Title 43

NRS 485.303 Suspension to continue until judgments paid and proof given. 1. The license, all registrations and the nonresident’s operating privilege must remain so suspended and must not be renewed, nor may any license or registration be thereafter issued in the name of such a pe…

NRS 485.304 Payments sufficient to satisfy requirements. Judgments must for the purpose of this chapter only, be deemed satisfied: 1. When $25,000 has been credited upon any judgment or judgments rendered in excess of that amount because of bodily injury to or death of one person…

NRS 485.305 Payment of judgment in installments; default. 1. A judgment debtor upon notice to the judgment creditor may apply to the court in which the judgment was rendered for the privilege of paying the judgment in installments and the court, without prejudice to any other leg…

NRS 485.307 Alternate methods of giving proof; proof required before registration is restored. 1. Proof of financial responsibility, when required pursuant to this title, may be given by filing: (a) A certificate of financial responsibility as provided in NRS 485.308 or 485.309; …

NRS 485.3075 Proof required before reinstatement of license or registrations suspended for failure to maintain proof; duration; penalty. A person whose license or registrations are suspended for failure to maintain proof of financial responsibility as required pursuant to this ti…

NRS 485.308 Certificate of insurance as proof; filing of certificate by electronic or other means; insurance carrier to notify Department before cancelling or terminating policy. 1. Proof of financial responsibility may be furnished by filing with the Department the written certi…

NRS 485.309 Certificate furnished by nonresident as proof. 1. The nonresident owner of a motor vehicle not registered in this State or a nonresident operator of a motor vehicle may give proof of financial responsibility by filing with the Department a written certificate of an in…

NRS 485.3091 Motor vehicle liability policy: Requirements. 1. An owner’s policy of liability insurance must: (a) Designate by explicit description or by appropriate reference all motor vehicles with respect to which coverage is thereby to be granted; and (b) Insure the person nam…

NRS 485.3092 Cancellation or termination of policy: Notice required; suspension required if effective date within 3 years after reinstatement. When an insurance carrier has issued a motor vehicle liability policy, the insurance so issued must not be cancelled or terminated until …

NRS 485.3093 Chapter not to affect other policies. 1. This chapter shall not be held to apply to or affect policies of automobile insurance against liability which may now or hereafter be required by any other law of this State, and such policies, if they contain an agreement or …

NRS 485.3098 Other proof may be required. Whenever any proof of financial responsibility filed under the provisions of this chapter no longer fulfills the purposes for which required, the Department shall, for the purpose of this chapter, require other proof as required by this c…

NRS 485.3099 Department, under certain circumstances, to consent to cancellation of certificate or waive requirement of proof; re-establishment of proof. 1. The Department shall, upon request, consent to the immediate cancellation of any certificate of financial responsibility or…

NRS 485.313 Department to create system for verifying that owners of motor vehicles maintain insurance; regulations. 1. The Department: (a) Shall, in cooperation with insurers, create a system for verifying through the secure transmission and receipt of information that the owner…

NRS 485.314 Insurer to maintain record of each contract of insurance and provide Department access to any such record; Department to notify Commissioner of Insurance of noncompliance or receipt of false, incomplete or misleading information. 1. Each insurer that has executed a co…

NRS 485.316 Confidentiality of information in system; exceptions; penalty. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 and NRS 239.0115, information which is maintained in the system created pursuant to NRS 485.313 is confidential. 2. The Department may only disclose informat…

NRS 485.317 Department to verify insurance for each motor vehicle registered in this State; owner to respond to inquiry when Department unable to verify insurance; suspension of registration when insurance cannot be verified; reinstatement of registration. 1. The Department shall…

NRS 485.318 Immunity from liability for actions in good faith and without gross negligence. An insurer, its agents, the Department and its employees who act pursuant to NRS 485.313 to 485.318, inclusive, in good faith and without gross negligence are immune from civil liability f…

