Nevada § 483.270 Restricted license for pupil in school: Issuance; application; restrictions; regulations. [Effective until the Director of the Department of Motor Vehicles notifies the Governor and the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau that sufficient resources are available to enable the Department to carry out the provisions of chapter 119, Statutes of Nevada 2015, at page 429.]

Nevada Statutes

§ 483.270 — Restricted license for pupil in school: Issuance; application; restrictions; regulations. [Effective until the Director of the Department of Motor Vehicles notifies the Governor and the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau that sufficient resources are available to enable the Department to carry out the provisions of chapter 119, Statutes of Nevada 2015, at page 429.]

Nevada § 483.270

Title 43PUBLIC SAFETY; VEHICLES; WATERCRAFT

Ch. 483Drivers’

Issuance, Expiration and Renewal

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Nev. Rev. Stat. § 483.270 (2026).

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1. The Department may issue a restricted license to any pupil between the ages of 14 and 18 years who is attending:

(a)A public school in a school district in this State in a county whose population is less than 55,000 or in a city or town whose population is less than 25,000 when transportation to and from school is not provided by the board of trustees of the school district, if the pupil meets the requirements for eligibility adopted by the Department pursuant to subsection 5; or

(b)A private school meeting the requirements for approval under NRS 392.070 when transportation to and from school is not provided by the private school, Ê and it is impossible or impracticable to furnish such pupil with private transportation to and from school. 2. An application for the issuance of a restri

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1. The Department may issue a restricted license to any pupil between the ages of 14 and 18 years who is attending:
(a) A public school in a school district in this State in a county whose population is less than 55,000 or in a city or town whose population is less than 25,000 when transportation to and from school is not provided by the board of trustees of the school district, if the pupil meets the requirements for eligibility adopted by the Department pursuant to subsection 5; or
(b) A private school meeting the requirements for approval under NRS 392.070 when transportation to and from school is not provided by the private school,
Ê and it is impossible or impracticable to furnish such pupil with private transportation to and from school.
2. An application for the issuance of a restricted license under this section must:
(a) Be made upon a form provided by the Department.
(b) Be signed and verified as provided in NRS 483.300 .
(c) Include a written statement signed by the:
(1) Principal of the public school in which the pupil is enrolled or by a designee of the principal and which is provided to the applicant pursuant to NRS 392.123 ; or
(2) Parent or legal guardian of the pupil which states that the pupil is excused from compulsory school enrollment and attendance pursuant to NRS 392.070 .
(d) Contain such other information as may be required by the Department.
3. Any restricted license issued pursuant to this section:
(a) Is effective only for the school year during which it is issued or for a more restricted period.
(b) Authorizes the licensee to drive a motor vehicle on a street or highway only while going to and from school, and at a speed not in excess of 55 miles per hour.
(c) May contain such other restrictions as the Department may deem necessary and proper.
(d) May authorize the licensee to transport as passengers in a motor vehicle driven by the licensee, only while the licensee is going to and from school, members of his or her immediate family, or other minor persons upon written consent of the parents or guardians of such minors, but in no event may the number of passengers so transported at any time exceed the number of passengers for which the vehicle was designed.
4. No restricted license may be issued under the provisions of this section until the Department is satisfied fully as to the applicant’s competency and fitness to drive a motor vehicle.
5. The Department shall adopt regulations that set forth the requirements for eligibility of a pupil to receive a restricted license pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection 1.

Legislative History

[Part 12:190:1941; A 1955, 129 ; 1956, 203 ]—(NRS A 1969, 541 ; 1973, 223 ; 1975, 207 ; 1997, 1523 ; 2001, 1996 ; 2011, 1289 ; 2013, 2465 ; 2015, 1350 ; 2023, 1226 )