Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 97 - Retail Installment Sales of Goods and Services
NRS 97.299 - Forms for contracts and applications for credit: Adoption of regulations prescribing forms; contents; acceptance; translation into Spanish; amendment of forms.


1. The Commissioner of Financial Institutions shall prescribe, by regulation, forms for the application for credit and contracts to be used in the sale of vehicles if:
(a) The sale involves the taking of a security interest to secure all or a part of the purchase price of the vehicle;
(b) The application for credit is made to or through the seller of the vehicle;
(c) The seller is a dealer; and
(d) The sale is not a commercial transaction.
2. The forms prescribed pursuant to subsection 1 must meet the requirements of NRS 97.165, must be accepted and acted upon by any lender to whom the application for credit is made and, in addition to the information required in NRS 97.185 and required to be disclosed in such a transaction by federal law, must:
(a) Identify and itemize the items embodied in the cash sale price, including the amount charged for a contract to service the vehicle after it is purchased.
(b) In specifying the amount of the buyer’s down payment, identify the amounts paid in money and allowed for property given in trade and the amount of any manufacturer’s rebate applied to the down payment.
(c) Contain a description of any property given in trade as part of the down payment.
(d) Contain a description of the method for calculating the unearned portion of the finance charge upon prepayment in full of the unpaid total of payments as prescribed in NRS 97.225.
(e) Contain a provision that default on the part of the buyer is only enforceable to the extent that:
(1) The buyer fails to make a payment as required by the agreement; or
(2) The prospect of payment, performance or realization of collateral is significantly impaired. The burden of establishing the prospect of significant impairment is on the seller.
(f) Include the following notice in at least 10-point bold type:
NOTICE TO BUYER
Do not sign this agreement before you read it or if it contains any blank spaces. You are entitled to a completed copy of this agreement. If you pay the amount due before the scheduled date of maturity of the indebtedness and you are not in default in the terms of the contract for more than 2 months, you are entitled to a refund of the unearned portion of the finance charge. If you fail to perform your obligations under this agreement, the vehicle may be repossessed and you may be liable for the unpaid indebtedness evidenced by this agreement.
3. The Commissioner shall arrange for or otherwise cause the translation into Spanish of the forms prescribed pursuant to subsection 1.
4. If a change in state or federal law requires the Commissioner to amend the forms prescribed pursuant to subsection 1, the Commissioner need not comply with the provisions of chapter 233B of NRS when making those amendments.
5. As used in this section:
(a) "Commercial transaction" means any sale of a vehicle to a buyer who purchases the vehicle solely or primarily for commercial use or resale.
(b) "Dealer" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 482.020.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 1479; A 1989, 458; 1993, 2760; 1995, 1806; 2003, 1906; 2009, 1275; 2011, 1029)

Structure Nevada Revised Statutes

Nevada Revised Statutes

Chapter 97 - Retail Installment Sales of Goods and Services

NRS 97.015 - Definitions.

NRS 97.017 - "Amount financed" defined.

NRS 97.025 - "Cash sale price" defined.

NRS 97.026 - "Credit" defined.

NRS 97.031 - "Finance charge" defined.

NRS 97.035 - "Goods" defined.

NRS 97.055 - "Official fees" defined.

NRS 97.075 - "Rate" defined.

NRS 97.085 - "Retail buyer" and "buyer" defined.

NRS 97.095 - "Retail charge agreement" defined.

NRS 97.105 - "Retail installment contract" and "contract" defined.

NRS 97.115 - "Retail installment transaction" defined.

NRS 97.125 - "Retail seller" and "seller" defined.

NRS 97.135 - "Services" defined.

NRS 97.145 - "Total of payments" defined.

NRS 97.165 - Contract contained in single document; date, signatures and size of type; fee for cancellation.

NRS 97.175 - Seller to provide certain creditor disclosures to buyer.

NRS 97.185 - Contents of contract.

NRS 97.195 - Amount of finance charge and any other fee, expense or charge.

NRS 97.205 - Contracts negotiated and entered into by mail or telephone based on seller’s catalog or printed solicitation; preparation and delivery of memorandum.

NRS 97.215 - Blank spaces in contracts.

NRS 97.225 - Prepayment of unpaid total of payments; refund.

NRS 97.235 - Consolidated contracts; memoranda.

NRS 97.245 - Retail charge agreements: Finance charge; contents of monthly statements; notice of change in terms.

NRS 97.253 - Rights of retail seller; action to determine liability for unauthorized negotiable instrument used to make payment.

NRS 97.265 - Insurance.

NRS 97.275 - Invalidity of provisions of contract or agreement; waiver of provisions of chapter ineffective.

NRS 97.285 - Provisions of chapter governing retail installment transactions exclusive.

NRS 97.297 - "Vehicle" defined.

NRS 97.299 - Forms for contracts and applications for credit: Adoption of regulations prescribing forms; contents; acceptance; translation into Spanish; amendment of forms.

NRS 97.301 - Forms for contracts and application for credit: When use is mandatory.

NRS 97.304 - Enforceability of default on part of buyer.

NRS 97.305 - Violation bar to recovery.

NRS 97.315 - Injunction to prevent violation.

NRS 97.325 - Assurance of discontinuance.

NRS 97.335 - Civil penalties.