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2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.320 - Manufacturers, distributors, dealers and rebuilders: Special plates required for movement of new and used vehicles; exceptions.

1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 482.31776, a manufacturer, distributor, dealer or rebuilder who has an established place of business in this State and who owns or controls any new or used vehicle of a type otherwise required to be registered under the provisions of this chapter, may operate that vehicle or allow it to be operated for purposes of display, demonstration, maintenance, sale or exchange if there is displayed thereon a special plate or plates issued to the manufacturer, distributor, dealer or rebuilder as provided in NRS 482.275 and 482.330. Owners or officers of the corporation, managers, heads of departments and salespersons may be temporarily assigned and operate a vehicle displaying such plates.
2. The provisions of this section do not apply to:
(a) Work or service vehicles owned or controlled by a manufacturer, distributor, dealer or rebuilder.
(b) Vehicles leased by dealers, except vehicles rented or leased to vehicle salespersons in the course of their employment.
(c) Vehicles which are privately owned by the owners, officers or employees of the manufacturer, distributor, dealer or rebuilder.
(d) Vehicles which are being used for personal reasons by a person who is not licensed by the Department or otherwise exempted in subsection 1.
(e) Vehicles which have been given or assigned to persons who work for a manufacturer, distributor, dealer or rebuilder for services performed.
(f) Vehicles purchased by a manufacturer, distributor, dealer or rebuilder for personal use which the manufacturer, distributor, dealer or rebuilder is not licensed or authorized to resell.
[Part 16:202:1931; A 1937, 330; 1951, 165; 1953, 280; 1955, 468]—(NRS A 1957, 506; 1959, 913; 1960, 128; 1963, 103; 1965, 1473; 1971, 1303; 1981, 190; 1983, 1000; 1993, 2341; 1999, 1903; 2007, 3204)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.322 - Vehicle dealers, manufacturers, distributors and rebuilders: Licenses required; additional restriction upon activities of new vehicle dealer; license does not extend to mobile homes; Department to investigate applicant; penalties for violations.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 and NRS 482.3225, a person shall not engage in the activities of a new vehicle dealer, used vehicle dealer, manufacturer, distributor or rebuilder in this State until the person has been issued:
(a) A new vehicle dealer’s, used vehicle dealer’s, manufacturer’s, distributor’s, rebuilder’s or lessor’s license certificate or similar license or permit by every city within whose corporate limits the person maintains an established place of business and by every county in which the person maintains an established place of business outside the corporate limits of a city; and
(b) A license by the Department. The Department shall not issue a license to the person until he or she has been issued all certificates, licenses and permits required by paragraph (a).
2. Except for a manufacturer described in subsection 2 of NRS 482.078, a person licensed as a dealer pursuant to this chapter shall not engage in the activities of a new vehicle dealer until he or she has provided the Department with satisfactory proof that the person is authorized by a manufacturer to display and offer for sale vehicles produced or distributed by that manufacturer.
3. A vehicle dealer’s, manufacturer’s or rebuilder’s license issued pursuant to this chapter does not permit a person to engage in the business of a new or used mobile home dealer, manufacturer or rebuilder.
4. The Department shall investigate any applicant for a dealer’s, manufacturer’s, distributor’s, rebuilder’s or lessor’s license certificate or license and complete an investigation report on a form provided by the Department.
5. A person who violates subsection 1 or 2 is guilty of:
(a) For a first offense, a misdemeanor.
(b) For a second offense, a gross misdemeanor.
(c) For a third and any subsequent offense, a category D felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130.
(Added to NRS by 1957, 509; A 1963, 68; 1965, 1474; 1971, 1303; 1975, 1072, 1534, 1576; 1979, 1024, 1223; 1981, 1045; 1983, 1001; 1991, 755; 1995, 776, 2355; 2007, 3205; 2014, 28th Special Session, 4)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.3225 - Conditions under which charitable organization not required to obtain certain licensure.

