NRS482.326. Dealers: Location and name of business; designation of principal place of business and branches; branches may be operated under authority of license for principal place of business under certain conditions; change of name or location.

      1.  A vehicle dealer shall inform the Department of the location of each place at which the vehicle dealer conducts any business, and the name under which he or she does business at each location.

      2.  If a vehicle dealer does business at more than one location, the vehicle dealer shall designate one location in each county in which he or she does business as his or her principal place of business for that county and one name as the principal name of the business. The vehicle dealer shall designate all other business locations not otherwise designated as a principal place of business pursuant to this subsection as branches.

      3.  A vehicle dealer who maintains a principal place of business and one or more businesses designated as branches may operate those branches under the authority of the license issued by the Department to the principal place of business under the following conditions:

      (a) The principal and branch locations are owned and operated by the same principal or group of principals listed on the records of the Department for the principal place of business;

      (b) The sales activities conducted at a branch location are the same as those authorized by the Department at the principal place of business;

      (c) The principal place of business and each branch location are located within the same county;

      (d) The principal place of business and each branch location maintains the appropriate city or county license;

      (e) The closest boundary of a branch location is not more than 500 feet from the principal place of business;

      (f) The business sign displayed at each branch location meets the requirements of NRS 482.332 and is essentially the same in name, style and design as that of the principal place of business;

      (g) Sales transactions originating at a branch location must be culminated, and the records of the transaction maintained, at the principal place of business; and

      (h) The vehicle dealer shall provide all documentation which the Department deems necessary to ensure that each business location is operated in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and all other applicable laws and regulations established for the operation of a vehicle sales business in this State.

      4.  If a vehicle dealer changes the name or location of any of his or her established places of business, the vehicle dealer shall not conduct business as a vehicle dealer under the new name or at the new location until he or she has been issued a license for the new name or location from the Department.

      (Added to NRS by 1979, 1023; A 1997, 91; 2007, 3206)