NRS: CHAPTER 482 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAILERS: LICENSING, REGISTRATION, SALES AND LEASES

NRS 482.160 Administrative regulations; branch offices; appointment of agents and designation of county assessor as agent; compensation of certain agents.

NRS 482.162 Department to adopt regulations setting forth criteria for determination of whether person is farmer or rancher; presentation of evidence to Department.

NRS 482.165 Director to provide forms.

NRS 482.170 Records of Department concerning registration and licensing.

NRS 482.171 List of registered owners to be provided for selection of jury; reimbursement of Department.

NRS 482.173 Schedule for retention and disposition of certain records of Department.

NRS 482.175 Validity of registration: Powers and duties of Department and registered dealers.

NRS 482.180 Motor Vehicle Fund: Creation; deposits; interest and income; dishonored payments; distribution of money collected for basic governmental services tax; transfers.

NRS 482.1805 Revolving Account for Issuance of Special License Plates: Creation; deposit of certain fees; use of money in Account; transfer of excess balance to State Highway Fund.

NRS 482.181 Governmental services taxes: Certification of amount collected each month; distribution. [Effective through June 30, 2013.]

NRS 482.181 Governmental services taxes: Certification of amount collected each month; distribution. [Effective July 1, 2013.]

NRS 482.182 Governmental services taxes: Transfer of certain amount from proceeds to State General Fund. [Effective through June 30, 2013.]

NRS 482.182 Governmental services taxes: Transfer of certain amount from proceeds to State Highway Fund. [Effective July 1, 2013.]

NRS 482.183 Motor Vehicle Revolving Account: Creation; use; deposits.

NRS 482.186 Certain odometers deemed to register mileage reflected on odometer plus 100,000 miles.

NRS 482.187 Department authorized to enter into written agreements for periodic payment of delinquent taxes or fees; regulations.

NRS 482.188 Waiver of penalty or interest for failure timely to file return or pay tax, penalty or fee in certain circumstances.

REGISTRATION; TITLING; REGULAR LICENSE PLATES

NRS 482.205 Registration required for certain vehicles.

NRS 482.206 Periods of registration for motor vehicles; exceptions.

NRS 482.208 Registration of leased vehicles by long-term lessor or long-term lessee.

NRS 482.210 Exemptions from registration.

NRS 482.215 Application for registration.

NRS 482.216 Department may authorize new vehicle dealer to accept applications for registration and transfer of registration of new motor vehicles and to issue certificates of registration; duties of dealer; prohibited acts; regulations.

NRS 482.217 Department authorized to enter into agreement with certain motor carriers and service providers to register, transfer or renew registration of vehicles; conditions of such agreement; regulations.

NRS 482.218 Owners of certain motortrucks, truck-tractors and buses required to maintain certain books, papers and records; penalty for failure to comply.

NRS 482.220 Application for registration of specially constructed, reconstructed, rebuilt or foreign vehicle; certificate of inspection; charge for inspection.

NRS 482.223 Application for title for rebuilt, reconstructed or specially constructed vehicle; inspection; certificate of inspection; affidavit.

NRS 482.224 Replica vehicles: Limitation on number of vehicles for which Department may issue certificate of registration; application for registration to state certain facts.

NRS 482.225 Collection of sales or use tax upon application for registration of certain vehicles purchased outside this State; payment of all applicable taxes and fees required for registration; refund of tax erroneously or illegally collected.

NRS 482.230 Grounds requiring refusal of registration.

NRS 482.235 Registration indexes and records; assignment of registration number by registered dealer.

NRS 482.240 Issuance of certificates of registration and title by Department or registered dealer; period of validity of certificate.

NRS 482.245 Contents of certificates of registration and title.

NRS 482.247 Certificate of title in beneficiary form: Request; application; fee; restriction upon issuance; contents; signatures and transactions; interest; duties of Department.

NRS 482.255 Placement of certificate of registration; surrender upon demand of certain persons; limitation on conviction.

NRS 482.260 Duties of Department and its agents relative to registration of vehicle; issuance of certificate of title; fees and taxes.

NRS 482.265 License plates issued upon registration; stickers, tabs or other devices issued upon renewal of registration; return of plates; fee for and limitations on issuance of special license plates.

NRS 482.266 Manufacture of license plates substantially similar to license plates issued before January 1, 1982: Written request; fee; delivery; duties of Department; retention of old plates authorized if requested plates contain same letters and numbers.

NRS 482.267 License plates: Production at facility of Department of Corrections.

NRS 482.268 License plates: Additional fee for issuance; deposit of fee.

NRS 482.270 License plates: General specifications; redesign; configuration of special license plates designed, prepared and issued pursuant to process of direct application and petition.

NRS 482.2703 License plates: Samples; form; fee; penalty.

NRS 482.2705 License plates: Passenger cars and trucks; duties of Director.

NRS 482.271 License plates: Decals; fees.

NRS 482.2715 License plates: Registrant entitled to maintain code if continuously renewed; exceptions; issuance of replacement plates with same code after expiration of registration; fee.

NRS 482.2717 License plates to be issued to automobile wreckers and operators of salvage pools.

NRS 482.272 License plates: Motorcycles.

NRS 482.274 License plates: Trailers; duties of Director.

NRS 482.275 License plates: Display.

NRS 482.280 Expiration and renewal of registration.

NRS 482.2805 Department not to renew registration if local authority has filed notice of nonpayment pursuant to NRS 484B.527; fee for service performed by Department.

NRS 482.2807 Requirements for registration if local government has filed notice of nonpayment pursuant to NRS 484B.527.

NRS 482.281 Authority of Department of Motor Vehicles to allow authorized inspection station or authorized station to renew certificates of registration; adoption of regulations.

NRS 482.283 Change of name or place of residence: Notice to Department required; timing and contents of notice.

NRS 482.285 Certificates, decals and number plates: Illegibility, loss, mutilation or theft; obtaining of duplicates or substitutes; fees and taxes.

NRS 482.290 Assignment and recording of new vehicle identification number if old number has been falsely attached, removed, defaced, altered or obliterated; authority of Department; fee; penalty for certain acts committed with intent to defraud.

ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION AND STORAGE OF DOCUMENTS

NRS 482.292 “Document” defined.

NRS 482.293 Authority of Department of Motor Vehicles to establish program; validity of electronic submission or storage; persons allowed to apply for participation; adoption of regulations; required content of regulations; acceptance of gifts and grants.

NRS 482.294 Approval by Department of Motor Vehicles for person to participate in program; waiver of requirement of signature of natural person; document submitted by electronic means deemed to be original document.

VEHICLES LEASED FOR SHORT TERM

NRS 482.295 Registration by short-term lessor: Proof of financial ability to respond to damages.

NRS 482.300 Short-term lessor must be licensed.

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.

NRS 482.308 Discrimination by short-term lessor against member of Armed Forces prohibited; penalty.

NRS 482.310 Type of license plate for leased vehicle.

NRS 482.313 Charging, collecting, reporting and remitting of certain fees in connection with lease of passenger car by short-term lessor; deposit of money into State General Fund and State Highway Fund; certain amounts excluded from calculation of fees; duties of Executive Director of Department of Taxation.

NRS 482.315 Records of short-term lessor: Maintenance; inspection; form; penalty; duties of Executive Director of Department of Taxation.

NRS 482.3151 Definitions.

NRS 482.31515 “Authorized driver” defined.

NRS 482.3152 “Estimated time for repair” defined.

NRS 482.31525 “Estimated time for replacement” defined.

NRS 482.31527 “Vehicle licensing costs” defined.

NRS 482.3153 “Waiver of damages” defined.

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.

NRS 482.3154 Limitation on liability of short-term lessee concerning damage to or loss of leased passenger car; limitation of short-term lessor’s loss under certain circumstances; limitation or exclusion of administrative charge.

NRS 482.31545 Liability of authorized driver for damage occurring during operation of passenger car: Limitations.

NRS 482.3155 Waiver of damages: Required provisions; limitation is void; exception.

NRS 482.31555 Short-term lessor authorized to restrict applicability of waiver of damages under certain circumstances.

NRS 482.3156 Waiver of damages: Disclosure of certain information required.

NRS 482.31565 Waiver of damages and optional insurance: Purchase as condition for lease prohibited; maximum charge; adjustment to reflect Consumer Price Index; advertisements; other prohibited practices.

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.

NRS 482.31575 Advertisement of lease: Disclosure of certain information required; exception.

NRS 482.3158 Certain additional charges permissible under certain circumstances; disclosure of certain additional charges required; certain additional fees prohibited; further prohibitions.

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.

NRS 482.31585 Action for damages and equitable relief; attorney’s fees and costs.

NRS 482.3159 Waiver of provisions is void.

VEHICLE TRANSPORTERS

NRS 482.316 Legislative declaration; license issued to vehicle transporter revocable privilege.

NRS 482.3161 Licensing required; applicability of NRS 482.316 to 482.3175, inclusive.

NRS 482.3163 License: Application; fees; renewal. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 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.]

NRS 482.3163 License: Application; fees; renewal. [Effective on the date of the repeal of 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.]

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 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.]

NRS 482.3165 Fee for issuance of special license plate.

NRS 482.3167 Bond: Filing; form; deposit in lieu of bond.

NRS 482.3169 Issuance of certificates of registration and special license plates to vehicle transporter.

NRS 482.3171 Movement of vehicle with special license plate authorized.

NRS 482.3173 Movement of vehicle without special license plate prohibited; restrictions on use of plates.

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 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.]

NRS 482.3175 Grounds for denial, suspension or revocation of license; hearing.

CONSIGNMENT OF VEHICLES

NRS 482.31771 Definitions.

NRS 482.31772 “Consignee” defined.

NRS 482.31773 “Consignment” defined.

NRS 482.31774 “Consignment contract” defined.

NRS 482.31775 Consignment contract: Required contents.

NRS 482.31776 Duties of consignee; trust account; disclosure statement; applicability of section; operation of vehicle subject to consignment contract; written log; prohibited acts; penalties.

MANUFACTURERS, REBUILDERS, DISTRIBUTORS, DEALERS, BROKERS, SALESPERSONS AND LESSORS

Licensing and Regulation

NRS 482.318 Legislative declaration.

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 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.]

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 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.]

NRS 482.320 Manufacturers, distributors, dealers and rebuilders: Special plates required for movement of new and used vehicles; exceptions.

NRS 482.322 Vehicle dealers, manufacturers, distributors and rebuilders: Licenses required; additional restriction upon activities of new vehicle dealer; license does not extend to mobile homes; Department to investigate applicant; penalties for violations.

