Information provided to child upon application for driver’s license; procedure following suspension or delay.

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1. If a child applies for a driver’s license, the Department of Motor Vehicles shall:

(a) Notify the child of the provisions of this title that permit the juvenile court to suspend or revoke the driver’s license of the child; and

(b) Require the child to sign an affidavit acknowledging that the child is aware that the driver’s license of the child may be suspended or revoked pursuant to the provisions of this title.

2. If the juvenile court issues an order delaying the ability of a child to receive a driver’s license, not later than 5 days after issuing the order the juvenile court shall forward to the Department of Motor Vehicles a copy of the order.

3. If the juvenile court issues an order suspending the driver’s license of a child:

(a) The juvenile court shall order the child to surrender the driver’s license of the child to the juvenile court; and

(b) Not later than 5 days after issuing the order, the juvenile court shall forward to the Department of Motor Vehicles a copy of the order and the driver’s license of the child.

4. If the juvenile court issues an order suspending the driver’s license of a child, the Department of Motor Vehicles:

(a) Shall report the suspension of the driver’s license of the child to an insurance company or its agent inquiring about the child’s driving record, but such a suspension must not be considered for the purpose of rating or underwriting.

(b) Shall not treat the suspension in the manner statutorily required for moving traffic violations, unless the suspension resulted from the child’s poor performance as a driver.

(c) Shall not require the child to submit to the tests and other requirements which are adopted by regulation pursuant to subsection 1 of NRS 483.495 as a condition of reinstatement or reissuance after the suspension of a driver’s license, unless the suspension resulted from the child’s poor performance as a driver.

(Added to NRS by 2003, 1065)


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