NAC483.4575. Determination of eligibility.

     1. Any person who is a resident of this State, holds a driver’s license from this State and is temporarily residing outside this State is eligible to obtain his or her license by mail unless:

     (a) The person’s license or driving privilege is suspended, revoked, cancelled or denied;

     (b) The person holds a commercial driver’s license;

     (c) Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the person’s license has been expired for over 1 year;

     (d) Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the person previously renewed the license and the immediately preceding time that it was renewed the renewal was completed by mail;

     (e) Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the person is required to take a driving test;

     (f) The person wishes to change or correct any information on the license pursuant to NAC 483.055 to 483.070, inclusive; or

     (g) The license is a limited-term driver’s license.

     2. The Department may renew, by mail, the driver’s license of any applicant who is employed by the Federal Government, is on active military duty or is the dependent of such a person and will place a notation in the applicant’s record indicating that when the applicant returns to this State he or she must be tested if:

     (a) The applicant has not requested to change or correct any information on the driver’s license pursuant to NAC 483.055 to 483.070, inclusive; and

     (b) The applicant has renewed the driver’s license in person at least once during the 16 years immediately preceding the request for renewal by mail.

     3. A person whose driving privilege has been suspended, cancelled, revoked or denied may obtain his or her driver’s license by mail after the person’s driving privilege has been reinstated.

     (Added to NAC by Dep’t of Motor Veh. & Pub. Safety by R135-97, eff. 11-14-97; A by Dep’t of Motor Veh. by R140-12, 12-20-2012, eff. 1-15-2013)