NV Rev Stat § 482.3824 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases|NRS 482.3824 - Special license plates to generate financial support for charitable organization: Director required to issue souvenir license plate at request of charitable organization; resale by charitable organization; issuance of special license plate for trailers, motorcycles and certain other vehicles.

  1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 482.38279, with respect to any special license plate that is issued pursuant to NRS 482.3667 to 482.3823, inclusive, and for which additional fees are imposed for the issuance of the special license plate to generate financial support for a charitable organization:  (a) The Director shall, at the request of the charitable organization that is benefited by the particular special license plate:  (1) Order the design and preparation of souvenir license plates, the design of which must be substantially similar to the particular special license plate; and  (2) Issue such souvenir license plates, for a fee established pursuant to NRS 482.3825, only to the charitable organization that is benefited by the particular special license plate. The charitable organization may resell such souvenir license plates at a price determined by the charitable organization.  (b) The Department may, except as otherwise provided in this paragraph and after the particular special license plate is approved for issuance, issue the special license plate for a trailer, motorcycle or other type of vehicle that is not a passenger car or light commercial vehicle, excluding vehicles required to be registered with the Department pursuant to NRS 706.801 to 706.861, inclusive, full trailers or semitrailers registered pursuant to subsection 3 of NRS 482.483 and mopeds registered pursuant to NRS 482.2155, upon application by a person who is entitled to license plates pursuant to NRS 482.265 or 482.272 and who otherwise complies with the requirements for registration and licensing pursuant to this chapter or chapter 486 of NRS. The Department may not issue a special license plate for such other types of vehicles if the Department determines that the design or manufacture of the plate for those other types of vehicles would not be feasible. In addition, if the Department incurs additional costs to manufacture a special license plate for such other types of vehicles, including, without limitation, costs associated with the purchase, manufacture or modification of dies or other equipment necessary to manufacture the special license plate for such other types of vehicles, those additional costs must be paid from private sources without any expense to the State of Nevada.  2. If, as authorized pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 1, the Department issues a special license plate for a trailer, motorcycle or other type of vehicle that is not a passenger car or light commercial vehicle, the Department shall charge and collect for the issuance and renewal of such a plate the same fees that the Department would charge and collect if the other type of vehicle was a passenger car or light commercial vehicle. As used in this subsection, "fees" does not include any applicable registration or license fees or governmental services taxes.  3. As used in this section:  (a) "Additional fees" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 482.38273.  (b) "Charitable organization" means a particular cause, charity or other entity that receives money from the imposition of additional fees in connection with the issuance of a special license plate pursuant to NRS 482.3667 to 482.3823, inclusive. The term includes:  (1) The successor, if any, of a charitable organization; and  (2) A charitable organization to which additional fees for special license plates are distributed pursuant to subparagraph (3) of paragraph (b) of subsection 5 of NRS 482.38279.  (Added to NRS by 2003, 494; A 2003, 20th Special Session, 256; 2007, 577, 826; 2009, 496, 960; 2011, 1795; 2013, 2558, 2860; 2015, 663, 1759, 1945; 2017, 3565; 2019, 204, 565, 3091)