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NRS 488.015 - Short title. - This chapter shall be known and may be cited as...
NRS 488.025 - Declaration of policy. - It is the policy of this state to promote safety...
NRS 488.035 - Definitions. - As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:...
NRS 488.045 - Regulations of Board of Wildlife Commissioners: Adoption. - The Commission may carry out the provisions of this chapter...
NRS 488.055 - Regulations of Board of Wildlife Commissioners: Filing and publication. - A copy of the regulations adopted pursuant to the provisions...
NRS 488.059 - Applicability; local regulation. - 1. The provisions of this chapter, and of other applicable...
NRS 488.065 - Operation of unnumbered or uncertified motorboat prohibited. - 1. Every motorboat on the waters of this state must...
NRS 488.075 - Number, certificate of number and certificate of ownership: Application; issuance; fees; location of number on boat; regulations. - 1. The owner of each motorboat requiring numbering by this...
NRS 488.078 - Department to submit certain information to Division of Welfare and Supportive Services. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state to establish procedures for withholding, suspendin... - The Department shall, upon request of the Division of Welfare...
NRS 488.085 - Recordation in this State of number previously awarded pursuant to federally approved numbering system of another state. - The owner of any motorboat already covered by a number...
NRS 488.105 - Conformity of state numbering system with federal system. - If an agency of the United States Government has in...
NRS 488.115 - Awarding of certificates of number; authorization of agents; retention of fee by agent; public records. - 1. The Department may award any certificate of number directly...
NRS 488.125 - Certificates of number effective for 1 year; exception; renewal; fees; regulations. - 1. Every certificate of number awarded pursuant to the provisions...
NRS 488.135 - Department to fix date on which certificates of number expire. - The Department shall fix a day and month of the...
NRS 488.145 - Destruction or abandonment of motorboat: Owner to furnish notice to Department; termination of certificate of number. - 1. The owner shall furnish the Department notice of the...
NRS 488.155 - Change of address of holder of certificate of number or ownership: Holder to notify Department and furnish new address; surrender and replacement or alteration of inaccurate certificates. - 1. Any holder of a certificate of number and a...
NRS 488.165 - Display of unauthorized number or decal prohibited. - No number or decal other than the number or decal...
NRS 488.169 - Hull numbers: Process for issuance and verification must comply with United States Coast Guard requirements; regulations. - The Commission shall adopt regulations establishing a process for the...
NRS 488.171 - Hull numbers: Prohibited acts; assignment to handmade vessels; penalty. - 1. The Department shall assign a state hull number to...
NRS 488.175 - Exemption from requirements for numbering and titling; exception for certain residents of other states; issuance of exempt numbers. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a motorboat...
NRS 488.1793 - Requirements for transfer of ownership or interest in certain motorboats; exceptions. - Except as otherwise provided for the creation or transfer of...
NRS 488.1794 - Certificate of ownership in beneficiary form: Application; issuance to tenant in common prohibited; contents; effect; revocation; encumbrances; duties of Department; transfer upon death not testamentary. - 1. The owner or joint owners of a motorboat may...
NRS 488.1795 - Transferee to file certificates, pay fee and apply for new certificates. - Upon receipt of a properly endorsed certificate of ownership and...
NRS 488.1797 - Requirements for issuance of certificate of ownership. - 1. Before the issuance of any certificate of ownership, the...
NRS 488.1801 - Owner of motorboat to notify Department of sale or transfer of title or interest; exception; information to be furnished. - Except for transfers to a beneficiary pursuant to the provisions...
NRS 488.1803 - Dealer’s report of sale, lease or other transfer; exception. - Any dealer upon transferring by sale, lease or otherwise any...
NRS 488.1805 - Interest of registered owner not affected by assignment by legal owner. - A legal owner may assign his or her title or...
NRS 488.1807 - Endorsement of certificate upon transfer of title or interest of legal owner; exception. - Except for transfers to a beneficiary pursuant to the provisions...
NRS 488.181 - Endorsement of certificate on transfer by registered owner. - Upon transfer of the title or any interest of the...
NRS 488.1813 - Issuance of duplicate certificate on loss, destruction or mutilation of original. - 1. If a certificate of ownership is lost, stolen, damaged...
NRS 488.1815 - Failure to endorse or deliver certificate to transferee unlawful. - It is unlawful for any person to fail or neglect...
NRS 488.1817 - New certificate not required on substitution of security interest between same parties; time limit. - If a security interest in any motorboat numbered under this...
NRS 488.182 - Transfer of ownership not required on pledge of security interest. - The transferee of a security interest of any legal owner...
