NRS483.294. Registration of certain males with Selective Service System when applying for license or permit to drive; application for license or permit to drive to include certain information concerning such registration; transmittal of information to Selective Service System.

      1.  When applying for a driver’s license, an instruction permit, a restricted license or a special restricted license or for a duplicate or the renewal or reinstatement of such a license or permit, a male applicant who is:

      (a) A citizen of the United States or an immigrant; and

      (b) At least 18 years of age but less than 26 years of age,

Ê may authorize the Department to register him with the Selective Service System in compliance with section 3 of the Military Selective Service Act, 50 U.S.C. App. §§ 451 et seq., as amended.

      2.  An application for a driver’s license, an instruction permit, a restricted license or a special restricted license or for a duplicate or substitute or the renewal or reinstatement of such a license or permit must include a box which may be checked by an applicant described in subsection 1 to authorize the Department to submit the necessary personal information to the Selective Service System to register the applicant in compliance with federal law. The application must also inform the applicant that by registering with the Selective Service System in compliance with federal law, the applicant remains eligible for federal student loans, grants, benefits relating to job training, most federal jobs and, if applicable, citizenship in the United States.

      3.  If an applicant indicates on his application that he wishes the Department to forward the necessary personal information to the Selective Service System, the Department shall forward that information to the Selective Service System in an electronic format.

      (Added to NRS by 2009, 712)