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2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 483 - Drivers’ Licenses; Driving Schools and Driving Instructors › NRS 483.283 - 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 driver’s license to an offender or renew the 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 driver’s license to the offender or renew the 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 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, or 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 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, 2779)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 483 - Drivers’ Licenses; Driving Schools and Driving Instructors › NRS 483.289 - Application for license or instruction permit: Choice of statutory provisions.

1. A person who wishes to obtain an instruction permit or a driver’s license may apply using the provisions of NRS 483.290 or 483.291.
2. A person who wishes to apply for any restricted or limited license issued pursuant to this chapter may do so by:
(a) Submitting an application using the provisions of NRS 483.290 or 483.291; and
(b) Fulfilling the requirements for the issuance of the restricted or limited license.
(Added to NRS by 2013, 1294)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 483 - Drivers’ Licenses; Driving Schools and Driving Instructors › NRS 483.2925 - Designation of veteran status on license or permit; duties of Department.

1. Upon the application of a person who requests that his or her instruction permit or driver’s license indicate that he or she is a veteran of the Armed Forces of the United States pursuant to subsection 3 of NRS 483.292, and who satisfies the requirements of that subsection, the Department shall place on any instruction permit or driver’s license issued to the person pursuant to the provisions of this chapter a designation that the person is a veteran.
2. The Director shall determine the design and placement of the designation of veteran status required by subsection 1 on any instruction permit or driver’s license to which this section applies.
(Added to NRS by 2013, 1993)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 483 - Drivers’ Licenses; Driving Schools and Driving Instructors › NRS 483.294 - Registration of certain males with Selective Service System when applying for license or permit to drive or driver authorization card; application for license or permit to drive or driver authorization card 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 driver’s license, an instruction permit, a restricted license, a special restricted license or a driver authorization card or for a duplicate or the renewal or reinstatement of such a license, permit or card, 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 driver’s license, an instruction permit, a restricted license, a special restricted license or a driver authorization card or for a duplicate or substitute or the renewal or reinstatement of such a license, permit or card 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 driver’s license, instruction permit, restricted license, special restricted license or driver authorization card, or for a duplicate or substitute or the renewal or reinstatement of such a license, permit or card, 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, 712; A 2015, 295)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 483 - Drivers’ Licenses; Driving Schools and Driving Instructors › NRS 483.295 - Application from person previously licensed in another state; copy of record from other state becomes part of Nevada record; Department to furnish records to other states.

1. Whenever an application for an instruction permit or for a driver’s license is received from a person previously licensed in another state, the Department shall request a copy of the driver’s record from such other state. When received, the driver’s record shall become a part of the driver’s record in this State with the same effect as though entered on the driver’s record in this State in the original instance.
2. Whenever the Department receives a request for a driver’s record from another licensing state the record shall be forwarded without charge.
(Added to NRS by 1961, 78; A 1969, 542)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 483 - Drivers’ Licenses; Driving Schools and Driving Instructors › NRS 483.300 - Signing and verification of application of minor by responsible person; liability.

1. The application of any person under the age of 18 years for an instruction permit or driver’s license must be signed and verified, before a person authorized to administer oaths:
(a) By the applicant’s parent who has custody of the applicant or by either parent if both have custody of the applicant;
(b) If neither parent has custody of the applicant or if neither parent is living, by the person who has custody of the applicant, including an officer or employee of the State or a county if the minor is in the legal custody of the State or county;
(c) If neither parent has custody of the applicant or if neither is living and the applicant has no custodian, by the applicant’s employer; or
(d) If neither parent has custody of the applicant or if neither is living and the applicant has no custodian or employer, by any responsible person who is willing to assume the obligation imposed under NRS 483.010 to 483.630, inclusive, upon a person signing the application of a minor.
2. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 41.0325, any negligence or willful misconduct of a minor under the age of 18 years when driving a motor vehicle upon a highway is imputed to the person who has signed the application of the minor for a permit or license and that person is jointly and severally liable with the minor for any damages caused by such negligence or willful misconduct.
[14:190:1941; A 1943, 268; 1943 NCL § 4442.13]—(NRS A 1969, 542; 1979, 94; 1989, 696; 2005, 1042)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 483 - Drivers’ Licenses; Driving Schools and Driving Instructors › NRS 483.310 - Release from liability upon cancellation of minor’s license.

