1. The Department shall, upon payment of the required fee, issue to every qualified applicant a driver’s license indicating the type or class of vehicles the licensee may drive.
2. The Department shall adopt regulations prescribing the information that must be contained on a driver’s license.
3. The Department may issue a driver’s license for purposes of identification only for use by officers of local police and sheriffs’ departments, agents of the Investigation Division of the Department of Public Safety while engaged in special undercover investigations relating to narcotics or prostitution or for other undercover investigations requiring the establishment of a fictitious identity, federal agents while engaged in undercover investigations, investigators employed by the Attorney General while engaged in undercover investigations, criminal investigators employed by the Secretary of State while engaged in undercover investigations and agents of the Nevada Gaming Control Board while engaged in investigations pursuant to NRS 463.140. An application for such a license must be made through the head of the police or sheriff’s department, the Chief of the Investigation Division of the Department of Public Safety, the director of the appropriate federal agency, the Attorney General, the Secretary of State or his or her designee or the Chair of the Nevada Gaming Control Board. Such a license is exempt from the fees required by NRS 483.410. The Department, by regulation, shall provide for the cancellation of any such driver’s license upon the completion of the special investigation for which it was issued.
4. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 239.0115, information pertaining to the issuance of a driver’s license pursuant to subsection 3 is confidential.
5. It is unlawful for any person to use a driver’s license issued pursuant to subsection 3 for any purpose other than the special investigation for which it was issued.
6. At the time of the issuance or renewal of the driver’s license, the Department shall:
(a) Give the holder the opportunity to have indicated on his or her driver’s license that the holder wishes to be a donor of all or part of his or her body pursuant to NRS 451.500 to 451.598, inclusive, or to refuse to make an anatomical gift of his or her body or part thereof.
(b) Give the holder the opportunity to have indicated whether he or she wishes to donate $1 or more to the Anatomical Gift Account created by NRS 460.150.
(c) Provide to each holder who is interested in becoming a donor information relating to anatomical gifts, including the procedure for registering as a donor with the donor registry with which the Department has entered into a contract pursuant to this paragraph. To carry out this paragraph, the Department shall, on such terms as it deems appropriate, enter into a contract with a donor registry that is in compliance with the provisions of NRS 451.500 to 451.598, inclusive.
(d) If the Department has established a program for imprinting a symbol or other indicator of a medical condition on a driver’s license pursuant to NRS 483.3485, give the holder the opportunity to have a symbol or other indicator of a medical condition imprinted on his or her driver’s license.
(e) Provide to the holder information instructing the holder how to register with the Next-of-Kin Registry pursuant to NRS 483.653 if he or she so chooses.
7. If the holder wishes to make a donation to the Anatomical Gift Account, the Department shall collect the donation and deposit the money collected in the State Treasury for credit to the Anatomical Gift Account.
8. The Department shall submit to the donor registry with which the Department has entered into a contract pursuant to paragraph (c) of subsection 6 information from the records of the Department relating to persons who have drivers’ licenses that indicate the intention of those persons to make an anatomical gift. The Department shall adopt regulations to carry out the provisions of this subsection.
[19:190:1941; A 1943, 268; 1943 NCL § 4442.18]—(NRS A 1963, 843; 1969, 544; 1975, 802; 1977, 449; 1981, 1106, 2007; 1985, 1938; 1987, 895; 1989, 437, 474, 1152; 1991, 487, 2171; 1993, 1188; 2001, 681, 2551; 2003, 180, 469, 830; 2005, 244, 2313; 2007, 795, 2114, 2785; 2009, 2565, 2566; 2015, 441)
1. The Department shall, upon payment of the required fee, issue to every qualified applicant a driver’s license indicating the type or class of vehicles the licensee may drive.
