Permit Conditions and Restrictions

These are the Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT) specific rules, restrictions and instructions that guide our permit agents in properly preparing your ODV and LCV permits. Every permittee is responsible for understanding and obeying these conditions and restrictions because they implement State and Federal Laws and Regulations.

• Current Statutes and Regulations 
• Recent Changes to NRS or NAC 
• Escort Information and Guidelines 
• Hazardous Material and Radioactive Material Information 
• Current Letters of Instruction 

• Nevada Revised Statute 484: TRAFFIC LAWS
• Nevada Administrative Code 484: TRAFFIC LAWS
• Nevada Revised Statute 706: MOTOR CARRIERS
• Nevada Administrative Code 706: MOTOR CARRIERS
• Nevada Traffic Laws for Size, Weight & Load: June 2009 Handbook

• R161-07A w/Original Text: Changes to rules for non-reducible, over-dimensional vehicle permit requirements; Adopted into NAC 484 on June 17, 2008.
• AB 372 Notice: Carriers 10,001 pounds and greater pounds now required to register; Approved May 19, 2009; Effective July 1, 2009;
• See also DMV Motor Carrier Division.
• Note: Effective early 2010, NRS 484 (Traffic Laws) has been reorganized into four new chapters: NRS 484A (Traffic Laws Generally), NRS 484B (Rules of the Road), NRS 484C (Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol or a Prohibited Substance), NRS 484D (Equipment, Inspections and Size, Weight and Load of Vehicles), and NRS 484E (Accidents and Reports of Accidents). The NRS 484 links above will provide direct access to the old and new sections. There were no substantive changes to the laws themselves.
• SB48/BDR 43-485; Proposed OS/OW Vehicle Revisions for 2011 Legislature.

• NAC 484.545.
• t2 Flagger Certification Program.
• Pilot Car Escort Best Practices Guidelines.
•  Law Enforcement Escort Best Practices Guidelines 
 

• Permits.
• Transporting Low-Level Waste to the National Test Site, U.S. Department of Energy.

• 1-08. General 
• 2-06. Tridem Axles 
• 3-11. Width & Length Prohibitions 
• 5-11. Spring Thaw Prohibitions 
• 6-07. Super Loads 
• 8-08. Weight Restrictions 

 NDOT Over Dimensional Permits Instruction 1-08:
General Procedures and Conditions for Over-dimensional Permits

 NDOT Over Dimensional Permits Instruction 2-06:
Special Procedures and Conditions for Tridem Axle Combinations

 NDOT Oversize/Overweight Vehicle Letter of Instruction 3-11:
Prohibited Routes for Over-Width and Over-Length Vehicles

• Prohibited Routes for Over-Width and Over-Length Vehicles List 3-11 
• Prohibited Routes for Over-Width and Over-Length Vehicles Map 3-11 

 NDOT Oversize/Overweight Vehicle Letter of Instruction 5-11:
Prohibited Routes for Overweight Vehicles during Spring Thaw

• Prohibited Routes for Overweight Vehicles during Spring Thaw List 5-11 
• Prohibited Routes for Overweight Vehicles during Spring Thaw Map 5-11 

 NDOT Over Dimensional Permits Instruction 6-07: Special Procedures and Conditions for Super Loads

 NDOT Over Dimensional Permits Instruction 8-08:
Special Procedures and Conditions for Vehicles and Loads Exceeding Legal Weights

• Purple Weight Chart 
• Green Weight Chart 
• Orange Weight Chart 
• Statewide Weight Restriction List 
• Statewide Weight Restriction Map 
• Western Nevada Weight Restriction Map 
• Southern Nevada Weight Restriction Map 
• Eastern Nevada Weight Restriction Map