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2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.545 - Certain unlawful acts.

It is unlawful for any person to commit any of the following acts:
1. To operate, or for the owner thereof knowingly to permit the operation of, upon a highway any motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer which is not registered or which does not have attached thereto and displayed thereon the number of plate or plates assigned thereto by the Department for the current period of registration or calendar year, subject to the exemption allowed in NRS 482.316 to 482.3175, inclusive, 482.320 to 482.363, inclusive, 482.385 to 482.3965, inclusive, and 482.420.
2. To display, cause or permit to be displayed or to have in possession any certificate of registration, license plate, certificate of title, temporary placard, movement permit or other document of title knowing it to be fictitious or to have been cancelled, revoked, suspended or altered.
3. To lend to, or knowingly permit the use of by, one not entitled thereto any registration card, plate, temporary placard or movement permit issued to the person so lending or permitting the use thereof.
4. To fail or to refuse to surrender to the Department, upon demand, any registration card or plate which has been suspended, cancelled or revoked as provided in this chapter.
5. To use a false or fictitious name or address in any application for the registration of any vehicle or for any renewal or duplicate thereof, or knowingly to make a false statement or knowingly to conceal a material fact or otherwise commit a fraud in an application. A violation of this subsection is a gross misdemeanor.
6. Knowingly to operate a vehicle which:
(a) Has an identification number or mark which has been falsely attached, removed, defaced, altered or obliterated; or
(b) Contains a part which has an identification number or mark which has been falsely attached, removed, defaced, altered or obliterated.
[24:202:1931; 1931 NCL § 4435.23]—(NRS A 1969, 688; 1975, 55, 281, 1090; 1985, 301, 898; 1987, 2080; 1989, 173; 1993, 156; 1995, 1046; 1999, 2057; 2003, 467; 2007, 2363, 3221)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.547 - Unlawful sale, offer of sale or display for sale of motor vehicle; penalty.

1. It is unlawful for a person to sell, offer to sell or display for sale any vehicle unless the person is:
(a) The lienholder, owner or registered owner of the vehicle;
(b) A repossessor of the vehicle, or holder of a statutory lien on the vehicle, selling the vehicle on a bid basis; or
(c) A manufacturer, distributor, rebuilder, lessor or dealer licensed under the provisions of this chapter.
2. The provisions of this section do not apply to any executor, administrator, sheriff or other person who sells a vehicle pursuant to powers or duties granted or imposed by law.
3. A person who violates any of the provisions of this section shall be punished:
(a) If the value of the vehicle sold, offered or displayed is $650 or more, for a category D felony as provided in NRS 193.130. In addition to any other penalty, the court shall order the person to pay restitution.
(b) If the value of the vehicle is less than $650, for a misdemeanor.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 1302; A 1975, 1074; 1983, 1007; 1987, 160; 1989, 1441; 1995, 1297; 2011, 176)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.548 - Unlawful display of vehicle for sale or lease.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, it is unlawful for any person to display for the purpose of sale or lease any vehicle upon any vacant lot or unimproved portion of a public right-of-way.
2. A registered owner may display for the purpose of sale or lease his or her vehicle upon a vacant lot if:
(a) The activity is authorized by the applicable zoning regulations; and
(b) The displayer is the owner of the lot or has received the written consent of the owner and the evidence of the written consent:
(1) Is posted on the vehicle in a manner easily seen and read. If the vehicle has a windshield, the consent must be posted inside the windshield, facing outward.
(2) Is signed by the owner of the vacant lot.
(3) Contains the name and address of the owner of the vacant lot.
(4) Contains the name and address of the person who owns the vehicle.
(5) States the period for which the display is authorized.
3. Any person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.
4. This section does not prohibit any dealer of vehicles licensed pursuant to this chapter from displaying for sale or lease vehicles in the ordinary course of business.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 437)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.550 - Unlawful sale or delivery of used vehicle within State if vehicle not registered in this State; disposition of plates; penalty.

1. It is unlawful to sell or deliver any used automobile or other vehicle, within the State of Nevada, when such vehicle is not registered in the State of Nevada and has displayed on it a vehicle license plate or plates issued by another state or nation. The actual cost of registering the vehicle in Nevada shall be paid by the purchaser of the vehicle.
2. Every person, firm, association or corporation selling any used vehicle which has displayed on it a vehicle license plate or plates issued by any state or nation, before selling such vehicle or delivering it after sale, shall remove from such vehicle any such license plate or plates, and turn in such plate or plates to the Department or an authorized agent of the Department.
3. Any person violating any provision of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.
[1:211:1953] + [2:211:1953] + [3:211:1953]—(NRS A 1957, 508; 1973, 499)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.5505 - Unlawful taking of possession of motor vehicle or part thereof with knowledge that identification number or mark has been falsely attached, removed, defaced, altered or obliterated; exception; penalty.

