You were in a crash causing about $1,200 in vehicle damage that police did not investigate. How many days do you have to file the Report of Crash Form (SR-1) with the Nevada DMV?
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A.
15 days.
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B.
10 days. Correct
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C.
30 days.
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D.
5 days.
The answer is "10 days."
Nevada requires a Report of Crash Form (SR-1) when police do not investigate a crash that caused injury or $750 or more in damage. The manual sets a 10-day filing window. If you do not report a required crash to the DMV, your driver license and/or vehicle registration may be suspended.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. 15 days.
The correct SR-1 filing window is 10 days, not 15. This answer applies a 'roughly two weeks' rule of thumb drivers use for state paperwork rather than the specific SR-1 deadline the manual sets.
C. 30 days.
The SR-1 filing deadline is 10 days, not 30 days. This answer confuses the SR-1 filing window with the 30-day deadline for a new Nevada resident to apply for a driver license.
D. 5 days.
Halves the actual 10-day rule; no five-day filing window appears in the manual. This answer borrows the short notification window some auto insurance policies require for claims, treating the DMV crash form like an insurer notice.
This question tests your knowledge of Crash Procedures in Nevada. Source: Nevada Driver Manual, "Chapter 8 - Insurance and Financial Responsibility," p.75..
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