Chapter 60 — MOTOR VEHICLES
1,102 sections in this chapter.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-465.01 Department, defined.
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Department means the Department of Motor Vehicles.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-465.02 Covered farm vehicle, defined.
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(1) Covered farm vehicle means a motor vehicle, including an articulated motor vehicle: (a) That: (i) Is traveling in the state in which the vehicle is registered or another state; (ii) Is operated by: (A) A farm owner or operator; (B) A ranch owner or operator; or (C) An employe…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-466 Director, defined.
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Director shall mean the Director of Motor Vehicles.
Repealed. Laws 2003, LB 562, § 22.
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[Repealed or reserved.]
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-468 Drive, defined.
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Drive shall mean to operate or be in the actual physical control of a motor vehicle.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-468.01 Full legal name, defined.
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Full legal name means an individual's first name, middle name, and last or surname without use of initials or nicknames.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-469 Gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR), defined.
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Gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) means the value specified by the manufacturer as the loaded weight of a single vehicle.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-469.01 Gross combination weight rating, defined.
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Gross combination weight rating means the greater of (1) a value specified by the manufacturer of the power unit, if such value is displayed on the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard certification label required by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, or (2) the…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-470 Highway, defined.
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Highway shall mean the entire width between the boundary limits of any street, road, avenue, boulevard, or way which is publicly maintained when any part thereof is open to the use of the public for purposes of motor vehicle travel.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-470.01 Impoundment of operator's license, defined.
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Impoundment of operator's license shall mean the seizure and holding of a person's operator's license by the court pursuant to a court order requiring such person not to operate a motor vehicle for a specified period of time when the court has not ordered a revocation of the oper…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-470.02 Interactive wireless communication device, defined.
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Interactive wireless communication device means any wireless electronic communication device that provides for voice or data communication between two or more parties, including, but not limited to, a mobile or cellular telephone, a text messaging device, a personal digital assis…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-470.03 Mobile operator's or driver's license, defined.
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Mobile operator's or driver's license means an operator's or driver's license electronically stored on or accessed via an electronic device.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-471 Motor vehicle, defined.
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Motor vehicle means all vehicles propelled by any power other than muscular power. Motor vehicle does not include (1) bicycles as defined in section 60-611, (2) self-propelled chairs used by persons who are disabled, (3) farm tractors, (4) farm tractors used occasionally outside …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-472 Nonresident, defined.
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Nonresident shall mean every person who is not a resident of this state.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-473 Operator or driver, defined.
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Operator or driver shall mean any person who drives a motor vehicle.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-474 Operator's or driver's license, defined.
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Operator's or driver's license shall mean any license or permit to operate a motor vehicle issued under the laws of this state, including: (1) Any replacement license or instruction permit; (2) The privilege of any person to drive a motor vehicle whether such person holds a valid…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-475 Owner, defined.
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Owner shall mean a person who holds legal title to a motor vehicle, a mortgagor entitled to the possession of a motor vehicle, or the conditional vendee or lessee of a motor vehicle which is the subject of an agreement for the conditional sale or lease of the motor vehicle with t…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-475.01 Principal residence, defined.
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Principal residence means the location in Nebraska where a person resides at the time of application even if such residence is temporary.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-476 Person, defined.
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Person shall mean every natural person, firm, partnership, limited liability company, association, or corporation.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-476.01 Revocation of operator's license, defined.
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Revocation of operator's license shall mean the termination by a court of competent jurisdiction or by formal action of the Department of Motor Vehicles of a person's operator's license, which termination shall not be subject to renewal or restoration. Application for reinstateme…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-476.02 Suspension of operator's license, defined.
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Suspension of operator's license shall mean the temporary withdrawal by formal action of the Department of Motor Vehicles of a person's operator's license for a period specifically designated by the department, if any, and until compliance with all conditions for reinstatement.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-476.03 Restricted commercial driver's license, defined.
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Restricted commercial driver's license shall mean a class of commercial driver's license issued in accordance with the requirements of the Motor Vehicle Operator's License Act.
Repealed. Laws 2003, LB 562, § 22.
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[Repealed or reserved.]
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-478 Vehicle, defined.
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Vehicle shall mean every device in, upon, or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway except devices moved solely by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-479 Sections; applicability to any operator's license.
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Sections 60-479.01 to 60-4,118 and 60-4,182 to 60-4,189 shall apply to any operator's license subject to the Motor Vehicle Operator's License Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-479.01 Fraudulent document recognition training; criminal history record information check; lawful status check; cost.
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(1) All persons handling source documents or engaged in the issuance of new, renewed, or reissued operators' licenses or state identification cards shall have periodic fraudulent document recognition training. (2) All persons and agents of the department involved in the recording…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-480 Operators' licenses; classification.
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(1) Operators' licenses issued by the department pursuant to the Motor Vehicle Operator's License Act shall be classified as follows: (a) Class O license. The operator's license which authorizes the person to whom it is issued to operate on highways any motor vehicle except a com…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-480.01 Undercover drivers' licenses; issuance; confidential; unlawful disclosure; penalty.
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(1)(a) Undercover drivers' licenses may be issued to federal, state, county, city, or village law enforcement agencies and shall be used only for legitimate criminal investigatory purposes. Undercover drivers' licenses may also be issued to the Nebraska State Patrol, the Game and…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-481 Driving rules; publication; copy; available upon request.
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(1) The director shall publish on the website of the department a summary of the statutory driving rules of this state. Such summary shall contain cautionary and advisory comments as determined by the director, including a description of how to legally operate a motor vehicle in …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-482 Rules and regulations.