A vehicle dealer, employee of a vehicle dealer, garage operator, employee of a garage operator, owner or employee of an automobile wrecker, or operator of a salvage pool or body shop who takes possession of a motor vehicle or part from a motor vehicle knowing that an identification number or mark has been falsely attached, removed, defaced, altered or obliterated, unless the motor vehicle or part has an identification number attached to it which has been assigned or approved by the Department in lieu of the original identification number or mark, is guilty of a category D felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130.
(Added to NRS by 2007, 2361)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.551 - Unlawful purchase, disposal, sale or transfer of motor vehicle or parts with falsely attached, removed, defaced, altered or obliterated identification number or mark; applicability; penalty.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, a person who knowingly:
(a) Buys with the intent to resell;
(b) Disposes of;
(c) Sells; or
(d) Transfers,
a motor vehicle or part from a motor vehicle that has an identification number or mark that has been falsely attached, removed, defaced, altered or obliterated to misrepresent the identity or to prevent the identification of the motor vehicle or part from a motor vehicle is guilty of a category B felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for a minimum term of not less than 1 year and a maximum term of not more than 10 years, and may be further punished by a fine of not more than $60,000, or by both fine and imprisonment.
2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3 and NRS 482.5505, or if a greater penalty is otherwise provided by law, a person who takes possession of a motor vehicle or part from a motor vehicle knowing that an identification number or mark has been falsely attached, removed, defaced, altered or obliterated is guilty of a gross misdemeanor and shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than 364 days, or by a fine of not more than $10,000, or by both fine and imprisonment.
3. The provisions of this section do not apply to an owner of or person authorized to possess a motor vehicle or part of a motor vehicle:
(a) If the motor vehicle or part of the motor vehicle was recovered by a law enforcement agency after having been stolen;
(b) If the condition of the identification number or mark of the motor vehicle or part of the motor vehicle is known to, or has been reported to, a law enforcement agency; or
(c) If the motor vehicle or part from the motor vehicle has an identification number attached to it which has been assigned or approved by the Department in lieu of the original identification number or mark.
(Added to NRS by 1999, 2056; A 2007, 2364; 2013, 988)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.553 - Unlawful removal, defacement, alteration or obliteration of identification number or mark of motor vehicle or part thereof; restoration of number or mark; homemade vehicles; penalty.

1. A person shall not intentionally remove, deface, alter or obliterate the identification number or mark of a vehicle or part from a motor vehicle without written authorization from the Department, nor shall any person attach to or place or stamp upon a vehicle or the parts thereof any serial, motor or other number or mark except one assigned thereto by the Department.
2. This section does not prohibit the restoration by an owner of the original vehicle identification number or mark when the restoration is authorized by the Department, nor prevent any manufacturer from placing in the ordinary course of business numbers or marks upon new motor vehicles or new parts thereof.
3. The Department shall assign serial numbers to all homemade vehicles, and the serial numbers must be placed:
(a) If an open trailer, on the left-hand side of the tongue of the trailer.
(b) If an enclosed vehicle, on the pillar post for the left-hand door hinge or, if such placement is not appropriate, then on the left-hand side of the fire wall, under the hood.
4. Any person who violates a provision of subsection 1 is guilty of a category D felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130, and may be further punished by a fine of not more than $25,000.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 145; A 1973, 61; 1995, 1047; 1999, 2058; 2007, 2365)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.5533 - Unlawful failure of certain persons to notify Department or local law enforcement agency within certain period of discovery of motor vehicle or part thereof having identification number or mark that has been falsely attached, removed, defaced, altered or obliterated; penalty.

1. A vehicle dealer, garage operator, automobile wrecker, operator of a salvage pool or body shop, tow car operator, any other business subject to inspection pursuant to NRS 480.610 and the employee of any such establishment who discovers during the course of business that a motor vehicle or part from a motor vehicle has an identification number or mark that has been falsely attached, removed, defaced, altered or obliterated shall notify the Department or a local law enforcement agency within 24 hours after discovery.
2. A person who fails to provide notification pursuant to subsection 1 is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Added to NRS by 2007, 2361)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.5536 - Court proceedings: Disclosure of certain information prohibited; exception; in camera review.

