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2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.295 - Registration by short-term lessor: Proof of financial ability to respond to damages.

The Department or a registered dealer shall not register a vehicle intended to be leased by a short-term lessor until the owner demonstrates to the Department the owner’s financial ability to respond to damages by providing evidence of insurance as that term is defined in NRS 485.034.
[Part 6:202:1931; A 1943, 51; 1949, 511; 1953, 52]—(NRS A 1967, 705; 1969, 186; 1973, 770; 1975, 1071; 1987, 668; 1995, 1864, 2731; 1997, 662)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.300 - Short-term lessor must be licensed.

1. It is unlawful for any person to engage in the activities of a short-term lessor unless such person has been licensed pursuant to NRS 482.363.
2. A peer-to-peer car sharing program licensed pursuant to NRS 482C.295 and a shared vehicle owner, as defined in NRS 482C.200, shall not be deemed to be engaged in the activities of a short-term lessor.
[Part 20:202:1931; 1931 NCL § 4435.19]—(NRS A 1967, 705; 1973, 771; 1975, 1072; 2021, 1853)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.305 - Short-term lessor not providing coverage jointly and severally liable with short-term lessee for certain damages; notice to lessee of extent of coverage; dismissal of action against lessor if coverage provided.

1. The short-term lessor of a motor vehicle who permits the short-term lessee to operate the vehicle upon the highways, and who has not complied with NRS 482.295 insuring or otherwise covering the short-term lessee against liability arising out of his or her negligence in the operation of the rented vehicle in limits of not less than $25,000 for any one person injured or killed and $50,000 for any number more than one, injured or killed in any one crash, and against liability of the short-term lessee for property damage in the limit of not less than $20,000 for one crash, is jointly and severally liable with the short-term lessee for any damages caused by the negligence of the latter in operating the vehicle and for any damages caused by the negligence of any person operating the vehicle by or with the permission of the short-term lessee, except that the foregoing provisions do not confer any right of action upon any passenger in the rented vehicle against the short-term lessor. This section does not prevent the introduction as a defense of contributory negligence to the extent to which this defense is allowed in other cases.
2. The policy of insurance, surety bond or deposit of cash or securities inures to the benefit of any person operating the vehicle by or with the permission of the short-term lessee in the same manner, under the same conditions and to the same extent as to the short-term lessee.
3. The insurance policy, surety bond or deposit of cash or securities need not cover any liability incurred by the short-term lessee of any vehicle to any passenger in the vehicle; but the short-term lessor before delivering the vehicle shall give to the short-term lessee a written notice of the fact that such a policy, bond or deposit does not cover the liability which the short-term lessee may incur on account of his or her negligence in the operation of the vehicle to any passenger in the vehicle.
4. When any suit or action is brought against the short-term lessor under this section, the judge before whom the case is pending shall hold a preliminary hearing in the absence of the jury to determine whether the short-term lessor has provided insurance or a surety bond or deposit of cash or securities covering the short-term lessee as required by subsection 1. Whenever it appears that the short-term lessor has provided insurance or a surety bond or deposit of cash or securities covering the short-term lessee in the required amount, the judge shall dismiss as to the short-term lessor the action brought under this section.
[Part 20:202:1931; 1931 NCL § 4435.19]—(NRS A 1967, 705; 1973, 771; 1987, 669; 2015, 1626; 2017, 1339)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.307 - Short-term lessor prohibited from offering, arranging for or allowing use of paid driver.

It is unlawful for a short-term lessor to offer, arrange for or allow the use of a paid driver whether directly or through an affiliated person.
(Added to NRS by 2011, 2658)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.308 - Discrimination by short-term lessor against member of Armed Forces prohibited; penalty.

1. No short-term lessor may:
(a) Refuse to lease a vehicle to a member of the Armed Forces of the United States; or
(b) Discriminate against such a person in the terms, conditions or privileges of the rental of a vehicle,
because of that person’s membership in the Armed Forces.
2. Any person who willfully violates any provision of subsection 1 is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Added to NRS by 1989, 619)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.310 - Type of license plate for leased vehicle.

