NRS 484.228 Seizure and impoundment of vehicle for failure to surrender license plates and certificate of registration upon suspension of registration.

NRS 484.229 Written report of accident to Department by driver or owner; exceptions; confidentiality; use as evidence at trial.

NRS 484.236 Failure to report; false report; penalties.

NRS 484.238 State Registrar of Vital Statistics to report death to Department.

NRS 484.241 Garage or repair shop to maintain record of repairs made to vehicle involved in accident.

NRS 484.243 Police to report to Department; report not confidential.

NRS 484.247 Forms for report of accident.

NRS 484.249 Department to tabulate and analyze reports.

RULES OF THE ROAD

General Duties of Drivers; Applicability and Effect of Traffic Laws

NRS 484.253 Obedience to police officer.

NRS 484.254 Obedience to signal of authorized flagman; prosecution of violations; penalties.

NRS 484.257 Rights and duties of person riding animal or driving vehicle drawn by animal.

NRS 484.259 Applicability of chapter to person, motor vehicle or other equipment engaged in work upon highway.

NRS 484.261 Privileges granted to driver of authorized emergency vehicle, official vehicle of regulatory agency or vehicle escorting funeral procession; application of privileges; limitation of privileges.

NRS 484.262 Rental agency not liable for traffic violation by user of rented vehicle.

Traffic Signs, Signals and Markings

NRS 484.278 Obedience to devices for control of traffic; placement of devices; additional penalty for violation committed in work zone.

NRS 484.283 Colored lights and lighted arrows as signals on device for control of traffic.

NRS 484.285 Flashing signals.

NRS 484.287 Display of unauthorized signs, signals or markings; removal as public nuisance; exceptions; use of advertising revenues to repay bonds.

NRS 484.289 Interference with official device for control of traffic or sign or signal for railroad prohibited; additional penalty for violation committed in work zone.

NRS 484.2895 Devices and mechanisms capable of interfering with or altering signal of traffic-control signal: General prohibition against operating and selling; seizure by police; presence in or on vehicle as prima facie evidence of violation; penalty; exceptions for providers of mass transit and response agencies.

Driving on Right Side of Highway; Overtaking and Passing; Use of Highway

NRS 484.291 Driving on right half of highway required; exceptions; additional penalty for violation committed in work zone.

NRS 484.293 Duties of drivers passing vehicles proceeding in opposite directions; additional penalty for violation committed in work zone.

NRS 484.295 Overtaking vehicle on left side: Duties of drivers of overtaking and overtaken vehicle; additional penalty for violation committed in work zone.

NRS 484.297 When overtaking on right side allowed; additional penalty for violation committed in work zone.

NRS 484.299 Limitations on overtaking on left side; additional penalty for violation committed in work zone.

NRS 484.301 Zones in which overtaking on left side or making left-hand turn prohibited; exceptions; additional penalty for violation committed in work zone.

NRS 484.303 One-way highway; rotary traffic island.

NRS 484.305 Driving on highway having multiple marked lanes for traffic; additional penalty for violation committed in work zone.

NRS 484.307 Following too closely.

NRS 484.309 Driving on divided highway: Prohibited turns; additional penalty for violation committed in work zone.

NRS 484.311 Restricted access onto or from controlled-access highway; additional penalty for violation committed in work zone.

NRS 484.312 Carpool lanes: Authority of Department of Transportation to designate; duties of Department; prohibited use; penalty; regulations.

NRS 484.313 Restrictions on use of controlled-access highway; penalty.

Right-of-Way

NRS 484.315 Vehicle approaching or entering intersection.

NRS 484.317 Vehicle turning left.

NRS 484.319 Vehicle entering intersection marked stop or yield.

NRS 484.321 Vehicle entering highway from private way.

NRS 484.322 Vehicle entering or exiting controlled-access highway: Duty to yield right-of-way.

NRS 484.323 Operation of vehicle on approach of authorized emergency vehicle or official vehicle of regulatory agency.

NRS 484.324 Vehicles and bicycles.

Pedestrians

NRS 484.3245 Duties of driver of motor vehicle to pedestrian.

NRS 484.325 Right-of-way in crosswalk; obedience to signals and other devices for control of traffic.

NRS 484.327 Crossing other than at crosswalk.

NRS 484.328 Right-of-way of blind person; penalty.

NRS 484.329 Use of right half of crosswalk.

NRS 484.331 Walking along and upon highways; solicitation of ride, business or contribution from driver or occupant of vehicle; presence of intoxicated pedestrian within traveled portion of highway; applicability to riders of animals; criminal penalty.

Turning and Starting and Signals on Stopping and Turning

NRS 484.333 Required position and method of turning at intersections.

NRS 484.335 Disobedience of directions of device for control of traffic unlawful; additional penalty for violation committed in work zone.

NRS 484.337 Allowed and prohibited U-turns; additional penalty for violation committed in work zone.

NRS 484.339 Turning on curve or crest of grade prohibited.

NRS 484.341 Starting parked vehicle.

NRS 484.343 Movement and signals for turning; signal for stopping or decreasing speed.

NRS 484.345 Signal by hand and arm or signal lamp or device.

NRS 484.347 Methods of giving signals by hand and arm.

Special Stops Required

NRS 484.348 Stop required on signal of peace officer; penalties.

NRS 484.349 Obedience to signal indicating approach of railroad train.

NRS 484.351 Stop required at certain grade crossings of railroad.

NRS 484.353 Certain vehicles required to stop at all grade crossings of railroad; exceptions.

NRS 484.355 Moving heavy equipment at grade crossing of railroad.

NRS 484.356 Stop required in obedience to direction or traffic-control signal of school crossing guard; penalty.

NRS 484.357 Overtaking and passing school bus; penalty.

NRS 484.358 Report by driver of school bus of violation of NRS 484.357; submission of report to school district and Department; provision of notice to owner of vehicle.

NRS 484.359 Administrative roadblock: Establishment; minimum requirements.

NRS 484.3591 Temporary roadblock: Establishment; minimum requirements.

NRS 484.3593 Authority of police officers not limited by provisions relating to roadblocks.

NRS 484.3595 Failure to stop at roadblock; penalties.

Restrictions on Speed

NRS 484.361 Basic rule; additional penalty for violation committed in work zone.

NRS 484.363 Duty of driver to decrease speed under certain circumstances; additional penalty for violation committed in work zone.

NRS 484.364 Approach to stopped authorized emergency vehicle making use of flashing lights: Duties of approaching driver; penalty.

NRS 484.365 School bus: Maximum speed.

NRS 484.366 School zone or school crossing zone: Speed limit; designation; signs; determination of hours in which speed limit is in effect.

NRS 484.3665 School zone or school crossing zone: Requirements for signs; placement of portable signs.

NRS 484.3667 Double penalty for certain traffic violations committed in work zones.

NRS 484.367 Speed limit in unincorporated town; additional penalty for violation committed in work zone.