1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a person shall not disclose during any court proceeding or in any written document produced pursuant to a request for discovery of documents in any action involving the theft of a motor vehicle or part from a motor vehicle the identification of any confidential investigative technique or the location of any confidential identifying number or mark used by a law enforcement agency or the Department to identify a motor vehicle or part from a motor vehicle.
2. Upon request of a party to the action, the court may review confidential techniques and information related to the location of confidential identifying numbers or marks in camera to determine whether disclosure of such information is necessary to determine the issue before the court and may make any orders that justice may require.
(Added to NRS by 2007, 2361)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.554 - Deceptive trade practices: Acts constituting; administrative fines; certain disclosures required; remedy not exclusive.

1. The Department may impose an administrative fine of not more than $10,000 against any person who engages in a deceptive trade practice. The Department shall afford to any person so fined an opportunity for a hearing pursuant to the provisions of NRS 233B.121.
2. For the purposes of this section, a person shall be deemed to be engaged in a "deceptive trade practice" if, in the course of his or her business or occupation, the person:
(a) Enters into a contract for the sale of a vehicle on credit with a customer, exercises a valid option to cancel the vehicle sale and then, after the customer returns the vehicle with no damage other than reasonable wear and tear, the seller:
(1) Fails to return any down payment or other consideration in full, including, returning a vehicle accepted in trade;
(2) Knowingly makes a false representation to the customer that the customer must sign another contract for the sale of the vehicle on less favorable terms; or
(3) Fails to use the disclosure as required in subsection 3.
(b) Uses a contract for the sale of the vehicle or a security agreement that materially differs from the form prescribed by law.
(c) Engages in any deceptive trade practice, as defined in NRS 598.0915 to 598.0925, inclusive, that involves the purchase and sale or lease of a motor vehicle.
(d) Engages in any other acts prescribed by the Department by regulation as a deceptive trade practice.
3. If a seller of a vehicle exercises a valid option to cancel the sale of a vehicle to a customer, the seller must provide a disclosure, and the customer must sign that disclosure, before the seller and customer may enter into a new agreement for the sale of the same vehicle on different terms, or for the sale of a different vehicle. The Department shall prescribe the form of the disclosure by regulation.
4. All administrative fines collected by the Department pursuant to this section must be deposited with the State Treasurer to the credit of the State Highway Fund.
5. The administrative remedy provided in this section is not exclusive and is in addition to any other remedy provided by law. The provisions of this section do not deprive a person injured by a deceptive trade practice from resorting to any other legal remedy.
(Added to NRS by 2005, 1240; A 2009, 2527, 2698; 2021, 1454)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.555 - Criminal penalties for certain violations of chapter; exception.

1. In addition to any other penalty provided by this chapter:
(a) It is a gross misdemeanor for any person knowingly to falsify:
(1) A dealer’s or rebuilder’s report of sale, as described in NRS 482.423 and 482.424;
(2) An application or document to obtain any license, permit, certificate of title or vehicle registration issued under the provisions of this chapter; or
(3) An application or document to obtain a salvage title or nonrepairable vehicle certificate as defined in chapter 487 of NRS.
(b) It is a misdemeanor for any person to violate any of the provisions of this chapter unless such violation is by this section or other provision of this chapter or other law of this State declared to be a gross misdemeanor or a felony.
2. The provisions of this section do not apply to a violation of subsection 3 of NRS 482.367002.
[36:202:1931; 1931 NCL § 4435.35]—(NRS A 1959, 919; 1963, 351; 1967, 592; 1975, 282; 2003, 468; 2007, 3221; 2013, 1483)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.557 - Failure to provide insurance: Administrative fines; requirements for filing and maintaining with Department certificate of financial responsibility; suspension of driver’s license of registered owner.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 6 of NRS 485.317, if a registered owner failed to have insurance on the date specified by the Department pursuant to NRS 485.317:
(a) For a first offense, the registered owner shall pay to the Department a registration reinstatement fee of $250, and if the period during which insurance coverage lapsed was:
(1) At least 31 days but not more than 90 days, pay to the Department a fine of $250.
(2) At least 91 days but not more than 180 days:
(I) Pay to the Department a fine of $500; and
(II) File and maintain with the Department a certificate of financial responsibility for a period of not less than 3 years following the date on which the registration of the applicable vehicle is reinstated.
(3) More than 180 days:
(I) Pay to the Department a fine of $1,000; and
(II) File and maintain with the Department a certificate of financial responsibility for a period of not less than 3 years following the date on which the registration of the applicable vehicle is reinstated.
(b) For a second offense, the registered owner shall pay to the Department a registration reinstatement fee of $500, and if the period during which insurance coverage lapsed was:
(1) At least 31 days but not more than 90 days, pay to the Department a fine of $500.
(2) At least 91 days but not more than 180 days:
(I) Pay to the Department a fine of $500; and
(II) File and maintain with the Department a certificate of financial responsibility for a period of not less than 3 years following the date on which the registration of the applicable vehicle is reinstated.
(3) More than 180 days:
(I) Pay to the Department a fine of $1,000; and
(II) File and maintain with the Department a certificate of financial responsibility for a period of not less than 3 years following the date on which the registration of the applicable vehicle is reinstated.
(c) For a third or subsequent offense:
(1) The driver’s license of the registered owner must be suspended for a period to be determined by regulation of the Department but not less than 30 days;
(2) The registered owner shall file and maintain with the Department a certificate of financial responsibility for a period of not less than 3 years following the date on which the registration of the applicable vehicle is reinstated; and
(3) The registered owner shall pay to the Department a registration reinstatement fee of $750, and if the period during which insurance coverage lapsed was:
(I) At least 31 days but not more than 90 days, pay to the Department a fine of $500.
(II) At least 91 days but not more than 180 days, pay to the Department a fine of $750.
(III) More than 180 days, pay to the Department a fine of $1,000.
2. As used in this section, "certificate of financial responsibility" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 485.028.
(Added to NRS by 2011, 1587; A 2013, 1841)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.565 - Administrative fines for violations other than deceptive trade practices; injunction or other appropriate remedy; enforcement proceedings.