A charitable organization may sell a vehicle which has been donated to the organization without complying with the provisions of subsection 1 of NRS 482.322 if:
1. No member, director, officer, employee or agent of the charitable organization has a pecuniary interest in the sale of the vehicle; and
2. The charitable organization ensures that the insurance required pursuant to NRS 485.185 is provided for that vehicle until it is purchased.
(Added to NRS by 1995, 2354; A 1997, 624)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.323 - Established place of business required for dealers, short-term lessors and brokers; notification of Department of branches by short-term lessors.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 2 and 3, every vehicle dealer shall maintain an established place of business in this State which:
(a) Includes a permanent enclosed building, owned in fee or leased, with sufficient space to display one or more vehicles which the dealer is licensed to sell; and
(b) Is principally used by the dealer to conduct his or her business.
2. Every used vehicle dealer, trailer dealer or semitrailer dealer shall maintain an established place of business in this State which has:
(a) Sufficient space to display one or more vehicles;
(b) Boundaries which are clearly marked; and
(c) A permanent enclosed building large enough to accommodate his or her office and provide a safe place to keep the books and other records of the business.
3. A short-term lessor shall:
(a) Designate his or her principal place of business as the short-term lessors established place of business and each other location where the short-term lessor conducts business as a branch that is operated pursuant to the license for the principal place of business.
(b) Notify the Department of each branch at which he or she conducts business by filing, on forms provided by the Department, such information pertaining to each branch as required by the Department.
4. Every broker shall maintain an established place of business in this State which is in a permanent building with sufficient space to accommodate his or her office.
(Added to NRS by 1981, 1044; A 1995, 2366; 1997, 2992)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.3253 - Factors Director must consider before renewing license of manufacturer, distributor, rebuilder or dealer; authority of Director to require bond.

The Director shall, before renewing any license issued pursuant to NRS 482.325, consider:
1. The number and types of complaints received against a manufacturer, distributor, rebuilder or dealer by the Department; and
2. Any administrative fines imposed upon the manufacturer, distributor, rebuilder or dealer by the Department pursuant to NRS 482.554 and 482.565,
and may require the manufacturer, distributor, rebuilder or dealer to provide a good and sufficient bond in the amount set forth in subsection 1 of NRS 482.345 for each category of vehicle sold at each place of business and in each county in which the manufacturer, distributor, rebuilder or dealer is licensed to do business.
(Added to NRS by 2007, 3200)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.3255 - Denial or revocation of license: Evidence of unfitness of applicant or licensee.

Evidence of unfitness of an applicant or a licensee for purposes of denial or revocation of a license may consist of, but is not limited to:
1. Failure to discharge a lienholder on a vehicle within 30 days after it is traded to the dealership.
2. Being the former holder of or being a partner, officer, director, owner or manager involved in management decisions of a dealership which held a license issued pursuant to NRS 482.325 which was revoked for cause and never reissued or was suspended upon terms which were never fulfilled.
3. Defrauding or attempting to defraud the State or a political subdivision of any taxes or fees in connection with the sale or transfer of a vehicle.
4. Forging the signature of the registered or legal owner of a vehicle on a certificate of title.
5. Purchasing, selling, otherwise disposing of or possessing any vehicle which the applicant or licensee knows, or a reasonable person should know, is stolen or otherwise illegally appropriated.
6. Willfully failing to deliver to a purchaser or the purchaser’s lienholder a certificate of title to a vehicle the applicant or licensee has sold.
7. Refusing to allow an agent of the Department to inspect, during normal business hours, all books, records and files of the dealership which are maintained within the State.
8. Any fraud which includes, but is not limited to:
(a) Misrepresentation in any manner, whether intentional or grossly negligent, of a material fact.
(b) An intentional failure to disclose a material fact.
9. Willful failure to comply with any regulation adopted by the Department.
10. Knowingly submitting or causing to be submitted any false, forged or otherwise fraudulent document to the Department to obtain a lien, title, salvage title or certificate of ownership or any duplicate thereof for a vehicle.
11. Knowingly causing or allowing a false, forged or otherwise fraudulent document to be maintained as a record of his or her business.
12. Violating the provisions of NRS 482.555 which involved the sale or transfer of interest in a vehicle.
(Added to NRS by 1981, 1045; A 2003, 461; 2007, 3205)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.3256 - Licensees to post licenses in conspicuous place visible to public.