NRS 485.320 Surrender of license, registration and license plates; owner of dormant vehicle required to cancel registration if policy covering vehicle is cancelled or expires; regulations. 1. If the license of any person is suspended as provided in this chapter, the person shall …

NRS 485.326 Suspension of license for failure to maintain insurance. 1. The Department shall suspend the license of any person convicted of violating the provisions of paragraph (a) of subsection 1 of NRS 485.187. 2. Any license suspended pursuant to subsection 1 must remain susp…

NRS 485.330 Operating motor vehicle when license or registration suspended. Any person whose license or registration or nonresident’s operating privilege has been suspended pursuant to this chapter and who, during the suspension, drives any motor vehicle upon any highway or knowi…

NRS 485.340 Failure to return license, registration or license plate. Any person willfully failing to return a license, certificate of registration or license plate as required in NRS 485.320 is guilty of a misdemeanor. [Part 13:127:1949; 1943 NCL § 4439.13]—(NRS A 1967, 596; 198…

NRS 485.350 False or forged policy of insurance, certificate of self-insurance, proof of financial responsibility, evidence of insurance or other document; misrepresentation of documents. Any person who: 1. Forges, materially alters or, without authority, signs any policy of insu…

NRS 485.360 Penalty for other violations. Any person who shall violate any provision of this chapter for which no penalty is otherwise provided shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. [Part 13:127:1949; 1943 NCL § 4439.13]—(NRS A 1967, 596) MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

NRS 485.370 Applicability. This chapter shall not apply with respect to any motor vehicle owned by the United States, this State, or any political subdivision of this State, or any municipality therein. [14:127:1949; 1943 NCL § 4439.14]

NRS 485.380 Self-insurers. 1. Any person in whose name more than 10 motor vehicles are registered in the State of Nevada may qualify as a self-insurer by obtaining a certificate of self-insurance issued by the Department as provided in subsection 2. 2. The Department may, upon th…

NRS 485.385 Department to take appropriate action after receipt of correct information. Whenever the Department has taken any action or has failed to take any action under this chapter by reason of having received erroneous information or by reason of having received no informati…

NRS 485.387 Suspension of registration does not prevent owner from effecting bona fide sale; rights of vendor, mortgagee or lessor. 1. This chapter shall not prevent the owner of a motor vehicle, the registration of which has been suspended under this chapter, from effecting a bo…

NRS 485.390 Chapter supplemental to laws regarding motor vehicles. This chapter shall in no respect be considered as a repeal of the state motor vehicle laws, but shall be construed as supplemental thereto. [16:127:1949; 1943 NCL § 4439.16]

NRS 485.400 Chapter not retroactive. This chapter shall not apply with respect to any crash, or judgment arising therefrom, or violation of the motor vehicle laws of this State occurring prior to September 1, 1949. [17:127:1949; 1943 NCL § 4439.17]—(NRS A 2015, 1654)

NRS 485.410 Chapter not to prevent other process. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as preventing the plaintiff in any action at law from relying for relief upon the other processes provided by law. [18:127:1949; 1943 NCL § 4439.18]

NRS 485.420 Uniformity of interpretation. This chapter shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the laws of those states which enact it. [19:127:1949; 1943 NCL § 4439.19]

NRS 486.011 Definitions. As used in NRS 486.011 to 486.381, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 486.015 to 486.057, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (Added to NRS by 1971, 1465; A 1975, 1082; 1979, 8…

NRS 486.015 “Autocycle” defined. [Effective on 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 amendatory …

NRS 486.031 “Highway” defined. “Highway” means the entire width between the boundary lines of every way maintained by a public authority when any part thereof is open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular traffic. (Added to NRS by 1971, 1465)

NRS 486.038 “Moped” defined. “Moped” means a motor-driven scooter, motor-driven cycle or similar vehicle that is propelled by a small engine which produces not more than 2 gross brake horsepower, has a displacement of not more than 50 cubic centimeters or produces not more than 1…

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…