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2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 483 - Drivers’ Licenses; Driving Schools and Driving Instructors › NRS 483.9275 - Alternate address on license at request of peace officer or retired peace officer: Requirements; application; regulations.

1. A peace officer may request, at the time of application for or renewal of his or her commercial driver’s license or commercial learner’s permit, the display of an alternate address on his or her commercial driver’s license or commercial learner’s permit. The alternate address must be the street address of his or her employer.
2. A retired peace officer may request, at the time of application for or renewal of his or her commercial driver’s license or commercial learner’s permit, the display of an alternate address on his or her commercial driver’s license or commercial learner’s permit. The alternate address must be provided by the retired peace officer at the time he or she submits the request.
3. A peace officer or retired peace officer who requests the display of an alternate address on his or her commercial driver’s license or commercial learner’s permit pursuant to this section must provide to the Department:
(a) Proof satisfactory to the Department that he or she qualifies for the display of an alternate address on his or her commercial driver’s license or commercial learner’s permit pursuant to this section and any regulations adopted pursuant thereto; and
(b) His or her address of principal residence and mailing address, if different from the address of principal residence, for use by the Department in recordkeeping and mailing.
4. A peace officer or retired peace officer who receives from the Department a commercial driver’s license or commercial learner’s permit imprinted with an alternate address pursuant to this section who ceases to be qualified for the commercial driver’s license or commercial learner’s permit:
(a) Shall notify the Department and return the commercial driver’s license or commercial learner’s permit within 30 days after ceasing to be qualified; and
(b) May apply to the Department for a replacement commercial driver’s license or commercial learner’s permit that displays his or her address of principal residence.
5. The Department shall adopt regulations setting forth criteria pursuant to which the Department will issue or refuse to issue a commercial driver’s license or commercial learner’s permit which displays an alternate address in accordance with this section.
6. As used in this section, "peace officer" means any person upon whom some or all of the powers of a peace officer are conferred pursuant to NRS 289.150 to 289.360, inclusive.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 223)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 483 - Drivers’ Licenses; Driving Schools and Driving Instructors › NRS 483.929 - Proof of compliance with certain statutory provisions required for issuance to or renewal of license of certain criminal offenders; expiration of license; regulations.

1. The Department shall not issue a commercial driver’s license to an offender or renew the commercial driver’s license of an offender until the Department has received information submitted by the Central Repository pursuant to NRS 179D.570 or other satisfactory evidence indicating that the offender is in compliance with the provisions of chapter 179D of NRS.
2. If an offender is not in compliance with the provisions of chapter 179D of NRS, the Department:
(a) Shall not issue a commercial driver’s license to the offender or renew the commercial driver’s license of the offender; and
(b) Shall advise the offender to contact the Central Repository to determine the actions that the offender must take to be in compliance with the provisions of chapter 179D of NRS.
3. A commercial driver’s license issued to an offender expires on the first anniversary date of the offender’s birthday, measured in the case of an original license, a renewal license and a renewal of an expired license, from the birthday nearest the date of issuance or renewal.
4. The Department may adopt regulations to carry out the provisions of this section.
5. As used in this section:
(a) "Central Repository" means the Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History.
(b) "Offender" includes, without limitation, an "offender convicted of a crime against a child" as defined in NRS 179D.0559 and a "sex offender" as defined in NRS 179D.095.
(Added to NRS by 2005, 2886; A 2007, 2780)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 483 - Drivers’ Licenses; Driving Schools and Driving Instructors › NRS 483.930 - Transfer of license issued in another jurisdiction.

A person who holds a commercial driver’s license issued in another jurisdiction who wishes to transfer that license to this State must, within 30 days after becoming a resident of this State:
1. Apply to the Department for a commercial driver’s license; and
2. Comply with all other requirements contained in the regulations adopted by the Department pursuant to NRS 483.908.
(Added to NRS by 1989, 1117)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 483 - Drivers’ Licenses; Driving Schools and Driving Instructors › NRS 483.932 - Use of license issued by another jurisdiction prohibited after becoming resident of Nevada.

A person who is a resident of this State for 30 days or more shall not drive a commercial motor vehicle under the authority of a commercial driver’s license issued by another jurisdiction.
(Added to NRS by 1989, 1117)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 483 - Drivers’ Licenses; Driving Schools and Driving Instructors › NRS 483.934 - Issuance of license or learner’s permit to nonresidents prohibited; exception.

Except as otherwise provided in NRS 483.936, the Department may not issue a commercial driver’s license or commercial learner’s permit to a person unless the person is a resident of this State.
(Added to NRS by 1989, 1117; A 2013, 1245)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 483 - Drivers’ Licenses; Driving Schools and Driving Instructors › NRS 483.936 - Licensing and permitting of nonresidents.

