Any liability imposed upon a spouse, son, daughter, parent, brother, sister or other immediate member of a family arising out of his or her driving and operating a motor vehicle with the permission, express or implied, of such owner is hereby imposed upon the owner of the motor vehicle, and such owner shall be jointly and severally liable with his or her spouse, son, daughter, parent, brother, sister or other immediate member of a family for any damages proximately resulting from such negligence or willful misconduct, and such negligent or willful misconduct shall be imputed to the owner of the motor vehicle for all purposes of civil damages.
NRS 41.440
Imposition of liability
Applied in 14 court decisions — leading case White v. Yup (1969)
Most recently applied in GARCIA VS. AWERBACH (May 2020)
(Added to NRS by 1957, 60; A 2009, 3104; 2011, 292; 2017, 777)
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: Nevada Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Nevada statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.