NRS 482.3225 Conditions under which charitable organization not required to obtain certain licensure.

NRS 482.323 Established place of business required for dealers, short-term lessors and brokers; notification of Department of branches by short-term lessors.

NRS 482.325 Manufacturers, distributors, dealers and rebuilders: Application for license; fees; issuance of certificate; renewal of license. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 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.]

NRS 482.325 Manufacturers, distributors, dealers and rebuilders: Application for license; fees; issuance of certificate; renewal of license. [Effective on the date of the repeal of 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.]

NRS 482.3253 Factors Director must consider before renewing license of manufacturer, distributor, rebuilder or dealer; authority of Director to require bond.

NRS 482.3255 Denial or revocation of license: Evidence of unfitness of applicant or licensee.

NRS 482.3256 Licensees to post licenses in conspicuous place visible to public.

NRS 482.3257 Dealers: Activities constituting prima facie evidence that person is acting as dealer.

NRS 482.326 Dealers: Location and name of business; designation of principal place of business and branches; branches may be operated under authority of license for principal place of business under certain conditions; change of name or location.

NRS 482.3263 Books and records of dealers and brokers: Location; inspection and copying; retention.

NRS 482.327 Dealers: License for each branch; exception; contents of license; posting of license; temporary license.

NRS 482.3275 Dealers: Signatures not required to be acknowledged on documents required to be filed with Department or other state agencies; exception.

NRS 482.3277 Dealers: Certain purchasers and prospective purchasers to be allowed to view certain documents in Spanish language.

NRS 482.328 Vehicle taken in trade: Satisfaction of outstanding security interest.

NRS 482.330 Manufacturers, distributors, dealers and rebuilders: Certificates of registration and special plates for vehicles provided by Department upon licensing; special plates for loaned vehicles; limitation.

NRS 482.332 Dealers, manufacturers, lessors, rebuilders and brokers: Duty to affix legible sign containing name of business; exception.

NRS 482.333 Brokers: Licensing; fees; disclosure of financial records; penalty. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 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.]

NRS 482.333 Brokers: Licensing; fees; disclosure of financial records; penalty. [Effective on the date of the repeal of 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.]

NRS 482.3331 Director to consider certain matters before renewing license of broker; authority of Director to require bond.

NRS 482.3333 Brokers: Duty to procure and file bond with Department; amount of bond; use of bond to cover multiple categories of vehicles; requirements for bond; recourse for persons injured by broker or employee.

NRS 482.3335 Brokers: Prohibition against advertising as vehicle dealer without appropriate license; prohibition against displaying or advertising vehicle not licensed to sell.

NRS 482.3337 Brokers: Insured trust account required.

NRS 482.334 Brokers: Written brokerage agreement with prospective buyer required; form of agreement; notice to be included within agreement; form and contents of notice; retention of copies of brokerage agreement.

NRS 482.3345 Dealers: Prohibited and authorized acts if prospective buyer enters into exclusive written brokerage agreement with broker.

NRS 482.335 Manufacturers, distributors, dealers and rebuilders: Display of license plate or plates.

NRS 482.345 Manufacturers, distributors, dealers and rebuilders: Application; proof of place of business; bonding requirements; remedies of injured person; judgment; prohibition upon issuance of license or plate to certain persons not having an established place of business in State.

NRS 482.346 Deposit in lieu of bond: Specifications; conditions for release; liability; refund; deposit in Motor Vehicle Fund.

NRS 482.347 Dealers: Principal and branch places of business to be covered by vehicle dealer’s bond; dealer to procure certain other separate bonds.

NRS 482.350 Dealers: New vehicle dealer’s license not to be issued unless dealer first furnishes to Department instrument indicating dealer is franchised dealer of manufacturer; additional functions in which used vehicle dealers may engage.

NRS 482.351 “Bait and switch,” misleading or inaccurate advertising by dealer or rebuilder prohibited; regulations.

NRS 482.3515 Vehicle dealer required to disclose information concerning emission of carbon dioxide of certain new vehicles; exception.

NRS 482.352 Manufacturers, distributors, dealers and rebuilders: Grounds for denial, suspension or revocation of license; disclosure of financial records; regulations.

NRS 482.353 Ability of applicant or licensee to petition for hearing after notice of denial, suspension or revocation; duties and powers of Director; exception from applicability of section.

NRS 482.354 Trial de novo.

NRS 482.362 Salespersons: Licensing; fees; grounds for denial, suspension or revocation of license; reemployment; notice of change of address or termination; penalty. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 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.]

NRS 482.362 Salespersons: Licensing; fees; grounds for denial, suspension or revocation of license; reemployment; notice of change of address or termination; penalty. [Effective on the date of the repeal of 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.]

NRS 482.363 Lessors and certain employees: Licensing; renewal; fees; denial, suspension, revocation or transfer of license; applicability of provisions. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 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.]

NRS 482.363 Lessors and certain employees: Licensing; renewal; fees; denial, suspension, revocation or transfer of license; applicability of provisions. [Effective on the date of the repeal of 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.]

NRS 482.363105 Long-term lessors also holding licenses as vehicle dealers: Authorized acts.

Franchises for Sales of Motor Vehicles

NRS 482.36311 Definitions.

NRS 482.36318 “Distributor” defined.

NRS 482.36319 “Distributor branch” defined.

NRS 482.3632 “Factory branch” defined.

NRS 482.3634 “Relevant market area” defined.

NRS 482.36345 “Representative” defined.

NRS 482.36348 “Vehicle” defined.

NRS 482.36352 Termination or discontinuation of franchise: Notice; grounds; protest by dealer; hearing.

NRS 482.363521 Termination or discontinuation of franchise: Compensation of dealer.

NRS 482.363523 Termination or discontinuation of franchise: Duties of dealer.

NRS 482.36354 Modification or replacement of franchise: Notice; protest by dealer; hearing; change of area of primary responsibility of dealer.

NRS 482.36355 Considerations for determining good cause for termination, discontinuation, modification or replacement of franchise.

NRS 482.36356 Additional criteria for determining existence of good cause for termination, discontinuation, modification or replacement of franchise or for establishing additional dealership or relocating existing dealership.

NRS 482.36357 Establishment or relocation of dealership in marketing area of dealer in same line and make of vehicles: Notice; protest of dealer; hearing; exemptions.

NRS 482.363575 Director to adopt regulations for conduct of discovery preliminary to hearings required for termination, discontinuation, modification or replacement of franchises or for establishment or relocation of dealership in marketing area of another dealer in same line and make of vehicles.

NRS 482.36358 Considerations for determining good cause for establishing or relocating dealership in marketing area of dealer in same line and make of vehicles.

NRS 482.36361 Written protests: Notice; manufacturer or distributor not to take further action pending determination; hearing; consolidation of hearings.

NRS 482.36363 Hearings: Burden of proof; consideration of economic effect.

NRS 482.36366 Hearings: Fees for witness; assessment of costs; attorney’s fees.

NRS 482.36368 Decision of Director: Judicial review; notice.

NRS 482.36371 Unfair practices: Change in capital structure, executive management, ownership or control; compensation for value of dealership; consent not to be unreasonably withheld; time period for complying with request for consent; effect of failure to grant or deny request.

NRS 482.3638 Unfair practices: Release from liability; limitations on settlement of controversies; unlawful terms or conditions of franchise agreements; price increases; participation in ownership; unlawful acts against franchise; preventing dealer from selling or servicing another line or make of new vehicles.

NRS 482.36385 Unfair practices: Competition by manufacturer, distributor or branch of factory; discrimination; compensation of dealer; sale to unlicensed person; deceptive advertising or acts; audits performed more than 12 months after date of transaction; acts relating to appeals of results of audits.

NRS 482.36386 Unfair practices: Selling or offering to sell new vehicle, parts or accessories at lower actual price than offered or charged another dealer; exceptions.

NRS 482.36387 Unfair practices: Ownership or operation of facility for repair or maintenance of vehicles by manufacturer or distributor or certain persons or entities under common control therewith; exception.

NRS 482.36388 Unfair practices: Putting into effect unfair, unreasonable or inequitable method for allocation, scheduling or delivery of new vehicles, parts or accessories; refusal or failure to deliver new vehicles, parts or accessories; exception.

NRS 482.36389 Unfair practices: Requiring dealer to disclose information concerning customer to manufacturer or third party.

NRS 482.36391 Unfair practices: Inducing dealer by coercion to order or accept vehicle, parts, accessories or other commodities.

NRS 482.36395 Unfair practices: Encouraging dealer to sell or lease vehicles through deceptive practices; refusal to deliver order; requiring payment of costs for promotion or advertising; requiring compliance with standards exceeding commonly accepted business practices; taking certain actions against dealer based solely on survey of dealer’s customers.

NRS 482.36396 Death of dealer: Termination of franchise prohibited if dealer designates successor in interest; primary and alternate successors in interest.

NRS 482.36397 Death of dealer: Notice of assumption and commencement of operation of franchise by designated successor; deposit by dealer; arrangements for discharge of terms of franchise agreement for period after death.

NRS 482.36398 Death of dealer: Operation of business and accounting to heirs or estate by manufacturer or distributor pending assumption by designated successor; accounting to heirs or estate by successor.

NRS 482.36399 Assumption of provisions of franchise agreement by successor required.

NRS 482.36412 Franchise assumable by successor same as existed at death of dealer.

NRS 482.36413 Termination of franchise upon divorce prohibited; award of franchise to either party in divorce action.

NRS 482.36414 License as dealer required for assumption of operation of franchise.

NRS 482.36419 Exercise of right of first refusal by manufacturer or distributor if transfer of all or substantially all assets of dealership is proposed: Requirements; prohibited acts.

NRS 482.36423 Action for injunctive relief or civil damages; service of process; time to answer or plead.

NRS 482.36425 Civil penalty; civil suit by Attorney General.

Restrictions on Monopolistic Financing

NRS 482.3643 “Sell,” “sold,” “buy” and “purchase” defined.

NRS 482.3645 Agreement to finance through designated source which lessens competition or creates monopoly unlawful; agreement declared void.

NRS 482.3647 Threat by manufacturer or distributor to discontinue sales to retail seller prima facie evidence of violation.

NRS 482.3649 Threat by person engaged in business of financing who is affiliated with manufacturer or distributor to discontinue sales prima facie evidence of violation.

NRS 482.3651 Giving of gratuity by manufacturer or wholesaler to person financing sales which lessens competition or creates monopoly unlawful.

