1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 482.31776, a manufacturer, distributor, dealer or rebuilder who has an established place of business in this State and who owns or controls any new or used vehicle of a type otherwise required to be registered under the provisions of this chapter, may operate that vehicle or allow it to be operated for purposes of display, demonstration, maintenance, sale or exchange if there is displayed thereon a special plate or plates issued to the manufacturer, distributor, dealer or rebuilder as provided in NRS 482.275 and 482.330. Owners or officers of the corporation, managers, heads of departments and salespersons may be temporarily assigned and operate a vehicle displaying such plates.

2. The provisions of this section do not apply to:

(a) Work or service vehicles owned or controlled by a manufacturer, distributor, dealer or rebuilder.

(b) Vehicles leased by dealers, except vehicles rented or leased to vehicle salespersons in the course of their employment.

(c) Vehicles which are privately owned by the owners, officers or employees of the manufacturer, distributor, dealer or rebuilder.

(d) Vehicles which are being used for personal reasons by a person who is not licensed by the Department or otherwise exempted in subsection 1.

(e) Vehicles which have been given or assigned to persons who work for a manufacturer, distributor, dealer or rebuilder for services performed.

(f) Vehicles purchased by a manufacturer, distributor, dealer or rebuilder for personal use which the manufacturer, distributor, dealer or rebuilder is not licensed or authorized to resell.

[Part 16:202:1931; A 1937, 330; 1951, 165; 1953, 280; 1955, 468] — (NRS A 1957, 506; 1959, 913; 1960, 128; 1963, 103; 1965, 1473; 1971, 1303; 1981, 190; 1983, 1000; 1993, 2341; 1999, 1903; 2007, 3204)