A dealer, rebuilder, manufacturer, distributor, broker or long-term or short-term lessor licensed under the provisions of this chapter shall post his or her license, and all licenses issued to persons in his or her employ who are licensed as salespersons, in a conspicuous place clearly visible to the general public at the location described in the license.
(Added to NRS by 2007, 3199)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.3257 - Dealers: Activities constituting prima facie evidence that person is acting as dealer.

Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 of NRS 482.020, the following activities are prima facie evidence that a person is engaged in the activities of a vehicle dealer:
1. A person displays for sale, sells or offers for sale any vehicle which he or she does not personally own;
2. A person demonstrates, or allows the demonstration or operation of, any vehicle for the purpose of sale or future sale or as an inducement to purchase the vehicle; or
3. A person engages in an activity specified by subsection 1 of NRS 482.020 or any other act regarding a vehicle which would lead a reasonable person to believe that he or she may purchase that vehicle or a similar vehicle.
(Added to NRS by 2007, 3200)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.326 - Dealers: 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 conditions; change of name or location.

1. A vehicle dealer shall inform the Department of the location of each place at which the vehicle dealer conducts any business, and the name under which he or she does business at each location.
2. If a vehicle dealer does business at more than one location, the vehicle dealer shall designate one location in each county in which he or she does business as his or her principal place of business for that county and one name as the principal name of the business. The vehicle dealer shall designate all other business locations not otherwise designated as a principal place of business pursuant to this subsection as branches.
3. A 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 maintains 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 482.332 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 must be culminated, and the records of the transaction maintained, at the principal place of business; and
(h) The vehicle dealer shall provide 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 a vehicle sales business in this State.
4. If a vehicle dealer changes the name or location of any of his or her established places of business, the vehicle dealer shall not conduct business as a 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.
(Added to NRS by 1979, 1023; A 1997, 91; 2007, 3206)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.3263 - Books and records of dealers and brokers: Physical location or electronic maintenance; inspection and copying or electronic availability; retention.

1. A dealer shall keep his or her books and records for all locations at which the dealer does business within a county at his or her principal place of business in that county or maintain his or her books and records electronically. A broker shall keep his or her books and records at his or her principal place of business or maintain his or her books and records electronically.
2. Each dealer and broker shall:
(a) Permit any authorized agent of the Director or the State of Nevada to inspect and copy the books and records or make such records available electronically during usual business hours; or
(b) Not later than 3 business days after receiving a request from such a person for the production of the books and records or any other information or the electronic copies thereof, provide the requested books, records and other information or electronic copies to the person specified in the request.
3. A dealer or broker shall retain the books and records for 3 years after he or she ceases to be licensed as a dealer or broker.
(Added to NRS by 1981, 1044; A 1993, 2342; 1995, 2366; 1997, 92; 2021, 378)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.327 - Dealers: License for each branch; exception; contents of license; posting of license; temporary license.

1. If a vehicle dealer, other than a short-term lessor, has one or more branches, the dealer shall procure from the Department a license for each branch in addition to the license issued for his or her principal place of business.
2. The Department shall specify on each license it issues:
(a) The name of the licensee;
(b) The location for which the license is issued; and
(c) The name under which the licensee does business at that location.
3. Each vehicle dealer shall post each license issued to the dealer by the Department in a conspicuous place clearly visible to the general public at the location described in the license.
4. The Department shall, by regulation, provide for the issuance of a temporary license for a licensed dealer to conduct business at a temporary location. Any such regulations must include the imposition of a reasonable fee for the issuance of the temporary license.
(Added to NRS by 1979, 1024; A 1993, 2342; 1997, 1515, 2993; 1999, 629)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.3275 - Dealers: Signatures not required to be acknowledged on documents required to be filed with Department or other state agencies; exception.