The Department shall issue for every passenger motor vehicle leased by a short-term lessor the same type of number plates as the type of plates issued for private passenger vehicles.
[Part 12:202:1931; A 1949, 45; 1953, 106; 1955, 582]—(NRS A 1967, 706)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.315 - Records of short-term lessor: Maintenance; availability; form; penalty; duties of Executive Director of Department of Taxation.

1. Every person engaged in business as a short-term lessor shall:
(a) Maintain a record of the identity of each short-term lessee and the exact time the vehicle is the subject of such lease or in the possession of the short-term lessee; and
(b) Make each such record available upon request to:
(1) The Department of Taxation;
(2) The Department of Motor Vehicles; and
(3) A local government employee that requests the record in relation to compliance with local governmental ordinances or rules concerning local business licenses.
2. A person engaged in business as a short-term lessor may maintain the record required in this section electronically. Unless the Executive Director of the Department of Taxation provides by regulation for a different period, any such electronic record must be made available within 3 business days after a request of:
(a) The Department of Taxation;
(b) The Department of Motor Vehicles; or
(c) A local government employee that requests the record in relation to compliance with local governmental ordinances or rules concerning local business licenses.
3. If the Executive Director of the Department of Taxation prescribes a form for the keeping of the record required in this section, the short-term lessor shall use the form.
4. It shall be a misdemeanor for any such short-term lessor to fail to make or possess or to refuse to make available the record required in this section.
5. The Executive Director of the Department of Taxation shall:
(a) Adopt such regulations as the Executive Director determines are necessary to carry out the provisions of this section; and
(b) Upon the request of the Director of the Department of Motor Vehicles, provide to the Director of the Department of Motor Vehicles a copy of any record described in this section.
[21:202:1931; 1931 NCL § 4435.20]—(NRS A 1961, 130; 1967, 706; 2003, 1686; 2021, 377)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.3151 - Definitions.

As used in NRS 482.3151 to 482.3159, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 482.31515 to 482.3153, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
(Added to NRS by 1989, 1618; A 2009, 2143)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.31515 - "Authorized driver" defined.

"Authorized driver" means:
1. The short-term lessee of a passenger car.
2. The spouse of the short-term lessee, if that person is a licensed driver and satisfies any minimum age requirement of the short-term lessor.
3. The employer or coworker of the short-term lessee, if the employer or coworker is engaged in business activity with the lessee, is a licensed driver and satisfies any minimum age requirement of the short-term lessor.
4. Any person listed on a lease by the short-term lessor as an authorized driver.
(Added to NRS by 1989, 1618)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.3152 - "Estimated time for repair" defined.

"Estimated time for repair" means an estimate made in good faith of the reasonable number of hours of labor, or a fraction thereof, needed to repair the damaged parts of a passenger car.
(Added to NRS by 1989, 1619)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.31525 - "Estimated time for replacement" defined.

"Estimated time for replacement" means the number of hours of labor, or a fraction thereof, needed to replace the damaged parts of a passenger car as set forth in a guide for estimating damage caused by a crash generally used in the business of repair of cars and commonly known as a "crash book."
(Added to NRS by 1989, 1619; A 2015, 1627)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.31527 - "Vehicle licensing costs" defined.

"Vehicle licensing costs" means:
1. The fees paid by a short-term lessor for the registration of, and the issuance of certificates of title for, the passenger cars leased by the short-term lessor, including, without limitation, fees for license plates and license plate decals, stickers and tabs, and inspection fees; and
2. The basic and supplemental governmental services taxes paid by the short-term lessor with regard to those passenger cars.
(Added to NRS by 2009, 2140)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.3153 - "Waiver of damages" defined.

"Waiver of damages" means an agreement by the short-term lessor not to hold a short-term lessee liable for any:
1. Portion of the damage or loss related to a leased passenger car.
2. Loss of use of the passenger car.
3. Charges for storage, impound, towing or administration.
(Added to NRS by 1989, 1619)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.31535 - Permissible agreements between lessor and lessee as to responsibility for damage to or loss of passenger car leased for short term; determination of fair market value.