Any person who has signed the application of a minor for a license may thereafter file with the Department a verified written request that the license of the minor so granted be cancelled. Thereupon, the Department shall cancel the license of the minor, and the person who signed the application of such minor shall be relieved from the liability imposed under NRS 483.010 to 483.630, inclusive, by reason of having signed such application on account of any subsequent negligence or willful misconduct of such minor in driving a motor vehicle.
[15:190:1941; 1931 NCL § 4442.14]—(NRS A 1969, 543)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 483 - Drivers’ Licenses; Driving Schools and Driving Instructors › NRS 483.320 - Cancellation of license upon death of person signing minor’s application.

The Department, upon receipt of satisfactory evidence of the death of the persons who signed the application of a minor for a license, shall cancel such license and shall not issue a new license until such time as a new application, duly signed and verified, is made as required by NRS 483.010 to 483.630, inclusive. This provision shall not apply in the event the minor has attained the age of 18 years.
[16:190:1941; 1931 NCL § 4442.15]—(NRS A 1969, 543)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 483 - Drivers’ Licenses; Driving Schools and Driving Instructors › NRS 483.325 - Qualifications for safe driving of types of vehicles; types or classifications of licenses.

The Department shall establish such qualifications as it believes reasonably necessary for the safe driving of the various types, sizes or combinations of vehicles and, except as otherwise provided in NRS 486.071, may require each applicant to submit to an examination to determine the applicant’s qualification according to the type or class of license applied for.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 537; A 1971, 227; 1995, 87)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 483 - Drivers’ Licenses; Driving Schools and Driving Instructors › NRS 483.347 - Shape of license; inclusion of photograph; issuance in certain circumstances of temporary driver’s license without photograph; duties of Department.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the Department shall issue a rectangular-shaped driver’s license which bears a front view photograph of the licensee. The photograph and any information included on the license must be placed in a manner which ensures that:
(a) If the licensee is 21 years of age or older, the longer edges of the rectangle serve as the top and bottom of the license; or
(b) If the licensee is under 21 years of age, the shorter edges of the rectangle serve as the top and bottom of the license.
2. The Department may issue a temporary driver’s license without a photograph of the licensee if the licensee is temporarily absent from this State and requests the renewal of, the issuance of a duplicate of, or a change in the information on, his or her driver’s license. If the licensee returns to this State for 14 continuous days or more, the licensee shall, within 24 days after the date of return, surrender the temporary license and obtain a license which bears his or her photograph in accordance with subsection 1. A licensee charged with violating the provisions of this subsection may not be convicted if the licensee surrenders the temporary license, obtains a license which bears his or her photograph in accordance with subsection 1 and produces that license in court or in the office of the arresting officer.
3. The Department shall:
(a) Establish a uniform procedure for the production of drivers’ licenses, applicable to renewal as well as to original licenses.
(b) Except as otherwise provided in NRS 483.417 and 483.825, by regulation, increase the fees provided in NRS 483.410, 483.820 and 483.910 as necessary to cover the actual cost of production of photographs for drivers’ licenses and identification cards. The increase must be deposited in the State Treasury for credit to the Motor Vehicle Fund and must be allocated to the Department to defray the increased costs of producing the drivers’ licenses required by this section.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 1229; A 1975, 553; 1979, 1120; 1991, 1907; 1993, 1242; 1997, 99; 1999, 1110; 2001, 1501, 2826; 2003, 53; 2005, 1216; 2017, 1415)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 483 - Drivers’ Licenses; Driving Schools and Driving Instructors › NRS 483.348 - Issuance of specially designed driver’s licenses to insulin dependent diabetics and epileptics; Department of Public Safety required to provide for education of peace officers relating to treatment and identification of such persons.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the Department shall issue a driver’s license with a specially colored background to any person who qualifies for a driver’s license pursuant to the provisions of this chapter and delivers to the Department a signed statement from a physician or an advanced practice registered nurse that the person is an insulin dependent diabetic or an epileptic. The Department shall designate one color to be used only for a driver’s license held by a diabetic and another color to be used only for a driver’s license held by an epileptic.
2. In lieu of issuing a driver’s license pursuant to subsection 1, the Department may issue to a person specified in that subsection a driver’s license with a specially colored border around the photograph on the license.
3. The Department of Public Safety shall provide for the education of peace officers on the:
(a) Effects and treatment of a person suffering from a diabetic condition or an epileptic seizure and the similarity in appearance of a person suffering from a diabetic condition or an epileptic seizure to a person under the influence of alcohol or a controlled substance; and
(b) Procedures for identifying and handling situations involving a person suffering from a diabetic condition or an epileptic seizure.
(Added to NRS by 1989, 1209; A 2001, 1502; 2007, 2044; 2019, 497)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 483 - Drivers’ Licenses; Driving Schools and Driving Instructors › NRS 483.3485 - Program for imprinting symbol indicating medical condition on license: Establishment; regulations; single symbol; eligibility; records of medical condition; provision of information about program; donations.

