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2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 483 - Drivers’ Licenses; Driving Schools and Driving Instructors › NRS 483.723 - Minimum age for training; exceptions.

A school for training drivers may not offer or provide training to a person whose age is less than 15 years unless the person has been issued:
1. A restricted license pursuant to the provisions of NRS 483.267 or 483.270; or
2. A restricted instruction permit pursuant to the provisions of subsection 3 of NRS 483.280.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 1520; A 1999, 1925)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 483 - Drivers’ Licenses; Driving Schools and Driving Instructors › NRS 483.725 - Courses of training: Required topics of instruction; use of communications technology for interactive instruction and testing; regulations.

1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 483.727, each course of training provided by a school for training drivers licensed pursuant to NRS 483.700 to 483.780, inclusive, must include, without limitation, instruction in:
(a) Motor vehicle insurance.
(b) The effect of drugs and alcohol on an operator of a motor vehicle.
(c) Rules of the road relating to pedestrians and persons riding bicycles, electric bicycles and electric scooters.
2. If a course of training provided by a school for training drivers licensed pursuant to NRS 483.700 to 483.780, inclusive, consists in whole or in part of classroom instruction, that part of the course which consists of classroom instruction may be taught interactively through the use of communications technology so that persons taking the course need not be physically present in a classroom.
3. The Department shall adopt regulations to carry out the provisions of subsection 2. The regulations must include, without limitation:
(a) Provisions for the licensing and operation of interactive courses that use communications technology;
(b) Provisions to ensure that interactive courses which use communications technology are secure, reliable and include measures for testing and security that are at least as secure as the measures for testing and security which would be available in an ordinary classroom; and
(c) Standards to ensure that interactive courses which use communications technology offer a curriculum that is at least as stringent as the curriculum which would be available in an ordinary classroom.
4. As used in this section, "communications technology" means any method or component, or both, that is used by a school for training drivers licensed pursuant to NRS 483.700 to 483.780, inclusive, to carry out or facilitate the transmission of information, including, without limitation, the transmission and reception of information by:
(a) Systems based on the following technologies:
(1) Video;
(2) Wire;
(3) Cable;
(4) Radio;
(5) Microwave;
(6) Light; or
(7) Optics; and
(b) Computer data networks, including, without limitation, the Internet or its successor, if any, and intranet services.
(Added to NRS by 1995, 1748; A 1997, 1524; 2001 Special Session, 273; 2019, 2972; 2021, 1047)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 483 - Drivers’ Licenses; Driving Schools and Driving Instructors › NRS 483.727 - Defensive driving course: Department to approve under certain circumstances; Department to maintain list of approved courses; regulations.

1. The Department shall approve a hands-on course in defensive driving for the purposes of NRS 483.2521 if the course:
(a) Includes instruction in the theory and practical applications of defensive driving;
(b) Requires a person taking the course to practice defensive driving skills and maneuvers, including, without limitation, emergency avoidance and response techniques;
(c) Is provided by a school for training drivers that meets the requirements of this section and NRS 483.700 to 483.780, inclusive; and
(d) Is conducted by a person who holds a license as an instructor for a school for training drivers and who meets the requirements of this section and NRS 483.700 to 483.780, inclusive.
2. The Department shall maintain on the Internet website of the Department a list of hands-on courses in defensive driving that are approved pursuant to this section. The list must identify those courses which are provided for free. In the event that no such free courses are available, the Internet website must provide notice of that fact.
3. The Department may adopt regulations to carry out the provisions of this section.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 2970)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 483 - Drivers’ Licenses; Driving Schools and Driving Instructors › NRS 483.730 - Licenses: Issuance; term; renewal; training; exception.