2. The Department shall adopt regulations prescribing the information that must be contained on a driver’s license.
3. The Department may issue a driver’s license for purposes of identification only for use by officers of local police and sheriffs’ departments, agents of the Investigation Division of the Department of Public Safety while engaged in special undercover investigations relating to narcotics or prostitution or for other undercover investigations requiring the establishment of a fictitious identity, federal agents while engaged in undercover investigations, investigators employed by the Attorney General while engaged in undercover investigations, criminal investigators employed by the Secretary of State while engaged in undercover investigations and agents of the Nevada Gaming Control Board while engaged in investigations pursuant to NRS 463.140. An application for such a license must be made through the head of the police or sheriff’s department, the Chief of the Investigation Division of the Department of Public Safety, the director of the appropriate federal agency, the Attorney General, the Secretary of State or his or her designee or the Chair of the Nevada Gaming Control Board. Such a license is exempt from the fees required by NRS 483.410. The Department, by regulation, shall provide for the cancellation of any such driver’s license upon the completion of the special investigation for which it was issued.
4. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 239.0115, information pertaining to the issuance of a driver’s license pursuant to subsection 3 is confidential.
5. It is a misdemeanor for any person to use a driver’s license issued pursuant to subsection 3 for any purpose other than the special investigation for which it was issued.
6. At the time of the issuance or renewal of the driver’s license, the Department shall:
(a) Give the holder the opportunity to have indicated on his or her driver’s license that the holder wishes to be a donor of all or part of his or her body pursuant to NRS 451.500 to 451.598, inclusive, or to refuse to make an anatomical gift of his or her body or part thereof.
(b) Give the holder the opportunity to have indicated whether he or she wishes to donate $1 or more to the Anatomical Gift Account created by NRS 460.150.
(c) Provide to each holder who is interested in becoming a donor information relating to anatomical gifts, including the procedure for registering as a donor with the donor registry with which the Department has entered into a contract pursuant to this paragraph. To carry out this paragraph, the Department shall, on such terms as it deems appropriate, enter into a contract with a donor registry that is in compliance with the provisions of NRS 451.500 to 451.598, inclusive.
(d) If the Department has established a program for imprinting a symbol or other indicator of a medical condition on a driver’s license pursuant to NRS 483.3485, give the holder the opportunity to have a symbol or other indicator of a medical condition imprinted on his or her driver’s license.
(e) Provide to the holder information instructing the holder how to register with the Next-of-Kin Registry pursuant to NRS 483.653 if he or she so chooses.
7. If the holder wishes to make a donation to the Anatomical Gift Account, the Department shall collect the donation and deposit the money collected in the State Treasury for credit to the Anatomical Gift Account.
8. The Department shall submit to the donor registry with which the Department has entered into a contract pursuant to paragraph (c) of subsection 6 information from the records of the Department relating to persons who have drivers’ licenses that indicate the intention of those persons to make an anatomical gift. The Department shall adopt regulations to carry out the provisions of this subsection.
[19:190:1941; A 1943, 268; 1943 NCL § 4442.18]—(NRS A 1963, 843; 1969, 544; 1975, 802; 1977, 449; 1981, 1106, 2007; 1985, 1938; 1987, 895; 1989, 437, 474, 1152; 1991, 487, 2171; 1993, 1188; 2001, 681, 2551; 2003, 180, 469, 830; 2005, 244, 2313; 2007, 795, 2114, 2785; 2009, 2565, 2566; 2015, 441; 2021, 3303, effective January 1, 2023)
1. The Department shall, upon payment of the required fee, issue to every qualified applicant a driver’s license indicating the type or class of vehicles the licensee may drive.
