§ 487.6874 — Duty of body shop or garage operator to inform certain persons of types of payment accepted

Nevada § 487.6874

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

Text

1. A body shop or garage operator, as applicable, must inform a person regarding the types of payment the body shop or garage accepts:
(a) If the person is a prospective customer or customer, before the prospective customer or customer authorizes the body shop or garage operator to perform repair work on his or her vehicle; and
(b) In the specific instance of a body shop, if the:
(1) Person is the registered owner of the vehicle;
(2) Vehicle is towed to the body shop at the request of someone other than the registered owner of the motor vehicle; and
(3) Body shop notifies the registered owner of the location of the vehicle,
Ê as required pursuant to NRS 487.68703 .
2. The information required to be provided pursuant to subsection 1:
(a) Must be in writing;
(b) May be incorporated into a form already used by the body shop or garage operator for another purpose, including, without limitation, a form used to authorize repairs or estimate the cost of repairs or storage; and
(c) Must set forth, without limitation:
(1) Whether the body shop or garage provides the service of directly billing an insurance company for any payment due;
(2) Whether the body shop or garage accepts only cash as payment;
(3) Whether the body shop or garage accepts credit or debit cards;
(4) If the body shop or garage accepts credit or debit cards, or both:
(I) The brand or type of such cards the body shop or garage accepts; and
(II) Whether the body shop or garage imposes a fee or surcharge for the use of a credit or debit card;
(5) Whether the body shop or garage accepts personal checks or travelers’ checks; and
(6) If the body shop or garage does not accept only cash as payment, whether the body shop or garage offers a discount for making payment in the form of cash.

Legislative History

(Added to NRS by 2013, 1976 )