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)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case (1 in the last 5 years), 2024–2024 · leading case: Nationwide Mut. Ins. Co. v. Drummond (D. Nev. 2024).
Nationwide Mut. Ins. Co. v. Drummond (D. Nev. 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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