Nevada § 487.170 - Automobile wreckers to maintain records of certain vehicles; inspection of records by peace officer or investigator of state agency; required contents of records
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§ 487.170. Automobile wreckers to maintain records of certain vehicles; inspection of records by peace officer or investigator of state agency; required contents of records
1. Every licensed automobile wrecker shall maintain a record of all vehicles acquired
and processed as parts or scrap metal pursuant to NRS 487.105 . The records must be open to inspection during business hours by any peace officer
or investigator of the state agency. Every vehicle record must contain: (a) The name and address of the person from whom the vehicle was acquired; (b) The date the vehicle was acquired; (c) The manner in which the vehicle was acquired by the wrecker; (d) The registration number last assigned to the vehicle; (e) A brief description of the vehicle, including, insofar as the data may exist with
respect to a given vehicle, the make, type, vehicle identification number, serial
number and motor number, or any other number of the vehicle; and (f) Any certificate of title, salvage title, nonrepairable vehicle certificate or
other appropriate documentation of ownership required by the Department that was provided
to the licensed automobile wrecker by the person from whom the vehicle was acquired. 2. Records maintained pursuant to subsection 1 must be retained by the licensed automobile
wrecker for a period of at least 2 years.
Source: official Nevada text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 487.170 ("Automobile wreckers to maintain records of certain vehicles; inspection of records by peace officer or investigator of state agency; required contents of records") is part of the Nevada Revised Statutes, the codified statutory law of Nevada. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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