1. If the Department approves an application for a person to participate in a program established pursuant to NRS 482.293, that participant may submit, by electronic means, a document that is required to be submitted pursuant to this chapter for the issuance or renewal of a certificate of registration or a certificate of title.
2. If the signature of a natural person is required pursuant to this chapter on a document that is submitted by electronic means, the Department may waive that requirement:
(a) In the case of a participant who is a financial institution, new vehicle dealer or used vehicle dealer, if the participant who submitted the document on behalf of that person complies with all requirements of this program.
(b) In the case of a participant who is an owner of a fleet composed of 10 or more vehicles, if the participant complies with all requirements of this program.
3. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, a document that is submitted by electronic means pursuant to subsection 1, if accepted by the Department, shall be deemed an original document in administrative proceedings, quasi-judicial proceedings and judicial proceedings.
(Added to NRS by 2001, 2780; A 2003, 461, 1220)