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2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 484A - Traffic Laws Generally › NRS 484A.410 - City or county may adopt penalties for certain violations of driving under influence of alcohol or prohibited substance; person convicted of violation of city or county ordinance subject to other provisions of law for such violation.

1. The governing body of each city or county may enact an ordinance adopting the penalties set forth for misdemeanors in NRS 484C.400 for similar offenses under city or county ordinance.
2. A person convicted of a violation of an ordinance enacted by the governing body of a city or county that prohibits the same or similar conduct as set forth in NRS 484C.110 or 484C.120 is subject to each provision of law that applies to a person convicted of a violation of NRS 484C.110 or 484C.120, including, without limitation, the revocation of the license, permit or privilege to drive of the person pursuant to NRS 483.460.
(Added to NRS by 1981, 1928; A 1989, 598; 2013, 93)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 484.778)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 484A - Traffic Laws Generally › NRS 484A.420 - Powers of local authority.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, a local authority may adopt, by ordinance, regulations with respect to highways under its jurisdiction within the reasonable exercise of the police power:
(a) Regulating or prohibiting processions or assemblages on the highways.
(b) Designating particular highways as one-way highways and requiring that all vehicles thereon be moved in one specific direction.
(c) Designating any highway as a through highway, requiring that all vehicles stop before entering or crossing the highway, or designating any intersection as a stop or a yield intersection and requiring all vehicles to stop or yield at one or more entrances to the intersection.
(d) Designating truck, bicycle, electric bicycle and electric scooter routes.
(e) Adopting such other traffic regulations related to specific highways as are expressly authorized by chapters 484A to 484E, inclusive, of NRS.
2. An ordinance relating to traffic control enacted under this section is not effective until official devices for traffic control giving notice of those local traffic regulations are posted upon or at the entrances to the highway or part thereof affected as is most appropriate.
3. An ordinance enacted under this section is not effective with respect to:
(a) Highways constructed and maintained by the Department of Transportation under the authority granted by chapter 408 of NRS; or
(b) Alternative routes for the transport of radioactive, chemical or other hazardous materials which are governed by regulations of the United States Department of Transportation,
until the ordinance has been approved by the Board of Directors of the Department of Transportation.
4. As used in this section, "hazardous material" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 459.7024.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1488; A 1979, 1813; 1981, 234; 1983, 1079; 1987, 1757; 1989, 1313; 1993, 850; 2009, 402; 2019, 1884)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 484.779)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 484A - Traffic Laws Generally › NRS 484A.430 - Adoption of manual and specifications for devices for control of traffic by Department of Transportation.

1. The Department of Transportation shall adopt a manual and specifications for a uniform system of official traffic-control devices consistent with the provisions of chapters 484A to 484E, inclusive, of NRS for use upon highways within this State. The uniform system must correlate with and so far as possible conform to the system then current and approved by the American Association of State Highway Officials and the National Joint Committee on Uniform Traffic Control Devices.
2. All devices used by local authorities or the Department of Transportation must conform with the manual and specifications adopted by the Department.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1488; A 1979, 1814)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 484.781)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 484A - Traffic Laws Generally › NRS 484A.440 - Local device for control of traffic.

1. Except as provided in subsection 2, local authorities shall place and maintain such official traffic-control devices upon highways under their jurisdiction as are determined necessary to indicate and to carry out the provisions of chapters 484A to 484E, inclusive, of NRS and to regulate, warn or guide traffic.
2. No traffic-control device may be placed by a local authority on a highway constructed and maintained by the Department of Transportation under the authority granted by chapter 408 of NRS without prior approval by the Department.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1488; A 1979, 1814)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 484.783)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 484A - Traffic Laws Generally › NRS 484A.450 - Designation of through highways and intersections requiring stop or yield; vehicle entering intersection.

1. The Department of Transportation and local authorities, with reference to highways under their respective jurisdictions, may designate through highways and erect official traffic-control devices in the form of stop signs or yield signs at specified entrances thereto, or may designate any intersection as a stop intersection or as a yield intersection and erect stop signs or yield signs at one or more entrances to such an intersection.
2. Every driver of a vehicle approaching a stop intersection indicated by a stop sign shall stop before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection or, if there is no crosswalk, shall stop at a clearly marked stop line, or if none, then at the point nearest the intersecting highway where the driver has a view of approaching traffic on the intersecting highway before entering the intersection.
3. The driver of a vehicle approaching a yield sign if required for safety to stop shall stop before entering the crosswalk on the nearest side of the intersection or, if there is no crosswalk, at a clearly marked stop line, or if none, then at the point nearest the intersecting highway where the driver has a view of approaching traffic on the intersecting highway.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1496; A 1979, 1814)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 484.785)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 484A - Traffic Laws Generally › NRS 484A.460 - Authority of Department of Transportation to designate carpool lanes; duties of Department of Transportation; regulations.

