NRS490.200. Licenses and permits required; off-highway vehicle dealer to submit proof of authorization to sell from manufacturer; license does not extend to motor vehicles or trailers; Department to investigate applicant; penalties for violations.

      1.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a person shall not engage in the activities of a new off-highway vehicle dealer, used off-highway vehicle dealer, long-term or short-term lessor or manufacturer in this State until the person has been issued:

      (a) A license or permit to act as a new off-highway vehicle dealer, used off-highway vehicle dealer, long-term or short-term lessor or manufacturer, or a similar license or permit, by every city within whose corporate limits the person maintains an established place of business and by every county in which the person maintains an established place of business outside the corporate limits of a city; and

      (b) A license by the Department. The Department shall not issue a license to the person until the person has been issued all licenses and permits required by paragraph (a).

      2.  A person licensed as an off-highway vehicle dealer pursuant to this chapter shall not engage in the activities of a new off-highway vehicle dealer until the person has provided the Department with satisfactory proof that he or she is authorized by a manufacturer to display and offer for sale the off-highway vehicles produced or distributed by that manufacturer.

      3.  A license for an off-highway vehicle dealer or manufacturer issued pursuant to this chapter does not permit a person to engage in the business of buying, selling or leasing or manufacturing motor vehicles or trailers governed pursuant to the laws and regulations established in chapter 482 of NRS.

      4.  The Department shall investigate any applicant for a license as an off-highway vehicle dealer, long-term or short-term lessor or manufacturer and shall complete an investigation report on a form provided by the Department.

      5.  A person who violates subsection 1 or 2 is guilty of:

      (a) For a first offense, a misdemeanor.

      (b) For a second offense, a gross misdemeanor.

      (c) For a third and any subsequent offense, a category D felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130.

      (Added to NRS by 2009, 3089; A 2011, 292)