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2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.3818 - Vintage license plates: Production; issuance; fee; retention or return upon disposal of vehicle.

1. The Department may produce and issue vintage license plates to residents of Nevada for any motor vehicle manufactured not later than 1961.
2. Vintage license plates issued pursuant to this section must be produced by the Department:
(a) Using only digital technology for the production of the plates; and
(b) To appear, insofar as is practicable, the same as the license plates that were issued in Nevada during the year of manufacture of the particular motor vehicle to which the vintage license plates will be affixed.
3. The fee for vintage license plates issued pursuant to this section is $35, in addition to all other applicable registration and license fees and governmental services taxes. The vintage license plates are renewable upon the payment of $10.
4. If, during a registration year, the holder of vintage license plates issued pursuant to the provisions of this section disposes of the vehicle to which the plates are affixed, the holder shall:
(a) Retain the plates and affix them to another vehicle that meets the requirements of this section if the holder pays the fee for the transfer of the registration and any registration fee or governmental services tax due pursuant to NRS 482.399; or
(b) Within 30 days after removing the plates from the vehicle, return them to the Department.
(Added to NRS by 2003, 3346; A 2017, 1299)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.3823 - Vehicle used for course of instruction in automobile repair.

1. An educational institution may operate on the highways of this State an unregistered motor vehicle otherwise required to be registered pursuant to this chapter if there is displayed on the vehicle a special license plate assigned to the educational institution pursuant to subsection 2. Such operation is strictly limited to movement of the vehicle:
(a) From one educational institution to another educational institution;
(b) From the educational institution to an established place of business which specializes in particular automotive repairs; and
(c) Which is necessary to test the vehicle under practical operating conditions on the road.
2. Upon application by an educational institution, submission of such evidence of qualification as is determined necessary by the Director and payment of the applicable fee, the Department shall assign to the educational institution one or more sets of special license plates for use on educational vehicles. The Department shall charge and collect a fee of $5 for each set of special license plates issued pursuant to this section. The plates are valid for 1 year. The fee for renewal is $5.
3. Any unauthorized use of special license plates issued pursuant to this section is cause for the Department to revoke all sets of those plates issued to the educational institution. Unauthorized use of the plates includes:
(a) Display on a vehicle which is not an educational vehicle; and
(b) Movement of an educational vehicle in any manner not authorized in subsection 1.
4. Each special plate issued pursuant to this section must have displayed upon it suitable characters, as determined by the Department, to identify the vehicle as an educational vehicle. The special plates may be used interchangeably on educational vehicles by the educational institution to which the plates were issued.
5. As used in this section:
(a) "Educational institution" means:
(1) A public school as that term is defined in NRS 385.007; or
(2) One of the branches or facilities within the Nevada System of Higher Education,
which offers a course of instruction in automotive repair and owns or controls an educational vehicle.
(b) "Educational vehicle" means any motor vehicle which is owned or controlled by an educational institution and used exclusively for the purposes of a course of instruction in automotive repair. The term does not include any motor vehicle:
(1) Used by the educational institution for any purpose not directly related to a course of instruction in automotive repair.
(2) Owned by a pupil, student or employee of the educational institution.
(Added to NRS by 1991, 316; A 1993, 410)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.3825 - Director authorized to issue souvenir license plates; "issuance" does not include resale of plates by charitable organization.

1. The Director may order the design and preparation of souvenir license plates which are easily distinguishable in design or color from regular license plates. The Director may establish a fee for the issuance of such plates of not more than $15 per plate. The Department may issue more than one plate of any particular design.
2. All money collected from the issuance of souvenir license plates must be deposited in the State Treasury for credit to the License Plate Production Account created by NRS 482.268.
3. As used in this section, "issuance" does not include the resale of a souvenir license plate as authorized pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection 1 of NRS 482.3824.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 1475; A 2001, 586, 1676; 2003, 500; 2015, 2825)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.38272 - Definitions.

As used in NRS 482.38272 to 482.38279, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 482.38273 to 482.38276, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
(Added to NRS by 2007, 817; A 2015, 999)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.38273 - "Additional fees" defined.

