Title 43

NRS 486.041 “Motorcycle” defined. [Effective until the date on which the Director of the Department of Motor Vehicles notifies the Governor and the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau that sufficient resources are available to enable the Department to carry out the amendat…

NRS 486.051 “Muffler” defined. “Muffler” means a device consisting of a series of chambers or baffle plates, or other mechanical design, for the purpose of receiving exhaust gas from an internal combustion engine, and is effective in reducing noise, but does not include such a de…

NRS 486.055 “Program” defined. “Program” means the Program for the Education of Motorcycle Riders. (Added to NRS by 1991, 1064)

NRS 486.057 “Trimobile” defined. “Trimobile” means every motor vehicle equipped with handlebars and a saddle seat and designed to travel with three wheels in contact with the ground, at least one of which is power driven. The term does not include a motorcycle with a sidecar. (Ad…

NRS 486.061 License or permit required to operate motorcycle or trimobile; exception; motorcycle safety course in lieu of fine for violation. [Effective until the date on which the Director of the Department of Motor Vehicles notifies the Governor and the Director of the Legislat…

NRS 486.071 Qualifications for license. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3 and NRS 486.161, the Department shall not issue a motorcycle driver’s license unless the applicant: (a) Is at least 18 years of age; and (b) Has successfully completed: (1) Except as otherwise…

NRS 486.081 Application for license: Form; verification; contents; proof of full legal name and age; Department to adopt regulations prescribing documents acceptable to prove full legal name and age; proof of social security number; authority of Department to refuse to accept cer…

NRS 486.084 Payment of child support: Statement by applicant for license; grounds for denial of license; duty of Department. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state to establish procedures for withholding, suspending and re…

NRS 486.091 Application from person previously licensed in another state; copy of record from other state becomes part of Nevada record; Department to furnish records to other states. 1. Whenever an application for a motorcycle driver’s license is received from a person previousl…

NRS 486.101 Application of minors. 1. The application of any person under the age of 18 years for a motorcycle driver’s license must be signed and verified, before a person authorized to administer oaths, by either or both parents of the applicant, if either or both are living an…

NRS 486.111 Release from liability. Any person who has signed the application of a minor for a motorcycle driver’s license may thereafter file with the Department a verified written request that the license of the minor so granted be cancelled. Thereupon, the Department shall can…

NRS 486.121 Cancellation of license upon death of person signing minor’s application. The Department, upon receipt of satisfactory evidence of the death of the persons who signed the application of a minor for a motorcycle driver’s license, shall cancel the license and shall not …

NRS 486.131 Examination of applicants. 1. The Department may require every applicant for a motorcycle driver’s license to submit to an examination conducted by the Department or successfully complete a course of motorcycle safety approved by the Department. 2. An examination may …

NRS 486.141 Form for application. Every application for an instruction permit under the provisions of subsection 4 or 5 of NRS 483.280 or a motorcycle driver’s license under the provisions of NRS 486.011 to 486.381, inclusive, must be made upon a form furnished by the Department.…

NRS 486.161 Expiration and renewal of license; regulations. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state to establish procedures for withholding, suspending and restricting the professional, occupational and recreational license…

NRS 486.165 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, sus…

NRS 486.171 Unlawful to permit unauthorized person to drive. 1. A person shall not authorize or knowingly permit a motorcycle, except a trimobile, owned by or under the control of the person to be driven upon any highway by any person who is not authorized pursuant to NRS 486.011…

NRS 486.180 Operation and equipment provisions applicable and uniform throughout State; local authorities prohibited from enacting ordinance in conflict with provisions. 1. The provisions of NRS 486.180 to 486.361, inclusive, are applicable and uniform throughout this State. 2. A…

NRS 486.181 Carrying passengers. 1. A motorcycle or moped shall not be driven upon a highway while carrying more than one person unless such motorcycle or moped is designed by the manufacturer to carry more than one person. 2. A passenger shall ride: (a) Behind the driver and ast…

NRS 486.191 Driver’s position while operating. 1. A person driving a motorcycle or moped shall ride only upon the permanent and regular seat attached thereto. 2. A person shall not drive a motorcycle or moped with the seat for the driver so positioned that the driver, when sittin…

NRS 486.201 Height of handlebars. A person shall not drive a motorcycle or moped equipped with handlebars which extend more than 6 inches above the uppermost portion of the driver’s shoulders when the driver sits on the seat and the seat is depressed by the weight of the driver. …

NRS 486.211 Position of driver’s hands. The driver of a motorcycle or moped shall drive with at least one hand on a handlebar at all times. (Added to NRS by 1971, 1469; A 1973, 1447; 1975, 1082; 1985, 2054)

NRS 486.221 Fenders required while in operation. A person shall not drive a motorcycle or moped unless the wheels are protected by fenders to prevent the throwing of rocks, dirt, water or other substances to the rear. (Added to NRS by 1971, 1469; A 1975, 1083)

NRS 486.231 Protective headgear, glasses, goggles or face shields; Department required to adopt standards; when use required; exceptions. [Effective until the date on which the Director of the Department of Motor Vehicles notifies the Governor and the Director of the Legislative …

