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Nevada Revised Statutes

Nev. Rev. Stat. § 481.027 (2026)

General functions of Department of Motor Vehicles and Department of Transportation respecting state highways

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NRS 481.027  General functions of Department of Motor Vehicles and Department of Transportation respecting state highways.  The Department of Motor Vehicles shall control the manner and type of use of the state highways by the public, and the Department of Transportation shall control the physical aspects of the state highways.

      (Added to NRS by 1957, 609; A 1979, 1801; 1985, 1921, 1930; 2001, 2542)

     

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1972–1983 · leading case: Andolino v. State, 624 P.2d 7 (Nev. 1981).
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Andolino v. State, 624 P.2d 7 (Nev. 1981). · cites it 3× “At the time of the alleged accident, the duty to maintain the highways fell upon the Department of Highways pursuant to NRS 481.027. 1 The doctrine of sovereign immunity does not bar plaintiff’s claim that the’state and the highway department acted negligently in maintaining the…”
Wright v. State, 499 P.2d 1216 (Nev. 1972). · cites it 2× “019 creates a Department of Motor Vehicles; NRS 481.027(4) provides its functions concerning highway safety shall not be duplicated; NRS 481.”
Andolino v. State, 662 P.2d 631 (Nev. 1983). “285, which, at the time this cause of action accrued, read, in part: “[t]he highways which are constructed, reconstructed, improved and maintained by the department in accordance with the provisions of this chapter shall be state highways, and the department shall be charged…”
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 481.027(4): 1 case
Wright v. State, 499 P.2d 1216 (Nev. 1972). “019 creates a Department of Motor Vehicles; NRS 481.027(4) provides its functions concerning highway safety shall not be duplicated; NRS 481.”
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