NRS 484.368 Speed limit: Establishment for vehicles on highways constructed and maintained by Department of Transportation; additional penalty for violation committed in work zone.

NRS 484.3685 Certain violations of speed limit in rural areas: Fines; Department not to record violation on driver’s record; violation not deemed moving traffic violation.

NRS 484.369 Speed zones and signs.

NRS 484.371 Slow driving; establishment of minimum speed limit.

NRS 484.373 Duties of driver driving motor vehicle at speed so slow as to impede forward movement of traffic; prohibition against stopping vehicle on roadway so as to impede or block normal and reasonable movement of traffic; exception.

NRS 484.374 Duty of driver of slow-moving vehicle to turn off roadway; circumstances in which duty arises; criminal penalty.

NRS 484.375 Special limitations on speed.

Aggressive Driving; Reckless Driving; Vehicular Manslaughter

NRS 484.3765 Aggressive driving; additional penalty for violation committed in work zone.

NRS 484.377 Reckless driving; penalty for willful or wanton disregard for safety causing death or substantial bodily harm; additional penalties.

NRS 484.3775 Vehicular manslaughter; additional penalty for violation committed in work zone; notification to Department of conviction by court; recordation of conviction upon driving record of violator.

Driving Under the Influence of Intoxicating Liquor or Controlled or Prohibited Substance

NRS 484.379 Unlawful acts; affirmative defense; additional penalty for violation committed in work zone. [Effective until the date of the repeal of the federal law requiring each state to make it unlawful for a person to operate a motor vehicle with a blood alcohol concentration of 0.08 percent or greater as a condition to receiving federal funding for the construction of highways in this State.]

NRS 484.379 Unlawful acts; affirmative defense; additional penalty for violation committed in work zone. [Effective on the date of the repeal of the federal law requiring each state to make it unlawful for a person to operate a motor vehicle with a blood alcohol concentration of 0.08 percent or greater as a condition to receiving federal funding for the construction of highways in this State.]

NRS 484.3791 Civil penalty.

NRS 484.3792 Penalties; segregation of offender; probation, suspension of sentence and plea bargaining restricted; intermittent confinement; consecutive sentences.

NRS 484.3793 Evaluation and treatment for alcohol or drug abuse: Definitions.

NRS 484.37935 Evaluation and treatment for alcohol or drug abuse: Standards for approval of evaluation center.

NRS 484.37937 Evaluation and treatment for alcohol or drug abuse: Application by first-time offender to undergo program of treatment; sentencing of offender and conditional suspension of sentence; notice to Department.

NRS 484.3794 Evaluation and treatment for alcohol or drug abuse: Application by second-time offender to undergo program of treatment; sentencing of offender and conditional suspension of sentence; notice to Department.

NRS 484.37943 Evaluation and treatment for alcohol or drug abuse: Evaluation of certain offenders; evaluation to be conducted at evaluation center; exceptions; offender to pay cost of evaluation.

NRS 484.37945 Evaluation and treatment for alcohol or drug abuse: Placement of offender under clinical supervision of treatment facility; payment of charges for treatment; liability of facility limited.

NRS 484.37947 Evaluation and treatment for alcohol or drug abuse: Evaluation or treatment by private company authorized.

NRS 484.3795 Penalty if death or substantial bodily harm results; exception; segregation of offender; plea bargaining prohibited; affirmative defense; aggravating factor. [Effective until the date of the repeal of the federal law requiring each state to make it unlawful for a person to operate a motor vehicle with a blood alcohol concentration of 0.08 percent or greater as a condition to receiving federal funding for the construction of highways in this State.]

NRS 484.3795 Penalty if death or substantial bodily harm results; exception; segregation of offender; plea bargaining prohibited; affirmative defense; aggravating factor. [Effective on the date of the repeal of the federal law requiring each state to make it unlawful for a person to operate a motor vehicle with a blood alcohol concentration of 0.08 percent or greater as a condition to receiving federal funding for the construction of highways in this State.]

NRS 484.37955 Vehicular homicide; segregation of offender; plea bargaining prohibited; affirmative defense; aggravating factor. [Effective until the date of the repeal of the federal law requiring each state to make it unlawful for a person to operate a motor vehicle with a blood alcohol concentration of 0.08 percent or greater as a condition to receiving federal funding for the construction of highways in this State.]

NRS 484.37955 Vehicular homicide; segregation of offender; plea bargaining prohibited; affirmative defense; aggravating factor. [Effective on the date of the repeal of the federal law requiring each state to make it unlawful for a person to operate a motor vehicle with a blood alcohol concentration of 0.08 percent or greater as a condition to receiving federal funding for the construction of highways in this State.]

NRS 484.3796 Evaluation of certain offenders before sentencing; persons qualified to conduct evaluation; results of evaluation to be forwarded to Director of Department of Corrections.

NRS 484.3797 Offender to attend meeting of panel of victims and provide proof of attendance to court.

NRS 484.37975 Mandatory suspension of registration of each motor vehicle registered to person convicted of second or subsequent violation or convicted of vehicular homicide; duration of suspension; court to forward copy of order to Department; contents of order; limited exceptions.

NRS 484.3798 Fee for chemical analysis.

NRS 484.382 Implied consent to preliminary test; failure to submit to test; use of results of test.

NRS 484.383 Implied consent to evidentiary test; exemption from blood test; choice of test; circumstances in which police officer may direct person to submit to blood test; restrictions on requiring urine test; failure to submit to test; notification of parent or guardian of minor directed to submit to test.

NRS 484.384 Test showing concentration of alcohol of 0.08 or more in blood or breath; revocation of license, permit or privilege; periods of ineligibility to run consecutively. [Effective until the date of the repeal of the federal law requiring each state to make it unlawful for a person to operate a motor vehicle with a blood alcohol concentration of 0.08 percent or greater as a condition to receiving federal funding for the construction of highways in this State.]

NRS 484.384 Test showing concentration of alcohol of 0.10 or more in blood or breath; revocation of license, permit or privilege; periods of ineligibility to run consecutively. [Effective on the date of the repeal of the federal law requiring each state to make it unlawful for a person to operate a motor vehicle with a blood alcohol concentration of 0.08 percent or greater as a condition to receiving federal funding for the construction of highways in this State.]

NRS 484.385 Seizure of license or permit; order of revocation; administrative and judicial review; temporary license; sufficiency of notice. [Effective until the date of the repeal of the federal law requiring each state to make it unlawful for a person to operate a motor vehicle with a blood alcohol concentration of 0.08 percent or greater as a condition to receiving federal funding for the construction of highways in this State.]

NRS 484.385 Seizure of license or permit; order of revocation; administrative and judicial review; temporary license; sufficiency of notice. [Effective on the date of the repeal of the federal law requiring each state to make it unlawful for a person to operate a motor vehicle with a blood alcohol concentration of 0.08 percent or greater as a condition to receiving federal funding for the construction of highways in this State.]

NRS 484.386 Requirements for evidentiary test of breath to determine concentration of alcohol in breath; use of reasonable force to obtain sample or conduct test.