1. The Department of Transportation, with respect to highways under its jurisdiction, may designate a lane on a highway for the preferential or exclusive use of high-occupancy vehicles.
2. The Department of Transportation shall, for each lane that it designates pursuant to this section for the use of high-occupancy vehicles:
(a) Determine the conditions for use of the lane, including, without limitation:
(1) The number of occupants required per vehicle; and
(2) The hours of the day that the use of the lane is restricted.
(b) Place and maintain signs and other official traffic-control devices that:
(1) Identify the lane as designated for the use of high-occupancy vehicles; and
(2) Advise operators of vehicles of the required conditions for the use of the lane.
3. The Department of Transportation may adopt regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this section.
4. As used in this section, "high-occupancy vehicle" means:
(a) A vehicle that is transporting more than one person;
(b) A motorcycle, regardless of the number of passengers;
(c) A bus, regardless of the number of passengers; and
(d) Any other vehicle designated by regulation.
(Added to NRS by 2005, 72)—(Substituted in revision for part of NRS 484.312)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 484A - Traffic Laws Generally › NRS 484A.463 - Authority of Department of Transportation to adopt regulations to allow certain low emission and energy-efficient vehicles to be operated in lane designated for high-occupancy vehicles.

1. To the extent not inconsistent with federal law, the Department of Transportation may, in consultation with the Federal Highway Administration and the United States Environmental Protection Agency, adopt regulations establishing a program to allow a vehicle that is certified by the Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency as a low emission and energy-efficient vehicle to be operated in a lane that is designated for the use of high-occupancy vehicles pursuant to NRS 484A.460.
2. As used in this section, "low emission and energy-efficient vehicle" has the meaning ascribed to it in 23 U.S.C. § 166(f)(3).
(Added to NRS by 2009, 84; A 2011, 2876, 2877)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 484A - Traffic Laws Generally › NRS 484A.467 - County or city authorized to adopt ordinance to allow low emission and energy-efficient vehicles to travel in designated lane in planned community.

1. A county or city may adopt an ordinance to allow low emission and energy-efficient vehicles to travel in a designated lane on streets within a planned community.
2. As used in this section:
(a) "Low emission and energy-efficient vehicle" has the meaning ascribed to it in 23 U.S.C. § 166(f)(3) except that the term includes golf carts.
(b) "Planned community" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 116.075.
(Added to NRS by 2009, 85)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 484A - Traffic Laws Generally › NRS 484A.4695 - Electric bicycles may be ridden where bicycles are allowed; local authority or state agency may regulate operation of electric bicycle on certain paths and trails.

1. Except as otherwise provided in this section or by federal law, an electric bicycle may be ridden in places where bicycles are allowed, including, without limitation, streets, highways, roads, roadways, bicycle lanes, bicycle paths and shared-use paths.
2. A local authority, by ordinance, or a state agency, after notice and a hearing, may prohibit the operation of an electric bicycle or a class of electric bicycles on a bicycle path or shared-use path over which it has jurisdiction if the local authority or state agency finds that such a prohibition is necessary to protect the health and safety of the public or comply with other laws or legal obligations.
3. The provisions of this section do not apply to a trail that is specifically designated as nonmotorized and that has a natural surface tread that is made by clearing and grading the native soil with no added surfacing materials, except for occasional hydrological controls, including, without limitation, bridges and pervious patching materials. A local authority or state agency having jurisdiction over such a trail may regulate the use of an electric bicycle on that trail.
4. As used in this section, "shared-use path" means a transportation circulation system that is physically separated from motor vehicle traffic, may be paved or unpaved and supports multiple recreational opportunities, such as walking, bicycling and inline skating.
(Added to NRS by 2021, 1742)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 484A - Traffic Laws Generally › NRS 484A.470 - Authority of Department to adopt regulations concerning special mobile equipment.

The Department may adopt regulations relating to the administration and enforcement of provisions in chapters 484A to 484E, inclusive, of NRS pertaining to special mobile equipment as defined in NRS 484A.245.
(Added to NRS by 2007, 230)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 484.7777)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 484A - Traffic Laws Generally › NRS 484A.490 - Permit for authorized emergency vehicle issued to other vehicles; certain vehicles not considered emergency vehicles.