1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 482.554, the Department may impose an administrative fine, not to exceed $2,500, for a violation of any provision of this chapter, or any rule, regulation or order adopted or issued pursuant thereto. The Department shall afford to any person so fined an opportunity for a hearing pursuant to the provisions of NRS 233B.121.
2. All administrative fines collected by the Department pursuant to subsection 1 must be deposited with the State Treasurer to the credit of the State Highway Fund.
3. In addition to any other remedy provided by this chapter, the Department may compel compliance with any provision of this chapter and any rule, regulation or order adopted or issued pursuant thereto, by injunction or other appropriate remedy and the Department may institute and maintain in the name of the State of Nevada any such enforcement proceedings.
(Added to NRS by 1991, 755; A 2005, 1244)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482A - Autonomous Vehicles › NRS 482A.010 - Definitions.

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 482A.025 to 482A.048, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
(Added to NRS by 2011, 2876; A 2013, 2010; 2017, 4466)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482A - Autonomous Vehicles › NRS 482A.030 - "Autonomous vehicle" defined.

"Autonomous vehicle" means a motor vehicle that is equipped with an automated driving system which is designed to function at a level of driving automation of level 3, 4 or 5 pursuant to SAE J3016. The term includes a fully autonomous vehicle.
(Added to NRS by 2011, 2876; A 2013, 2010; 2017, 4466)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482A - Autonomous Vehicles › NRS 482A.032 - "Driver-assistive platooning technology" defined.

"Driver-assistive platooning technology" means technology which enables two or more trucks or other motor vehicles to travel on a highway at electronically coordinated speeds in a unified manner at a following distance that is closer than would be reasonable and prudent without the use of the technology. The term does not include an automated driving system.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 4465)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482A - Autonomous Vehicles › NRS 482A.034 - "Dynamic driving task" defined.

"Dynamic driving task" means all of the real-time operational and tactical functions required to operate an autonomous vehicle in traffic on a highway. The term does not include functions relating to planning for the use of the vehicle, including, without limitation, the scheduling of a trip or the selection of a destination or waypoint.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 4465)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482A - Autonomous Vehicles › NRS 482A.040 - "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)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482A - Autonomous Vehicles › NRS 482A.044 - "Minimal risk condition" defined.

"Minimal risk condition" means a condition in which an autonomous vehicle operating without a human driver, upon experiencing a failure of its automated driving system that renders the autonomous vehicle unable to perform the dynamic driving task, achieves a reasonably safe state which may include, without limitation, bringing the autonomous vehicle to a complete stop.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 4465)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482A - Autonomous Vehicles › NRS 482A.048 - "SAE J3016" defined.

"SAE J3016" means the document published by SAE International on September 30, 2016, as "Taxonomy and Definitions for Terms Related to Driving Automation Systems for On-Road Motor Vehicles" or a document determined by the Department to be a subsequent version which is approved by the Department by regulation.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 4465)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482A - Autonomous Vehicles › NRS 482A.060 - Testing autonomous vehicle: Requirement for insurance or bond.