Except as otherwise provided in NRS 482.346, the Department or any other agency of this State shall not require that a dealer have his or her signature acknowledged before a notary public or any other person authorized to take acknowledgments in this State on any document the dealer is required to file with the Department or agency.
(Added to NRS by 1995, 2354)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.3277 - Dealers: Certain purchasers and prospective purchasers to be allowed to view certain documents in Spanish language.

Each vehicle dealer who advertises that the Spanish language is spoken at his or her place of business or who conducts business by communicating in Spanish with a purchaser or prospective purchaser regarding the potential purchase of a motor vehicle shall, upon the request of a purchaser or prospective purchaser of a motor vehicle with whom the vehicle dealer or the dealer’s agent is communicating or has communicated in Spanish as a part of the preliminary discussions and negotiations regarding the purchase or potential purchase of the vehicle, allow the purchaser or prospective purchaser to view the version of the forms for the application for credit and contracts to be used in the sale of vehicles which have been translated into Spanish pursuant to subsection 3 of NRS 97.299.
(Added to NRS by 2003, 1905)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.328 - Vehicle taken in trade: Satisfaction of outstanding security interest.

If a licensed dealer takes a vehicle in trade on the purchase of another vehicle and there is an outstanding security interest, the licensed dealer shall satisfy the outstanding security interest within 30 days after the vehicle is taken in trade on the purchase of the other vehicle.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 1084)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.330 - Manufacturers, distributors, dealers and rebuilders: Certificates of registration and special plates for vehicles provided by Department upon licensing; special plates for loaned vehicles; limitation.

1. Upon issuance of a dealer’s, distributor’s, manufacturer’s or rebuilder’s license certificate pursuant to NRS 482.322, the Department shall furnish to the manufacturer, distributor, dealer or rebuilder one or more registration certificates and special plates for use on the vehicles described in the provisions of NRS 482.320. Each plate must have displayed upon it the identification number which is assigned to the dealer, distributor, manufacturer or rebuilder, and may at the discretion of the Department have a different letter or symbol on each plate or pair of plates. The manufacturer’s, distributor’s, dealer’s or rebuilder’s license plates may be used interchangeably on that vehicle.
2. The Department shall issue to each dealer a reasonable number of registration certificates and license plates.
3. The Department shall provide by regulation for the issuance of special license plates to dealers or rebuilders and for the number of those plates for use on vehicles loaned by those dealers or rebuilders to:
(a) Customers in the course of business.
(b) The State of Nevada.
(c) The Nevada System of Higher Education.
(d) A school district.
(e) A county, city or town.
(f) An organization that is exempt from taxation pursuant to the provisions of section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
The regulations must prescribe what use may be made of the plates and the persons who may operate a motor vehicle with those plates.
4. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 3, a dealer may use not more than six special plates from the total number of plates issued pursuant to this section for personal use by the dealer or a member of the dealer’s immediate family.
[Part 16:202:1931; A 1937, 330; 1951, 165; 1953, 280; 1955, 468]—(NRS A 1960, 130; 1965, 1474; 1971, 1304; 1975, 1576; 1979, 1224; 1983, 1002; 1999, 1370; 2007, 3207)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.332 - Dealers, manufacturers, lessors, rebuilders and brokers: Duty to affix legible sign containing name of business; exception.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, at each of his or her established places of business, each vehicle dealer, manufacturer, lessor, rebuilder and broker 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, a 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.
(Added to NRS by 1979, 1023; A 1997, 1515; 2007, 3207)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.3331 - Director to consider certain matters before renewing license of broker; authority of Director to require bond.

The Director shall, before renewing any license issued pursuant to NRS 482.333, consider:
1. The number and types of complaints received against a broker by the Department; and
2. Any administrative fines imposed upon the broker by the Department pursuant to NRS 482.554 and 482.565,
and may require the broker to provide a good and sufficient bond in the amount set forth in subsection 1 of NRS 482.345 for each category of vehicle for which services are provided at each place of business and in each county in which the broker is licensed to do business.
(Added to NRS by 1995, 2363; A 2007, 3208)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.3335 - Brokers: Prohibition against advertising as vehicle dealer without appropriate license; prohibition against displaying or advertising vehicle not licensed to sell.

