NRS 487.6874
Duty of body shop or garage operator to inform certain persons of types of payment accepted.

1.

A body shop or garage operator, as applicable, must inform a person regarding the types of payment the body shop or garage accepts:

(a)

If the person is a prospective customer or customer, before the prospective customer or customer authorizes the body shop or garage operator to perform repair work on his or her vehicle; and

(b)

In the specific instance of a body shop, if the:

(1)

Person is the registered owner of the vehicle;

(2)

Vehicle is towed to the body shop at the request of someone other than the registered owner of the motor vehicle; and

(3)

Body shop notifies the registered owner of the location of the vehicle,
Ê as required pursuant to NRS 487.68703.

2.

The information required to be provided pursuant to subsection 1:

(a)

Must be in writing;

(b)

May be incorporated into a form already used by the body shop or garage operator for another purpose, including, without limitation, a form used to authorize repairs or estimate the cost of repairs or storage; and

(c)

Must set forth, without limitation:

(1)

Whether the body shop or garage provides the service of directly billing an insurance company for any payment due;

(2)

Whether the body shop or garage accepts only cash as payment;

(3)

Whether the body shop or garage accepts credit or debit cards;

(4)

If the body shop or garage accepts credit or debit cards, or both:
(I) The brand or type of such cards the body shop or garage accepts; and
(II) Whether the body shop or garage imposes a fee or surcharge for the use of a credit or debit card;

(5)

Whether the body shop or garage accepts personal checks or travelers’ checks; and

(6)

If the body shop or garage does not accept only cash as payment, whether the body shop or garage offers a discount for making payment in the form of cash.

Source: Section 487.6874 — Duty of body shop or garage operator to inform certain persons of types of payment accepted., https://www.­leg.­state.­nv.­us/NRS/NRS-487.­html#NRS487Sec6874.

Last Updated

Jun. 24, 2021

§ 487.6874’s source at nv​.us