Title 58

NRS 706.298 Certain indemnification clauses void and unenforceable. 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section and notwithstanding any other provision of law, a provision, clause, covenant or other agreement contained in, collateral to or affecting a contract concerning moto…

NRS 706.303 Liability insurance required to be provided by operators of horse-drawn vehicles; amount of coverage; regulations. The Authority shall adopt regulations requiring all operators of horse-drawn vehicles subject to its regulation and supervision to maintain a contract of…

NRS 706.305 Operators of taxicabs: Liability insurance required to be provided; amount of coverage; regulations. The Authority shall adopt regulations requiring all operators of taxicabs subject to its regulation and supervision to maintain a contract of insurance against liabili…

NRS 706.3052 Operator of taxicab: Authority to provide self-insurance; exception. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, an operator of a taxicab may operate under a program of self-insurance in compliance with the provisions of NRS 706.3054 or 706.3056 in lieu of the i…

NRS 706.3054 Operator of taxicab: Authority to file bond in lieu of insurance. 1. In lieu of the insurance against liability required by the regulations adopted pursuant to NRS 706.305, an operator of a taxicab may file with the Department: (a) A bond of a surety company authoriz…

NRS 706.3056 Operator of taxicab: Authority to deposit security with Department in lieu of insurance. 1. In lieu of the insurance against liability required by the regulations adopted pursuant to NRS 706.305, an operator of a taxicab may deposit with the Department: (a) Any secur…

NRS 706.3058 Operator of taxicab: Permitted forms of security. For the purposes of NRS 706.3056, the Department may accept from the operator of a taxicab any one of the following forms of security, or any combination thereof: 1. A time certificate of deposit with any bank or cred…

NRS 706.306 Operator of taxicab: Maintenance of security; affidavit required upon relinquishment of certificate of self-insurance. 1. Any security deposited pursuant to NRS 706.3054 or 706.3056 must be maintained for as long as the depositor holds a certificate of self-insurance …

NRS 706.311 Motor carriers and operators of tow cars required to provide reasonably adequate service and facilities; charges required to be just and reasonable; unjust and unreasonable charges unlawful. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, every common and contract mo…

NRS 706.321 Schedules and tariffs of rates, fares and charges: Filing; changes; investigation by Authority; prima facie lawful. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, every common or contract motor carrier shall file with the Authority: (a) Within a time to be fixed by …

NRS 706.322 Acceptance by taxicab motor carrier or limousine operator of credit cards or debit cards for payment of rates, fares or charges: Agreement; regulations concerning maximum convenience fee; certain acts by issuers prohibited. 1. A taxicab motor carrier or an operator of…

NRS 706.323 Limitation on power of Authority to regulate rates. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the Authority may not investigate, suspend, revise or revoke any rate that is subject to the approval of the Authority pursuant to NRS 706.321 and proposed by a common…

NRS 706.326 Investigation or hearing by Authority concerning propriety of new or revised rate, fare, charge or service; order of Authority; determination of necessity for holding hearing. 1. Whenever there is filed with the Authority pursuant to NRS 706.321 any schedule or tariff…

NRS 706.331 Authority may order substitution of just and reasonable rates, regulations and practices after investigation and hearing. 1. If, after due investigation and hearing, any authorized rates, tolls, fares, charges, schedules, tariffs, joint rates or any regulation, measur…

NRS 706.341 Operator of tow car required to notify Authority of discontinuance of towing services from operating terminal or establishment of new operating terminal; other common motor carriers prohibited from discontinuing service without order of Authority. 1. An operator of a …

NRS 706.346 Printing and posting of schedule or tariff of rates or joint rates. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, a copy, or so much of the schedule or tariff as the Authority determines necessary for the use of the public, must be printed in plain type and posted …

NRS 706.351 Free or reduced rates for transportation unlawful; exceptions. 1. It is unlawful for: (a) A fully regulated carrier to furnish any pass, frank, free or reduced rates for transportation to any state, city, district, county or municipal officer of this State or to any p…

NRS 706.356 Certain free transportation prohibited. It is unlawful for any common or contract motor carrier to make a charge for the carriage of passengers or property within the territory authorized by its certificate of public convenience and necessity or permit and give free o…

NRS 706.361 Persons with disabilities entitled to full and equal enjoyment of facilities of public transportation; entities providing public transportation required to designate person to ensure compliance with Americans with Disabilities Act and to provide related training to em…

NRS 706.366 Unlawful to refuse service of public transportation or charge additional fee or deposit to certain persons accompanied by service animal or service animal in training; exception; liability for damage; person subject to same conditions and limitations as others; remedi…

NRS 706.371 Powers of Authority to regulate contract motor carriers. The Authority may regulate and fix the maximum number of contracts and the minimum carrying charges of all intrastate contract motor carriers, and conduct hearings, make and enter necessary orders and enforce th…

NRS 706.386 Persons required to obtain certificate. It is unlawful, except as otherwise provided in NRS 277A.280, 706.446, 706.453 and 706.745, for any: 1. Fully regulated common motor carrier to operate as a carrier of intrastate commerce; 2. Owner or operator of a charter bus w…

NRS 706.391 Application for issuance or modification of certificate to operate as common motor carrier other than operator of tow car: Hearing; standards for reviewing application; duties of applicant; powers of Authority. 1. Upon the filing of an application for a certificate of…

