Title 51

NRS 590.070 Specifications for motor vehicle fuel: Adoption by State Board of Agriculture; percentage of ethanol by volume; variances; sale of nonconforming petroleum products, biodiesel, biomass-based diesel or biomass-based diesel blend unlawful; exception for aviation fuel; pe…

NRS 590.071 Powers and duties of State Board of Agriculture concerning specifications for motor vehicle fuel, diesel exhaust fluid, aviation fuel and petroleum heating products. 1. The State Board of Agriculture shall: (a) Enforce the specifications for motor vehicle fuel adopted…

NRS 590.072 Specifications for diesel exhaust fluid: Adoption by State Board of Agriculture; unlawful acts; penalties. 1. The State Board of Agriculture shall adopt by regulation specification standards for diesel exhaust fluid. 2. When adopting the regulations required pursuant …

NRS 590.073 Specifications for aviation fuel: Adoption by State Board of Agriculture; unlawful acts; penalties; exception for military aircraft. 1. The State Board of Agriculture shall adopt by regulation specification standards for aviation fuel. 2. When adopting the regulations…

NRS 590.080 Specifications for motor or lubricating oil; exception for oil labeled “prediluted” or intended for two-cycle engine. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, crankcase drainings, lube-distillate, or any other petroleum product may not be sold, offered for sal…

NRS 590.090 Specifications for petroleum heating products: Adoption by State Board of Agriculture; unlawful acts; designation of brand and grade of heating fuel contained in storage tanks, dispensers and petroleum tank trucks; designations of numerical grade; penalties. 1. The St…

NRS 590.100 Powers and duties of State Sealer of Measurement Standards and Nevada Highway Patrol. The State Sealer of Measurement Standards is charged with the proper enforcement of NRS 590.010 to 590.150, inclusive, and has the following powers and duties: 1. The State Sealer of…

NRS 590.105 Certain measurement tables to be used in testing petroleum products or motor vehicle fuel. For the purpose of testing petroleum products or motor vehicle fuel as provided in NRS 590.010 to 590.150, inclusive, the ASTM Petroleum Measurement Tables must be used for grav…

NRS 590.110 Breaking, mutilating or destroying seal or covering, defacing or removing notice of sealing unlawful. It is unlawful for any person other than the State Sealer of Measurement Standards or his or her appointees to break, mutilate or destroy any seal placed on any conta…

NRS 590.120 Inspection fee for motor vehicle fuel or lubricating oil shipped, transported or held for sale; transfer of fees collected; monthly reports by payers; penalty; expenses incurred by Department of Motor Vehicles. 1. Every person, or any officer, agent or employee thereo…

NRS 590.131 State Board of Agriculture to adopt regulations for warning labels on motor vehicle fuel pumps. The State Board of Agriculture shall adopt regulations: 1. Requiring a warning label to be affixed on each pump from which is drawn any motor vehicle fuel sold to a consume…

NRS 590.133 Documentation provided to purchaser of fuel containing manganese or manganese compound: Requirements. Any person, other than a retailer of motor vehicle fuel, who sells, offers for sale, assists in the sale of, delivers or transports motor vehicle fuel that contains m…

NRS 590.140 Duties of district attorneys. The district attorney of each county shall prosecute all violations of the provisions of NRS 590.010 to 590.150, inclusive, occurring within the county. [15:157:1955]—(NRS A 2021, 144)

NRS 590.142 Civil penalties: Establishment of schedule by regulation; imposition. 1. The State Sealer of Measurement Standards shall adopt regulations establishing a schedule of civil penalties for any violation of NRS 590.010 to 590.150, inclusive. 2. In addition to any criminal…

NRS 590.144 Civil penalties: Notice; hearing; judicial review; civil action to recover. 1. A person subject to a civil penalty may request an administrative hearing within 10 days after receipt of the notice of the civil penalty. The State Sealer of Measurement Standards or his o…

NRS 590.150 Penalties; prima facie evidence. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a person, or any officer, agent or employee thereof, who willfully violates any of the provisions of NRS 590.010 to 590.140, inclusive, or any regulation adopted pursuant thereto: (a) Fo…

NRS 590.160 Administration. The provisions of NRS 590.160 to 590.330, inclusive, must be administered by the State Sealer of Measurement Standards. [17:323:1951]—(NRS A 1957, 588; 2005, 659; 2013, 2488)

NRS 590.165 Label and display requirements for pump or dispenser at motor vehicle fuel dispensing site. 1. The owner or operator of a motor vehicle fuel dispensing site shall ensure that each pump or dispenser at a motor vehicle fuel dispensing site is labeled in accordance with …

NRS 590.170 Display of price and brand name, grade or certain words regarding sales of motor vehicle fuel and diesel fuel; price changes; roadside signs. 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a person shall not keep, maintain or display in this State any advertising me…

NRS 590.175 Identification of ethanol flex fuel, biodiesel or biodiesel blend on advertising medium, pump or dispenser; regulations; automotive fuel rating; exception. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 2 and 4, any advertising medium, pump or dispenser that advertise…

NRS 590.180 Phraseology indicating reduced price. No person offering for sale or selling any motor vehicle fuel in the State of Nevada may post or display a sign or statement or other advertising medium reading, in substance, “save” a designated amount, or a designated amount per…

NRS 590.190 Motor vehicle fuel without brand name: Requisites. If motor vehicle fuel is offered for sale or advertised for sale from the premises of any place of business in this state, but not under any brand name, then the words “no brand” must be used and designated on the adv…