"Additional fees" means the fees that are charged in connection with the issuance or renewal of a special license plate for the benefit of a particular cause, fund or charitable organization. The term does not include registration and license fees or governmental services taxes.
(Added to NRS by 2007, 817)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.38275 - "Intended recipient" defined.

"Intended recipient" means the particular cause, fund or charitable organization for the benefit of which additional fees are imposed. In the case of special license plates:
1. Authorized by enactment of the Legislature, the term means the particular cause, fund or charitable organization identified in statute as the required recipient of additional fees.
2. Authorized pursuant to the system of application and petition described in NRS 482.367002, the term means the particular cause, fund or charitable organization:
(a) Identified as the intended recipient of additional fees, as described in the application that was submitted for those special license plates pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 2 of that section; or
(b) To which the additional fees for special license plates are distributed pursuant to subparagraph (2) of paragraph (c) of subsection 5 of NRS 482.38279.
(Added to NRS by 2007, 817; A 2019, 205; 2021, 49)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.38276 - "Special license plate" defined.

"Special license plate" means:
1. A license plate that the Department has designed and prepared pursuant to NRS 482.367002 in accordance with the system of application and petition described in that section;
2. A license plate approved by the Legislature that the Department has designed and prepared pursuant to NRS 482.3747, 482.37903, 482.37904, 482.37905, 482.37907, 482.37917, 482.379175, 482.37918, 482.37919, 482.3792, 482.3793, 482.37933, 482.37934, 482.37935, 482.379355, 482.379365, 482.37937, 482.379375, 482.37938, 482.37939, 482.37945 or 482.37947; and
3. Except for a license plate that is issued pursuant to NRS 482.3746, 482.3757, 482.3785, 482.3787, 482.37901, 482.37902, 482.37906, 482.3791, 482.3794 or 482.37941, a license plate that is approved by the Legislature after July 1, 2005.
(Added to NRS by 2007, 817; A 2015, 664; 2017, 3566, 3576; 2019, 566, 901, 1486, 3092; 2021, 3742; 2023, 2701)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.382765 - Certain charitable organizations to submit to Department methods and procedures for awarding grants; such organizations not to award grants until methods and procedures deemed adequate by Department.

1. Upon receiving notification by the Department pursuant to subsection 9 of NRS 482.367002 that a special license plate that is intended to generate financial support for an organization will be issued by the Department, or upon a determination pursuant to subparagraph (2) of paragraph (c) of subsection 5 of NRS 482.38279 to distribute additional fees from a special license plate to the charitable organization, a charitable organization, not including a governmental entity whose budget is in the executive budget, that is to receive additional fees shall, if the charitable organization wishes to award grants with any of the money received in the form of additional fees, submit to the Department in writing the methods and procedures to be used by the charitable organization in awarding such grants, including, without limitation:
(a) A copy of the application form to be used by any person or entity seeking a grant from the charitable organization;
(b) The guidelines established by the charitable organization for the submission and review of applications to receive a grant from the charitable organization; and
(c) The criteria to be used by the charitable organization in awarding such a grant.
2. Upon receipt of the information required, the Department shall review the procedures to determine if the methods and procedures are adequate to ensure that all money received in the form of additional fees is expended solely for the benefit of the intended recipient. If the Department determines that the methods and procedures are:
(a) Adequate to ensure that all money received in the form of additional fees is expended solely for the benefit of the intended recipient, the Department shall notify the charitable organization of that determination.
(b) Inadequate to ensure that all money received in the form of additional fees is expended solely for the benefit of the intended recipient, the Department shall notify the charitable organization and request that the charitable organization submit a revised version of the methods and procedures to be used by the charitable organization in awarding grants.
3. A charitable organization may not award any grants of money received in the form of additional fees until the procedures and methods have been determined adequate by the Department pursuant to subsection 2.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 995; A 2019, 206; 2021, 50, 356)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.38278 - Legislative Auditor to submit annual final written report; contents of report.

