 1995, 2734; A 1999, 3585)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 485 - Motor Vehicles: Insurance and Financial Responsibility › NRS 485.308 - Certificate of insurance as proof; filing of certificate by electronic or other means; insurance carrier to notify Department before cancelling or terminating policy.

1. Proof of financial responsibility may be furnished by filing with the Department the written certificate of any insurance carrier authorized to do business in this State certifying that there is in effect a motor vehicle liability policy for the benefit of the person required to furnish proof of financial responsibility. The certificate must specify its effective date and:
(a) If the policy is an owner’s policy of liability insurance, designate by appropriate reference all motor vehicles covered by it; or
(b) If the policy is an operator’s policy of liability insurance, designate the person covered.
2. The Department may authorize the filing of the certificates described in subsection 1 by electronic transmission or any other means deemed appropriate by the Department.
3. An insurance carrier that certifies the existence of a motor vehicle liability policy pursuant to subsection 1, must notify the Department at least 10 days before the cancellation or termination of the policy.
(Added to NRS by 1957, 725; A 1961, 146; 1973, 837; 1979, 1515; 1985, 1178; 1987, 1093; 1993, 2487; 1995, 2739; 1999, 3585)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 485 - Motor Vehicles: Insurance and Financial Responsibility › NRS 485.309 - Certificate furnished by nonresident as proof.

1. The nonresident owner of a motor vehicle not registered in this State or a nonresident operator of a motor vehicle may give proof of financial responsibility by filing with the Department a written certificate of an insurance carrier authorized to transact business:
(a) If the insurance provides coverage for the vehicle, in the state in which the motor vehicle described in the certificate is registered; or
(b) If the insurance provides coverage for the operator only, in the state in which the insured resides,
if the certificate otherwise conforms to the provisions of this chapter.
2. The Department shall accept the proof upon condition that the insurance carrier complies with the following provisions with respect to the policies so certified:
(a) The insurance carrier shall execute a power of attorney authorizing the Director to accept service on its behalf of notice or process in any action arising out of a crash involving a motor vehicle in this State; and
(b) The insurance carrier shall agree in writing that the policies shall be deemed to conform with the laws of this State relating to the terms of liability policies for owners of motor vehicles.
3. If any insurance carrier not authorized to transact business in this State, which has qualified to furnish proof of financial responsibility, defaults in any undertakings or agreements, the Department shall not thereafter accept as proof any certificate of that carrier whether theretofore filed or thereafter tendered as proof, as long as the default continues.
(Added to NRS by 1957, 725; A 1961, 146; 1985, 1958; 1987, 1094; 1999, 3586; 2015, 1651)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 485 - Motor Vehicles: Insurance and Financial Responsibility › NRS 485.3092 - Cancellation or termination of policy: Notice required; suspension required if effective date within 3 years after reinstatement.

When an insurance carrier has issued a motor vehicle liability policy, the insurance so issued must not be cancelled or terminated until at least 10 days after a notice of cancellation or termination of the insurance has been mailed first class or delivered to the insured and, if the insurance carrier has certified the policy under NRS 485.308 or 485.309, a notice has also been filed in the office of the Department. A policy subsequently procured and certified, on the effective date of its certification, terminates the insurance previously certified with respect to any motor vehicle designated or the person named as the insured operator in both certificates. If the effective date of the termination is within 3 years after the date of reinstatement of a license, registration or privilege, the Department shall suspend the license and registration or privilege.
(Added to NRS by 1957, 727; A 1961, 146; 1967, 1204; 1985, 1061, 1178; 1987, 1096; 1999, 3586)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 485 - Motor Vehicles: Insurance and Financial Responsibility › NRS 485.3093 - Chapter not to affect other policies.