1. The Department shall issue a license to operate a school for training drivers or to act as an instructor for such a school, if the Department is satisfied that the applicant has met the qualifications required by NRS 483.700 to 483.780, inclusive.
2. The license is valid for 1 year after the date of issuance, unless cancelled, suspended or revoked by the Department and, except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, may be renewed subject to the same conditions as the original license, except that an operator of or instructor for a school for training drivers is not required to comply with the provisions of NRS 483.7205 for the renewal of his or her license.
3. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, the Department may renew the license of an instructor of a school for training drivers if, when the instructor submits an application for the renewal of the license, the instructor provides evidence satisfactory to the Department that, during the period of the license, he or she completed training of a type and in an amount prescribed by the Department by regulation.
4. The provisions of subsection 3 do not apply to an instructor who provides instruction solely to applicants for commercial drivers’ licenses.
(Added to NRS by 1961, 77; A 1971, 579; 1985, 1940; 1997, 2077; 1999, 1925; 2001, 922, 1606; 2001 Special Session, 273; 2003, 320; 2007, 3222)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 483 - Drivers’ Licenses; Driving Schools and Driving Instructors › NRS 483.740 - Liability insurance.

1. A person operating a school for training drivers shall maintain liability insurance on motor vehicles used in driving instruction, insuring the liability of the driving school, the driving instructor and any person taking instruction, in at least the following amounts:
(a) For bodily injury to or death of one person in any one crash, $100,000;
(b) For bodily injury to or death of two or more persons in any one crash, $300,000; and
(c) For damage to property of others in any one crash, $50,000.
2. Evidence of the insurance coverage in the form of a certificate from the insurance carrier must be filed with the Department. The certificate must stipulate that the insurance may not be cancelled except upon 10 days’ written notice to the Department.
(Added to NRS by 1961, 77; A 1985, 1940; 1999, 1926; 2015, 1634)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 483 - Drivers’ Licenses; Driving Schools and Driving Instructors › NRS 483.745 - Inspection of vehicles: Frequency; results to be provided to Department within certain period; Department to adopt certain regulations; results thereof to be maintained for certain period.

1. A school for training drivers or a third-party certifier provided for by regulation shall ensure that each vehicle used for training drivers and operated on a highway is inspected within 30 days after initial use by the school for training drivers and inspected annually thereafter.
2. The school for training drivers or the third-party certifier shall provide to the Department, within 30 days of the inspection or by December 31 of each calendar year, whichever comes first, the results of the inspection regarding the safety and road worthiness of the vehicles inspected pursuant to subsection 1.
3. The Department shall adopt regulations setting forth:
(a) The persons qualified to conduct the inspection; and
(b) The standards with which the inspection must comply.
4. The owner of the school for training drivers or the third-party certifier shall maintain a copy of the results of the inspection at his or her principal place of business for 3 years after the inspection is completed.
(Added to NRS by 2007, 3222; A 2017, 1415)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 483 - Drivers’ Licenses; Driving Schools and Driving Instructors › NRS 483.755 - Books and records: Location; inspection and copying; retention.

1. A person operating a school for training drivers shall keep the books and records of the school at his or her principal place of business.
2. A person operating a school for training drivers shall:
(a) Allow any authorized agent of the Department or the State of Nevada to inspect and copy the books and records of the school during usual business hours; or
(b) Not later than 3 business days after receiving a request from an authorized agent described in paragraph (a) for the production of the books and records or any other information, provide the requested books, records and other information to the authorized agent at the location specified in the request or by means of electronic communication.
3. A person operating a school for training drivers shall retain the books and records of the school for 3 years after he or she ceases to be licensed as an operator of a school for training drivers.
(Added to NRS by 2021, 91)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 483 - Drivers’ Licenses; Driving Schools and Driving Instructors › NRS 483.760 - Grounds for refusal to issue or cancellation, revocation or suspension of license.