NRS 706.396 Effect of denial of certificate. Any person who, after hearing, has been denied a certificate of public convenience and necessity to operate as a carrier must not be permitted again to file a similar application with the Authority covering the same type of service and…

NRS 706.398 Revocation or suspension of certificate: Failure to file annual report, to operate under terms and conditions of certificate or to comply with provisions of chapter or regulations of Authority. The Authority: 1. Shall revoke or suspend, pursuant to the provisions of t…

NRS 706.411 Order of Authority concerning certificate prima facie lawful from date of order. Every order refusing or granting any certificates of public convenience and necessity, or granting or refusing permission to discontinue, modify or restrict service is prima facie lawful …

NRS 706.421 Contract motor carrier required to obtain permit. It is unlawful for any contract motor carrier to act as such within this State in intrastate commerce without first having obtained a permit therefor. (Added to NRS by 1971, 702)

NRS 706.426 Application for permit: Contents and form. An application for a permit for a new operation as a contract motor carrier must: 1. Be made to the Authority in writing. 2. Be in such form and be accompanied by such information as the Authority may require. 3. Include a co…

NRS 706.431 Conditions for issuance, denial, revocation or suspension of permit; regulations providing procedure for approval of contract entered into after issuance of permit. 1. A permit may be issued to any applicant therefor, authorizing in whole or in part the operation cove…

NRS 706.436 Effect of denial of permit. Any person who has been denied a permit to act as a contract motor carrier after hearing may not file a similar application with the Authority covering the same type of service and over the same route or routes or in the same territory for …

NRS 706.437 Certain common carriers of property required to obtain written approval from Department; permits required to be obtained from Department to transport radioactive waste. 1. A common carrier of property, other than a carrier of household goods or an operator of a tow ca…

NRS 706.438 Conditions for issuance of written approval. The Department shall issue its written approval if it finds that the applicant: 1. Satisfies the requirements related to insurance specified pursuant to the provisions of NRS 706.291 and the requirements of NRS 706.296 if t…

NRS 706.439 Department authorized to issue written approval at time of registration or licensing of carrier’s fleet; Department authorized to charge fee for application for written approval not submitted in conjunction with such registration or licensing. 1. The Department may is…

NRS 706.4395 Cancellation of written approval. The written approval of the Department is effective until the Department cancels its written approval. The Department may cancel its written approval if the carrier to whom the approval is issued: 1. Fails to maintain adequate insura…

NRS 706.442 Requirements. Any person engaging in the intrastate transportation or storage of household goods shall comply with the following requirements: 1. Upon the request of a person seeking service, the carrier of household goods shall provide the person with a written, bind…

NRS 706.443 Applicability of requirements; enforcement of requirements by Authority; regulations. 1. The provisions of NRS 706.442 apply whether or not the person providing the service has received authority to operate from the Authority. 2. The Authority shall enforce the provis…

NRS 706.444 “Insurance company” defined. As used in NRS 706.444 to 706.453, inclusive, “insurance company” means any entity authorized to provide insurance for motor vehicles in this State, including, without limitation, a captive insurer, as defined in NRS 694C.060, and a person…

NRS 706.445 Limitations on power of Authority to regulate towing services. The Authority may not regulate the: 1. Geographical area in which towing services are provided; 2. Types of towing services that are provided; or 3. Rates and charges assessed or the terms and conditions i…

NRS 706.446 Operators of tow cars for certain motor clubs not required to obtain certificates of public convenience and necessity or comply with regulations or rates adopted by Authority. The provisions of this chapter do not require an operator of a tow car who provides towing f…

NRS 706.4463 Requirements for operators of tow cars: Applications for and issuance of certificates of public convenience and necessity; size and weight of tow cars; compliance with provisions. 1. In addition to the other requirements of this chapter, each operator of a tow car sh…

NRS 706.4464 Transfer of certificate of public convenience and necessity: Conditions; application; hearing; approval; duration of validity. 1. An operator of a tow car who is issued a certificate of public convenience and necessity may transfer it to another operator of a tow car…

NRS 706.4465 Operator of tow car required to maintain dispatcher’s log; contents of log. The operator shall maintain a dispatcher’s log which shows for each vehicle towed: 1. The date and time the call to provide towing was received. 2. The name of the person requesting that the …

NRS 706.4467 Requirements for towing and storing towed motor vehicles, cargo and personal property. In towing and storing a towed motor vehicle, cargo and personal property, the operator shall: 1. Treat original and substituted accessories and equipment of the motor vehicle as pa…

NRS 706.4468 Operator of tow car required to file charges for preparing or satisfying liens; actions by Authority; conditions for imposing and amount of charges. 1. Each operator of a tow car shall file its charges for preparing or satisfying a lien to which the operator is entit…

NRS 706.4469 Release of motor vehicle connected to tow car at point of origination of towing. 1. The operator shall allow the owner, or agent of the owner, of a motor vehicle that has been connected to a tow car to obtain the release of the vehicle at the point of origination of …

NRS 706.4473 Operator required to inform owner of towed motor vehicle of right to file complaint with Authority. The operator shall inform each owner, or agent of the owner, of a towed motor vehicle that the owner or agent may file a complaint with the Authority regarding any vio…