1. The Department may adopt regulations establishing a program for the imprinting of a symbol indicating a medical condition on a driver’s license issued by the Department.
2. If the Department establishes a program pursuant to subsection 1:
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this title, the Department shall adopt a single symbol for imprinting on a driver’s license to indicate a medical condition and shall not adopt individualized symbols for different medical conditions.
(b) The regulations adopted by the Department must provide that a person is eligible to have the symbol indicating a medical condition imprinted on his or her driver’s license if the person is:
(1) On anticoagulants; or
(2) A person with:
(I) Diabetes;
(II) Epilepsy;
(III) Blindness and low vision;
(IV) Deafness;
(V) Coronary atherosclerosis;
(VI) Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease;
(VII) A food allergy;
(VIII) Malignant hyperthermia;
(IX) Sickle cell disease;
(X) Systemic lupus erythematosus;
(XI) Heart disease;
(XII) Hemophilia;
(XIII) Schizophrenia;
(XIV) Depression; or
(XV) A mental illness.
(c) The Department shall maintain a record of the medical condition for which the symbol indicating a medical condition was imprinted on the driver’s license of an eligible person. The record must be maintained in the same location and manner as all other records relating to the driver’s license of the person, including, without limitation, the records relating to the driver’s license of the person that are made available to law enforcement agencies. If the Department maintains such information in the form of a code, the code used must conform with the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification, or the most current revision, adopted by the National Center for Health Statistics and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
(d) The Department shall maintain on the Internet website of the Department information about the program established pursuant to subsection 1, including, without limitation, the manner in which a person may obtain a driver’s license which has been imprinted with a symbol indicating a medical condition.
(e) The regulations adopted by the Department may provide that a person is eligible to have the symbol indicating a medical condition imprinted on his or her driver’s license to indicate such other medical conditions not listed in paragraph (b) as the Department deems appropriate. The Department shall provide a means for members of the public to suggest additional medical conditions for inclusion in the regulations adopted by the Department.
3. The Department may apply for and accept any gift, grant, appropriation or other donation to assist in carrying out a program established pursuant to the provisions of this section.
(Added to NRS by 2005, 2312; A 2023, 2676)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 483 - Drivers’ Licenses; Driving Schools and Driving Instructors › NRS 483.349 - Placement of designation on license issued to person with disability which limits or impairs ability to walk.

1. Upon the application of a person with a disability which limits or impairs the ability to walk, the Department shall place on any driver’s license issued to the person pursuant to the provisions of this chapter a designation that the person is a person with a disability. The application must include a statement from a licensed physician or an advanced practice registered nurse certifying that the applicant is a person with a disability which limits or impairs the ability to walk.
2. For the purposes of this section, "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 1995, 2762; A 2019, 497)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 483 - Drivers’ Licenses; Driving Schools and Driving Instructors › NRS 483.3495 - Placement of designation on license issued to person with communication need; Department prohibited from requiring disclosure of communication need.

1. Upon the application of a person with a communication need, the Department shall place on any driver’s license issued to the person pursuant to the provisions of this chapter a designation that the person is a person with a communication need.
2. The Department shall not require any person to disclose that the person is a person with a communication need.
3. As used in this section, "a person with a communication need" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 482.167.
(Added to NRS by 2023, 1715)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 483 - Drivers’ Licenses; Driving Schools and Driving Instructors › NRS 483.350 - License to be carried and surrendered upon demand; limitation on conviction.