NRS 482.3653 Acceptance of gratuity by person financing sales unlawful.

NRS 482.3655 Acceptance of gratuity: Unlawful financing of sales thereafter.

NRS 482.3657 Violation by corporation; penalty.

NRS 482.3659 Violation by foreign corporation; penalty.

NRS 482.366 Agreements in violation of law void.

NRS 482.3661 Provisions cumulative.

NRS 482.3663 Action for damages; additional parties defendant.

NRS 482.3665 Penalty.

Sale of Certain Used Vehicles

NRS 482.36655 Definitions.

NRS 482.3666 “Drivetrain” defined.

NRS 482.366605 “Used vehicle” defined.

NRS 482.36661 Inspection of engine and drivetrain of vehicle; written disclosure of defects.

NRS 482.36662 Written warranty required under certain circumstances; contents of warranty.

NRS 482.36663 Duration of warranty.

NRS 482.36664 Complaint regarding dealer: Submission; contents; investigation; resolution; appeal.

NRS 482.36665 Record of complaints: Maintenance; contents.

NRS 482.36666 Administrative fines; opportunity for hearing; deposit of fines; injunctions and other remedies.

NRS 482.36667 Regulations.

SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES

Personalized Prestige License Plates

NRS 482.3667 Preparation for issuance; procedures for application and issuance; persons qualified for issuance; period of validity; renewal; priority; powers and duties of Department.

NRS 482.3669 Regulations.

NRS 482.367 Fees; deposit of fees to credit of Motor Vehicle Fund.

Special License Plates Issued to Certain Nonprofit Organizations That Operate a Museum for Motor Vehicles

NRS 482.367001 Application; limitation on number of sets; interchangeable use; identification number; fee; expiration; renewal.

Applications for Design, Preparation and Issuance: Commission on Special License Plates; Department of Motor Vehicles

NRS 482.367002 Submission of application; qualifications of certain organizations that will receive financial support by way of special license plate; contents of application; authority of Department; surety bonds and release thereof; retention or return of plates upon disposal of vehicle.

NRS 482.367004 Commission on Special License Plates: Creation; membership; term; service without salary or compensation; administrative support; duties.

NRS 482.367006 Fees.

NRS 482.367008 Limitation on number of separate designs of special license plates that may be in issuance at any one time; issuance of additional designs of special license plates in order of authorization or approval; annual assessment of viability of current designs; notice of declining circulation; cessation of issuance of plates whose circulation falls below certain levels.

Pledge of Legislature

NRS 482.36705 Special license plates authorized by act of Legislature: Minimum number of applications; compliance with limitation on issuance of more than certain number of separate designs of special license plates; approval by Commission on Special License Plates.

Special License Plates Associated With Military or Public Service, or Membership in or Affiliation With Certain Groups

NRS 482.3672 Member of the press.

NRS 482.3675 Honorary consul of foreign country.

NRS 482.368 Distinguishing plates for exempt vehicles: Issuance; fees; interstate agreements; application; regulations.

NRS 482.369 Distinguishing plates for exempt vehicles: Specifications.

NRS 482.370 United States Senators and Representatives.

NRS 482.372 Secretary of State, State Treasurer, State Controller and Attorney General.

NRS 482.373 Governor and Lieutenant Governor.

NRS 482.374 Legislators and Supreme Court justices.

NRS 482.3745 Fees for license plates for congressional delegates and public officers.

NRS 482.3747 Collegiate license plates.

NRS 482.3748 Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons.

NRS 482.3749 Hall of fame athletes.

NRS 482.375 Holder of license for amateur radio station.

NRS 482.3753 Professional full-time salaried firefighters.

NRS 482.3754 Volunteer firefighters.

NRS 482.3755 Member of Nevada Wing of Civil Air Patrol.

NRS 482.376 Member of Nevada National Guard.

NRS 482.3763 Support of outreach programs and services for veterans and their families: Preparation; issuance; required inscriptions; retention or return of plates upon disposal of vehicle; fees; replacement plates.

NRS 482.37635 Support of veterans’ homes: Decals indicating service in specific military unit; design; application; compliance with federal law; regulations.

NRS 482.3764 Support of outreach programs and services for veterans and their families: Collection of special fee for such support; affixment of certain decals upon request of eligible applicant; disposition of money collected.

NRS 482.3765 Veteran of Armed Forces of United States who survived attack on Pearl Harbor: Choice of inscription; eligibility for not more than two sets of plates; application; evidence of status; retention or return of plates upon disposal of vehicle; fees.

NRS 482.377 “Disabled Veteran” or “Veteran Who Is Disabled” and “Ex-Prisoner of War”: Choice of inscription as to disability; eligibility for not more than two sets of plates; application; evidence of status; retention or return of plates upon disposal of vehicle.

NRS 482.3775 Veteran of Armed Forces of United States awarded Purple Heart: Eligibility for not more than two sets of plates; application; evidence of status; retention or return of plates upon disposal of vehicle; replacement plates.

NRS 482.378 Recipient of Congressional Medal of Honor.

NRS 482.3785 Family member of person killed in line of duty while on active duty in Armed Forces of United States.

Special License Plates Associated With Recognition of or Support for Certain Charitable Causes

NRS 482.379 Commemorating 125th anniversary of Nevada’s admission into Union.

NRS 482.37903 Commemorating 100th anniversary of founding of City of Las Vegas.

NRS 482.37905 Encouraging donation of human organs.

NRS 482.37917 Support of agriculture.

NRS 482.379175 Appreciation of animals.

NRS 482.37918 Support of preservation of history of atomic testing in Nevada.

NRS 482.379185 Support of conservation of wetlands. [By order of the Director of the Department pursuant to NRS 482.367008, new issuances of this special plate have been discontinued as the result of an insufficient number of active registrations.]

NRS 482.37919 Support of desert preserve established by Las Vegas Valley Water District.

NRS 482.3792 Support of education of children in arts.

NRS 482.3793 Support of missing or exploited children.

NRS 482.37933 Support of preservation and restoration of Lake Tahoe Basin.

NRS 482.37934 Support of preservation of federal lands surrounding Las Vegas.

NRS 482.37935 Support of natural environment of Mount Charleston area.

NRS 482.379355 Support of naturalized citizenship.

NRS 482.379365 Reflect public solidarity after acts of terrorism committed on September 11, 2001.

NRS 482.37937 Support of preservation and restoration of natural environment of Lower Truckee River and Pyramid Lake.

NRS 482.379375 Support and enhancement of parks, recreation facilities and programs in City of Reno.

NRS 482.37938 Support of rodeos.

NRS 482.37945 Support of reconstruction, maintenance, improvement and promotion of Virginia & Truckee Railroad.

Special License Plates Associated With Certain Classes and Types of Vehicles

NRS 482.3795 Fire trucks.

NRS 482.380 Antique vehicle: “Horseless Carriage.”

NRS 482.381 Antique vehicle: “Old Timer.”

NRS 482.3811 Antique vehicle: Trucks and truck-tractors.

NRS 482.3812 Street Rods.

NRS 482.3814 Classic Rods.

NRS 482.3816 Classic Vehicles.

NRS 482.3818 Vintage license plates: Production; issuance; fee; retention or return upon disposal of vehicle.

NRS 482.3823 Vehicle used for course of instruction in automobile repair.

Souvenir and Other Smaller License Plates

NRS 482.3824 Special license plates to generate financial support for charitable organization: Director required to issue souvenir license plate at request of charitable organization; resale by charitable organization; issuance of special license plate for trailers and certain other vehicles. [Effective through June 30, 2010.]

NRS 482.3824 Special license plates to generate financial support for charitable organization: Director required to issue souvenir license plate at request of charitable organization; resale by charitable organization; issuance of special license plate for trailers, motorcycles and certain other vehicles. [Effective July 1, 2010.]

NRS 482.3825 Director authorized to issue souvenir license plates; “issuance” does not include resale of plates by charitable organization.

Investigations Relating to Finances of Charitable Organizations that Receive Additional Fees From Special License Plates

NRS 482.38272 Definitions.

NRS 482.38273 “Additional fees” defined.

NRS 482.38274 “Charitable organization” defined.

NRS 482.38275 “Intended recipient” defined.

NRS 482.38276 “Special license plate” defined.

NRS 482.38277 Certain charitable organizations to prepare and file balance sheet and bank statement with Commission on Special License Plates; certain information concerning persons responsible for such organizations to be provided to Commission and Department; duties of Legislative Auditor with respect to forms and information.

NRS 482.38278 Legislative Auditor to present final written report to Commission on Special License Plates; distribution of report; contents of report.

NRS 482.38279 Determination that charitable organization failed to comply with certain provisions or standards; organization may request hearing; Commission on Special License Plates to issue decision; authority of Commission to order Department to suspend collection of additional fees or production of design of special license plate.

SPECIAL USE PERMITS FOR SPECIAL EVENTS

NRS 482.383 Conditions for issuance; fee.

SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES AND PARKING PLACARDS FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

NRS 482.3831 Definitions.

NRS 482.3833 “Person with a disability of moderate duration” defined.

NRS 482.3835 “Person with a disability which limits or impairs the ability to walk” defined.

NRS 482.3837 “Person with a permanent disability” defined.

NRS 482.3839 “Person with a temporary disability” defined.

NRS 482.384 Special license plates and special and temporary parking placards and stickers: Application; issuance; renewal; fees; design; display; letter of verification; prohibited acts; regulations.

PLACARDS FOR VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS AND ASSOCIATED EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS

NRS 482.3843 Application; issuance; use; surrender; no fee to be charged by Department.

PERMITS FOR UNREGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES

NRS 482.385 Registration of vehicle of nonresident owner not required; exceptions; registration of vehicle by person upon becoming resident of this State; penalty; taxes and fees; surrender of nonresident license plates and registration certificate; citation for violation.

NRS 482.390 Commercial vehicle of nonresident owner: Applicability of provisions; conditions for exemption from registration.

NRS 482.395 Reciprocal agreements and arrangements.

NRS 482.3955 Special permits for movement of vehicles by dealers, distributors, rebuilders or other persons; permits for operation of vehicle by charitable organizations.

NRS 482.396 Permit to operate certain unregistered vehicles.

NRS 482.3963 Temporary permit for owner-lessor to operate certain unregistered vehicles.

NRS 482.3965 Temporary permit for short-term lessor to operate certain unregistered vehicles.