A person who is a resident of a foreign jurisdiction which the Federal Highway Administrator has determined does not test drivers and issue commercial drivers’ licenses in accordance with federal standards and who wishes to be issued a limited-term commercial driver’s license or limited-term commercial learner’s permit by this State must:
1. Apply to the Department for a limited-term commercial driver’s license or limited-term commercial learner’s permit; and
2. Comply with all other requirements contained in the regulations adopted by the Department pursuant to NRS 483.908.
(Added to NRS by 1989, 1117; A 2013, 1246; 2017, 1419)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 483 - Drivers’ Licenses; Driving Schools and Driving Instructors › NRS 483.937 - Registration of certain males with Selective Service System when applying for commercial driver’s license; application for commercial driver’s license to include certain information concerning such registration; transmittal of information to Selective Service System.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, when applying for a commercial driver’s license or for a duplicate or the renewal or reinstatement of such a license, a male applicant who is:
(a) A citizen of the United States or an immigrant; and
(b) At least 18 years of age but less than 26 years of age,
authorizes the Department to register him with the Selective Service System in compliance with section 3 of the Military Selective Service Act, 50 U.S.C. App. §§ 451 et seq., as amended.
2. An application for a commercial driver’s license or for a duplicate or the renewal or reinstatement of such a license must inform an applicant described in subsection 1 that:
(a) Unless the applicant has checked the box described in subsection 3, submission of the application indicates that the applicant has already registered with the Selective Service System in compliance with federal law or that he is authorizing the Department to forward to the Selective Service System the necessary information for such registration; and
(b) By registering with the Selective Service System in compliance with federal law, the applicant remains eligible for federal student loans, grants, benefits relating to job training, most federal jobs and, if applicable, citizenship in the United States.
3. An application for a commercial driver’s license, or for a duplicate or the renewal or reinstatement of such a license, must include a box which may be checked by a male applicant who is at least 18 years of age but less than 26 years of age to indicate that the applicant is not required to register with the Selective Service System pursuant to the Military Selective Service Act, 50 U.S.C. App. §§ 451 et seq., as amended.
4. The Department shall forward the necessary personal information of any eligible applicant to the Selective Service System in an electronic format.
(Added to NRS by 2009, 713; A 2015, 297)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 483 - Drivers’ Licenses; Driving Schools and Driving Instructors › NRS 483.938 - Application for noncommercial driver’s license after disqualification for commercial driver’s license based on concentration of alcohol.

Any person who, in accordance with regulations adopted by the Department pursuant to NRS 483.908, is disqualified from driving a commercial motor vehicle based on an alcohol concentration level that:
1. Does not otherwise constitute grounds for disqualifying the person from driving a noncommercial motor vehicle pursuant to the provisions of NRS 484C.210, may apply to the Department for a noncommercial driver’s license pursuant to the provisions of NRS 483.010 to 483.630, inclusive.
2. Also constitutes grounds for disqualifying the person from driving a noncommercial motor vehicle pursuant to the provisions of NRS 484C.210 may, upon the expiration of the period of disqualification specified in that section, apply to the Department for a noncommercial driver’s license pursuant to the provisions of NRS 483.010 to 483.630, inclusive.
(Added to NRS by 1989, 1119)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 483 - Drivers’ Licenses; Driving Schools and Driving Instructors › NRS 483.9382 - Disqualification from operation of commercial motor vehicle upon conviction of certain offenses.

1. If a person is convicted of an offense listed in 49 C.F.R. § 383.51 involving the operation of a motor vehicle, other than an offense described in 49 C.F.R. §§ 383.51(b)(9) or 383.51(b)(10), or the person refuses to submit to a test required by NRS 484C.150 or 484C.160, the person is disqualified from operating a commercial motor vehicle for the period set forth in 49 C.F.R. § 383.51.
2. If a person is convicted of any of the following offenses involving the operation of a motor vehicle, the person is disqualified from operating a commercial motor vehicle for life without the possibility of reinstatement:
(a) Using a motor vehicle in the commission of a felony involving manufacturing, distributing or dispensing a controlled substance; or
(b) Using a commercial motor vehicle in the commission of:
(1) A violation of NRS 200.463, 200.4631, 200.464, 200.465, 200.467, 200.468, 200.4685, 201.300 or 207.400 involving an offense described in subsection 36 or 37 of NRS 207.360;
(2) An attempt or conspiracy to commit an offense described by subparagraph (1), if punishable by a felony; or
(3) Any other offense punishable as a felony by state or federal law which involves an act or practice of severe forms of human trafficking, as defined in 22 U.S.C. § 7102(11).
3. A person who is disqualified from operating a commercial motor vehicle for life without the possibility of reinstatement pursuant to this section or 49 C.F.R. § 383.51 must not be issued, and shall not hold, a commercial driver’s license or commercial learner’s permit.
(Added to NRS by 2023, 205)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 483 - Drivers’ Licenses; Driving Schools and Driving Instructors › NRS 483.9383 - Court required to notify Department of conviction of certain offenses requiring disqualification from operating commercial motor vehicle.