The Department may refuse to issue a license or may cancel, suspend, revoke or refuse to renew any license granted pursuant to NRS 483.700 to 483.780, inclusive:
1. If the applicant or licensee makes a material misstatement on an application.
2. If the applicant or licensee fails or refuses to provide any information requested by the Department in conjunction with an application.
3. If the applicant has been convicted of a crime for a violation of any of the provisions of NRS 483.700 to 483.780, inclusive.
4. If the licensee permits fraud or engages in fraudulent practices either with reference to the applicant or the Department or induces or countenances fraud or fraudulent practices on the part of any applicant for a driver’s license.
5. If the licensee fails to comply with or is convicted of a crime for a violation of any of the provisions of NRS 483.700 to 483.780, inclusive, or any of the regulations or requirements of the Department made pursuant thereto.
6. If the licensee or any employee or agent of the licensee solicits persons for enrollment in a school for training drivers in an office of the Department or within 200 feet of any such office.
7. If the licensee or any employee or agent of the licensee follows the identical course of training which is used by the Department in giving an examination for a driver’s license.
(Added to NRS by 1961, 77; A 1971, 580; 1985, 1940; 2017, 1416; 2019, 2973; 2021, 93)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 483 - Drivers’ Licenses; Driving Schools and Driving Instructors › NRS 483.765 - Suspension of license as instructor for school for failure to pay child support or comply with certain subpoenas or warrants; reinstatement of license. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state to establish procedures for withholding, suspending and restricting the professional, occupational and recreational licenses for child support arrearages and for noncompliance with certain processes relating to paternity or child support proceedings.]

1. If the Department receives a copy of a court order issued pursuant to NRS 425.540 that provides for the suspension of all professional, occupational and recreational licenses, certificates and permits issued to a person who is the holder of a license as an instructor for a school for training drivers, the Department shall deem the license issued to that person to be suspended at the end of the 30th day after the date on which the court order was issued unless the Department receives a letter issued to the holder of the license by the district attorney or other public agency pursuant to NRS 425.550 stating that the holder of the license has complied with the subpoena or warrant or has satisfied the arrearage pursuant to NRS 425.560.
2. The Department shall reinstate a license as an instructor for a school for training drivers that has been suspended by a district court pursuant to NRS 425.540 if the Department receives a letter issued by the district attorney or other public agency pursuant to NRS 425.550 to the person whose license was suspended stating that the person whose license was suspended has complied with the subpoena or warrant or has satisfied the arrearage pursuant to NRS 425.560.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 2075)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 483 - Drivers’ Licenses; Driving Schools and Driving Instructors › NRS 483.767 - Administrative fines; opportunity for hearing; disposition of fines collected; injunctions and other remedies.

1. The Department may impose an administrative fine, not to exceed $2,500, for a violation of any provision of NRS 483.700 to 483.780, inclusive, 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 NRS 483.700 to 483.780, inclusive, the Department may compel compliance with any provision of NRS 483.700 to 483.780, inclusive, 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 2007, 3222; A 2019, 2974; 2021, 93)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 483 - Drivers’ Licenses; Driving Schools and Driving Instructors › NRS 483.770 - Exemptions.

The provisions of NRS 483.700 to 483.780, inclusive, do not apply to:
1. Public schools or educational institutions in which driving instruction is part of the curriculum.
2. Automobile dealers or their salespersons giving instruction without charge to purchasers of motor vehicles.
3. Employers giving instruction to their employees.
(Added to NRS by 1961, 78)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 483 - Drivers’ Licenses; Driving Schools and Driving Instructors › NRS 483.780 - Fees.

The Department shall charge annually the following fees for licenses issued pursuant to the provisions of NRS 483.700 to 483.780, inclusive:
License for a school for training drivers............................................................. $50
License for a driving instructor.............................................................................. 10
License for a school, an agency or a business that provides an educational course on alcohol and other controlled substance use disorders................................................................................... 250
License for an instructor of an educational course on alcohol and other controlled substance use disorders 50
License for a school for traffic safety................................................................. 250
License for an instructor of traffic safety............................................................. 50
(Added to NRS by 1961, 78; A 1985, 1941; 1991, 1908; 2019, 2974)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 483 - Drivers’ Licenses; Driving Schools and Driving Instructors › NRS 483.785 - Department authorized to accept gifts and grants of money to provide financial assistance to certain pupils for automobile drivers’ education; regulations.

