NRS598.367. Seller to display notice of Recovery Fund; penalty. [Effective July 1, 2015.]

      1.  A seller of travel shall display conspicuously, at each place of business of the seller of travel and on any website maintained by the seller of travel for business purposes, a legible and typewritten statement that notifies consumers that they may be eligible to recover certain financial damages from the Recovery Fund. The written statement must be in substantially the following form:

 

RECOVERY FUND FOR CONSUMERS

DAMAGED BY SELLERS OF TRAVEL

 

       You may be eligible for payment from the Recovery Fund if you have paid money to a seller of travel registered in this State for the purchase of travel services or a vacation certificate and you have suffered certain financial damages as a result of the transaction. To obtain information relating to your rights under the Recovery Fund and the filing of a claim for recovery from the Recovery Fund, you may contact the Consumer Affairs Division of the Department of Business and Industry at the following locations:

 

SOUTHERN NEVADA:  1850 East Sahara Avenue

Suite 101

Las Vegas, Nevada 89104

Phone: [phone]

Fax: [phone]

[e-mail]

 

NORTHERN NEVADA:  4600 Kietzke Lane

Building B, Suite 113

Reno, Nevada 89502

Phone: [phone]

Fax: [phone]

 

      2.  The Division may impose upon a seller of travel an administrative fine of not more than:

      (a) For the first violation of subsection 1, $100; and

      (b) For a second or subsequent violation of subsection 1, $250.

      3.  The Division shall deposit any money received pursuant to this section in the account established pursuant to NRS 598.371.

      4.  The provisions of NRS 598.305 to 598.395, inclusive, do not limit the authority of the Division to take disciplinary action against a seller of travel.

      (Added to NRS by 2003, 1822; A 2003, 2885; R temp. 2009, 2732; R temp. 2011, 2652; R temp. 2013, 1054, expires by limitation on June 30, 2015)