Nevada Revised Statutes Section 482.362 - Public Safety - Vehicles - Watercraft

Salesmen: Licensing; fees; grounds for denial, suspension or revocation of license; reemployment; notice of change of address or termination; penalty. [Effective on the date of the repeal of the federal law requiring each state to establish procedures for withholding, suspending and restricting the professional, occupational and recreational licenses for child support arrearages and for noncompliance with certain processes relating to paternity or child support proceedings.]

1. A person shall not engage in the activity of a salesman of vehicles, trailers or semitrailers in the State of Nevada without first having received a license from the Department. Before issuing a license to engage in the activity of a salesman, the Department shall require:

(a) An application, signed and verified by the applicant, stating that the applicant is to engage in the activity of a salesman, his residence address, and the name and address of his employer.

(b) Proof of the employment of the applicant by a licensed and bonded vehicle dealer, trailer or semitrailer dealer, lessor or rebuilder at the time the application is filed.

(c) A statement as to whether any previous application of the applicant has been denied or license revoked.

(d) Payment of a nonrefundable license fee of $75. The license expires on December 31 of each calendar year and may be renewed annually upon the payment of a fee of $40.

(e) For initial licensure, the applicant to submit a complete set of his fingerprints and written permission authorizing the Department to forward those fingerprints to the Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History for submission to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for its report.

(f) Any other information the Department deems necessary.

2. The Department may issue a 60-day temporary license to an applicant who has submitted an application and paid the required fee.

3. A license to act as a salesman of vehicles, trailers or semitrailers issued pursuant to this chapter does not permit a person to engage in the business of selling mobile homes.

4. An application for a salesman’s license may be denied and a salesman’s license may be suspended or revoked upon the following grounds:

(a) Failure of the applicant to establish by proof satisfactory to the Department that he is employed by a licensed and bonded vehicle dealer, trailer dealer or semitrailer dealer, lessor or rebuilder.

(b) Conviction of a felony.

(c) Conviction of a gross misdemeanor.

(d) Conviction of a misdemeanor for violation of any of the provisions of this chapter.

(e) Falsification of the application.

(f) Any reason determined by the Director to be in the best interests of the public.

5. A salesman of vehicles shall not engage in any sales activity other than for the account of or for and in behalf of a single employer, who must be a licensed dealer, lessor or rebuilder.

6. If an application for a salesman’s license has been denied, the applicant may reapply not less than 6 months after the denial.

7. A salesman’s license must be posted in a conspicuous place on the premises of the dealer, lessor or rebuilder for whom the salesman is licensed to sell vehicles.

8. If a salesman ceases to be employed by a licensed and bonded dealer, lessor or rebuilder, his license to act as a salesman is automatically suspended and his right to act as a salesman thereupon immediately ceases, and he shall not engage in the activity of a salesman until he has paid the Department a transfer fee of $20 and submitted a certificate of employment indicating he has been reemployed by a licensed and bonded dealer, lessor or rebuilder, and has thereafter presented a current temporary license or a new salesman’s license to his employer.

9. If a licensed salesman changes his residential address, he shall submit a written notice of the change to the Department within 10 days.

10. A licensed dealer, lessor or rebuilder who employs a licensed salesman shall notify the Department of the termination of his employment within 10 days following the date of termination by forwarding the salesman’s license to the Department.

11. Any person who fails to comply with the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor except as otherwise provided in NRS 482.555.

Last modified: February 25, 2006