Nevada: Is it legal to pump your own gas?
Nevada allows self-service gas; state law sets price-sign rules for self-service and full-service fuel and covers unattended pumps.
Nevada's petroleum products law requires roadside price signs to show separate self-service and full-service prices when they differ, which assumes self-service is lawful. It also requires unattended pumps to post the owner's name, address and phone number. No Nevada law found bars customers from pumping their own gas.
Conditions
- Unattended pumps must post the owner's name, address and phone number
What the law says
Any roadside sign, including, without limitation, a sign on a pole, monument, canopy, A-frame sign or sign on a similar structure that indicates, shows or advertises prices for motor vehicle fuel and is not connected to a pump or dispenser for motor vehicle fuel must state: (a) The total price per unit of measure of motor vehicle fuel for self-service and the total price for full-service, if such prices are different;
Sources
- NRS 590.170 and NRS 590.165 Official · leg.state.nv.us
Confirm with the state
- Agency
- Nevada State Fire Marshal Division
- Phone
- 775-684-7500
- Website
- fire.nv.gov
How bordering states compare
- Arizona Self-serve allowedArizona allows self-service gas; the State Fire Code adopts the model fire code's fuel-station rules, which permit self-service.
- California Self-serve allowedCalifornia allows self-service gas; state law assumes self-service and makes stations pump for disabled drivers who ask.
- Idaho Self-serve allowedIdaho allows drivers to pump their own gas. State law refers directly to stations that sell only self-service fuel.
- Oregon Self-serve with limitsOregon allows self-service at up to half a station's pumps; 20 rural counties have broader self-service, including when no staff are present.
- Utah Self-serve allowedUtah allows self-service gas; its State Fire Code adopts the International Fire Code, which permits self-service stations.