Section 481.015 - Definitions; exceptions1. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, as used in this title, unless the context otherwise requires, "certificate of title" means the document issued by the Department that identifies the legal owner of a vehicle and contains the information required pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 482.245. The definition set forth in this subsection does not apply to chapters 488 and 489 of NRS.2. Except as otherwise provided in chapter 480 of NRS, NRS 484C.600 to 484C.640, inclusive, 486.363 to 486.375, inclusive, and chapter 488 of NRS, as used in this title, unless the context otherwise requires:(a) "Department" means the Department of Motor Vehicles.(b) "Director" means the Director of the Department.3. As used in this title:(a) "Civil infraction" means a violation of any provision of chapters 483 to 484E, inclusive, 486 or 490 of NRS that is not punishable as a misdemeanor, gross misdemeanor or felony.(b) "Full legal name" means a natural person's first name, middle name and family name or last name, without the use of initials or a nickname. The term includes a full legal name that has been changed pursuant to the provisions of NRS 483.375 or 483.8605.Added to NRS by 1957, 608; A 1985, 1930; 2001, 2541; 2003, 416, 453; 2005, 58; 2009, 3077; 2011, 292; 2017, 114, 1276; 2019, 1061; 2021, 3299Amended by 2021, Ch. 506,§1, eff. 1/1/2023.Amended by 2019, Ch. 197,§1, eff. 5/29/2019.Amended by 2017, Ch. 241,§1, eff. 1/1/2018.Amended by 2017, Ch. 25,§2, eff. 7/1/2017.(Added to NRS by 1957, 608; A 1985, 1930; 2001, 2541; 2003, 416, 453; 2005, 58; 2009, 3077; 2011, 292, effective 7/1/2012, or 30 days after the Department of Motor Vehicles publishes on its website a statement that it has completed the preparatory tasks that are necessary to begin registration of off)-(highway vehicles, whichever is sooner)