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§ 486.261 — Tail lamps

Nevada § 486.261
JurisdictionNevada
Title 43PUBLIC SAFETY; VEHICLES; WATERCRAFT
Ch. 486Motorcycles
OPERATION AND EQUIPMENT

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Nev. Rev. Stat. § 486.261 (2026).

Text

1.Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, every motorcycle or moped must be equipped with at least one tail lamp mounted on the rear, which, when lighted as required by NRS 486.011 to 486.381 , inclusive, emits a red light plainly visible from a distance of 500 feet to the rear.
2.The tail lamp must be wired to be lighted whenever the head lamp is lighted.
3.The tail lamp on a motorcycle may contain a blue insert that does not exceed 1 inch in diameter.

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§ 486.011
Nevada § 486.011

Legislative History

(Added to NRS by 1971, 1469 ; A 1975, 1083 ; 1991, 2232 ; 2003, 403 )

Nearby Sections

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§ 486.011
Definitions
§ 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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