1. This chapter shall not be held to apply to or affect policies of automobile insurance against liability which may now or hereafter be required by any other law of this State, and such policies, if they contain an agreement or are endorsed to conform to the requirements of this chapter, may be certified as proof of financial responsibility under this chapter.
2. This chapter shall not be held to apply to or affect policies insuring solely the insured named in the policy against liability resulting from the maintenance or use by persons in the insured’s employ or on his or her behalf of motor vehicles not owned by the insured.
(Added to NRS by 1957, 728)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 485 - Motor Vehicles: Insurance and Financial Responsibility › NRS 485.3098 - Other proof may be required.

Whenever any proof of financial responsibility filed under the provisions of this chapter no longer fulfills the purposes for which required, the Department shall, for the purpose of this chapter, require other proof as required by this chapter and shall suspend the license and registration or the nonresident’s operating privilege pending the filing of such other proof.
(Added to NRS by 1957, 729; A 1961, 148; 1999, 3586)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 485 - Motor Vehicles: Insurance and Financial Responsibility › NRS 485.3099 - Department, under certain circumstances, to consent to cancellation of certificate or waive requirement of proof; re-establishment of proof.

1. The Department shall, upon request, consent to the immediate cancellation of any certificate of financial responsibility or waive the requirement of filing proof of financial responsibility, in the following events:
(a) The death of the person on whose behalf the proof of financial responsibility was filed or the permanent incapacity of the person to operate a motor vehicle; or
(b) If the person who is required to file proof of financial responsibility surrenders his or her license and registration to the Department.
2. If a person who surrenders his or her license and registration pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 1 applies for a license or registration within a period of 3 years after the date proof of financial responsibility was originally required, the application must be refused unless the applicant re-establishes proof of financial responsibility for the remainder of the 3-year period.
(Added to NRS by 1957, 729; A 1961, 148; 1995, 2739; 1999, 3587; 2007, 2050)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 485 - Motor Vehicles: Insurance and Financial Responsibility › NRS 485.313 - Department to create system for verifying that owners of motor vehicles maintain insurance; regulations.

1. The Department:
(a) Shall, in cooperation with insurers, create a system for verifying through the secure transmission and receipt of information that the owners of motor vehicles maintain the insurance required by NRS 485.185; and
(b) May enter into a contract with any person to provide services relating to the system.
2. The Director shall adopt regulations to carry out the provisions of this section.
3. For vehicles which are part of a fleet of more than one vehicle, all of which are covered by a commercial liability policy, the maintenance of the insurance required by NRS 485.185 shall be deemed to have been satisfied by the submission by the insurer to the Department of the policy number and the name of the registered owner of the vehicles.
4. As used in this section, "motor vehicle":
(a) Does not include:
(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection 1 of NRS 482.398, a golf cart as that term is defined in NRS 482.044.
(2) A vehicle that is registered as part of a fleet of vehicles pursuant to subsection 5 of NRS 482.215.
(b) Includes, without limitation, a motortruck, truck-tractor, bus or other vehicle that is registered pursuant to paragraph (c) of subsection 1 of NRS 482.482 or NRS 706.801 to 706.861, inclusive.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 2483; A 1995, 2740; 1997, 1083; 2009, 402, 2206; 2013, 1890)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 485 - Motor Vehicles: Insurance and Financial Responsibility › NRS 485.314 - Insurer to maintain record of each contract of insurance and provide Department access to any such record; Department to notify Commissioner of Insurance of noncompliance or receipt of false, incomplete or misleading information.

