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Statutes > Nevada > Title-19 > Chapter-237 > Forms-of-identification > 237-200237.200 Acceptance of consular identification cards.
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, with respect to any activity or transaction in which a local government accepts an identification card issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles to identify a person, the local government may also accept a consular identification card to identify a person.
2. The provisions of subsection 1 apply only to the presentation of a consular identification card for purposes of identification and do not convey an independent right to receive benefits of any type.
3. As used in this section:
(a) “Consular identification card” means an identification card issued by a consulate of a foreign government, which consulate is located within the State of Nevada.
(b) “Identification card issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles” means an identification card of the type described in NRS 483.810 to 483.890, inclusive.
(c) “Local government” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 237.050.
(Added to NRS by 2003, 1932)