Every licensee shall have his or her driver’s license in his or her immediate possession at all times when driving a motor vehicle and shall manually surrender the license for examination, upon demand, to a justice of the peace, a peace officer, or a deputy of the Department. However, no person charged with violating this section shall be convicted if he or she produces in court or the office of the arresting officer a driver’s license theretofore issued to the person and valid at the time of the demand.
[Part 20:190:1941; A 1953, 191; 1955, 65]—(NRS A 1969, 544)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 483 - Drivers’ Licenses; Driving Schools and Driving Instructors › NRS 483.360 - Restricted license; procedure for suspension or revocation; penalty.

1. The Department upon issuing a driver’s license shall have authority, whenever good cause appears, to impose restrictions suitable to the licensee’s driving ability with respect to special mechanical control devices required on a motor vehicle which the licensee may drive, or such other restrictions applicable to the licensee as the Department may determine to be appropriate to assure the safe driving of a motor vehicle by the licensee.
2. The Department may either issue a special restricted license or may set forth such restrictions upon the usual license form.
3. The Department may, upon receiving satisfactory evidence of any violation of the restrictions of such license, suspend or revoke the same, but the licensee shall be entitled to a hearing as upon a suspension or revocation under NRS 483.010 to 483.630, inclusive.
4. It is a misdemeanor for any person to drive a motor vehicle in any manner in violation of the restrictions imposed in a restricted license issued to the person.
[21:190:1941; 1931 NCL § 4442.20]—(NRS A 1969, 544)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 483 - Drivers’ Licenses; Driving Schools and Driving Instructors › NRS 483.363 - Report requesting that Department examine licensee who may be unable to safely operate motor vehicle: Qualifications of persons who may file; required contents; confidentiality; exception; limitation upon filing; Administrator to prescribe form and procedure.

1. A person who is 18 years of age or older may file with the Department a report requesting that the Department examine a licensee who:
(a) Is related to the person filing the report within the third degree of consanguinity or who is the spouse of the person filing the report; and
(b) The person filing the report reasonably and in good faith believes cannot safely operate a motor vehicle.
2. The report described in subsection 1 must:
(a) Include the name, relationship, address, telephone number and signature of the person filing the report.
(b) State the person’s basis for believing that the licensee cannot safely operate a motor vehicle, which basis must be:
(1) Personal observation or physical evidence of a physical or medical condition that has the potential to impair the ability of the licensee to operate a motor vehicle, corroborated by an affidavit from a physician or an advanced practice registered nurse in which the physician or advanced practice registered nurse concurs that the licensee should be examined to determine the licensee’s ability to safely operate a motor vehicle;
(2) Personal knowledge that the driving record of the licensee indicates the unsafe operation of a motor vehicle, corroborated by an affidavit from a physician or an advanced practice registered nurse in which the physician or advanced practice registered nurse concurs that the licensee should be examined to determine the licensee’s ability to safely operate a motor vehicle; or
(3) An investigation by a law enforcement officer.
(c) Be kept confidential, except as otherwise provided in NRS 239.0115 and except that the report must be released upon request of the licensee or an order of a court of competent jurisdiction.
No person may file more than one report concerning the same licensee within a 12-month period.
3. The Administrator shall prescribe:
(a) A standard form to be used for the filing of a report pursuant to this section; and
(b) The procedure to be used for the filing of a report pursuant to this section.
(Added to NRS by 2005, 2311; A 2007, 2115; 2019, 497)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 483 - Drivers’ Licenses; Driving Schools and Driving Instructors › NRS 483.367 - Report of inability of person to safely operate motor vehicle: Department to require examination and take other appropriate action; reinstatement of restricted, suspended or revoked license; issuance of replacement license.

1. If the Department receives a report filed pursuant to NRS 483.363, the Department shall, upon written notice to the licensee of at least 5 days, require the licensee to submit to all or part of the regular examination set forth in NRS 483.330. Upon conclusion of the examination, the Department shall take action as it deems appropriate and may suspend or revoke the license of the person or allow the person to retain the license, or may issue a license subject to restriction as described in NRS 483.360 or restrictions as to the type or class of vehicle that may be driven. Refusal or neglect on the part of the licensee to submit to the examination is grounds for suspension or revocation of the license.
2. A person whose driver’s license is restricted, suspended or revoked pursuant to this section may request a total or partial reinstatement of that license. An appropriate replacement license must be issued to the licensee upon satisfactory completion of the requirements for reinstatement established by the Department pursuant to NRS 483.495.
(Added to NRS by 2005, 2312)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 483 - Drivers’ Licenses; Driving Schools and Driving Instructors › NRS 483.370 - Duplicate or substitute permit or license.

