The Department of Motor Vehicles shall control the manner and type of use of the state highways by the public, and the Department of Transportation shall control the physical aspects of the state highways.
NRS 481.027
General functions of Department of Motor Vehicles and Department of Transportation respecting state highways
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Wright v. State (1972)
Most recently applied in Andolino v. State (April 1983)
(Added to NRS by 1957, 609; A 1979, 1801; 1985, 1921, 1930; 2001, 2542)
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