After a Crash in Nevada — Official Resources
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This is general information, not legal advice.
If a police officer did not investigate your crash, and it caused injury, death, or damage of $750 or more, Nevada requires the driver to send form SR-1 to the DMV within 10 days (NRS 484E.070). Miss it and your license can be suspended for up to a year — which can happen simply because the other driver filed theirs and you didn't. Crash reports come from the agency that worked the scene, not a statewide portal. Free help: State Bar of Nevada referral at 702-382-0504 or 800-789-5747 (free referral, $45 cap on the first consultation, reduced rates if you qualify), selfhelp.nvcourts.gov, and the Division of Insurance at 775-687-0700.
Nevada's most-missed obligation only kicks in when police don't show up — and it can cost you your license. That's the second card. Around it: what the law expects at the scene, how to get the report, lawyer referrals, free legal help, and insurance complaints. The first-steps checklist covers pulling your dashcam clip before the camera records over it.
At the scene
Under NRS Chapter 484E, you must stop, give aid, and exchange information. Report the crash to the nearest police officer or Nevada Highway Patrol office when anyone is hurt or killed. If a police officer investigates a crash involving injury, death, or property damage of $750 or more, the officer must prepare a report.
If police didn't investigate, file the SR-1 within 10 days
This is the deadline Nevadans miss. When a crash causes injury or death, or damage to any vehicle or property of $750 or more, and no officer investigated it, the driver must send a Report of Traffic Accident (form SR-1) to the DMV within 10 days — per NRS 484E.070. Get the form from the DMV's SR-1 page.
Two things worth knowing. First, an incomplete SR-1 isn't kept — you need the repair estimate or total-loss statement attached, plus a doctor's statement for anyone injured. Second, failing to file when the DMV requires it can suspend your license for up to a year, and that can happen simply because the other driver filed theirs and you didn't. The report is confidential by statute and can't be used as evidence against you at trial.
Get the police report
Nevada has no single statewide portal for crash reports — request yours from the agency that worked the scene: Nevada Highway Patrol for highways and rural roads, or the local police (Las Vegas Metro, Reno, Henderson, and so on) inside city limits. Have the date, location, and the event or report number the officer gave you.
Hit-and-run
Call police immediately and push for an officer to work the scene — because if none does, the 10-day SR-1 above becomes your obligation, and a hit-and-run is exactly the situation where people forget it and lose their license on top of everything else.
Save your clip and note the time and location. In Las Vegas especially, a plate that resolves on playback is what gives Metro something to work with. Uninsured-motorist coverage is usually what pays when the other driver is never identified — but read your policy's own hit-and-run reporting window, which can be far shorter than the claim deadline itself.
Find a lawyer
The State Bar of Nevada Lawyer Referral Service — 702-382-0504 or toll-free 1-800-789-5747. The referral is free, and a participating attorney may charge no more than $45 for the initial consultation.
If money is tight, say so — the service can prequalify you for a reduced rate, which caps the initial consultation at $25 and later work at $75 an hour.
Free legal help
The Nevada courts' statewide self-help center lists the free and low-cost legal organizations serving each part of the state — including the Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada (702-386-1070), Nevada Legal Services statewide (866-432-0404), and Northern Nevada Legal Aid for the Reno area.
Insurance problems
The Nevada Division of Insurance assigns an investigator to consumer complaints and works directly with the insurer; companies generally must respond to the Division within 20 business days. Try to resolve it with your insurer first, then file. Carson City: 775-687-0700. Las Vegas: 702-486-4009.
Uninsured when it happened? The SR-1 requirement still applies to you — and because the report is confidential by statute, filing it isn't handing anyone ammunition. Skipping it is what costs you the license.
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Last verified: August 3, 2026