Title 43

NRS 482.091 “Passenger compartment” defined. “Passenger compartment” means the area of a vehicle designed and intended for the seating of the driver and passengers. (Added to NRS by 2005, 1239)

NRS 482.095 “Pneumatic tires” defined. “Pneumatic tires” means all tires inflated with compressed air. [Part 1:202:1931; A 1951, 165; 1953, 280]

NRS 482.096 “Purchase price” defined. “Purchase price” means: 1. If no security interest is taken, retained, created or in existence by virtue of a sale of a vehicle in this State, the price of the vehicle plus any additional included amounts for taxes, official fees, registratio…

NRS 482.0962 “Qualifying service-connected disability” defined. “Qualifying service-connected disability” means: 1. A service-connected disability rated at 100 percent; 2. More than one service-connected disability, the combined ratings of which add up to at least 100 percent; or…

NRS 482.0965 “Rear clip assembly” defined. “Rear clip assembly” means the entire rear structural portion of a vehicle designed and intended to be located behind the rear seat of the vehicle. (Added to NRS by 2005, 1239)

NRS 482.097 “Rebuilder” defined. 1. “Rebuilder” means a person engaged in the: (a) Business of reconstructing motor vehicles by the alteration, addition or substitution of substantial or essential parts; or (b) Assembling of replica or specially constructed vehicles from unassemb…

NRS 482.098 “Rebuilt vehicle” defined. 1. “Rebuilt vehicle” means a vehicle: (a) That is a salvage vehicle as that term is defined in NRS 487.770, excluding a nonrepairable vehicle; or (b) One or more major components of which have been replaced as set forth in this subsection. F…

NRS 482.100 “Reconstructed vehicle” defined. “Reconstructed vehicle” means any vehicle which shall have been assembled or constructed largely by means of essential parts, new or used, derived from other vehicles or makes of vehicles of various names, models or types, or which, if…

NRS 482.1005 “Recreational park trailer” defined. 1. “Recreational park trailer” means a vehicle which is primarily designed to provide temporary living quarters for recreational, camping or seasonal use and which: (a) Is built on a single chassis mounted on wheels; (b) Has a gro…

NRS 482.101 “Recreational vehicle” defined. “Recreational vehicle” means a vehicular-type unit primarily designed as temporary living quarters for travel, recreational or camping use, which may be self-propelled, mounted upon, or drawn by, a motor vehicle. The term includes a rec…

NRS 482.1015 “Registered dealer” defined. “Registered dealer” means a new vehicle dealer who is authorized to issue certificates of registration pursuant to NRS 482.216. (Added to NRS by 1995, 1860)

NRS 482.102 “Registered owner” defined. “Registered owner” means a natural person, firm, corporation or association whose name appears in the files of the Department as the person to whom the vehicle is registered. (Added to NRS by 1973, 229; A 1999, 3576)

NRS 482.1025 “Replacement number plate” defined. “Replacement number plate” means a license plate or set of license plates issued to a registered owner which bear the code of a plate or set of plates which were previously issued but expired and have remained expired for a continu…

NRS 482.103 “Resident” defined. 1. “Resident” includes, but is not limited to, a person: (a) Whose legal residence is in the State of Nevada. (b) Who engages in intrastate business and operates in such a business any motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer, or any person maintainin…

NRS 482.106 “Roof assembly” defined. “Roof assembly” means the structural parts of a vehicle, including, without limitation, more than one-half of the vertical roof supports, the framework of the roof and the exterior metal skin, that together are designed and intended to be loca…

NRS 482.107 “Salesperson” defined. “Salesperson” means: 1. A person employed by a vehicle dealer, under any form of contract or arrangement to sell, exchange, buy, or offer for sale, or exchange an interest in a vehicle to any person, who receives or expects to receive a commissi…

NRS 482.109 “Security interest” defined. “Security interest” means an interest in a vehicle, including a mobile home whether or not permanently attached to the land, reserved or created by agreement, which secures payment or performance of an obligation. “Security interest” inclu…

NRS 482.110 “Semitrailer” defined. “Semitrailer” means every vehicle of the trailer type so designed and used in conjunction with a motor vehicle that some part of its own weight and that of its own load rests upon or is carried by another vehicle. [Part 1:202:1931; A 1951, 165; …

NRS 482.1115 “Service vehicle” and “work vehicle” defined. “Service vehicle” or “work vehicle” means a vehicle owned and operated by a licensed dealer, manufacturer, distributor, long-term or short-term lessor, rebuilder or broker in the furtherance of his or her business. Such v…

NRS 482.113 “Slide-in camper” defined. “Slide-in camper” means a portable unit designed to be loaded and unloaded from the bed of a pickup truck, and so constructed as to provide temporary living quarters for travel, camping or recreational use. (Added to NRS by 1973, 230)

NRS 482.115 “Solid rubber tires” defined. “Solid rubber tires” means every tire made of rubber other than a pneumatic tire. [Part 1:202:1931; A 1951, 165; 1953, 280]

NRS 482.120 “Specially constructed vehicle” defined. “Specially constructed vehicle” means any vehicle which shall not have been originally constructed under a distinctive name, make, model or type by a generally recognized manufacturer of vehicles. [Part 1:202:1931; A 1951, 165;…