1. Each insurer that has executed a contract of insurance for a motor vehicle liability policy which may be used to meet the requirements of NRS 485.185 shall maintain a record of each such policy in a format approved by the Department and provide the Department with access to the record.
2. The Department shall notify the Commissioner of Insurance if an insurer:
(a) Fails to comply with subsection 1; or
(b) In complying with subsection 1, provides to the Department information that is false, incomplete or misleading.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 2483; A 1995, 2740; 1997, 1083; 2009, 2206)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 485 - Motor Vehicles: Insurance and Financial Responsibility › NRS 485.316 - Confidentiality of information in system; exceptions; penalty.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 and NRS 239.0115, information which is maintained in the system created pursuant to NRS 485.313 is confidential.
2. The Department may only disclose information which is maintained in the system to:
(a) A state or local governmental agency for the purpose of enforcing NRS 485.185, including investigating or litigating a violation or alleged violation;
(b) An authorized insurer;
(c) A person:
(1) With whom the Department has contracted to provide services relating to the system created pursuant to NRS 485.313; and
(2) To whom the information is disclosed only pursuant to a nondisclosure or confidentiality agreement which relates to the information;
(d) A person who requests information regarding his or her own status;
(e) The parent or legal guardian of the person about whom the information is requested if the person is an unemancipated minor or legally incapacitated;
(f) A person who has a power of attorney from the person about whom the information is requested;
(g) A person who submits a notarized release from the person about whom the information is requested which is dated no more than 90 days before the date of the request; or
(h) A person who has suffered a loss or injury in a crash involving a motor vehicle, or the person’s authorized insurer or a representative of the authorized insurer, who requests:
(1) Information for use in the crash report; and
(2) For each motor vehicle involved in the crash:
(I) The name and address of each registered owner;
(II) The name of the insurer; and
(III) The number of the policy of liability insurance.
3. A person who knowingly violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a category D felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130.
4. As used in this section, "authorized insurer" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 679A.030.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 2484; A 1995, 1301, 2740; 2001 Special Session, 253; 2007, 2118; 2009, 2207; 2015, 1653)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 485 - Motor Vehicles: Insurance and Financial Responsibility › NRS 485.318 - Immunity from liability for actions in good faith and without gross negligence.

An insurer, its agents, the Department and its employees who act pursuant to NRS 485.313 to 485.318, inclusive, in good faith and without gross negligence are immune from civil liability for those acts.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 2484; A 1995, 2742)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 485 - Motor Vehicles: Insurance and Financial Responsibility › NRS 485.320 - Surrender of license, registration and license plates; owner of dormant vehicle required to cancel registration if policy covering vehicle is cancelled or expires; regulations.

1. If the license of any person is suspended as provided in this chapter, the person shall immediately return the license to the Department. If the person’s registration is suspended, the person shall immediately return the certificate of registration and the license plates to the Department.
2. If any person fails to return any item as required by subsection 1, the Department shall forthwith direct any peace officer to secure possession thereof and to return the item to the Department.
3. A person who owns a dormant vehicle who desires to cancel the policy of liability insurance covering that vehicle or to allow such a policy to expire:
(a) Shall, on or before the date on which the policy is cancelled or expires, cancel the registration of the vehicle to which that policy pertains.
(b) May, if the person presents the license plates for that vehicle to the authorized personnel of the Department for the removal and destruction of the sticker or other device evidencing the current registration of the vehicle, retain for potential reinstatement the license plates for a period not to exceed 1 year.
4. The Department shall adopt regulations which define "extended period," "mechanical circumstances" and "seasonal circumstances" for the purposes of NRS 485.0335.
[12:127:1949; 1943 NCL § 4439.12]—(NRS A 1961, 149; 1987, 319; 1997, 1086; 1999, 3587)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 485 - Motor Vehicles: Insurance and Financial Responsibility › NRS 485.326 - Suspension of license for failure to maintain insurance.

1. The Department shall suspend the license of any person convicted of violating the provisions of paragraph (a) of subsection 1 of NRS 485.187.
2. Any license suspended pursuant to subsection 1 must remain suspended until the person shows proof of financial responsibility as set forth in NRS 485.307. The person shall maintain proof of financial responsibility for 3 years after the reinstatement of his or her license pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, and if the person fails to do so, the Department shall suspend any license previously suspended pursuant to subsection 1.
(Added to NRS by 1981, 1861; A 1985, 1178, 1959; 1987, 1096, 1442; 1993, 2487; 1995, 700, 2742; 1999, 3588)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 485 - Motor Vehicles: Insurance and Financial Responsibility › NRS 485.330 - Operating motor vehicle when license or registration suspended.