1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 482.3154, a short-term lessor and a short-term lessee of a passenger car may agree that the lessee will be responsible for:
(a) Physical damage to the car, up to and including its fair market value, regardless of the cause of the damage.
(b) Mechanical damage to the car, up to and including its fair market value, resulting from:
(1) A crash;
(2) An impact; or
(3) Any other type of incident,
that is caused by a deliberate or negligent act or omission on the part of the lessee.
(c) Loss resulting from theft of the car, up to and including its fair market value, except that the lessee is presumed to have no liability for any loss resulting from theft if an authorized driver:
(1) Has possession of the ignition key furnished by the lessor or establishes that the ignition key furnished by the lessor was not in the car at the time of the theft; and
(2) Files an official report of the theft with an appropriate law enforcement agency within 24 hours after learning of the theft and cooperates with the lessor and the law enforcement agency in providing information concerning the theft.
The lessor may rebut the presumption set forth in this paragraph by establishing that an authorized driver committed or aided and abetted the commission of the theft.
(d) Physical damage to the car, up to and including its fair market value, resulting from vandalism occurring after or in connection with the theft of the car, except that the lessee has no liability for any damage resulting from vandalism if the lessee has no liability for theft pursuant to paragraph (c).
(e) Physical damage to the car and loss of use of the car, up to $2,500, resulting from vandalism not related to the theft of the car and not caused by the lessee.
(f) Loss of use of the car if the lessee is liable for damage or loss.
(g) Actual charges for towing and storage and impound fees paid by the lessor if the lessee is liable for damage or loss.
(h) An administrative charge that includes the cost of appraisal and other costs incident to the damage, loss, loss of use, repair or replacement of the car.
2. For the purposes of this section, the fair market value must be determined in the customary market for the sale of the leased passenger car.
(Added to NRS by 1989, 1619; A 2003, 980; 2009, 548; 2015, 1627)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.31545 - Liability of authorized driver for damage occurring during operation of passenger car: Limitations.

1. The total amount of an authorized driver’s liability to the short-term lessor, if any, for damage occurring during the operation of a passenger car by the driver must not exceed the amount of the short-term lessee’s liability pursuant to NRS 482.3154.
2. The short-term lessor shall not recover from the short-term lessee and an authorized driver:
(a) An amount that exceeds the lessee’s liability pursuant to NRS 482.3154.
(b) For any item pursuant to NRS 482.31535 to the extent that the lessor obtains recovery from any other person.
3. The provisions of this section apply to the maximum liability of a short-term lessee or an authorized driver to the short-term lessor resulting from damage to a passenger car and not to the liability of any other person.
(Added to NRS by 1989, 1621)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.3155 - Waiver of damages: Required provisions; limitation is void; exception.

Except as otherwise provided in NRS 482.31555:
1. Every waiver of damages must provide that the short-term lessee of a passenger car has no liability for any damage, loss or loss of use, or any cost incident thereto.
2. Every limitation, exception or exclusion to any waiver of damages is void and unenforceable.
(Added to NRS by 1989, 1621)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.31555 - Short-term lessor authorized to restrict applicability of waiver of damages under certain circumstances.