PERMITS FOR GOLF CARTS

NRS 482.398 Issuance in county whose population is 400,000 or more; conditions under which permit not necessary.

TRANSFER OF TITLE OR INTEREST

NRS 482.399 Expiration of registration on transfer of ownership or destruction of vehicle; transfer of registration to another vehicle; reuse of license plates; refund.

NRS 482.400 Endorsement of certificate of title upon transfer; electronic submission of notice of transfer; form for transfer of ownership for use by dealer; registration by transferee; exceptions.

NRS 482.410 Transferee to apply for certificate of registration and pay governmental services tax.

NRS 482.415 Registration if transferee unable to produce certificate of registration or title.

NRS 482.420 Transfer other than voluntary transfer: Expiration of registration; operation of vehicle.

LEASE OF MOTOR VEHICLE OR TRAILER FOR USE PRIMARILY IN TRADE OR BUSINESS

NRS 482.4215 Circumstances in which lease does not constitute sale or create security interest.

SECURITY INTERESTS IN VEHICLES

NRS 482.423 Sale of new vehicle: Duties of seller; information concerning secured party or assignee; temporary placards; dealer to execute and furnish copy of dealer’s report of sale; applicability of section.

NRS 482.4235 Lease of new vehicle pursuant to long-term lease: Duties of long-term lessor; temporary placards; execution and furnishing of copy of long-term lessor’s report of lease.

NRS 482.424 Sale of used or rebuilt vehicle: Duties of seller; exception; information concerning secured party; temporary placards; execution and furnishing of copy of dealer’s or rebuilder’s report of sale.

NRS 482.4245 Lease of used or rebuilt vehicle pursuant to long-term lease: Duties of long-term lessor; temporary placards; execution and furnishing of copy of long-term lessor’s report of lease.

NRS 482.4247 Temporary placards issued by Department; fee; disposition of proceeds.

NRS 482.426 Sale of used or rebuilt vehicle by person not dealer or rebuilder: Duties; documents and statement to be submitted to Department; remittance of fee.

NRS 482.427 Issuance of certificate of title to buyer, secured party or assignee.

NRS 482.428 Issuance of certificates of title to certain secured parties.

NRS 482.429 Fees.

NRS 482.431 Delivery of certificate of title following performance of terms of contract or security agreement; complaint; investigation; administrative fine; opportunity for hearing; deposit of fines.

NRS 482.432 Applicable statutory provisions for perfection and release of security interest.

NRS 482.433 Inapplicability of certain provisions to security interests in certain vehicles.

NRS 482.434 Effect of action or failure to act by Department or its officers or employees.

NRS 482.436 Unlawful acts; penalty.

NRS 482.438 Obtaining duplicate certificate of title to use as security with intent to defraud prohibited; penalties.

IDENTIFICATION OF TRIMOBILES

NRS 482.441 Certificates of title and registration.

SUSPENSION OF REGISTRATION: DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF INTOXICATING LIQUOR OR CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE

NRS 482.451 Suspension upon court order; return of license plates and registration to Department; reinstatement; sale or transfer of motor vehicle.

NRS 482.456 Penalties related to operation of motor vehicle for which registration is suspended or failure to return certificate of registration or license plates; service of term of imprisonment; consecutive sentences.

CANCELLATION OF REGISTRATION

NRS 482.460 Unsafe or improperly equipped vehicle.

NRS 482.461 Failure of mandatory test of emissions from engines; notification; cost of inspection.

NRS 482.463 Surrender or proof of loss of certificate of registration and license plates of vehicle with declared gross weight in excess of 26,000 pounds: Refund or credit for excise taxes.

NRS 482.465 Unlawful use of certificate of registration or license plates; cancellation of certificate of title or registration and license plates improperly issued or obtained; revocation of certificate of title or registration and license plates for vehicle with declared gross weight in excess of 26,000 pounds.

NRS 482.470 Disposition of certificates of registration and title and license plates if vehicle dismantled, junked or rendered inoperative; issuance of salvage title; destruction of returned plates.

NRS 482.475 Vehicle used for short-term leasing.

NRS 482.478 No refund of registration fees or governmental services taxes upon rescission or cancellation of registration or surrender of license plates; exception.

FEES

NRS 482.480 Fees for registration; exceptions; account for verification of insurance.

NRS 482.4805 Transfer of money from Account for Verification of Insurance to State Highway Fund.

NRS 482.481 Proration of fee for registration of certain vehicles.

NRS 482.482 Additional fees for registration of motortruck, truck-tractor or bus; payment by installment for fleets authorized; penalty for failure to pay fee or tax; registration of vehicle after conviction or plea for operating vehicle which exceeded its declared gross weight.

NRS 482.483 Additional fees for registration of trailer or semitrailer.

NRS 482.485 Weighing of motor vehicles by public weighmasters; alternative for farm vehicles.

NRS 482.490 Manufacturer’s, distributor’s, dealer’s or rebuilder’s license plate.

NRS 482.500 Fees for duplicate or substitute certificates of registration, decals and number plates; fees for replacement plates or sets of plates issued for special license plates; fees for souvenir and sample license plates; exceptions.

NRS 482.503 Exemptions from fees for registration.

NRS 482.515 Delinquent fees; penalties.

REPOSSESSION OF VEHICLES AND CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT

NRS 482.516 Sale or lease of repossessed vehicle: Persons liable on security agreement to be given written notice of intent in advance; required manner of provision and contents of notice; rights of persons liable on security agreement.

NRS 482.5161 Sale of repossessed construction equipment.

NRS 482.5163 Sale of repossessed vehicle in commercially reasonable manner; application of proceeds; injunctive relief; damages.

NRS 482.518 Reports of repossession to peace officer and Department.

SPECIAL ANTITHEFT LAWS

NRS 482.520 Action by Department on reports of stolen, embezzled and recovered vehicles.

NRS 482.540 Authority of police officer, without warrant, to seize and take possession of certain vehicles; inspection and written report concerning certain falsely attached, removed, defaced, altered or obliterated numbers and marks; authority of court to declare vehicle forfeited under certain circumstances; charging of criminal act must not precede completion of report.

NRS 482.542 Disposition of seized vehicle.

OFFENSES CONCERNING DELIVERY, DISPLAY, OPERATION, POSSESSION, REGISTRATION OR SALE OF CERTAIN VEHICLES; IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS AND MARKS; DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES

NRS 482.543 Definitions.

NRS 482.5432 “Automobile wrecker” defined.

NRS 482.5434 “Body shop” defined.

NRS 482.5436 “Garage operator” defined.

NRS 482.544 “Identification number or mark” defined.

NRS 482.5445 “Salvage pool” defined.

NRS 482.545 Certain unlawful acts.

NRS 482.547 Unlawful sale, offer of sale or display for sale of motor vehicle; penalty.

NRS 482.548 Unlawful display of vehicle for sale or lease.

NRS 482.550 Unlawful sale or delivery of used vehicle within State if vehicle not registered in this State; disposition of plates; penalty.

NRS 482.5505 Unlawful taking of possession of motor vehicle or part thereof with knowledge that identification number or mark has been falsely attached, removed, defaced, altered or obliterated; exception; penalty.

NRS 482.551 Unlawful purchase, disposal, sale or transfer of motor vehicle or parts with falsely attached, removed, defaced, altered or obliterated identification number or mark; applicability; penalty.

NRS 482.553 Unlawful removal, defacement, alteration or obliteration of identification number or mark of motor vehicle or part thereof; restoration of number or mark; homemade vehicles; penalty.

NRS 482.5533 Unlawful failure of certain persons to notify Department or local law enforcement agency within certain period of discovery of motor vehicle or part thereof having identification number or mark that has been falsely attached, removed, defaced, altered or obliterated; penalty.

NRS 482.5536 Court proceedings: Disclosure of certain information prohibited; exception; in camera review.

NRS 482.554 Deceptive trade practices: Acts constituting; administrative fines; certain disclosures required; remedy not exclusive.

PENALTIES

NRS 482.555 Criminal penalties for certain violations of chapter.

NRS 482.565 Administrative fines for violations other than deceptive trade practices; injunction or other appropriate remedy; enforcement proceedings.

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GENERAL PROVISIONS

NRS 482.010 Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 482.0105 to 482.137, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.

[Part 1:202:1931; A 1951, 165; 1953, 280]—(NRS A 1961, 128; 1967, 704; 1969, 684; 1973, 230, 399, 1568; 1975, 444, 1075; 1979, 854; 1985, 1836; 1987, 1592, 2079; 1991, 2330, 2353; 1993, 620; 1995, 1861, 2355, 2359, 2365; 1997, 624, 625; 2001, 1725; 2003, 374; 2005, 1240; 2007, 3200; 2009, 466)

NRS 482.0105 “Assembly” defined. “Assembly” means a combination of parts assembled together in such a way as to create a complete part.

(Added to NRS by 2005, 1239)

NRS 482.011 “Based” defined. “Based” means the place or domicile where a vehicle is primarily used, or if a vehicle is often used in more than one county, then it means the place or domicile where the vehicle is primarily stored or kept. A vehicle registered for intercounty or interstate operation under the provisions of chapter 706 of NRS shall be deemed to have no base.

(Added to NRS by 1973, 399; A 2007, 3200)

NRS 482.012 “Border state employee” defined. “Border state employee” means a person whose legal residence is not in this State, who resides outside of the State of Nevada and who commutes on a daily basis into the State of Nevada solely for the purpose of employment at a place of employment which is less than 35 air miles from the state border.

(Added to NRS by 1973, 1567; A 1989, 703; 1991, 1988)

NRS 482.0125 “Branch” defined. “Branch” means an established place of business of a vehicle dealer or long-term or short-term lessor at which the dealer or long-term or short-term lessor conducts business simultaneously with, and physically separated from, his or her principal established place of business.

(Added to NRS by 1979, 1023; A 2007, 3200)

NRS 482.0127 “Broker” defined. “Broker” means a person who, for a fee or any other consideration, offers to provide to another person the service of arranging, negotiating or assisting in the purchase of a new or used vehicle which has not been registered or for which an ownership interest has not been taken by the broker.

(Added to NRS by 1995, 2362; A 2007, 3200)

NRS 482.013 “Bus” defined. “Bus” means any motor vehicle designed for carrying more than 10 passengers and used for the transportation of persons, and every motor vehicle, other than a taxicab, designed and used for transportation of persons for compensation.

(Added to NRS by 1965, 316)

NRS 482.014 “Calendar year” defined. “Calendar year” means a year commencing at 12 p.m. December 31 and ending at 12 p.m. the following December 31.

