Nevada Revised Statutes 483.443 v2 – Suspension of license for failure to satisfy arrearage in payment of support for child; reinstatement of license. [Effective on the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. ‘ 666, the federal law requiring each state to e…
1. The Department shall, upon receiving notification from a district attorney or other public agency collecting support for children pursuant to NRS 425.510 that a court has determined that a person:
Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 483.443 v2
- Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
- Department: means the Department of Motor Vehicles. See Nevada Revised Statutes 481.015
- Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
- person: means a natural person, any form of business or social organization and any other nongovernmental legal entity including, but not limited to, a corporation, partnership, association, trust or unincorporated organization. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.039
- Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
(a) Has failed to comply with a subpoena or warrant relating to a proceeding to establish paternity or to establish or enforce an obligation for the support of a child; or
(b) Is in arrears in the payment for the support of one or more children, send a written notice to that person that his or her driver’s license is subject to suspension.
2. The notice must include:
(a) The reason for the suspension of the license;
(b) The information set forth in subsections 3, 5 and 6; and
(c) Any other information the Department deems necessary.
3. If a person who receives a notice pursuant to subsection 1 does not, within 30 days after receiving the notice, comply with the subpoena or warrant or satisfy the arrearage as required in NRS 425.510, the Department shall suspend the license without providing the person with an opportunity for a hearing.
4. The Department shall suspend immediately the license of a defendant if so ordered pursuant to NRS 62B.420 or 484A.7047.
5. The Department shall reinstate the driver’s license of a person whose license was suspended pursuant to this section if it receives:
(a) A notice from any of the following:
(1) The district attorney or other public agency pursuant to NRS 425.510 that the person has complied with the subpoena or warrant or has satisfied the arrearage pursuant to that section.
(2) A traffic commissioner, referee, hearing master, municipal judge, justice of the peace or district judge, as applicable, that a delinquency for which the suspension was ordered pursuant to NRS 484A.7047 has been discharged.
(3) A judge of the juvenile court that an unsatisfied civil judgment for which the suspension was ordered pursuant to NRS 62B.420 has been satisfied; and
(b) Payment of the fee for reinstatement of a suspended license prescribed in NRS 483.410.
6. The Department shall not require a person whose driver’s license was suspended pursuant to this section 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 the reinstatement of the license.