NRS 484.387 Hearing by Department; additional temporary license; judicial review; cancellation of temporary license. [Effective until the date of the repeal of the federal law requiring each state to make it unlawful for a person to operate a motor vehicle with a blood alcohol concentration of 0.08 percent or greater as a condition to receiving federal funding for the construction of highways in this State.]

NRS 484.387 Hearing by Department; additional temporary license; judicial review; cancellation of temporary license. [Effective on the date of the repeal of the federal law requiring each state to make it unlawful for a person to operate a motor vehicle with a blood alcohol concentration of 0.08 percent or greater as a condition to receiving federal funding for the construction of highways in this State.]

NRS 484.388 Committee on Testing for Intoxication: Creation; appointment and qualifications of members; meetings; quorum; appeal from decision of Committee.

NRS 484.3882 Committee on Testing for Intoxication: Certification of breath-testing devices; creation and maintenance of list of such devices; presumption of accuracy and reliability of device; other evidence of concentration of alcohol in breath not precluded.

NRS 484.3884 Committee on Testing for Intoxication: Adoption of regulations to prescribe standards and procedures to calibrate breath-testing devices; issuance of certificates by Director of Department of Public Safety.

NRS 484.3886 Committee on Testing for Intoxication: Adoption of regulations for certification of persons to operate device to test concentration in breath; judicial notice; presumption of proper operation; evidence of test performed by others not precluded.

NRS 484.3888 Committee on Testing for Intoxication: Adoption of regulations for calibration of devices to test blood or urine and certification of persons who calibrate or operate devices or who examine operators; adoption of regulations concerning operation of devices to test blood or urine.

NRS 484.389 Admissibility of evidence of refusal to submit to evidentiary test and results of test; availability of results of test.

NRS 484.391 Opportunity of arrested person to choose qualified person to administer test; substitution of test prohibited.

NRS 484.393 Admissibility of results of blood test in hearing or criminal action; immunity from liability for person administering blood test in certain circumstances.

NRS 484.3935 Presumption that solution or gas used to calibrate device for testing breath is properly prepared.

NRS 484.394 Analysis of blood of deceased victim of accident involving motor vehicle to determine presence and concentration of alcohol.

NRS 484.3941 Device to prevent person who has consumed alcohol from starting vehicle: “Device” defined.

NRS 484.3943 Device to prevent person who has consumed alcohol from starting vehicle: Imposition by court order; installation and inspection; exceptions.

NRS 484.3945 Device to prevent person who has consumed alcohol from starting vehicle: Penalties for tampering with or driving without device; probation and suspension of sentence prohibited; plea bargaining restricted.

NRS 484.3947 Device to prevent person who has consumed alcohol from starting vehicle: Regulations.

Stopping, Standing and Parking

NRS 484.395 Stopping, standing or parking outside of business or residence district.

NRS 484.397 Police officer authorized to remove certain vehicles; protocol for selection and use of towing services; duties and liability of tow car operator.

NRS 484.398 Preservation of criminal evidence on removal of vehicle from highway.

NRS 484.399 Stopping, standing or parking prohibited in specified places.

NRS 484.401 Prohibited parking in front of theaters, hotels and other buildings.

NRS 484.403 Parallel and angle parking; stopping, standing and parking on highways under jurisdiction of Department of Transportation.

NRS 484.405 Obedience to devices permitting angle parking.

NRS 484.407 Special license plate or plates and special or temporary parking placards and stickers: Use; alternative use of special plate or plates issued to disabled veterans; limitations.

NRS 484.408 Parking space designated for handicapped: Signs; required plates, stickers or placards for parking; prohibited acts; penalty.

NRS 484.4085 Local law enforcement agency authorized to appoint volunteers to enforce certain laws concerning parking for handicapped.

NRS 484.409 Parked vehicle at nighttime: Reflectors; lights.

NRS 484.411 Stopping, standing or parking in alley.

NRS 484.413 All-night parking prohibited.

NRS 484.418 Parking for certain purposes prohibited.

NRS 484.421 Parking adjacent to school.

NRS 484.423 Parking on narrow highway.

NRS 484.425 Standing or parking on one-way street.

NRS 484.427 Standing or parking on one-way roadway.

NRS 484.429 Stopping, standing or parking near hazardous or congested place.

NRS 484.431 Stopping, standing or parking in zone for loading passengers at curb.

NRS 484.433 Stopping, standing or parking in zone for loading freight at curb.

NRS 484.435 Stopping, standing or parking in restricted parking zone.

NRS 484.437 Stopping, standing and parking of bus or taxicab.

NRS 484.439 Restricted use of bus and taxicab stands.

NRS 484.441 Regulation of stopping, standing or parking by local authority.

NRS 484.443 Stopping, standing or parking in metered parking zone; unlawful tampering with meter.

NRS 484.444 Local authority authorized to file notice of nonpayment with Department if registered owner of motor vehicle fails to pay certain penalties, fines or other charges; contents of notice; regulations.

Miscellaneous Rules

NRS 484.445 Unattended motor vehicle: Stopping engine, locking ignition and removing key.

NRS 484.447 Unattended motor vehicle: Standing on grade.

NRS 484.448 Drinking alcoholic beverage while driving motor vehicle unlawful; open container of alcoholic beverage; additional penalty for violation committed in work zone.

NRS 484.449 Limitations on backing.

NRS 484.451 Driving upon sidewalk.

NRS 484.453 Obstruction of or interference with driver’s view; interference with driver’s control over driving mechanism; vision of driver through required glass equipment; additional penalty for violation committed in work zone.

NRS 484.455 Riding in house trailer.

NRS 484.457 Driving on mountain highway.

NRS 484.459 Coasting prohibited.

NRS 484.461 Following fire apparatus prohibited.

NRS 484.463 Crossing fire hose.

NRS 484.465 Putting glass or other injurious substance on highway prohibited.

NRS 484.466 Violation of curfew by drivers who are 16 or 17 years of age; exception for scheduled events; violation does not constitute primary offense.

NRS 484.467 Driving through funeral or other procession.

NRS 484.469 Driving in procession.

NRS 484.471 Permits required for certain parades and processions, sound trucks and oversized or overweight vehicles or equipment; penalty for violation.

NRS 484.473 Unlawful riding.

NRS 484.474 Child less than 6 years of age and weighing 60 pounds or less to be secured in child restraint system while being transported in motor vehicle; requirements for system; programs of training; fees; penalties; exceptions.

NRS 484.475 Boarding or alighting from vehicle; opening door of vehicle.

NRS 484.477 Motor must be shut off when supply tank being filled with fuel.

NRS 484.479 Highway closed to traffic: Removal of barriers and signs unlawful; driving on highway unlawful; additional penalty for violation committed in work zone.

NRS 484.491 Fusee: Limitation on color.

NRS 484.493 Police officer to remove lights and sirens unlawfully installed or operated.

NRS 484.495 Driving through safety zone prohibited.