A short-term lessor may provide in a lease of a passenger car that a waiver of damages does not apply in the following circumstances:
1. Damage or loss resulting from an authorized driver’s:
(a) Intentional, willful, wanton or reckless conduct.
(b) Operation of the car in violation of NRS 484C.110.
(c) Towing or pushing with the car.
(d) Operation of the car on an unpaved road if the damage or loss is a direct result of the road or driving conditions.
2. Damage or loss occurring when the passenger car is:
(a) Used for hire.
(b) Used in connection with conduct that constitutes a felony.
(c) Involved in a speed test or contest or in driver training activity.
(d) Operated by a person other than an authorized driver.
(e) Operated in a foreign country or outside of the States of Nevada, Arizona, California, Idaho, Oregon and Utah, unless the lease expressly provides that the passenger car may be operated in other locations.
3. An authorized driver providing:
(a) Fraudulent information to the short-term lessor.
(b) False information to the lessor and the lessor would not have leased the passenger car if the lessor had received true information.
4. Damage or loss resulting from the theft of the passenger car if committed by an authorized driver or a person aided or abetted by an authorized driver. A theft is presumed to have been committed by a person other than an authorized driver or a person aided or abetted by an authorized driver if the short-term lessee of the car:
(a) Has possession of the ignition key furnished by the lessor or establishes that the ignition key furnished by the lessor was not in the car at the time of the theft; and
(b) Files an official report of the theft with an appropriate law enforcement agency within 24 hours after learning of the theft and cooperates with the lessor and the law enforcement agency in providing information concerning the theft.
The lessor may rebut the presumption set forth in this subsection by establishing that an authorized driver committed or aided and abetted another person in the commission of the theft.
(Added to NRS by 1989, 1621; A 2003, 982; 2009, 549)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.3156 - Waiver of damages: Disclosure of certain information required.

A short-term lessor who offers or provides a waiver of damages for any consideration in addition to the rate for lease of a passenger car shall clearly and conspicuously disclose the following information in the lease or a holder in which the lease is placed and on a sign posted at the place where the lessee signs the lease:
1. The nature and extent of the short-term lessee’s liability.
2. A statement that the short-term lessee’s personal insurance policy may provide coverage for all or a portion of the lessee’s potential liability.
3. A statement that the short-term lessee should consult with his or her insurer to determine the scope of insurance coverage.
4. A statement that the short-term lessee may purchase an optional waiver of damages to cover all liability subject to any exception that the short-term lessor includes and that is permitted by NRS 482.31555.
5. The charge for the waiver of damages.
6. A statement that Nevada law requires, with certain exceptions:
(a) Any driver of a passenger car and any passenger 6 years of age or older who rides in the front or back seat of a passenger car to wear a safety belt if one is available for that seating position; and
(b) Any passenger who is less than 2 years of age to be secured in a rear-facing child restraint system in the back seat of the motor vehicle pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 1 of NRS 484B.157.
(Added to NRS by 1989, 1621; A 2021, 176)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.31565 - Waiver of damages and optional insurance: Purchase as condition for lease prohibited; maximum charge based on value of vehicle; adjustment to reflect Consumer Price Index; advertisements; other prohibited practices.

1. A short-term lessor shall not require the purchase of a waiver of damages, optional insurance or any other optional good or service as a condition for the lease of a passenger car.
2. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, a short-term lessor may sell a waiver of damages but shall charge:
(a) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b), not more than $22 per full or partial rental day or 24-hour rental period, as appropriate, for the waiver. The amount of the charge set forth in this paragraph must be adjusted for each fiscal year that begins on or after July 1, 2008, by adding to that amount the product of that amount multiplied by the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index West Urban for All Urban Consumers (All Items) between the calendar year ending on December 31, 2005, and the calendar year immediately preceding the fiscal year for which the adjustment is made. The Department shall, on or before March 1 of each year, publish the adjusted amount for the next fiscal year on its website or otherwise make that information available to short-term lessors.
(b) If the vehicle has a manufacturer’s suggested retail price of more than $60,000, not more than $150 per full or partial rental day or 24-hour rental period, as appropriate, for the waiver. The monetary amounts set forth in this paragraph must be adjusted for each fiscal year that begins on or after July 1, 2021, by adding to each amount the product of that amount multiplied by the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index West Urban for All Urban Consumers (All Items) between the calendar year ending on December 31, 2017, and the calendar year immediately preceding the fiscal year for which the adjustment is made. The Department shall, on or before March 1 of each year, publish the adjusted amounts for the next fiscal year on its Internet website or otherwise make that information available to short-term lessors.
3. A short-term lessor who disseminates an advertisement in the State of Nevada that contains a rate for the lease of a passenger car shall include in the advertisement a clearly readable statement of the charge for a waiver of damages and a statement that the waiver is optional.
4. A short-term lessor shall not engage in any unfair, deceptive or coercive conduct to induce a short-term lessee to purchase a waiver of damages, optional insurance or any other optional good or service, including, but not limited to, refusing to honor the lessee’s reservation, limiting the availability of cars, requiring a deposit or debiting or blocking the lessee’s credit card account for a sum equivalent to a deposit if the lessee declines to purchase a waiver, optional insurance or any other optional good or service.
(Added to NRS by 1989, 1622; A 2001, 535; 2003, 982; 2007, 1596; 2019, 2222)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.3157 - Restrictions on recovery for damages to leased car by placing block or processing charge on lessee’s credit card; unfair, deceptive or coercive conduct prohibited.