Any person whose license or registration or nonresident’s operating privilege has been suspended pursuant to this chapter and who, during the suspension, drives any motor vehicle upon any highway or knowingly permits any motor vehicle owned by the person to be operated by another person upon any highway, except as permitted pursuant to this chapter, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
[Part 13:127:1949; 1943 NCL § 4439.13]—(NRS A 1967, 596; 1995, 2742)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 485 - Motor Vehicles: Insurance and Financial Responsibility › NRS 485.340 - Failure to return license, registration or license plate.

Any person willfully failing to return a license, certificate of registration or license plate as required in NRS 485.320 is guilty of a misdemeanor.
[Part 13:127:1949; 1943 NCL § 4439.13]—(NRS A 1967, 596; 1987, 320)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 485 - Motor Vehicles: Insurance and Financial Responsibility › NRS 485.350 - False or forged policy of insurance, certificate of self-insurance, proof of financial responsibility, evidence of insurance or other document; misrepresentation of documents.

Any person who:
1. Forges, materially alters or, without authority, signs any policy of insurance, certificate of self-insurance, proof of financial responsibility, evidence of insurance or other document required pursuant to this chapter;
2. Files or offers for filing any policy of insurance, certificate of self-insurance, proof of financial responsibility, evidence of insurance or other document knowing or having reason to believe that it is forged, altered or signed without authority; or
3. Misrepresents the validity of any policy of insurance, certificate of self-insurance, proof of financial responsibility, evidence of insurance or other document required pursuant to this chapter,
is guilty of a misdemeanor.
[Part 13:127:1949; 1943 NCL § 4439.13]—(NRS A 1967, 596; 1987, 313; 1995, 2742)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 485 - Motor Vehicles: Insurance and Financial Responsibility › NRS 485.360 - Penalty for other violations.

Any person who shall violate any provision of this chapter for which no penalty is otherwise provided shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
[Part 13:127:1949; 1943 NCL § 4439.13]—(NRS A 1967, 596)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 485 - Motor Vehicles: Insurance and Financial Responsibility › NRS 485.380 - Self-insurers.

1. Any person in whose name more than 10 motor vehicles are registered in the State of Nevada may qualify as a self-insurer by obtaining a certificate of self-insurance issued by the Department as provided in subsection 2.
2. The Department may, upon the application of such a person, issue a certificate of self-insurance when:
(a) It is satisfied that the person possesses and will continue to possess the ability to pay judgments obtained against him or her; and
(b) The person provides security to satisfy judgments against him or her in an amount prescribed by regulation of the Department.
3. The certificate of self-insurance must include:
(a) The name and address of the self-insurer;
(b) The expiration date of the self-insurance; and
(c) The statements:
(1) "Self-insured"; and
(2) "This certificate of self-insurance or a photocopy thereof must be carried in the motor vehicle which is self-insured for production on demand."
4. Upon not less than 5 days’ notice and a hearing pursuant to the notice, the Department may, upon reasonable grounds, cancel a certificate of self-insurance. Failure to pay any judgment within 30 days after it becomes final constitutes a reasonable ground for the cancellation of a certificate of self-insurance.
5. The Department shall adopt regulations which set forth the amount of security which must be provided by a self-insurer pursuant to subsection 2.
[15:127:1949; 1943 NCL § 4439.15]—(NRS A 1961, 149; 1965, 263; 1973, 839; 1977, 657; 1979, 1517; 1993, 2487; 1995, 2743; 1999, 3588)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 485 - Motor Vehicles: Insurance and Financial Responsibility › NRS 485.385 - Department to take appropriate action after receipt of correct information.

