Unlawful uses of license; prohibited acts related to provision of false information or commission of fraud in connection with application for license or identification card; penalties.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 483.530
in effect1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, it is a misdemeanor for any person:
(a) To display or cause or permit to be displayed or possess any cancelled, revoked, suspended, fictitious, fraudulently altered or fraudulently obtained drivers license;
(b) To alter, forge, substitute, counterfeit or use an unvalidated drivers license;
(c) To lend his or her drivers license to any other person or knowingly permit the use thereof by another;
(d) To display or represent as ones own any drivers license not issued to him or her;
(e) To fail or refuse to surrender to the Department, a peace officer or a court upon lawful demand any drivers license which has been suspended, revoked or cancelled;
(f) To permit any unlawful use of a drivers license issued to him or her; or
(g) To photograph, photostat, duplicate or in any way reproduce any drivers license or facsimile thereof in such a manner that it could be mistaken for a valid license, or to display or possess any such photograph, photostat, duplicate, reproduction or facsimile unless authorized by this chapter.
2. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, a person who uses a false or fictitious name in any application for a drivers license or identification card or who knowingly makes a false statement or knowingly conceals a material fact or otherwise commits a fraud in any such application is guilty of a category E felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130 . If the false statement, knowing concealment of a material fact or other commission of fraud described in this subsection relates solely to the age of a person, including, without limitation, to establish false proof of age to game, purchase alcoholic beverages or purchase cigarettes or other tobacco products, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Source: NV Statutes (Official Site)URL: https://www.leg.state.nv.us/nrs/NRS-483.htmlFetched: 10/4/2026