1. When a person applies to the Department for the initial issuance of an identification card pursuant to NRS 483.850 or the renewal of an identification card pursuant to NRS 483.875 , the Department shall inquire whether the person desires to declare that he or she is a veteran of the Armed Forces of the United States.
2. If the person desires to declare pursuant to subsection 1 that he or she is a veteran of the Armed Forces of the United States, the person shall provide:
(a)Evidence satisfactory to the Department that he or she has been honorably discharged from the Armed Forces of the United States; and
(b)A written release authorizing the Department of Motor Vehicles to provide to the Department of Veterans Services personal information about the person, which release must be signed
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1. When a person applies to the Department for the initial issuance of an identification card pursuant to NRS 483.850 or the renewal of an identification card pursuant to NRS 483.875 , the Department shall inquire whether the person desires to declare that he or she is a veteran of the Armed Forces of the United States.
2. If the person desires to declare pursuant to subsection 1 that he or she is a veteran of the Armed Forces of the United States, the person shall provide:
(a) Evidence satisfactory to the Department that he or she has been honorably discharged from the Armed Forces of the United States; and
(b) A written release authorizing the Department of Motor Vehicles to provide to the Department of Veterans Services personal information about the person, which release must be signed by the person and in a form required by the Director pursuant to NRS 481.063 .
3. In addition to the declaration described in subsection 1, a person who is a veteran of the Armed Forces of the United States and who wishes to have placed on his or her identification card a designation that he or she is a veteran, as described in NRS 483.853 , must:
(a) If applying for the initial issuance of an identification card, appear in person at an office of the Department and submit evidence satisfactory to the Department that he or she has been honorably discharged from the Armed Forces of the United States.
(b) If applying for the renewal of an identification card upon which a designation that the person is a veteran:
(1) Is not placed, submit by mail or in person an honorable discharge or other document of honorable separation from the Armed Forces of the United States or other evidence satisfactory to the Department that he or she has been honorably discharged from the Armed Forces of the United States.
(2) Is placed, submit by mail, in person or by other means authorized by the Department a statement that the person wishes the identification card to continue to designate that the person is a veteran.
4. The Department shall, at least once each month:
(a) Compile a list of persons who have, during the immediately preceding month, declared pursuant to subsection 1 that they are veterans of the Armed Forces of the United States; and
(b) Transmit that list to the Department of Veterans Services to be used for statistical and communication purposes.
5. As used in this section, “evidence satisfactory to the Department that he or she has been honorably discharged from the Armed Forces of the United States” includes, without limitation, digital verification obtained from the Nevada Veterans Information System, or its successor, maintained by the Department of Veterans Services, of the applicant’s DD Form 214, Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty, issued by the United States Department of Defense, or a similar form, including, without limitation:
(a) AF IMT 100, Request and Authorization for Separation;
(b) DD Form 217, Discharge Certificate;
(c) NA Form 13038, Certification of Military Service;
(d) NAVCG 2510, Honorable Discharge, United States Coast Guard;
(e) NAVMC 70-PD, Honorable Discharge, United States Marine Corps;
(f) NAVMC 78-PD, United States Marine Corps Report of Separation;
(g) NAVPERS-553, Notice of Separation from United States Naval Service;
(h) NAVPERS-660, Honorable Discharge from United States Navy;
(i) NGB Form 22, Report of Separation and Record of Service, National Guard Bureau;
(j) NMC 2571 A&I, Honorable Discharge, United States Marine Corps;
(k) WD AGO 53, Enlisted Record and Report of Separation Honorable Discharge;
(l) WD AGO 53-55, Enlisted Record and Report of Separation Honorable Discharge;
(m) WD AGO 53-58, Enlisted Record and Report of Separation Honorable Discharge;
(n) WD AGO 55, Honorable Discharge from The Army of the United States;
(o) WD AGO 525, Honorable Discharge from the United States Army;
(p) WD AGO 755, Honorable Discharge, Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps; and
(q) WD AGO-729, Honorable Discharge from the Army of the United States of America.