1. The provisions of chapter 582 of NRS (Public Weighmasters) are hereby made applicable to this chapter.
2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 6, all motor vehicles required to be weighed under the provisions of this chapter must be weighed by a public weighmaster under such rules and regulations as may be deemed advisable by the Director and the State Sealer of Consumer Equitability, and according to the provisions of chapter 582 of NRS.
3. The Department for registration purposes only may collect a fee, not to exceed $1, for each vehicle weighed by the Department.
4. From time to time, upon request of the Director, the State Sealer of Consumer Equitability shall appoint additional public weighmasters, according to the provisions of chapter 582 of NRS, as may be necessary to effectuate the purposes of this chapter.
5. Public weighmasters’ certificates issued in states other than Nevada, when such certificates bear the seal of such weighmaster, may be accepted by the Director as evidence of the weight of the motor vehicle for which a license is applied.
6. In lieu of weighing a farm vehicle pursuant to subsection 2, the farmer or rancher who uses the farm vehicle may:
(a) Weigh the farm vehicle on a scale which has been certified by the State Sealer of Consumer Equitability; and
(b) Use a printout from that scale setting forth the declared gross weight of the farm vehicle as proof of the declared gross weight of the farm vehicle for purposes of this chapter.
[Part 25:202:1931; A 1931, 339; 1933, 249; 1935, 375; 1937, 76, 330; 1947, 613; 1955, 127, 350] — (NRS A 1961, 132; 1973, 443; 2009, 169; 2013, 2472)