Nevada Statutes

§ 486.191 — Driver’s position while operating

Nevada § 486.191

JurisdictionNevada

Title 43PUBLIC SAFETY; VEHICLES; WATERCRAFT

Ch. 486Motorcycles

OPERATION AND EQUIPMENT

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Nev. Rev. Stat. § 486.191 (2026).

Text

1.A person driving a motorcycle or moped shall ride only upon the permanent and regular seat attached thereto.

2.A person shall not drive a motorcycle or moped with the seat for the driver so positioned that the driver, when sitting astride the seat with the motorcycle or moped in a stopped and upright position, cannot reach the ground with both feet simultaneously.

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Legislative History

(Added to NRS by 1971, 1468 ; A 1975, 1082 )

Nearby Sections

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§ 486.011

§ 486.015

“Autocycle” defined. [Effective on the date on which 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 amendatory provisions of chapter 233, Statutes of Nevada 2023, at page 1468, which relate to autocycles.]

§ 486.031

“Highway” defined

§ 486.038

“Moped” defined

§ 486.041

“Motorcycle” defined. [Effective until the date on which 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 amendatory provisions of chapter 233, Statutes of Nevada 2023, at page 1468, which relate to autocycles.]

§ 486.051

“Muffler” defined

§ 486.055

“Program” defined

§ 486.057

“Trimobile” defined

§ 486.061

License or permit required to operate motorcycle or trimobile; exception. [Effective through the earlier of December 31, 2024, or the date on which 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 amendatory provisions of chapter 233, Statutes of Nevada 2023, at page 1468, which relate to autocycles.]

§ 486.071

Qualifications for license

§ 486.081

Application for license: Form; verification; contents; proof of full legal name and age; Department to adopt regulations prescribing documents acceptable to prove full legal name and age; proof of social security number; authority of Department to refuse to accept certain documents; additional regulations; prohibition on acceptance of consular identification cards as proof of age or identity

§ 486.084

Payment of child support: Statement by applicant for license; grounds for denial of license; duty of Department. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, 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.]

§ 486.091

Application from person previously licensed in another state; copy of record from other state becomes part of Nevada record; Department to furnish records to other states

§ 486.101

Application of minors

§ 486.111

Release from liability

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