Nevada Code § 482.3154

Limitation on liability of short-term lessee concerning damage to or loss of leased passenger car; limitation of short-term lessors loss under certain circumstances; limitation or exclusion of administrative charge
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1. The total amount of the short-term
lessees liability to the short-term lessor resulting from damage to a leased
passenger car must not exceed the sum of the following:
(a) The estimated cost for parts that the
short-term lessor would have to pay to replace damaged parts. Any discount,
price reduction or adjustment received by the lessor must be subtracted from
the estimate to the extent not already incorporated in the estimate or promptly
credited or refunded to the short-term lessee.
(b) The estimated cost of labor to replace
damaged parts of the passenger car, which must not exceed the product of:
(1) The rate of labor usually paid by the
lessor to replace parts of the type that were damaged; and
(2) The estimated time for replacement.
Any
discount, price reduction or adjustment received by the short-term lessor must
be subtracted from the estimate to the extent not already incorporated in the
estimate or promptly credited or refunded to the lessee.
(c) The estimated cost of labor to repair damaged
parts of the passenger car, which must not exceed the lesser of:
(1) The product of the rate for labor
usually paid by the short-term lessor to repair parts of the type that were
damaged and the estimated time for repair; or
(2) The sum of the costs for estimated
labor and parts determined pursuant to paragraphs (a) and (b) to replace the
same parts.
Any
discount, price reduction or adjustment received by the short-term lessor must
be subtracted from the estimate to the extent not already incorporated in the
estimate or promptly credited or refunded to the lessee.
(d) Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2,
the loss of use of the leased passenger car, which must not exceed the product
of:
(1) The rate for the car stated in the
short-term lessees lease, excluding all optional charges; and
(2) The total of the estimated time for
replacement and the estimated time for repair. For the purpose of converting
the estimated time for repair into the same unit of time in which the rate of
the lease is expressed, a day shall be deemed to consist of 8 hours.
(e) Actual charges for towing and storage and
impound fees paid by the short-term lessor.
2. Under any of the circumstances
described in NRS 482.31555 , the
short-term lessors loss of use of the passenger car must not exceed the
product of:
(a) The rate for the car stated in the short-term
lessees lease, excluding all optional charges; and
(b) The period from the date of a crash to the
date the car is ready to be returned to service if the lessor uses his or her
best efforts to repair and return the car to service as soon as practicable.
3. An administrative charge pursuant to
paragraph (h) of subsection 1 of NRS
482.31535 must not exceed:
(a) Fifty dollars if the total estimated cost for
parts and labor is more than $100 and less than or equal to $500.
(b) One hundred dollars if the total estimated
cost for parts and labor is more than $500 and less than or equal to $1,500.
(c) One hundred and fifty dollars if the total
estimated cost for parts and labor is more than $1,500.
No
administrative charge may be imposed if the total estimated cost of parts and
labor is $100 or less.

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