Section 488.010 - DefinitionsAs used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. "Air thrust" means a method of propulsion by which a vessel is propelled by a type of propeller that is used by aircraft and powered by an engine.2. "Airboat" has the meaning ascribed to it in 33 C.F.R. § 174.3.3. "Auxiliary sail" has the meaning ascribed to it in 33 C.F.R § 174.3.4. "Cabin motorboat" has the meaning ascribed to it in 33 C.F.R. § 174.3.5. "Certificate of number" means a permanent or temporary document issued by the Department for a vessel for which the state of principal operation is this State.6. "Charter fishing" has the meaning ascribed to it in 33 C.F.R. § 174.3.7. "Commercial fishing" has the meaning ascribed to it in 33 C.F.R. § 174.3.8. "Commission" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 488.035.9. "Demonstrating" or "demonstration" means to operate a vessel on the waters of this State for the purpose of selling, transferring, bartering, trading, negotiating or attempting to negotiate the sale or exchange of any interest in a new or used vessel, including the operation of the vessel by a manufacturer for purposes of testing the vessel. The term does not include the operation of a vessel for personal purposes by a dealer or manufacturer or an employee of a dealer or manufacturer, or by the friends or the members of the families of those persons.10. "Department" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 488.035.11. "Flat wake" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 488.035.12. "Houseboat" has the meaning ascribed to in in 33 C.F.R. § 174.3.13. "Identification number" means the number assigned by the Department to each vessel registered in accordance with chapter 488 of NRS.14. "Inboard" has the meaning ascribed to it in 33 C.F.R. § 174.3.15. "Inflatable boat" has the meaning ascribed to it in 33 C.F.R. § 174.3.16. "Legal owner" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 488.035.17. "Length" means the length of a vessel measured in a straight line from one end of the hull to the other, excluding the deck, bowsprits, bumpkins, rudders, outboard motor brackets and similar fittings or attachments.18. "Livery" means the rent or lease for consideration of a vessel that is owned by a business.19. "Motorboat" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 488.035.20. "Open motorboat" has the meaning ascribed to it in 33 C.F.R. § 174.3.21. "Operate" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 488.035.22. "Operator" has the meaning ascribed to it in 33 C.F.R. § 174.3.23. "Outboard" has the meaning ascribed to it in 33 C.F.R. § 174.3.24. "Owner" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 488.035.25. "Paddlecraft" has the meaning ascribed to it in 33 C.F.R. § 174.3.26. "Person" has the meaning ascribed to it in 33 C.F.R. § 174.3.27. "Personal watercraft" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 488.580.28. "Pod drive" has the meaning ascribed to it in 33 C.F.R. § 174.3.29. "Pontoon boat" has the meaning ascribed to it in 33 C.F.R. § 174.3.30. "Registered owner" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 488.035.31. "Rowboat" has the meaning ascribed to it in 33 C.F.R. § 174.3.32. "Sail only" has the meaning ascribed to it in 33 C.F.R. § 174.3.33. "State of principal operation" means the state on whose waters a vessel is operated or to be operated for most of the calendar year.34. "Sterndrive" has the meaning ascribed to it in 33 C.F.R. § 174.3.35. "Under way" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 488.035.36. "Vessel" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 488.035.37. "Waters of this State" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 488.035.Nev. Admin. Code § 488.010
Bd. of Wildlife Comm'rs, Motorboat Reg. No. 100 § 1, eff. 2-10-82-NAC A 12-3-90; 12-16-92; 11-23-94; 3-13-97; R206-97, 6-19-98; R122-03, 1-20-2004; A by R015-16A, eff. 9/9/2016