Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases
NRS 482.362 - Salespersons: Licensing; fees; grounds for denial, suspension or revocation of license; reemployment; notice of change of address or termination; penalty. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requi...

1. A person shall not engage in the activity of a salesperson of vehicles, trailers or semitrailers, or act in the capacity of a salesperson as defined in this chapter, in the State of Nevada without first having received a license or temporary permit from the Department. Before issuing a license or temporary permit to engage in the activity of a salesperson, the Department shall require:
(a) An application, signed and verified by the applicant, stating that the applicant is to engage in the activity of a salesperson, his or her residence address and social security number, and the name and address of the applicant’s employer.
(b) Proof of the employment of the applicant by a licensed and bonded vehicle dealer, trailer or semitrailer dealer, lessor or rebuilder at the time the application is filed.
(c) A statement as to whether any previous application of the applicant has been denied or license revoked.
(d) Payment of a nonrefundable license fee of $75. The license expires on December 31 of each calendar year and may be renewed annually upon the payment of a fee of $40.
(e) A fee for the processing of fingerprints. The Department shall establish by regulation the fee for processing fingerprints. The fee must not exceed the sum of the amounts charged by the Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History and the Federal Bureau of Investigation for processing the fingerprints.
(f) For initial licensure, the applicant to submit a complete set of fingerprints and written permission authorizing the Department to forward those fingerprints to the Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History for submission to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for its report.
(g) Any other information the Department deems necessary.
2. The Department may issue a 60-day temporary permit to an applicant who has submitted an application and paid the required fees.
3. A license to act as a salesperson of vehicles, trailers or semitrailers, or to act in the capacity of a salesperson as defined in this chapter, issued pursuant to this chapter does not permit a person to engage in the business of selling mobile homes.
4. An application for a salesperson’s license may be denied and a salesperson’s license may be suspended or revoked upon the following grounds:
(a) Failure of the applicant to establish by proof satisfactory to the Department that the applicant is employed by a licensed and bonded vehicle dealer, trailer dealer or semitrailer dealer, lessor or rebuilder.
(b) Conviction of a class A or B felony.
(c) Conviction of a class C, D or E felony within the immediately preceding 10 years.
(d) Conviction of a gross misdemeanor within the immediately preceding 10 years.
(e) Conviction of a misdemeanor within the immediately preceding 20 years for violation of any of the provisions of this chapter.
(f) Falsification of the application.
(g) Evidence of unfitness as described in NRS 482.3255.
(h) Failure of the applicant to provide any information deemed necessary by the Department to process the application.
(i) Any reason determined by the Director to be in the best interests of the public.
5. Except where a dealer, lessor or rebuilder has multiple branches licensed under NRS 482.326, a salesperson of vehicles shall not engage in any sales activity, or act in any other capacity as a salesperson as defined in this chapter, other than for the account of or for and in behalf of a single employer, at a specified place of business of that employer, who must be a licensed dealer, lessor or rebuilder.
6. If an application for a salesperson’s license has been denied, the applicant may reapply not less than 6 months after the denial.
7. A salesperson’s license must be posted in a conspicuous place on the premises of the dealer, lessor or rebuilder for whom the salesperson is licensed to sell vehicles.
8. If a licensed salesperson ceases to be employed by a licensed and bonded dealer, lessor or rebuilder, the license to act as a salesperson is automatically suspended and the right to act as a salesperson thereupon immediately ceases, and the person shall not engage in the activity of a salesperson until he or she has paid the Department a transfer fee of $20 and submitted a certificate of employment indicating he or she has been reemployed by a licensed and bonded dealer, lessor or rebuilder, and has thereafter presented a current temporary permit or a new salesperson’s license to the employer.
9. If a licensed salesperson changes his or her residential address, the salesperson shall submit a written notice of the change to the Department within 10 days after the change occurs.
10. If a person who holds a temporary permit to act as a salesperson ceases to be employed by a licensed and bonded dealer, lessor or rebuilder, the permit to act as a salesperson is automatically suspended, the right to act as a salesperson thereupon immediately ceases and the person shall not engage in the activity of a salesperson until he or she has paid the Department a transfer fee of $20 and submitted a certificate of employment indicating he or she has been reemployed by a licensed and bonded dealer, lessor or rebuilder, and has thereafter presented a current temporary permit or a new salesperson’s license to the employer.
11. A licensed dealer, lessor or rebuilder who employs a licensed salesperson shall notify the Department of the termination of his or her employment within 10 days following the date of termination by forwarding the salesperson’s license to the Department.
12. Any person who fails to comply with the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor except as otherwise provided in NRS 482.555.