2. The Department shall adopt regulations prescribing the information that must be contained on a driver’s license.
3. The Department may issue a driver’s license for purposes of identification only for use by officers of local police and sheriffs’ departments, agents of the Investigation Division of the Department of Public Safety while engaged in special undercover investigations relating to narcotics or prostitution or for other undercover investigations requiring the establishment of a fictitious identity, federal agents while engaged in undercover investigations, investigators employed by the Attorney General while engaged in undercover investigations, criminal investigators employed by the Secretary of State while engaged in undercover investigations and agents of the Nevada Gaming Control Board while engaged in investigations pursuant to NRS 463.140. An application for such a license must be made through the head of the police or sheriff’s department, the Chief of the Investigation Division of the Department of Public Safety, the director of the appropriate federal agency, the Attorney General, the Secretary of State or his or her designee or the Chair of the Nevada Gaming Control Board. Such a license is exempt from the fees required by NRS 483.410. The Department, by regulation, shall provide for the cancellation of any such driver’s license upon the completion of the special investigation for which it was issued.
4. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 239.0115, information pertaining to the issuance of a driver’s license pursuant to subsection 3 is confidential.
5. It is unlawful for any person to use a driver’s license issued pursuant to subsection 3 for any purpose other than the special investigation for which it was issued.
6. At the time of the issuance of the driver’s license, the Department shall:
(a) Give the holder the opportunity to have indicated on his or her driver’s license that the holder:
(1) Wishes to be a donor of all or part of his or her body pursuant to NRS 451.500 to 451.598, inclusive; or
(2) Does not at that time wish to make an anatomical gift of his or her body or part thereof.
(b) Give the holder the opportunity to have indicated whether he or she wishes to donate $1 or more to the Anatomical Gift Account created by NRS 460.150.
(c) Provide to each holder who is interested in becoming a donor information relating to anatomical gifts, including the procedure for registering as a donor with the donor registry with which the Department has entered into a contract pursuant to this paragraph. To carry out this paragraph, the Department shall, on such terms as it deems appropriate, enter into a contract with a donor registry that is in compliance with the provisions of NRS 451.500 to 451.598, inclusive.
(d) If the Department has established a program for imprinting a symbol or other indicator of a medical condition on a driver’s license pursuant to NRS 483.3485, give the holder the opportunity to have a symbol or other indicator of a medical condition imprinted on his or her driver’s license.
(e) Provide to the holder information instructing the holder how to register with the Next-of-Kin Registry pursuant to NRS 483.653 if he or she so chooses.
7. At the time of the renewal of the driver’s license, the Department shall:
(a) If the holder indicated at the time of the issuance of the driver’s license pursuant to subsection 6 that the holder wishes to be a donor of all or part of his or her body pursuant to NRS 451.500 to 451.598, inclusive, provide the holder:
(1) Notice that, unless the holder affirmatively indicates upon the renewal of the driver’s license that he or she wishes to change that indication, the indication will remain on his or her driver’s license;
(2) The opportunity to have indicated whether he or she wishes to donate $1 or more to the Anatomical Gift Account created by NRS 460.150; and
(3) If the Department has established a program for imprinting a symbol or other indicator of a medical condition on a driver’s license pursuant to NRS 483.3485, the opportunity to have a symbol or other indicator of a medical condition imprinted on his or her driver’s license.
(b) If the holder indicated at the time of the issuance of the driver’s license pursuant to subsection 6 that the holder did not at that time wish to be a donor of all or part of his or her body pursuant to NRS 451.500 to 451.598, inclusive, provide the holder:
(1) The opportunity to change that indication to indicate that the holder wishes to be a donor of all or part of his or her body pursuant to NRS 451.500 to 451.598, inclusive;
(2) The opportunity to have indicated whether he or she wishes to donate $1 or more to the Anatomical Gift Account created by NRS 460.150;
(3) If the holder is interested in becoming a donor, information relating to anatomical gifts, including the procedure for registering as a donor with the donor registry with which the Department has entered into a contract pursuant to this section; and
(4) If the Department has established a program for imprinting a symbol or other indicator of a medical condition on a driver’s license pursuant to NRS 483.3485, the opportunity to have a symbol or other indicator of a medical condition imprinted on his or her driver’s license.
8. If the holder wishes to make a donation to the Anatomical Gift Account, the Department shall collect the donation and deposit the money collected in the State Treasury for credit to the Anatomical Gift Account.
