§ 487.210 — Definitions

Nevada § 487.210

• Jurisdiction: Nevada
• Title 43: PUBLIC SAFETY; VEHICLES; WATERCRAFT
• Ch. 487: Repair,

Text

As used in NRS 487.210 to 487.305, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. “Abandoned vehicle” means a vehicle:
(a) If the vehicle is discovered upon public lands, that the owner has discarded.
(b) If the vehicle is discovered upon public or private property other than public lands:
(1) That the owner has discarded; or
(2) Which has not been reclaimed by the registered owner or a person having a security interest in the vehicle within 15 days after notification pursuant to NRS 487.250 .
2. “Public lands” means all lands within the exterior boundaries of the State of Nevada except lands:
(a) To which title is held by any private person or entity;
(b) To which title is held by the State of Nevada, any of its local governments or the Nevada System of Higher Education;
(c) Which are located within congressionally authorized national parks, monuments, national forests or wildlife refuges or which are lands acquired by purchase consented to by the Legislature;
(d) Which are controlled by the United States Department of Defense, Department of Energy or Bureau of Reclamation; or
(e) Which are held in trust for Indian purposes or are Indian reservations.

Legislative History

(Added to NRS by 1967, 1601 ; A 1973, 1064 ; 1983, 1099 ; 1985, 519 , 1961 ; 1999, 1674 ; 2005, 1220 ; 2021, 565 ; 2023, 402 )