NAC445B.7035. Preliminary written notice of violation; reinspection of vehicle.

     1. If the Department discovers noncompliance with any of the testing procedures set forth in NAC 445B.580, 445B.5805 or 445B.589 during an inspection conducted pursuant to NAC 445B.7015, the Department will issue a preliminary written notice of the violation, on a form prescribed by the Department, to the approved inspector who committed the violation. If the approved inspector who committed the violation is no longer present at the test station, the Department will:

     (a) Give the preliminary written notice of the violation to another approved inspector or any other employee of the test station who is present; and

     (b) Send a copy of the written preliminary notice to the approved inspector who committed the violation by certified mail not later than 5 business days after the violation occurred.

     2. Before removing the motor vehicle used in the inspection conducted pursuant to NAC 445B.7015 from the test station, the Department will allow the approved inspector who committed the violation or, in the absence of the approved inspector, the person to whom the preliminary written notice of the violation was given pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection 1, to inspect the motor vehicle used in the inspection.

     3. If the approved inspector who committed the violation is not the owner of the test station where the violation occurred, the Department will send a copy of the written preliminary notice to the owner by certified mail not later than 5 business days after the violation occurred.

     (Added to NAC by Dep’t of Motor Veh. by R003-04, eff. 2-3-2005)