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Nevada Revised Statutes
Title 43 - PUBLIC SAFETY; VEHICLES; WATERCRAFTChapter 482 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAILERS: LICENSING, REGISTRATION, SALES AND LEASES
PLACARDS FOR VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS AND ASSOCIATED EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS AND PARAMEDICS
Section 482.3843 - Application; issuance; use; surrender; no fee to be charged by Department

Nev. Rev. Stat. § 482.3843

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Current through 82nd (2023) Legislative Session Chapter 535 and 34th (2023) Special Session Chapter 1 and 35th (2023) Special Session Chapter 1
Section 482.3843 - Application; issuance; use; surrender; no fee to be charged by Department
1. The chief of a volunteer fire department may apply to the Department of Motor Vehicles for the issuance of a placard for a member of the volunteer fire department, a volunteer emergency medical technician, advanced emergency medical technician or paramedic associated with the department. The application must:
(a) Be submitted on a form approved by the Department of Motor Vehicles; and
(b) Include:
(1) The name of the volunteer fire department;
(2) The county in which the volunteer fire department is located; and
(3) The number of placards requested.
2. Upon receipt of an application pursuant to the provisions of subsection 1, the Department of Motor Vehicles shall prepare and issue the number of placards requested in the application. The placards must be yellow in color and must have appropriate mounting holes. The volunteer fire department is responsible for determining the design, lettering and numbering of the placards.
3. The chief of the volunteer fire department shall establish rules:
(a) Regarding the issuance and use of the placards; and
(b) Establishing a method of establishing and maintaining records of placards that have been issued.
4. When a member to whom a placard has been issued ceases to be a member of the volunteer fire department, or when a volunteer emergency medical technician, advanced emergency medical technician or paramedic to whom a placard has been issued ceases to be associated with the department, the person shall surrender the placard to the chief of the volunteer fire department from which the person received the placard.
5. A placard issued pursuant to the provisions of this section may not be used in lieu of a license plate otherwise required by this chapter.
6. The Department of Motor Vehicles shall not charge a fee for the issuance of the placards pursuant to this section.

NRS 482.3843

Added to NRS by 1999, 253; A 2001, 2551; 2013, 959
Amended by 2013, Ch. 226,§40, eff. 5/28/2013, op. 1/1/2014.
Added to NRS by 1999, 253; A 2001, 2551