Nevada Revised Statutes
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 485.050 (2026)
“Motor vehicle” defined
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NRS 485.050 “Motor vehicle” defined. “Motor
vehicle” means every self-propelled vehicle which is designed for use upon a
highway, including:
1. Trailers and semitrailers designed for use with such vehicles, except traction engines, road rollers, farm tractors, tractor cranes, power shovels and well drillers; and
2. Every vehicle which is propelled by electric power obtained from overhead wires but not operated upon rails.
Ê The term does not include electric personal assistive mobility devices as defined in NRS 482.029 or an electric bicycle as defined in NRS 484B.017.
[1.3:127:1949; 1943 NCL § 4439.01c]—(NRS A 2003, 1206; 2021, 1744)
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Cited in 1
case (1 in the last 5 years), 2024–2024 · leading case: Nationwide Mut. Ins. Co. v. Drummond, No. 3:21-cv-00419 (D. Nev. May 7, 2024).
Nationwide Mut. Ins. Co. v. Drummond, No. 3:21-cv-00419 (D. Nev. May 7, 2024). “Drummond argues that the Court should adopt the definition of “motor 16 vehicle” contained in NRS 485.050 (“[a] self-propelled vehicle which is designed 17 for use upon a highway”) or NRS 482.”
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