Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 486 - Motorcycles and Similar Vehicles
NRS 486.081 - Application for license: Form; verification; contents; proof of full legal name and age; Department to adopt regulations prescribing documents acceptable to prove full legal name and age; proof of social security number; authority of De...


1. Every application for a motorcycle driver’s license must be made upon a form furnished by the Department and must be verified by the applicant before a person authorized to administer oaths. Officers and employees of the Department may administer those oaths without charge.
2. Every application must:
(a) State the full legal name, date of birth, sex, address of principal residence and mailing address, if different from the address of principal residence;
(b) Briefly describe the applicant;
(c) State whether the applicant has previously been licensed as a driver, and, if so, when and by what state or country;
(d) State whether any such license has ever been suspended or revoked, or whether an application has ever been refused, and, if so, the date of and reason for such suspension, revocation or refusal; and
(e) Give such other information as the Department requires to determine the competency and eligibility of the applicant.
3. Every applicant shall furnish proof of his or her full legal name and age by displaying an original or certified copy of the required documents as prescribed by regulation.
4. The Department shall adopt regulations prescribing the documents an applicant may use to furnish proof of his or her full legal name and age to the Department, including, without limitation, a document issued by the Department pursuant to NRS 483.375 or 483.8605.
5. Every applicant who has been assigned a social security number must furnish proof of the social security number by displaying:
(a) An original card issued to the applicant by the Social Security Administration bearing the social security number of the applicant; or
(b) Other proof acceptable to the Department, including, without limitation, records of employment or federal income tax returns.
6. The Department may refuse to accept a driver’s license issued by another state, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands or the United States Virgin Islands if the Department determines that the other state, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands or the United States Virgin Islands has less stringent standards than the State of Nevada for the issuance of a driver’s license.
7. With respect to any document that has expired:
(a) The Department may refuse to accept the document or refuse to issue a driver’s license to the person presenting the document, or both; and
(b) If the document indicates that the person is authorized to stay in the United States, the Department shall issue to the person presenting the document a driver’s license that is valid only during the time the applicant is authorized to stay in the United States, or if there is no definite end to the time the applicant is authorized to stay, the driver’s license is valid for 1 year beginning on the date of issuance.
8. The Director shall adopt regulations setting forth criteria pursuant to which the Department will issue or refuse to issue a driver’s license in accordance with this section to a person who is a citizen of a state, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands or the United States Virgin Islands or a foreign country. The criteria pursuant to which the Department shall issue or refuse to issue a driver’s license to a citizen of a foreign country must be based upon the purpose for which that person is present within the United States.
9. Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the Department shall not accept a consular identification card as proof of the age or identity of an applicant for a motorcycle driver’s license. As used in this subsection, "consular identification card" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 232.006.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 1466; A 1973, 1445; 1987, 687; 1993, 2846; 1999, 2476; 2003, 470, 1244, 1935, 2467; 2007, 2807; 2017, 1285; 2019, 1795)

Structure Nevada Revised Statutes

Nevada Revised Statutes

Chapter 486 - Motorcycles and Similar Vehicles

NRS 486.011 - Definitions.

NRS 486.031 - "Highway" defined.

NRS 486.038 - "Moped" defined.

NRS 486.041 - "Motorcycle" defined.

NRS 486.051 - "Muffler" defined.

NRS 486.055 - "Program" defined.

NRS 486.057 - "Trimobile" defined.

NRS 486.061 - License or permit required to operate motorcycle or trimobile; exception.

NRS 486.071 - Qualifications for license.

NRS 486.081 - Application for license: Form; verification; contents; proof of full legal name and age; Department to adopt regulations prescribing documents acceptable to prove full legal name and age; proof of social security number; authority of De...

NRS 486.084 - Payment of child support: Statement by applicant for license; grounds for denial of license; duty of Department. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state to establish procedures fo...

NRS 486.091 - Application from person previously licensed in another state; copy of record from other state becomes part of Nevada record; Department to furnish records to other states.

NRS 486.101 - Application of minors.

NRS 486.111 - Release from liability.

NRS 486.121 - Cancellation of license upon death of person signing minor’s application.

NRS 486.131 - Examination of applicants.

NRS 486.141 - Form for application.

NRS 486.161 - Expiration and renewal of license; regulations. [Effective until 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, occup...

NRS 486.165 - Suspension of license for failure to pay child support or comply with certain subpoenas or warrants; reinstatement of license. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state to establish...

NRS 486.171 - Permitting unauthorized person to drive. [Effective through December 31, 2022.] Unlawful to permit unauthorized person to drive. [Effective January 1, 2023.]

NRS 486.180 - Operation and equipment provisions applicable and uniform throughout State; local authorities prohibited from enacting ordinance in conflict with provisions.

NRS 486.181 - Carrying passengers.

NRS 486.191 - Driver’s position while operating.

NRS 486.201 - Height of handlebars.

NRS 486.211 - Position of driver’s hands.

NRS 486.221 - Fenders required while in operation.

NRS 486.231 - Protective headgear, glasses, goggles or face shields; Department required to adopt standards; when use required; exceptions.

NRS 486.241 - Protective headgear and glasses: Sale or distribution.

NRS 486.251 - Use of head lamps and stop lights required.

NRS 486.261 - Tail lamps.

NRS 486.271 - Turn signals.

NRS 486.281 - Head lamps: Placement; limit on correlated color temperature of high-intensity discharge lamps.

NRS 486.291 - Reflectors.

NRS 486.301 - Brakes.

NRS 486.311 - Mirrors.

NRS 486.331 - Rights and duties of drivers.

NRS 486.341 - Right to full use of traffic lane.

NRS 486.351 - Unlawful passing; driving abreast; prohibition on driving in extreme left lane; exceptions.

NRS 486.361 - Driver’s license to be surrendered on demand.

NRS 486.363 - Definitions.

NRS 486.365 - Department" defined.

NRS 486.367 - Director" defined.

NRS 486.370 - "Motorcycle" includes moped.

NRS 486.372 - Establishment; Administrator; approval of courses of instruction; rules and regulations; contracts for services; Account for the Program for the Education of Motorcycle Riders created; uses of money in Account.

NRS 486.373 - Eligibility for enrollment; fee.

NRS 486.374 - Licensed instructor required; requirements and approval of course of instruction.

NRS 486.375 - Qualifications of instructor; standards for licensing instructors. [Effective through December 31, 2022.] Qualifications of instructor; standards and procedures for licensing instructors. [Effective January 1, 2023.]

NRS 486.381 - Violation of provisions concerning motorcycles and similar vehicles. [Effective through December 31, 2022.] Violation of provisions concerning motorcycles and similar vehicles. [Effective January 1, 2023.]

NRS 486.385 - Local authorities prohibited from enacting ordinance providing criminal penalty if chapter prescribes civil penalty. [Effective January 1, 2023.]