If a person is convicted of an offense described in subparagraph (1) or (2) of paragraph (b) of subsection 2 of NRS 483.9382 while operating a commercial motor vehicle, the court in which the person was convicted shall, not later than 5 business days after the date on which the person was convicted, provide to the Department notice of the conviction in a form prescribed by Department.
(Added to NRS by 2023, 205)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 483 - Drivers’ Licenses; Driving Schools and Driving Instructors › NRS 483.9385 - Mandatory suspension of commercial driver’s license, commercial learner’s permit or privilege to drive commercial motor vehicle based upon result of test showing prohibited concentration of alcohol or presence of schedule I controlled substance. [Effective until the date of the repeal of the federal law requiring each state to make it unlawful for a person to operate a motor vehicle with a blood alcohol concentration of 0.08 percent or greater as a condition to receiving federal funding for the construction of highways in this State.] Mandatory suspension of commercial driver’s license, commercial learner’s permit or privilege to drive commercial motor vehicle based upon result of test showing prohibited concentration of alcohol or presence of schedule I controlled substance. [Effective on the date of the repeal of the federal law requiring each state to make it unlawful for a person to operate a motor vehicle with a blood alcohol concentration of 0.08 percent or greater as a condition to receiving federal funding for the construction of highways in this State.]

1. If the result of a test given pursuant to NRS 484C.150 or 484C.160 shows that a person 18 years of age or older had a concentration of alcohol of 0.04 or more but less than 0.08 in his or her blood or breath or any detectable amount of a substance described in 21 C.F.R. § 1308.11 in his or her blood or urine at the time of the test, the person’s commercial driver’s license, commercial learner’s permit or privilege to drive a commercial motor vehicle must be suspended for a period of 1 year.
2. This section does not preclude:
(a) The prosecution of a person for a violation of any other provision of law; or
(b) The suspension or revocation of a person’s commercial driver’s license, commercial learner’s permit or privilege to drive a commercial motor vehicle pursuant to any other provision of law.
(Added to NRS by 2021, 1458)
1. If the result of a test given pursuant to NRS 484C.150 or 484C.160 shows that a person 18 years of age or older had a concentration of alcohol of 0.04 or more but less than 0.10 in his or her blood or breath or any detectable amount of a substance described in 21 C.F.R. § 1308.11 in his or her blood or urine at the time of the test, the person’s commercial driver’s license, commercial learner’s permit or privilege to drive a commercial motor vehicle must be suspended for a period of 1 year.
2. This section does not preclude:
(a) The prosecution of a person for a violation of any other provision of law; or
(b) The suspension or revocation of a person’s commercial driver’s license, commercial learner’s permit or privilege to drive a commercial motor vehicle pursuant to any other provision of law.
(Added to NRS by 2021, 1458; A 2021, 1466, effective on the date of the repeal of the federal law requiring each state to make it unlawful for a person to operate a motor vehicle with a blood alcohol concentration of 0.08 percent or greater as a condition to receiving federal funding for the construction of highways in this State)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 483 - Drivers’ Licenses; Driving Schools and Driving Instructors › NRS 483.939 - Mandatory suspension of commercial driver’s license upon notice of conviction of violation of certain federal regulations; civil penalties for certain violation by holders of commercial drivers’ licenses and employers; regulations.

1. If the Department receives notice that a person who holds a commercial driver’s license has been convicted of driving a commercial motor vehicle in violation of the prohibitions described in 49 C.F.R. § 395.13, the Department shall:
(a) Suspend the privilege of the person to operate a commercial motor vehicle for the period set forth in 49 C.F.R. § 383.51; and
(b) In addition to any other applicable fees and penalties that must be paid to reinstate the commercial driver’s license after suspension, impose against the person a civil penalty in the amount set forth in 49 C.F.R. § 383.53(b)(1).
2. If the Department receives notice that the employer of a person who holds a commercial driver’s license has been convicted of:
(a) A violation of 49 C.F.R. § 383.37(a)-(d), for knowingly allowing, requiring, permitting or authorizing the person to operate a commercial motor vehicle during any period in which the person or the commercial motor vehicle is subject to the circumstances described in 49 C.F.R. § 383.37(a)-(d), the Department shall impose against the employer a civil penalty in the amount set forth in 49 C.F.R. § 383.53.
(b) A violation of paragraph (f) of subsection 1 of NRS 483.9395, the Department shall impose against the employer a civil penalty in the amount set forth in 49 C.F.R. Part 386, Appendix B.
3. All money collected by the Department pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 1 or subsection 2 must be deposited in the State Treasury for credit to the Motor Vehicle Fund.
4. The Department shall adopt regulations to carry out the provisions of this section.
5. As used in this section, "employer" means any person who owns or leases a commercial motor vehicle or assigns an employee to operate a commercial motor vehicle.
(Added to NRS by 2011, 404; A 2021, 1460; 2023, 207)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 483 - Drivers’ Licenses; Driving Schools and Driving Instructors › NRS 483.9395 - Prohibited acts of employers.