1. A short-term lessor of a passenger car shall not seek to recover any portion of a claim arising out of damage to or loss of a leased passenger car by causing any block to be placed on the lessee’s credit card account.
2. A short-term lessor of a passenger car shall not process a charge on a short-term lessee’s credit card to pay for any damages to a passenger car leased by the lessee unless the lessor first:
(a) Obtains the written consent of the lessee, on a form that is separate from the form for the lease, to pay for the damages by processing a charge on the lessee’s credit card;
(b) Inspects the vehicle upon its return to the lessor to verify the extent of the damages; and
(c) Provides the lessee with a written estimate of the cost to repair the damages and the lessee provides the lessor with written authorization to pay for the damages by processing a charge on the lessee’s credit card in an amount that does not exceed the amount of the written estimate.
The lessee may waive the provisions of paragraph (c) if the inspection conducted pursuant to paragraph (b) indicates that the cost to repair the damages will not exceed $500 and the lessee provides the lessor with written authorization to pay for the damages by processing a charge on the lessee’s credit card in an amount that does not exceed $500.
3. A short-term lessor of a passenger car shall not engage in any unfair, deceptive or coercive tactics in attempting to recover or in recovering on any claim arising out of damage to or loss of a passenger car.
(Added to NRS by 1989, 1622; A 1991, 1333)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.31575 - Advertisement of lease: Disclosure of certain information required; exception.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a short-term lessor shall advertise, quote and charge a rate for leasing a passenger car which includes the entire amount that a short-term lessee must pay to lease the car for the period to which the rate applies, except taxes, charges for mileage and any fees paid to airports, including, without limitation, any concession fees which the short-term lessor pays to do business at an airport and which the short-term lessor charges to the short-term lessee.
2. The requirements of subsection 1 do not apply to fees charged pursuant to paragraph (a) or (b) of subsection 1 of NRS 482.313 or additional charges imposed pursuant to subsection 1 of NRS 482.3158 which are included in the quotation of an estimated total price for the short-term lease or which are separately identified and clearly disclosed in the lease agreement.
3. If a short-term lessor states a rate for lease of a passenger car in a printed advertisement or in a quotation transmitted by computer or telephone or in person, the lessor shall clearly disclose in the advertisement or quotation the terms of any mileage conditions relating to the advertised or quoted rate, including, but not limited to, the amount of mileage and gas charges, the number of miles for which no charges will be imposed and a description of geographic driving limitations.
(Added to NRS by 1989, 1622; A 2009, 2143)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.31583 - Conditions for imposing additional charge; authorized and required actions relating to recovery of vehicle licensing costs; annual report to Department of Taxation.

1. A short-term lessor that wishes to impose an additional charge pursuant to NRS 482.3158 to recover its vehicle licensing costs must, not less than annually, make good faith estimates of:
(a) Its vehicle licensing costs for the calendar year; and
(b) The charge that must be imposed in each lease to recover those costs.
2. If the amount of money collected by a short-term lessor for the recovery of its vehicle licensing costs during a calendar year is different from the amount of those costs for that year, the short-term lessor shall:
(a) Retain the amount collected; and
(b) Adjust its estimate of its vehicle licensing costs and the charge that must be imposed on each lease to recover those costs for the immediately following calendar year by the amount of the difference.
3. This section does not prevent a short-term lessor from making adjustments in the amount of its charge to recover its vehicle licensing costs during the calendar year.
4. A short-term lessor shall annually report to the Department of Taxation:
(a) The amount of the short-term lessor’s vehicle licensing costs for the immediately preceding calendar year; and
(b) The amount of money collected by the short-term lessor for the recovery of its vehicle licensing costs for the immediately preceding calendar year.
(Added to NRS by 2009, 2141)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.31585 - Action for damages and equitable relief; attorney’s fees and costs.

