The Nevada traffic war room
Nevada DECRIMINALIZED minor traffic violations (AB 116 (2021)): the citation opens a CIVIL case under the NRCTI rules — a preponderance standard, a $500 ceiling, and NO arrest warrant for nonappearance. The law shown, the options educated, the judgment routed. Doing nothing is itself an outcome: a default civil judgment can enter.
The decriminalized posture
Minor traffic violations are civil infractions — the citation initiates a CIVIL case in justice or municipal court under the NRCTI rules, proved by a preponderance of the evidence.
NRCTI 1.1, 2.5; NRS 484A.703-484A.705
The 90-day response window
Respond within 90 calendar days: pay (admitting the infraction) or contest by posting the bond, which sets the matter for hearing. The court's own form warns in plain words what silence does.
NRCTI 3.4, 4.2; NRS 484A.704
The $500 ceiling
A civil infraction is punished by a civil penalty of not more than $500 per violation unless a specific statute authorizes more.
NRS 484A.7043
No warrant, ever, for a civil infraction
No warrant shall issue for the arrest of a person who fails to appear or fails to satisfy a judgment — the consequence is a default civil judgment and possible collections referral, not custody.
NRCTI 3.7(e)-(f)
The prosecutor's civil election
A prosecuting attorney may elect to treat a misdemeanor-grade violation of chapters 483-484E, 486, or 490 as a civil infraction instead — the decriminalization valve runs one way.
NRS 484A.7049
DUI is criminal — ROUTED, always
Driving under the influence (0.08, impairment, or per se substances) remains criminal under NRS 484C, and driving while suspended carries its own penalties (483.560). Nothing on this platform assists with either beyond showing the statutes — a Nevada criminal-defense attorney is the route.
NRS 484C.110; NRS 483.560
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