1. An employer shall not allow, require, permit or authorize a person to operate a commercial motor vehicle if the employer knows or should reasonably know that the operation of the motor vehicle is:
(a) During a period in which the person does not have a current commercial driver’s license or commercial learner’s permit or does not have a commercial driver’s license or commercial learner’s permit with the proper class or endorsements;
(b) In violation of any restriction on the commercial driver’s license or commercial learner’s permit of the person;
(c) During a period in which the person has a commercial driver’s license or commercial learner’s permit disqualified by a state, has lost the right to operate a commercial motor vehicle in a state or has been disqualified from operating a commercial motor vehicle;
(d) During a period in which the person has more than one commercial driver’s license or commercial learner’s permit;
(e) During a period in which the person, the motor vehicle he or she is operating or the motor carrier operation is subject to an out-of-service order, as defined by 49 C.F.R. § 383.5; or
(f) In violation of a federal, state or local law or regulation pertaining to railroad-highway grade crossings.
2. As used in this section, "employer" means any person who owns or leases a commercial motor vehicle or assigns an employee to operate a commercial motor vehicle.
(Added to NRS by 2023, 205)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 483 - Drivers’ Licenses; Driving Schools and Driving Instructors › NRS 483.940 - Falsification of information or certification on application: Criminal and administrative penalties.

Any person who knowingly falsifies any information or certification on an application filed with the Department for a commercial driver’s license or learner’s permit is guilty of a misdemeanor and, in addition to any criminal penalty which may be imposed on the person, shall be punished as provided in regulations adopted by the Department pursuant to NRS 483.908.
(Added to NRS by 1989, 1119)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 484A - Traffic Laws Generally › NRS 484A.005 - Purposes of chapters 484A to 484E, inclusive, of NRS.

The purposes of chapters 484A to 484E, inclusive, of NRS are to:
1. Establish traffic laws which are uniform throughout the State of Nevada, whether or not incorporated into local ordinances.
2. Minimize the differences between the traffic laws of the State of Nevada and those of other states.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1482)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 484.011)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 484A - Traffic Laws Generally › NRS 484A.010 - Definitions.

As used in chapters 484A to 484E, inclusive, of NRS, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 484A.015 to 484A.320, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1202, 1476; A 1973, 448; 1975, 1076; 1981, 621; 1987, 1073; 1989, 291, 798; 1993, 1392, 1414, 2586; 1995, 568; 1999, 3415; 2003, 380; 2005, 21, 72; 2009, 397; 2011, 2876; 2019, 1883; 2021, 1743)—(Substituted in revision for part of NRS 484.013)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 484A - Traffic Laws Generally › NRS 484A.015 - "Alley" defined.

"Alley" means a highway:
1. Within a city block set apart for public use, vehicular traffic and local convenience.
2. Which primarily services access to the rear entrance of abutting property.
3. Designed for the special accommodation of abutting property, but not a cul-de-sac.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1476)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 484.015)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 484A - Traffic Laws Generally › NRS 484A.025 - "Bicycle" defined.

"Bicycle" means a device propelled by human power upon which a person may ride, having two tandem wheels either of which is over 14 inches in diameter, or every such device generally recognized as a bicycle though equipped with two front or two rear wheels except a moped.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1476; A 1975, 1077)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 484.019)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 484A - Traffic Laws Generally › NRS 484A.030 - "Bus" defined.

"Bus" means a vehicle owned by the State, a political subdivision or a private school or nursery, designed for carrying more than 10 passengers and used for the transportation of persons, or a vehicle, other than a taxicab, designed and used for the transportation of persons for compensation.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1476)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 484.021)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 484A - Traffic Laws Generally › NRS 484A.035 - "Bus stand" defined.

"Bus stand" means a fixed area in or adjacent to the highway to be occupied exclusively by buses for layover and operating schedules or in receiving or discharging passengers.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1476)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 484.023)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 484A - Traffic Laws Generally › NRS 484A.040 - "Center" and "centerline" defined.