NRS 486.241 Protective headgear and glasses: Sale or distribution. 1. A person shall not sell, offer for sale or distribute any protective headgear, glasses, goggles or face shields for use by any drivers or passengers of motorcycles or transparent windscreens for motorcycles unl…

NRS 486.251 Use of head lamps and stop lights required. 1. Every motorcycle or moped operated upon a highway of this State at any time from one-half hour after sunset to one-half hour before sunrise and at any other time when, because of insufficient light or unfavorable atmosphe…

NRS 486.261 Tail lamps. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, every motorcycle or moped must be equipped with at least one tail lamp mounted on the rear, which, when lighted as required by NRS 486.011 to 486.381, inclusive, emits a red light plainly visible from a dist…

NRS 486.271 Turn signals. 1. Every motorcycle manufactured after January 1, 1973, which is sold or offered for sale and which is intended to be operated upon the highways of this State shall be equipped with electric turn signal lamps. 2. Such lamps shall be located on the front …

NRS 486.281 Head lamps: Placement; limit on correlated color temperature of high-intensity discharge lamps. 1. Every motorcycle or moped shall be equipped with at least one and not more than two head lamps. 2. Every such head lamp on a motorcycle shall be located at a height of n…

NRS 486.291 Reflectors. 1. Every motorcycle or moped shall carry on the rear at least one reflector, which shall be mounted at a height not less than 20 inches nor more than 60 inches from the ground as measured from the center of the reflector to the level ground upon which such…

NRS 486.301 Brakes. Every motorcycle or moped shall be equipped with brakes adequate to control the stopping and holding as prescribed in NRS 484D.250 and 484D.255. (Added to NRS by 1971, 1470; A 1975, 1084)

NRS 486.311 Mirrors. Every motorcycle or moped shall be equipped with two mirrors, each containing a reflection surface not less than 3 inches in diameter, with one mirror mounted on each handlebar, in positions enabling the driver to view clearly the highway for a distance of 20…

NRS 486.331 Rights and duties of drivers. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 486.351, a person driving a motorcycle or moped upon a highway is entitled to all the rights and subject to all the duties applicable to the drivers of motor vehicles as provided by law, except those pr…

NRS 486.341 Right to full use of traffic lane. Every motorcycle or moped when being driven on the highway is entitled to full use of the traffic lane it is occupying, and a person shall not drive another motor vehicle in a manner which would deprive any such motorcycle or moped o…

NRS 486.351 Unlawful passing; driving abreast; prohibition on driving in extreme left lane; exceptions. 1. A person, except a police officer in the performance of his or her duty, shall not drive a motorcycle or moped between moving or stationary vehicles occupying adjacent traff…

NRS 486.361 Driver’s license to be surrendered on demand. Every person driving a motorcycle shall manually deliver his or her license to drive a motorcycle to any police officer or court upon request therefor by such officer or court. (Added to NRS by 1971, 1471) PROGRAM FOR EDUC…

NRS 486.363 Definitions. As used in NRS 486.363 to 486.375, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 486.365, 486.367 and 486.370 have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (Added to NRS by 2003, 416; A 2017, 114)

NRS 486.365 “Department” defined. “Department” means the Department of Public Safety. (Added to NRS by 2003, 416)

NRS 486.367 “Director” defined. “Director” means the Director of the Department of Public Safety. (Added to NRS by 2003, 416)

NRS 486.370 “Motorcycle” includes moped. “Motorcycle” includes a moped. (Added to NRS by 1993, 1321; A 2003, 416; 2019, 3104)

NRS 486.372 Establishment; Administrator; approval of courses of instruction; rules and regulations; contracts for services; Account for the Program for the Education of Motorcycle Riders created; uses of money in Account. 1. The Director shall: (a) Establish the Program for the …

NRS 486.373 Eligibility for enrollment; fee. 1. A resident of this State who holds a driver’s license, a motorcycle driver’s license or a motorcycle endorsement to a driver’s license or who is eligible to apply for such a license or endorsement, or a nonresident who is a member o…

NRS 486.374 Licensed instructor required; requirements and approval of course of instruction. 1. The Program must: (a) Be taught by an instructor licensed pursuant to NRS 486.375. (b) Include: (1) Instruction relating to the development of proper habits and skills necessary for t…

NRS 486.375 Qualifications of instructor; standards and procedures for licensing instructors. 1. A person who: (a) Is at least 21 years old; (b) Holds a motorcycle driver’s license or a motorcycle endorsement to a driver’s license issued by the Department; and (c) Is certified as…

NRS 486.381 Violation of provisions concerning motorcycles and similar vehicles. Any person violating any provisions of NRS 486.011 to 486.361, inclusive, is guilty of a civil infraction unless a provision of those sections specifically provides that a particular violation is a m…

NRS 486.385 Local authorities prohibited from enacting ordinance providing criminal penalty if chapter prescribes civil penalty. A local authority shall not enact an ordinance providing a criminal penalty for a violation of this chapter for which the penalty prescribed by this ch…