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not issue a new license until a new application, signed and verified, is made as required by NRS 486.011 to 486.381, inclusive. This provision does not apply if the minor has attained the age of 18 years. (Added to NRS by 1971, 1467; A 1973, 1446; 1991, 2231) NRS 486.131 Examination of applicants. 1. The Department may require every applicant for a motorcycle driver’s license to submit to an examination conducted by the Department or successfully complete a course of motorcycle safety approved by the Department. 2. An examination may be held in the county where the applicant resides within 30 days after the date application is made and may include: (a) A test of the applicant’s ability to understand official devices used to control traffic; (b) A test of his knowledge of practices for safe driving and the traffic laws of this State; (c) Except as otherwise provided in a regulation adopted pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 483.330, a test of his eyesight; and (d) An actual demonstration of his ability to exercise ordinary and reasonable control in the operation of a motorcycle. The examination may also include such further physical and mental examination as the Department finds necessary to determine the applicant’s fitness to drive a motorcycle safely upon the highways. (Added to NRS by 1971, 1467; A 1987, 1310; 1995, 88) NRS 486.141 Form for application. Every application for an instruction permit or driver’s license under the provisions of NRS 486.011 to 486.381, inclusive, must be made upon a form furnished by the Department. There must be no charge for the making and filing of the application. (Added to NRS by 1971, 1467; A 1991, 2232) NRS 486.161 Expiration and renewal of license. [Effective until the date of the repeal of the federal law requiring each state to establish procedures for withholding, suspending and restricting the professional, occupational and recreational licenses for child support arrearages and for noncompliance with certain processes relating to paternity or child support proceedings.] 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, every motorcycle driver’s license expires on the fourth anniversary of the licensee’s birthday, measured in the case of an original license, a renewal license or a license renewing an expired license, from the birthday nearest the date of issuance or renewal. Any applicant whose date of birth is February 29 is, for the purposes of NRS 486.011 to 486.381, inclusive, considered to have the anniversary of his birth fall on February 28. 2. Every license is renewable at any time before its expiration upon application, submission of the statement required pursuant to NRS 486.084 and payment of the required fee. Every motorcycle endorsement to a driver’s license issued on or after January 1, 1972, expires simultaneously with the expiration of the driver’s license. 3. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 1 of NRS 483.384, each applicant for renewal must appear before an examiner for a driver’s license and successfully pass a test of his eyesight. 4. Any person who has been issued a driver’s license without having the authority to drive a motorcycle endorsed thereon must, before driving a motorcycle, successfully pass: (a) A driving test conducted by the Department; or (b) A course of motorcycle safety approved by the Department, and have the authority endorsed upon his license. (Added to NRS by 1971, 1468; A 1973, 1446; 1981, 1590; 1983, 503; 1987, 1310; 1993, 2847; 1995, 88, 2579; 1997, 2078) NRS 486.161 Expiration and renewal of license. [Effective on the date of the repeal of the federal law requiring each state to establish procedures for withholding, suspending and restricting the professional, occupational and recreational licenses for child support arrearages and for noncompliance with certain processes relating to paternity or child support proceedings.] 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, every motorcycle driver’s license expires on the fourth anniversary of the licensee’s birthday, measured in the case of an original license, a renewal license or a license renewing an expired license, from the birthday nearest the date of issuance or renewal. Any applicant whose date of birth is February 29 is, for the purposes of NRS 486.011 to 486.381, inclusive, considered to have the anniversary of his birth fall on February 28. 2. Every license is renewable at any time before its expiration upon application and payment of the required fee. Every motorcycle endorsement to a driver’s license issued on or after January 1, 1972, expires simultaneously with the expiration of the driver’s license. 3. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 1 of NRS 483.384, each applicant for renewal must appear before an examiner for a driver’s license and successfully pass a test of his eyesight. 4. Any person who has been issued a driver’s license without having the authority to drive a motorcycle endorsed thereon must, before driving a motorcycle, successfully pass: (a) A driving test conducted by the Department; or (b) A course of motorcycle safety approved by the Department, and have the authority endorsed upon his license. (Added to NRS by 1971, 1468; A 1973, 1446; 1981, 1590; 1983, 503; 1987, 1310; 1993, 2847; 1995, 88, 2579; 1997, 2078, effective on the date of the repeal of the federal law requiring each state to establish procedures for withholding, suspending and restricting the professional, occupational and recreational licenses for child support arrearages and for noncompliance with certain processes relating to paternity or child support proceedings) NRS 486.165 Suspension of license for failure to pay child support or comply with certain subpoenas or warrants; reinstatement of license. [Expires by limitation on the date of the repeal of the federal law requiring each state to establish procedures for withholding, suspending and restricting the professional, occupational and recreational licenses for child support arrearages and for noncompliance with certain processes relating to paternity or child support proceedings.] 1. The Department shall, upon receiving notification from a district attorney or other public agency collecting support for children pursuant to NRS 425.510 that a court has determined that a person who has been issued a motorcycle driver’s license: (a) Has failed to comply with a subpoena or warrant relating to a proceeding to establish paternity or to establish or enforce an obligation for the support of a child; or (b) Is in arrears in the payment for the support of one or more children, send a written notice to that person that his motorcycle driver’s license is subject to suspension. 2. The notice must include: (a) The reason for the suspension of the license; (b) The information set forth in subsections 3 and 4; and (c) Any other information the Department deems necessary. 3. If a person who receives a notice pursuant to subsection 1 does not, within 30 days after he receives the notice, comply with the subpoena or warrant or satisfy the arrearage as required in NRS 425.510, the Department shall suspend his license without providing him with an opportunity for a hearing. 4. The Department shall reinstate a license suspended pursuant to this section if it receives a notice from the district attorney or other public agency pursuant to NRS 425.510 that the person has complied with the subpoena or warrant or has satisfied the arrearage pursuant to that section. (Added to NRS by 1997, 2077) NRS 486.171 Permitting unauthorized person to drive. A person shall not authorize or knowingly permit a motorcycle, except a trimobile, owned by him or under his control to be driven upon any highway by any person who is not authorized pursuant to NRS 486.011 to 486.381, inclusive, to drive

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