1. The Department of Public Safety may issue permits for authorized emergency vehicles to vehicles required to be operated primarily for the immediate preservation of life or property or for the apprehension of violators of the law. The permits must not be issued to vehicles when there are available comparable services provided by agencies referred to in NRS 484A.480.
2. The issuance of the permits to vehicles under this section must be limited to:
(a) Agencies designated in NRS 484A.480;
(b) Vehicles owned or operated by an agency of the United States engaged primarily in law enforcement work;
(c) Ambulances designed and operated exclusively as such; and
(d) Supervisory vehicles which are:
(1) Marked and used to coordinate and direct the response of ambulances to emergencies;
(2) Privately owned by a person licensed to operate an ambulance; and
(3) Operated under contract with a local governmental agency and at the request of its law enforcement agency or fire department.
3. The following are not emergency vehicles and must not be permitted to operate as such:
(a) Tow cars;
(b) Vehicles used by public utilities;
(c) Vehicles used in merchant patrols;
(d) Vehicles used in private escort service;
(e) Privately owned vehicles of volunteer firefighters;
(f) Privately owned vehicles of reserve members of a police department or a sheriff’s office; and
(g) Vehicles of private detectives.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1505; A 1985, 1957; 1987, 912; 2005, 316; 2011, 344)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 484.789)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 484A - Traffic Laws Generally › NRS 484A.600 - Use by governmental entity or agent of photographic, video or digital equipment to gather evidence for issuance of traffic citation or civil infraction citation.

A governmental entity and any agent thereof shall not use photographic, video or digital equipment for gathering evidence to be used for the issuance of a traffic citation or civil infraction citation pursuant to NRS 484A.7035 for a violation of chapters 484A to 484E, inclusive, of NRS unless the equipment is a portable camera or event recording device worn or held by a peace officer, the equipment is otherwise installed temporarily or permanently within a vehicle or facility of a law enforcement agency or the equipment is privately owned by a nongovernmental entity.
(Added to NRS by 1999, 3278; A 2021, 3321)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 484.910)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 484A - Traffic Laws Generally › NRS 484A.610 - Issuance of forms for traffic citations; maintenance of records of books, electronic devices and citations.

1. Every traffic enforcement agency in this State shall provide in appropriate form traffic citations containing notices to appear which must meet the requirements of chapters 484A to 484E, inclusive, of NRS and be:
(a) Issued in books; or
(b) Available through an electronic device used to prepare citations.
2. The chief administrative officer of each traffic enforcement agency is responsible for the issuance of such books and electronic devices and shall maintain a record of each book, each electronic device and each citation contained therein issued to individual members of the traffic enforcement agency and volunteers of the traffic enforcement agency appointed pursuant to NRS 484B.470. The chief administrative officer shall require and retain a receipt for every book and electronic device that is issued.
3. Any traffic citation provided by a traffic enforcement agency pursuant to this section may be designed such that the traffic citation:
(a) Clearly states at the top of the citation the purpose of the citation and the actions that must be taken by the person to whom the citation is issued;
(b) Provides in a conspicuous location near the top of the citation fields for the date and time when and the location where the person to whom the citation is issued is required to appear in court; and
(c) Clearly states, in bold type, the consequences of failing to appear in court.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1213; A 1991, 15; 1999, 1148; 2019, 382)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 484.811)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 484A - Traffic Laws Generally › NRS 484A.620 - Citation filed with court deemed lawful complaint.

Regardless of whether a citation is prepared electronically or by other means, if the form of citation includes information whose truthfulness is attested as required for a complaint charging commission of the offense alleged in the citation to have been committed, then the citation when filed with a court of competent jurisdiction shall be deemed to be a lawful complaint for the purpose of prosecution pursuant to chapters 484A to 484E, inclusive, of NRS.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1213; A 1983, 446; 1999, 1149; 2019, 1442)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 484.817)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 484A - Traffic Laws Generally › NRS 484A.640 - Matching of certain information before officer issues citation or makes arrest; when officer may arrest driver for prior offense.

1. Except for a citation issued pursuant to NRS 484A.700, whenever a police officer makes an arrest or issues a citation to a person for any violation of chapters 484A to 484E, inclusive, of NRS, the police officer shall record the name as given by that person, the number of the person’s driver’s license and a brief description of the person’s physical appearance. This information must be maintained in a record for offenses kept at the traffic enforcement agency which employs that officer.
2. Whenever a police officer stops a driver of a motor vehicle for any violation of chapters 484A to 484E, inclusive, of NRS and requests information from a traffic enforcement agency concerning that person’s record of prior offenses, the police officer shall compare not only the driver’s name but also the number of his or her driver’s license and physical description with any information obtained from the agency as a result of the request. If the information received from the agency indicates that the driver’s name is on an outstanding warrant for a prior offense, the officer shall not arrest the driver for that prior offense unless the additional information used for comparison also connects the driver with that prior offense.
(Added to NRS by 1985, 1160)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 484.800)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 484A - Traffic Laws Generally › NRS 484A.650 - Peace officer to demand proof of insurance during traffic stop; citation for operation of vehicle without insurance or for failure to present proof of insurance; proof of insurance displayed on mobile electronic device.