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.
(Added to NRS by 1957, 730; A 1961, 149; 1981, 1865; 1999, 3588; 2015, 1654)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 485 - Motor Vehicles: Insurance and Financial Responsibility › NRS 485.387 - Suspension of registration does not prevent owner from effecting bona fide sale; rights of vendor, mortgagee or lessor.

1. This chapter shall not prevent the owner of a motor vehicle, the registration of which has been suspended under this chapter, from effecting a bona fide sale of such motor vehicle to another person whose rights or privileges are not suspended under this chapter, nor prevent the registration of such motor vehicle by such transferee.
2. This chapter shall not in anywise affect the rights of any conditional vendor, chattel mortgagee or lessor of a motor vehicle registered in the name of another as owner who becomes subject to the provisions of this chapter.
[11:127:1949; 1943 NCL § 4439.11]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 485 - Motor Vehicles: Insurance and Financial Responsibility › NRS 485.400 - Chapter not retroactive.

This chapter shall not apply with respect to any crash, or judgment arising therefrom, or violation of the motor vehicle laws of this State occurring prior to September 1, 1949.
[17:127:1949; 1943 NCL § 4439.17]—(NRS A 2015, 1654)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 486 - Motorcycles and Similar Vehicles › NRS 486.011 - Definitions.

As used in NRS 486.011 to 486.381, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 486.015 to 486.057, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 1465; A 1975, 1082; 1979, 856; 1985, 1959; 1991, 1067; 2023, 1475)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 486 - Motorcycles and Similar Vehicles › NRS 486.015 - "Autocycle" defined. [Effective on the date on which the Director of the Department of Motor Vehicles notifies the Governor and the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau that sufficient resources are available to enable the Department to carry out the amendatory provisions of chapter 233, Statutes of Nevada 2023, at page 1468, which relate to autocycles.]

"Autocycle" means a three-wheeled motor vehicle that:
1. Is designed with two front wheels and one rear wheel;
2. Is equipped with a steering wheel or handlebars;
3. Is equipped with safety belts for the driver and each passenger;
4. Uses foot pedals to control the braking and acceleration of the vehicle;
5. Does not require the operator or passengers to straddle or sit astride the vehicle; and
6. Has been manufactured to meet the federal safety requirements for a motorcycle.
(Added to NRS by 2023, 1475, effective on the date on which the Director of the Department of Motor Vehicles notifies the Governor and the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau that sufficient resources are available to enable the Department to carry out the amendatory provisions of chapter 233, Statutes of Nevada 2023, at page 1468, which relate to autocycles)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 486 - Motorcycles and Similar Vehicles › NRS 486.038 - "Moped" defined.

"Moped" means a motor-driven scooter, motor-driven cycle or similar vehicle that is propelled by a small engine which produces not more than 2 gross brake horsepower, has a displacement of not more than 50 cubic centimeters or produces not more than 1500 watts final output, and:
1. Is designed to travel on not more than three wheels in contact with the ground but is not a tractor; and
2. Is capable of a maximum speed of not more than 30 miles per hour on a flat surface with not more than 1 percent grade in any direction when the motor is engaged.
The term does not include an electric bicycle as defined in NRS 484B.017 or an electric scooter as defined in NRS 482.0295.
(Added to NRS by 1975, 1082; A 1983, 896; 2009, 402; 2019, 1897; 2021, 1744)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 486 - Motorcycles and Similar Vehicles › NRS 486.041 - "Motorcycle" defined. [Effective until the date on which the Director of the Department of Motor Vehicles notifies the Governor and the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau that sufficient resources are available to enable the Department to carry out the amendatory provisions of chapter 233, Statutes of Nevada 2023, at page 1468, which relate to autocycles.] "Motorcycle" defined. [Effective on the date on which the Director of the Department of Motor Vehicles notifies the Governor and the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau that sufficient resources are available to enable the Department to carry out the amendatory provisions of chapter 233, Statutes of Nevada 2023, at page 1468, which relate to autocycles.]