1. No broker may intentionally cause to be published, displayed or circulated any advertisement, including any listing in a telephone directory, in which the broker is represented to be any type of vehicle dealer, unless the broker has obtained the appropriate license from the Department as provided in this chapter.
2. A broker may not display, or use in conjunction with any form of advertisement, a vehicle the broker is not licensed to sell.
(Added to NRS by 1995, 2363; A 2007, 3209)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.3337 - Brokers: Insured trust account required.

1. Each broker shall open and maintain a separate trust account in a bank, credit union, savings and loan association or savings bank in this State that is federally insured or insured by a private insurer approved pursuant to NRS 672.755. The broker shall deposit into the trust account any money received from a prospective buyer as a deposit on a vehicle. A broker shall not:
(a) Commingle the money in the trust account with any money that is not a deposit on a vehicle.
(b) Use any money in the trust account to pay his or her operational expenses.
2. A broker shall not require the buyer of a vehicle to pay a deposit on a vehicle in an amount that exceeds 10 percent of the purchase price of the vehicle.
(Added to NRS by 1995, 2363; A 1999, 1501)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.334 - Brokers: Written brokerage agreement with prospective buyer required; form of agreement; notice to be included within agreement; form and contents of notice; retention of copies of brokerage agreement.

1. Before commencing the provision of services to a prospective buyer, a broker shall execute a written brokerage agreement with the prospective buyer.
2. A brokerage agreement executed pursuant to subsection 1 must be in at least 10-point type and must include:
(a) The name, address, license number and telephone number of the broker.
(b) A complete description of the vehicle, including, but not limited to, the make, model, year and color of the vehicle.
(c) A specific statement of:
(1) The amount of the purchase price of the vehicle; and
(2) The date on which the brokerage agreement expires, if an agreement with a vehicle dealer to purchase a vehicle has not been signed.
(d) One of the following statements, as applicable for the particular transaction, printed in at least 10-point bold type and placed immediately below the statement required by paragraph (c):
(1) The broker does not receive a fee from the dealer which is selling this vehicle.
(2) The broker does receive a fee from the dealer which is selling this vehicle.
(e) A notice on the face of the brokerage agreement with a title in at least 14-point bold type and the text in at least 10-point bold type in substantially the following form:
NOTICE
This is an agreement to provide services; it is not an agreement for the purchase of a vehicle. The laws of the State of Nevada provide you with the following rights and protection:
1. Once you have signed this agreement, you have the right to cancel it and receive a full refund of any money that you paid under any of the following circumstances:
(a) The final price of the vehicle exceeds the purchase price stated in this agreement.
(b) The vehicle, upon delivery, does not match the description provided in this agreement.
(c) This agreement expired before you were presented with an agreement to purchase the vehicle from a dealer.
2. If you have paid a deposit to purchase the vehicle, you have the right to receive a full refund of that deposit at any time before you sign an agreement to purchase the vehicle with a dealer. The amount of any deposit to purchase a vehicle must not exceed 10 percent of the purchase price of the vehicle and must be deposited by the broker in a federally insured trust account.
3. If you are unable to resolve a dispute with your broker, please contact your local office of the Department of Motor Vehicles.
(f) The date of execution of the brokerage agreement.
(g) The signatures of the broker and the prospective buyer.
3. A broker shall retain copies of any brokerage agreement executed pursuant to this section for 3 years.
(Added to NRS by 1995, 2364; A 2001, 2548)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.3345 - Dealers: Prohibited and authorized acts if prospective buyer enters into exclusive written brokerage agreement with broker.

If a prospective buyer enters into an exclusive written brokerage agreement with a broker pursuant to NRS 482.334 and the broker facilitates the sale by a vehicle dealer of a vehicle to the prospective buyer, the vehicle dealer shall not:
1. Deal directly with the prospective buyer regarding the matter of the purchase price until at least 30 days after the expiration of the brokerage agreement; or
2. Otherwise interfere with or obstruct the performance of the brokerage agreement.
The vehicle dealer may deal directly with the prospective buyer on other matters relating to the sale of the vehicle, including, but not limited to, the terms of financing, purchase of extended warranties and insurance.
(Added to NRS by 1995, 2365)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.335 - Manufacturers, distributors, dealers and rebuilders: Display of license plate or plates.