"Center" or "centerline" means a continuous or broken line marked upon the surface of a highway by paint or otherwise to indicate each portion of a highway allocated to traffic proceeding in the two opposite directions, and, if a line is not marked, it is an imaginary line in the highway equally distant from the edges or curbs of the highway.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1477)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 484.029)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 484A - Traffic Laws Generally › NRS 484A.060 - "Controlled-access highway" defined.

"Controlled-access highway" means every highway to or from which owners or occupants of abutting lands and other persons have no legal right of access except at such points only and in such manner as may be determined by a public authority.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1477)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 484.041)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 484A - Traffic Laws Generally › NRS 484A.065 - "Crosswalk" defined.

"Crosswalk" means:
1. That part of a highway at an intersection included within the connections of the lateral lines of the sidewalks on opposite sides of the highway measured from the curbs or, in the absence of curbs, from the edges of the traveled portions of highways; or
2. Any portion of a highway at an intersection or elsewhere distinctly indicated for pedestrian crossing by lines or other markings on the surface.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1477)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 484.043)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 484A - Traffic Laws Generally › NRS 484A.070 - "Divided highway" defined.

"Divided highway" means a highway divided into two or more roadways by means of a physical barrier or dividing section, constructed so as to impede the conflict of vehicular traffic traveling in opposite directions.
(Added to NRS by 1973, 447)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 484.048)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 484A - Traffic Laws Generally › NRS 484A.075 - "Driveaway-towaway operation" defined.

"Driveaway-towaway operation" means any operation in which any motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer, singly or in combination, new or used, constitutes the commodity being transported, when one set or more of wheels of any such vehicle are on the highway during the course of transportation, whether or not any such vehicle furnishes the motive power.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1203)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 484.051)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 484A - Traffic Laws Generally › NRS 484A.080 - "Driver" defined.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, "driver" means every person who drives or is in actual physical control of a vehicle.
2. If a vehicle is an autonomous vehicle, as defined in NRS 482A.030, and the automated driving system, as defined in NRS 482A.025, of the autonomous vehicle is engaged, "driver" means a person who causes the automated driving system of the autonomous vehicle to engage.
3. If a vehicle is a fully autonomous vehicle, as defined in NRS 482A.036, and the automated driving system, as defined in NRS 482A.025, of the fully autonomous vehicle is engaged, "driver" does not include a natural person who causes the automated driving system of the fully autonomous vehicle to engage unless the natural person is the owner of the fully autonomous vehicle.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1477; A 2017, 4469)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 484.053)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 484A - Traffic Laws Generally › NRS 484A.082 - "Electric scooter" defined.

"Electric scooter" means a vehicle with handlebars and an electric motor that is designed to be ridden on in an upright or seated position and propelled by its electric motor or by propulsion provided by the rider. Such a vehicle:
1. Must not weigh more than 100 pounds without a rider; and
2. Must have a maximum speed of not more than 20 miles per hour when powered solely by its electric motor.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 1881)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 484A - Traffic Laws Generally › NRS 484A.085 - "Explosives" defined.

"Explosives" means any chemical compound or mechanical mixture that is commonly used or intended for the purpose of producing an explosion and which contains any oxidizing and combustive units or other ingredients in such proportions, quantities or packing that an ignition by fire, by friction, by concussion, by percussion or by detonator of any part of the compound or mixture may cause such a sudden generation of highly heated gases that the resultant gaseous pressures are capable of producing destructive effects on contiguous objects or of destroying life or limb.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1477)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 484.057)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 484A - Traffic Laws Generally › NRS 484A.095 - "Highway" defined.

"Highway" means the entire width between the boundary lines of every way dedicated to a public authority when any part of the way is open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular traffic, whether or not the public authority is maintaining the way.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1478; A 1981, 1690)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 484.065)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 484A - Traffic Laws Generally › NRS 484A.100 - "House trailer" defined.

"House trailer" means:
1. A trailer or a semitrailer which is designed, constructed and equipped as a dwelling place, living abode or sleeping place, either permanently or temporarily, and is equipped for use as a conveyance on a highway; or
2. A trailer or semitrailer whose chassis and exterior shell is designed and constructed for use as a house trailer, as defined in subsection 1, but which is used instead permanently or temporarily for the advertising, sales, display or promotion of merchandise or services, or for any other commercial purpose except the transportation of property for hire or the transportation of property for distribution by a private carrier.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1478)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 484.069)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 484A - Traffic Laws Generally › NRS 484A.105 - "Intersection" defined.

