AB 415 Nevada Assembly · 2025 Regular Session

Revises provisions governing the towing of motor vehicles. (BDR 43-821)

AB 415 updates Nevada's rules for handling abandoned vehicles. It raises the value threshold for issuing a junk certificate from $200 to $500 and allows property owners or law enforcement to place a 5-day notice on unregistered abandoned vehicles with unknown owners, which exempts them from having to identify the owner or send removal notices. The bill also requires tow operators to wait 48 hours after storage before disposing of such vehicles and prohibits them from falsely reporting their location to law enforcement to secure towing jobs. These changes primarily affect tow operators, property owners, and law enforcement agencies dealing with abandoned vehicles.

Bill status signed all 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

May 2025

Assembly Passage

May 2025

Signed into Law

Jun 2025

Introduced Mar 12, 2025 Signed Jun 5, 2025

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Reprint 1 → As Enrolled · 4 edits · Jun 5, 2025

MODERATE

This bill updates Nevada laws regarding abandoned vehicles by increasing the scrap value threshold for junk certificates from $200 to $500 and expanding the list of law enforcement agencies authorized to remove abandoned vehicles from public property. It also strengthens protections against tow operators who falsely report their locations to law enforcement to secure towing contracts.

Scope change

The bill expands the scope of law enforcement agencies authorized to remove abandoned vehicles from public property and extends the prohibition against false location reporting by tow operators to all law enforcement agencies, previously limited to the Nevada Highway Patrol.

ELIGIBILITY

Increased the maximum scrap value for vehicles eligible for a junk certificate from $200 to $500.

ENFORCEMENT

Expanded the list of authorized personnel who can remove abandoned vehicles from public property to include additional roles such as special investigators and designated employees of the Housing Division.

Extended the ban on tow operators using software to falsely report their location to secure towing contracts from applying only to the Nevada Highway Patrol to all law enforcement agencies.

REQUIREMENT

Updated the penalty for tow operators who violate the false location reporting ban to apply across all law enforcement agencies maintaining tow lists.

Floor votes · Assembly May 26, 2025

How they voted

39–0

Passed · 1 other

Total votes 40

May 26, 2025

D Democratic26

26 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican14

13 Yea 1

92% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Key actions

Committee

Jun 5, 2025

Signed into law

Approved by the Governor.

executive

May 29, 2025

Lower · Passed

In Assembly. To enrollment.

lower

May 28, 2025

Lower · Passed

Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 19, Nays: None, Excused: 2.) To Assembly.

lower

May 27, 2025

Lower · Passed

From committee: Do pass. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time.

lower

May 26, 2025

Assembly · Passed

Assembly Vote: pass (39-0-1)

assembly

May 26, 2025

Lower · Passed

From committee: Do pass, as amended. Placed on General File. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 41, Nays: None, Excused: 1.) To Senate. In Senate. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Growth and Infrastructure. To committee.

lower

Apr 24, 2025

Lower · Passed

From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. To committee.

lower

Apr 21, 2025

Lower · Passed

Notice of eligibility for exemption. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 93.) Taken from General File. Rereferred to Committee on Ways and Means. Exemption effective. To printer.

lower

Mar 13, 2025

Lower · Passed

From printer. To committee.

lower

4 primary · 2 co-sponsors