1. The Department may accept gifts and grants of money to provide grants of money to pupils who are less than 18 years of age and who need financial assistance to pay:
(a) If a pupil is enrolled in a public school that provides instruction in automobile education, a laboratory fee required pursuant to NRS 389.100.
(b) If a pupil is enrolled in a public school that does not provide instruction in automobile education, the costs and fees of a course provided by a school for training drivers that is licensed pursuant to NRS 483.700 to 483.780, inclusive, and that complies with the applicable regulations governing the establishment, conduct and scope of automobile drivers’ education adopted by the State Board of Education pursuant to NRS 389.090.
2. The Department may, in consultation with the State Board of Education, adopt regulations to carry out the provisions of this section, including, without limitation, the:
(a) Procedure by which a person may apply for a grant of money from the Department;
(b) Criteria that the Department will consider in determining whether to award a grant of money; and
(c) Procedure by which the Department will distribute the money it receives pursuant to subsection 1.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 1520)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 483 - Drivers’ Licenses; Driving Schools and Driving Instructors › NRS 483.790 - Definitions.

As used in NRS 483.800:
1. "Person who is blind" means any person whose visual acuity with correcting lenses does not exceed 20/200 in the better eye, or whose vision in the better eye is restricted to a field which subtends an angle of not greater than 20°.
2. "Person who is night-blind" means a person afflicted with nyctalopia.
3. "Person who is severely visually impaired" means any person whose visual acuity with correcting lenses does not exceed 20/70 in the better eye, or whose vision in the better eye is restricted to a field which subtends an angle of not greater than 30°, or whose vision is impaired to such an extent that it materially limits, contributes to limiting or, if not corrected, will probably result in limiting the individual’s activities of functioning.
(Added to NRS by 1973, 1522)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 483 - Drivers’ Licenses; Driving Schools and Driving Instructors › NRS 483.800 - Information to be furnished to Department; establishment of registry; regulations; maintenance of file; confidentiality; exception; penalty.

1. The following sources shall submit, within 30 days after learning such information, to the Department the name, address, birth date, social security number, visual acuity and any other information which may be required by regulation of the Department, of persons who are blind or night-blind or whose vision is severely impaired and shall designate whether the person is blind, night-blind or has severely impaired vision:
(a) Hospitals, medical clinics and similar institutions which treat persons who are blind, night-blind or whose vision is severely impaired; and
(b) Agencies of the State and political subdivisions which provide special tax consideration for blindness.
2. When any source described in subsection 1 learns that vision has been restored to any person whose name appears in the registry established pursuant to subsection 3, the fact of restoration of vision must be reported to the registry within 30 days after learning of that fact.
3. The Department may establish a registry for the purposes of this section and adopt regulations governing reports to and operation of the registry.
4. The Department shall maintain a file of the names, addresses, birth dates and social security numbers of persons who are blind or night-blind or whose vision is severely impaired.
5. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 239.0115, all information learned by the Department pursuant to this section is confidential and any person who, without the consent of the person concerned, reveals that information for purposes other than those specified in this section, or other than for administration of the Program for Supplemental Security Income, including State Supplementary Assistance pursuant to chapter 422 or 422A of NRS, or services to persons who are blind pursuant to NRS 426.517 to 426.610, inclusive, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Added to NRS by 1973, 1522; A 1975, 1013; 1981, 1912; 1985, 1941; 1993, 2068; 2005, 630; 2005, 22nd Special Session, 62; 2007, 2116; 2017, 265)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 483 - Drivers’ Licenses; Driving Schools and Driving Instructors › NRS 483.810 - Legislative findings and declaration.

The Legislature finds and declares that:
1. A need exists in this State for the creation of a system of identification for:
(a) Residents who are 10 years of age or older and who do not hold a valid driver’s license or identification card from any state or jurisdiction; and
(b) Seasonal residents who are 10 years of age or older and who do not hold a valid Nevada driver’s license.
2. To serve this purpose, official identification cards must be prepared for issuance to those residents and seasonal residents who are 10 years of age or older and who apply and qualify for them. The cards must be designed in such form and distributed pursuant to such controls that they will merit the general acceptability of drivers’ licenses for personal identification.
(Added to NRS by 1975, 785; A 1979, 301; 1997, 1385, 2987; 1999, 437)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 483 - Drivers’ Licenses; Driving Schools and Driving Instructors › NRS 483.830 - Duties of Director.

