NRS Chapter 485 — MOTOR VEHICLES: INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

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NRS 485.010 — Short title.
NRS 485.020 — Definitions.
NRS 485.028 — “Certificate of financial responsibility” defined.
NRS 485.0335 — “Dormant vehicle” defined.
NRS 485.034 — “Evidence of insurance” defined.
NRS 485.035 — “Judgment” defined.
NRS 485.037 — “Insurance” defined.
NRS 485.040 — “License” defined.
NRS 485.050 — “Motor vehicle” defined.
NRS 485.055 — “Motor vehicle liability policy” defined.
NRS 485.060 — “Nonresident” defined.
NRS 485.070 — “Nonresident’s operating privilege” defined.
NRS 485.080 — “Operator” defined.
NRS 485.090 — “Owner” defined.
NRS 485.105 — “Proof of financial responsibility” defined.
NRS 485.108 — “Registered owner” defined.
NRS 485.110 — “Registration” defined.
NRS 485.120 — “State” defined.
NRS 485.130 — General duties of Department.
NRS 485.135 — Department to furnish operating record.
NRS 485.137 — Department to publish and disseminate informational leaflet.
NRS 485.140 — Judicial review.
NRS 485.185 — Insurance for payment of tort liabilities arising from maintenance or use of motor vehicle: Coverage to be obtained from insurance company duly licensed and approved; minimum thresholds of coverage.
NRS 485.186 — Operator’s policy of liability insurance: Use in lieu of owner’s policy of liability insurance; requirements for issuance; required statements; operation of motor vehicle by person other than insured; required and excluded coverages; applicability.
NRS 485.187 — Unlawful acts; fines and penalties; exceptions.
NRS 485.190 — Department to determine amount of security required; hearing; suspension of license and registration; procedure regarding erroneous information.
NRS 485.191 — Right to hearing; notice; request for hearing; waiver.
NRS 485.193 — Scope of hearing.
NRS 485.195 — Powers of officer conducting hearing.
NRS 485.197 — Enforcement of subpoenas issued by Director.
NRS 485.200 — Exceptions to requirements as to security and suspension of license and registration.
NRS 485.210 — Requirements as to policy or bond.
NRS 485.220 — Form and amount of security.
NRS 485.230 — Duration of suspension; requirements for reinstatement.
NRS 485.240 — Application to nonresidents, unlicensed drivers, unregistered motor vehicles and crashes in other states.
NRS 485.250 — Authority of Department to reduce amount of security.
NRS 485.260 — Custody of security.
NRS 485.270 — Disposition of security.
NRS 485.280 — Return of deposit.
NRS 485.290 — Transfers of deposits to State Highway Fund; procedure for payment of claimants after transfer.
NRS 485.300 — Matters not to be evidence in civil suits.
NRS 485.301 — Judgment creditor authorized to report nonpayment of judgment entered as result of motor vehicle crash; Department to transmit copy of judgment to nonresident’s state.
NRS 485.302 — Suspension for nonpayment of judgment; exceptions.
NRS 485.303 — Suspension to continue until judgments paid and proof given.
NRS 485.304 — Payments sufficient to satisfy requirements.
NRS 485.305 — Payment of judgment in installments; default.
NRS 485.307 — Alternate methods of giving proof; proof required before registration is restored.
NRS 485.3075 — Proof required before reinstatement of license or registrations suspended for failure to maintain proof; duration; penalty.
NRS 485.308 — Certificate of insurance as proof; filing of certificate by electronic or other means; insurance carrier to notify Department before cancelling or terminating policy.
NRS 485.309 — Certificate furnished by nonresident as proof.
NRS 485.3091 — Motor vehicle liability policy: Requirements.
NRS 485.3092 — Cancellation or termination of policy: Notice required; suspension required if effective date within 3 years after reinstatement.
NRS 485.3093 — Chapter not to affect other policies.
NRS 485.3098 — Other proof may be required.
NRS 485.3099 — Department, under certain circumstances, to consent to cancellation of certificate or waive requirement of proof; re-establishment of proof.
NRS 485.313 — Department to create system for verifying that owners of motor vehicles maintain insurance; regulations.
NRS 485.314 — Insurer to maintain record of each contract of insurance and provide Department access to any such record; Department to notify Commissioner of Insurance of noncompliance or receipt of false, incomplete or misleading information.
NRS 485.316 — Confidentiality of information in system; exceptions; penalty.
NRS 485.317 — Department to verify insurance for each motor vehicle registered in this State; owner to respond to inquiry when Department unable to verify insurance; suspension of registration when insurance cannot be verified; reinstatement of registration.
NRS 485.318 — Immunity from liability for actions in good faith and without gross negligence.
NRS 485.320 — Surrender of license, registration and license plates; owner of dormant vehicle required to cancel registration if policy covering vehicle is cancelled or expires; regulations.
NRS 485.326 — Suspension of license for failure to maintain insurance.
NRS 485.330 — Operating motor vehicle when license or registration suspended.
NRS 485.340 — Failure to return license, registration or license plate.
NRS 485.350 — False or forged policy of insurance, certificate of self-insurance, proof of financial responsibility, evidence of insurance or other document; misrepresentation of documents.
NRS 485.360 — Penalty for other violations.
NRS 485.370 — Applicability.
NRS 485.380 — Self-insurers.
NRS 485.385 — Department to take appropriate action after receipt of correct information.
NRS 485.387 — Suspension of registration does not prevent owner from effecting bona fide sale; rights of vendor, mortgagee or lessor.
NRS 485.390 — Chapter supplemental to laws regarding motor vehicles.
NRS 485.400 — Chapter not retroactive.
NRS 485.410 — Chapter not to prevent other process.
NRS 485.420 — Uniformity of interpretation.