Application for license: Form; verification; contents; proof of full legal name and age; Department to adopt regulations prescribing documents acceptable to prove full legal name and age; proof of social security number; authority of Department to refuse to accept certain documents; additional regulations; prohibition on acceptance of consular identification cards as proof of age or identity.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 486.081
in effect1. Every application for a motorcycle drivers license must be made upon a form furnished by the Department and must be verified by the applicant before a person authorized to administer oaths. Officers and employees of the Department may administer those oaths without charge.
2. Every application must:
(a) State the full legal name, date of birth, sex, address of principal residence and mailing address, if different from the address of principal residence;
(b) Briefly describe the applicant;
(c) State whether the applicant has previously been licensed as a driver, and, if so, when and by what state or country;
(d) State whether any such license has ever been suspended or revoked, or whether an application has ever been refused, and, if so, the date of and reason for such suspension, revocation or refusal; and
(e) Give such other information as the Department requires to determine the competency and eligibility of the applicant.
3. Every applicant shall furnish proof of his or her full legal name and age by displaying an original or certified copy of the required documents as prescribed by regulation.
4. The Department shall adopt regulations prescribing the documents an applicant may use to furnish proof of his or her full legal name and age to the Department, including, without limitation, a document issued by the Department pursuant to NRS 483.375 or 483.8605 .
5. Every applicant who has been assigned a social security number must furnish proof of the social security number by displaying:
(a) An original card issued to the applicant by the Social Security Administration bearing the social security number of the applicant; or
(b) Other proof acceptable to the Department, including, without limitation, records of employment or federal income tax returns.
6. The Department may refuse to accept a drivers license issued by another state, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands or the United States Virgin Islands if the Department determines that the other state, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands or the United States Virgin Islands has less stringent standards than the State of Nevada for the issuance of a drivers license.
7. With respect to any document that has expired:
(a) The Department may refuse to accept the document or refuse to issue a drivers license to the person presenting the document, or both; and
(b) If the document indicates that the person is authorized to stay in the United States, the Department shall issue to the person presenting the document a drivers license that is valid only during the time the applicant is authorized to stay in the United States, or if there is no definite end to the time the applicant is authorized to stay, the drivers license is valid for 1 year beginning on the date of issuance.
8. The Director shall adopt regulations setting forth criteria pursuant to which the Department will issue or refuse to issue a drivers license in accordance with this section to a person who is a citizen of a state, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands or the United States Virgin Islands or a foreign country. The criteria pursuant to which the Department shall issue or refuse to issue a drivers license to a citizen of a foreign country must be based upon the purpose for which that person is present within the United States.
9. Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the Department shall not accept a consular identification card as proof of the age or identity of an applicant for a motorcycle drivers license. As used in this subsection, consular identification card has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 232.006 .
Source: NV Statutes (Official Site)URL: https://www.leg.state.nv.us/nrs/NRS-486.htmlFetched: 10/4/2026