The Director shall:
1. Prepare suitable identification cards.
2. Prepare and furnish application forms for those cards.
3. Receive applications, grant or deny them and maintain files of applications.
4. Issue identification cards, recall and cancel cards when necessary and maintain records adequate to preserve the integrity of the system for identification cards.
(Added to NRS by 1975, 785; A 1985, 1942)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 483 - Drivers’ Licenses; Driving Schools and Driving Instructors › NRS 483.853 - Designation of veteran status on card; duties of Department.

1. Upon the application of a person who requests that his or her identification card indicate that he or she is a veteran of the Armed Forces of the United States pursuant to subsection 3 of NRS 483.852, and who satisfies the requirements of that subsection, the Department shall place on any identification card issued to the person pursuant to NRS 483.810 to 483.890, inclusive, 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 identification card 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 483.854 - Alternate address on card 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 identification card, the display of an alternate address on his or her identification card. 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 identification card, the display of an alternate address on his or her identification card. 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 identification card 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 identification card 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 an identification card imprinted with an alternate address pursuant to this section who ceases to be qualified for the identification card:
(a) Shall notify the Department and return the identification card within 30 days after ceasing to be qualified; and
(b) May apply to the Department for a replacement identification card 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 an identification card 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, 222)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 483 - Drivers’ Licenses; Driving Schools and Driving Instructors › NRS 483.855 - Registration of certain males with Selective Service System when applying for identification card; application for identification 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 an identification card or for a duplicate or the renewal of such a 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 an identification card or for a duplicate or the renewal of such a 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 an identification card, or for a duplicate or the renewal of such a 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, 713; A 2015, 296)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 483 - Drivers’ Licenses; Driving Schools and Driving Instructors › NRS 483.861 - Proof of compliance with certain statutory provisions required for issuance to or renewal of card of certain criminal offenders; expiration of card; regulations.

1. The Department shall not issue an identification card to an offender or renew the identification card 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 an identification card to the offender or renew the identification card 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. An identification card issued to an offender expires on the first anniversary date of the offender’s birthday, measured in the case of an original identification card, a renewal identification card and a renewal of an expired identification card, from the birthday nearest the date of issuance or renewal.
4. The Department may adopt regulations to carry out the provisions of this section.
5. As used in this section:
(a) "Central Repository" means the Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History.
(b) "Offender" includes, without limitation, an "offender convicted of a crime against a child" as defined in NRS 179D.0559 and a "sex offender" as defined in NRS 179D.095.
(Added to NRS by 2005, 2886; A 2007, 2779)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 483 - Drivers’ Licenses; Driving Schools and Driving Instructors › NRS 483.865 - Placement of designation on card 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 identification card issued to the person pursuant to NRS 483.810 to 483.890, inclusive, 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, 499)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 483 - Drivers’ Licenses; Driving Schools and Driving Instructors › NRS 483.866 - Placement of designation on card issued to person with communication need; Department prohibited from requiring person to disclose communication need.

1. Upon the application of a person with a communication need, the Department shall place on any identification card issued to the person pursuant to the provisions of NRS 483.810 to 483.890, inclusive, 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 483.867 - Placement of designation on card issued to person who is seasonal resident.

Upon the application of a person who is a seasonal resident of this State, the Department shall place on any identification card issued to the person pursuant to NRS 483.810 to 483.890, inclusive:
1. A designation indicating that the person is a seasonal resident; and
2. A statement indicating that the person holds a valid driver’s license from another state or jurisdiction.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 2987)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 483 - Drivers’ Licenses; Driving Schools and Driving Instructors › NRS 483.870 - Validity of card; surrender of card; report of change of information or loss of card.