9. The Department shall submit to the donor registry with which the Department has entered into a contract pursuant to paragraph (c) of subsection 6 information from the records of the Department relating to persons who have drivers’ licenses that indicate the intention of those persons to make an anatomical gift. The Department shall adopt regulations to carry out the provisions of this subsection.
[19:190:1941; A 1943, 268; 1943 NCL § 4442.18]—(NRS A 1963, 843; 1969, 544; 1975, 802; 1977, 449; 1981, 1106, 2007; 1985, 1938; 1987, 895; 1989, 437, 474, 1152; 1991, 487, 2171; 1993, 1188; 2001, 681, 2551; 2003, 180, 469, 830; 2005, 244, 2313; 2007, 795, 2114, 2785; 2009, 2565, 2566; 2015, 441, 1418, effective on the date on which the Director of the Department of Motor Vehicles notifies the Governor and the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau that sufficient resources are available to enable the Department to carry out the provisions of chapter 282, Statutes of Nevada 2015, at page 1418)
1. The Department shall, upon payment of the required fee, issue to every qualified applicant a driver’s license indicating the type or class of vehicles the licensee may drive.
2. The Department shall adopt regulations prescribing the information that must be contained on a driver’s license.
3. The Department may issue a driver’s license for purposes of identification only for use by officers of local police and sheriffs’ departments, agents of the Investigation Division of the Department of Public Safety while engaged in special undercover investigations relating to narcotics or prostitution or for other undercover investigations requiring the establishment of a fictitious identity, federal agents while engaged in undercover investigations, investigators employed by the Attorney General while engaged in undercover investigations, criminal investigators employed by the Secretary of State while engaged in undercover investigations and agents of the Nevada Gaming Control Board while engaged in investigations pursuant to NRS 463.140. An application for such a license must be made through the head of the police or sheriff’s department, the Chief of the Investigation Division of the Department of Public Safety, the director of the appropriate federal agency, the Attorney General, the Secretary of State or his or her designee or the Chair of the Nevada Gaming Control Board. Such a license is exempt from the fees required by NRS 483.410. The Department, by regulation, shall provide for the cancellation of any such driver’s license upon the completion of the special investigation for which it was issued.
4. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 239.0115, information pertaining to the issuance of a driver’s license pursuant to subsection 3 is confidential.
5. It is a misdemeanor for any person to use a driver’s license issued pursuant to subsection 3 for any purpose other than the special investigation for which it was issued.
6. At the time of the issuance of the driver’s license, the Department shall:
(a) Give the holder the opportunity to have indicated on his or her driver’s license that the holder:
(1) Wishes to be a donor of all or part of his or her body pursuant to NRS 451.500 to 451.598, inclusive; or
(2) Does not at that time wish to make an anatomical gift of his or her body or part thereof.
(b) Give the holder the opportunity to have indicated whether he or she wishes to donate $1 or more to the Anatomical Gift Account created by NRS 460.150.
(c) Provide to each holder who is interested in becoming a donor information relating to anatomical gifts, including the procedure for registering as a donor with the donor registry with which the Department has entered into a contract pursuant to this paragraph. To carry out this paragraph, the Department shall, on such terms as it deems appropriate, enter into a contract with a donor registry that is in compliance with the provisions of NRS 451.500 to 451.598, inclusive.
(d) If the Department has established a program for imprinting a symbol or other indicator of a medical condition on a driver’s license pursuant to NRS 483.3485, give the holder the opportunity to have a symbol or other indicator of a medical condition imprinted on his or her driver’s license.
(e) Provide to the holder information instructing the holder how to register with the Next-of-Kin Registry pursuant to NRS 483.653 if he or she so chooses.
