never a document is required by law to include the name of a person, the document sets forth the full legal name of that person. 2. The provisions of this section do not require the Director to alter, amend or otherwise change any documents that were created before October 1, 2003. 3. The Director may take any action he deems reasonable to facilitate achieving uniformity in the manner in which the documents and records of the Department refer to a particular person by name. 4. As used in this section: (a) “Certificate of registration” means the certificate described in subsection 1 of NRS 482.245. (b) “Document” means any: (1) Application or record that a person is required to file with or submit to the Department; (2) Card, certificate or license that the Department issues to a person; and (3) Record that the Department is required to keep or maintain. The term includes, without limitation, a certificate of registration, certificate of title, driver’s license and identification card, and an application or record pertaining to any such certificate, license or card. (Added to NRS by 2003, 453) NRS 481.052 Powers and duties of Director: Adoption of definition of “seasonal resident” by regulation. The Director shall, by regulation, define “seasonal resident” as the term is used in chapters 482 and 483 of NRS. (Added to NRS by 1997, 2987) NRS 481.0535 Powers and duties of Director: Expenditure of appropriations to assist certain entities to purchase and obtain evidence; receipt and safekeeping of money. 1. The Director may expend money that the Legislature appropriates to assist local law enforcement agencies or the Division of Compliance Enforcement of the Department in the purchase of evidence and in employing persons other than peace officers to obtain that evidence. 2. Upon receiving a written request from the Director, or his designee, for money appropriated for a purpose specified in subsection 1, the State Controller shall: (a) Draw his warrant, payable to the Department; or (b) Electronically transfer money to the appropriate account of the Department, as appropriate, in an amount which does not exceed any limit set by the Legislature in the appropriation. 3. The Director may keep money which he has drawn pursuant to this section in accounts in one or more banks or credit unions or in cash. (Added to NRS by 2005, 1239) NRS 481.055 Department to keep main office in Carson City; maintenance of branch offices. 1. The Department shall keep its main office at Carson City, Nevada, in rooms provided by the Buildings and Grounds Division of the Department of Administration. 2. The Department may maintain such branch offices throughout the State as the Director may deem necessary to the efficient operation of the Department and the various divisions thereof. The Director is authorized, on behalf of the Department, to enter into such leases or other agreements as may be necessary to the establishment of such branch offices. (Added to NRS by 1957, 610; A 1963, 1070; 1973, 1475; 1993, 1639) NRS 481.057 Offices of Department: Extended hours of operation. In a county whose population is 100,000 or more, the Director may arrange for offices of the Department to remain open on Saturdays and Sundays and at hours other than 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. (Added to NRS by 1963, 216; A 1969, 1544; 1979, 552; 1999, 3574; 2001, 2547) NRS 481.063 Collection and deposit of fees for publications of Department and private use of files and records of Department; limitations on release and use of files and records; regulations. 1. The Director may charge and collect reasonable fees for official publications of the Department and from persons making use of files and records of the Department or its various divisions for a private purpose. All money so collected must be deposited in the State Treasury for credit to the Motor Vehicle Fund. 2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 5, the Director may release personal information, except a photograph, from a file or record relating to the driver’s license, identification card, or title or registration of a vehicle of a person if the requester submits a written release from the person who holds a lien on the vehicle, or an agent of that person, or the person about whom the information is requested which is dated not more than 90 days before the date of the request. The written release must be in a form required by the Director. 3. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the Director shall not release to any person who is not a representative of the Division of Welfare and Supportive Services of the Department of Health and Human Services or an officer, employee or agent of a law enforcement agency, an agent of the public defender’s office or an agency of a local government which collects fines imposed for parking violations, who is not conducting an investigation pursuant to NRS 253.0415, 253.044 or 253.220, who is not authorized to transact insurance pursuant to chapter 680A of NRS or who is not licensed as a private investigator pursuant to chapter 648 of NRS and conducting an investigation of an insurance claim: (a) A list which includes license plate numbers combined with any other information in the records or files of the Department; (b) The social security number of any person, if it is requested to facilitate the solicitation of that person to purchase a product or service; or (c) The name, address, telephone number or any other personally identifiable information if the information is requested by the presentation of a license plate number. When such personally identifiable information is requested of a law enforcement agency by the presentation of a license plate number, the law enforcement agency shall conduct an investigation regarding the person about whom information is being requested or, as soon as practicable, provide the requester with the requested information if the requester officially reports that the motor vehicle bearing that license plate was used in a violation of NRS 205.240, 205.345, 205.380 or 205.445. 4. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 2 and 5, the Director shall not release any personal information from a file or record relating to a driver’s license, identification card, or title or registration of a vehicle. 5. Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (a) and subsection 6, if a person or governmental entity provides a description of the information requested and its proposed use and signs an affidavit to that effect, the Director may release any personal information, except a photograph, from a file or record relating to a driver’s license, identification card, or title or registration of a vehicle for use: (a) By any governmental entity, including, but not limited to, any court or law enforcement agency, in carrying out its functions, or any person acting on behalf of a federal, state or local governmental agency in carrying out its functions. The personal information may include a photograph from a file or record relating to a driver’s license, identification card, or title or registration of a vehicle. (b) In connection with any civil, criminal, administrative or arbitration proceeding before any federal or state court, regulatory body, board, commission or agency, including, but not limited to, use for service of process, investigation in anticipation of litigation, and execution or enforcement of judgments and orders, or pursuant to an order of a federal or state court. (c) In connection with matters relating to: (1) The safety of drivers of motor vehicles; (2) Safety and thefts of motor vehicles; (3) Emissions from motor vehicles; (4) Alterations of products related to motor vehicles; (5) An advisory notice relating to

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