1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 483.875, an identification card that is issued to:
(a) A seasonal resident remains valid until its expiration date so long as the person does not become licensed in Nevada to drive a motor vehicle and the facts and circumstances declared in the application and stated on the card do not change. An identification card must be surrendered by a seasonal resident upon issuance of a Nevada driver’s license.
(b) A resident remains valid until its expiration date so long as the person does not become licensed in any state or jurisdiction to drive a motor vehicle and the facts and circumstances declared in the application and stated on the card do not change. An identification card must be surrendered by a resident upon issuance of a driver’s license from any state or jurisdiction.
2. The holder of an identification card shall promptly report any change in the information declared in the application and stated in the card to the Department.
3. Any change occurring in the holder’s address or any loss of an identification card must be reported within 30 days after the occurrence to the Department.
(Added to NRS by 1975, 786; A 1985, 1943; 1997, 1386, 2989; 1999, 437; 2003, 1241; 2017, 1285)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 483 - Drivers’ Licenses; Driving Schools and Driving Instructors › NRS 483.875 - Expiration as prescribed by regulation; renewability of card; duties of and restriction upon authority of Department.

1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 483.861 and 483.870, an identification card and a renewal of an identification card issued pursuant to NRS 483.810 to 483.890, inclusive, expires as prescribed by regulation.
2. The Department shall adopt regulations prescribing when an identification card expires.
3. An identification card is renewable at any time before its expiration upon application and payment of the required fee.
4. The Department shall issue an identification card that is valid only during the time the applicant is authorized to stay in the United States, or if there is no definite end to the time the applicant is authorized to stay, the identification card is valid for 1 year beginning on the date of issuance.
(Added to NRS by 2003, 1236; A 2005, 2889; 2007, 2792)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 483 - Drivers’ Licenses; Driving Schools and Driving Instructors › NRS 483.880 - Duplicate card; return of original.

1. Upon furnishing information that his or her identification card is lost or destroyed and paying the prescribed fee, the person to whom the original was issued may obtain a duplicate.
2. If the original of a duplicated card is subsequently recovered or a lost card is found, the person having possession shall return it immediately to the Department.
(Added to NRS by 1975, 786; A 1985, 1943)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 483 - Drivers’ Licenses; Driving Schools and Driving Instructors › NRS 483.890 - Unlawful acts; penalty.

A person who:
1. Forges or alters an identification card or knowingly possesses an altered or forged identification card;
2. Refuses to surrender an identification card for cancellation when so directed by the Department;
3. Lends his or her identification card to another person for the other’s use or uses a card issued to another person; or
4. Willfully fails to surrender to the Department within 10 days after another’s identification card comes into his or her possession or to return it to the proper holder,
is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Added to NRS by 1975, 786; A 1985, 1943)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 483 - Drivers’ Licenses; Driving Schools and Driving Instructors › NRS 483.900 - Purposes.

The purposes of NRS 483.900 to 483.940, inclusive, are to implement the Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1986, as amended, 49 U.S.C. chapter 313 (§§ 31301 et seq.), and reduce or prevent commercial motor vehicle crashes, fatalities and injuries by:
1. Permitting drivers of commercial motor vehicles to hold only one license;
2. Providing for the disqualification of drivers of commercial motor vehicles who have committed certain serious traffic violations or other specified offenses;
3. Strengthening the licensing and testing standards for drivers of commercial motor vehicles; and
4. Ensuring that drivers of commercial motor vehicles carrying hazardous materials are qualified to operate a commercial motor vehicle in accordance with all regulations pertaining to the transportation of hazardous materials and have the skills and knowledge necessary to respond appropriately to any emergency arising out of the transportation of hazardous materials.
(Added to NRS by 1989, 1115; A 2015, 1634; 2017, 225; 2021, 1459)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 483 - Drivers’ Licenses; Driving Schools and Driving Instructors › NRS 483.902 - Applicability.

