483.141 - “Resident” defined. - Nevada Statutes

483.141  “Resident” defined.

      1.  “Resident” includes, but is not limited to, a person:

      (a) Whose legal residence is in the State of Nevada.

      (b) Who engages in intrastate business and operates in such a business any motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer, or any person maintaining such vehicles in this State, as the home state of such vehicles.

      (c) Who physically resides in this State and engages in a trade, profession, occupation or accepts gainful employment in this State.

      (d) Who declares that he or she is a resident of this State to obtain privileges not ordinarily extended to nonresidents of this State.

      2.  The term does not include a person who is an actual tourist, an out-of-state student, a foreign exchange student, a border state employee or a seasonal resident.

      3.  The provisions of this section do not apply to drivers of vehicles operated in this State under the provisions of NRS 482.385, 482.390, 482.395 or 706.801 to 706.861, inclusive.

      (Added to NRS by 1973, 1569; A 1989, 706; 1997, 1221)