A short-term lessee may bring an action against a short-term lessor for the recovery of damages and appropriate equitable relief for any violation of NRS 482.3151 to 482.3159, inclusive. The prevailing party is entitled to recover reasonable attorney’s fees and costs.
(Added to NRS by 1989, 1623)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.3159 - Waiver of provisions is void.

A waiver of any of the provisions of NRS 482.3151 to 482.3159, inclusive, is contrary to public policy and is void and unenforceable.
(Added to NRS by 1989, 1623)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.316 - Legislative declaration; license issued to vehicle transporter revocable privilege.

The purpose of licensing vehicle transporters is to protect the public health and safety and the general welfare of the people of this State. Any license issued pursuant to NRS 482.316 to 482.3175, inclusive, is a revocable privilege and a holder of such a license does not acquire thereby any vested right.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 2077; A 1997, 2069)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.3161 - Licensing required; applicability of NRS 482.316 to 482.3175, inclusive.

1. A person shall not operate as a vehicle transporter in this State without a license issued by the Department.
2. The provisions of NRS 482.316 to 482.3175, inclusive, do not apply to a manufacturer, distributor, dealer, broker or rebuilder licensed pursuant to the provisions of NRS 482.318 to 482.363, inclusive.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 2077; A 1989, 1422; 1995, 2365; 1997, 2069)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.31632 - Payment of child support: Statement by applicant for license; grounds for denial of license; duty of Department. [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. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 5, an applicant for the issuance or renewal of a license as a vehicle transporter shall submit to the Department the statement prescribed by the Division of Welfare and Supportive Services of the Department of Health and Human Services pursuant to NRS 425.520. The statement must be completed and signed by the applicant.
2. The Department shall include the statement required pursuant to subsection 1 in:
(a) The application or any other forms that must be submitted for the issuance or renewal of the license; or
(b) A separate form prescribed by the Department.
3. A license as a vehicle transporter may not be issued or renewed by the Department if the applicant:
(a) Fails to submit the statement required pursuant to subsection 1; or
(b) Indicates on the statement submitted pursuant to subsection 1 that the applicant is subject to a court order for the support of a child and is not in compliance with the order or a plan approved by the district attorney or other public agency enforcing the order for the repayment of the amount owed pursuant to the order.
4. If an applicant indicates on the statement submitted pursuant to subsection 1 that the applicant is subject to a court order for the support of a child and is not in compliance with the order or a plan approved by the district attorney or other public agency enforcing the order for the repayment of the amount owed pursuant to the order, the Department shall advise the applicant to contact the district attorney or other public agency enforcing the order to determine the actions that the applicant may take to satisfy the arrearage.
5. If a licensee renews an existing license electronically, the licensee shall keep the original of the statement required pursuant to subsection 1 at his or her place of business for not less than 3 years after submitting the electronic renewal. The statement must be available during business hours for inspection by any authorized agent of the Director or the State of Nevada.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 2067; A 2017, 949)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.3165 - Fee for issuance of special license plate.

Each person who applies for a special license plate as a vehicle transporter shall pay at the time of application, in addition to any other fees specified in this chapter, a fee of $25 for each plate.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 2079)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.3167 - Bond: Filing; form; deposit in lieu of bond.

