NV Rev Stat § 482.424 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases|NRS 482.424 - Sale of used or rebuilt vehicle: Duties of seller; exception; information concerning secured party; temporary placards; completion of dealer’s or rebuilder’s report of sale and furnishing of copy of information included therein.

  1. When a used or rebuilt vehicle is sold in this State to any person, except a licensed dealer, by a dealer, rebuilder, long-term lessor or short-term lessor, the seller shall complete and submit to the Department a dealer’s or rebuilder’s report of sale. The dealer’s or rebuilder’s report of sale must be transmitted electronically to the Department in the manner required by the Department and must include:  (a) A description of the vehicle, including whether it is a rebuilt vehicle;  (b) The name and address of the seller; and  (c) The name and address of the buyer.  2. If a security interest exists at the time of the sale, or if in connection with the sale a security interest is taken or retained by the seller to secure all or part of the purchase price, or a security interest is taken by a person who gives value to enable the buyer to acquire rights in the vehicle, the name and address of the secured party must be included in the dealer’s or rebuilder’s report of sale.  3. Unless an extension of time is granted by the Department, the seller shall:  (a) Collect the fees set forth in NRS 482.429 for:  (1) A certificate of title for a vehicle registered in this State; and  (2) The processing of the dealer’s or rebuilder’s report of sale; and  (b) Within 30 days after the electronic transmission to the Department of the dealer’s or rebuilder’s report of sale:  (1) Submit to the Department the properly endorsed certificate of title previously issued for the vehicle; and  (2) Remit to the Department the fees collected pursuant to paragraph (a).  4. Upon entering into a contract or other written agreement for the sale of a used or rebuilt vehicle, the seller shall affix a temporary placard to the rear of the vehicle. Only one temporary placard may be issued for the vehicle. The temporary placard must:  (a) Be in a form prescribed by the Department;  (b) Be made of a material appropriate for use on the exterior of a vehicle;  (c) Be free from foreign materials and clearly visible from the rear of the vehicle; and  (d) Include the date of its expiration.  5. Compliance with the requirements of subsection 4 permits the vehicle to be operated for not more than 30 days after the execution of a written agreement to purchase or the contract of sale, whichever occurs first. Upon the issuance of the certificate of registration and license plates for the vehicle or the expiration of the temporary placard, whichever occurs first, the buyer shall remove the temporary placard from the rear of the vehicle.  6. To establish compliance with the period required by paragraph (b) of subsection 3, the Department shall use the date on which the dealer’s or rebuilder’s report of sale was transmitted electronically to the Department as the beginning date of the 30-day period.  7. Upon executing all the documents necessary to complete the sale of the vehicle, including, without limitation, the financial documents, the seller shall complete the dealer’s or rebuilder’s report of sale and furnish a copy of the information included therein to the buyer not less than 10 days before the expiration of the temporary placard.  (Added to NRS by 1967, 130; A 1971, 1307; 1973, 1163; 1975, 1074; 1977, 999; 1979, 1025, 1227; 1987, 1592; 1993, 1391; 1997, 197; 1999, 257; 2001, 917; 2003, 463, 2643; 2007, 3218; 2013, 2524)