1. The Department may refuse to renew the registration of a commercial motor vehicle operating in intrastate commerce which is registered pursuant to this chapter and which has a gross vehicle weight rating, a combined gross vehicle weight rating, a gross vehicle weight or a combined gross vehicle weight in excess of 26,000 pounds if:

(a) The motor carrier applying for renewal has not complied with the requirements of NRS 482.2912; or

(b) The motor carrier responsible for the safety of the commercial motor vehicle is subject to an out-of-service order.

2. The Department shall mail a notice to the holder of a certificate of registration for a commercial motor vehicle if the Department refuses to renew the registration pursuant to subsection 1. The notice must be mailed as soon as practicable after the Department refuses to renew the registration and must include, without limitation:

(a) The reason for the refusal to renew the registration;

(b) The name of the federal or state entity which issued the out-of-service order, if applicable; and

(c) The procedure by which the holder of the certificate of registration for the commercial motor vehicle may renew the registration by providing evidence satisfactory to the Department that, as applicable:

(1) The motor carrier operating the commercial motor vehicle has complied with the requirements of NRS 482.2912; or

(2) The motor carrier responsible for the safety of the commercial motor vehicle is no longer subject to an out-of-service order.

3. A motor carrier applying for the renewal of the registration of a commercial motor vehicle who receives a notice pursuant to this section is not entitled to operate or permit operation of that commercial motor vehicle upon the highways as provided in subsection 5 of NRS 482.280 until the Department notifies the motor carrier that the registration of the commercial motor vehicle is renewed.

(Added to NRS by 2017, 974, effective on the earlier of July 1, 2020, or the date on which the Director of the Department of Motor Vehicles notifies the Governor and the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau that sufficient resources are available to enable the Department to carry out the provisions of chapter 180, Statutes of Nevada 2017, at page 971)