NRS 484.496 Reflective material required for person directing or controlling traffic near school.

NRS 484.497 Operator of tow car: Placement of warning signs when rendering assistance to disabled vehicle on certain roadways.

NRS 484.499 Operator of tow car: Placement of flares, warning lights or reflectors near warning signs when rendering assistance to disabled vehicle on highway during darkness.

Operation of Bicycles and Vehicles for Play

NRS 484.501 Penalty; responsibility of parent or guardian of minor; applicability to bicycle.

NRS 484.503 Traffic laws apply to person riding bicycle.

NRS 484.504 Persons exempt from traffic laws otherwise applicable to person riding bicycle; exception.

NRS 484.505 Riding on bicycle.

NRS 484.507 Clinging to another vehicle on roadway prohibited.

NRS 484.509 Operating bicycle on roadway.

NRS 484.511 Carrying articles.

NRS 484.513 Lamps, reflectors and brakes required on bicycles.

Operation of Low-Speed Vehicles

NRS 484.527 “Low-speed vehicle” defined; highways upon which low-speed vehicles may be operated; exception.

EQUIPMENT OF VEHICLES

Scope and Effect of Regulations

NRS 484.541 General requirements for equipment.

Lamps and Other Equipment for Lighting

NRS 484.545 When lighted lamps are required.

NRS 484.547 Distance of visibility and mounted height of lamps.

NRS 484.549 Head lamps on motor vehicles and special mobile equipment.

NRS 484.551 Tail lamps.

NRS 484.553 Reflectors.

NRS 484.555 Stop lamps.

NRS 484.557 Turn signals.

NRS 484.559 Requirements for pole trailer.

NRS 484.561 Additional equipment for lighting required on certain vehicles.

NRS 484.563 Colors of certain lamps, lights and reflectors.

NRS 484.565 Mounting of reflectors, clearance lamps and side marker lamps.

NRS 484.567 Visibility requirements for reflectors, clearance lamps, identification lamps and marker lamps.

NRS 484.569 Obstructed lights.

NRS 484.571 Lamps on parked vehicle.

NRS 484.573 Lamps and reflectors on farm tractors, farm equipment and implements of husbandry.

NRS 484.575 Lamps and reflectors on other vehicles.

NRS 484.577 Spot lamps, auxiliary lamps and lamps for fog.

NRS 484.579 Flashing amber warning light: Limitations on operation and display; permit to mount on certain vehicles; fee.

NRS 484.582 Display of flashing amber warning light and signs by certain vehicles used to sell food or beverage.

NRS 484.583 Display of flashing amber warning light by vehicle of public utility.

NRS 484.584 Use and display of blue tail lamps by certain vehicles of Department of Transportation; conditions.

NRS 484.585 Additional equipment for lighting.

NRS 484.587 Equipment for lighting road with multiple beams.

NRS 484.589 Use of equipment for lighting road with multiple beams.

NRS 484.591 Number and intensity of lamps on front of vehicle.

Brakes

NRS 484.593 Equipment required.

NRS 484.595 Requirements for performance.

NRS 484.597 Maintenance.

NRS 484.599 Equipment for towing vehicle.

NRS 484.601 Arrangement of system; device for control.

NRS 484.603 Reservoirs.

NRS 484.605 Warning signals and devices for certain buses, trucks and truck-tractors.

NRS 484.6055 Conditions upon use of compression brakes; penalty.

Odometers

NRS 484.606 Definitions.

NRS 484.6061 Unlawful devices.

NRS 484.6062 Unlawful change of mileage.

NRS 484.6063 Operation with intent to defraud unlawful.

NRS 484.6064 Conspiracy.

NRS 484.6065 Lawful service, repair or replacement; notice to be attached to vehicle when odometer adjusted to read zero.

NRS 484.60665 Department to enforce provisions of federal law relating to disclosure of odometer reading of motor vehicle and certain other information.

NRS 484.6067 Criminal penalties.

NRS 484.6068 Civil penalties.

NRS 484.6069 Injunctive relief.

Other Equipment

NRS 484.607 Horns and other warning devices.

NRS 484.609 Unlawful to operate out-of-state or foreign privately owned motor vehicle equipped with red light or siren; exception; penalty.

NRS 484.6101 Standards and regulations for noise emission; compliance.

NRS 484.611 Mufflers: Prevention of emissions.

NRS 484.612 Mudguards.

NRS 484.613 Mirrors on trucks.

NRS 484.617 Mirrors on all motor vehicles.

NRS 484.619 Windshield and windows must be unobstructed.

NRS 484.6195 Restrictions on tinting of windshield or side or rear window.

NRS 484.621 Windshield wipers.

NRS 484.623 Safety glazing material in motor vehicles and campers.

NRS 484.625 Replacement of glazing materials.

NRS 484.627 Certain vehicles to carry pot torches, lanterns or reflectors; display of devices when vehicle is disabled.

NRS 484.629 Display of warning devices by vehicle of public utility parked at site of work.

NRS 484.631 Tow cars required to be equipped with broom, shovel and fire extinguisher; duties of driver; failure to perform duties.

NRS 484.633 Equipment for tow car: Flashing amber warning lamp; flares, lanterns, lights or reflectors.

NRS 484.637 Equipment for tow car: Rear and stop lamps; portable electric extension cord.

NRS 484.638 Event recording device: Disclosure by manufacturer of new motor vehicle in owner’s manual; downloading or retrieval of data; subscription services; penalty.

NRS 484.639 Television-type receiving equipment.

NRS 484.641 Safety belts and shoulder harness assembly; requirements for child and other passenger; penalty; exemptions. [Effective until the date the Federal Government rescinds the requirement for the installation of automatic restraints in new private passenger motor vehicles, if that action is based upon the enactment or continued operation of certain amendatory and transitory provisions contained in chapter 480, Statutes of Nevada 1987.]

NRS 484.641 Safety belts and shoulder harness assembly. [Effective on the date the Federal Government rescinds the requirement for the installation of automatic restraints in new private passenger motor vehicles, if that action is based upon the enactment or continued operation of certain amendatory and transitory provisions contained in chapter 480, Statutes of Nevada 1987.]

NRS 484.6415 Use of safety belts within taxicabs.

NRS 484.642 Pneumatic tires: Standards; sale or use of nonconforming tire prohibited.

NRS 484.6425 Use of certain studded tires prohibited.

NRS 484.643 Traction devices, tire chains or snow tires: Use required where highway marked or posted.

NRS 484.6432 Traction devices, tire chains or snow tires: Requirements under certain circumstances.

NRS 484.6434 Traction devices, tire chains or snow tires: Installation and mounting.

NRS 484.6436 Mechanical device to provide traction.

NRS 484.644 Device for control of pollution: Use required; disconnection or alteration prohibited; exceptions.

NRS 484.6441 Device for control of pollution: Penalty; proof of conformity may be required.

NRS 484.646 Emblem for slow moving vehicle displayed on certain vehicles; standards.