If an instruction permit or driver’s license issued under the provisions of NRS 483.010 to 483.630, inclusive, is lost or destroyed, the person to whom the permit or license was issued may obtain a duplicate, or substitute thereof, upon:
1. Furnishing proof satisfactory to the Department that:
(a) The permit or license was lost or destroyed; and
(b) He or she is the person to whom that permit or license was issued.
2. Payment of the required fee.
[22:190:1941; 1931 NCL § 4442.21]—(NRS A 1963, 843; 1969, 544; 1987, 1437)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 483 - Drivers’ Licenses; Driving Schools and Driving Instructors › NRS 483.376 - 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 driver’s license, the display of an alternate address on his or her driver’s license. The alternative 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 driver’s license, the display of an alternate address on his or her driver’s license. The alternative 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 driver’s license 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 driver’s license 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 driver’s license imprinted with an alternate address pursuant to this section who ceases to be qualified for the driver’s license:
(a) Shall notify the Department and return the driver’s license within 30 days after ceasing to be qualified; and
(b) May apply to the Department for a replacement driver’s license 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 driver’s license 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, 221)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 483 - Drivers’ Licenses; Driving Schools and Driving Instructors › NRS 483.380 - Expiration of license; exception; Department to prescribe by regulation when license expires; deferred expiration of license of persons on active duty in Armed Forces and certain members of their families.

1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 483.283, every driver’s license expires as prescribed by regulation.
2. The Department shall adopt regulations prescribing when a driver’s license expires. The Department may, by regulation, defer the expiration of the driver’s license of a person who is on active duty in the Armed Forces upon such terms and conditions as it may prescribe. The Department may similarly defer the expiration of the license of the spouse or dependent son or daughter of that person if the spouse or child is residing with the person.
[23:190:1941; A 1943, 268; R 1953, 91; added 1953, 191; A 1955, 54]—(NRS A 1959, 95, 785; 1960, 464; 1961, 455; 1963, 844; 1965, 563, 1005; 1969, 545; 1971, 578; 1975, 250; 1977, 326; 1983, 500; 1997, 1222, 2075; 1999, 976; 2005, 2888; 2007, 2786)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 483 - Drivers’ Licenses; Driving Schools and Driving Instructors › NRS 483.382 - Renewal of license: Notice to licensee; additional tests.

1. No later than 30 days before the expiration of a license, the Department shall mail to each licensee who has not already renewed his or her license an expiration notice.
2. The Department may require an applicant for a renewal license successfully to pass such additional tests as the Department finds reasonably necessary to determine the applicant’s qualification according to the type or class of license applied for.
(Added to NRS by 1983, 502; A 1993, 2845; 1999, 3577)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 483 - Drivers’ Licenses; Driving Schools and Driving Instructors › NRS 483.383 - Renewal of license: Procedure for renewal by mail; regulations.

The Department shall:
1. Establish a procedure to allow such persons as it deems appropriate to renew their drivers’ licenses by mail.
2. Adopt regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this section.
(Added to NRS by 1995, 835; A 2005, 890)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 483 - Drivers’ Licenses; Driving Schools and Driving Instructors › NRS 483.384 - Renewal of license: Test of eyesight; report in lieu of test; regulations; when examination may be required.

1. The Department may require an applicant for a renewal license to appear before an examiner for a driver’s license and successfully pass an eye test.
2. The Department may accept, in lieu of an eye test, a report from an ophthalmologist, optometrist, physician, advanced practice registered nurse or agency of another state which has duties comparable to those of the Department if the reported test was performed within 90 days before the application for renewal and:
(a) The applicant is qualified to renew his or her driver’s license by mail in accordance with the procedure established pursuant to NRS 483.383; or
(b) The Department determines, upon good cause shown, that the applicant is unable to appear in person.
3. The Department shall adopt regulations which prescribe:
(a) The criteria to determine which applicant for a renewal license must appear and successfully pass an eye test.
(b) The circumstances under which the Department will accept a report from an ophthalmologist, optometrist, physician, advanced practice registered nurse or agency of another state which is authorized to conduct eye tests, in lieu of an eye test for the renewal of an applicant’s driver’s license.
4. If the Administrator or his or her authorized agent has reason to believe that the licensee is no longer qualified to receive a license because of the licensee’s physical condition, the Department may require that the applicant submit to an examination pursuant to the provisions of NRS 483.330. The age of a licensee, by itself, does not constitute grounds for requiring an examination of driving qualifications.
(Added to NRS by 1983, 502; A 1985, 569; 1995, 835; 2019, 498)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 483 - Drivers’ Licenses; Driving Schools and Driving Instructors › NRS 483.386 - Renewal of license: Reexamination upon good cause; penalty for late renewal; exemptions.