"Intersection" means:
1. The area embraced within the prolongation or connection of the lateral curb lines, or, if none, then the lateral boundary lines of the roadways of two highways which join one another at, or approximately at, right angles, or the area within which vehicles traveling upon different highways joining at any other angle may come in conflict.
2. Where a highway includes two roadways 30 feet or more apart, then every crossing of each roadway of such divided highway by an intersecting highway shall be regarded as a separate intersection. In the event such intersecting highway also includes two roadways 30 feet or more apart, then every crossing of two roadways of such highways shall be regarded as a separate intersection.
3. The junction of an alley with a street, road or highway shall not constitute an intersection.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1478)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 484.073)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 484A - Traffic Laws Generally › NRS 484A.115 - "Local authority" defined.

"Local authority" means the governing board of a county, city or other political subdivision having authority to enact laws or ordinances or promulgate regulations relating to traffic over a highway.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1478)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 484.079)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 484A - Traffic Laws Generally › NRS 484A.125 - "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 or an electric scooter.
(Added to NRS by 1975, 1076; A 1983, 895; 2009, 397; 2019, 1883)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 484.0798)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 484A - Traffic Laws Generally › NRS 484A.130 - "Motor vehicle" defined.

"Motor vehicle" means every vehicle which is self-propelled but not operated upon rails. The term does not include an electric bicycle or an electric scooter.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1479; A 2019, 1884)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 484.081)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 484A - Traffic Laws Generally › NRS 484A.135 - "Motorcycle" defined.

"Motorcycle" means every motor vehicle equipped with a seat or 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, a tractor or a moped.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1479; A 1971, 1472; 1975, 1077; 2009, 398)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 484.083)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 484A - Traffic Laws Generally › NRS 484A.145 - "Official traffic-control device" defined.

"Official traffic-control device" means every sign, signal, marking and device not inconsistent with chapters 484A to 484E, inclusive, of NRS or prohibited by law, placed or erected by a public authority or railroad for the purpose of regulating, warning or guiding traffic.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1479; A 1973, 448)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 484.089)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 484A - Traffic Laws Generally › NRS 484A.150 - "Owner" defined.

"Owner" means a person who holds the legal title to a vehicle. The term includes a conditional vendee or lessee, in the event a vehicle is the subject of an agreement for the conditional sale or lease thereof, with or without the right of purchase upon performance of the conditions stated in the agreement and with an immediate right of possession vested in the conditional vendee or lessee. The term also includes a mortgagor, in the event of a mortgage of the vehicle, when the mortgagor of a vehicle is entitled to possession.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1479; A 1973, 448)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 484.091)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 484A - Traffic Laws Generally › NRS 484A.155 - "Park" and "parking" defined.

"Park" or "parking" means the standing of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, otherwise than temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading of merchandise or passengers.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1479)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 484.097)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 484A - Traffic Laws Generally › NRS 484A.160 - "Passenger car" defined.

"Passenger car" means every motor vehicle, except motorcycles and motor-driven cycles, designed for carrying 10 passengers or less and used for the transportation of persons.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1203; A 2009, 398)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 484.101)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 484A - Traffic Laws Generally › NRS 484A.165 - "Pedestrian" defined.

"Pedestrian" means a person afoot, a person in a manual or motorized wheelchair, or a person on an electric personal assistive mobility device as defined in NRS 482.029.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1479; A 2003, 1206)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 484.111)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 484A - Traffic Laws Generally › NRS 484A.170 - "Person with a disability which limits or impairs the ability to walk" defined.

"Person with a disability which limits or impairs the ability to walk" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 482.3835.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 1392)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 484.112)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 484A - Traffic Laws Generally › NRS 484A.175 - "Pole trailer" defined.

"Pole trailer" means every vehicle without motive power designed to be drawn by another vehicle and attached to the towing vehicle by means of a reach or pole, or by being boomed or otherwise secured to the towing vehicle, and ordinarily used for transporting long or irregularly shaped loads such as poles, pipes or structural members capable, generally, of sustaining themselves as beams between the supporting connections.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1203)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 484.116)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 484A - Traffic Laws Generally › NRS 484A.185 - "Premises to which the public has access" defined.

1. "Premises to which the public has access" means property in private or public ownership onto which members of the public regularly enter, are reasonably likely to enter, or are invited or permitted to enter as invitees or licensees, whether or not access to the property by some members of the public is restricted or controlled by a person or a device.
2. The term includes, but is not limited to:
(a) A parking deck, parking garage or other parking structure.
(b) A paved or unpaved parking lot or other paved or unpaved area where vehicles are parked or are reasonably likely to be parked.
(c) A way that provides access to or is appurtenant to:
(1) A place of business;
(2) A governmental building;
(3) An apartment building;
(4) A mobile home park;
(5) A residential area or residential community which is gated or enclosed or the access to which is restricted or controlled by a person or a device; or
(6) Any other similar area, community, building or structure.
3. The term does not include:
(a) A private way on a farm.
(b) The driveway of an individual dwelling.
(Added to NRS by 1983, 1065; A 1997, 325)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 484.122)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 484A - Traffic Laws Generally › NRS 484A.190 - "Private way" and "driveway" defined.

