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Yes: 60 • No: 0
NevadaAB41583rd Regular Session (2025)HouseWALLET
AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; revising provisions governing the disposition of certain vehicles abandoned on public or private property; revising provisions governing the issuance of junk certificates by the Department of Motor Vehicles; revising provisions governing lists of operators of tow cars used by law enforcement agencies; prohibiting the operator of a tow car from falsely reporting the location of the operator or tow car to a law enforcement agency for certain purposes; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Sponsored By: Angela D. Taylor (Democratic), Heather Goulding (Democratic), Max E., II Carter (Democratic), Robin L.Minority Leader Titus (Republican)
Signed by Governor
BDR 43-821
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Bill Overview
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Stronger towing notices and fee limits
If your car is towed by someone other than you, the tow company must mail a certified notice. For crash tows requested by police, the notice is due within 21 days; for other tows, within 15 days. The letter must say where the car is, security, fees, when storage began, how to get it back, and how to contest presumptions. Without these notices, storage fees cannot run past 21 days for crash tows or 15 days for other tows. After a crash tow or a recovered‑theft tow, the company cannot satisfy a lien or charge admin fees for 4 business days, and cannot charge auction fees until it follows state auction‑notice rules.
7-day junk notice for unregistered cars
When a car looks like junk, is unregistered, and the owner is unknown, a 7‑day notice can be put on it. If it is not removed in 7 days, it can be junked or dismantled without more notice. The notice must list the date and time and explain the right to ask for a fast justice‑court hearing to contest the junk label. After the wrecker tells the agency about the tow, the agency does not have to search for the owner, but must give an owner who calls the wrecker’s contact info.
Abandoned car rules and DMV suspensions
If police find an abandoned car on public land, they must check the plate and VIN to see if it is stolen and tell the DMV when the owner is known. The DMV sends a certified letter giving the owner 30 days to remove the vehicle. If the owner does not remove it or file the required affidavit in 30 days, the DMV suspends all of that owner’s current registrations until the owner proves removal or pays costs. Anyone who orders a tow must send the car to the nearest designated storage and share the checked plate and VIN details with the storage site. Owners or controllers of private property can ask a tow operator to remove a vehicle they reasonably believe is abandoned.
Low-value junk car titles and sales
A car is a junk vehicle if its scrap value is $500 or less. If a car appraised at $500 or less is not reclaimed within 15 days after certified‑mail notice, all ownership and lien interests are waived. The state then issues a salvage title to the wrecker, or a regular title to a garage that keeps a properly equipped vehicle; cars over $500 use the standard disposal path. The DMV can issue junk certificates to wreckers, which allow dismantling or scrapping. Sellers and wreckers must endorse the certificate, add the buyer’s business name, apply for a new one within 10 days if space is full, and keep records for 2 years for inspection.
Tighter rules for police tow lists
Police can list a tow operator only if the operator is licensed, follows state rules, responds quickly, keeps secure Nevada storage, meets safety standards, and uses approved nonconsensual‑tow rates. Sharing an insurance policy with one other listed operator is allowed, but sharing with two or more others in the same area makes an operator ineligible. Operators are banned from faking their location to get a tow; a violation means removal from the list for 1 year. The state Authority cannot force towers to charge police the same rates they charge other customers for nonconsensual tows.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsors
Angela D. Taylor
Democratic • Senate
Heather Goulding
Democratic • House
Max E., II Carter
Democratic • House
Robin L.Minority Leader Titus
Republican • Senate
Cosponsors
Jill Dickman
Republican • House
RobertaAssistant Majority Leader Lange
Democratic • Senate
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 5/28/2025
Final Passage - Senate (1st Reprint)
Yes: 19 • No: 0
House vote • 5/26/2025
Final Passage - Assembly (1st Reprint)
Yes: 41 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Chapter 329.
6/6/2025legislatureApproved by the Governor.
6/5/2025legislatureEnrolled and delivered to Governor.
5/31/2025legislatureIn Assembly. To enrollment.
5/29/2025HouseRead third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 19, Nays: None, Excused: 2.) To Assembly.
5/28/2025SenateRead second time.
5/27/2025SenatePlaced on Second Reading File.
5/27/2025SenateFrom committee: Do pass.
5/27/2025SenateRead first time. Referred to Committee on Growth and Infrastructure. To committee.
5/26/2025SenateIn Senate.
5/26/2025SenateRead third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 41, Nays: None, Excused: 1.) To Senate.
5/26/2025HousePlaced on General File.
5/26/2025HouseFrom committee: Do pass, as amended.
5/26/2025HouseTo committee.
4/24/2025HouseFrom printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint.
4/24/2025HouseTo printer.
4/21/2025HouseRereferred to Committee on Ways and Means. Exemption effective.
4/21/2025HouseTaken from General File.
4/21/2025HouseRead second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 93.)
4/21/2025HousePlaced on Second Reading File.
4/21/2025HouseFrom committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.
4/21/2025HouseNotice of eligibility for exemption.
4/21/2025HouseFrom printer. To committee.
3/13/2025HouseRead first time. Referred to Committee on Growth and Infrastructure. To printer.
3/12/2025House
Bill Text
As Enrolled
As Introduced
Reprint 1
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