"Motorcycle" means every motor vehicle equipped with a seat or a saddle for the use of the driver and designed to travel on not more than three wheels in contact with the ground, excluding an electric bicycle as defined in NRS 484B.017, an electric scooter as defined in NRS 482.0295, a tractor and a moped.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 1465; A 1975, 1082; 2009, 403; 2019, 1897; 2021, 1744)
"Motorcycle" means every motor vehicle equipped with a seat or a saddle for the use of the driver and designed to travel on not more than three wheels in contact with the ground, excluding an electric bicycle as defined in NRS 484B.017, an electric scooter as defined in NRS 482.0295, a tractor, an autocycle and a moped.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 1465; A 1975, 1082; 2009, 403; 2019, 1897; 2021, 1744; 2023, 1475, effective on the date on which the Director of the Department of Motor Vehicles notifies the Governor and the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau that sufficient resources are available to enable the Department to carry out the amendatory provisions of chapter 233, Statutes of Nevada 2023, at page 1468, which relate to autocycles)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 486 - Motorcycles and Similar Vehicles › NRS 486.051 - "Muffler" defined.

"Muffler" means a device consisting of a series of chambers or baffle plates, or other mechanical design, for the purpose of receiving exhaust gas from an internal combustion engine, and is effective in reducing noise, but does not include such a device equipped with an apparatus which permits the exhaust gas to be discharged directly into the air without passing through such device.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 1465)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 486 - Motorcycles and Similar Vehicles › NRS 486.057 - "Trimobile" defined.

"Trimobile" means every motor vehicle equipped with handlebars and a saddle seat and designed to travel with three wheels in contact with the ground, at least one of which is power driven. The term does not include a motorcycle with a sidecar.
(Added to NRS by 1979, 856; A 2015, 327; 2019, 3104)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 486 - Motorcycles and Similar Vehicles › NRS 486.071 - Qualifications for license.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3 and NRS 486.161, the Department shall not issue a motorcycle driver’s license unless the applicant:
(a) Is at least 18 years of age; and
(b) Has successfully completed:
(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, such written examinations and driving tests as may be required by the Department; or
(2) A course of motorcycle safety approved by the Department.
2. A holder of an instruction permit issued pursuant to subsection 4 or 5 of NRS 483.280 who applies to the Department for a motorcycle driver’s license pursuant to subsection 1 is not required to successfully complete the written examinations required pursuant to subparagraph (1) of paragraph (b) of subsection 1 if the holder of the permit:
(a) Is at least 18 years of age;
(b) Has held the instruction permit for not less than 6 months; and
(c) The instruction permit expired not more than 30 days before the date of application for a motorcycle driver’s license.
3. The Department shall not issue a motorcycle driver’s license to an applicant who is at least 16 years of age but is less than 18 years of age unless the applicant:
(a) Meets the requirements of subsection 4 of NRS 483.2521; and
(b) Has successfully completed such written examinations and driving tests as may be required by the Department.
4. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4 of NRS 483.2521, any person who has been issued a driver’s license pursuant to chapter 483 of NRS without having the authority to drive a motorcycle endorsed thereon must, before driving a motorcycle, successfully pass:
(a) A driving test conducted by the Department; or
(b) A course of motorcycle safety approved by the Department,
and have the authority endorsed upon the license.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 1466; A 1973, 1444; 1995, 88; 2017, 966; 2019, 2974)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 486 - Motorcycles and Similar Vehicles › NRS 486.084 - Payment of child support: Statement by applicant for license; grounds for denial of license; duty of Department. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state to establish procedures for withholding, suspending and restricting the professional, occupational and recreational licenses for child support arrearages and for noncompliance with certain processes relating to paternity or child support proceedings.]