"Private way" or "driveway" means every way or place in private ownership and used for vehicular travel by the owner and those having express or implied permission from the owner, but not by other persons.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1479)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 484.124)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 484A - Traffic Laws Generally › NRS 484A.195 - "Public authority" defined.

"Public authority" means the Department of Transportation or the local authority having jurisdiction to enact laws or ordinances or adopt regulations relating to traffic over a highway.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1479; A 1979, 1801)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 484.126)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 484A - Traffic Laws Generally › NRS 484A.205 - "Regulatory agency" defined.

"Regulatory agency" means any of the agencies granted police or enforcement powers under the provisions of subsection 1 of NRS 289.250, NRS 289.260, subsection 2 of NRS 289.270, NRS 289.280, 289.290, 289.320, 289.340, 407.065, 472.040, 481.048, 501.349, 565.155 or 706.8821.
(Added to NRS by 1985, 25; A 1985, 2002; 1993, 2540; 2003, 2166; 2005, 677; 2011, 727; 2021, 1909)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 484.1345)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 484A - Traffic Laws Generally › NRS 484A.210 - "Right-of-way" defined.

"Right-of-way" means the right of one vehicle or pedestrian to proceed in a lawful manner in preference to another vehicle or pedestrian approaching under such circumstances of direction, speed and proximity as to give rise to the danger of a crash unless one grants precedence to the other.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1480; A 2015, 1634)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 484.141)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 484A - Traffic Laws Generally › NRS 484A.230 - "School bus" defined.

1. "School bus" means every motor vehicle which is designed or used to carry more than 10 passengers in addition to the driver and which is:
(a) Owned by or under the control of a public or governmental agency or a private school and regularly operated for the transportation of children to or from school or a school activity; or
(b) Privately owned and regularly operated for compensation for the transportation of children to or from school or a school activity.
2. "School bus" does not include:
(a) A passenger car operated under a contract to transport children to and from school;
(b) A common carrier or commercial vehicle under the jurisdiction of the Surface Transportation Board or the Nevada Transportation Authority when such vehicle is operated in the regular conduct of its business in interstate or intrastate commerce within the State of Nevada; or
(c) A multifunction school activity bus whose purposes do not include transporting students to and from home or school bus stops.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1480; A 1997, 1619, 2007; 2017, 2177)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 484.148)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 484A - Traffic Laws Generally › NRS 484A.235 - "Semitrailer" defined.

"Semitrailer" means every vehicle so designed and used in conjunction with a motor vehicle that some part of its own weight and that of its own load rests upon or is carried by another vehicle, except a pole trailer.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1480)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 484.168)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 484A - Traffic Laws Generally › NRS 484A.240 - "Sidewalk" defined.

"Sidewalk" means that portion of a highway between the curb lines or the lateral lines of a highway and the adjacent property lines intended for the use of pedestrians.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1481)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 484.171)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 484A - Traffic Laws Generally › NRS 484A.245 - "Special mobile equipment" defined.

1. "Special mobile equipment" means every motor vehicle not designed or used primarily for the transportation of persons or property and only incidentally operated or moved upon a highway, including, but not limited to, scoopmobiles, forklifts, ditch-digging apparatus, well-boring apparatus and road construction and maintenance machinery such as asphalt graders, bituminous mixers, bucket loaders, tractors other than truck-tractors, leveling graders, finishing machines, motor graders, road rollers, scarifiers, earth-moving carryalls and scrapers, power shovels and draglines, and earth-moving equipment.
2. "Special mobile equipment" does not include house trailers, dump trucks, truck-mounted transit mixers, concrete pumpers, cranes or drill rigs with highway-rated tires or other vehicles designed for the transportation of persons or property to which machinery has been attached.
3. The Director may make the final determination as to whether a vehicle not specifically enumerated in subsection 1 or 2 falls within this definition.
4. The Department shall, by regulation, define "incidentally operated or moved upon a highway" for purposes of this section.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1203; A 1973, 448; 2007, 230)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 484.173)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 484A - Traffic Laws Generally › NRS 484A.250 - "Stand" and "standing" defined.

"Stand" or "standing" means the halting of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, otherwise than for the purpose of and while actually engaged in receiving or discharging passengers.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1481)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 484.183)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 484A - Traffic Laws Generally › NRS 484A.260 - "Stop" and "stopping" defined.

"Stop" or "stopping" means, when prohibited, any halting, even momentarily, of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a police officer or official traffic-control device.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1481)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 484.187)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 484A - Traffic Laws Generally › NRS 484A.265 - "Street" defined.