All persons whose licenses have expired may be required by the Department, whenever good cause appears, to take all or part of the regular examinations as set forth in NRS 483.330. All persons whose licenses have expired for a period of 30 days or more shall pay to the Department the penalty provided in NRS 483.410 in addition to the cost of renewing the license except that the following persons are exempt from this penalty:
1. A person who has not driven a motor vehicle after the expiration of his or her Nevada driver’s license and who submits an affidavit stating that fact;
2. A person renewing an expired Nevada driver’s license who possesses a valid driver’s license from another jurisdiction;
3. A person whose Nevada driver’s license expires during a period of suspension if the person completes a renewal application within 30 days after the date of eligibility for renewal;
4. A person whose Nevada driver’s license expires while the person is on active duty with any branch of the Armed Forces, if the person completes a renewal application within 30 days after his or her discharge;
5. A person whose Nevada driver’s license expires while the person was a member of the military deployed to a combat or combat supporting position. As used in this subsection, "military" means the Armed Forces of the United States, a reserve component thereof or the National Guard; and
6. A person whose Nevada driver’s license expires while the person is serving a period of incarceration, if the person submits documentation from the Department of Corrections verifying that the person was released from prison within the immediately preceding year and the person completes a renewal application within 1 year after his or her release.
(Added to NRS by 1983, 502; A 1985, 1020; 2011, 297; 2023, 3315)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 483 - Drivers’ Licenses; Driving Schools and Driving Instructors › NRS 483.390 - Notice of change of address.

Whenever any person after applying for or receiving a driver’s license moves from the address named in the application or in the license issued to the person, that person shall within 30 days thereafter notify the Department of his or her new and old addresses and of the number of any license then held by the person.
[24:190:1941; 1931 NCL § 4442.23]—(NRS A 1965, 1006; 1969, 546; 1973, 449; 1999, 3578; 2001, 920; 2017, 1282)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 483 - Drivers’ Licenses; Driving Schools and Driving Instructors › NRS 483.400 - Records of Department.

1. The Department shall maintain files of applications for licenses. Such files shall contain:
(a) All applications denied and on each thereof note the reasons for such denial.
(b) All applications granted.
(c) The name of every licensee whose license has been suspended or revoked by the Department and after each such name note the reasons for such action.
2. The Department shall also file all crash reports and abstracts of court records of convictions or findings of the commission of civil infractions pursuant to NRS 484A.703 to 484A.705, inclusive, received by it under the laws of this State, and in connection therewith maintain convenient records or make suitable notations in order that an individual record of each licensee showing the convictions or findings of such licensee and the traffic crashes in which the licensee was involved are readily ascertainable and available for the consideration of the Department upon any application for renewal of license and at other suitable times.
[25:190:1941; 1931 NCL § 4442.24]—(NRS A 1965, 319; 1993, 2845; 2015, 1631; 2021, 3304)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 483 - Drivers’ Licenses; Driving Schools and Driving Instructors › NRS 483.415 - Additional fee; deposit in Highway and Safety Administrative Account; use of money.

1. The Department of Motor Vehicles shall charge and collect a fee of:
(a) Fifty cents, in addition to the fees set forth in NRS 483.410, for every driver’s license, including a motorcycle driver’s license, issued or renewed which expires on or before the fourth anniversary of the licensee’s birthday.
(b) One dollar, in addition to the fees set forth in NRS 483.410, for every driver’s license, including a motorcycle driver’s license, issued or renewed which expires on the eighth anniversary of the licensee’s birthday.
2. The Department of Motor Vehicles shall deposit the money into the Highway and Safety Administrative Account which is hereby created in the State Highway Fund. The money in the Account may be used only by the Department of Transportation for:
(a) The support of the position of Motor Vehicle Recovery and Transportation Planner created pursuant to NRS 408.234; and
(b) The support of the position of Highway Safety Information and Outreach Coordinator created pursuant to NRS 408.228, and to carry out the provisions of that section.
(Added to NRS by 1991, 2234; A 1993, 647; 1995, 867; 2011, 2517; 2013, 1242)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 483 - Drivers’ Licenses; Driving Schools and Driving Instructors › NRS 483.419 - Definitions.