NRS 488.1823 - Procedure for perfection of security interest. - 1. No security interest in any motorboat required to be...
NRS 488.1825 - Method prescribed for perfecting security interest is exclusive. - The method provided in this chapter for perfecting a security...
NRS 488.1826 - Suspension of certificate of number or validation decal for failure to pay child support or comply with certain subpoenas or warrants; reinstatement of certificate of number or validation decal. [Effective until the date of the repeal... - 1. If the Department receives a copy of a court...
NRS 488.1827 - Suspension or revocation of certificate or number if fraudulently obtained or fee was unpaid. - The Department may suspend or revoke any certificate of ownership,...
NRS 488.185 - Classification of motorboats. - Motorboats subject to the provisions of this chapter shall be...
NRS 488.187 - Lights. - 1. Every motorboat in all weathers from sunset to sunrise,...
NRS 488.193 - Personal flotation devices; fire extinguishers; flame arrestors; ventilation of bilges; modification of requirements. - 1. Except for a contrivance, propelled by a sail, whose...
NRS 488.195 - Muffling devices. - 1. The exhaust of every internal combustion engine used on...
NRS 488.197 - Sirens. - 1. No vessel may be equipped with nor shall any...
NRS 488.257 - "Mooring buoy" defined; requirements for colors and lights. - 1. As used in NRS 488.257 to 488.285, inclusive, unless...
NRS 488.259 - Mooring buoy: Permit required; exception; permit for placement in navigable waters. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 488.263, a person...
NRS 488.261 - Mooring buoy: Permit for placement in nonnavigable waters; permit for temporary placement; regulations and enforcement. - 1. The Department may issue to any person a permit...
NRS 488.263 - Permit not required for temporary mooring buoy. - 1. A permit is not required for a temporary mooring...
NRS 488.265 - Anchoring or mooring vessel which obstructs passageway prohibited; exceptions. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a person...
NRS 488.285 - Mooring to buoy or navigational aid prohibited; interference with buoy or navigational aid without written authorization prohibited; exception; penalties. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2: (a) A...
NRS 488.291 - Abandonment prohibited; evidence of responsibility for abandonment; removal of vessel from public waterway. - 1. A person shall not abandon a vessel upon a...
NRS 488.293 - Authority of peace officer to identify registered owner of vessel abandoned on private property; peace officer to notify Department of removal of abandoned vessel; law enforcement agency to notify owner or holder of security interest re... - 1. A peace officer may attempt to identify the registered...
NRS 488.295 - Duties of owner; records and equipment. - 1. The owner of a boat livery shall keep a...
NRS 488.305 - Authority of Department to authorize events; regulations concerning safety; application for permission; reimbursement of Department; contents of application; compliance with federal law. - 1. The Department may authorize the holding of regattas, motorboat...
NRS 488.310 - Display of diver’s flag required; operation of vessel within 100 feet of flag prohibited; operation of vessel within 200 feet of flag limited; exception for emergencies. - 1. A person shall display a diver’s flag when diving...
NRS 488.320 - Use of approved marine sanitation device required; unlawful to discharge sewage; regulations; penalties. - 1. A person shall not maintain or operate upon the...
NRS 488.400 - Operation of vessel or manipulation of water skis or surfboard recklessly or while intoxicated or under influence of controlled substance prohibited. - 1. A person shall not operate any motorboat or vessel,...
NRS 488.405 - "Concentration of alcohol of 0.08 or more in his or her 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 a... - As used in NRS 488.410, 488.420 and 488.425, the phrase...
NRS 488.410 - Unlawful acts; penalty. [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 condi... - 1. It is unlawful for any person who: (a) Is...
NRS 488.420 - 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 stat... - 1. Unless a greater penalty is provided pursuant to NRS...
NRS 488.425 - Homicide by vessel: Penalty; 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... - 1. A person commits homicide by vessel if the person:...
NRS 488.427 - Penalty for second or subsequent felony; exception; segregation of offender; plea bargaining prohibited; aggravating factor. - 1. Unless a greater penalty is provided pursuant to NRS...
NRS 488.430 - Evaluation of certain offenders before sentencing. - 1. Before sentencing a defendant pursuant to NRS 488.420, 488.425...
NRS 488.440 - Fee for chemical analysis. - 1. If a defendant pleads guilty or guilty but mentally...
NRS 488.450 - Implied consent to preliminary test of breath; failure to submit to test; use of results of test. - 1. Any person who operates or is in actual physical...
