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NRS 485.210

Requirements as to policy or bond

Known as the Motor Vehicle Insurance and Financial Responsibility Act

The act spans §§ 485–485 (74 sections).

Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Estate LoMastro Ex Rel. LoMastro v. American Family Insurance Group (2008)

Most recently applied in Estate LoMastro Ex Rel. LoMastro v. American Family Insurance Group (October 2008)

[Part 4:127:1949; 1943 NCL § 4439.04]—(NRS A 1961, 141; 1963, 220; 1969, 177; 1981, 628; 1985, 1958; 1987, 1092; 1995, 2737; 2015, 1648; 2017, 1340)

For the purposes of NRS 485.200, a policy or bond is not effective unless:

1. The policy or bond is subject, if the crash has resulted in bodily injury or death, to a limit, exclusive of interest and costs, of not less than $25,000 because of bodily injury to or death of one person in any one crash and, subject to the limit for one person, to a limit of not less than $50,000 because of bodily injury to or death of two or more persons in any one crash and, if the crash has resulted in injury to or destruction of property, to a limit of not less than $20,000 because of injury to or destruction of property of others in any one crash; and

2. The insurance company or surety company issuing that policy or bond is authorized to do business in this State or, if the company is not authorized to do business in this State, unless it executes a power of attorney authorizing the Director to accept service on its behalf of notice or process in any action upon that policy or bond arising out of a crash.

Official source: Nevada Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Nevada statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.