Title 43

NRS 488.059 Applicability; local regulation. 1. The provisions of this chapter, and of other applicable laws of this state, shall govern the operation, equipment, numbering and all other matters relating thereto whenever any vessel is operated on the waters of this state, or when…

NRS 488.065 Operation of unnumbered or uncertified power-driven vessels prohibited. 1. Every power-driven vessel for which this State is the principal state of operation must be numbered and titled, except as otherwise provided in subsection 5 and NRS 488.175. 2. Upon receipt of …

NRS 488.075 Number, certificate of number and certificate of ownership: Application; issuance; fees; location of number on vessel; regulations. 1. The owner of each power-driven vessel requiring numbering by this State shall file an application for a number and for a certificate …

NRS 488.078 Department to submit certain information to Division of Social Services. [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…

NRS 488.085 Recordation in this State of number previously awarded pursuant to federally approved numbering system of another state. The owner of any vessel already covered by a number in effect which has been awarded to it pursuant to a federally approved numbering system of ano…

NRS 488.105 Conformity of state numbering system with federal system. If an agency of the United States Government has in force an overall system of identification numbering for vessels within the United States, the numbering system employed pursuant to the provisions of this cha…

NRS 488.115 Awarding of certificates of number; authorization of agents; retention of fee by agent; public records. 1. The Department may award any certificate of number directly or may authorize any person to act as an agent for the awarding thereof. If a person accepts the auth…

NRS 488.125 Expiration of certificates of number; renewal; fees; regulations. 1. Every certificate of number awarded pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall continue in full force and effect for a period of 1 year, or 2 years if allowed by regulations adopted by the Comm…

NRS 488.135 Department to fix date on which certificates of number expire. The Department shall fix a day and month of the year on which certificates of number expire unless renewed pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. (Added to NRS by 1960, 476; A 1965, 1062; 1971, 1380; …

NRS 488.145 Destruction or abandonment of numbered vessel: Owner to furnish notice to Department; termination of certificate of number. 1. The owner shall furnish the Department notice of the destruction or abandonment of any vessel numbered under this chapter, within 10 days the…

NRS 488.155 Change of address of holder of certificate of number or ownership: Holder to notify Department and furnish new address; surrender and replacement or alteration of inaccurate certificates. 1. Any holder of a certificate of number and a certificate of ownership shall no…

NRS 488.165 Display of unauthorized number or decal prohibited. No number or decal other than the number or decal awarded to a vessel or granted reciprocity pursuant to the provisions of this chapter may be painted, attached or otherwise displayed on either side of the bow of suc…

NRS 488.169 Hull numbers: Process for issuance and verification must comply with United States Coast Guard requirements; regulations. The Commission shall adopt regulations establishing a process for the issuance and verification of state hull numbers that comply with the require…

NRS 488.171 Hull numbers: Prohibited acts; assignment to handmade vessels; penalty. 1. The Department shall assign a state hull number to any vessel as required by the regulations adopted by the Commission pursuant to NRS 488.169. 2. A person shall not: (a) Intentionally deface, …

NRS 488.175 Exemption from requirements for numbering and titling; exception for certain residents of other states; issuance of exempt numbers. 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a vessel need not be numbered pursuant to the provisions of this chapter if it is: (a) …

NRS 488.1793 Requirements for transfer of ownership or interest in certain power-driven vessels; exceptions. Except as otherwise provided for the creation or transfer of a security interest or the transfer on death of a certificate of ownership pursuant to NRS 488.1794, no transf…

NRS 488.1794 Certificate of ownership in beneficiary form: Application; issuance to tenant in common prohibited; contents; effect; revocation; encumbrances; duties of Department; transfer upon death not testamentary. 1. The owner or joint owners of a power-driven vessel may reque…

NRS 488.1795 Transferee to file certificates, pay fee and apply for new certificates. Upon receipt of a properly endorsed certificate of ownership and the certificate of number of any power-driven vessel, the transferee shall within 10 days file the certificates, accompanied by a…

NRS 488.1797 Requirements for issuance of certificate of ownership. 1. Before the issuance of any certificate of ownership, the Department shall obtain a statement in writing signed by the transferee or transferor, showing: (a) The date of the sale or other transfer of ownership …

NRS 488.1801 Owner of power-driven vessel to notify Department of sale or transfer of title or interest; exception; information to be furnished. Except for transfers to a beneficiary pursuant to the provisions of NRS 488.1794, any owner of any power-driven vessel numbered under t…

NRS 488.1803 Dealer’s report of sale, lease or other transfer; exception. Any dealer upon transferring by sale, lease or otherwise any power-driven vessel, whether new or used, required to be numbered under this chapter, shall give written notice of the transfer to the Department…

NRS 488.1805 Interest of registered owner not affected by assignment by legal owner. A legal owner may assign his or her title or interest in or to any power-driven vessel numbered under this chapter to a person other than the registered owner without the consent of and without a…

NRS 488.1807 Endorsement of certificate upon transfer of title or interest of legal owner; exception. Except for transfers to a beneficiary pursuant to the provisions of NRS 488.1794, upon transfer of the title or any interest of any legal owner in any power-driven vessel numbere…

