483.450 - Conviction of offense making revocation of license mandatory: Authority of court to require surrender of license and to forward it to Department; Department to adopt regulations prescribing
483.450 Conviction of offense making revocation of license mandatory: Authority of court to require surrender of license and to forward it to Department; Department to adopt regulations prescribing recordation of conviction; duties of courts; expenses.
1. Whenever any person is convicted of any offense for which the provisions of NRS 483.010 to 483.630, inclusive, make mandatory the revocation of his or her driver’s license by the Department, the court in which the person is convicted may require the surrender to it of all driver’s licenses then held by the person convicted, and the court may, within 20 days after the conviction, forward these licenses, together with a record of the conviction, to the Department.
2. A record of conviction must be made in a manner approved by the Department. The court shall provide sufficient information to allow the Department to include accurately the information regarding the conviction in the driver’s record.
3. The Department shall adopt regulations prescribing the information necessary to record the conviction in the driver’s record.
4. Every court, including a juvenile court, having jurisdiction over violations of the provisions of NRS 483.010 to 483.630, inclusive, or any other law of this State or municipal ordinance regulating the operation of motor vehicles on highways, shall forward to the Department:
(a) If the court is other than a juvenile court, a record of the conviction of any person in that court for a violation of any such laws other than regulations governing standing or parking; or
(b) If the court is a juvenile court, a record of any finding that a child has violated a traffic law or ordinance other than one governing standing or parking,
Ê within 20 days after the conviction or finding, and may recommend the suspension of the driver’s license of the person convicted or child found in violation of a traffic law or ordinance.
5. For the purposes of NRS 483.010 to 483.630, inclusive:
(a) “Conviction” has the meaning prescribed by regulation pursuant to NRS 481.052.
(b) A forfeiture of bail or collateral deposited to secure a defendant’s appearance in court, if the forfeiture has not been vacated, is equivalent to a conviction.
6. The necessary expenses of mailing licenses and records of conviction to the Department as required by subsections 1 and 4 must be paid by the court charged with the duty of forwarding those licenses and records of conviction.
[32:190:1941; A 1943, 268; 1953, 191]—(NRS A 1961, 79; 1969, 547; 1973, 1533; 1981, 534; 1989, 554; 2003, 1153; 2007, 2787)