INSPECTION OF VEHICLES

NRS 484.695 Inspection by peace officer or inspector; citation or notice of violation; centers for inspection; standards for tires and brakes.

NRS 484.697 Operation of vehicle without required equipment or in unsafe condition prohibited; exceptions.

NRS 484.701 Penalty for failure or refusal to stop and submit to inspection or test.

SIZE, WEIGHT AND LOAD

NRS 484.737 Prohibited acts concerning size or weight of vehicle; special permit; emergencies; exceptions.

NRS 484.738 Height of vehicle: Maximum heights with load; exception; unlawful acts.

NRS 484.7385 Height of vehicle: Maximum ground clearance; exceptions.

NRS 484.739 Length of vehicle: Restrictions; special permit; exceptions.

NRS 484.741 Length of vehicle: Penalty.

NRS 484.743 Authorized movement of vehicle on public highway in excess of limits on size and weight; permit; fee.

NRS 484.744 Operation of motor vehicle exceeding its declared gross weight unlawful.

NRS 484.745 Maximum weight of vehicle on any axle or per tire.

NRS 484.748 Limitations on weight for vehicle used by licensed hauler of garbage and refuse.

NRS 484.7485 Limitations on weight for vehicle used by regional transportation commission or its contractor to provide public mass transportation; exception for certain vehicles used as part of demonstration project; definitions.

NRS 484.751 Measurement of distance between axles.

NRS 484.752 Applicability of limits on weight to federal highways; reduction of limits by Department of Transportation or governing body of city or county.

NRS 484.753 Exemption for traction engine and tractor; circular metal band required.

NRS 484.755 Enforcement by officer of Nevada Highway Patrol; weighing; requiring removal of excess load; penalty.

NRS 484.757 Fines for violations of limits on weight.

NRS 484.759 Maximum width of vehicle; permit for increased size or weight.

NRS 484.7595 Maximum width of bus.

NRS 484.7598 Maximum width of recreational vehicle.

NRS 484.760 Maximum width of trailer, semitrailer, special mobile equipment or equipment for construction or maintenance of highway.

NRS 484.7605 Width of load of loosely piled agricultural products; restrictions for implement of husbandry moved over highway.

NRS 484.7615 Applicability of limits on width to federal highways.

NRS 484.762 Permit for movement of oversized manufactured or mobile home or similar structure: Requirements; conditions; regulations.

NRS 484.7625 Permit for movement of oversized manufactured or mobile home or similar structure: Additional requirements and conditions; designation of highways; regulations.

NRS 484.7631 Permit to operate oversized vehicle; coordination with affected entities; regulations limiting hours, days or routes for movement of oversized vehicle; meetings with affected industries; expedited procedure.

NRS 484.764 Contents of application for permit.

NRS 484.765 Maximum weight of vehicle for continuous permit; fee; revocation.

NRS 484.767 Carrying and inspection of permit.

NRS 484.769 Penalties for operation of oversized or overweight vehicle without permit or in violation of permit.

NRS 484.771 Load on vehicle.

NRS 484.773 Regulations: Loading and securing loads; safety chains and cables for combinations of vehicles.

NRS 484.775 Display of red lights or flag on load.

RESPECTIVE POWERS OF STATE AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES

NRS 484.777 Provisions uniform throughout State; local authority prohibited from enacting certain ordinances; trial for same offense prohibited.

NRS 484.778 City may adopt penalties for misdemeanors imposed by NRS 484.3792.

NRS 484.779 Powers of local authority.

NRS 484.781 Adoption of manual and specifications for devices for control of traffic by Department of Transportation.

NRS 484.783 Local device for control of traffic.

NRS 484.785 Designation of through highways and intersections requiring stop or yield; vehicle entering intersection.

NRS 484.787 Designation of authorized emergency vehicles; equipment; limitations on use of warning devices.

NRS 484.789 Permit for authorized emergency vehicle issued to other vehicles; certain vehicles not considered emergency vehicles.

PROCEDURE UPON ARREST

NRS 484.791 Arrest without warrant for certain offenses.

NRS 484.792 Citation for operation of vehicle without insurance or for failure to present proof of insurance.

NRS 484.793 When person must be taken immediately before magistrate.

NRS 484.795 When peace officer has option to take person before magistrate.

NRS 484.797 Arrest of nonresident.

NRS 484.799 Citation: Contents; 5-day notice to appear in court; written promise to appear.

NRS 484.800 Matching of certain information before driver arrested for prior offense.

NRS 484.801 Authority of peace officer at scene of accident.

NRS 484.803 Appearance before magistrate having jurisdiction.

NRS 484.805 Release of defendant when magistrate not available.

NRS 484.807 Failure to obey citation.

NRS 484.809 Procedure prescribed for arrest without warrant not exclusive.

NRS 484.810 Issuance of warrant for failure to obey citation for parking violation.

NRS 484.811 Issuance of forms for traffic citations; records.

NRS 484.813 Disposition and records of traffic citations.

NRS 484.815 Audit of records of traffic citations.

NRS 484.817 Copy of citation deemed lawful complaint.

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

NRS 484.900 Sponsor of special event to provide for control of vehicular traffic.

NRS 484.910 Use by governmental entity or agent of photographic, video or digital equipment to gather evidence for issuance of traffic citation.

GENERAL VIOLATIONS OF CHAPTER

NRS 484.999 General rule: Performance of act forbidden by chapter or failure to perform act required by chapter is misdemeanor; authority of court to order repeat offender to pay for and attend school for driver training.

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GENERAL PROVISIONS

NRS 484.011 Purposes of chapter. The purposes of this chapter are to:

1. Establish traffic laws which are uniform throughout the State of Nevada, whether or not incorporated into local ordinances.

2. Minimize the differences between the traffic laws of the State of Nevada and those of other states.

(Added to NRS by 1969, 1482)

NRS 484.013 Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 484.014 to 484.217, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.

(Added to NRS by 1969, 1202, 1476; A 1973, 448; 1975, 1076; 1981, 621; 1987, 1073; 1989, 291, 798; 1993, 1392, 1414, 2586; 1995, 568; 1999, 3415; 2003, 380; 2005, 21, 72)

NRS 484.014 “Administrative roadblock” defined. “Administrative roadblock” means any structure, device or means used by police officers to control all traffic through a point on the highway whereby all vehicles may be slowed or stopped for a lawful purpose other than identifying the occupants of the vehicles or an emergency.

(Added to NRS by 1987, 1072)

NRS 484.015 “Alley” defined. “Alley” means a highway:

1. Within a city block set apart for public use, vehicular traffic and local convenience.

2. Which primarily services access to the rear entrance of abutting property.

3. Designed for the special accommodation of abutting property, but not a cul-de-sac.

(Added to NRS by 1969, 1476)

NRS 484.017 “Authorized emergency vehicle” defined. “Authorized emergency vehicle” means a vehicle permitted to depart from certain traffic laws when equipped and operated in the manner provided by law.