1. An applicant for the issuance or renewal of a motorcycle driver’s license shall submit to the Department the statement prescribed by the Division of Welfare and Supportive Services of the Department of Health and Human Services pursuant to NRS 425.520. The statement must be completed and signed by the applicant.
2. The Department shall include the statement required pursuant to subsection 1 in:
(a) The application or any other forms that must be submitted for the issuance or renewal of the license; or
(b) A separate form prescribed by the Department.
3. A motorcycle driver’s license may not be issued or renewed by the Department if the applicant:
(a) Fails to submit the statement required pursuant to subsection 1; or
(b) Indicates on the statement submitted pursuant to subsection 1 that the applicant is subject to a court order for the support of a child and is not in compliance with the order or a plan approved by the district attorney or other public agency enforcing the order for the repayment of the amount owed pursuant to the order.
4. If an applicant indicates on the statement submitted pursuant to subsection 1 that the applicant is subject to a court order for the support of a child and is not in compliance with the order or a plan approved by the district attorney or other public agency enforcing the order for the repayment of the amount owed pursuant to the order, the Department shall advise the applicant to contact the district attorney or other public agency enforcing the order to determine the actions that the applicant may take to satisfy the arrearage.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 2077)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 486 - Motorcycles and Similar Vehicles › NRS 486.091 - Application from person previously licensed in another state; copy of record from other state becomes part of Nevada record; Department to furnish records to other states.

1. Whenever an application for a motorcycle driver’s license is received from a person previously licensed in another state, the Department shall request a copy of the driver’s record from such other state. When received, the driver’s record shall become a part of the driver’s record in this State with the same effect as though entered on the driver’s record in this State in the original instance.
2. Whenever the Department receives a request for a driver’s record from another licensing state the record shall be forwarded without charge.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 1466; A 1973, 1445)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 486 - Motorcycles and Similar Vehicles › NRS 486.101 - Application of minors.

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.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 1467; A 1973, 1445; 1991, 2231; 2017, 794)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 486 - Motorcycles and Similar Vehicles › NRS 486.111 - Release from liability.

Any person who has signed the application of a minor for a motorcycle driver’s license may thereafter file with the Department a verified written request that the license of the minor so granted be cancelled. Thereupon, the Department shall cancel the license of the minor, and the person who signed the application of the minor is relieved from the liability imposed pursuant to NRS 486.011 to 486.381, inclusive, by reason of having signed such application on account of any subsequent negligence or willful misconduct of such minor in driving a motorcycle.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 1467; A 1991, 2231; 2017, 966)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 486 - Motorcycles and Similar Vehicles › NRS 486.121 - Cancellation of license upon death of person signing minor’s application.

The Department, upon receipt of satisfactory evidence of the death of the persons who signed the application of a minor for a motorcycle driver’s license, shall cancel the license and shall not issue a new license until a new application, signed and verified, is made as required by NRS 486.011 to 486.381, inclusive. This provision does not apply if the minor has attained the age of 18 years.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 1467; A 1973, 1446; 1991, 2231; 2017, 967)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 486 - Motorcycles and Similar Vehicles › NRS 486.131 - Examination of applicants.

1. The Department may require every applicant for a motorcycle driver’s license to submit to an examination conducted by the Department or successfully complete a course of motorcycle safety approved by the Department.
2. An examination may be held in the county where the applicant resides within 30 days after the date application is made and may include:
(a) Except as otherwise provided in NRS 486.071, a test of the applicant’s ability to understand official devices used to control traffic;
(b) Except as otherwise provided in NRS 486.071, a test of the applicant’s knowledge of practices for safe driving and the traffic laws of this State;
(c) Except as otherwise provided in a regulation adopted pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 483.330, a test of the applicant’s eyesight; and
(d) An actual demonstration of the applicant’s ability to exercise ordinary and reasonable control in the operation of a motorcycle.
The examination may also include such further physical and mental examination as the Department finds necessary to determine the applicant’s fitness to drive a motorcycle safely upon the highways.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 1467; A 1987, 1310; 1995, 88; 2017, 967)