1. No manufacturer, distributor, dealer or rebuilder may operate any vehicle owned or controlled by him or her upon any public highway, or permit it to be so operated, unless a license plate or license plates assigned to him or her are attached thereto in the manner specified in this chapter.
2. It shall be lawful for a manufacturer, distributor or dealer to operate new vehicles without the plate or plates being attached thereto from the railroad depot, warehouse or other place of storage to the place of business of that manufacturer, distributor or dealer where the depot, warehouse or place of storage is within the same city or town or not more than 5 miles from the place of business.
[Part 16:202:1931; A 1937, 330; 1951, 165; 1953, 280; 1955, 468]—(NRS A 1971, 1304; 1983, 1002; 2005, 984)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.346 - Deposit in lieu of bond: Specifications; conditions for release; liability; immediate suspension of license if amount reduced or outstanding judgment; reinstatement of license; refund; deposit in Motor Vehicle Fund.

1. In lieu of a bond, an applicant may deposit with the Department, under terms prescribed by the Department:
(a) A like amount of lawful money of the United States; or
(b) A savings certificate of a bank, credit union, savings and loan association or savings bank situated in Nevada, which must indicate an account of an amount equal to the amount of the bond which would otherwise be required by NRS 482.345 and that this amount is unavailable for withdrawal except upon order of the Department. Interest earned on the amount accrues to the account of the applicant.
2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, a deposit made pursuant to subsection 1 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 licensee, or released upon receipt of:
(a) A court order requiring the Director to release all or a specified portion of the deposit; or
(b) A statement signed by the person or persons under whose name the deposit is made and acknowledged before any person authorized to take acknowledgments in this State, requesting the Director to release the deposit, or a specified portion thereof, and stating the purpose for which the release is requested.
3. A deposit made pursuant to subsection 1 in lieu of a bond required by NRS 482.345 may only be disbursed to compensate a consumer. As used in this subsection, "consumer" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 482.345.
4. When a deposit is made pursuant to subsection 1, liability under the deposit is in the amount prescribed by the Department. If the amount of the deposit is reduced or there is an outstanding court judgment for which the licensee is liable under the deposit, the license is automatically suspended. The license must be reinstated if the licensee:
(a) Files an additional bond pursuant to subsection 1 of NRS 482.345;
(b) Restores the deposit with the Department to the original amount required under this section; or
(c) Satisfies the outstanding judgment for which the licensee is liable under the deposit.
5. A deposit made pursuant to subsection 1 may be refunded:
(a) By order of the Director, 3 years after the date the licensee ceases to be licensed by the Department, if the Director is satisfied that there are no outstanding claims against the deposit; or
(b) By order of court, at any time within 3 years after the date the licensee ceases to be licensed by the Department, upon evidence satisfactory to the court that there are no outstanding claims against the deposit.
6. Any money received by the Department pursuant to subsection 1 must be deposited with the State Treasurer for credit to the Motor Vehicle Fund.
(Added to NRS by 1981, 189; A 1983, 142; 1993, 2343; 1999, 1501; 2013, 484; 2019, 61)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.347 - Dealers: Principal and branch places of business to be covered by vehicle dealer’s bond; dealer to procure certain other separate bonds.

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.
(Added to NRS by 1979, 1024; A 2001, 1890)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.350 - Dealers: New vehicle dealer’s license not to be issued unless dealer first furnishes to Department instrument indicating dealer is franchised dealer of manufacturer; additional functions in which used vehicle dealers may engage.