(Added to NRS by 1969, 683)

NRS 482.0145 “Charitable organization” defined. “Charitable organization” means an organization which:

1. The Secretary of the Treasury has determined is an exempt organization pursuant to the provisions of section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code; and

2. For not less than 2 years, has held a certificate of organization or has been qualified by the Secretary of State to conduct business in this State.

(Added to NRS by 1995, 2354)

NRS 482.0151 “Chassis-mount camper” defined. “Chassis-mount camper” means a portable unit designed to be permanently affixed to a truck chassis and cab, and so constructed as to provide temporary living quarters for travel, camping or recreational use.

(Added to NRS by 1973, 229)

NRS 482.0153 “Combined gross vehicle weight rating” defined. “Combined gross vehicle weight rating” means the maximum gross weight, as designated by the manufacturer, that a vehicle is capable of towing in combination with its own gross vehicle weight rating.

(Added to NRS by 2009, 466)

NRS 482.0154 “Complete front inner structure for a unibody” defined. “Complete front inner structure for a unibody” means the weld-on structure of a vehicle, including, without limitation, the radiator support, left and right aprons, upper and lower rails and strut towers, designed and intended to be located forward of the cowl assembly.

(Added to NRS by 2005, 1239)

NRS 482.0157 “Conventional frame” defined. “Conventional frame” means the main longitudinal structural members of the chassis of a vehicle used as the major support in the construction of the vehicle.

(Added to NRS by 2005, 1239)

NRS 482.016 “Converter dolly” defined. “Converter dolly” means a vehicle with a fifth wheel lower half or equivalent mechanism, the attachment of which converts a semitrailer to a full trailer.

(Added to NRS by 1969, 683)

NRS 482.018 “Cowl assembly” defined. “Cowl assembly” means the forward structural portion of a vehicle to which are intended to be attached all or a part of the windshield frame, fire wall, housing of the instrument panel and hinges for the front doors.

(Added to NRS by 2005, 1239)

NRS 482.020 “Dealer” and “vehicle dealer” defined.

1. “Dealer” or “vehicle dealer” means any person who:

(a) For compensation, money or other thing of value sells, exchanges, buys, offers or displays for sale, negotiates or attempts to negotiate a sale or exchange of an interest in a vehicle subject to registration under this chapter or induces or attempts to induce any person to buy or exchange an interest in a vehicle;

(b) Represents that he or she has the ability to sell, exchange, buy or negotiate the sale or exchange of an interest in a vehicle subject to registration under this chapter or in any other state or territory of the United States;

(c) Receives or expects to receive a commission, money, brokerage fee, profit or any other thing of value from the seller or purchaser of a vehicle; or

(d) Is engaged wholly or in part in the business of selling vehicles or buying or taking in trade vehicles for the purpose of resale, selling or offering for sale or consignment to be sold or otherwise dealing in vehicles, whether or not he or she owns the vehicles.

2. “Dealer” or “vehicle dealer” does not include:

(a) An insurance company, bank, finance company, government agency or any other person coming into possession of a vehicle, acquiring a contractual right to a vehicle or incurring an obligation with respect to a vehicle in the performance of official duties or under the authority of any court of law, if the sale of the vehicle is for the purpose of saving the seller from loss or pursuant to the authority of a court of competent jurisdiction;

(b) A person, other than a long-term or short-term lessor, who is not engaged in the purchase or sale of vehicles as a business, but is disposing of vehicles acquired by the owner for his or her use and not for the purpose of avoiding the provisions of this chapter, or a person who sells not more than three personally owned vehicles in any 12-month period;

(c) Persons regularly employed as salespersons by dealers, licensed under this chapter, while those persons are acting within the scope of their employment;

(d) Persons who are incidentally engaged in the business of soliciting orders for the sale and delivery of vehicles outside the territorial limits of the United States if their sales of such vehicles produce less than 5 percent of their total gross revenue; or

(e) Persons who sell kit trailers but no other vehicle defined by this chapter.

[Part 1:202:1931; A 1951, 165; 1953, 280]—(NRS A 1975, 1069; 1993, 2339; 2007, 3201)

NRS 482.023 “Declared gross weight” defined. “Declared gross weight” means the maximum gross weight at which a motor vehicle or combination of vehicles will be operated, except the term does not include the weight of:

1. Another vehicle which is being carried or towed by a tow car, as that term is defined in NRS 706.131;

2. Implements of husbandry;

3. A trailer or other towed vehicle which is not used for a commercial enterprise;

4. Towable tools or equipment, as that term is defined in NRS 484D.055; or

5. The load on a farm vehicle which has an unladen weight of 10,000 pounds or more.

(Added to NRS by 1985, 1835; A 1987, 144; 1991, 2353)

NRS 482.028 “Distributor” defined; exception. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 482.36318, “distributor” means a person, other than a manufacturer, who is engaged in the business of selling new motor vehicles to dealers.

(Added to NRS by 1981, 189; A 2003, 20th Special Session, 299)

NRS 482.0285 “Duplicate number plate” defined. “Duplicate number plate” means a license plate or a set of license plates issued to a registered owner which repeats the code of a plate or set of plates previously issued to the owner to maintain the registration using the same code.

(Added to NRS by 2003, 373)

NRS 482.0287 “Electric bicycle” defined. “Electric bicycle” means a device upon which a person may ride, having two or three wheels, or every such device generally recognized as a bicycle that has fully operable pedals and is propelled by a small electric engine which produces not more than 1 gross brake horsepower and which produces not more than 750 watts final output, and:

1. Is designed to travel on not more than three wheels in contact with the ground but is not a tractor; and

2. Powered solely by such a small electric engine, is capable of a maximum speed of not more than 20 miles per hour on a flat surface while carrying an operator who weighs 170 pounds.

Ê The term does not include a moped.

(Added to NRS by 2009, 394)

NRS 482.029 “Electric personal assistive mobility device” defined. “Electric personal assistive mobility device” means a self-balancing, two nontandem wheeled device, designed to transport only one person, with an electric propulsion system that limits the maximum speed of the device to 15 miles per hour or less.

(Added to NRS by 2003, 1205)

NRS 482.030 “Essential parts” defined. “Essential parts” means all integral parts and body parts, the removal, alteration or substitution of which will tend to conceal the identity or substantially alter the appearance of the vehicle.

[Part 1:202:1931; A 1951, 165; 1953, 280]

NRS 482.035 “Farm tractor” defined. “Farm tractor” means every motor vehicle designed and used primarily as a farm implement for drawing plows, mowing machines and other implements of husbandry.

[Part 1:202:1931; A 1951, 165; 1953, 280]

NRS 482.036 “Farm vehicle” defined. “Farm vehicle” means any vehicle or combination of vehicles which is:

1. Controlled and operated by a farmer or rancher;

2. Used to transport his or her own livestock, agricultural products, or ranch or farm machinery or supplies to or from a ranch or farm; and

3. Not used in the operation of a common or contract carrier.

(Added to NRS by 1991, 2353)

NRS 482.037 “Fiscal year” defined. “Fiscal year” means a year commencing at 12 p.m. June 30 and ending at 12 p.m. the following June 30.

(Added to NRS by 1969, 684)

NRS 482.0385 “Floor pan assembly” defined. “Floor pan assembly” means the pans designed and intended to form the floor of the passenger compartment of a vehicle.

(Added to NRS by 2005, 1239)

NRS 482.040 “Foreign vehicle” defined. “Foreign vehicle” means every motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer which has been brought into this State otherwise than in the ordinary course of business by or through a manufacturer or dealer and which has not been registered in this State.

[Part 1:202:1931; A 1951, 165; 1953, 280]—(NRS A 1969, 186)

NRS 482.043 “Franchise” defined. “Franchise” means a written agreement between a manufacturer or distributor and a dealer by which:

1. A commercial relationship of definite duration or continuing indefinite duration is established.

2. The dealer is granted the right to offer and sell at retail new vehicles, other than mopeds, farm tractors or special mobile equipment.

3. The dealer constitutes a component of a distribution system for new vehicles.

4. The operation of the dealer’s business is substantially associated with the trademark, trade name, advertising or other commercial symbol designating a manufacturer or distributor.

5. The operation of a portion of the dealer’s business is substantially reliant on the manufacturer or distributor for a continued supply of new vehicles, parts and accessories.

(Added to NRS by 1981, 189; A 1983, 838; 2003, 20th Special Session, 299)

NRS 482.044 “Golf cart” defined. “Golf cart” means a motor vehicle which:

1. Has no fewer than three wheels in contact with the ground; and

2. Is designed to carry golf equipment and no more than four persons, including the driver.

(Added to NRS by 1991, 2329; A 1995, 18)

NRS 482.0445 “Gross vehicle weight rating” defined. “Gross vehicle weight rating” means the maximum gross weight, as designated by the manufacturer, at which a vehicle is capable of being operated, including any load the vehicle is capable of carrying but excluding any weight the vehicle is capable of towing.

(Added to NRS by 2009, 466)

NRS 482.045 “Highway” defined. “Highway” means the entire width between the boundary lines of every way maintained by a public authority when any part of such way is open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular traffic.

[Part 1:202:1931; A 1951, 165; 1953, 280]—(NRS A 1973, 230)

NRS 482.050 “Identification” and “permanent identifying” defined. “Identification” or “permanent identifying” as used in this chapter with respect to the number of a vehicle subject to registration under this chapter shall, for the purpose of the registration or departmental record thereof, or any evidence of such registration, be construed to mean such identification, or permanent identifying number of any vehicle which the manufacturer thereof may, in its discretion, adopt or has adopted as an identification or permanent identifying number of the vehicles manufactured by it, or which the Director may approve as the identification number, in lieu of or in addition to a motor number or serial number or a motor and serial number.

[1.5:202:1931; added 1949, 511; 1943 NCL § 4435a]—(NRS A 1961, 128)

NRS 482.0515 “Kit trailer” defined. “Kit trailer” means a vehicle without motive power which:

1. Is designed to carry property on its own structure and to be drawn or towed by a motor vehicle;

2. Is sold new in an unassembled, prepackaged condition;

3. Does not exceed 6 feet in width and 8 feet in length once assembled; and

4. Does not weigh more than 250 pounds unladen.

(Added to NRS by 2007, 3199)

NRS 482.053 “Lease,” “long-term lessee,” “long-term lessor,” “short-term lessee” and “short-term lessor” defined. For the purposes of regulation under this chapter and of imposing tort liability under NRS 41.440, and for no other purpose:

1. “Lease” means a contract by which the lienholder or owner of a vehicle transfers to another person, for compensation, the right to use such vehicle.