Before a person begins testing an autonomous vehicle on a highway within this State, the person must:
1. Submit to the Department proof of insurance or self-insurance acceptable to the Department in the amount of $5,000,000; or
2. Make a cash deposit or post and maintain a surety bond or other acceptable form of security with the Department in the amount of $5,000,000.
(Added to NRS by 2013, 2009; A 2017, 4467)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482A - Autonomous Vehicles › NRS 482A.070 - Testing or operation of autonomous vehicle: Requirements for safety and control of vehicle.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, if an autonomous vehicle is being tested or operated on a highway within this State, a human operator must be:
(a) Seated in a position which allows the human operator to take immediate manual control of the autonomous vehicle; and
(b) Capable of taking over immediate manual control of the autonomous vehicle in the event of a failure of the automated driving system or other emergency.
2. A fully autonomous vehicle may be tested or operated on a highway within this State with the automated driving system engaged and without a human operator being present within the fully autonomous vehicle if the fully autonomous vehicle satisfies the requirements of paragraph (b) of subsection 2 of NRS 482A.080.
(Added to NRS by 2013, 2009; A 2017, 4467)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482A - Autonomous Vehicles › NRS 482A.075 - Driver-assistive platooning technology authorized; restrictions.

A truck or other motor vehicle may use driver-assistive platooning technology on a highway within this State only if the truck or other motor vehicle and the driver-assistive platooning technology are capable of being operated in compliance with the applicable motor vehicle laws and traffic laws of this State, unless the truck or other motor vehicle has been granted an exemption by the Department.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 4466)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482A - Autonomous Vehicles › NRS 482A.080 - Requirements for testing or operating vehicle upon highways in this State.

1. An autonomous vehicle shall not be registered in this State unless the autonomous vehicle has affixed to it a label pursuant to 49 C.F.R. § 567.4.
2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, an autonomous vehicle shall not be tested or operated on a highway within this State with a human operator unless the autonomous vehicle is capable of operating in compliance with the applicable motor vehicle laws and traffic laws of this State, unless an exemption has been granted by the Department, and:
(a) If the autonomous vehicle is not a fully autonomous vehicle, the autonomous vehicle is:
(1) Equipped with a means to engage and disengage the automated driving system which is easily accessible to the human operator of the autonomous vehicle;
(2) Equipped with an indicator located inside the autonomous vehicle which indicates when the automated driving system is operating the autonomous vehicle; and
(3) Equipped with a means to alert the human operator to take manual control of the autonomous vehicle if a failure of the automated driving system occurs which renders the automated driving system unable to perform the dynamic driving task relevant to its intended operational design domain; and
(b) If the autonomous vehicle is a fully autonomous vehicle, the fully autonomous vehicle is capable of achieving a minimal risk condition if a failure of the automated driving system occurs which renders the automated driving system unable to perform the dynamic driving task relevant to its intended operational design domain.
3. If a federal law or regulation provides standards for the operation of an autonomous vehicle, an autonomous vehicle may be tested or used on a highway within this State with a human operator if the autonomous vehicle is capable of operating in compliance with the applicable motor vehicle laws and traffic laws of this State and such a federal law or regulation.
(Added to NRS by 2013, 2009; A 2017, 4467)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482A - Autonomous Vehicles › NRS 482A.090 - Manufacturer or developer not liable for certain damages.

1. The original manufacturer of a motor vehicle that has been converted by a third party into an autonomous vehicle is not liable for damages to any person injured due to a defect caused by the conversion of the motor vehicle by the third party unless the defect that caused the injury was present in the vehicle as originally manufactured.
2. The original manufacturer or developer of an automated driving system that has been modified by an unauthorized third party is not liable for damages to any person injured due to a defect caused by the modification of the automated driving system by the third party unless the defect that caused the injury was present in the automated driving system as originally manufactured or developed.
(Added to NRS by 2013, 2009; A 2017, 4468)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482A - Autonomous Vehicles › NRS 482A.095 - Crash involving autonomous vehicle: Report to Department required under certain circumstances; regulations.

Any person responsible for the testing of an autonomous vehicle shall report to the Department, within 10 business days after a motor vehicle crash, any motor vehicle crash involving the testing of the autonomous vehicle which results in personal injury or property damage estimated to exceed $750. The Department shall prescribe by regulation the information which must be included in such a report.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 4466)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482A - Autonomous Vehicles › NRS 482A.100 - Adoption of regulations to authorize operation and testing; requirements.

