Title 40

NRS 445B.600 Private rights and remedies not affected. NRS 445B.100 to 445B.595, inclusive, does not abridge, limit, impair, create, enlarge or otherwise affect substantively or procedurally the right of any person to damages or other relief on account of injury to persons or pro…

NRS 445B.610 Provisions for transition in administration. 1. All rules, regulations and standards promulgated by the State Commission of Environmental Protection pertaining to air pollution control in force on July 1, 1973, remain in effect until such time as revised by the State…

NRS 445B.640 Levy and disposition of administrative fines; additional remedies available; criminal penalty for failure to pay administrative fine. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4 and NRS 445C.010 to 445C.120, inclusive, any person who violates any provision of NRS…

NRS 445B.700 Definitions. As used in NRS 445B.700 to 445B.845, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 445B.705 to 445B.7585, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (Added to NRS by 1973, 1702; A 1977, 920; 19…

NRS 445B.705 “Approved inspector” defined. “Approved inspector” means a person licensed by the Department of Motor Vehicles to inspect motor vehicles and devices for the control of pollution for an authorized station or authorized inspection station. (Added to NRS by 1993, 2850; …

NRS 445B.710 “Authorized inspection station” defined. “Authorized inspection station” means a station licensed by the Department of Motor Vehicles for inspecting motor vehicles and devices for the control of pollution for compliance with this chapter or any applicable federal reg…

NRS 445B.720 “Authorized station” defined. “Authorized station” means a station licensed by the Department of Motor Vehicles for inspecting motor vehicles and devices for the control of pollution for compliance with this chapter or any applicable federal regulation or regulation …

NRS 445B.722 “Automobile wrecker” defined. “Automobile wrecker” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 487.047. (Added to NRS by 2015, 126)

NRS 445B.724 “Body shop” defined. “Body shop” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 487.532. (Added to NRS by 2015, 126)

NRS 445B.725 “Commission” defined. “Commission” means the State Environmental Commission. (Added to NRS by 1993, 2851)

NRS 445B.727 “Consignee” defined. “Consignee” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 482.31772. (Added to NRS by 2013, 1860)

NRS 445B.728 “Consignment auction” defined. “Consignment auction” means any transaction whereby the registered owner or lienholder of a vehicle, or an insurance company that has acquired a vehicle as part of a total loss settlement, agrees, entrusts or in any other manner authori…

NRS 445B.729 “Distributor” defined. “Distributor” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 482.028. (Added to NRS by 2015, 126)

NRS 445B.730 “Evidence of compliance” defined. “Evidence of compliance” includes a certificate issued when a motor vehicle has been inspected and: 1. Has the required equipment; or 2. Does not meet the requirements for the control of emissions after the repairs have been made and…

NRS 445B.735 “Fleet station” defined. “Fleet station” means a facility which is licensed by the Department of Motor Vehicles to conduct inspections of the motor vehicles of qualified owners or lessees. (Added to NRS by 1993, 2851)

NRS 445B.736 “Garage” defined. “Garage” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 487.540. (Added to NRS by 2015, 126)

NRS 445B.737 “Heavy-duty motor vehicle” defined. “Heavy-duty motor vehicle” means, except as otherwise provided in NRS 445B.780, a motor vehicle that has a manufacturer’s gross vehicle weight rating of 8,500 pounds or more. The term does not include a passenger car. (Added to NRS…

NRS 445B.738 “Licensee” defined. “Licensee” means any automobile wrecker, body shop, distributor, manufacturer, rebuilder, salvage pool or vehicle dealer licensed by the Department of Motor Vehicles, or any garage registered with the Department. (Added to NRS by 2015, 126)

NRS 445B.739 “Lienholder” defined. “Lienholder” means any person, other than a licensee, who holds a lien on a motor vehicle. (Added to NRS by 2015, 126)

NRS 445B.740 “Light-duty motor vehicle” defined. “Light-duty motor vehicle” means a motor vehicle that has a manufacturer’s gross vehicle weight rating of less than 8,500 pounds. (Added to NRS by 1993, 2851)

NRS 445B.743 “Manufacturer” defined. “Manufacturer” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 482.060. (Added to NRS by 2015, 126)

NRS 445B.745 “Motor vehicle” defined. “Motor vehicle” means every self-propelled vehicle in, upon or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a public highway except: 1. Devices moved by human or animal power or used exclusively on stationary rails; …

NRS 445B.747 “Motor vehicle fuel” defined. “Motor vehicle fuel” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 365.060. (Added to NRS by 2003, 599)

NRS 445B.750 “Passenger car” defined. “Passenger car” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 484A.160. (Added to NRS by 1993, 2851)