1. On or before September 30 following the end of each fiscal year, the Legislative Auditor shall submit a final written report with respect to the charitable organizations that have filed with the Legislative Auditor a balance sheet pursuant to subsection 1 of NRS 482.38277 to:
(a) The Department; and
(b) The Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau for transmittal to the Legislature, if the Legislature is in session, or to the Legislative Commission, if the Legislature is not in session.
2. Along with any statement of explanation or rebuttal from the charitable organization, the final written report may include, without limitation:
(a) Evidence regarding the inadequacy or inaccuracy of any forms or records filed by the charitable organization with the Department;
(b) Evidence regarding any improper practices of financial administration on the part of the charitable organization;
(c) Evidence regarding the methods and procedures, or lack thereof, used to ensure that all money received in the form of additional fees is expended solely for the benefit of the intended recipient; and
(d) Any other evidence or information that the Legislative Auditor determines to be relevant to the propriety of the financial administration and recordkeeping of the charitable organization, including, without limitation, the disposition of any additional fees received by the charitable organization.
(Added to NRS by 2007, 817; A 2009, 19; 2013, 1481; 2015, 1000; 2019, 197; 2021, 358)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.382785 - Department may request audit of certain charitable organizations; Legislative Commission may direct Legislative Auditor to perform audit; Legislative Auditor to prepare and distribute written report of audit.

1. The Department may request the Legislative Commission to direct the Legislative Auditor to perform an audit of any charitable organization if the Department:
(a) Has reasonable cause to believe or has received a credible complaint that the charitable organization has filed with the Department forms or records that are inadequate or inaccurate, has committed improper practices of financial administration, or has failed to use adequate methods and procedures to ensure that all money received in the form of additional fees is expended solely for the benefit of the intended recipient; or
(b) Determines that an audit is reasonably necessary to assist the Department in administering NRS 482.3667 to 482.38279, inclusive.
2. If the Legislative Commission directs the Legislative Auditor to perform an audit of a charitable organization, the Legislative Auditor shall:
(a) Conduct the audit and prepare a final written report of the audit; and
(b) Distribute a copy of the final written report to the Director.
3. Along with any statement of explanation or rebuttal from the audited charitable organization, the final written report of the audit may include, without limitation:
(a) Evidence regarding the inadequacy or inaccuracy of any forms or records filed by the charitable organization with the Department;
(b) Evidence regarding any improper practices of financial administration on the part of the charitable organization;
(c) Evidence regarding the methods and procedures, or lack thereof, used to ensure that all money received in the form of additional fees is expended solely for the benefit of the intended recipient; and
(d) Any other evidence or information that the Legislative Auditor determines to be relevant to the propriety of the financial administration and recordkeeping of the charitable organization, including, without limitation, the disposition of any additional fees received by the charitable organization.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 994; A 2021, 359)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.382787 - Certain documents and information submitted to Department are public records.

All documents and information submitted to the Department pursuant to NRS 482.382765 to 482.382785, inclusive, by a charitable organization that is to receive additional fees, not including a governmental entity whose budget is in the executive budget, are public records and are available for public inspection as provided in chapter 239 of NRS.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 996; A 2021, 360)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.383 - Conditions for issuance; fee.

1. The Department may issue a special use permit for the operation of any unregistered and unlicensed vehicle upon any highway in this State to enable such a vehicle to operate in connection with special events, such as parades.
2. A permit issued pursuant to subsection 1 must be in a form prescribed by the Department and must limit the use of the vehicle for which it is issued to movement for the purpose set forth in the application for the permit. Such a permit must be affixed to the vehicle in a manner and position determined by the Department and must be cancelled, destroyed or surrendered under such rules as the Department may prescribe.
3. The Department shall charge a fee of $2 for each permit issued pursuant to subsection 1.
(Added to NRS by 1963, 1276; A 1973, 91; 1993, 1387; 1999, 3577)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.3831 - Definitions.

As used in NRS 482.3831 to 482.384, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 482.3833 to 482.3839, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
(Added to NRS by 2003, 373)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.3833 - "Person with a disability of moderate duration" defined.

"Person with a disability of moderate duration" means a person:
1. With a disability which limits or impairs the ability to walk; and
2. Whose disability has been certified by a licensed physician, physician assistant or advanced practice registered nurse as being reversible, but estimated to last longer than 6 months.
(Added to NRS by 2003, 373; A 2017, 1775; 2019, 143)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.3835 - "Person with a disability which limits or impairs the ability to walk" defined.