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The director may adopt and promulgate such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the Motor Vehicle Operator's License Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-483 Operator's license; numbering; records; abstracts of operating records; fees; information to United States Selective Service System; when; reciprocity agreement with foreign country.
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(1) The director shall assign a distinguishing number to each operator's license issued and shall keep a record of the same which shall be open to public inspection by any person requesting inspection of such record who qualifies under section 60-2906 or 60-2907. Any person reque…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-483.01 National Driver Register; employer check; fee.
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An employer may apply to the Department of Motor Vehicles for a file check from the National Driver Register on a current or prospective employee. The employer shall pay a fee of two dollars for each check. Upon receipt of the application and fee, the department shall furnish the…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-484 Operator's license required, when; state identification card; application.
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(1) Except as otherwise provided in the Motor Vehicle Operator's License Act, no resident of the State of Nebraska shall operate a motor vehicle upon the alleys or highways of this state until the person has obtained an operator's license for that purpose. (2) Application for an …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-484.01 Digital system authorized.
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It is the intent of the Legislature to authorize the Department of Motor Vehicles to begin issuing operators' licenses and state identification cards using digital images and digital signatures and to allow for electronic renewal of certain operators' licenses and state identific…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-484.02 Digital images and signatures; use; confidentiality; prohibited acts; violation; penalty.
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(1) Each applicant for an operator's license or state identification card shall have his or her digital image captured. Digital images shall be preserved for use as prescribed in sections 60-4,119, 60-4,151, and 60-4,180. The images shall be used for issuing operators' licenses a…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-484.03 Operators' licenses; state identification cards; department; retain copies of source documents.
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The department shall retain copies of source documents presented by all individuals applying for or holding operators' licenses or state identification cards. Copies retained by the department shall be held in secured storage and managed to meet the requirements of the Uniform Mo…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-484.04 Operators' licenses; state identification cards; applicant present evidence of lawful status.
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(1) The Legislature finds and declares that section 202(c)(2)(B)(i) through (x) of the federal REAL ID Act of 2005, Public Law 109-13, enumerated categories of individuals who may demonstrate lawful status for the purpose of eligibility for a federally secure motor vehicle operat…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-484.05 Operators' licenses; state identification cards; temporary; when issued; period valid; special notation; renewal; return of license or card, when.
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(1) The department shall only issue an operator's license or a state identification card that is temporary to any applicant who presents documentation under sections 60-484, 60-484.04, and 60-484.07 that shows his or her authorized stay in the United States is temporary. An opera…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-484.06 Operators' licenses; state identification cards; department; power to verify documents.
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Before issuing any operator's license or state identification card under the Motor Vehicle Operator's License Act, the department may verify, with the issuing agency, the issuance, validity, and completeness of each document required to be presented by a person pursuant to sectio…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-484.07 Operators' licenses; state identification cards; parolee immigration status; effect on application and issuance.
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(1) On a date determined by the director but not later than November 1, 2023, any person assigned a parolee immigration status by the United States Department of Homeland Security may apply for and be issued an operator's license or a state identification card that is not in comp…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-485 Military service; renewal of operator's license; period valid.
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(1) The operator's license of any person serving on active duty, other than members of the National Guard or reserves activated for training purposes only, outside the State of Nebraska as a member of the United States Armed Forces, or the spouse of any such person or a dependent…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-486 Operator's license; license suspended or revoked; effect; appeal.
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(1) No person shall be licensed to operate a motor vehicle by the State of Nebraska if such person has an operator's license currently under suspension or revocation in this state or any other state or jurisdiction in the United States. (2) If a license is issued to a person whil…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-487 Cancellation of certain licenses or permits; when.
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(1) If any magistrate or judge finds in his or her judgment of conviction that the application or issuance certificate pursuant to which the director has issued an operator's license under the Motor Vehicle Operator's License Act contains any false or fraudulent statement deliber…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-488 Nonresidents; license requirements; immunity.
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(1) A nonresident shall not be prevented from operating a motor vehicle upon the highways of this state during the period within which he or she may lawfully operate such motor vehicle in the state under the general motor vehicle laws of this state, but in no event shall such imm…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-489 Operator's license; duty to carry and exhibit; exception; officers; power to demand presentation.
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Except for a farm permit issued under section 60-4,126, the operator's license shall at all times be carried by the licensee when operating a motor vehicle on the highways of this state and shall be presented by the licensee for examination, or he or she shall present proof of ow…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-490 Operators' licenses; state identification cards; expiration; renewal.
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(1) Operators' licenses issued to persons required to use bioptic or telescopic lenses as provided in section 60-4,118 shall expire on the licensee's birthday in the second year after issuance unless specifically restricted to a shorter renewal period as determined under section …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-491 Prohibited acts.
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It shall be unlawful for any person: (1) To display or cause or permit to be displayed or have in his or her possession any canceled, revoked, suspended, impounded, fictitious, or fraudulently altered operator's license or state identification card issued by the State of Nebraska…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-492 Impersonating officer; penalty.
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Any unauthorized person impersonating an officer under color of the Motor Vehicle Operator's License Act shall be guilty of a Class IV felony.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-493 Organ and tissue donation; county treasurer or licensing staff; distribute brochure; additional information; department; duty.
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(1) When a person applies for an operator's license or state identification card, the county treasurer or licensing staff of the Department of Motor Vehicles shall distribute a brochure provided by an organ and tissue procurement organization and approved by the Department of Hea…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-494 Operator's license; state identification card; organ and tissue donation information; department; duty.
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(1) Each operator's license and state identification card shall include a special notation on the front of the license or card if the licensee or cardholder is at least sixteen years of age and indicates on the application or issuance certificate under section 60-484 or 60-4,144 …