In 2021 the Nevada Legislature established civil traffic penalties. In this year’s session, Senate Bill 359, expanded on civil traffic penalties and established procedures that direct how some of the penalties operate. For example, as it relates to civil traffic infractions that involve misdemeanor offenses, the two will be consolidated and criminal rules will apply. Also, the new law establishes that cash bonds for hearings to challenge civil infractions are not to be higher than the penalty associated with the infraction. Finally, the bill provides for the dismissal or reduction of the misdemeanor and civil traffic offenses or a reduction of a moving violation to a non-moving violation if the person admits to the violation, pays the entirety of the fines and provides to the court a copy of their 10-year driver record, which can be obtained at the DMV kiosk located in the lobby of the Municipal Court building.
All of the changes that were established in Senate Bill 359 as well as Las Vegas Municipal Court’s adoption of the Nevada Supreme Court’s Nevada Rules for Civil Traffic Infractions are outlined in Municipal Court’s Judicial Order 2.73.
See the Municipal Court order here.