Nevada Revised Statutes Section 489.321 - Public Safety - Vehicles - Watercraft

License to engage in business of dealer, manufacturer, rebuilder, serviceman or installer: Application; bond; issuance, expiration and renewal. [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. Applications for a manufacturer’s, dealer’s, rebuilder’s, serviceman’s or installer’s license must be filed upon forms supplied by the Division, and the applicant shall furnish:

(a) Any proof the Division may deem necessary that the applicant is a manufacturer, dealer, rebuilder, serviceman or installer.

(b) Any proof the Division may require that the applicant has an established place of business.

(c) Any proof the Division may require of the applicant’s good character and reputation and of his fitness to engage in the activities for which the license is sought.

(d) A complete set of his fingerprints and written permission authorizing the Administrator 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. The Administrator may exchange with the Central Repository and the Federal Bureau of Investigation any information respecting the fingerprints of an applicant under this section.

(e) In the case of a dealer in new manufactured homes, an instrument in the form prescribed by the Division executed by or on behalf of the manufacturer certifying that the applicant is an authorized franchise dealer for the make or makes concerned.

(f) A reasonable fee fixed by regulation.

(g) In the case of a dealer, rebuilder, serviceman or installer, proof of passing the examination required under NRS 489.351.

(h) Any additional requirements the Division may from time to time prescribe by regulation.

2. Within 60 days after receipt of a complete application, the Division shall issue or deny the license.

3. The Administrator may issue a provisional license pending receipt of the report from the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Upon receipt of the report and a determination by the Administrator that the applicant is qualified, the Division shall issue to the applicant a dealer’s, manufacturer’s, installer’s, rebuilder’s or serviceman’s license certificate containing the applicant’s name and the address of his fixed place of business.

4. Each license is valid for a period of 2 years from the date of issuance and may be renewed for like consecutive periods upon application to and approval by the Division.

Last modified: February 25, 2006