"Person with a disability which limits or impairs the ability to walk" means a person who:
1. Cannot walk 200 feet without stopping to rest;
2. Cannot walk without the use of a brace, cane, crutch, wheelchair or prosthetic or other assistive device, or another person;
3. Is restricted by a lung disease to such an extent that the person’s forced expiratory volume for 1 second, when measured by a spirometer, is less than 1 liter, or the arterial oxygen tension is less than 60 millimeters of mercury on room air while the person is at rest;
4. Uses portable oxygen;
5. Has a cardiac condition to the extent that the person’s functional limitations are classified in severity as a Class III or Class IV according to standards adopted by the American Heart Association;
6. Has a visual disability; or
7. Is severely limited in his or her ability to walk because of an arthritic, neurological or orthopedic condition.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 1386; A 2003, 376)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.3837 - "Person with a permanent disability" defined.

1. "Person with a permanent disability" means a person:
(a) With a disability which limits or impairs the ability to walk; and
(b) Whose disability has been certified by a licensed physician, physician assistant or advanced practice registered nurse as irreversible.
2. The term includes a person with a qualifying service-connected disability, as that term is defined in subsection 1 or 2 of NRS 482.0962.
(Added to NRS by 2003, 373; A 2017, 1775; 2019, 78, 143)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.3839 - "Person with a temporary disability" defined.

"Person with a temporary disability" means a person:
1. With a disability which limits or impairs the ability to walk; and
2. Whose disability has been certified by a licensed physician, physician assistant or advanced practice registered nurse as estimated to last not longer than 6 months.
(Added to NRS by 2003, 373; A 2017, 1775; 2019, 143)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.3843 - Application; issuance; use; surrender; no fee to be charged by Department.

1. The chief of a volunteer fire department may apply to the Department of Motor Vehicles for the issuance of a placard for a member of the volunteer fire department, a volunteer emergency medical technician, advanced emergency medical technician or paramedic associated with the department. The application must:
(a) Be submitted on a form approved by the Department of Motor Vehicles; and
(b) Include:
(1) The name of the volunteer fire department;
(2) The county in which the volunteer fire department is located; and
(3) The number of placards requested.
2. Upon receipt of an application pursuant to the provisions of subsection 1, the Department of Motor Vehicles shall prepare and issue the number of placards requested in the application. The placards must be yellow in color and must have appropriate mounting holes. The volunteer fire department is responsible for determining the design, lettering and numbering of the placards.
3. The chief of the volunteer fire department shall establish rules:
(a) Regarding the issuance and use of the placards; and
(b) Establishing a method of establishing and maintaining records of placards that have been issued.
4. When a member to whom a placard has been issued ceases to be a member of the volunteer fire department, or when a volunteer emergency medical technician, advanced emergency medical technician or paramedic to whom a placard has been issued ceases to be associated with the department, the person shall surrender the placard to the chief of the volunteer fire department from which the person received the placard.
5. A placard issued pursuant to the provisions of this section may not be used in lieu of a license plate otherwise required by this chapter.
6. The Department of Motor Vehicles shall not charge a fee for the issuance of the placards pursuant to this section.
(Added to NRS by 1999, 253; A 2001, 2551; 2013, 959)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.390 - Commercial vehicle of nonresident owner: Applicability of provisions; conditions for exemption from registration.

1. All nonresident owners or operators of vehicles of a type subject to registration under this chapter operating those vehicles on the public highways of this State as common motor carriers of persons or property, contract motor carriers of persons or property, or private motor carriers of property, as such carriers are now or may hereafter be defined in the laws of this State relating thereto are governed by and must pay the fees required by the provisions of those laws with respect to the operation of those vehicles in any of such carrier services.
2. All such nonresident owners or operators of such vehicles may operate the vehicles upon the public highways of this State without any registration thereof in this State under the provisions of this chapter and without the payment of any registration fees to the State upon the following conditions:
(a) That each vehicle must be operated pursuant to § 530 of article V of the International Registration Plan, as adopted by the Department pursuant to NRS 706.826, or be registered or licensed and have attached thereto the registration or license plates for the then current year, pursuant to the motor vehicle registration laws of the state or country wherein the owner of the motor vehicle resides or maintains his or her principal place of business and wherein the vehicle is registered for that year, which registration or license plates must be displayed on the vehicle during all of the time operated in this State.
(b) That the laws of the state or country of the residence or principal place of business of the owner of the vehicle do not require the registration of the vehicles and payment of fees therefor from residents of this State engaging in similar carrier services in the state or country of the residence or principal place of business of the nonresident owner wherein the motor vehicle is registered.
[Part 17:202:1931; A 1933, 249; 1937, 330; 1941, 279; 1943, 266; 1951, 156; 1955, 350]—(NRS A 1997, 320; 2017, 427)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.395 - Reciprocal agreements and arrangements.