"Street" means the entire width between the boundary lines of every highway inside the territorial limits of a city when any part of such highway is open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular traffic.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1481)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 484.189)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 484A - Traffic Laws Generally › NRS 484A.270 - "Taxicab" defined.

"Taxicab" means a motor vehicle designed or constructed to accommodate and transport not more than six passengers, including the driver, and used to transport passengers for a charge or fee.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1481)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 484.191)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 484A - Traffic Laws Generally › NRS 484A.275 - "Through highway" defined.

"Through highway" means every highway or portion thereof on which vehicular traffic is given the right-of-way, and at the entrances to which vehicular traffic from intersecting highways is required by law to yield right-of-way to vehicles on such through highway in obedience to either an authorized stop sign or a yield sign, or other official traffic-control device.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1481)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 484.199)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 484A - Traffic Laws Generally › NRS 484A.280 - "Tow car" defined.

"Tow car" means a motor vehicle which has been altered or designed and equipped for and exclusively used in the business of towing vehicles by means of a crane, hoist, tow bar, towline or dolly, or is otherwise exclusively used to render assistance to other vehicles.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1481)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 484.201)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 484A - Traffic Laws Generally › NRS 484A.290 - "Traffic-control signal" defined.

"Traffic-control signal" means any official traffic-control device, whether manually, electrically or mechanically operated, placed or erected by a public authority or railroad, by which traffic is alternately directed to stop or proceed.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1481; A 1973, 449)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 484.205)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 484A - Traffic Laws Generally › NRS 484A.295 - "Trailer" defined.

"Trailer" means every vehicle designed to be drawn by a motor vehicle and so constructed that no part of its weight rests upon the towing vehicle, except a pole trailer.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1481)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 484.207)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 484A - Traffic Laws Generally › NRS 484A.300 - "Traveled portion of highway" defined.

"Traveled portion of highway" means that portion of a highway improved, designed or ordinarily used for vehicular traffic, exclusive of the berm or shoulder.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1481)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 484.209)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 484A - Traffic Laws Generally › NRS 484A.310 - "Truck-tractor" defined.

"Truck-tractor" means every motor vehicle designed and used primarily for drawing other vehicles and not so constructed as to carry a load other than the part of the weight of the vehicle and load so drawn.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1203)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 484.213)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 484A - Traffic Laws Generally › NRS 484A.315 - "Urban area" defined.

"Urban area" means the area encompassed within the city limits of a city whose population is 15,000 or more.
(Added to NRS by 1973, 448; A 1979, 555; 1989, 1931; 2011, 1289)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 484.2155)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 484A - Traffic Laws Generally › NRS 484A.320 - "Vehicle" defined.

"Vehicle" means every device in, upon or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway, except:
1. Devices moved by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails;
2. Electric bicycles;
3. Electric personal assistive mobility devices as defined in NRS 482.029; and
4. An electric scooter.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1482; A 2003, 1206; 2019, 1884)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 484.217)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 484A - Traffic Laws Generally › NRS 484A.400 - Provisions uniform throughout State; local authority prohibited from enacting certain ordinances; trial for same offense for violation of traffic ordinance prohibited.

1. The provisions of chapters 484A to 484E, inclusive, of NRS are applicable and uniform throughout this State on all highways to which the public has a right of access, to which persons have access as invitees or licensees or such other premises as provided by statute.
2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3 and unless otherwise provided by specific statute, any local authority may enact by ordinance traffic regulations which cover the same subject matter as the various sections of chapters 484A to 484E, inclusive, of NRS if the provisions of the ordinance are not in conflict with chapters 484A to 484E, inclusive, of NRS, or regulations adopted pursuant thereto. It may also enact by ordinance regulations requiring the registration and licensing of bicycles.
3. A local authority shall not enact an ordinance:
(a) Governing the registration of vehicles and the licensing of drivers;
(b) Governing the duties and obligations of persons involved in traffic crashes, other than the duties to stop, render aid and provide necessary information;
(c) Providing a penalty for an offense for which the penalty prescribed by chapters 484A to 484E, inclusive, of NRS is greater than that imposed for a misdemeanor;
(d) Providing a criminal penalty for a violation of chapters 484A to 484E, inclusive, of NRS for which the penalty prescribed by those chapters is a civil penalty; or
(e) Requiring a permit for a vehicle, or to operate a vehicle, on a highway in this State.
4. No person convicted or adjudged guilty or guilty but mentally ill of, or found to have committed a civil infraction pursuant to NRS 484A.703 to 484A.705, inclusive, for, a violation of a traffic ordinance may be charged or tried in any other court in this State for the same offense.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1482; A 1971, 22; 1973, 406; 1983, 1079; 2007, 1458, 2735; 2015, 1634; 2019, 2653; 2021, 3321)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 484.777)