1. Except for a manufacturer described in subsection 2 of NRS 482.078:
(a) A new vehicle dealer’s license shall not be furnished to any dealer in new vehicles, trailers or semitrailers unless the dealer first furnishes the Department an instrument executed by or on behalf of the manufacturer certifying that the dealer is an authorized franchised dealer for the make or makes of vehicle concerned.
(b) New vehicle dealers are authorized to sell at retail only those new vehicles for which they are certified as franchised dealers by the manufacturer.
2. In addition to selling used vehicles, a used vehicle dealer may:
(a) Sell at wholesale a new vehicle taken in trade or acquired as a result of a sales contract to a new vehicle dealer who is licensed and authorized to sell that make of vehicle;
(b) Sell at wholesale a new vehicle through a wholesale vehicle auction provided that the wholesale vehicle auctioneer:
(1) Does not take an ownership interest in the vehicle; and
(2) Auctions the vehicle to a vehicle dealer who is licensed and authorized to sell that make of vehicle or to an automobile wrecker who is licensed in this State or any other state;
(c) Sell a new vehicle on consignment from a person not licensed as a vehicle dealer, rebuilder or a long-term or short-term lessor; or
(d) Sell a new vehicle if it has been substantially modified by the used vehicle dealer or a third party for use by a driver or passenger who is a person with a disability.
3. As used in this section:
(a) "Person with a disability" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 433.5473.
(b) "Substantially modified" means equipped or adapted for the purpose of aiding or allowing a person with a disability to operate, travel in, enter, exit or load a vehicle. The term includes, without limitation:
(1) Mechanical or structural changes to a vehicle that allow a person with a disability to safely drive or ride as a passenger;
(2) A device or mechanism that is used for loading or unloading a wheelchair or scooter and is mounted on the roof, in the passenger area, in the trunk or other storage area of a vehicle; and
(3) Mechanical or electrical adaptive control devices that are installed in a vehicle to enable a person with mobility restrictions to control, without limitation, the accelerator, foot brake, turn signals, dimmer switch, steering wheel or parking brake of a vehicle.
[Part 16:202:1931; A 1937, 330; 1951, 165; 1953, 280; 1955, 468]—(NRS A 1957, 508; 1965, 1475; 1995, 776; 2007, 3211; 2014, 28th Special Session, 5; 2015, 850)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.351 - "Bait and switch," misleading or inaccurate advertising by dealer or rebuilder prohibited; regulations.

1. No vehicle dealer or rebuilder may employ "bait and switch" advertising or otherwise intentionally publish, display or circulate any advertising which is misleading or inaccurate in any material particular or which misrepresents any of the products sold, leased, manufactured, handled or furnished to the public.
2. The Director shall adopt such regulations as may be necessary for making the administration of this section effective.
3. As used in this section, "bait and switch" advertising consists of an offer to sell goods or services which the seller in truth may not intend or desire to sell, accompanied by one or more of the following practices:
(a) Refusal to show the goods advertised.
(b) Disparagement in any material respect of the advertised goods or services or the terms of sale.
(c) Requiring other sales or other undisclosed conditions to be met before selling the advertised goods or services.
(d) Refusal to take orders for the goods or services advertised for delivery within a reasonable time.
(e) Showing or demonstrating defective goods which are unusable or impractical for the purposes set forth in the advertisement.
(f) Accepting a deposit for the goods or services and subsequently switching the purchase order to higher priced goods or services.
(Added to NRS by 1965, 1472; A 1971, 1305; 1999, 3284)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.3515 - Vehicle dealer required to disclose information concerning emission of carbon dioxide of certain new vehicles; exception.

Every vehicle dealer licensed in this State shall ensure that, beginning with the 2012 model year and continuing with subsequent model years, each new vehicle the vehicle dealer offers for sale is accompanied by a prominent disclosure setting forth the estimated amount of carbon dioxide that the vehicle emits, unless the information concerning the emissions for that vehicle is unavailable.
(Added to NRS by 2009, 2756)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.353 - Ability of applicant or licensee to petition for hearing after notice of denial, suspension or revocation; duties and powers of Director; exception from applicability of section.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 5, 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. Subject to the further requirements of subsection 3, the Director shall make written findings of fact and conclusions and grant or finally deny the application 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 certificate issued to a manufacturer, distributor, dealer, lessor, broker or rebuilder and the special plates issued to a manufacturer, distributor, lessor, rebuilder, broker or dealer 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.
5. The provisions of this section do not apply to an applicant for a temporary permit to engage in the activity of a salesperson.
(Added to NRS by 1957, 509; A 1961, 131; 1965, 1476; 1975, 1577; 1977, 75, 1063; 1981, 83; 1983, 1004; 2007, 3213)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.354 - Trial de novo.