NRS 445B.755 “Pollution control device” defined. “Pollution control device” means any equipment that is installed in a motor vehicle for the primary purpose of limiting emissions from the motor vehicle into the ambient air. (Added to NRS by 1993, 2851)

NRS 445B.7555 “Rebuilder” defined. “Rebuilder” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 482.097. (Added to NRS by 2015, 126)

NRS 445B.756 “Registered owner” defined. “Registered owner” means any person, other than a licensee, whose name appears in the records of the Department of Motor Vehicles as the person to whom a vehicle is registered. (Added to NRS by 2015, 126)

NRS 445B.7565 “Salvage pool” defined. “Salvage pool” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 487.400. (Added to NRS by 2015, 126)

NRS 445B.757 “Special fuel” defined. “Special fuel” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 366.060. (Added to NRS by 2003, 599)

NRS 445B.758 “Used motor vehicle” defined. “Used motor vehicle” means a motor vehicle that has been registered for not less than 2 years with: 1. The Department of Motor Vehicles; 2. The appropriate agency of any other state, the District of Columbia, any territory or possession …

NRS 445B.7585 “Vehicle dealer” defined. “Vehicle dealer” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 482.020. (Added to NRS by 2015, 126)

NRS 445B.759 Inapplicability to military tactical vehicles, replica vehicles and registered retired military vehicles. 1. The provisions of NRS 445B.700 to 445B.845, inclusive, do not apply to: (a) Military tactical vehicles; (b) Replica vehicles; or (c) Retired military vehicles…

NRS 445B.760 Authority of Commission to prescribe standards for emissions from mobile internal combustion engines; trimobiles; standards pertaining to motor vehicles to be approved by Department of Motor Vehicles. 1. The Commission may by regulation prescribe standards for exhaus…

NRS 445B.765 Information concerning program for control of emissions from motor vehicles: Collection, interpretation and correlation; public inspection. 1. The Commission, in cooperation with the Department of Motor Vehicles, shall adopt regulations which establish procedures for…

NRS 445B.767 Authority of Commission, in larger counties, to adopt regulations to establish voluntary program of electronic monitoring of emission information; imposition and collection of annual fee. 1. In any county whose population is 100,000 or more, the Commission may, in co…

NRS 445B.770 Regulations of Commission: Control of emissions from motor vehicles; program for inspection and testing of motor vehicles. 1. In any county whose population is 100,000 or more, the Commission shall, in cooperation with the Department of Motor Vehicles and any local a…

NRS 445B.775 Regulations of Commission: Requirements for licensing of stations by Department of Motor Vehicles. The regulations adopted by the Commission pursuant to NRS 445B.770 must establish requirements by which the Department of Motor Vehicles may license: 1. Authorized insp…

NRS 445B.776 Application for license must include social security number. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state to establish procedures for withholding, suspending and restricting the professional, occupational and recrea…

NRS 445B.777 Payment of child support: Statement by applicant for license; grounds for denial of license; duty of Department of Motor Vehicles. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state to establish procedures for withholding…

NRS 445B.7773 Prohibition on denial of application based on immigration or citizenship status; alternative personally identifying number required by applicant with no social security number; confidentiality of social security or alternative personally identifying number. 1. The D…

NRS 445B.7776 Petition to determine if criminal history will disqualify person from obtaining license; fee; posting of requirements for license and list of disqualifying crimes on Internet; report. 1. The Department of Motor Vehicles shall develop and implement a process by which…

NRS 445B.778 Suspension of license for failure to pay child support or comply with certain subpoenas or warrants; reinstatement of license. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state to establish procedures for withholding, su…

NRS 445B.780 Program for regulation of emissions from heavy-duty motor vehicles; equipment used to measure emissions; waiver from requirements of program. 1. The Commission shall, by regulation, establish a program for the regulation of smoke and other emissions by inspection of …

NRS 445B.785 Regulations of Department of Motor Vehicles: Licensing of stations; performance of inspection and issuance of evidence of compliance; diagnostic equipment; fee, bond or insurance; informational pamphlet; distribution. 1. The Department of Motor Vehicles shall, in coo…

NRS 445B.790 Regulations concerning inspection of stations; grounds for denial, suspension or revocation of license of inspector or station. 1. The Department of Motor Vehicles shall, by regulation, establish procedures for inspecting authorized inspection stations, authorized st…

NRS 445B.795 Compulsory program for control of emissions: Limitations. The authority set forth in NRS 445B.770 providing for a compulsory inspection program is limited as follows: 1. In a county whose population is 100,000 or more, the following categories of motor vehicles which…