1. Whenever the driver of a vehicle is stopped by a peace officer for violating a provision of chapters 484A to 484E, inclusive, of NRS, except for violating a provision of NRS 484B.440 to 484B.523, inclusive, the officer shall demand proof of the insurance required by NRS 485.185 or 490.0825 and issue a citation as provided in NRS 484A.630 if the officer has probable cause to believe that the driver of the vehicle is in violation of NRS 485.187 or subsection 5 of NRS 490.520. If the driver of the vehicle is not the owner, a citation must also be issued to the owner, and in such a case the driver:
(a) May sign the citation on behalf of the owner; and
(b) Shall notify the owner of the citation within 3 days after it is issued.
The agency which employs the peace officer shall immediately forward a copy of the citation to the registered owner of the vehicle, by certified mail, at his or her address as it appears on the certificate of registration.
2. When the evidence of insurance provided by the driver of the vehicle upon the demand of the peace officer is in an electronic format displayed on a mobile electronic device, the peace officer may view only the evidence of insurance and shall not intentionally view any other content on the mobile electronic device.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 1442; A 1993, 2482; 1995, 2733; 2013, 703; 2015, 798; 2021, 3323)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 484.792)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 484A - Traffic Laws Generally › NRS 484A.660 - Issuance of citation at scene of crash.

When, based upon the personal investigation of a peace officer at the scene of a traffic crash, the peace officer has reasonable and probable grounds to believe that a person has committed any offense pursuant to the provisions of chapters 482 to 486, inclusive, or 706 of NRS in connection with the crash, the peace officer must determine whether to issue, as applicable:
1. A traffic citation in accordance with the standards provided in NRS 484A.730; or
2. A misdemeanor citation in accordance with the standards provided in NRS 171.1771.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1212; A 1987, 480; 1989, 1131; 1999, 1147; 2005, 153; 2015, 1635; 2021, 3468)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 484.801)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 484A - Traffic Laws Generally › NRS 484A.670 - Effect of violation of written promise to appear or failure to comply with notice to appear; when appearance by counsel in lieu of personal appearance is authorized; exceptions.

1. Unless a person makes a plea by using a system established by a court or traffic violations bureau in accordance with NRS 484A.615, regardless of the disposition of the charge for which a traffic citation was originally issued, it is unlawful for a person to:
(a) Violate a written promise to appear in court given to a peace officer upon the issuance of a traffic citation prepared by the peace officer; or
(b) Fail to appear at the time and place set forth in a notice to appear in court that is contained in a traffic citation prepared by a peace officer.
2. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, a person may comply with a written promise to appear in court or a notice to appear in court by an appearance by counsel. A person who has been convicted of two or more moving traffic violations in unrelated incidents within a 12-month period and is subsequently arrested or issued a citation within that 12-month period shall appear personally in court with or without counsel.
3. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 484A.780 and unless a person makes a plea by using a system established by a court or traffic violations bureau in accordance with NRS 484A.615, a warrant may issue upon a violation of a written promise to appear in court or a failure to appear at the time and place set forth in a notice to appear in court.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1212; A 1977, 1061; 1999, 1148; 2005, 54; 2007, 2730; 2017, 1420; 2019, 383, 2281)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 484.807)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 484A - Traffic Laws Generally › NRS 484A.680 - Disposition and records of traffic citations.

1. Every peace officer upon issuing a traffic citation to an alleged violator of any provision of the motor vehicle laws of this State or of any traffic ordinance of any city or town shall file manually or, if the provisions of subsection 2 are satisfied, file electronically the original or a copy of the traffic citation with a court having jurisdiction over the alleged offense or with its traffic violations bureau.
2. A copy of a traffic citation that is prepared electronically and issued to an alleged violator of any provision of the motor vehicle laws of this State or of any traffic ordinance of any city or town may be filed electronically with a court having jurisdiction over the alleged offense or with its traffic violations bureau if the court or traffic violations bureau, respectively:
(a) Authorizes such electronic filing;
(b) Has the ability to receive and store the citation electronically; and
(c) Has the ability to physically reproduce the citation upon request.
3. Upon the filing of the original or a copy of the traffic citation with a court having jurisdiction over the alleged offense or with its traffic violations bureau, the traffic citation may be disposed of only by trial in that court or other official action by a judge of that court, including payment of a fine to the traffic violations bureau by the person to whom the traffic citation has been issued by the peace officer.
4. It is unlawful and official misconduct for any peace officer or other officer or public employee to dispose of a traffic citation or copies of it or of the record of the issuance of a traffic citation in a manner other than as required in this section.
5. The chief administrative officer of every traffic enforcement agency shall require the return to him or her of a physical copy or electronic record of every traffic citation issued by an officer under his or her supervision to an alleged violator of any traffic law or ordinance and of all physical copies or electronic records of every traffic citation which has been spoiled or upon which any entry has been made and not issued to an alleged violator.
6. The chief administrative officer shall also maintain or cause to be maintained a record of every traffic citation issued by officers under his or her supervision. The record must be retained for at least 2 years after issuance of the citation.
7. As used in this section, "officer" includes a volunteer appointed to a traffic enforcement agency pursuant to NRS 484B.470.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1213; A 1979, 37; 1999, 1148; 2021, 3324)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 484.813)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 484A - Traffic Laws Generally › NRS 484A.690 - Audit of records of traffic citations.

