NRS487.165. Evidence of unfitness of applicant, registrant or licensee.

  Evidence of unfitness of an applicant, registrant or licensee for purposes of denial, suspension or revocation of or failure to renew a license or registration as an automobile wrecker, operator of a salvage pool, garage operator or owner of a body shop may consist of, but is not limited to, the applicant, registrant or licensee:

      1.  Purchasing, selling, dismantling, disposing of or possessing any vehicle which he or she knows, or a reasonable person should know, is stolen or otherwise illegally appropriated.

      2.  Being the former holder of, or being a partner, officer, director, owner or manager involved in management decisions of, an automobile wrecker that held a license issued pursuant to this chapter which was revoked for cause and never reissued or was suspended upon terms which were never fulfilled.

      3.  Defrauding or attempting to defraud the State or a political subdivision of the State of any taxes or fees in connection with the sale or transfer of a vehicle.

      4.  Forging the signature of the registered or legal owner of an abandoned vehicle on any document that releases the interest of the owner in the abandoned vehicle.

      5.  Forging the signature of the registered or legal owner of a vehicle on a certificate of title or other document to obtain or transfer ownership in that vehicle.

      6.  Willfully failing to deliver to a purchaser a salvage title to a vehicle that the applicant, registrant or licensee has sold.

      7.  Refusing to allow any peace officer or agent of the state agency to inspect, during normal business hours, all books, records and files of the applicant, registrant or licensee which are maintained within the State.

      8.  Committing any fraud which includes, without limitation:

      (a) Misrepresenting in any manner, whether intentional or grossly negligent, a material fact.

      (b) Intentionally failing to disclose a material fact.

      9.  Willfully failing to comply with any regulation adopted by the Department.

      (Added to NRS by 2007, 3223, 3405)