485.313  Department to create system for verifying that owners of motor vehicles maintain insurance; regulations.

1.  The Department:

(a) Shall, in cooperation with insurers, create a system for verifying through the secure transmission and receipt of information that the owners of motor vehicles maintain the insurance required by NRS 485.185; and

(b) May enter into a contract with any person to provide services relating to the system.

2.  The Director shall adopt regulations to carry out the provisions of this section, including, without limitation, regulations for verifying that registered owners described in paragraph (b) of subsection 5 of NRS 482.215 maintain the insurance required by NRS 485.185.

3.  As used in this section, “motor vehicle”:

(a) Does not include, except as otherwise provided in subsection 1 of NRS 482.398, a golf cart as that term is defined in NRS 482.044.

(b) Includes, without limitation:

(1) A motortruck, truck tractor, bus or other vehicle that is registered pursuant to paragraph (c) of subsection 1 of NRS 482.482 or NRS 706.801 to 706.861, inclusive.

(2) A vehicle that is registered as part of a fleet of vehicles and described in paragraph (b) of subsection 5 of NRS 482.215.

(Added to NRS by 1993, 2483; A 1995, 2740; 1997, 1083; 2009, 402, 2206)