The provisions of NRS 483.900 to 483.940, inclusive, apply only with respect to commercial drivers’ licenses.
(Added to NRS by 1989, 1116; A 2009, 715; 2011, 405; 2015, 1427; 2017, 225; 2021, 1459; 2023, 206)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 483 - Drivers’ Licenses; Driving Schools and Driving Instructors › NRS 483.904 - Definitions.

As used in NRS 483.900 to 483.940, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. "Commercial driver’s license" means a license issued to a person which authorizes the person to drive a class or type of commercial motor vehicle.
2. "Commercial Driver’s License Information System" means the information system maintained by the Secretary of Transportation pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 31309 to serve as a clearinghouse for locating information relating to the licensing, identification and disqualification of operators of commercial motor vehicles.
(Added to NRS by 1989, 1116; A 2009, 715; 2011, 405; 2015, 1427; 2017, 225; 2021, 1459; 2023, 206)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 483 - Drivers’ Licenses; Driving Schools and Driving Instructors › NRS 483.908 - Adoption of regulations.

The Department shall adopt regulations:
1. Providing for the issuance, expiration, renewal, suspension, revocation and reinstatement of commercial drivers’ licenses;
2. Providing the same exemptions allowed pursuant to federal regulations for farmers, firefighters, military personnel or any other class of operators or vehicles for which exemptions are authorized by federal law or regulations;
3. Specifying the violations which constitute grounds for disqualification from driving a commercial motor vehicle and the penalties associated with each violation;
4. Setting forth a schedule of various alcohol concentrations and the penalties which must be imposed if those concentrations are detected in the breath, blood, urine or other bodily substances of a person who is driving, operating or is in actual physical control of a commercial motor vehicle;
5. Necessary to enable it to carry out the provisions of NRS 483.900 to 483.940, inclusive; and
6. Necessary to enable it to comply with the provisions of 49 C.F.R. § 383.73(q).
The Department shall not adopt regulations which are more restrictive than the federal regulations adopted pursuant to the Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1986, as amended, 49 U.S.C. chapter 313 (§§ 31301 et seq.).
(Added to NRS by 1989, 1119; A 1999, 3414; 2023, 206)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 483 - Drivers’ Licenses; Driving Schools and Driving Instructors › NRS 483.912 - Administration of driving skills test by person or agency other than Department; credit for passing test.

1. The Department may authorize any person, including an agency of this or another state, or a department, agency or instrumentality of local government to administer any driving skills test required by the provisions of NRS 483.900 to 483.940, inclusive, or by regulations adopted by the Department pursuant to the provisions of NRS 483.908, if:
(a) The test is the same as that which would otherwise be administered by the Department; and
(b) That person has entered into an agreement with the Department which includes provisions that:
(1) Allow the United States Federal Highway Administration, its representative or the Department to conduct random examinations, inspections and audits without prior notice;
(2) Require the Department to conduct on-site inspections not less than annually;
(3) Require all examiners used by that person to meet the same qualification and training standards established in regulations adopted by the Department for examiners employed by the Department to give driving skills tests in commercial motor vehicles;
(4) Require that, not less than annually, employees of the Department take the tests administered by that person as if they were actual applicants or that the State retest a sample of drivers who were examined by that person and compare the passage rates; and
(5) Reserve to the Department the right to take prompt and appropriate remedial action against that person if the person fails to comply with any standard of this State or the Federal Government relating to the tests required for a commercial driver’s license or with any term of the agreement.
2. An applicant for a commercial driver’s license who passes a driving skills test administered pursuant to subsection 1 must provide evidence of that fact to the Department to receive credit for having passed that test.
(Added to NRS by 1989, 1117)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 483 - Drivers’ Licenses; Driving Schools and Driving Instructors › NRS 483.914 - Department to notify Commercial Driver’s License Information System of certain matters concerning issuance and validity of licenses.