Upon judicial review of the denial or revocation of a license, the court for good cause shown may order a trial de novo.
(Added to NRS by 1957, 509; A 1969, 312; 1973, 250; 1977, 1063)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.363105 - Long-term lessors also holding licenses as vehicle dealers: Authorized acts.

A licensed long-term lessor who also holds a license as a vehicle dealer on January 1, 1995, may, for the period those licenses remain in effect, sell, exchange, buy, offer or display for sale, negotiate or attempt to negotiate the sale or exchange of, or induce or attempt to induce any person to buy or exchange an interest in, a vehicle that has been registered with the Department, or has been registered with the appropriate agency of authority of any other state, the District of Columbia, any territory or possession of the United States or foreign state, province or country, if the long-term lessor:
1. Maintains an established place of business in this State which:
(a) Is in a location that is zoned for such activities;
(b) Includes an office and lot facilities with sufficient space to meet the needs of his or her customers; and
(c) Includes a facility for repairing and performing maintenance work on vehicles;
2. Maintains all other state and local licenses, registrations and permits required for such activities; and
3. Forwards to the registered owner of a vehicle sold by the long-term lessor any notice received from the manufacturer of the vehicle regarding a defect in the vehicle.
(Added to NRS by 1995, 775)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.36311 - Definitions.

As used in NRS 482.36311 to 482.36425, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 482.36318 to 482.36348, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
(Added to NRS by 1977, 553; A 1981, 192, 702; 1985, 1831; 1987, 2202; 1999, 2507; 2003, 20th Special Session, 300; 2014, 28th Special Session, 5; 2017, 1540)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.36319 - "Distributor branch" defined.

"Distributor branch" means a branch office maintained by a distributor for the sale of new vehicles to dealers or which is maintained for directing and supervising distributor branch representatives.
(Added to NRS by 1977, 553; A 2003, 20th Special Session, 300)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.3632 - "Factory branch" defined.

"Factory branch" means a branch office maintained by a manufacturer for the sale of new vehicles to distributors or dealers or which is maintained for directing and supervising manufacturers’ representatives.
(Added to NRS by 1977, 553; A 2003, 20th Special Session, 300)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.3634 - "Relevant market area" defined.

"Relevant market area" means any area within a radius of 10 miles of an existing dealer who sells vehicles of the same line and make.
(Added to NRS by 1977, 554; A 1981, 702)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.36345 - "Representative" defined.

"Representative" means any person regularly employed by a manufacturer or distributor for the purpose of negotiating or promoting the sale of the manufacturer’s or distributor’s new vehicles to dealers or for regularly supervising or communicating with dealers or prospective dealers in this State for any purpose.
(Added to NRS by 1977, 554; A 2003, 20th Special Session, 300)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.36349 - Certain manufacturers not subject to provisions governing franchises for sales of motor vehicles.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, a manufacturer is not subject to the provisions of NRS 482.36311 to 482.36425, inclusive, if the manufacturer:
(a) Only manufactures passenger cars powered solely by one or more electric motors;
(b) Only sells at retail new or new and used passenger cars that it manufactures; and
(c) Was selling such passenger cars at retail in this State on or before January 1, 2016.
2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, a manufacturer is not subject to the provisions of NRS 482.36311 to 482.36425, inclusive, if the manufacturer:
(a) Manufactures fully autonomous vehicles in this State that are operated exclusively by an automated driving system; and
(b) Is selling such fully autonomous vehicles in this State to another legal entity under common control with the manufacturer.
3. A manufacturer described in subsection 1 or 2 is subject to the provisions of NRS 482.363574.
4. As used in this section:
(a) "Automated driving system" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 482A.025.
(b) "Fully autonomous vehicle" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 482A.036.
(Added to NRS by 2014, 28th Special Session, 4; A 2017, 1540; 2023, 594)