(Added to NRS by 1957, 510; A 1965, 1477; 1971, 1306; 1975, 239, 280, 1534, 1577; 1977, 673; 1979, 1224; 1985, 338, 926; 1991, 274; 1993, 628; 1997, 2072; 2007, 3213; 2013, 1838; 2017, 955)

1. A person shall not engage in the activity of a salesperson of vehicles, trailers or semitrailers, or act in the capacity of a salesperson as defined by this chapter, in the State of Nevada without first having received a license or temporary permit from the Department. Before issuing a license or temporary permit to engage in the activity of a salesperson, the Department shall require:
(a) An application, signed and verified by the applicant, stating that the applicant is to engage in the activity of a salesperson, his or her residence address, and the name and address of the applicant’s employer.
(b) Proof of the employment of the applicant by a licensed and bonded vehicle dealer, trailer or semitrailer dealer, lessor or rebuilder at the time the application is filed.
(c) A statement as to whether any previous application of the applicant has been denied or license revoked.
(d) Payment of a nonrefundable license fee of $75. The license expires on December 31 of each calendar year and may be renewed annually upon the payment of a fee of $40.
(e) A fee for the processing of fingerprints. The Department shall establish by regulation the fee for processing fingerprints. The fee must not exceed the sum of the amounts charged by the Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History and the Federal Bureau of Investigation for processing the fingerprints.
(f) For initial licensure, the applicant to submit a complete set of fingerprints and written permission authorizing the Department to forward those fingerprints to the Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History for submission to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for its report.
(g) Any other information the Department deems necessary.
2. The Department may issue a 60-day temporary permit to an applicant who has submitted an application and paid the required fees.
3. A license to act as a salesperson of vehicles, trailers or semitrailers, or to act in the capacity of a salesperson as defined in this chapter, issued pursuant to this chapter does not permit a person to engage in the business of selling mobile homes.
4. An application for a salesperson’s license may be denied and a salesperson’s license may be suspended or revoked upon the following grounds:
(a) Failure of the applicant to establish by proof satisfactory to the Department that the applicant is employed by a licensed and bonded vehicle dealer, trailer dealer or semitrailer dealer, lessor or rebuilder.
(b) Conviction of a class A or B felony.
(c) Conviction of a class C, D or E felony within the immediately preceding 10 years.
(d) Conviction of a gross misdemeanor within the immediately preceding 10 years.
(e) Conviction of a misdemeanor within the immediately preceding 20 years for violation of any of the provisions of this chapter.
(f) Falsification of the application.
(g) Evidence of unfitness as described in NRS 482.3255.
(h) Failure of the applicant to provide any information deemed necessary by the Department to process the application.
(i) Any reason determined by the Director to be in the best interests of the public.
5. Except where a dealer, lessor or rebuilder has multiple branches licensed under NRS 482.326, a salesperson of vehicles shall not engage in any sales activity, or act in any other capacity as a salesperson as defined in this chapter, other than for the account of or for and in behalf of a single employer, at a specified place of business of that employer, who must be a licensed dealer, lessor or rebuilder.
6. If an application for a salesperson’s license has been denied, the applicant may reapply not less than 6 months after the denial.
7. A salesperson’s license must be posted in a conspicuous place on the premises of the dealer, lessor or rebuilder for whom the salesperson is licensed to sell vehicles.
8. If a licensed salesperson ceases to be employed by a licensed and bonded dealer, lessor or rebuilder, the license to act as a salesperson is automatically suspended and the right to act as a salesperson thereupon immediately ceases, and the person shall not engage in the activity of a salesperson until he or she has paid the Department a transfer fee of $20 and submitted a certificate of employment indicating he or she has been reemployed by a licensed and bonded dealer, lessor or rebuilder, and has thereafter presented a current temporary permit or a new salesperson’s license to the employer.
9. If a licensed salesperson changes his or her residential address, the salesperson shall submit a written notice of the change to the Department within 10 days.
10. If a person who holds a temporary permit to act as a salesperson ceases to be employed by a licensed and bonded dealer, lessor or rebuilder, the permit to act as a salesperson is automatically suspended, the right to act as a salesperson thereupon immediately ceases and the person shall not engage in the activity of a salesperson until he or she has paid the Department a transfer fee of $20 and submitted a certificate of employment indicating he or she has been reemployed by a licensed and bonded dealer, lessor or rebuilder, and has thereafter presented a current temporary permit or a new salesperson’s license to the employer.
11. A licensed dealer, lessor or rebuilder who employs a licensed salesperson shall notify the Department of the termination of his or her employment within 10 days following the date of termination by forwarding the salesperson’s license to the Department.
12. Any person who fails to comply with the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor except as otherwise provided in NRS 482.555.
(Added to NRS by 1957, 510; A 1965, 1477; 1971, 1306; 1975, 239, 280, 1534, 1577; 1977, 673; 1979, 1224; 1985, 338, 926; 1991, 274; 1993, 628; 1997, 2072; 2007, 3213, 3215; 2013, 1838; 2017, 955, effective on the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state to establish procedures for withholding, suspending and restricting the professional, occupational and recreational licenses for child support arrearages and for noncompliance with certain processes relating to paternity or child support proceedings)