Every record of traffic citations required in chapters 484A to 484E, inclusive, of NRS must be audited at least annually by the appropriate fiscal officer of the governmental agency to which the traffic enforcement agency is responsible.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1213; A 2011, 6)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 484.815)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 484A - Traffic Laws Generally › NRS 484A.700 - When warrant for failure to obey citation for parking violation may be issued; exception.

1. A traffic citation for a parking violation may be prepared manually or electronically.
2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, when a traffic citation for a parking violation has been issued identifying by license number a vehicle registered to a person who has not signed the citation, a bench warrant may be issued for that person for failure to appear before the court if:
(a) A notice to appear concerning the violation is first sent to the person by first-class mail within 60 days after the citation is issued; and
(b) The person does not appear within 20 days after the date of the notice.
3. A bench warrant may not be issued pursuant to subsection 2 if the notice to appear is returned with a report that it cannot be delivered.
(Added to NRS by 1977, 576; A 1981, 401; 1999, 1148; 2019, 383)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 484.810)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 484A - Traffic Laws Generally › NRS 484A.703 - Traffic enforcement agency to provide form for civil infraction citations; duty of chief administrative officer regarding books and electronic devices.

1. Every traffic enforcement agency in this State shall provide in appropriate form civil infraction citations containing notice of the civil infraction which must meet the requirements of NRS 484A.703 to 484A.705, inclusive, and be:
(a) Issued in books; or
(b) Available through an electronic device used to prepare such citations.
2. The chief administrative officer of each traffic enforcement agency is responsible for the issuance of such books and electronic devices and shall maintain a record of each book, each electronic device and each civil infraction citation issued to individual members of the traffic enforcement agency. The chief administrative officer shall require and retain a receipt for every book and electronic device that is issued.
(Added to NRS by 2021, 3312)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 484A - Traffic Laws Generally › NRS 484A.7031 - Civil infraction citation serves as complaint for initiating civil case.

A civil infraction citation, when filed with a court of competent jurisdiction, shall be deemed to be a lawful complaint for the purpose of initiating a civil case pursuant to NRS 484A.703 to 484A.705, inclusive, if the civil infraction citation includes information whose truthfulness is attested as required for a complaint in a civil case or is prepared electronically.
(Added to NRS by 2021, 3312)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 484A - Traffic Laws Generally › NRS 484A.7033 - Authority of peace officer to detain, search or arrest person suspected of committing civil infraction; inclusion of civil infraction in criminal complaint.

1. Except as otherwise provided by law, a peace officer in this State who has reasonable cause to believe that a person has violated a provision of chapters 483 to 484E, inclusive, 486 or 490 of NRS that is a civil infraction may halt and detain the person as is reasonably necessary to investigate the alleged violation and issue a civil infraction citation for the alleged violation. A peace officer who has halted and detained a person pursuant to this section may also:
(a) Detain the person in accordance with NRS 171.123 if circumstances exist that warrant such a detention;
(b) Search the person to ascertain the presence of a weapon in accordance with NRS 171.1232 and take any other action authorized pursuant to that section or any other provision of law; and
(c) Arrest the person in accordance with NRS 171.1231 if probable cause for the arrest exists.
2. If a person is arrested pursuant to paragraph (c) of subsection 1 for an offense that arises out of the same facts and circumstances as the civil infraction and is punishable as a misdemeanor, the offense and the civil infraction may be included in the same criminal complaint.
(Added to NRS by 2021, 3312)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 484A - Traffic Laws Generally › NRS 484A.7037 - Peace officer to demand proof of insurance during traffic stop; citation for operation of vehicle without insurance or for failure to present proof of insurance; proof of insurance displayed on mobile electronic device.

1. Whenever the driver of a vehicle is stopped by a peace officer for violating a provision of chapters 483 to 484E, inclusive, 486 or 490 of NRS that is a civil infraction, except for violating a provision of NRS 484B.440 to 484B.523, inclusive, the peace officer shall demand proof of the insurance required by NRS 485.185 or 490.0825 and issue a citation as provided in NRS 484A.630 if the peace officer has probable cause to believe that the driver of the vehicle is in violation of NRS 485.187 or subsection 5 of NRS 490.520.
2. When the evidence of insurance provided by the driver of the vehicle upon the demand of the peace officer is in an electronic format displayed on a mobile electronic device, the peace officer may view only the evidence of insurance and shall not intentionally view any other content on the mobile electronic device.
(Added to NRS by 2021, 3314)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 484A - Traffic Laws Generally › NRS 484A.7039 - Filing of civil infraction citation; electronic filing; disposal of citation; return of citations; retention of records.

