Brand name must be shown; labeling of containers, dispensers, fill pipes for storage tanks and delivery outlets on tank delivery trucks; “no brand” products.
1. It is unlawful for any person to sell or offer to sell any gasoline, diesel fuel or oil represented as lubricating oil for internal combustion engines, unless a sign or label is firmly attached to or painted at or near the outlet of the container from which or into which the gasoline, diesel fuel or oil represented as lubricating oil or motor oil is dispensed or received for sale or delivery. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the sign or label, in letters not less than one-half inch in height, must contain the brand or trade name followed by the word or words “Gasoline,” “Diesel Fuel,” “Lubricating Oil” or “Motor Oil.” All containers and dispensers of lubricating and motor oil must also be labeled in the same manner with the oil’s viscosity grade classification and performance rating. If a lubricating or motor oil has more than one viscosity grade classification or performance rating, each viscosity grade classification and performance rating must be included in the label. When the sign or label is attached to the faucet or valve of a tank truck or tank wagon, the letters must be not less than one-half inch in height. The provisions of this subsection do not apply to any oil labeled “prediluted” or intended only for mixture with gasoline or other motor vehicle fuel in a two-cycle engine.
2. The inlet end of the fill pipe to each underground storage tank of gasoline or diesel fuel must be labeled with the brand name and the grade of the gasoline or diesel fuel contained therein.
3. Petroleum product delivery outlets on tank delivery trucks must be labeled to comply with the requirements of this section before departure from the bulk plants.
4. If any gasoline has no brand or trade name, the sign or label required by subsection 1 must consist of the words, in letters not less than 3 inches high, “Gasoline, No Brand.”
5. If any diesel fuel has no brand or trade name, the sign or label required by subsection 1 must consist of the words, in letters not less than 3 inches high, “Diesel, No Brand.”
6. If any lubricating oil or motor oil has no brand or trade name, the sign or label required by subsection 1 must consist of the words, in letters not less than 3 inches high, “Lubricating Oil, No Brand,” or “Motor Oil, No Brand.”
7. On any container with a net content of 1 United States gallon or less, the brand, trademark or trade name, the name and address of the distributor or manufacturer, the viscosity grade classification, the performance rating and the words “Motor Oil” or “Lubricating Oil” may be painted, printed, embossed or otherwise firmly affixed on the container in letters and numerals of legible size. Such a designation constitutes compliance with the provisions of this section.
8. Small hand measures used for delivery of petroleum products, and filled in the presence of the customer, need not be labeled in accordance with the provisions of NRS 590.010 to 590.150, inclusive, if the receptacle, container or pump from which petroleum products are drawn or poured into the hand measures is properly labeled as required by the provisions of NRS 590.010 to 590.150, inclusive.
Last modified: February 26, 2006