Section 482A.110 - License: Application; affirmation; requirements of applicant; fee; insurance; bond; validity; renewal1. A person may not test an autonomous vehicle or an automated driving system on the highways of this State unless the person has met the requirements of NRS 482A.060, as amended by section 7.7 of Assembly Bill No. 69, chapter 608, Statutes of Nevada 2017, at page 4467, and obtained a testing certificate and testing license plates. A person may apply for a testing certificate and testing license plates which, when attached to an autonomous vehicle, authorize solely the testing of the autonomous vehicle, the automated driving system, or both the autonomous vehicle and the automated driving system on the highways of this State by submitting to the Department: (a) A form prescribed by the Department to request a testing certificate and testing license plates.(b) A document on which the manufacturer of the autonomous vehicle or the manufacturer or developer of the automated driving system certifies that the autonomous vehicle, the automated driving system, or both the autonomous vehicle and the automated driving system meet the applicable requirements of NRS 482A.070, as amended by section 8 of Assembly Bill No. 69, chapter 608, Statutes of Nevada 2017, at page 4467, and NRS 482A.080, as amended by section 9 of Assembly Bill No. 69, chapter 608, Statutes of Nevada 2017, at page 4467.2. A form to request a testing certificate and testing license plates submitted pursuant to this section must be accompanied by a nonrefundable fee of $100 and a nonrefundable fee of $12 for each set of testing license plates requested by the applicant.3. A person who holds a testing certificate that is issued by the Department pursuant to this section: (a) For the purposes of section 5.8 of Assembly Bill No. 69, chapter 608, Statutes of Nevada 2017, at page 4466, must provide to the Department a copy of any report prepared by law enforcement personnel and, if no report was prepared by law enforcement personnel, a completed "Report of Traffic Crash," form SR-1, available on the Internet website of the Department;(b) Must ensure that the testing certificate is:(1) In the autonomous vehicle at all times when the autonomous vehicle or automated driving system is being tested; and(2) Accessible and available to be examined by a peace officer regardless of the presence or absence of any person in the autonomous vehicle; and(c) Is not required to register, pursuant to chapter 482 of NRS, an autonomous vehicle if the person is solely testing the autonomous vehicle or automated driving system.Nev. Admin. Code § 482A.110
Added to NAC by Dep't of Motor Veh. by R084-11, 2-15-2012, eff. 3-1-2012; A by R027-13, 10-23-2013; A by R134-15, eff. 6/28/2016; A by R136-17AP, eff. 3/8/2019NRS 482A.100, as amended by section 10 of Assembly Bill No. 69, chapter 608, Statutes of Nevada 2017, at page 4468, and section 5.8 of Assembly Bill No. 69, chapter 608, Statutes of Nevada 2017, at page 4466 (NRS 482A.095)