1. Every peace officer, upon issuing a civil infraction citation to an alleged violator of any provision of the motor vehicle laws of this State or of any traffic ordinance, shall file manually or, if the provisions of subsection 2 are satisfied, file electronically the original or a copy of the citation with a court having jurisdiction over the alleged offense or with its traffic violations bureau.
2. A copy of a civil infraction citation that is prepared electronically and issued to an alleged violator of any provision of the motor vehicle laws of this State or of any traffic ordinance may be filed electronically with a court having jurisdiction over the alleged civil infraction or with its traffic violations bureau if the court or traffic violations bureau, respectively:
(a) Authorizes such electronic filing;
(b) Has the ability to receive and store the citation electronically; and
(c) Has the ability to physically reproduce the citation upon request.
3. Upon the filing of the original or a copy of the civil infraction citation with a court having jurisdiction over the alleged infraction or with its traffic violations bureau, the citation may be disposed of only by an official action of a judge of the court, an online program of dispute resolution established by the court, the prosecuting attorney or by the payment of a civil penalty to the court or its traffic violations bureau by the person to whom the civil infraction citation has been issued by the peace officer.
4. It is unlawful and official misconduct from any peace officer or other officer or public employee to dispose of a civil infraction citation or copies of it or of the record of the issuance of a civil infraction citation in a manner other than as required in this section.
5. The chief administrative officer of every traffic enforcement agency shall require the return to him or her of a physical copy or electronic record of every civil infraction citation issued by an officer under his or her supervision to an alleged violator of any traffic law or ordinance and of all physical copies and electronic records of every civil infraction citation which has been spoiled or upon which any entry has been made and not issued to an alleged violator.
6. The chief administrative officer of every traffic enforcement agency shall maintain or cause to be maintained a record of every civil infraction citation issued by any peace officer under his or her supervision. The record must be retained for at least 2 years after issuance of the citation.
(Added to NRS by 2021, 3314)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 484A - Traffic Laws Generally › NRS 484A.7043 - Penalties.

1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a person who is found to have committed a civil infraction shall be punished by a civil penalty of not more than $500 per violation unless a greater civil penalty is authorized by specific statute. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 484A.792, any civil penalty collected pursuant to NRS 484A.703 to 484A.705, inclusive, must be paid to:
(a) The treasurer of the city in which the civil infraction occurred; or
(b) If the civil infraction did not occur in a city, the treasurer of the county in which the civil infraction occurred.
2. If a person is found to have committed a civil infraction, in addition to any civil penalty imposed on the person, the court shall order the person to pay the administrative assessments set forth in NRS 176.059, 176.0611, 176.0613 and 176.0623 in the amount that the person would be required to pay if the civil penalty were a fine imposed on a defendant who pleads guilty or guilty but mentally ill or is found guilty or guilty but mentally ill of a misdemeanor. If, in lieu of a civil penalty, the court authorizes a person to successfully complete a course of traffic safety approved by the Department of Motor Vehicles, the court must order the person to pay the amount of the administrative assessment that corresponds to the civil penalty for which the defendant would have otherwise been responsible. The administrative assessments imposed pursuant to this subsection must be collected and distributed in the same manner as the administrative assessments imposed and collected pursuant to NRS 176.059, 176.0611, 176.0613 and 176.0623.
3. If the court determines that a civil penalty or administrative assessment imposed pursuant to this section is:
(a) Excessive in relation to the financial resources of the defendant, the court may waive or reduce the monetary penalty accordingly.
(b) Not within the defendant’s present financial ability to pay, the court may enter into a payment plan with the person.
4. A court having jurisdiction over a civil infraction pursuant to NRS 484A.703 to 484A.705, inclusive, may:
(a) In addition to ordering a person who is found to have committed a civil infraction to pay a civil penalty and administrative assessments pursuant to this section, order the person to successfully complete a course of traffic safety approved by the Department of Motor Vehicles.
(b) Waive or reduce the civil penalty that a person who is found to have committed a civil infraction would otherwise be required to pay if the court determines that any circumstances warrant such a waiver or reduction.
(c) Reduce any moving violation for which a person was issued a civil infraction citation to a nonmoving violation if the court determines that any circumstances warrant such a reduction.
(Added to NRS by 2021, 3317)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 484A - Traffic Laws Generally › NRS 484A.7045 - Community service; payment of associated insurance costs; conditions.

