1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, upon receipt of a certificate of registration, the registered owner shall place it or a legible copy in the vehicle for which it is issued and keep it in the vehicle. If the vehicle is a motorcycle, moped, trailer or semitrailer, the registered owner shall carry the certificate in the tool bag or other convenient receptacle attached to the vehicle.
2. The registered owner of a vehicle which, pursuant to the plan, must be registered through the Motor Carrier Division of the Department, in lieu of carrying a certificate of registration or a legible copy in the vehicle, may provide evidence of registration and other applicable licenses as an electronic image in an electronic format that can be displayed:
(a) On an electronic device, which must be carried in the vehicle; or
(b) Through other means by which the electronic image is accessible to law enforcement or other emergency personnel upon request, including, without limitation, a radio frequency identifying device.
3. The registered owner or operator of a motor vehicle shall, upon demand, surrender the certificate of registration, the copy, the electronic device or access to the electronic image for examination to any peace officer, including a constable of the township in which the motor vehicle is located or a justice of the peace or a deputy of the Department.
4. No person charged with violating this section may be convicted if the person produces in court a certificate of registration or evidence of registration in an electronic format which was previously issued to him or her and was valid at the time of the demand.
5. If the evidence of registration and other applicable licenses is provided by means of an electronic device:
(a) The person who presents the device assumes all liability for any resulting damage to the device;
(b) The owner of the electronic device may be held liable for any other infractions indicated by the electronic image displaying evidence of registration and other applicable licenses.
6. As used in this section, “plan” means the International Registration Plan.
[Part 10:202:1931; A 1947, 453; 1943 NCL § 4435.09] — (NRS A 1969, 139; 1983, 1030; 2009, 3014; 2013, 2950; 2015, 1751; 2019, 1570)
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