Nevada Revised Statutes

Nev. Rev. Stat. § 372.055 (2026)

“Retailer” defined

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NRS 372.055  “Retailer” defined.

      1.  “Retailer” includes:

      (a) Every seller who makes any retail sale or sales of tangible personal property, and every person engaged in the business of making retail sales at auction of tangible personal property owned by the person or others.

      (b) Every person engaged in the business of making sales for storage, use or other consumption or in the business of making sales at auction of tangible personal property owned by the person or others for storage, use or other consumption.

      (c) Every person making more than two retail sales of tangible personal property during any 12-month period, including sales made in the capacity of assignee for the benefit of creditors, or receiver or trustee in bankruptcy.

      2.  When the Tax Commission determines that it is necessary for the efficient administration of this chapter to regard any salesmen, representatives, peddlers or canvassers as the agents of the dealers, distributors, supervisors or employers under whom they operate or from whom they obtain the tangible personal property sold by them, irrespective of whether they are making sales on their own behalf or on behalf of such dealers, distributors, supervisors or employers, the Tax Commission may so regard them and may regard the dealers, distributors, supervisors or employers as retailers for purposes of this chapter.

      3.  A licensed optometrist or physician and surgeon is a consumer of, and shall not be considered, a retailer within the provisions of this chapter, with respect to the ophthalmic materials used or furnished by him in the performance of his professional services in the diagnosis, treatment or correction of conditions of the human eye, including the adaptation of lenses or frames for the aid thereof.

      [15:397:1955]

     

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1997–2013 · leading case: Dep't of Taxation v. Daimler-Chrysler Servs. North Am., LLC, 119 P.3d 135 (Nev. 2005).
Dep't of Taxation v. Daimler-Chrysler Servs. North Am., LLC, 119 P.3d 135 (Nev. 2005). · cites it 5× “NRS 372.055 defines retailers for the purposes of NRS Chapter 372 as “[e]very seller who makes any retail sale or sales of tangible personal property,” and “[e]very person making more than two retail sales of tangible personal property during any 12-month period.”
State, Dept. of Taxation v. Daimlerchrysler, 119 P.3d 135 (Nev. 2005). · cites it 5× “NRS 372.055 defines retailers for the purposes of NRS Chapter 372 as "[e]very seller who makes any retail sale or sales of tangible personal property," and "[e]very person making more than two retail sales of tangible personal property during any 12-month period.”
Reynolds Elec. & Eng'g Co. v. State, 930 P.2d 746 (Nev. 1997). · cites it 4× “I do not agree with the majority’s interpretation of NRS 372.055. It appears to me that Reynolds Electrical & Engineering Co.”
State, Dep't of Taxation v. Chrysler Grp. LLC, 300 P.3d 713 (Nev. 2013). “” NRS 372.055(1)(a)-(c). As Chrysler admits, it is not a retailer, and thus, we conclude that Chrysler cannot rely on NRS 372.”
— Nev. Rev. Stat. § 372.055(1)(a) — 3 cases
Dep't of Taxation v. Daimler-Chrysler Servs. North Am., LLC, 119 P.3d 135 (Nev. 2005). “NRS 372.055 defines retailers for the purposes of NRS Chapter 372 as “[e]very seller who makes any retail sale or sales of tangible personal property,” and “[e]very person making more than two retail sales of tangible personal property during any 12-month period.”
State, Dept. of Taxation v. Daimlerchrysler, 119 P.3d 135 (Nev. 2005). “NRS 372.055 defines retailers for the purposes of NRS Chapter 372 as "[e]very seller who makes any retail sale or sales of tangible personal property," and "[e]very person making more than two retail sales of tangible personal property during any 12-month period.”
State, Dep't of Taxation v. Chrysler Grp. LLC, 300 P.3d 713 (Nev. 2013). “” NRS 372.055(1)(a)-(c). As Chrysler admits, it is not a retailer, and thus, we conclude that Chrysler cannot rely on NRS 372.”
— Nev. Rev. Stat. § 372.055(1)(c) — 1 case
State, Dept. of Taxation v. Daimlerchrysler, 119 P.3d 135 (Nev. 2005). “NRS 372.055 defines retailers for the purposes of NRS Chapter 372 as "[e]very seller who makes any retail sale or sales of tangible personal property," and "[e]very person making more than two retail sales of tangible personal property during any 12-month period.”
— Nev. Rev. Stat. § 372.055(l)(a) — 1 case
Reynolds Elec. & Eng'g Co. v. State, 930 P.2d 746 (Nev. 1997). “I do not agree with the majority’s interpretation of NRS 372.055. It appears to me that Reynolds Electrical & Engineering Co.”
— Nev. Rev. Stat. § 372.055(l)(c) — 1 case
Dep't of Taxation v. Daimler-Chrysler Servs. North Am., LLC, 119 P.3d 135 (Nev. 2005). “NRS 372.055 defines retailers for the purposes of NRS Chapter 372 as “[e]very seller who makes any retail sale or sales of tangible personal property,” and “[e]very person making more than two retail sales of tangible personal property during any 12-month period.”
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