2. “Long-term lessee” means a person who has leased a vehicle from another person for a fixed period of more than 31 days.

3. “Long-term lessor” means a person who has leased a vehicle to another person for a fixed period of more than 31 days.

4. “Short-term lessee” means a person who has leased a vehicle from another person for a period of 31 days or less, or by the day, or by the trip.

5. “Short-term lessor” means a person who has leased a vehicle to another person for a period of 31 days or less, or by the day, or by the trip.

(Added to NRS by 1967, 704; A 1975, 1070)

NRS 482.055 “Lienholder” defined. “Lienholder” means a person who holds a security interest in a vehicle and whose name appears on the certificate of title as legal owner.

[Part 1:202:1931; A 1951, 165; 1953, 280]—(NRS A 1965, 1472; 1975, 1071)

NRS 482.0555 “Local authority” defined. “Local authority” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 484A.115.

(Added to NRS by 1995, 2358)

NRS 482.060 “Manufacturer” defined. “Manufacturer” means every person engaged in the business of manufacturing motor vehicles, trailers or semitrailers.

[Part 1:202:1931; A 1951, 165; 1953, 280]

NRS 482.065 “Metal tires” defined. “Metal tires” means all tires the surface of which in contact with the highway is wholly or partly of metal or other hard, nonresilient material.

[Part 1:202:1931; A 1951, 165; 1953, 280]

NRS 482.066 “Mini motor home” defined. “Mini motor home” means a vehicular-type unit designed for temporary living quarters for travel, camping or recreational use which is:

1. A structure attached permanently on a self-propelled chassis; or

2. A portable unit designed to be affixed permanently to a truck chassis with cab,

Ê which is designated as a mini motor home by the manufacturer.

(Added to NRS by 1973, 229)

NRS 482.067 “Mobile home” defined. “Mobile home” means a vehicular structure, built on a chassis or frame, which is designed to be used with or without a permanent foundation and is capable of being drawn by a motor vehicle. It may be used as a dwelling when connected to utilities or may be used permanently or temporarily for the advertising, sales, display or promotion of merchandise or services. The term does not include a recreational park trailer.

(Added to NRS by 1963, 348; A 1973, 230; 2001, 1725)

NRS 482.069 “Moped” defined. “Moped” means a motor-driven scooter, motor-driven cycle or similar vehicle that is propelled by a small engine which produces not more than 2 gross brake horsepower, has a displacement of not more than 50 cubic centimeters or produces not more than 1500 watts final output, and:

1. Is designed to travel on not more than three wheels in contact with the ground but is not a tractor; and

2. Is capable of a maximum speed of not more than 30 miles per hour on a flat surface with not more than 1 percent grade in any direction when the motor is engaged.

Ê The term does not include an electric bicycle.

(Added to NRS by 1975, 1075; A 1983, 895; 2009, 394)

NRS 482.070 “Motorcycle” defined. “Motorcycle” means every motor vehicle designed to travel on not more than three wheels in contact with the ground, except any such vehicle as may be included within the term “electric bicycle,” “tractor” or “moped” as defined in this chapter.

[Part 1:202:1931; A 1951, 165; 1953, 280]—(NRS A 1975, 1075; 2009, 394)

NRS 482.071 “Motor home” defined. “Motor home” means a structure:

1. Attached permanently to a self-propelled motor vehicle chassis;

2. Designed as a temporary dwelling for travel, recreational or camping use; and

3. When assembled for the road, has a maximum body width of 102 inches.

(Added to NRS by 1973, 229; A 2001, 1725)

NRS 482.073 “Motortruck” defined. “Motortruck” means every motor vehicle designed, used or maintained primarily for the transportation of property.

(Added to NRS by 1969, 689)

NRS 482.075 “Motor vehicle” defined. “Motor vehicle” means every vehicle as defined in NRS 482.135 which is self-propelled.

[Part 1:202:1931; A 1951, 165; 1953, 280]

NRS 482.076 “New vehicle” defined. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 482.363521, “new vehicle” means a vehicle:

1. That has never been registered with the Department and has never been registered with the appropriate agency of authority of any other state, the District of Columbia, any territory or possession of the United States or foreign state, province or country;

2. For which a certificate of title has never been issued by the Department or by the appropriate agency of authority of any other state, the District of Columbia, any territory or possession of the United States or foreign state, province or country; or

3. That has been so registered or for which a certificate of title has been so issued, if the vehicle is equipped with an odometer that registers 2,500 miles or less.

(Added to NRS by 1965, 1471; A 1995, 776; 2007, 3201)

NRS 482.078 “New vehicle dealer” defined. “New vehicle dealer” means any vehicle dealer licensed under the provisions of this chapter as a new vehicle dealer who has a franchise from a manufacturer of vehicles to sell new vehicles and who acquires new or new and used vehicles for resale.

(Added to NRS by 1965, 1471; A 1975, 1071)

NRS 482.080 “Nonresident” defined. “Nonresident” means every person who is not a resident of this State, and who does not use his or her motor vehicle for a gainful purpose.

[Part 1:202:1931; A 1951, 165; 1953, 280]

NRS 482.084 “Out-of-state student” defined. “Out-of-state student” means a student whose legal residence is not in this State and who comes into Nevada for the purpose of attending an educational institution.

(Added to NRS by 1973, 1567)

NRS 482.085 “Owner” defined. “Owner” means a person who holds the legal title of a vehicle and whose name appears on the certificate of title, and any lienholder whose name appears on the certificate of title. If a vehicle is the subject of an agreement for the conditional sale or lease thereof with or without the right of purchase upon performance of the conditions stated in the agreement and with an immediate right of possession vested in the conditional vendee or lessee, or if a mortgagor of a vehicle is entitled to possession, then the conditional vendee or lessee or mortgagor shall be deemed the owner for the purpose of this chapter.

[Part 1:202:1931; A 1951, 165; 1953, 280]—(NRS A 1973, 230; 1987, 1144; 2003, 457)

NRS 482.087 “Passenger car” defined. “Passenger car” means a motor vehicle designed for carrying 10 persons or less, except a motorcycle or motor-driven cycle.

(Added to NRS by 1969, 684; A 2009, 394)

NRS 482.091 “Passenger compartment” defined. “Passenger compartment” means the area of a vehicle designed and intended for the seating of the driver and passengers.

(Added to NRS by 2005, 1239)

NRS 482.095 “Pneumatic tires” defined. “Pneumatic tires” means all tires inflated with compressed air.

[Part 1:202:1931; A 1951, 165; 1953, 280]

NRS 482.096 “Purchase price” defined. “Purchase price” means:

1. If no security interest is taken, retained, created or in existence by virtue of a sale of a vehicle in this State, the price of the vehicle plus any additional included amounts for taxes, official fees, registration fees, transfer of title fees, delivery charges, installation charges, servicing charges, repair charges, alteration charges and improvement charges, or any of them.

2. If a security interest is taken, retained, created or in existence by virtue of a sale of a vehicle in this State, the amounts specified in subsection 1 plus any time price differential included in the security agreement or the obligation which it secures.

(Added to NRS by 1975, 443)

NRS 482.0965 “Rear clip assembly” defined. “Rear clip assembly” means the entire rear structural portion of a vehicle designed and intended to be located behind the rear seat of the vehicle.

(Added to NRS by 2005, 1239)

NRS 482.097 “Rebuilder” defined.

1. “Rebuilder” means a person engaged in the:

(a) Business of reconstructing motor vehicles by the alteration, addition or substitution of substantial or essential parts; or

(b) Assembling of replica or specially constructed vehicles from unassembled parts.

2. Nothing in this section shall be construed to require any licensed new or used vehicle dealer to secure a license as a rebuilder in conjunction with rebuilding in his or her own facilities.

(Added to NRS by 1971, 1302; A 2007, 3202)

NRS 482.098 “Rebuilt vehicle” defined.

1. “Rebuilt vehicle” means a vehicle:

(a) That is a salvage vehicle as that term is defined in NRS 487.770, excluding a nonrepairable vehicle; or

(b) One or more major components of which have been replaced as set forth in this subsection. For the purposes of this subsection, the requisite major components of a vehicle which must be replaced for a vehicle to be considered rebuilt are the:

(1) Cowl assembly;

(2) Rear clip assembly;

(3) Roof assembly;

(4) Floor pan assembly;

(5) Conventional frame coupled with one additional major component; or

(6) Complete front inner structure for a unibody.

2. The term does not include a vehicle for which the only change is the installation of a truck cab assembly.

3. For the purposes of this section, “replaced” means the substitution, or change in whole, of a new, used or after-market part of a vehicle.

(Added to NRS by 1987, 1591; A 1997, 2861; 2003, 515, 1907; 2005, 1240)

NRS 482.100 “Reconstructed vehicle” defined. “Reconstructed vehicle” means any vehicle which shall have been assembled or constructed largely by means of essential parts, new or used, derived from other vehicles or makes of vehicles of various names, models or types, or which, if originally otherwise constructed, shall have been materially altered by the removal of essential parts or by the addition or substitution of essential parts, new or used, derived from other vehicles or makes of vehicles.

[Part 1:202:1931; A 1951, 165; 1953, 280]

NRS 482.1005 “Recreational park trailer” defined.

1. “Recreational park trailer” means a vehicle which is primarily designed to provide temporary living quarters for recreational, camping or seasonal use and which:

(a) Is built on a single chassis mounted on wheels;

(b) Has a gross trailer area not exceeding 400 square feet in the set-up mode; and

2. Nothing in this section shall be construed to mean that a recreational park trailer is a vehicle which must be registered pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.

(Added to NRS by 2001, 1725; A 2007, 3202)

NRS 482.101 “Recreational vehicle” defined. “Recreational vehicle” means a vehicular-type unit primarily designed as temporary living quarters for travel, recreational or camping use, which may be self-propelled, mounted upon, or drawn by, a motor vehicle. The term includes a recreational park trailer.

(Added to NRS by 1973, 229, 1585; A 2001, 1726)

NRS 482.1015 “Registered dealer” defined. “Registered dealer” means a new vehicle dealer who is authorized to issue certificates of registration pursuant to NRS 482.216.

(Added to NRS by 1995, 1860)

NRS 482.102 “Registered owner” defined. “Registered owner” means a natural person, firm, corporation or association whose name appears in the files of the Department as the person to whom the vehicle is registered.

