NRS 484D.605
Height of vehicle: Maximum heights with load

  • exception
  • unlawful acts.

1.

Except as otherwise provided in subsections 2, 3 and 4, a vehicle must not be operated on any highway of this State if its height, including any load, exceeds 14 feet measured from the surface on which the vehicle stands.

2.

The maximum permissible height of a load of baled hay is 15 feet.

3.

The Department of Transportation shall issue a continuing permit, upon application, to the operator of a vehicle whose height without load exceeds the limit imposed by subsection 1 if the vehicle was registered and in operation on the highway of this State on April 15, 1973. Any such permit must provide only for the operation of the vehicle over those portions of the highways of this State over which it was customarily operated on April 15, 1973, and until it is replaced by another vehicle.

4.

It is unlawful to operate a vehicle governed by any of the provisions of subsection 1, 2 or 3 over any portion of a highway where the free clearance of any structure or encroachment is less than the actual height of the vehicle and load.

Source: Section 484D.605 — Height of vehicle: Maximum heights with load; exception; unlawful acts., https://www.­leg.­state.­nv.­us/NRS/NRS-484D.­html#NRS484DSec605.

484D.600
Prohibited acts concerning size or weight of vehicle 484D.605
Height of vehicle: Maximum heights with load 484D.610
Height of vehicle: Maximum ground clearance 484D.615
Length of vehicle: Restrictions 484D.620
Length of vehicle: Penalty. 484D.625
Authorized movement of vehicle on public highway in excess of limits on size and weight 484D.630
Operation of motor vehicle exceeding its declared gross weight unlawful. 484D.635
Maximum weight of vehicle on any axle or per tire 484D.640
Limitations on weight for vehicle used by licensed hauler of garbage and refuse. 484D.645
Limitations on weight for vehicle used by regional transportation commission or its contractor to provide public mass transportation 484D.650
Measurement of distance between axles. 484D.655
Reduction of maximum weight limits: Authority and duties of Director of Department of Transportation 484D.660
Applicability of limits on weight to federal highways 484D.665
Certain larger vehicles prohibited from traveling on State Route 159 484D.670
Exemption for traction engine and tractor 484D.675
Enforcement by law enforcement agencies 484D.680
Fines for violations of limits on weight. 484D.685
Maximum width of vehicle 484D.690
Maximum width of bus. 484D.695
Maximum width of recreational vehicle. 484D.700
Maximum width of trailer, semitrailer, special mobile equipment or equipment for construction or maintenance of highway. 484D.705
Width of load of loosely piled agricultural products 484D.710
Applicability of limits on width to federal highways. 484D.715
Permit for movement of oversized manufactured or mobile home or similar structure: Requirements 484D.720
Permit for movement of oversized manufactured or mobile home or similar structure: Additional requirements and conditions 484D.725
Permit to operate or move vehicles with oversized loads. 484D.730
Contents of application for permit. 484D.735
Continuous and multiple trip-limited time permits: Maximum weight per axle 484D.740
Carrying and inspection of permit.
Last Updated

Feb. 5, 2021

§ 484D.605’s source at nv​.us