483.852 - Declaration of status as veteran: Inquiry by Department upon application for card; provision of evidence by applicant; counting and maintenance by Department; quarterly compilation and trans
483.852 Declaration of status as veteran: Inquiry by Department upon application for card; provision of evidence by applicant; counting and maintenance by Department; quarterly compilation and transmission of aggregate number of declarations to Office of Veterans’ Services.
1. When a person applies to the Department for an identification card pursuant to NRS 483.850, the Department shall inquire whether the person desires to declare that he or she is a veteran of the Armed Forces of the United States.
2. If the person desires to declare pursuant to subsection 1 that he or she is a veteran of the Armed Forces of the United States, the person shall provide evidence satisfactory to the Department that he or she has been honorably discharged from the Armed Forces of the United States.
3. If the person declares pursuant to subsection 1 that he or she is a veteran of the Armed Forces of the United States, the Department shall count the declaration and maintain it only numerically in a record kept by the Department for that purpose.
4. The Department shall, at least once each quarter:
(a) Compile the aggregate number of persons who have, during the immediately preceding quarter, declared pursuant to subsection 1 that they are veterans of the Armed Forces of the United States; and
(b) Transmit that number to the Office of Veterans’ Services to be used for statistical purposes.
(Added to NRS by 2005, 2064)