1. Within 10 days after issuing, transferring, renewing or upgrading any commercial driver’s license, the Department shall so notify the Commercial Driver’s License Information System and provide it with such information as it may require regarding the person who holds that license.
2. Within 10 days after the disqualification for 60 days or more of a person who holds a commercial driver’s license, or after the suspension, revocation or cancellation of that license, the Department shall update its records to reflect that action and shall provide notification of that disqualification, suspension, revocation or cancellation to the Commercial Driver’s License Information System and, if the license was issued by another jurisdiction, to the licensing authority of the jurisdiction which issued the license.
(Added to NRS by 1989, 1118)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 483 - Drivers’ Licenses; Driving Schools and Driving Instructors › NRS 483.916 - Release of information regarding driver’s record.

Except as otherwise provided in NRS 481.063, the Department shall furnish full information regarding the driving record of any person to:
1. The person who is the subject of the driving record upon his or her request;
2. The driver’s license administrator of any other state or of any province or territory of Canada upon his or her request;
3. Any employer or prospective employer of that person upon his or her request and payment of a fee established in regulations adopted by the Department;
4. Any insurer upon its request and payment of a fee established in regulations adopted by the Department if the insurer has complied with the provisions of NRS 485.314; or
5. The Secretary of Transportation of the United States upon his or her request.
(Added to NRS by 1989, 1118; A 1993, 2482; 1995, 1929; 2023, 207)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 483 - Drivers’ Licenses; Driving Schools and Driving Instructors › NRS 483.918 - Department to notify jurisdiction issuing license of certain violations committed in Nevada.

Within 10 days after the conviction of any person who holds a commercial driver’s license issued by another jurisdiction for a violation of a state law or local ordinance relating to motor vehicle traffic control, other than a parking violation, committed while operating a commercial motor vehicle, the Department shall provide notification of the conviction to the licensing authority of the jurisdiction which issued the license.
(Added to NRS by 1989, 1118)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 483 - Drivers’ Licenses; Driving Schools and Driving Instructors › NRS 483.920 - Effect of convictions entered in other states.

The Department shall give full faith and credit to all convictions entered in another state and treat them for the purpose of imposing penalties pursuant to the regulations adopted by the Department pursuant to NRS 483.908, as if they were entered in this State.
(Added to NRS by 1989, 1119)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 483 - Drivers’ Licenses; Driving Schools and Driving Instructors › NRS 483.924 - Restrictions on driving commercial motor vehicle on highways of Nevada.

A person shall not drive a commercial motor vehicle on the highways of this State:
1. Unless the person has been issued and has in his or her immediate possession a:
(a) Commercial driver’s license with applicable endorsements valid for the vehicle the person is driving issued by this State or by any other jurisdiction in accordance with the minimum federal standards for the issuance of a commercial driver’s license; or
(b) Valid learner’s permit for the operation of a commercial motor vehicle and is accompanied by the holder of a commercial driver’s license valid for the vehicle being driven.
2. At any time while the person’s driving privilege is suspended, revoked or cancelled, or while subject to a disqualification, including, without limitation, a disqualification for any conduct described in 49 C.F.R. § 383.51.
(Added to NRS by 1989, 1116; A 2011, 405; 2021, 1460)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 483 - Drivers’ Licenses; Driving Schools and Driving Instructors › NRS 483.926 - Commercial driver’s license: Privilege granted; general requirement; surrender of other licenses.

1. Any person to whom a valid commercial driver’s license has been issued may exercise the privilege thereby granted upon all streets and highways of this State and shall not be required to obtain any other license to exercise the privilege by any county, municipal or local board or body having authority to adopt local police regulations.
2. Except persons expressly exempted in regulations adopted by the Department pursuant to NRS 483.908, a person shall not steer or exercise any degree of physical control of a vehicle being towed by a motor vehicle upon a highway unless the person has a license to drive the type or class of vehicle being towed.
3. The Department shall not issue a commercial driver’s license to a person until the person surrenders to the Department all valid licenses in his or her possession issued to the person by this or any other jurisdiction. Surrendered licenses issued by another jurisdiction must be returned by the Department to that jurisdiction. A person shall not have more than one valid driver’s license.
(Added to NRS by 1989, 1116)