(Added to NRS by 1973, 229; A 1999, 3576)

NRS 482.103 “Resident” defined.

1. “Resident” includes, but is not limited to, a person:

(a) Whose legal residence is in the State of Nevada.

(b) Who engages in intrastate business and operates in such a business any motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer, or any person maintaining such vehicles in this State, as the home state of such vehicles.

(c) Who physically resides in this State and engages in a trade, profession, occupation or accepts gainful employment in this State.

(d) Who declares that he or she is a resident of Nevada for purposes of obtaining privileges not ordinarily extended to nonresidents of this State.

2. The term does not include a person who is an actual tourist, an out-of-state student, a border state employee or a seasonal resident.

3. The provisions of this section do not apply to persons who operate vehicles in this State under the provisions of NRS 482.385, 482.390, 482.395 or 706.801 to 706.861, inclusive.

(Added to NRS by 1973, 1567; A 1989, 703)

NRS 482.106 “Roof assembly” defined. “Roof assembly” means the structural parts of a vehicle, including, without limitation, more than one-half of the vertical roof supports, the framework of the roof and the exterior metal skin, that together are designed and intended to be located over the passenger compartment to form the roof of the vehicle.

(Added to NRS by 2005, 1239)

NRS 482.107 “Salesperson” defined. “Salesperson” means:

1. A person employed by a vehicle dealer, under any form of contract or arrangement to sell, exchange, buy, or offer for sale, or exchange an interest in a vehicle to any person, who receives or expects to receive a commission, fee or any other consideration from the seller or purchaser of the vehicle; or

2. A person who exercises managerial control within the business of a dealer or a long-term or short-term lessor, or who supervises salespersons employed by a dealer or a long-term or short-term lessor, whether compensated by salary or by commission, or who negotiates with or induces a customer to enter into a security agreement on behalf of a dealer or a long-term or short-term lessor.

(Added to NRS by 1957, 508; A 1993, 2340)

NRS 482.109 “Security interest” defined. “Security interest” means an interest in a vehicle, including a mobile home whether or not permanently attached to the land, reserved or created by agreement, which secures payment or performance of an obligation. “Security interest” includes the interest of a lessor under a lease intended as security. Whether a lease is intended as security is to be determined by the facts of each case, but:

1. The inclusion of an option to purchase does not of itself make the lease one intended for security; and

2. An agreement that upon compliance with the terms of the lease the lessee shall become or has the option to become the owner of the vehicle for no additional consideration does make the lease one intended for security.

(Added to NRS by 1975, 443)

NRS 482.110 “Semitrailer” defined. “Semitrailer” means every vehicle of the trailer type so designed and used in conjunction with a motor vehicle that some part of its own weight and that of its own load rests upon or is carried by another vehicle.

[Part 1:202:1931; A 1951, 165; 1953, 280]

NRS 482.1115 “Service vehicle” and “work vehicle” defined. “Service vehicle” or “work vehicle” means a vehicle owned and operated by a licensed dealer, manufacturer, distributor, long-term or short-term lessor, rebuilder or broker in the furtherance of his or her business. Such vehicles include, without limitation, a passenger shuttle bus, a tow car, a delivery vehicle or any other vehicle used to transport customers or property to or from the place of business of the dealer, manufacturer, distributor, long-term or short-term lessor, rebuilder or broker.

(Added to NRS by 2007, 3199)

NRS 482.113 “Slide-in camper” defined. “Slide-in camper” means a portable unit designed to be loaded and unloaded from the bed of a pickup truck, and so constructed as to provide temporary living quarters for travel, camping or recreational use.

(Added to NRS by 1973, 230)

NRS 482.115 “Solid rubber tires” defined. “Solid rubber tires” means every tire made of rubber other than a pneumatic tire.

[Part 1:202:1931; A 1951, 165; 1953, 280]

NRS 482.120 “Specially constructed vehicle” defined. “Specially constructed vehicle” means any vehicle which shall not have been originally constructed under a distinctive name, make, model or type by a generally recognized manufacturer of vehicles.

[Part 1:202:1931; A 1951, 165; 1953, 280]

NRS 482.123 “Special mobile equipment” defined.

1. “Special mobile equipment” means every motor vehicle not designed or used primarily for the transportation of persons or property and only incidentally operated or moved upon a highway, including, but not limited to, scoopmobiles, forklifts, ditch-digging apparatus, well-boring apparatus and road construction and maintenance machinery such as asphalt graders, bituminous mixers, bucket loaders, tractors other than truck tractors, leveling graders, finishing machines, motor graders, road rollers, scarifiers, earth-moving carryalls and scrapers, power shovels and draglines, and earth-moving equipment.

2. “Special mobile equipment” does not include house trailers, dump trucks, truck-mounted transit mixers, concrete pumpers, cranes or drill rigs with highway-rated tires or other vehicles designed for the transportation of persons or property to which machinery has been attached.

3. The Director may make the final determination as to whether a vehicle not specifically enumerated in subsection 1 or 2 falls within this definition.

4. The Department shall, by regulation, define “incidentally operated or moved upon a highway” for purposes of this section.

(Added to NRS by 1971, 1302; A 1973, 221; 2007, 229)

NRS 482.124 “Substitute number plate” defined. “Substitute number plate” means a license plate or a set of license plates issued in place of a previously issued and unexpired plate or set of plates. The plate or set of plates does not repeat the code of the previously issued plate or set.

(Added to NRS by 2003, 374)

NRS 482.125 “Trailer” defined. “Trailer” means every vehicle without motive power designed to carry property or passengers wholly on its own structure and to be drawn by a motor vehicle.

[Part 1:202:1931; A 1951, 165; 1953, 280]

NRS 482.127 “Travel trailer” defined. “Travel trailer” means a portable structure mounted on wheels, constructed on a vehicular-type chassis primarily designed as temporary living quarters for recreational, camping or travel use and designed to be drawn by another vehicle and designated by the manufacturer as a travel trailer. A vehicle is not a travel trailer if, when equipped for highway use, it is more than 8 feet wide.

(Added to NRS by 1973, 230; A 1979, 1222)

NRS 482.129 “Trimobile” defined. “Trimobile” means every motor vehicle designed to travel with three wheels in contact with the ground, two of which are power driven.

(Added to NRS by 1979, 854)

NRS 482.1295 “Truck cab assembly” defined. “Truck cab assembly” means a removable portion of a truck that uses a conventional frame assembly consisting of a cab that may be bolted and unbolted which includes a floor assembly, cowl assembly, roof assembly and rear panel and may also include front, side or rear glass and front or rear left or right doors.

(Added to NRS by 2005, 1239)

NRS 482.130 “Truck-tractor” defined. “Truck-tractor” means every motor vehicle designed and used primarily for drawing other vehicles and not so constructed as to carry a load other than a part of the weight of the vehicle and load so drawn.

[Part 1:202:1931; A 1951, 165; 1953, 280]

NRS 482.132 “Used vehicle” defined. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 482.366605, “used vehicle” means a vehicle that:

1. Has been registered with the Department or with the appropriate agency of authority of any other state, the District of Columbia, any territory or possession of the United States or foreign state, province or country and, if equipped with an odometer, registers more than 2,500 miles on the odometer; or

2. Regardless of mileage, is at least 1 model year old, as determined by the vehicle manufacturer, and has been registered with the Department or with the appropriate agency of authority of any other state, the District of Columbia, any territory or possession of the United States or foreign state, province or country for 30 days or more, if no exemptions for registration exist under the laws of this State or the laws of the jurisdiction in which the vehicle was registered.

(Added to NRS by 1965, 1472; A 1995, 776; 1999, 1163; 2007, 3202)

NRS 482.133 “Used vehicle dealer” defined. “Used vehicle dealer” means any vehicle dealer who is licensed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter as a used vehicle dealer and who acquires used vehicles for resale.

(Added to NRS by 1965, 1472; A 1971, 1302; 1973, 231; 1975, 1071; 1995, 776)

NRS 482.134 “Utility trailer” defined. “Utility trailer” means a vehicle, without motive power, designed to carry property or passengers wholly on its own structure, and to be drawn by a motor vehicle. It may not exceed 8 feet in width nor 3,500 pounds in weight.

(Added to NRS by 1973, 230)

NRS 482.1345 “Van conversion” defined. “Van conversion” means a vehicular-type unit originally designed and manufactured as a van or enclosed truck, which is modified to be used for travel, camping or recreational use, but which retains the basic silhouette of a van.

(Added to NRS by 1973, 230)

NRS 482.135 “Vehicle” defined. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 482.36348, “vehicle” means every device in, upon or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a public highway. The term does not include:

1. Devices moved by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks;

2. Mobile homes or commercial coaches as defined in chapter 489 of NRS; or

3. Electric personal assistive mobility devices.

[Part 1:202:1931; A 1951, 165; 1953, 280]—(NRS A 1979, 1222; 2003, 1205; 2003, 20th Special Session, 299)

NRS 482.137 “Vehicle transporter” defined. “Vehicle transporter” means a person who engages in the business of transporting motor vehicles in which he or she has no ownership interest and which are otherwise required to be registered pursuant to this chapter by operating them, singly or in combination, upon the highway under their own motive power.

(Added to NRS by 1987, 2077)

ADMINISTRATION

NRS 482.155 Enforcement of provisions of chapter by Department, its officers and peace officers. The Department, all officers thereof and all peace officers in this State shall enforce the provisions of this chapter.

[Part 3:202:1931; A 1953, 105]

NRS 482.160 Administrative regulations; branch offices; appointment of agents and designation of county assessor as agent; compensation of certain agents.

1. The Director may adopt and enforce such administrative regulations as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter.

2. The Director may establish branch offices as provided in NRS 481.055, and may by contract appoint any person or public agency as an agent to assist in carrying out the duties of the Department pursuant to this chapter. The Director may designate the county assessor of any county as agent to assist in carrying out the duties of the Department in that county. The county assessor may, under an agreement with the Department made pursuant to this subsection, transfer his or her duties as agent to the Department where the Department has established a branch office, consisting of full-time employees, in the county.

3. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the contract with each agent appointed by the Department in connection with the registration of motor vehicles and issuance of license plates must provide for compensation based upon the reasonable value of the services of the agent but must not exceed $2 for each registration. An authorized inspection station or authorized station that issues certificates of registration pursuant to NRS 482.281 is not entitled to receive compensation from the Department pursuant to this subsection.