(Added to NRS by 1969, 1476)

NRS 484.019 “Bicycle” defined. “Bicycle” means a device propelled by human power upon which a person may ride, having two tandem wheels either of which is over 14 inches in diameter, or every such device generally recognized as a bicycle though equipped with two front or two rear wheels except a moped.

(Added to NRS by 1969, 1476; A 1975, 1077)

NRS 484.021 “Bus” defined. “Bus” means a vehicle owned by the State, a political subdivision or a private school or nursery, designed for carrying more than 10 passengers and used for the transportation of persons, or a vehicle, other than a taxicab, designed and used for the transportation of persons for compensation.

(Added to NRS by 1969, 1476)

NRS 484.023 “Bus stand” defined. “Bus stand” means a fixed area in or adjacent to the highway to be occupied exclusively by buses for layover and operating schedules or in receiving or discharging passengers.

(Added to NRS by 1969, 1476)

NRS 484.027 “Business district” defined. “Business district” means the territory contiguous to and including a highway when within any 600 feet along such highway there are buildings in use for business or industrial purposes, including but not limited to hotels, banks or office buildings, railroad stations and public buildings which occupy at least 300 feet of frontage on one side or 300 feet collectively on both sides of the highway.

(Added to NRS by 1969, 1476)

NRS 484.029 “Center” and “centerline” defined. “Center” or “centerline” means a continuous or broken line marked upon the surface of a highway by paint or otherwise to indicate each portion of a highway allocated to traffic proceeding in the two opposite directions, and, if a line is not marked, it is an imaginary line in the highway equally distant from the edges or curbs of the highway.

(Added to NRS by 1969, 1477)

NRS 484.031 “Central business district” defined. “Central business district” means all highways within the area described as such by an ordinance of an incorporated city.

(Added to NRS by 1969, 1477)

NRS 484.033 “City” defined. “City” means any incorporated city, whether incorporated under general or special law.

(Added to NRS by 1969, 1477; A 1987, 1725)

NRS 484.035 “Combination of vehicles” defined. “Combination of vehicles” means two or more vehicles coupled together.

(Added to NRS by 1969, 1477)

NRS 484.037 “Commercial vehicle” defined. “Commercial vehicle” means every vehicle designed, maintained or used primarily for the transportation of property in furtherance of commercial enterprise.

(Added to NRS by 1969, 1477; A 1973, 448)

NRS 484.038 “Concentration of alcohol of 0.08 or more in his blood or breath” defined. [Effective until the date of the repeal of the federal law requiring each state to make it unlawful for a person to operate a motor vehicle with a blood alcohol concentration of 0.08 percent or greater as a condition to receiving federal funding for the construction of highways in this State.] The phrase “concentration of alcohol of 0.08 or more in his blood or breath” means 0.08 gram or more of alcohol per 100 milliliters of the blood of a person or per 210 liters of his breath.

(Added to NRS by 1989, 291; A 1999, 2451; 2003, 2559)

NRS 484.038 “Concentration of alcohol of 0.10 or more in his blood or breath” defined. [Effective on the date of the repeal of the federal law requiring each state to make it unlawful for a person to operate a motor vehicle with a blood alcohol concentration of 0.08 percent or greater as a condition to receiving federal funding for the construction of highways in this State.] The phrase “concentration of alcohol of 0.10 or more in his blood or breath” means 0.10 gram or more of alcohol per 100 milliliters of the blood of a person or per 210 liters of his breath.

(Added to NRS by 1989, 291; A 1999, 2451; 2003, 2559, effective on the date of the repeal of the federal law requiring each state to make it unlawful for a person to operate a motor vehicle with a blood alcohol concentration of 0.08 percent or greater as a condition to receiving federal funding for the construction of highways in this State)

NRS 484.041 “Controlled-access highway” defined. “Controlled-access highway” means every highway to or from which owners or occupants of abutting lands and other persons have no legal right of access except at such points only and in such manner as may be determined by a public authority.

(Added to NRS by 1969, 1477)

NRS 484.043 “Crosswalk” defined. “Crosswalk” means:

1. That part of a highway at an intersection included within the connections of the lateral lines of the sidewalks on opposite sides of the highway measured from the curbs or, in the absence of curbs, from the edges of the traveled portions of highways; or

2. Any portion of a highway at an intersection or elsewhere distinctly indicated for pedestrian crossing by lines or other markings on the surface.

(Added to NRS by 1969, 1477)

NRS 484.045 “Curb loading zone” defined. “Curb loading zone” means a space adjacent to a curb reserved for the exclusive use of vehicles during the loading or unloading of passengers or materials.

(Added to NRS by 1969, 1477)

NRS 484.048 “Divided highway” defined. “Divided highway” means a highway divided into two or more roadways by means of a physical barrier or dividing section, constructed so as to impede the conflict of vehicular traffic traveling in opposite directions.

(Added to NRS by 1973, 447)

NRS 484.051 “Driveaway-towaway operation” defined. “Driveaway-towaway operation” means any operation in which any motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer, singly or in combination, new or used, constitutes the commodity being transported, when one set or more of wheels of any such vehicle are on the highway during the course of transportation, whether or not any such vehicle furnishes the motive power.

(Added to NRS by 1969, 1203)

NRS 484.053 “Driver” defined. “Driver” means every person who drives or is in actual physical control of a vehicle.

(Added to NRS by 1969, 1477)

NRS 484.057 “Explosives” defined. “Explosives” means any chemical compound or mechanical mixture that is commonly used or intended for the purpose of producing an explosion and which contains any oxidizing and combustive units or other ingredients in such proportions, quantities or packing that an ignition by fire, by friction, by concussion, by percussion or by detonator of any part of the compound or mixture may cause such a sudden generation of highly heated gases that the resultant gaseous pressures are capable of producing destructive effects on contiguous objects or of destroying life or limb.

(Added to NRS by 1969, 1477)

NRS 484.059 “Farm tractor” defined. “Farm tractor” means every motor vehicle designed and used primarily as a farm implement for drawing plows, mowing machines and other implements of husbandry.

(Added to NRS by 1969, 1477)

NRS 484.061 “Flammable liquid” defined. “Flammable liquid” means any liquid which has a flash point of 70° F., or less, as determined by a tagliabue or equivalent closed-cup test device.

(Added to NRS by 1969, 1478)

NRS 484.063 “Freight curb loading zone” defined. “Freight curb loading zone” means a space adjacent to a curb for the exclusive use of vehicles during the loading or unloading of freight.

(Added to NRS by 1969, 1478)

NRS 484.064 “Funeral procession” defined. “Funeral procession” means a procession of two or more vehicles accompanying a vehicle containing the body of a deceased person.

(Added to NRS by 1985, 944)

NRS 484.065 “Highway” defined. “Highway” means the entire width between the boundary lines of every way dedicated to a public authority when any part of the way is open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular traffic, whether or not the public authority is maintaining the way.