NRS 488.181 Endorsement of certificate on transfer by registered owner. Upon transfer of the title or any interest of the registered owner of any power-driven vessel numbered under this chapter, the registered owner shall write his or her signature and address and the transferee …

NRS 488.1813 Issuance of duplicate certificate on loss, destruction or mutilation of original. 1. If a certificate of ownership is lost, stolen, damaged or mutilated, an application for transfer may be made upon a form provided by the Department for a duplicate certificate of own…

NRS 488.1815 Failure to endorse or deliver certificate to transferee unlawful. It is unlawful for any person to fail or neglect to deliver the certificate of number and, when having possession, to properly endorse, date and deliver the certificate of ownership to a transferee who…

NRS 488.1817 New certificate not required on substitution of security interest between same parties; time limit. If a security interest in any power-driven vessel numbered under this chapter is satisfied, cancelled or released by the registered owner and legal owner of such power…

NRS 488.182 Transfer of ownership not required on pledge of security interest. The transferee of a security interest of any legal owner of any power-driven vessel numbered under this chapter need not make application for transfer of ownership if such security interest arises from…

NRS 488.1823 Procedure for perfection of security interest. 1. No security interest in any power-driven vessel required to be numbered under this chapter, whether the number was awarded before or after the creation of the security interest, is perfected until the secured party or…

NRS 488.1825 Method prescribed for perfecting security interest is exclusive. The method provided in this chapter for perfecting a security interest in any power-driven vessel required to be numbered is exclusive. (Added to NRS by 1971, 1378)

NRS 488.1826 Suspension of certificate of number or validation decal for failure to pay child support or comply with certain subpoenas or warrants; reinstatement of certificate of number or validation decal. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal …

NRS 488.1827 Suspension or revocation of certificate or number if fraudulently obtained or fee was unpaid. The Department may suspend or revoke any certificate of ownership, certificate of number or number of any vessel if it is satisfied that any such certificate or number was f…

NRS 488.185 Classification of vessels. Vessels subject to the provisions of this chapter shall be divided into four classes as follows: Class A. Less than 16 feet in length. Class 1. Sixteen feet or over and less than 26 feet in length. Class 2. Twenty-six feet or over and less t…

NRS 488.187 Lights. 1. Every power-driven vessel or sailing vessel in all weathers from sunset to sunrise, as established by the Nautical Almanac Office, United States Naval Observatory, Washington, D.C., must carry and exhibit the following lights when underway, and during that …

NRS 488.193 Life jackets; throwable personal flotation devices; fire extinguishers; flame arrestors; ventilation of bilges; modification of requirements. 1. Except for a contrivance, propelled by a sail, whose occupant must stand erect, every vessel must carry at least one life j…

NRS 488.195 Muffling devices. 1. The exhaust of every internal combustion engine used on any power-driven vessel must be effectively muffled by equipment so constructed and used as to muffle the noise of the exhaust in a reasonable manner. 2. The use of cutouts is prohibited. 3. …

NRS 488.197 Sirens. 1. No vessel may be equipped with nor shall any person use or install upon a vessel a siren, except as otherwise provided in this chapter. 2. Any authorized emergency vessel, when approved by the Department, may be equipped with a siren capable of sound audibl…

NRS 488.257 “Mooring buoy” defined; requirements for colors and lights. 1. As used in NRS 488.257 to 488.285, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, “mooring buoy” means a float: (a) Which is anchored to the bed of a body of water; and (b) To which a vessel is fastened…

NRS 488.259 Mooring buoy: Permit required; exception; permit for placement in navigable waters. 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 488.263, a person shall not place any mooring buoy in any waters of this state, other than the Lake Mead National Recreation Area, without a perm…

NRS 488.261 Mooring buoy: Permit for placement in nonnavigable waters; permit for temporary placement; regulations and enforcement. 1. The Department may issue to any person a permit to place a mooring buoy in the nonnavigable waters of this state. The Department shall charge and…

NRS 488.263 Permit not required for temporary mooring buoy. 1. A permit is not required for a temporary mooring buoy. 2. As used in this section, a “temporary mooring buoy” is a buoy for the temporary anchorage of a vessel that is removed within 72 hours after the time it is plac…

NRS 488.265 Anchoring or mooring vessel which obstructs passageway prohibited; exceptions. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a person shall not anchor or moor a vessel in such a position as to obstruct a passageway ordinarily used by other vessels. As used in this …

NRS 488.285 Mooring to buoy or navigational aid prohibited; interference with buoy or navigational aid without written authorization prohibited; exception; penalties. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2: (a) A person shall not moor any vessel to any buoy or navigation…

NRS 488.291 Abandonment prohibited; evidence of responsibility for abandonment; removal of vessel from public waterway. 1. A person shall not abandon a vessel upon a public waterway or public or private property without the consent of the owner or person in lawful possession or c…

NRS 488.293 Authority of peace officer to identify registered owner of vessel abandoned on private property; peace officer to notify Department of removal of abandoned vessel; law enforcement agency to notify owner or holder of security interest regarding location of and procedur…