Nevada Revised Statutes Title 58. Energy; Public Utilities and Similar Entities § 706.8836. Taximeters; devices, methods and systems to determine passenger fares

1. A certificate holder shall, for each of the certificate holder's taxicabs which is equipped with a taximeter, make provisions when installing the taximeter to allow sealing by the Administrator.

2. The Administrator shall approve the types of taximeters which may be used on a taxicab. All taximeters must conform to a 2-percent plus or minus tolerance on the fare recording, must be equipped with a signal device plainly visible from outside of the taxicab, must be equipped with a device which records fares and is plainly visible to the passenger and must register upon plainly visible counters the following items:

3. The Administrator shall inspect each taximeter before its use in a taxicab and shall, if the taximeter conforms to the standards specified in subsection 2, seal the taximeter.

4. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 5, a taximeter may be sealed by:

5. The Administrator may require that each taximeter be sealed by an electronic security seal that is encrypted and protected by an audited authentication and authorization mechanism for each user that is accessible only by the Administrator if the Administrator:

6. The Administrator may reinspect the taximeter at any reasonable time.

7. A certificate holder shall, for each of the certificate holder's taxicabs which is equipped with a device, method or system to indicate and determine the passenger fare charged other than a taximeter, provide verification to the Administrator that the device, method or system adequately records fares and has an application or electronic means to plainly display to the passenger the rate and fare. Such a device, method or system must maintain and record:

8. For the purposes of this section, “sealing” means prohibiting access to the elements of the taximeter used to calculate the items specified in subsection 2 by anyone other than the Administrator.