7. At the time of the renewal of the driver’s license, the Department shall:
(a) If the holder indicated at the time of the issuance of the driver’s license pursuant to subsection 6 that the holder wishes to be a donor of all or part of his or her body pursuant to NRS 451.500 to 451.598, inclusive, provide the holder:
(1) Notice that, unless the holder affirmatively indicates upon the renewal of the driver’s license that he or she wishes to change that indication, the indication will remain on his or her driver’s license;
(2) The opportunity to have indicated whether he or she wishes to donate $1 or more to the Anatomical Gift Account created by NRS 460.150; and
(3) If the Department has established a program for imprinting a symbol or other indicator of a medical condition on a driver’s license pursuant to NRS 483.3485, the opportunity to have a symbol or other indicator of a medical condition imprinted on his or her driver’s license.
(b) If the holder indicated at the time of the issuance of the driver’s license pursuant to subsection 6 that the holder did not at that time wish to be a donor of all or part of his or her body pursuant to NRS 451.500 to 451.598, inclusive, provide the holder:
(1) The opportunity to change that indication to indicate that the holder wishes to be a donor of all or part of his or her body pursuant to NRS 451.500 to 451.598, inclusive;
(2) The opportunity to have indicated whether he or she wishes to donate $1 or more to the Anatomical Gift Account created by NRS 460.150;
(3) If the holder is interested in becoming a donor, information relating to anatomical gifts, including the procedure for registering as a donor with the donor registry with which the Department has entered into a contract pursuant to this section; and
(4) If the Department has established a program for imprinting a symbol or other indicator of a medical condition on a driver’s license pursuant to NRS 483.3485, the opportunity to have a symbol or other indicator of a medical condition imprinted on his or her driver’s license.
8. If the holder wishes to make a donation to the Anatomical Gift Account, the Department shall collect the donation and deposit the money collected in the State Treasury for credit to the Anatomical Gift Account.
9. The Department shall submit to the donor registry with which the Department has entered into a contract pursuant to paragraph (c) of subsection 6 information from the records of the Department relating to persons who have drivers’ licenses that indicate the intention of those persons to make an anatomical gift. The Department shall adopt regulations to carry out the provisions of this subsection.
[19:190:1941; A 1943, 268; 1943 NCL § 4442.18]—(NRS A 1963, 843; 1969, 544; 1975, 802; 1977, 449; 1981, 1106, 2007; 1985, 1938; 1987, 895; 1989, 437, 474, 1152; 1991, 487, 2171; 1993, 1188; 2001, 681, 2551; 2003, 180, 469, 830; 2005, 244, 2313; 2007, 795, 2114, 2785; 2009, 2565, 2566; 2015, 441, 1418; 2021, 3303, effective on the later of January 1, 2023, or the date on which the Director of the Department of Motor Vehicles notifies the Governor and the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau that sufficient resources are available to enable the Department to carry out the provisions of chapter 282, Statutes of Nevada 2015, at page 1418)
Structure Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 483 - Drivers’ Licenses; Driving Schools and Driving Instructors
NRS 483.030 - "Administrator" defined.
NRS 483.035 - "Border state employee" defined.
NRS 483.040 - "Cancellation" and "cancelled" defined.
NRS 483.063 - "Driver" defined.
NRS 483.064 - "Driver authorization card" defined.
NRS 483.065 - "Driver’s license" defined.
NRS 483.067 - "Electric bicycle" defined.
NRS 483.070 - "Farm tractor" defined.
NRS 483.075 - "Foreign exchange student" defined.
NRS 483.080 - "Highway" defined.
NRS 483.081 - "International instructor" defined.
NRS 483.082 - "International student" defined.
NRS 483.083 - "License" defined.
NRS 483.085 - "Licensee" defined.
NRS 483.088 - "Moped" defined.
NRS 483.090 - "Motor vehicle" defined.
NRS 483.100 - "Nonresident" defined.
NRS 483.115 - "Out-of-state student" defined.
NRS 483.120 - "Owner" defined.
NRS 483.125 - "Photograph" defined.
NRS 483.135 - "Premises to which the public has access" defined.
NRS 483.141 - "Resident" defined.
NRS 483.150 - "Revocation" defined.
NRS 483.160 - "School bus" defined.