As used in NRS 483.419 to 483.525, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 483.4193 and 483.4194 have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
(Added to NRS by 2021, 2448)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 483 - Drivers’ Licenses; Driving Schools and Driving Instructors › NRS 483.420 - Authority of Department to cancel license.

1. The Department is hereby authorized to cancel any driver’s license upon determining that the licensee was not entitled to the issuance thereof pursuant to NRS 483.010 to 483.630, inclusive, or that the licensee failed to give the required or correct information in his or her application or committed any fraud in making an application.
2. Upon cancellation of a driver’s license pursuant to subsection 1, the licensee shall surrender the license cancelled to the Department.
3. The Department is authorized to cancel any license that is voluntarily surrendered to the Department.
[29:190:1941; 1931 NCL § 4442.28]—(NRS A 1965, 564; 1969, 547; 1971, 579; 1991, 1908; 2011, 2659)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 483 - Drivers’ Licenses; Driving Schools and Driving Instructors › NRS 483.430 - Suspension or revocation of privilege of nonresident; report of certain civil infractions or convictions in this State or revocation or suspension involving nonresident.

1. The privilege of driving a motor vehicle on the highways of this State given to a nonresident under NRS 483.010 to 483.630, inclusive, is subject to suspension or revocation by the Department in like manner and for like cause as a driver’s license issued under NRS 483.010 to 483.630, inclusive, may be suspended or revoked.
2. The Department is further authorized, upon receiving a record of the entrance of an order pursuant to NRS 484A.703 to 484A.705, inclusive, finding that a nonresident driver of a motor vehicle committed a civil infraction in this State or the conviction in this State of a nonresident driver of a motor vehicle of any criminal offense under the motor vehicle laws of this State, to forward a certified copy of such record to the motor vehicle administrator in the state wherein the person so found or convicted is a resident.
3. When a nonresident’s driving privilege is suspended or revoked in this State, the Department shall forward a copy of the record of such action to the motor vehicle administrator in the state where such driver resides.
[30:190:1941; 1931 NCL § 4442.29]—(NRS A 1969, 547; 2021, 3305)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 483 - Drivers’ Licenses; Driving Schools and Driving Instructors › NRS 483.440 - Suspension or revocation of license or privilege upon conviction in another state.

The Department is authorized to suspend or revoke the license of any resident of this State or the privilege of a nonresident to drive a motor vehicle in this State upon receiving notice of the conviction of such person in another state of an offense therein which, if committed in this State, would be grounds for the suspension or revocation of the license.
[31:190:1941; 1931 NCL § 4442.30]—(NRS A 1969, 547)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 483 - Drivers’ Licenses; Driving Schools and Driving Instructors › NRS 483.441 - Suspension of license for delinquent payment of administrative fines and other costs owed pursuant to NRS 706.476 or 706.771; notice; plan for repayment; reinstatement; fee for reinstatement.

1. Upon receipt of notice from the Nevada Transportation Authority pursuant to NRS 706.772 regarding a driver’s delinquency with respect to the payment of an administrative fine and any other costs owed to the Authority pursuant to NRS 706.476 or 706.771, the Department shall notify the driver by mail that his or her driver’s license is subject to suspension and allow the driver 30 days after the date of mailing the notice to:
(a) Pay to the Authority the delinquent administrative fine and any other costs or comply with a plan of repayment approved pursuant to NRS 706.772; or
(b) Make a written request to the Department for a hearing.
2. If notified by the Nevada Transportation Authority, within 30 days after the notice of a delinquency in the payment of an administrative fine, that a driver has entered into a plan for repayment approved pursuant to NRS 706.772, the Department shall stop the suspension of the driver’s license from going into effect. If the driver subsequently defaults on the plan of repayment with the Authority, the Authority shall notify the Department, which shall immediately suspend the driver’s license until the Authority notifies the Department that the license is eligible for reinstatement.
3. The Department shall suspend the driver’s license of a driver 31 days after it mails the notice provided for in subsection 1 to the driver, unless within that time it has received a written request for a hearing from the driver or notice from the Nevada Transportation Authority that the driver has paid the administrative fine and any other costs or complied with a plan of repayment approved pursuant to NRS 706.772. A license so suspended remains suspended until:
(a) The Authority notifies the Department that the license is eligible for reinstatement; and
(b) The Department receives payment of the fee for reinstatement required by NRS 483.410.
(Added to NRS by 2011, 2658)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 483 - Drivers’ Licenses; Driving Schools and Driving Instructors › NRS 483.445 - Suspension or revocation of license of member of Armed Forces.