NRS 590.200 Size of letters, figures or numerals designating brand or words “no brand.” All letters, figures or numerals used in designating the brand name or words “no brand” in any advertising medium referred to in NRS 590.160 to 590.330, inclusive, must be of uniform size and …

NRS 590.210 Size of letters in designating individual grade of motor vehicle fuel. All letters used in designating each individual grade of motor vehicle fuel must be at least 4 inches in height, and the height must not be more than twice the dimension of the width of each letter…

NRS 590.220 Size of letters, words, figures or numerals indicating total price per unit of measure of motor vehicle fuel. All letters, words, figures or numerals used on the advertising medium referred to in NRS 590.160 to 590.330, inclusive, to indicate the total price per unit …

NRS 590.230 Contents and form of advertising medium; information concerning conditions of sale; availability of price to all customers meeting conditions. 1. The advertising medium referred to in NRS 590.160 to 590.330, inclusive, must not contain any other advertising matter exc…

NRS 590.250 Numeral “1” and letter “l”: Uniformity of type and design. Repealed. (See chapter 218, Statutes of Nevada 2025, at page 1311.)

NRS 590.260 Visibility and color of letters, words, figures or numerals. 1. All letters, words, figures or numerals appearing on any advertising medium referred to in NRS 590.160 to 590.330, inclusive, shall be plainly visible and of such colors or tints as will contrast such let…

NRS 590.270 Uniformity of color, words, letters, figures and numerals designating brand, “no brand,” price, grade and conditions of sale. All words, letters, figures or numerals on the advertising medium referred to in NRS 590.160 to 590.330, inclusive, must be: 1. For words and …

NRS 590.280 Placement of medium in misleading position as regards other advertising. No advertising medium may be placed on the premises of any place of business in this state in such a manner or in such a position to another advertising medium as will render the advertising medi…

NRS 590.290 Unlawful placement of certain letters, words, figures or numerals on advertising medium for goods other than motor vehicle fuel. It is unlawful to place letters, words, figures or numerals on any advertising medium located or maintained on the premises of any place of…

NRS 590.300 Advertising of “motor oil” or “lubricating oil”: General requirements. 1. No person shall keep, maintain or display on the premises or near any place of business in this state any advertising medium which indicates or shows or advertises the price of “motor oil” or “l…

NRS 590.310 Advertising of “motor oil” or “lubricating oil”: Uniformity, size, color and legibility of letters. 1. All letters, figures or numerals, used in designating the brand name or the words “no brand” which are part of any advertising medium indicating, showing or advertis…

NRS 590.320 Unlawful advertising of motor vehicle fuel or petroleum product if not currently available for sale or delivery. It is unlawful for any person engaged in the business of selling at retail any motor vehicle fuel or petroleum product for internal combustion engines to d…

NRS 590.322 Civil penalties: Establishment of schedule by regulation; imposition. 1. The State Sealer of Measurement Standards shall adopt regulations establishing a schedule of civil penalties for any violation of NRS 590.160 to 590.330, inclusive. 2. In addition to any criminal…

NRS 590.324 Civil penalties: Notice; hearing; judicial review; civil action to recover. 1. A person subject to a civil penalty may request an administrative hearing within 10 days after receipt of the notice of the civil penalty. The State Sealer of Measurement Standards or a des…

NRS 590.330 Criminal penalties. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a person, or any officer, agent or employee thereof, who willfully violates the provisions of NRS 590.160 to 590.330, inclusive, or any regulation adopted pursuant thereto: (a) For the first offense,…

NRS 590.340 Short title. NRS 590.340 to 590.450, inclusive, may be cited as the Nevada Antifreeze Act. [12:308:1949; 1943 NCL § 1006.12]

NRS 590.350 Definitions. As used in NRS 590.340 to 590.450, inclusive, unless the context or subject matter otherwise requires: 1. “Antifreeze” includes all substances and preparations intended for use as the cooling medium, or to be added to the cooling liquid, in the cooling sy…

NRS 590.360 Adulteration. An antifreeze shall be deemed to be adulterated: 1. If it consists in whole or in part of any substance which will render it injurious to the cooling system of an internal combustion engine or will make the operations of the engine dangerous to the user;…

NRS 590.370 Misbranding. An antifreeze shall be deemed to be misbranded: 1. If its labeling is false or misleading in any particular; or 2. If in package form it does not bear a label containing the name and place of business of the manufacturer, packer, seller or distributor and…

NRS 590.380 License to sell, display or hold for sale; application for license; fee established by regulation; grounds for cancellation of license. 1. Before any antifreeze may be sold, displayed for sale or held with intent to sell within this State, and upon application of the …

NRS 590.400 Enforcement. 1. The State Sealer of Measurement Standards shall enforce the provisions of NRS 590.340 to 590.450, inclusive, by inspections, chemical analyses or any other appropriate methods. All samples for inspection or analysis shall be taken from stocks in the St…

NRS 590.420 List of brands and trademarks licensed by State Sealer of Measurement Standards. The State Sealer of Measurement Standards may furnish upon request a list of the brands and trademarks of antifreeze licensed by the State Sealer of Measurement Standards or his or her ag…

NRS 590.430 Restrictions on statements in advertising literature. No advertising literature relating to any antifreeze sold or to be sold in this State shall contain any statement that the antifreeze advertised for sale has been approved by the State Sealer of Measurement Standar…

NRS 590.450 Civil penalties; deposit and use of money. 1. Any person violating any provision of NRS 590.340 to 590.430, inclusive, is subject to a civil penalty not to exceed: (a) For the first violation, $250. (b) For a second violation, $500. (c) For each subsequent violation, …