484C.520 - Mandatory suspension of registration of each motor vehicle registered to person convicted of second or subsequent violation or convicted of vehicular homicide; duration of suspension; court - Nevada Statutes

484C.520  Mandatory suspension of registration of each motor vehicle registered to person convicted of second or subsequent violation or convicted of vehicular homicide; duration of suspension; court to forward copy of order to Department; contents of order; limited exceptions.

      1.  If a person is convicted of a second or subsequent violation of NRS 484C.110, 484C.120 or 484C.430 within 7 years or a violation of NRS 484C.130, the court shall issue an order directing the Department to suspend the registration of each motor vehicle that is registered to or owned by the person for 5 days.

      2.  If a court issues an order directing the Department to suspend the registration of a motor vehicle pursuant to subsection 1, the court shall forward a copy of the order to the Department within 5 days after issuing the order. The order must include, without limitation, information concerning each motor vehicle that is registered to or owned by the person, including, without limitation, the registration number of the motor vehicle, if such information is available.

      3.  A court shall provide for limited exceptions to the provisions of subsection 1 on an individual basis to avoid undue hardship to a person other than the person to whom that provision applies. Such an exception must be provided if the court determines that:

      (a) A member of the immediate family of the person whose registration is suspended needs to use the motor vehicle:

             (1) To travel to or from work or in the course and scope of his or her employment;

             (2) To obtain medicine, food or other necessities or to obtain health care services for the person or another member of the person’s immediate family; or

             (3) To transport the person or another member of the person’s immediate family to or from school; or

      (b) An alternative means of transportation is not available to a member of the immediate family of the person whose registration is suspended.

      (Added to NRS by 1999, 2138; A 2005, 147; 2007, 2801)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 484.37975)