(Added to NRS by 1969, 1478; A 1981, 1690)

NRS 484.067 “House coach” defined. “House coach” means a motor vehicle which is designed, constructed and equipped as a dwelling place or living abode, either permanently or temporarily.

(Added to NRS by 1969, 1478)

NRS 484.069 “House trailer” defined. “House trailer” means:

1. A trailer or a semitrailer which is designed, constructed and equipped as a dwelling place, living abode or sleeping place, either permanently or temporarily, and is equipped for use as a conveyance on a highway; or

2. A trailer or semitrailer whose chassis and exterior shell is designed and constructed for use as a house trailer, as defined in subsection 1, but which is used instead permanently or temporarily for the advertising, sales, display or promotion of merchandise or services, or for any other commercial purpose except the transportation of property for hire or the transportation of property for distribution by a private carrier.

(Added to NRS by 1969, 1478)

NRS 484.071 “Implement of husbandry” defined. “Implement of husbandry” means every vehicle designed and adapted exclusively for agricultural, horticultural or livestock-raising operations or for lifting or carrying an implement of husbandry and in either case not subject to registration if used upon the highways.

(Added to NRS by 1969, 1203)

NRS 484.073 “Intersection” defined. “Intersection” means:

1. The area embraced within the prolongation or connection of the lateral curb lines, or, if none, then the lateral boundary lines of the roadways of two highways which join one another at, or approximately at, right angles, or the area within which vehicles traveling upon different highways joining at any other angle may come in conflict.

2. Where a highway includes two roadways 30 feet or more apart, then every crossing of each roadway of such divided highway by an intersecting highway shall be regarded as a separate intersection. In the event such intersecting highway also includes two roadways 30 feet or more apart, then every crossing of two roadways of such highways shall be regarded as a separate intersection.

3. The junction of an alley with a street, road or highway shall not constitute an intersection.

(Added to NRS by 1969, 1478)

NRS 484.074 “Interstate highway” defined. “Interstate highway” means a portion of the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways located within this State as officially designated pursuant to the provisions of Title 23 of the United States Code.

(Added to NRS by 2005, 71)

NRS 484.075 “Laned highway” defined. “Laned highway” means a highway which is divided into two or more clearly marked lanes for vehicular traffic.

(Added to NRS by 1969, 1478)

NRS 484.077 “License to drive a motor vehicle” defined. “License to drive a motor vehicle” means any license or permit to drive a motor vehicle issued under the laws of this State, including:

1. Any temporary license or instruction permit.

2. The privilege of any person to drive a motor vehicle whether or not such person holds a valid license.

3. Any nonresident’s driving privilege.

(Added to NRS by 1969, 1478)

NRS 484.079 “Local authority” defined. “Local authority” means the governing board of a county, city or other political subdivision having authority to enact laws or ordinances or promulgate regulations relating to traffic over a highway.

(Added to NRS by 1969, 1478)

NRS 484.0792 “Manufactured home” defined. “Manufactured home” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 489.113.

(Added to NRS by 1989, 798)

NRS 484.0795 “Mobile home” defined.

1. “Mobile home” means a vehicular structure which is built on a chassis or frame, is designed to be used with or without a permanent foundation, is capable of being drawn by a motor vehicle and may be used as a dwelling when connected to utilities.

2. “Mobile home” includes a vehicular structure as described in subsection 1 which is used permanently or temporarily for the advertising, display, promotion or sale of merchandise or services.

(Added to NRS by 1973, 448)

NRS 484.0798 “Moped” defined. “Moped” means a vehicle which looks and handles essentially like a bicycle and is propelled by a small engine which produces not more than 2 gross brake horsepower and which has a displacement of not more than 50 cubic centimeters, and:

1. Is designed to travel on not more than three wheels in contact with the ground but is not a tractor; and

2. Is capable of a maximum speed of not more than 30 miles per hour on a flat surface with not more than 1 percent grade in any direction when the motor is engaged.

(Added to NRS by 1975, 1076; A 1983, 895)

NRS 484.081 “Motor vehicle” defined. “Motor vehicle” means every vehicle which is self-propelled but not operated upon rails.

(Added to NRS by 1969, 1479)

NRS 484.083 “Motorcycle” defined. “Motorcycle” means every motor vehicle equipped with a seat or saddle for the use of the driver and designed to travel on not more than three wheels in contact with the ground, including a power cycle but excluding a tractor or a moped.

(Added to NRS by 1969, 1479; A 1971, 1472; 1975, 1077)

NRS 484.085 “Nonresident” defined. “Nonresident” means every person who is not a resident of this State.

(Added to NRS by 1969, 1479)

NRS 484.087 “Nonresident’s driving privilege” defined. “Nonresident’s driving privilege” means the privilege conferred upon a nonresident by the laws of this State pertaining to the driving by such person of a motor vehicle, or the use of a vehicle owned by such person, in this State.

(Added to NRS by 1969, 1479)

NRS 484.089 “Official traffic-control device” defined. “Official traffic-control device” means every sign, signal, marking and device not inconsistent with this chapter or prohibited by law, placed or erected by a public authority or railroad for the purpose of regulating, warning or guiding traffic.

(Added to NRS by 1969, 1479; A 1973, 448)

NRS 484.091 “Owner” defined. “Owner” means a person who holds the legal title to a vehicle. The term includes a conditional vendee or lessee, in the event a vehicle is the subject of an agreement for the conditional sale or lease thereof, with or without the right of purchase upon performance of the conditions stated in the agreement and with an immediate right of possession vested in the conditional vendee or lessee. The term also includes a mortgagor, in the event of a mortgage of the vehicle, when the mortgagor of a vehicle is entitled to possession.

(Added to NRS by 1969, 1479; A 1973, 448)

NRS 484.097 “Park” and “parking” defined. “Park” or “parking” means the standing of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, otherwise than temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading of merchandise or passengers.

(Added to NRS by 1969, 1479)

NRS 484.099 “Parking meter” defined. “Parking meter” means a mechanical timing device authorized by an ordinance of a municipality to be used for the purpose of regulating parking.

(Added to NRS by 1969, 1479)

NRS 484.101 “Passenger car” defined. “Passenger car” means every motor vehicle, except motorcycles, power cycles and motor-driven cycles, designed for carrying 10 passengers or less and used for the transportation of persons.

(Added to NRS by 1969, 1203)

NRS 484.109 “Passenger curb loading zone” defined. “Passenger curb loading zone” means an area adjacent to a curb or edge of a highway reserved for the exclusive use of vehicles during the loading or unloading of passengers.

(Added to NRS by 1969, 1479)

NRS 484.111 “Pedestrian” defined. “Pedestrian” means a person afoot, a person in a manual or motorized wheelchair, or a person on an electric personal assistive mobility device as defined in NRS 482.029.

(Added to NRS by 1969, 1479; A 2003, 1206)

NRS 484.1115 “Person with a disability of moderate duration” defined. “Person with a disability of moderate duration” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 482.3833.

(Added to NRS by 2003, 380)

NRS 484.112 “Person with a disability which limits or impairs the ability to walk” defined. “Person with a disability which limits or impairs the ability to walk” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 482.3835.

