Nevada record
Nevada DUI license revocation and hearing rights
- What the state calls it
- DUI at 0.08 BAC or above for most adult drivers
- Administrative action
- Administrative revocation of the licence, permit or privilege to drive, served by the officer as agent for the DMV or mailed by the DMV
- Deadline to contest
- No standard pre conviction hearing deadline of this kind. See the notes below.
- Why it is still urgent
- Nevada sets no deadline in days, but act within 7 days anyway. That is how long the officer's temporary licence lasts, and requesting the hearing is what gets you another one.
- What starts the clock
- NRS 484C.230(1) allows a written request for a hearing "at any time while a person is not eligible for a license, permit or privilege to drive following an order of revocation," and allows only one hearing. The current statute sets no fixed number of days. What does run out fast is the temporary licence: NRS 484C.220(1) makes it effective for only 7 days including the date of issuance.
- Agency
- Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles, Office of Administrative Hearings
- How to request
- In writing, and there is no fee. The DMV takes hearing requests by email, by phone on (702) 486-4940 in Las Vegas or (775) 684-4574 in Carson City, or by post to Nevada DMV, Central Services and Records, 555 Wright Way, Carson City NV 89711. Include your full name, licence number, DMV file number, mailing address and a contact number. Requesting the hearing is also what gets you back on the road: the department must issue a further temporary licence covering the review.
- If the deadline passes
- There is no single moment when the hearing right disappears, but there are limits. The DMV says you may not request a hearing after the revocation period has ended, or once you have installed an interlock and reinstated. Practically, the officer's temporary licence lasts 7 days including the day it was issued, and a mailed order takes effect 5 days after mailing, so waiting past that means you cannot legally drive even though the hearing right may still exist.
- Temporary permit
- Commonly 7 days
- If the test was refused
- Same order, same procedure, same 7 day temporary licence, very different outcome. Failing to submit to a required test makes you ineligible to drive for one year, or three years if your licence was revoked for a refusal in the previous 7 years. A test showing 0.08 or more makes you ineligible for 185 days.
- Statute
- NRS 484C.220, NRS 484C.230, NRS 484C.210, NRS 484C.110
What this means after an arrest in Nevada
Nevada does not follow the usual pattern of an immediate administrative suspension you contest on a short clock. The record above describes what does happen, and the sources below are where that comes from.
What is different about Nevada
Nevada is the state most often described wrongly. Almost every page you will find says you have 7 days to request a DMV hearing. That figure is not in the current statute. NRS 484C.230(1) ties the request to a window of ineligibility rather than a day count, and the Nevada DMV's own hearings page says the same thing without giving any deadline in days. The real 7 days is the temporary licence the officer hands you, which is almost certainly where the myth came from. The honest framing is this: act within 7 days if you want to keep driving without a gap, because requesting the hearing is what triggers a further temporary licence. Waiting longer does not automatically forfeit your hearing, but it does leave you off the road.
What to do first
- Find the paperwork you were given at the roadside and check the date printed on it.
- Speak to a Nevada defense attorney about how the license consequences apply to your case.
- Keep a copy of everything you send, with the date you sent it.
- Read what to do after a DUI arrest for the wider picture, including the criminal case.
Sources
- NRS Chapter 484C — Driving Under the Influence (NRS 484C.210, 484C.220, 484C.230) — Nevada Legislature (accessed 2026-08-20)
- Office of Administrative Hearings — Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles (accessed 2026-08-20)
- Driving Under the Influence (DUI) — Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles (accessed 2026-08-20)
Change history
- 2026-08-20 — Record created from NRS ch. 484C and Nevada DMV pages. Deliberately records no day count deadline, correcting the widely repeated 7 day claim. (casey-meraz)