Auto Slash Car Rental Reservation

I am not sure the free spouse driver is still in effect in nevada. I recently looked at thrifty and they listed an extra charge for spouse in vegas.

Alamo lists this on their website -

"Note: State law in California, Illinois, Missouri, Nevada, Oregon, and Wisconsin allow the spouse to be an automatic authorized driver as long as renter qualifications are met."

Alamo at the Las Vegas Airport location has told us on recent visits that you don't have to have your spouse on the registration because a spouse is automatically an authorized driver in Nevada. Hope they are right!

I found this also regarding the Nevada laws (if it helps anyone):

https://www.leg.state.nv.us/nrs/nrs-482.html#NRS482Sec315

NRS 482.31515 “Authorized driver” defined. “Authorized driver” means:

1. The short-term lessee of a passenger car.

2. The spouse of the short-term lessee, if that person is a licensed driver and satisfies any minimum age requirement of the short-term lessor.

3. The employer or coworker of the short-term lessee, if the employer or coworker is engaged in business activity with the lessee, is a licensed driver and satisfies any minimum age requirement of the short-term lessor.

4. Any person listed on a lease by the short-term lessor as an authorized driver.


I know that some companies won't honor this policy even if it is the state law. Hertz won't unless you book thru AAA. (At least that is what the counter person told us)

Rental car companies in Nevada don't have the choice of declining to follow that law.

When you rent a car in Nevada, you can let your spouse drive it, without regard to whether a fee has been paid, and without regard to what the rental car company may say (so long as the spouse meets the company's age minimum for all renters and has a valid license).

Slags68 thanks for the update I will check on them for my upcoming trip.

Autoslash update....at the risk of sounding like a shill for this company, I had another good experience. I booked a car in Florida for four days in April at $97, then listed it on autoslash for tracking. Within 24 hours, they got me a rate of $91...with the same company??? (Fox rentals). Hoping for even more savings, but I'll never rent a car without having them track it again.

Matt I agree. It doesn't hurt to at least keep an eye on the price thru them!

Thanks for the spouse driving information. I had no idea that was Nevada law. All the times we rented cars, I did not know that. If you travel to Arizona, can the spouse still drive?

Yes, the law applies to rental contracts entered in Nevada.

If you go on to read NRS 482.3158 you will note that the lessor is allowed to charge up to $10 per day for allowing any authorized driver other than the lessee to drive the car.

Damn. Good catch!!