Nevada Revised Statutes 488.175 – Exemption from requirements for numbering and titling; exception for certain residents of other states; issuance of exempt numbers
1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a vessel need not be numbered pursuant to the provisions of this chapter if it is:
Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 488.175
- Department: means the Department of Wildlife. See Nevada Revised Statutes 488.035
- Owner: means :
(a) A person having all the incidents of ownership, including the legal title of a vessel, whether or not he or she lends, rents or pledges the vessel;
(b) A debtor under a security agreement relating to a vessel; or
(c) A person, other than a secured party, who has a property right with regard to a human-powered vessel, including, without limitation, a person entitled to use or possess a human-powered vessel subject to a security interest of another person. See Nevada Revised Statutes 488.035
- Power-driven vessel: means any vessel propelled by machinery, whether or not the machinery is the principal source of propulsion. See Nevada Revised Statutes 488.035
- State of principal operation: means the state in whose waters a vessel is or will be operated most during a calendar year. See Nevada Revised Statutes 488.035
- Vessel: means every description of watercraft, other than a seaplane on the water, used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water. See Nevada Revised Statutes 488.035
(a) Already covered by a number in effect which has been awarded or issued to it pursuant to a federally approved numbering system of another state.
(b) A vessel from a country other than the United States temporarily using the waters of this State.
(c) A public vessel of the United States, a state or a political subdivision of a state.
(d) A ship’s lifeboat.
(e) A vessel belonging to a class of vessels which has been exempted from numbering by the Department after the Department has found:
(1) That the numbering of vessels of that class will not materially aid in their identification; and
(2) If an agency of the Federal Government has a numbering system applicable to the class of vessels to which the vessel in question belongs, that the vessel would also be exempt from numbering if it were subject to the federal law.
2. If the owner or operator of a vessel which is not numbered in this State is a resident of another state, and if this State is or will be the state of principal operation of the vessel during a calendar year, the vessel must be numbered and a certificate of number issued for the vessel pursuant to this chapter.
3. The Department may, by regulation, provide for the issuance of exempt numbers for vessels not required to be registered under the provisions of this chapter.
4. A power-driven vessel need not be titled pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, if it is:
(a) Covered by a certificate of ownership which has been awarded or issued to it pursuant to the title system of another state; or
(b) Documented pursuant to 46 U.S.C. § 12101 et seq.