Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the contrary:

1. Any agricultural user who wishes to operate or tow an implement of husbandry which is designed to operate at a speed of 25 miles per hour or more on the highways of this State, to operate an implement of husbandry on a highway of this State with a posted speed limit greater than 35 miles per hour or to transport a nonmotorized implement of husbandry on the highways of this State must submit an application to the Motor Carrier Division of the Department and obtain from the Division a farm license plate. Each application must be made upon the appropriate form furnished by the Department. The application must include a nonrefundable fee of $100 plus the fees required pursuant to NRS 482.268 and evidence satisfactory to the Department that the agricultural user is the holder of a policy of liability insurance which provides at least $300,000 in coverage for bodily injury and property damage resulting from any single crash caused by the agricultural user while operating the implement of husbandry on the highways of this State. As soon as practicable after receiving the application, fee and evidence of insurance, the Department shall issue the farm license plate to the agricultural user to affix to the implement of husbandry. The farm license plate is not transferable and must be surrendered or returned to the Department within 60 days after a transfer of ownership or interest in the implement of husbandry occurs.

2. The Department shall suspend a farm license plate issued pursuant to subsection 1 and require the return of the license plate to the Department if the agricultural user is not the holder of a policy of liability insurance specified in subsection 1. The Department shall reissue the farm license plate only upon evidence satisfactory to the Department that the agricultural user is the holder of a policy of liability insurance which meets the requirements of subsection 1 and the payment of a nonrefundable fee of $100 plus the fees required pursuant to NRS 482.268.

3. A farm license plate issued pursuant to subsection 1 must be displayed on the implement of husbandry in such a manner that the license plate is easily visible from the rear of the implement of husbandry. If the farm license plate is lost or destroyed, the Department may issue a duplicate number plate upon the payment of the fees required pursuant to NRS 482.268.

4. Any motorized implement of husbandry designed to operate at a speed of 25 miles per hour or less and which is operated on the highways of this State must display a farm license plate issued pursuant to subsection 1 or a reflective placard for slow-moving vehicles that is approved for such use by the United States Department of Transportation.

5. Any nonmotorized implement of husbandry transported on the highways of this State must be transported in combination with a properly registered motor vehicle or a motorized implement of husbandry which displays a farm license plate issued pursuant to subsection 1 or a reflective placard for slow-moving vehicles that is approved for such use by the United States Department of Transportation.

6. If an implement of husbandry displays a reflective placard for slow-moving vehicles as authorized by subsection 4 or 5, the placard must be displayed on the rear of the implement of husbandry as near as practicable to the center of the implement of husbandry, must be entirely visible in daylight and must be visible at night from all distances between 100 feet and 600 feet from the rear when directly in front of lawful upper-beam headlamps. The display of such a placard is in addition to any warning device otherwise required by chapters 484A to 484E, inclusive, of NRS, including, without limitation, any tail lamps, reflectors, flashing lights or warning flags. A placard displayed pursuant to this section must not be used as a clearance marker for wide equipment.

7. Notwithstanding any provision of chapter 445B of NRS to the contrary, an agricultural user is not required to obtain a certificate of compliance or vehicle inspection report concerning the control of emissions from an implement of husbandry before obtaining a farm license plate for or operating the implement of husbandry pursuant to this section.

8. As used in this section:

(a) “Agricultural user” means any person who owns or operates an implement of husbandry specified in subsection 1 for an agricultural use. As used in this subsection, “agricultural use” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 361A.030.

(b) “Implement of husbandry” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 484D.020.

(Added to NRS by 2011, 1935; A 2015, 1117, 1625; 2017, 418)