The Director is authorized, empowered and directed to enter into agreements and formal compacts with appropriate officials of other states for the purpose of establishing rules and regulations governing registration, conduct and operation of motor vehicles coming within the provisions of NRS 482.385 and 482.390, including mutual agreements leading to the revocation of reciprocity for persistent violators of laws concerning motor vehicle operation and licensing.
[Part 17:202:1931; A 1933, 249; 1937, 330; 1941, 279; 1943, 266; 1951, 156; 1955, 350]—(NRS A 1961, 132; 1973, 1569)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.3955 - Special permits for movement of vehicles by dealers, distributors, rebuilders or other persons; permits for operation of vehicle by charitable organizations.

1. The Department shall issue to any dealer, distributor, rebuilder or other person, upon request, and upon payment of a fee of $8.25, a special permit, in a form to be determined by the Department, for the movement of any vehicle to sell outside the State of Nevada, or for the movement outside the State of any vehicle purchased by a nonresident. The permit must be affixed to the vehicle to be so moved in a manner and position to be determined by the Department, and expires 30 days after its issuance.
2. The Department may issue a permit to a resident of this State who desires to move an unregistered vehicle within the State upon the payment of a fee of $8.25. The permit is valid for 24 hours.
3. The Department shall, upon the request of a charitable organization which intends to sell a vehicle which has been donated to the organization, issue to the organization a permit for the operation of the vehicle until the vehicle is sold by the organization. The Department shall not charge a fee for the issuance of the permit.
(Added to NRS by 1960, 134; A 1963, 105; 1965, 1474; 1971, 1554; 1973, 171; 1983, 1001; 1995, 2355; 2021, 698)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.396 - Permit to operate certain unregistered vehicles; operation by purchaser without permit.

1. A person who is not a dealer, manufacturer or rebuilder may apply to the Department for a permit to operate a vehicle which:
(a) Is not subject to the provisions of NRS 482.390, 482.395 and 706.801 to 706.861, inclusive; and
(b) Is not currently registered in this State, another state or a foreign country, or has been purchased by the applicant from a person who is not a dealer.
2. The Department shall adopt regulations imposing a fee for the issuance of the permit.
3. Each permit must:
(a) Bear the date of expiration in numerals of sufficient size to be plainly readable from a reasonable distance during daylight;
(b) Expire at 5 p.m. not more than 60 days after its date of issuance;
(c) Be affixed to the vehicle in the manner prescribed by the Department; and
(d) Be removed and destroyed upon its expiration or the issuance of a new permit or a certificate of registration for the vehicle, whichever occurs first.
4. The Department may authorize the issuance of more than one permit for the vehicle to be operated by the applicant.
5. A person who is not a dealer, manufacturer or rebuilder who purchased a vehicle described in subsection 1 may move the vehicle without being issued a permit pursuant to this section for 3 days after the date of purchase if the person carries in the vehicle:
(a) Proof of ownership or proof of purchase; and
(b) Proof of liability insurance.
(Added to NRS by 1975, 238; A 1981, 868; 1985, 683; 2001, 913; 2010, 26th Special Session, 47; 2021, 698)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.3963 - Temporary permit for owner-lessor to operate certain unregistered vehicles.