1. Before any license as a vehicle transporter is issued or special license plate is assigned, the applicant shall procure and file with the Department a good and sufficient bond in the amount of $100,000 with a corporate surety thereon, licensed to do business within the State of Nevada, approved as to form by the Attorney General, and conditioned that the applicant shall conduct business as a vehicle transporter without fraud or fraudulent representation, and without violation of the provisions of this chapter.
2. The bond must be continuous in form and the total aggregate liability on the bond must be limited to the payment of the total amount of the bond, but in no case may the amount of any judgment in an action on such a bond exceed the retail value of any vehicle in connection with which the action was brought.
3. The undertaking on the bond includes any fraud or fraudulent representation or violation of any of the provisions of this chapter by any employee of the licensee on behalf of the licensee and within the scope of his or her employment.
4. The bond must provide that any person injured by the action of the licensee or an employee of the licensee in violation of any provisions of this chapter may apply to the Director for compensation from the bond. The Director, for good cause shown and after notice and opportunity for hearing, may determine the amount of compensation and the person to whom it is to be paid. The surety shall then make the payment.
5. In lieu of the bond required by this section, an applicant may make a deposit with the Department that satisfies the requirements of NRS 482.346.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 2078; A 1993, 2340)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.3169 - Issuance of certificates of registration and special license plates to vehicle transporter.

1. Upon issuance of a license as a vehicle transporter pursuant to NRS 482.3163, the Department shall assign to the vehicle transporter one or more registration certificates and special license plates for use on motor vehicles being delivered in this State. Each plate must have displayed upon it suitable characters, as determined by the Department, to identify the vehicle as being operated by a vehicle transporter. The vehicle transporter’s plates may be used interchangeably on transported vehicles.
2. The Department may issue to each vehicle transporter a reasonable number of registration certificates and license plates.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 2078)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.3171 - Movement of vehicle with special license plate authorized.

A vehicle transporter licensed pursuant to NRS 482.3163 may operate on the highways of this State any motor vehicle otherwise required to be registered pursuant to this chapter if there is displayed on the vehicle a special plate assigned to the vehicle transporter pursuant to NRS 482.3169.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 2078)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.3173 - Movement of vehicle without special license plate prohibited; restrictions on use of plates.

1. A vehicle transporter shall not operate any motor vehicle being transported by the vehicle transporter on the highways of this State, or permit it to be so operated, unless a license plate assigned to the vehicle transporter is attached thereto in the manner specified in this chapter.
2. A vehicle transporter shall not:
(a) Loan the license plates assigned to him or her to any other person;
(b) Permit those license plates to be used by any other person or for a purpose other than permitted by NRS 482.316 to 482.3175, inclusive; or
(c) Use those license plates on any vehicle in which he or she has any ownership interest.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 2078)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.3174 - Suspension of license 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 a vehicle transporter, 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 a vehicle transporter 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, 2067)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.3175 - Grounds for denial, suspension or revocation of license; hearing.

1. The Department may refuse to issue or suspend or revoke a license as a vehicle transporter upon any of the following grounds:
(a) Conviction of a felony in the State of Nevada or any other state, territory or nation.
(b) Material misstatement in the application for a license.
(c) Evidence of unfitness of the applicant or licensee.
(d) Willful failure to comply with the provisions of this chapter or the regulations adopted pursuant thereto, or any law relating to the operation of a motor vehicle.
(e) Failure or refusal to furnish and keep in force any bond.
(f) Failure of the licensee to maintain any other license required by any political subdivision of this State.
(g) Knowingly having possession of a stolen motor vehicle or a motor vehicle with a manufacturer’s identification number or other distinguishing number or identification mark which has been falsely attached, removed, defaced, altered or obliterated.
(h) Loaning or permitting the improper use of any special license plate assigned to the vehicle transporter.
2. Any person whose application is denied or license is suspended or revoked pursuant to this section is entitled to a hearing as provided in NRS 482.353.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 2079; A 2007, 2362)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.31771 - Definitions.

As used in NRS 482.31771 to 482.31776, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 482.31772, 482.31773 and 482.31774 have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
(Added to NRS by 1999, 1901)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.31772 - "Consignee" defined.

"Consignee" means any person licensed pursuant to this chapter to sell or lease vehicles, or any person who holds himself or herself out as being in the business of selling, leasing or consigning vehicles.
(Added to NRS by 1999, 1901)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.31773 - "Consignment" defined.

