The Legislature finds and declares that the distribution and sale of motor vehicles in the State of Nevada vitally affects the general economy of the State and the public interest and the public welfare, and in the exercise of its police power, it is necessary to regulate and to license motor vehicle manufacturers, distributors, new and used vehicle dealers, brokers, rebuilders, leasing companies, salespersons, and their representatives doing business in the State of Nevada in order to prevent frauds, impositions and other abuse upon its citizens.
NRS 482.318
Legislative declaration
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case New York v. Burger (1987)
Most recently applied in Chrysler Group LLC v. Fox Hills Motor Sales, Inc. (January 2015)
(Added to NRS by 1965, 1471; A 1971, 1302; 1995, 2365)
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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.
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