1. The Department may adopt regulations relating to the operation and testing of autonomous vehicles on highways within the State of Nevada which are consistent with this chapter and do not impose additional requirements upon the operation and testing of autonomous vehicles.
2. A regulation adopted pursuant to subsection 1 shall not become effective until at least 180 days after the regulation is adopted by the Department.
3. The regulations adopted pursuant to subsection 1 may:
(a) Require that an autonomous vehicle or automated driving system be certified to comply with the requirements of this chapter by the manufacturer of the autonomous vehicle, the manufacturer or developer of the automated driving system or an autonomous vehicle certification facility licensed pursuant to paragraph (c) before it may be operated on a highway within this State;
(b) Include provisions relating to license plates for and the registration of autonomous vehicles and the licensing and training of drivers that do not conflict with this chapter or unreasonably impede the testing and operation of autonomous vehicles in this State; and
(c) Provide for the licensing of autonomous vehicle certification facilities.
(Added to NRS by 2011, 2876; A 2017, 4468)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482A - Autonomous Vehicles › NRS 482A.110 - Department only entity authorized to adopt regulations or impose requirements on certain technology related to automated driving systems or autonomous vehicles; local government prohibited from imposing tax, fee or other requirements.

1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law and except as otherwise provided in this chapter, only the Department may adopt regulations or impose any requirement relating to the technology of an automated driving system or autonomous vehicle, and any such regulations adopted, ordinance enacted or requirement imposed by another governmental entity or local government is void.
2. A local government shall not impose any tax or fee or impose any other requirement on an automated driving system or autonomous vehicle or on a person who operates an autonomous vehicle.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 4466)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482A - Autonomous Vehicles › NRS 482A.200 - Application of motor vehicle and traffic laws to certain fully automated vehicles; human driver not required under certain circumstances.

No motor vehicle laws or traffic laws of this State shall be construed to require a human driver to operate a fully autonomous vehicle which is being operated by an automated driving system. The automated driving system of a fully autonomous vehicle shall, when engaged, be deemed to fulfill any physical acts which would otherwise be required of a human driver except those acts which by their nature can have no application to such a system.
(Added to NRS by 2011, 2873; A 2017, 4469)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482A - Autonomous Vehicles › NRS 482A.220 - Civil and criminal penalties.

1. The Department may impose an administrative fine, not to exceed $2,500, for a violation of any provision of this chapter or any regulation adopted pursuant thereto.
2. In addition to any other penalty provided by this chapter, it is a gross misdemeanor for any person knowingly to falsify an application to obtain a license for an autonomous vehicle certification facility or any other document submitted to or issued by the Department pursuant to this chapter.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 4466)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482B - Alternative Electronic Transportation Systems › NRS 482B.015 - "Alternative electronic transportation system" defined.

1. "Alternative electronic transportation system" means any hardware or software which is installed within a vehicle or a mobile transportation device that:
(a) Allows a person in a vehicle on a highway to control, in real time, the mechanical operations of the vehicle, including, without limitation, braking, steering and adjusting the throttle, without the person physically touching the braking, steering, throttle or other controls of the vehicle;
(b) Allows a person to program a mobile transportation device to operate along various routes, without the active control or monitoring by the person on premises to which the public has access;
(c) Allows for a vehicle on a highway to be operated without the active control or monitoring of a person in a way that is outside the scope of an automated driving system; or
(d) Allows for a mobile transportation device on premises to which the public has access to be controlled remotely or operated without the active control or monitoring of a person in a way that is outside the scope of an automated driving system.
2. The term does not include an automated driving system.
3. As used in this section, "automated driving system" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 482A.025.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 572)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482B - Alternative Electronic Transportation Systems › NRS 482B.020 - "Alternative electronic transportation system vehicle" defined.

"Alternative electronic transportation system vehicle" means a vehicle or mobile transportation device equipped with an alternative electronic transportation system. The term does not include:
1. An autonomous vehicle, as defined in NRS 482A.030.
2. A vehicle or device that is used exclusively upon fixed mechanical or electromagnetic guideways.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 573)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482B - Alternative Electronic Transportation Systems › NRS 482B.030 - "Mobile transportation device" defined.

"Mobile transportation device" means a device capable of being equipped with an alternative electronic transportation system that is not a vehicle and in, upon or by which any property is or may be transported or drawn upon premises to which the public has access. The term does not include:
1. An autonomous vehicle, as defined in NRS 482A.030.
2. A vehicle or device that is used exclusively upon fixed mechanical or electromagnetic guideways.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 573)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482B - Alternative Electronic Transportation Systems › NRS 482B.035 - "Premises to which the public has access" defined.

"Premises to which the public has access" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 484A.185, except the term does not include property located upon a public or privately owned airport or any property owned, leased, controlled or managed by a public or privately owned airport.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 573)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482B - Alternative Electronic Transportation Systems › NRS 482B.150 - Alternative electronic transportation system vehicles: Department may adopt regulations authorizing operation and testing; insurance requirements.