(Added to NRS by 1993, 1392)

NRS 484.1135 “Person with a permanent disability” defined. “Person with a permanent disability” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 482.3837.

(Added to NRS by 2003, 380)

NRS 484.1145 “Person with a temporary disability” defined. “Person with a temporary disability” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 482.3839.

(Added to NRS by 2003, 380)

NRS 484.116 “Pole trailer” defined. “Pole trailer” means every vehicle without motive power designed to be drawn by another vehicle and attached to the towing vehicle by means of a reach or pole, or by being boomed or otherwise secured to the towing vehicle, and ordinarily used for transporting long or irregularly shaped loads such as poles, pipes or structural members capable, generally, of sustaining themselves as beams between the supporting connections.

(Added to NRS by 1969, 1203)

NRS 484.118 “Police officer” defined. “Police officer” means every officer authorized to direct or regulate traffic or to make arrests for violations of traffic laws, ordinances or regulations.

(Added to NRS by 1969, 1479)

NRS 484.122 “Premises to which the public has access” defined.

1. “Premises to which the public has access” means property in private or public ownership onto which members of the public regularly enter, are reasonably likely to enter, or are invited or permitted to enter as invitees or licensees, whether or not access to the property by some members of the public is restricted or controlled by a person or a device.

2. The term includes, but is not limited to:

(a) A parking deck, parking garage or other parking structure.

(b) A paved or unpaved parking lot or other paved or unpaved area where vehicles are parked or are reasonably likely to be parked.

(1) A place of business;

(2) A governmental building;

(3) An apartment building;

(4) A mobile home park;

(5) A residential area or residential community which is gated or enclosed or the access to which is restricted or controlled by a person or a device; or

(6) Any other similar area, community, building or structure.

3. The term does not include:

(a) A private way on a farm.

(b) The driveway of an individual dwelling.

(Added to NRS by 1983, 1065; A 1997, 325)

NRS 484.124 “Private way” and “driveway” defined. “Private way” or “driveway” means every way or place in private ownership and used for vehicular travel by the owner and those having express or implied permission from the owner, but not by other persons.

(Added to NRS by 1969, 1479)

NRS 484.1245 “Prohibited substance” defined. “Prohibited substance” means any of the following substances if the person who uses the substance has not been issued a valid prescription to use the substance and the substance is classified in schedule I or II pursuant to NRS 453.166 or 453.176 when it is used:

1. Amphetamine.

2. Cocaine or cocaine metabolite.

3. Heroin or heroin metabolite (morphine or 6-monoacetyl morphine).

4. Lysergic acid diethylamide.

5. Marijuana or marijuana metabolite.

6. Methamphetamine.

7. Phencyclidine.

(Added to NRS by 1999, 3414)

NRS 484.126 “Public authority” defined. “Public authority” means the Department of Transportation or the local authority having jurisdiction to enact laws or ordinances or adopt regulations relating to traffic over a highway.

(Added to NRS by 1969, 1479; A 1979, 1801)

NRS 484.128 “Railroad” defined. “Railroad” means a carrier of persons or property upon cars, other than streetcars, operated upon stationary rails.

(Added to NRS by 1969, 1480)

NRS 484.131 “Railroad sign” and “railroad signal” defined. “Railroad sign” or “railroad signal” means any sign, signal or device erected by a public authority or by a railroad and intended to give notice of the presence of railroad tracks or the approach of a railroad train.

(Added to NRS by 1969, 1480)

NRS 484.134 “Railroad train” defined. “Railroad train” means a steam, electric or other motor engine, with or without cars coupled thereto, operated upon stationary rails, except streetcars.

(Added to NRS by 1969, 1480)

NRS 484.1342 “Recreational vehicle” defined. “Recreational vehicle” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 482.101.

(Added to NRS by 2005, 21)

NRS 484.1345 “Regulatory agency” defined. “Regulatory agency” means any of the agencies granted police or enforcement powers under the provisions of subsection 2 of NRS 289.250, NRS 289.260, subsection 2 of NRS 289.270, NRS 289.280, subsection 3 of NRS 289.290 or NRS 289.320, 289.340, 407.065, 472.040, 481.048, 501.349, 565.155 or 706.8821.

(Added to NRS by 1985, 25; A 1985, 2002; 1993, 2540; 2003, 2166; 2005, 677)

NRS 484.136 “Residence district” defined. “Residence district” means the territory contiguous to a highway not comprising a business district when the frontage on such for a distance of 300 feet or more is mainly occupied by dwellings or by dwellings and buildings in use for residence.

(Added to NRS by 1969, 1480)

NRS 484.138 “Revocation of driver’s license” defined. “Revocation of driver’s license” means the termination by formal action of the Department of a person’s license to drive a motor vehicle.

(Added to NRS by 1969, 1480; A 1985, 1943)

NRS 484.141 “Right-of-way” defined. “Right-of-way” means the right of one vehicle or pedestrian to proceed in a lawful manner in preference to another vehicle or pedestrian approaching under such circumstances of direction, speed and proximity as to give rise to danger of collision unless one grants precedence to the other.

(Added to NRS by 1969, 1480)

NRS 484.144 “Road” defined. “Road” means the entire width between the boundary lines of every highway outside the territorial limits of a city and open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular traffic.

(Added to NRS by 1969, 1480)

NRS 484.145 “Roadway” defined. “Roadway” means that portion of a highway which is improved and ordinarily used for vehicular traffic, exclusive of the shoulder.

(Added to NRS by 1973, 448)

NRS 484.1455 “Rural area” defined. “Rural area” means the area of the State which is not included within an urban area.

(Added to NRS by 1973, 448)

NRS 484.146 “Safety zone” defined. “Safety zone” means the area officially set aside within a highway for the exclusive use of pedestrians and which is so plainly marked or indicated by proper signs as to be plainly visible at all times while set apart as a safety zone.

(Added to NRS by 1969, 1480)

NRS 484.148 “School bus” defined.

1. “School bus” means every motor vehicle owned by or under the control of a public or governmental agency or a private school and regularly operated for the transportation of children to or from school or a school activity or privately owned and regularly operated for compensation for the transportation of children to or from school or a school activity.

2. “School bus” does not include a passenger car operated under a contract to transport children to and from school, a common carrier or commercial vehicle under the jurisdiction of the Surface Transportation Board or the Transportation Services Authority when such vehicle is operated in the regular conduct of its business in interstate or intrastate commerce within the State of Nevada.

(Added to NRS by 1969, 1480; A 1997, 1619, 2007)

NRS 484.1485 “School crossing zone” defined. “School crossing zone” means those sections of streets not adjacent to school property that pupils cross while following a designated walking route to school.

(Added to NRS by 1993, 2586)

NRS 484.149 “School zone” defined. “School zone” means those sections of streets which are adjacent to school property.

(Added to NRS by 1993, 2586)

NRS 484.157 “Security agr

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