"Consignment" means any transaction whereby the registered owner or lienholder of a vehicle subject to registration pursuant to this chapter agrees, entrusts or in any other manner authorizes a consignee to act as his or her agent to sell, exchange, negotiate or attempt to negotiate a sale or an exchange of the interest of the registered owner or lienholder in the vehicle, whether or not for compensation.
(Added to NRS by 1999, 1901)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.31774 - "Consignment contract" defined.

"Consignment contract" means a written agreement between a registered owner or lienholder of a vehicle and a consignee to whom the vehicle has been entrusted by consignment for the purpose of sale that specifies the terms and conditions of the consignment and sale.
(Added to NRS by 1999, 1901)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.31775 - Consignment contract: Required contents.

A consignment contract must include, without limitation:
1. The names of the consignor and consignee;
2. The date on which the consignment contract was entered into;
3. A complete description of the vehicle subject to the consignment contract, including the vehicle identification number, the year, make and model of the vehicle, and the number of miles registered on the odometer of the vehicle at the time that the consignment contract is entered into;
4. The term of the consignment contract;
5. The name of each person or business entity holding any security interest in the vehicle to be consigned;
6. The minimum sales price for the vehicle and the disposition of the proceeds therefrom, as agreed upon by the consignor and consignee; and
7. The signatures of the consignor and consignee acknowledging all the terms and conditions set forth in the consignment contract.
(Added to NRS by 1999, 1901)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.318 - Legislative declaration.

The Legislature finds and declares that the distribution and sale of motor vehicles in the State of Nevada vitally affects the general economy of the State and the public interest and the public welfare, and in the exercise of its police power, it is necessary to regulate and to license motor vehicle manufacturers, distributors, new and used vehicle dealers, brokers, rebuilders, leasing companies, salespersons, and their representatives doing business in the State of Nevada in order to prevent frauds, impositions and other abuse upon its citizens.
(Added to NRS by 1965, 1471; A 1971, 1302; 1995, 2365)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.319 - Statement regarding payment of child support by applicant for license; grounds for denial of license; duty of Department. [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. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 5, a natural person who applies for the issuance or renewal of a license issued pursuant to the provisions of NRS 482.318 to 482.363105, inclusive, shall submit to the Department the statement prescribed by the Division of Welfare and Supportive Services of the Department of Health and Human Services pursuant to NRS 425.520. The statement must be completed and signed by the applicant.
2. The Department shall include the statement required pursuant to subsection 1 in:
(a) The application or any other forms that must be submitted for the issuance or renewal of the license; or
(b) A separate form prescribed by the Department.
3. A license may not be issued or renewed by the Department pursuant to the provisions of NRS 482.318 to 482.363105, inclusive, if the applicant is a natural person who:
(a) Fails to submit the statement required pursuant to subsection 1; or
(b) Indicates on the statement submitted pursuant to subsection 1 that the applicant is subject to a court order for the support of a child and is not in compliance with the order or a plan approved by the district attorney or other public agency enforcing the order for the repayment of the amount owed pursuant to the order.
4. If an applicant indicates on the statement submitted pursuant to subsection 1 that the applicant is subject to a court order for the support of a child and is not in compliance with the order or a plan approved by the district attorney or other public agency enforcing the order for the repayment of the amount owed pursuant to the order, the Department shall advise the applicant to contact the district attorney or other public agency enforcing the order to determine the actions that the applicant may take to satisfy the arrearage.
5. If a licensee renews an existing license electronically, the licensee shall keep the original of the statement required pursuant to subsection 1 at his or her place of business for not less than 3 years after submitting the electronic renewal. The statement must be available during business hours for inspection by any authorized agent of the Director or the State of Nevada.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 2068; A 2007, 3203)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.3195 - Suspension of license 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 issued pursuant to NRS 482.318 to 482.363105, inclusive, 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 issued pursuant to NRS 482.318 to 482.363105, inclusive, 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, 2068)