1. The Department may adopt regulations authorizing the operation and testing of alternative electronic transportation system vehicles on highways and premises to which the public has access within the State of Nevada.
2. The regulations adopted pursuant to subsection 1 must:
(a) Require a person who wishes to operate or test an alternative electronic transportation system vehicle on a highway or premises to which the public has access within this State to submit an application to the Department;
(b) Prescribe the form and contents of an application submitted pursuant to paragraph (a);
(c) Set forth requirements relating to the registration of and issuance of license plates to an alternative electronic transportation system vehicle in this State;
(d) Set forth requirements concerning the control of emissions from an alternative electronic transportation system vehicle in this State;
(e) Require that an alternative electronic transportation system vehicle be capable of operating in compliance with the applicable motor vehicle laws and traffic laws of this State, unless an exemption has been granted by the Department;
(f) Require a person who wishes to operate or test an alternative electronic transportation system vehicle on a highway or on premises to which the public has access within this State to obtain and maintain a policy of insurance on the alternative electronic transportation system vehicle that meets the requirements of NRS 485.185 or 485.186 and:
(1) Submit to the Department proof of insurance or self-insurance acceptable to the Department in the amount of $5,000,000; or
(2) Make a cash deposit or post and maintain a surety bond or other form of security with the Department in the amount of $5,000,000;
(g) Set forth requirements for the reporting of all crashes involving alternative electronic transportation system vehicles; and
(h) Set forth requirements for the granting of an exemption from the applicable motor vehicle laws and traffic laws of this State for the operation or testing of an alternative electronic transportation system vehicle.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 573)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482C - Peer-to-Peer Car Sharing Programs › NRS 482C.100 - Definitions.

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 482C.110 to 482C.210, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
(Added to NRS by 2021, 1841)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482C - Peer-to-Peer Car Sharing Programs › NRS 482C.110 - "Car sharing delivery period" defined.

"Car sharing delivery period" means the period of time before the car sharing start time during which a shared vehicle is being delivered to the location where the shared vehicle driver will assume control of the shared vehicle.
(Added to NRS by 2021, 1841)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482C - Peer-to-Peer Car Sharing Programs › NRS 482C.115 - "Car sharing period" defined.

"Car sharing period" means the period of time that:
1. Begins:
(a) If there is a car sharing delivery period, at the start of that period; or
(b) If there is no car sharing delivery period, at the car sharing start time; and
2. Ends at the car sharing termination time.
(Added to NRS by 2021, 1841)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482C - Peer-to-Peer Car Sharing Programs › NRS 482C.120 - "Car sharing program agreement" defined.

"Car sharing program agreement" means an agreement entered into between a peer-to-peer car sharing program and a shared vehicle driver or shared vehicle owner which establishes terms and conditions governing the sharing of a vehicle through the peer-to-peer car sharing program.
(Added to NRS by 2021, 1841)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482C - Peer-to-Peer Car Sharing Programs › NRS 482C.125 - "Car sharing start time" defined.

"Car sharing start time" means the time when the shared vehicle becomes subject to the control of the shared vehicle driver at or after the time the reservation of a shared vehicle is scheduled to begin, as documented in the records of the peer-to-peer car sharing program.
(Added to NRS by 2021, 1841)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482C - Peer-to-Peer Car Sharing Programs › NRS 482C.130 - "Car sharing termination time" defined.

"Car sharing termination time" means whichever of the following events occurs first:
1. The expiration of the agreed upon period of time established for the use of a shared vehicle according to the terms of the car sharing program agreement if the shared vehicle is delivered to the location agreed upon in the car sharing program agreement;
2. The expiration of the agreed upon period of time established for the use of a shared vehicle according to the terms of the car sharing program agreement if the shared vehicle is delivered to a location alternatively agreed upon by the shared vehicle owner and shared vehicle driver and as communicated through a peer-to-peer car sharing program and incorporated into the car sharing program agreement; or
3. When the shared vehicle owner or the authorized designee of the shared vehicle owner takes possession and control of the shared vehicle.
(Added to NRS by 2021, 1841)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482C - Peer-to-Peer Car Sharing Programs › NRS 482C.175 - "Peer-to-peer car sharing" defined.

"Peer-to-peer car sharing" means the authorized use of a vehicle by an individual other than the owner of the vehicle through a peer-to-peer car sharing program.
(Added to NRS by 2021, 1842)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482C - Peer-to-Peer Car Sharing Programs › NRS 482C.180 - "Peer-to-peer car sharing program" defined.

