Administrative regulations; establishment of branch offices; appointment of agents; compensation of certain agents; prohibition and exception on use of name, service mark, trademark or logo of Department in advertisement.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 482.160
in effect1. The Director may adopt and enforce such administrative regulations as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter.
2. The Director may establish branch offices as provided in NRS 481.055 , and may by contract appoint any person or public agency as an agent to assist in carrying out the duties of the Department pursuant to this chapter.
3. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the contract with each agent appointed by the Department in connection with the registration of motor vehicles and issuance of license plates may provide for compensation based upon the reasonable value of the services of the agent but must not exceed $2 for each registration. An authorized inspection station or authorized station that issues certificates of registration pursuant to NRS 482.281 is not entitled to receive compensation from the Department pursuant to this subsection.
4. Except as otherwise provided in this section, no person may use in an advertisement:
(a) The name, service marks, trademarks or logo of the Department; or
(b) A service mark, trademark or logo designed to closely resemble a service mark, trademark or logo of the Department and intended to mislead a viewer to believe that the service mark, trademark or logo is the service mark, trademark or logo of the Department.
5. An agent appointed pursuant to subsection 2 or NRS 487.815 may use the name, service marks, trademarks or logo of the Department in an advertisement if the agent has obtained the written permission of the Department for such use.
6. A document preparation service registered pursuant to chapter 240A of NRS may use the term Department of Motor Vehicles or DMV in an advertisement if:
(a) The term is immediately followed by the term services or registration services or other similar language which clearly indicates that the document preparation service is a third-party business and that the advertisement is not an advertisement of the Department; and
(b) The advertisement includes a clear and conspicuous statement that the document preparation service is a third-party business not affiliated with the Department. The statement must be of a conspicuous size, if in writing, and must appear in substantially the following form:
THIS DOCUMENT PREPARATION SERVICE IS A THIRD-PARTY BUSINESS NOT AFFILIATED WITH THE NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES.
Source: NV Statutes (Official Site)URL: https://www.leg.state.nv.us/nrs/NRS-482.htmlFetched: 10/4/2026