The Department may suspend or revoke the license of a member of the Armed Forces of the United States stationed at a military installation located in Nevada if:
1. It receives notice from the commander of any such installation that such person’s military driving privilege has been suspended; and
2. The conduct on which the suspension of the military license is based is of such a nature that the Department would revoke or suspend such person’s driver’s license had such conduct occurred within its jurisdiction.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 595)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 483 - Drivers’ Licenses; Driving Schools and Driving Instructors › NRS 483.447 - Future driving privileges: Deemed possession by unlicensed driver who operates vehicle in Nevada.

A person who does not hold a valid license issued by this State or any other state and who operates a vehicle in this State shall be deemed to have future driving privileges that may be suspended if the person is found to have committed a civil infraction in this State pursuant to NRS 484A.703 to 484A.705, inclusive, or is convicted of any criminal traffic offense in this State.
(Added to NRS by 2003, 1235; A 2021, 3306)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 483 - Drivers’ Licenses; Driving Schools and Driving Instructors › NRS 483.450 - Conviction of offense or finding of civil infraction: Regulations prescribing recordation of conviction or finding; duties of courts; expenses.

1. A record of each conviction and each finding that a person has committed a civil infraction pursuant to NRS 484A.703 to 484A.705, inclusive, must be made in a manner approved by the Department. The court shall provide sufficient information to allow the Department to include accurately the information regarding each conviction and finding in the driver’s record.
2. The Department shall adopt regulations prescribing the information necessary to record each conviction and finding in the driver’s record.
3. Every court, including a juvenile court, having jurisdiction over violations of the provisions of NRS 483.010 to 483.630, inclusive, or any other law of this State or municipal ordinance regulating the operation of motor vehicles on highways, shall forward to the Department:
(a) If the court is other than a juvenile court, each record of the conviction of any person in that court for a violation of any such laws other than regulations governing standing or parking and each record of the finding that any person has committed a civil infraction pursuant to NRS 484A.703 to 484A.705, inclusive; or
(b) If the court is a juvenile court, a record of any finding that a child has violated a traffic law or ordinance other than one governing standing or parking,
within 5 days after the conviction or finding, and may recommend the suspension of the driver’s license of the person convicted or found to have committed a civil infraction or the child found in violation of a traffic law or ordinance.
4. If a record forwarded to the Department pursuant to subsection 3 is a record of the conviction of, or a record of a finding of the commission of a civil infraction pursuant to NRS 484A.703 to 484A.705, inclusive, against, a person who holds a commercial driver’s license, the Department shall, within 5 days after the date on which it receives such a record, transmit notice of the conviction or finding to the Commercial Driver’s License Information System.
5. For the purposes of NRS 483.010 to 483.630, inclusive, "conviction" has the meaning prescribed by regulation pursuant to NRS 481.052.
6. If a court mails records of conviction or of findings of the commission of a civil infraction pursuant to NRS 484A.703 to 484A.705, inclusive, the necessary expenses of mailing such records to the Department as required by this section must be paid by the court charged with the duty of forwarding those records.
7. As used in this section, "Commercial Driver’s License Information System" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 483.904.
[32:190:1941; A 1943, 268; 1953, 191]—(NRS A 1961, 79; 1969, 547; 1973, 1533; 1981, 534; 1989, 554; 2003, 1153; 2007, 2787; 2011, 404; 2021, 3307)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 483 - Drivers’ Licenses; Driving Schools and Driving Instructors › NRS 483.464 - Issuance of restricted license after certain period if license suspended pursuant to NRS 483.462.

After half the period during which the driver’s license of a person is suspended pursuant to NRS 483.462, the Department may issue the person a restricted driver’s license in the manner provided in subsection 1 of NRS 483.490.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 3046)