1. An owner of a vehicle who leases it to a carrier and operates the vehicle pursuant to that lease may apply to the Department for a temporary permit to operate the vehicle if the vehicle:
(a) Is not subject to the provisions of NRS 482.390 and 482.395;
(b) Is not currently registered in this State, another state or a foreign country; and
(c) Is operated at the vehicle’s unladen weight.
2. The Department shall charge $10 for such a temporary permit, in addition to all other applicable fees and taxes.
3. Such a temporary permit must:
(a) Bear the date of its expiration;
(b) Expire at 5 p.m. on the 15th day after its date of issuance;
(c) Be affixed to the vehicle in a manner prescribed by the Department; and
(d) Be removed and destroyed upon its expiration or upon the issuance of a certificate of registration for the vehicle, whichever occurs first.
4. As used in this section, "carrier" means a common motor carrier of passengers as defined in NRS 706.041, a common motor carrier of property as defined in NRS 706.046, a contract motor carrier as defined in NRS 706.051, or a private motor carrier of property as defined in NRS 706.111.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 318)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.3965 - Temporary permit for short-term lessor to operate certain unregistered vehicles.

1. A short-term lessor may apply to the Department for a temporary permit to operate a vehicle which:
(a) Is not subject to the provisions of NRS 482.390, 482.395 and 706.801 to 706.861, inclusive; and
(b) Is not currently registered in this State, another state or a foreign country.
2. The Department may, by regulation, establish a reasonable fee for such a permit. When a short-term lessor who has received a temporary permit issued pursuant to this section applies to register the vehicle, the Department shall credit against the amount otherwise due the amount paid by the short-term lessor for the temporary permit.
3. A permit must:
(a) Bear the date of its expiration in numerals of sufficient size to be plainly readable from a reasonable distance during daylight;
(b) Expire at 5 p.m. on the 30th day after its date of issuance;
(c) Be affixed to the vehicle in the manner prescribed by the Department; and
(d) Be removed and destroyed upon its expiration or the issuance of a certificate of registration for the vehicle, whichever occurs first.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 156; A 2005, 4)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.398 - Issuance in county whose population is 700,000 or more; conditions under which permit not necessary.

1. In a county whose population is 700,000 or more, a permit for the operation of a golf cart may be issued by the Department if the golf cart is equipped as required by subsection 2 and evidence of insurance as required for the registration of a motor vehicle is submitted when application for the permit is made.
2. A golf cart must have the following equipment:
(a) Headlamps;
(b) Tail lamps, reflectors, stop lamps and an emblem or placard for slow moving vehicles;
(c) A mirror; and
(d) Brakes.
Each of these items of equipment must meet the standards prescribed for motor vehicles generally.
3. A permit is not required for the operation of a golf cart during daylight, by a person holding a current driver’s license, if the golf cart is:
(a) Equipped with an emblem or placard for slow moving vehicles; and
(b) Operated solely upon that portion of a highway designated by the appropriate city or county as a:
(1) Crossing for golf carts; or
(2) Route of access between a golf course and the residence or temporary abode of the owner or operator of the golf cart.
(Added to NRS by 1991, 2329; A 1993, 2481; 1995, 2731; 2011, 1288)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.410 - Transferee to apply for certificate of registration and pay governmental services tax.

The transferee of a vehicle shall apply for a certificate of registration and pay the governmental services tax to the deputy registrar of motor vehicles in any county of this State, in the manner provided in this chapter for an original registration.
[Part 15:202:1931; 1931 NCL § 4435.14]—(NRS A 1959, 915; 1960, 132; 1967, 132; 2001, 335)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.415 - Registration if transferee unable to produce certificate of registration or title.