NRS 482.123 “Special mobile equipment” defined. 1. “Special mobile equipment” means every motor vehicle not designed or used primarily for the transportation of persons or property and only incidentally operated or moved upon a highway, including, but not limited to, scoopmobiles…

NRS 482.124 “Substitute number plate” defined. “Substitute number plate” means a license plate or a set of license plates issued in place of a previously issued and unexpired plate or set of plates. The plate or set of plates does not repeat the code of the previously issued plat…

NRS 482.125 “Trailer” defined. “Trailer” means every vehicle without motive power designed to carry property or passengers wholly on its own structure and to be drawn by a motor vehicle. [Part 1:202:1931; A 1951, 165; 1953, 280]

NRS 482.127 “Travel trailer” defined. “Travel trailer” means a portable structure mounted on wheels, constructed on a vehicular-type chassis primarily designed as temporary living quarters for recreational, camping or travel use and designed to be drawn by another vehicle and des…

NRS 482.129 “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 482.1295 “Truck cab assembly” defined. “Truck cab assembly” means a removable portion of a truck that uses a conventional frame assembly consisting of a cab that may be bolted and unbolted which includes a floor assembly, cowl assembly, roof assembly and rear panel and may al…

NRS 482.130 “Truck-tractor” defined. “Truck-tractor” means every motor vehicle designed and used primarily for drawing other vehicles and not so constructed as to carry a load other than a part of the weight of the vehicle and load so drawn. [Part 1:202:1931; A 1951, 165; 1953, 2…

NRS 482.132 “Used vehicle” defined. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 482.366605, “used vehicle” means a vehicle that: 1. Has been registered with the Department or with the appropriate agency of authority of any other state, the District of Columbia, any territory or possessio…

NRS 482.133 “Used vehicle dealer” defined. “Used vehicle dealer” means any vehicle dealer who is licensed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter as a used vehicle dealer and who acquires used vehicles for resale. (Added to NRS by 1965, 1472; A 1971, 1302; 1973, 231; 19…

NRS 482.134 “Utility trailer” defined. “Utility trailer” means a vehicle, without motive power, designed to carry property or passengers wholly on its own structure, and to be drawn by a motor vehicle. It may not exceed 8 feet in width nor 3,500 pounds in weight. (Added to NRS by…

NRS 482.1345 “Van conversion” defined. “Van conversion” means a vehicular-type unit originally designed and manufactured as a van or enclosed truck, which is modified to be used for travel, camping or recreational use, but which retains the basic silhouette of a van. (Added to NR…

NRS 482.135 “Vehicle” defined. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 482.36348, “vehicle” means every device in, upon or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a public highway. The term does not include: 1. Devices moved by human power or used exclu…

NRS 482.137 “Vehicle transporter” defined. “Vehicle transporter” means a person who engages in the business of transporting motor vehicles in which he or she has no ownership interest and which are otherwise required to be registered pursuant to this chapter by operating them, si…

NRS 482.155 Enforcement of provisions of chapter by Department, its officers and peace officers. The Department, all officers thereof and all peace officers in this State shall enforce the provisions of this chapter. [Part 3:202:1931; A 1953, 105]

NRS 482.160 Administrative regulations; establishment of branch offices; appointment of agents; compensation of certain agents; prohibition and exception on use of name, service mark, trademark or logo of Department in advertisement. 1. The Director may adopt and enforce such adm…

NRS 482.162 Department to adopt regulations setting forth criteria for determination of whether person is farmer or rancher; presentation of evidence to Department. The Department shall adopt regulations establishing the criteria to be used to determine whether a person is a farm…

NRS 482.163 Department to develop and implement process for determining whether criminal history will disqualify person from obtaining a license pursuant to chapter; fee; quarterly reports. 1. The Department shall develop and implement a process by which a person with a criminal …

NRS 482.165 Director to provide forms. The Director shall provide suitable forms for applications, registration cards, license number plates, and all other forms requisite for the purposes of this chapter, and shall prepay all transportation charges thereon. [Part 3:202:1931; A 1…

NRS 482.167 Department required to place designation on vehicle registration that person is person with communication need upon application; Department prohibited from requiring person to disclose communication need. 1. Upon the application of a person with a communication need, …

NRS 482.170 Records of Department concerning registration and licensing. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 239.0115, 481.063, 483.651, 483.655, 483.657 and 485.316, all personal information in the records of registration and licensing in the offices of the Department is confide…

NRS 482.171 List of registered owners to be provided for selection of jury; reimbursement of Department. 1. The Department shall provide a list of registered owners of motor vehicles in any county upon the request of a district judge or jury commissioner of the judicial district …

NRS 482.175 Validity of registration: Powers and duties of Department and registered dealers. The Department and the officers and deputies thereof and registered dealers shall examine, and to the best of their ability determine the genuineness and regularity of, every registratio…

NRS 482.180 Motor Vehicle Fund: Creation; deposits; interest and income; dishonored payments; distribution of money collected for basic governmental services tax; transfers. 1. The Motor Vehicle Fund is hereby created as an agency fund. Except as otherwise provided in subsection …

NRS 482.1805 Revolving Account for Issuance of Special License Plates: Creation; deposit of certain fees; use of money in Account; transfer of excess balance to State Highway Fund; exception. 1. The Revolving Account for the Issuance of Special License Plates is hereby created as…