NRS 488.460 - Implied consent to evidentiary test; exemption from blood test; choice of test; circumstances in which peace officer may request person to submit to blood test; restrictions on requesting urine test; failure to submit to test; notificat... - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 3 and 4,...
NRS 488.470 - Requirements for evidentiary test of breath to determine concentration of alcohol in breath; refusal or failure to submit to test. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, an evidentiary...
NRS 488.480 - Admissibility of evidence of failure to submit to evidentiary test and results of test; availability of results of test; presumption of accuracy and reliability of testing device; judicial notice of certification of operator of testing... - 1. If a person refuses to submit to a required...
NRS 488.490 - Opportunity of arrested person to choose qualified person to administer test; substitution of test prohibited. - 1. A person who is arrested for operating or being...
NRS 488.500 - Admissibility of results of blood test in criminal action; immunity from liability for person administering blood test in certain circumstances. - 1. The results of any blood test administered under the...
NRS 488.510 - Presumption that solution or gas used to calibrate or verify calibration of device for testing breath is properly prepared. - If: 1. A manufacturer or technician in a laboratory prepares...
NRS 488.520 - Analysis of blood of deceased victim of accident involving vessel to determine presence and concentration of alcohol. - 1. Any coroner, or other public officer performing like duties,...
NRS 488.530 - Unlawful acts; inspections; authority of peace officers. - 1. It is unlawful for any person at any time...
NRS 488.533 - Impoundment or quarantine. - 1. If a peace officer orders a vessel or conveyance...
NRS 488.536 - Fees; decal; regulations; exceptions. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 7, a person...
NRS 488.540 - Commission may establish and maintain pilot rules; operator to maintain proper lookout; operation of vessel without required equipment prohibited. - 1. The Commission may establish and maintain for the operation...
NRS 488.550 - Collisions, accidents and other casualties. - 1. The operator of a vessel involved in a collision,...
NRS 488.560 - Transmittal of information regarding collision or accident to federal agency. - In accordance with any request made by an authorized official...
NRS 488.570 - Operation of vessel towing person on water skis, surfboard, inflatable device or similar device; operation of vessel within 100 feet of person being towed. - 1. A person shall not operate a vessel on any...
NRS 488.575 - Wearing of personal flotation device by passenger younger than 13 years of age: Duty of person who operates, owns or controls vessel; exceptions. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a person...
NRS 488.580 - Operation of personal watercraft. - 1. A person shall not operate or authorize another person...
NRS 488.585 - Operation of motorboat in excess of certain speed prohibited unless engine cut-off switch is present, connected and operating properly; attachment of engine cut-off switch link. - 1. A person who owns or controls a motorboat that...
NRS 488.590 - Overloading vessel prohibited. - No owner or operator of any vessel shall knowingly permit...
NRS 488.600 - Unlawful operation of vessel: Reduced speed required in certain areas. - Every owner, operator or person in command of any vessel...
NRS 488.610 - Unlawful operation of vessel in restricted area; designation and marking of restricted areas. - 1. No person may operate a vessel, other than a...
NRS 488.620 - Operation of vessel in area marked for bathing, wading, diving, floating or swimming. - A person shall not operate a vessel within a water...
NRS 488.630 - Operation of vessel in unsafe condition; penalties. - 1. A game warden, sheriff or other peace officer of...
NRS 488.730 - Operation of certain motorboats on interstate waters of State by persons born on or after January 1, 1983: Requirements; presentation to peace officer of certain documentation; duties of certain persons engaged in business of renting or... - 1. A person born on or after January 1, 1983,...
NRS 488.740 - Department to certify persons to provide instruction in safe boating; powers and duties of Department concerning courses in safe boating. - 1. The Department shall certify persons to provide, in cooperation...
NRS 488.750 - Persons born on or after January 1, 1983, to submit to Department certification of completion of course or passage of proficiency examination in safe boating; database of certificates. - 1. A person born on or after January 1, 1983,...
NRS 488.900 - Enforcement by game wardens and other peace officers; inspection of vessel. - 1. Every game warden, sheriff and other peace officer of...
NRS 488.910 - Seizure of vessel to preserve evidence of crime; payment of storage fees. - 1. If a peace officer has probable cause to believe...
NRS 488.915 - Seizure of vessel by peace officer: Criteria; duties of law enforcement agency. - 1. In addition to any seizure authorized pursuant to NRS...
NRS 488.920 - Citation; taking person before magistrate. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, whenever any...
NRS 488.950 - Penalty for violating provision of chapter: Criminal penalty; authority of court to require successful completion of course in safe boating as prerequisite to operation of motorboat upon interstate waters of State. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, any person...