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§ 486.271 — Turn signals

Nevada § 486.271
JurisdictionNevada
Title 43PUBLIC SAFETY; VEHICLES; WATERCRAFT
Ch. 486Motorcycles
OPERATION AND EQUIPMENT

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Nev. Rev. Stat. § 486.271 (2026).

Text

1.Every motorcycle manufactured after January 1, 1973, which is sold or offered for sale and which is intended to be operated upon the highways of this State shall be equipped with electric turn signal lamps.
2.Such lamps shall be located on the front and rear and shall indicate an intention to turn by flashing lights in the direction toward which the turn is to be made.
3.The lamps showing to the front shall be mounted on the same level and as widely spaced laterally as practicable and, when signaling, shall emit white or amber light, or any shade of light between white and amber.
4.The lamps showing to the rear shall be mounted on the same level and as widely spaced laterally as practicable, and, when signaling, shall emit red or amber light, or any shade of light between red and amb

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Legislative History

(Added to NRS by 1971, 1469 ; A 1973, 731 )

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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