Nevada Statutes

§ 486.231 — Protective headgear, glasses, goggles or face shields; Department required to adopt standards; when use required; exceptions. [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.]

Nevada § 486.231
JurisdictionNevada
Title 43PUBLIC SAFETY; VEHICLES; WATERCRAFT
Ch. 486Motorcycles
OPERATION AND EQUIPMENT

This text of Nevada § 486.231 (Protective headgear, glasses, goggles or face shields; Department required to adopt standards; when use required; exceptions. [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.]) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Nevada primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

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Nev. Rev. Stat. § 486.231 (2026).

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1.The Department shall adopt standards for protective headgear and protective glasses, goggles or face shields to be worn by the drivers and passengers of motorcycles and transparent windscreens for motorcycles.
2.Except as otherwise provided in this section, when any motorcycle or moped is being driven on a highway, the driver and passenger shall wear protective headgear securely fastened on the head and protective glasses, goggles or face shields meeting those standards.
3.When a motorcycle or a moped is equipped with a transparent windscreen meeting those standards, the driver and passenger are not required to wear glasses, goggles or face shields.
4.When a motorcycle or moped is being driven in a parade authorized by a local authority, the driver and passenger are not required to w

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Related

State of Nevada v. Eighth Judicial District Court
708 P.2d 1022 (Nevada Supreme Court, 1985)
14 case citations

Legislative History

(Added to NRS by 1971, 1469 ; A 1973, 1194 ; 1975, 1083 ; 1979, 857 ; 1985, 1959 ; 2019, 3104 )

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