"Peer-to-peer car sharing program" means a platform operated by a business that connects shared vehicle owners with shared vehicle drivers to enable the sharing of vehicles in exchange for money.
(Added to NRS by 2021, 1842)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482C - Peer-to-Peer Car Sharing Programs › NRS 482C.200 - "Shared vehicle owner" defined.

"Shared vehicle owner" means the registered owner of a shared vehicle or a person who is authorized by the registered owner to make a vehicle available for sharing through a peer-to-peer car sharing program.
(Added to NRS by 2021, 1842)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482C - Peer-to-Peer Car Sharing Programs › NRS 482C.240 - Duty of program to remit sales and use tax on shared vehicle; circumstances in which program is not liable for tax; program to collect electronic certification regarding payment of tax by shared vehicle owner.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a peer-to-peer car sharing program shall collect and remit, on behalf of any shared vehicle owner, sales and use taxes measured by the gross charges for the sharing of a vehicle that is placed on a digital network or software application of the peer-to-peer car sharing program on or after October 1, 2021, for the purpose of making the vehicle available for sharing through the peer-to-peer car sharing program if the shared vehicle owner has not paid any sales or use tax due or has elected to collect sales and use taxes measured by the gross charges for the sharing of the vehicle.
2. The Department of Taxation shall not hold a peer-to-peer car sharing program liable for the payment, collection or remittance of sales and use taxes owed by a shared vehicle owner if:
(a) The peer-to-peer car sharing program provides proof satisfactory to the Department of Taxation that the peer-to-peer car sharing program has made a reasonable effort to obtain accurate information from the shared vehicle owner regarding whether the shared vehicle owner has paid the sales and use taxes due on a shared vehicle described in subsection 1; and
(b) The failure to collect and remit the sales and use taxes measured by the gross charges for the sharing of the vehicle through the peer-to-peer car sharing program was due to incorrect or false information provided to the peer-to-peer car sharing program by the shared vehicle owner.
3. On or after October 1, 2021, a peer-to-peer car sharing program shall not allow a vehicle to be placed on a digital network or software application of the peer-to-peer car sharing program for the purpose of making the vehicle available for sharing through the peer-to-peer car sharing program unless the peer-to-peer car sharing program first requests an electronic certification from the shared vehicle owner as to whether the shared vehicle owner paid all sales and use taxes due on the purchase of the shared vehicle. The Department of Taxation may prescribe by regulation the method by which a peer-to-peer car sharing program shall obtain an electronic certification from the shared vehicle owner as to whether the shared vehicle owner paid all sales and use taxes due on the purchase of the shared vehicle.
4. Nothing in this section shall be construed to relieve a peer-to-peer car sharing program of liability for collecting but failing to remit to the Department of Taxation any sales and use tax pursuant to this section. The Department of Taxation shall not require a peer-to-peer car sharing program to collect or remit sales and use taxes measured by the gross charges for the sharing of the vehicle if the full amount of sales and use taxes were paid on the purchase price of the shared vehicle by the shared vehicle owner.
(Added to NRS by 2021, 1843)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482C - Peer-to-Peer Car Sharing Programs › NRS 482C.245 - Records of program: Maintenance; inspection; type; penalty.

1. Each person responsible for maintaining the records of a peer-to-peer car sharing program shall:
(a) Keep such records as may be necessary to determine the amount of the liability of the peer-to-peer car sharing program pursuant to NRS 482C.230 and 482C.240;
(b) Preserve those records for 4 years or until any litigation or prosecution pursuant to chapter 360 of NRS or audit conducted pursuant to NRS 482C.230 is finally determined, whichever is longer; and
(c) Make the records available for inspection by the Department of Taxation upon demand at reasonable times during regular business hours.
2. The Department of Taxation may by regulation specify the types of records which must be kept to determine the amount of the liability of a taxpayer pursuant to NRS 482C.230 and 482C.240.
3. Any person who violates the provisions of subsection 1 is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Added to NRS by 2021, 1844)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482C - Peer-to-Peer Car Sharing Programs › NRS 482C.260 - Notice to shared vehicle owner that car sharing may violate terms of lien.

At the time the owner of a motor vehicle registers as a shared vehicle owner through a peer-to-peer car sharing program and before the shared vehicle owner is permitted to make his or her vehicle available for car sharing through a peer-to-peer car sharing program, the peer-to-peer car sharing program shall notify the shared vehicle owner that, if the shared vehicle has a lien against it, the use of the shared vehicle through a peer-to-peer car sharing program, including, without limitation, use without insurance coverage for physical damage, may violate the terms of the contract with the lienholder.
(Added to NRS by 2021, 1846)