NRS 483.165 - "State" defined.
NRS 483.170 - "Street" defined.
NRS 483.180 - "Suspension" defined.
NRS 483.190 - "Vehicle" defined.
NRS 483.200 - Employment of examiners and other employees; duties of examiners.
NRS 483.205 - Medical Board: Appointment; duties.
NRS 483.240 - Exemptions from licensing.
NRS 483.250 - Issuance of license to certain persons prohibited; exceptions.
NRS 483.289 - Application for license or instruction permit: Choice of statutory provisions.
NRS 483.2925 - Designation of veteran status on license or permit; duties of Department.
NRS 483.300 - Signing and verification of application of minor by responsible person; liability.
NRS 483.310 - Release from liability upon cancellation of minor’s license.
NRS 483.320 - Cancellation of license upon death of person signing minor’s application.
NRS 483.350 - License to be carried and surrendered upon demand; limitation on conviction.
NRS 483.360 - Restricted license; procedure for suspension or revocation; penalty.
NRS 483.370 - Duplicate or substitute permit or license.
NRS 483.375 - Change of full legal name on license: Requirements; circumstances when permitted; fee.
NRS 483.382 - Renewal of license: Notice to licensee; additional tests.
NRS 483.383 - Renewal of license: Procedure for renewal by mail; regulations.
NRS 483.390 - Notice of change of address.
NRS 483.410 - Fees and penalties: Amounts, payment and disposition.
NRS 483.415 - Additional fee; deposit in Highway and Safety Administrative Account; use of money.
NRS 483.4193 - "Ignition interlock device" defined.
NRS 483.4194 - "Ignition interlock privilege" defined.
NRS 483.420 - Authority of Department to cancel license.
NRS 483.440 - Suspension or revocation of license or privilege upon conviction in another state.
NRS 483.445 - Suspension or revocation of license of member of Armed Forces.
NRS 483.477 - Attendance at school for training drivers upon suspension.
NRS 483.500 - Surrender and reissuance of license upon suspension or revocation.
NRS 483.505 - Voluntary surrender of license; reissuance.
NRS 483.520 - Judicial review.
NRS 483.630 - Uniformity of interpretation.
NRS 483.700 - License required.
NRS 483.710 - Requirements for licensure as operator of school.
NRS 483.720 - Requirements for licensure as instructor for school.
NRS 483.723 - Minimum age for training; exceptions.
NRS 483.730 - Licenses: Issuance; term; renewal; training; exception.
NRS 483.740 - Liability insurance.
NRS 483.750 - Maintenance of vehicles.
NRS 483.755 - Books and records: Location; inspection and copying; retention.
NRS 483.760 - Grounds for refusal to issue or cancellation, revocation or suspension of license.
NRS 483.810 - Legislative findings and declaration.
NRS 483.820 - Persons entitled to card; fees.
NRS 483.830 - Duties of Director.
NRS 483.853 - Designation of veteran status on card; duties of Department.
NRS 483.860 - Proof of full legal name and age; regulations; consular identification cards.
NRS 483.8605 - Change of full legal name on card: Requirements; circumstances when permitted; fee.
NRS 483.867 - Placement of designation on card issued to person who is seasonal resident.
NRS 483.870 - Validity of card; surrender of card; report of change of information or loss of card.
NRS 483.880 - Duplicate card; return of original.
NRS 483.890 - Unlawful acts; penalty.
NRS 483.906 - Authority of Department.
NRS 483.908 - Adoption of regulations.
NRS 483.910 - Schedule of fees.
NRS 483.916 - Release of information regarding driver’s record.
NRS 483.920 - Effect of convictions entered in other states.
NRS 483.924 - Restrictions on driving commercial motor vehicle on highways of Nevada.
NRS 483.927 - Designation of veteran status on license; duties of Department.
NRS 483.930 - Transfer of license issued in another jurisdiction.
NRS 483.934 - Issuance of license or learner’s permit to nonresidents prohibited; exception.