1. Whenever application is made to the Department for registration of a vehicle previously registered pursuant to this chapter and the applicant is unable to present the certificate of registration or certificate of title previously issued for the vehicle because the certificate of registration or certificate of title is lost, unlawfully detained by one in possession or otherwise not available, the Department may receive the application, investigate the circumstances of the case and require the filing of affidavits or other information. When the Department is satisfied that the applicant is entitled to a new certificate of registration and certificate of title, it may register the applicant’s vehicle and issue new certificates and a new license plate or plates to the person or persons entitled thereto. An applicant who is unable to satisfy the Department that the applicant is entitled to a new certificate of title pursuant to this subsection may obtain a new certificate of title pursuant to the provisions of NRS 482.2605.
2. Whenever application is made to the Department for the registration of a motor vehicle of which the:
(a) Ownership has been transferred;
(b) Certificate of title is lost, unlawfully detained by one in possession or otherwise not available; and
(c) Model year is 2011 or newer and the motor vehicle is less than 20 years old,
the transferor of the motor vehicle may, to furnish any information required by the Department to carry out the provisions of NRS 484D.330, designate the transferee of the motor vehicle as attorney-in-fact on a form for a power of attorney provided by the Department.
3. The Department shall provide the form described in subsection 2. The form must be:
(a) Produced in a manner that ensures that the form may not be easily counterfeited; and
(b) Substantially similar to the form set forth in Appendix E of Part 580 of Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
4. The Department may charge a fee not to exceed 50 cents for each form it provides.
[Part 7:202:1931; 1931 NCL § 4435.06]—(NRS A 1959, 915; 1995, 1044; 2003, 463; 2017, 2751; 2023, 2927)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.420 - Transfer other than voluntary transfer: Expiration of registration; operation of vehicle.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, in the event of the transfer by operation of law of the title or interest of an owner in and to a vehicle as upon inheritance, devise or bequest, order in bankruptcy or insolvency, execution sale, repossession upon default in performing the terms of a lease or executory sales contract, transfer on death pursuant to NRS 482.247, or otherwise, the registration thereof expires and the vehicle must not be operated upon the highways until and unless the person entitled thereto shall apply for and obtain the registration thereof.
2. An administrator, executor, trustee or other representative of the owner, or a sheriff or other officer, or any person repossessing the vehicle under the terms of a conditional sales contract, lease or other security agreement, or the assignee or legal representative of any such person, may operate or cause to be operated any vehicle upon the highways for a distance not to exceed 75 miles from the place of repossession or place where formerly kept by the owner to a garage, warehouse or other place of keeping or storage, either upon displaying upon such vehicle the number plate issued to the former owner or without a number plate attached thereto but under written permission first obtained from the Department or the local police authorities having jurisdiction over such highways, and upon displaying in plain sight a placard bearing the name and address of the person authorizing and directing such movement and plainly readable from a distance of 100 feet during daylight.
[Part 15:202:1931; 1931 NCL § 4435.14]—(NRS A 1965, 942; 2007, 990)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.4215 - Circumstances in which lease does not constitute sale or create security interest.

Notwithstanding any specific statute to the contrary, the lease of a motor vehicle or trailer for use primarily in a trade or business of the lessee does not constitute a sale or create a security interest merely because the lease permits or requires that the rental price be adjusted upward or downward by reference to the amount realized by the lessor upon the sale or other disposition of the motor vehicle or trailer upon the termination of the lease.
(Added to NRS by 2003, 1425)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.4235 - Lease of new vehicle pursuant to long-term lease: Duties of long-term lessor; temporary placards; completion of long-term lessor’s report of lease and furnishing of copy of information included therein.

1. If a new vehicle is leased in this State by a long-term lessor, the long-term lessor shall complete and submit to the Department a manufacturer’s certificate of origin or a manufacturer’s statement of origin, and transmit electronically to the Department a long-term lessor’s report of lease. Such a report must be transmitted electronically to the Department in the manner required by the Department and must include:
(a) A description of the vehicle; and
(b) The names and addresses of the long-term lessor, long-term lessee and any person having a security interest in the vehicle.
2. Unless an extension of time is granted by the Department, the long-term lessor shall, within 20 days after the electronic transmission to the Department of the long-term lessor’s report of lease:
(a) Submit to the Department the manufacturer’s certificate of origin or manufacturer’s statement of origin; and
(b) Collect and remit to the Department the fee set forth in NRS 482.429 for the processing of the long-term lessor’s report of lease.
3. Upon entering into a lease or written agreement to lease for a new vehicle, the long-term lessor 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.
4. Compliance with the requirements of subsection 3 permits the vehicle to be operated for a period not to exceed 30 days after the execution of a written agreement to lease or the lease, whichever occurs first. Upon issuance of the certificate of registration and license plates for the vehicle or the expiration of the temporary placard, whichever occurs first, the long-term lessee shall remove the temporary placard from the rear of the vehicle.
5. For the purposes of establishing compliance with the period required by subsection 2, the Department shall use the date on which the long-term lessor’s report of lease was transmitted electronically to the Department as the beginning date of the 20-day period.
6. Upon executing all the documents necessary to complete the lease of the vehicle, including, without limitation, the financial documents, the long-term lessor shall complete the long-term lessor’s report of lease and furnish a copy of the information included therein to the long-term lessee not less than 10 days before the expiration of the temporary placard.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 1385; A 1997, 197; 1999, 257; 2001, 916; 2003, 2642; 2007, 3217; 2013, 2523)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.4245 - Lease of used or rebuilt vehicle pursuant to long-term lease: Duties of long-term lessor; temporary placards; completion of long-term lessor’s report of lease and furnishing of copy of information included therein.

