706.276 - Vehicles to be weighed by public weighmaster or Department; fee; applicability of chapter 582 - Nevada Statutes

706.276  Vehicles to be weighed by public weighmaster or Department; fee; applicability of chapter 582 of NRS; acceptance of certificates from other states; exception for farm vehicles.

      1.  The provisions of chapter 582 of NRS are hereby made applicable to this chapter.

      2.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 6, all vehicles required to be weighed under the provisions of this chapter must be weighed by a public weighmaster under such rules and regulations as may be deemed advisable by the Department and the State Sealer of Weights and Measures, and according to the provisions of chapter 582 of NRS, except as otherwise provided herein.

      3.  The Department may collect a fee, not to exceed $1, for each vehicle weighed by the Department.

      4.  The State Sealer of Weights and Measures from time to time, upon request of the Department, shall appoint additional public weighmasters, according to the provisions of chapter 582 of NRS, as may be necessary to effectuate the purposes of this chapter.

      5.  Public weighmasters’ certificates issued in states other than Nevada, when such certificates bear the seal of such weighmaster, may be accepted by the Department as evidence of the weight of the vehicle for which a license is applied.

      6.  In lieu of weighing a farm vehicle pursuant to subsection 2, the farmer or rancher who uses the farm vehicle may:

      (a) Weigh the farm vehicle on a scale which has been certified by the State Sealer of Weights and Measures; and

      (b) Use a printout from that scale setting forth the declared gross weight of the farm vehicle as proof of the declared gross weight of the farm vehicle for purposes of this chapter.

      (Added to NRS by 1971, 695; A 1973, 444; 2009, 170)