NAC706.418. Circumstances under which charges prohibited.  


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  • For nonconsensual tows under Category C, no charges may be assessed against the owner of the vehicle or his or her agent under the following circumstances, and any charges so paid must be returned by the operator:

         1. The person who requested the tow was not the owner of the real property from which the vehicle was towed or his or her authorized agent. For the purposes of this section, the operator of a tow car is not an authorized agent of the owner of the real property unless the operator of a tow car towed the vehicle pursuant to a written authorization agreement described in NAC 706.4277.

         2. The property from which the tow was made was required by statute, ordinance or NAC 706.427 to have particular signs displayed and there were no such signs on the property.

         3. In the case of a parking facility that charges a fee, the operator of the facility did not comply with the provisions of NRS 487.037.

         4. Notification of the appropriate law enforcement agency pursuant to subsection 1 of NAC 706.432 was not made.

         5. The operator of the tow car was directed to terminate the tow by an officer of a law enforcement agency.

     (Added to NAC by Pub. Service Comm’n, eff. 9-1-87; A 9-16-92; A by Transportation Serv. Auth. by R080-00, 7-26-2000; A by Nev. Transportation Auth. by R075-08, 9-18-2008)