1. Except where the imposition of a specific civil penalty is mandatory, a court may order a person who is found to have committed a civil infraction pursuant to NRS 484A.703 to 484A.705, inclusive, to perform community service that is supervised in accordance with subsection 2:
(a) In lieu of all or a part of any civil penalty or administrative assessment, or both, that may be imposed for the commission of the civil infraction; or
(b) As all or part of the punishment for the commission of the civil infraction.
2. The community service must be performed for and under the supervising authority of a county, city, town or other political subdivision or agency of the State of Nevada or a charitable organization that renders service to the community or its residents.
3. The court may require the person who committed the civil infraction to deposit with the court a reasonable sum of money to pay for the cost of policies of insurance against liability for personal injury and damage to property or for industrial insurance, or both, during those periods in which the person performs the community service, unless, in the case of industrial insurance, it is provided by the authority for which the person performs the community service.
4. The following conditions apply to any such community service imposed by the court:
(a) The court must fix the period of community service that is imposed and distribute the period over weekends or over other appropriate times that will allow the person to continue employment and to care for his or her family. The period of community service fixed by the court must not exceed 200 hours.
(b) A supervising authority listed in subsection 2 must agree to accept the person for community service before the court may require the person to perform community service for that supervising authority. The supervising authority must be located in or be the town or city of the person’s residence or, if that placement is not possible, one located within the jurisdiction of the court or, if that placement is not possible, the authority may be located outside the jurisdiction of the court.
(c) Community service that a court requires pursuant to this section must be supervised by an official of the supervising authority or by a person designated by the authority.
(d) The court may require the supervising authority to report periodically to the court the person’s performance in carrying out the community service.
(e) A person performing community service in lieu of the payment of a civil penalty must receive credit toward the civil penalty at a rate per hour of community service performed that is equal to at least $10 or the state minimum wage for an employee who is not provided health benefits by his or her employer, whichever is greater.
(Added to NRS by 2021, 3318)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 484A - Traffic Laws Generally › NRS 484A.7049 - Violation punishable as misdemeanor may be treated as civil infraction; dismissal of underlying criminal charge.

1. A prosecuting attorney may elect to treat a violation of a provision of chapters 483 to 484E, inclusive, 486 or 490 of NRS that is punishable as a misdemeanor, other than a violation of NRS 484C.110 or 484C.120, as a civil infraction pursuant to NRS 484A.703 to 484A.705, inclusive.
2. The prosecuting attorney shall make the election described in subsection 1 on or before the time scheduled for the first appearance of the defendant by:
(a) Preparing a civil infraction citation in accordance with subsection 1 of NRS 484A.7035 that contains all applicable information that is known to the prosecuting attorney, signing the citation and filing the citation with a court having jurisdiction over the alleged offense or with its traffic violations bureau;
(b) Filing notice of the prosecuting attorney’s election with the court having jurisdiction of the underlying criminal charge; and
(c) Delivering a copy of the notice and citation to the defendant.
3. Upon the filing of a notice pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 2, the court shall dismiss the underlying criminal charge.
(Added to NRS by 2021, 3320)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 484A - Traffic Laws Generally › NRS 484A.705 - Violation committed under the influence of alcohol or controlled substance may be charged as misdemeanor.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if a person commits a violation of a provision of chapters 483 to 484E, inclusive, 486 or 490 of NRS that is punishable as a civil infraction while the person is under the influence of alcohol or a controlled substance, the person may instead be charged with a misdemeanor.
(Added to NRS by 2021, 3321)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 484A - Traffic Laws Generally › NRS 484A.710 - Arrest without warrant for certain offenses.

1. Any peace officer may, without a warrant, arrest a person if the officer has reasonable cause for believing that the person has committed any of the following offenses:
(a) Homicide by vehicle;
(b) A violation of NRS 484C.110 or 484C.120;
(c) A violation of NRS 484C.430;
(d) A violation of NRS 484C.130;
(e) Failure to stop, give information or render reasonable assistance in the event of a crash resulting in death or personal injuries in violation of NRS 484E.010 or 484E.030;
(f) Failure to stop or give information in the event of a crash resulting in damage to a vehicle or to other property legally upon or adjacent to a highway in violation of NRS 484E.020 or 484E.040;
(g) Reckless driving;
(h) Driving a motor vehicle on a highway or on premises to which the public has access at a time when the person’s driver’s license has been cancelled, revoked or suspended; or
(i) Driving a motor vehicle in any manner in violation of the restrictions imposed in a restricted license issued to the person pursuant to NRS 483.490.
2. Whenever any person is arrested as authorized in this section, the person must be taken without unnecessary delay before the proper magistrate as specified in NRS 484A.750.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1210; A 1969, 1509; 1975, 125; 1983, 1080; 1987, 480; 1999, 2461, 3429; 2001, 172; 2005, 152; 2007, 2807; 2015, 1635; 2021, 3468)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 484.791)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 484A - Traffic Laws Generally › NRS 484A.720 - When person must be taken immediately before magistrate.