[Part 3:202:1931; A 1953, 105]—(NRS A 1959, 909; 1961, 128; 1969, 1544; 1979, 552; 1981, 242; 1983, 1618; 1985, 732; 1989, 505, 703; 1991, 1914, 1988; 1993, 586, 2860)

NRS 482.162 Department to adopt regulations setting forth criteria for determination of whether person is farmer or rancher; presentation of evidence to Department. The Department shall adopt regulations establishing the criteria to be used to determine whether a person is a farmer or rancher for the purposes of NRS 482.036 and 706.071. A person must present appropriate evidence to allow the Department to make the determination that the person satisfies the criteria set forth in the regulations.

(Added to NRS by 1991, 2353)

NRS 482.165 Director to provide forms. The Director shall provide suitable forms for applications, registration cards, license number plates, and all other forms requisite for the purposes of this chapter, and shall prepay all transportation charges thereon.

[Part 3:202:1931; A 1953, 105]—(NRS A 1961, 129)

NRS 482.170 Records of Department concerning registration and licensing. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 239.0115, 481.063 and 485.316, all personal information in the records of registration and licensing in the offices of the Department is confidential and must not knowingly be disclosed by the Department.

[4:202:1931; 1931 NCL § 4435.03]—(NRS A 1991, 487; 1993, 2479; 1995, 1929; 2007, 2114)

NRS 482.171 List of registered owners to be provided for selection of jury; reimbursement of Department.

1. The Department shall provide a list of registered owners of motor vehicles in any county upon the request of a district judge of the judicial district in which the county lies for use by the district judge for purposes of jury selection.

2. The court which requests the list shall reimburse the Department for the reasonable cost of the list.

(Added to NRS by 1977, 739)

NRS 482.173 Schedule for retention and disposition of certain records of Department.

1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any schedule for the retention and disposition of official state records to the contrary, the Director shall ensure that the Department retains the originals of:

(a) Certificates of title that are submitted to the Department for the registration of a vehicle which has been sold or transferred; and

(b) Forms for a power of attorney that are submitted to the Department pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 482.415,

Ê for at least 1 year after the date on which such documents are received by the Department.

2. Notwithstanding the provisions of NRS 239.080, the Director may order the destruction of certificates of title and forms for a power of attorney which are retained pursuant to subsection 1 after the expiration of the 1-year period set forth in that subsection.

3. The Department shall keep a record showing when certificates of title and forms for a power of attorney are destroyed.

(Added to NRS by 1965, 168; A 2001, 1888; 2003, 457)

NRS 482.175 Validity of registration: Powers and duties of Department and registered dealers. The Department and the officers and deputies thereof and registered dealers shall examine, and to the best of their ability determine the genuineness and regularity of, every registration and transfer of registration of a vehicle as provided in this chapter, in order that every certificate issued for a vehicle must contain true statements of the ownership thereof, and to prevent the registration of a vehicle by any person not entitled thereto. The Department or a registered dealer may require any applicant to furnish such information in addition to that contained in the application as may be necessary to satisfy the Department of the truth and regularity of the application.

[Part 7:202:1931; 1931 NCL § 4435.06]—(NRS A 1995, 1861)

NRS 482.180 Motor Vehicle Fund: Creation; deposits; interest and income; dishonored payments; distribution of money collected for basic governmental services tax; transfers.

1. The Motor Vehicle Fund is hereby created as an agency fund. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4 or by a specific statute, all money received or collected by the Department must be deposited in the State Treasury for credit to the Motor Vehicle Fund.

2. The interest and income on the money in the Motor Vehicle Fund, after deducting any applicable charges, must be credited to the State Highway Fund.

3. Any check accepted by the Department in payment of the governmental services tax or any other fee required to be collected pursuant to this chapter must, if it is dishonored upon presentation for payment, be charged back against the Motor Vehicle Fund or the county to which the payment was credited pursuant to this section or NRS 482.181, in the proper proportion.

4. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 6, all money received or collected by the Department for the basic governmental services tax must be distributed in the manner set forth in NRS 482.181 and 482.182.

5. Money for the administration of the provisions of this chapter must be provided by direct legislative appropriation from the State Highway Fund or other legislative authorization, upon the presentation of budgets in the manner required by law. Out of the appropriation or authorization, the Department shall pay every item of expense.

6. The Department shall withhold 6 percent from the amount of the governmental services tax collected by the Department as a commission. From the amount of the governmental services tax collected by a county assessor, the State Controller shall credit 1 percent to the Department as a commission and remit 5 percent to the county for credit to its general fund as commission for the services of the county assessor. All money withheld by or credited to the Department pursuant to this subsection must be used only for the administration of this chapter as authorized by the Legislature pursuant to subsection 5.

7. When the requirements of this section and NRS 482.181 and 482.182 have been met, and when directed by the Department, the State Controller shall transfer monthly to the State Highway Fund any balance in the Motor Vehicle Fund.

8. If a statute requires that any money in the Motor Vehicle Fund be transferred to another fund or account, the Department shall direct the State Controller to transfer the money in accordance with the statute.

[Part 30:202:1931; A 1931, 339; 1937, 330; 1941, 19; 1949, 410; 1951, 177; 1953, 280]—(NRS A 1957, 769; 1959, 910, 917; 1960, 99; 1963, 1124; 1965, 683, 1230; 1969, 339; 1971, 2090; 1973, 220; 1975, 210, 440; 1977, 393; 1979, 110, 553, 1119, 1121, 1247, 1248; 1981, 242, 811, 1545, 1547; 1983, 1586; 1985, 732; 1987, 2272; 1989, 1149; 1991, 42; 1993, 2648; 1995, 990; 1997, 3298; 1999, 22, 2777; 2001, 306, 1832, 1834; 2001 Special Session, 144, 159; 2003, 274; 2009, 2194)

NRS 482.1805 Revolving Account for Issuance of Special License Plates: Creation; deposit of certain fees; use of money in Account; transfer of excess balance to State Highway Fund.

1. The Revolving Account for the Issuance of Special License Plates is hereby created as a special account in the State Highway Fund. An amount equal to $35 of the fee received by the Department for the initial issuance of a special license plate, not including any additional fee which may be added to generate financial support for a particular cause or charitable organization, must be deposited in the State Highway Fund for credit to the Account.

2. The Department shall use the money in the Account to:

(a) Pay the expenses involved in issuing special license plates; and

(b) Purchase improved and upgraded technology, including, without limitation, digital technology for the production of special license plates, to ensure that special license plates are produced in the most efficient manner possible.

3. Money in the Account must be used only for the purposes specified in subsection 2.

4. At the end of each fiscal year, the State Controller shall transfer from the Account to the State Highway Fund an amount of money equal to the balance in the Account which exceeds $50,000.

(Added to NRS by 1999, 779; A 2001, 1837; 2003, 3067, 3346; 2009, 1029)

NRS 482.181 Governmental services taxes: Certification of amount collected each month; distribution. [Effective through June 30, 2013.]

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 5, after deducting the amount withheld by the Department and the amount credited to the Department pursuant to subsection 6 of NRS 482.180, and the amount transferred to the State General Fund pursuant to NRS 482.182, the Department shall certify monthly to the State Board of Examiners the amount of the basic and supplemental governmental services taxes collected for each county by the Department and its agents during the preceding month, and that money must be distributed monthly as provided in this section.

2. Any supplemental governmental services tax collected for a county must be distributed only to the county, to be used as provided in NRS 371.043, 371.045 and 371.047.

3. The distribution of the basic governmental services tax received or collected for each county must be made to the county school district within each county before any distribution is made to a local government, special district or enterprise district. For the purpose of calculating the amount of the basic governmental services tax to be distributed to the county school district, the taxes levied by each local government, special district and enterprise district are the product of its certified valuation, determined pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 361.405, and its tax rate, established pursuant to NRS 361.455 for the fiscal year beginning on July 1, 1980, except that the tax rate for school districts, including the rate attributable to a district’s debt service, is the rate established pursuant to NRS 361.455 for the fiscal year beginning on July 1, 1978, but if the rate attributable to a district’s debt service in any fiscal year is greater than its rate for the fiscal year beginning on July 1, 1978, the higher rate must be used to determine the amount attributable to debt service.

4. After making the distributions set forth in subsection 3, the remaining money received or collected for each county must be deposited in the Local Government Tax Distribution Account created by NRS 360.660 for distribution to local governments, special districts and enterprise districts within each county pursuant to the provisions of NRS 360.680 and 360.690.

5. An amount equal to any basic governmental services tax distributed to a redevelopment agency in the Fiscal Year 1987-1988 must continue to be distributed to that agency as long as it exists but must not be increased.

6. The Department shall make distributions of the basic governmental services tax directly to county school districts.

7. As used in this section:

(a) “Enterprise district” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 360.620.

(b) “Local government” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 360.640.

(1) For the basic governmental services tax collected on vehicles subject to the provisions of chapter 706 of NRS, the amount determined for each county based on the following percentages:

Carson City.................. 1.07 percent Lincoln................... 3.12 percent

Churchill........................ 5.21 percent Lyon....................... 2.90 percent

Clark............................ 22.54 percent Mineral................... 2.40 percent

Douglas......................... 2.52 percent Nye......................... 4.09 percent

Elko............................. 13.31 percent Pershing.................. 7.00 percent

Esmeralda..................... 2.52 percent Storey..................... 0.19 percent

Eureka........................... 3.10 percent Washoe................ 12.24 percent

Humboldt..................... 8.25 percent White Pine............. 5.66 percent

Lander........................... 3.88 percent

(2) For all other basic and supplemental governmental services tax received or collected by the Department, the amount attributable to each county based on the county of registration of the vehicle for which the tax was paid.

(d) “Special district” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 360.650.

(Added to NRS by 1985, 731; A 1987, 1693, 1724; 1989, 1882; 1991, 43; 1995, 180, 2183, 2747; 1997, 604, 1587, 1589, 2565, 2566, 2567, 3301, 3299; 1999, 664, 1216; 2001, 307, 1001; 2001 Special Session, 145, 160; 2003, 18, 1313; 2009, 2080, 2194)

NRS 482.181 Governmental services taxes: Certification of amount collected each month; distribution. [Effective July 1, 2013.]

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 5, after deducting the amount withheld by the Department and the amount credited to the Department pursuant to subsection 6 of NRS 482.180, and the amount transferred to the State Highway Fund pursuant to NRS 482.182, the Department shall certify monthly to the State Board of Examiners the amount of the basic and supplemental governmental services taxes collected for each county by the Department and its agents during the preceding month, and that money must be distributed monthly as provided in this section.