Whenever any person is halted by a peace officer for any violation of chapters 484A to 484E, inclusive, of NRS, the person shall be taken without unnecessary delay before the proper magistrate, as specified in NRS 484A.750, in the following cases:
1. When the person demands an immediate appearance before a magistrate;
2. When the person does not furnish satisfactory evidence of identity; or
3. In any other event when the person is issued a traffic citation and refuses to sign or take physical delivery of a copy of the traffic citation.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1211; A 2017, 1420; 2019, 1443; 2021, 3468)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 484.793)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 484A - Traffic Laws Generally › NRS 484A.730 - When peace officer has option to give traffic citation or take person before magistrate.

1. Whenever any person is halted by a peace officer for any violation of chapters 484A to 484E, inclusive, of NRS punishable as a misdemeanor and is not required to be taken before a magistrate, the person must be given a traffic citation unless the violation constitutes a repeat offense or a prohibited offense, in which case the person may, in the discretion of the peace officer, either be given a traffic citation or be taken without unnecessary delay before the proper magistrate.
2. As used in this section:
(a) "Prohibited offense" means:
(1) A violation of NRS 484B.653;
(2) A violation of NRS 484C.110;
(3) A violation of NRS 484C.120;
(4) A violation of NRS 484E.020;
(5) A violation of NRS 484E.030;
(6) A violation of NRS 484E.040; or
(7) A crime of violence, as defined in NRS 200.408.
(b) "Repeat offense" means an offense for which the person has previously been arrested, convicted or issued a citation.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1211; A 1969, 1509; 1981, 1362; 2007, 2807; 2017, 1420; 2021, 3469)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 484.795)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 484A - Traffic Laws Generally › NRS 484A.740 - Arrest of nonresident.

1. All of the provisions of chapters 484A to 484E, inclusive, of NRS apply both to residents and nonresidents of this State, except the special provisions in this section, which shall govern in respect to nonresidents.
2. A peace officer at the scene of a traffic crash may arrest without a warrant any driver of a vehicle who is a nonresident of this State and who is involved in the crash when, based upon personal investigation, the peace officer has reasonable cause for believing that the person has committed any offense under the provisions of chapters 484A to 484E, inclusive, of NRS in connection with the crash, and if the peace officer has reasonable cause for believing that the person will disregard a written promise to appear in court.
3. Whenever any person is arrested under the provisions of this section, the person shall be taken without unnecessary delay before the proper magistrate, as specified in NRS 484A.750.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1211; A 2015, 1635)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 484.797)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 484A - Traffic Laws Generally › NRS 484A.750 - Appearance before magistrate having jurisdiction.

1. Whenever any person is taken before a magistrate or is given a traffic citation containing a notice to appear before a magistrate as provided for in NRS 484A.630, the magistrate must be a justice of the peace or municipal judge who has jurisdiction of the offense and is nearest or most accessible with reference to the place where the alleged violation occurred, except that when the offense is alleged to have been committed within an incorporated municipality wherein there is an established court having jurisdiction of the offense, the person must be taken without unnecessary delay before that court.
2. For the purpose of this section, the terms "magistrate" and "court" include magistrates and courts having jurisdiction of offenses under the law of this State as committing magistrates and courts and those having jurisdiction of the trials of such offenses.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1212; A 1983, 905; 1999, 1147)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 484.803)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 484A - Traffic Laws Generally › NRS 484A.760 - Release of defendant when magistrate not available.

Whenever any person is taken into custody by a peace officer for the purpose of taking him or her before a magistrate or court as authorized or required in chapters 484A to 484E, inclusive, of NRS upon any charge other than a felony or the offenses enumerated in paragraphs (a) to (e), inclusive, of subsection 1 of NRS 484A.710, and no magistrate is available at the time of arrest, and there is no bail schedule established by the magistrate or court and no lawfully designated court clerk or other public officer who is available and authorized to accept bail upon behalf of the magistrate or court, the person must be released from custody upon the issuance to the person of a misdemeanor citation or traffic citation and the person signing a promise to appear, as provided in NRS 171.1773 or 484A.630, respectively, or physically receiving a copy of the traffic citation, as provided in NRS 484A.630.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1212; A 1987, 481; 1999, 1147; 2005, 153; 2017, 1421; 2019, 1443)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 484.805)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 484A - Traffic Laws Generally › NRS 484A.770 - Procedure prescribed for arrest without warrant not exclusive.

NRS 484A.630 to 484A.670, inclusive, and 484A.710 to 484A.760, inclusive, govern all peace officers in making arrests without a warrant for violations of any provision of chapters 484A to 484E, inclusive, of NRS, but the procedure prescribed in those sections is not otherwise exclusive of any other method prescribed by law for the arrest and prosecution of a person for an offense of like grade.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1213; A 1985, 1160; 1987, 1442)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 484.809)