1. If a used or rebuilt vehicle is leased in this State by a long-term lessor, the long-term lessor shall complete and submit to the Department a long-term lessor’s report of lease. Such a report must be transmitted electronically to the Department in the manner required by the Department and must include:
(a) A description of the vehicle;
(b) An indication as to whether the vehicle is a rebuilt vehicle; and
(c) The names and addresses of the long-term lessor, long-term lessee and any person having a security interest in the vehicle.
2. Unless an extension of time is granted by the Department, the long-term lessor shall, within 30 days after the electronic transmission to the Department of the long-term lessor’s report of lease:
(a) Submit to the Department the properly endorsed certificate of title previously issued for the vehicle; and
(b) Collect and remit to the Department the fee set forth in NRS 482.429 for the processing of the long-term lessor’s report of lease.
3. Upon entering into a lease or written agreement to lease for a used or rebuilt vehicle, the long-term lessor 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.
4. Compliance with the requirements of subsection 3 permits the vehicle to be operated for a period not to exceed 30 days after the execution of a written agreement to lease or the lease, whichever comes first. Upon issuance of the certificate of registration and license plates for the vehicle or the expiration of the temporary placard, whichever occurs first, the long-term lessee shall remove the temporary placard from the rear of the vehicle.
5. To establish compliance with the period required by subsection 2, the Department shall use the date on which the long-term lessor’s report of lease was transmitted electronically to the Department as the beginning date of the 30-day period.
6. Upon executing all the documents necessary to complete the lease of the vehicle, including, without limitation, the financial documents, the long-term lessor shall complete the long-term lessor’s report of lease and furnish a copy of the information included therein to the long-term lessee not less than 10 days before the expiration of the temporary placard.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 1385; A 1997, 198; 1999, 259; 2001, 918; 2003, 464, 2644; 2007, 3219; 2013, 2525)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.426 - Sale of used or rebuilt vehicle by person not dealer or rebuilder: Duties; documents and statement to be submitted to Department; remittance of fee.

When a used or rebuilt vehicle is sold in this State by a person who is not a dealer or rebuilder, the seller or buyer or both of them shall, within 10 days after the sale:
1. Submit to the Department:
(a) If a certificate of title has been issued in this State, the certificate properly endorsed.
(b) If a certificate of title or other document of title has been issued by a public authority of another state, territory or country:
(1) The certificate or document properly endorsed; and
(2) A statement containing, if not included in the endorsed certificate or document, the description of the vehicle, including whether it is a rebuilt vehicle, the names and addresses of the buyer and seller, and the name and address of any person who takes or retains a purchase money security interest. Any such statement must be signed and acknowledged by the seller and the buyer.
(c) If no document of title has been issued by any public authority, a statement containing all the information and signed and acknowledged in the manner required by subparagraph (2) of paragraph (b).
2. Remit to the Department the fee set forth in NRS 482.429 for the processing of an endorsed certificate of title or statement submitted to the Department pursuant to this section.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 130; A 1971, 1308; 1987, 1593; 2003, 465, 2645)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.427 - Issuance of certificate of title to buyer, secured party or assignee.

1. Upon receipt of the documents required respectively by NRS 482.423, 482.424 and 482.426 to be submitted to it, and the payment of all required fees, the Department shall issue a certificate of title.
2. If no security interest is created or exists in connection with the sale, the certificate of title must be issued to the buyer.
3. If a security interest is created by the sale, the certificate of title must be issued to the secured party or to his or her assignee.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 130; A 1977, 999; 1979, 1228; 1997, 199; 2003, 465)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.428 - Issuance of certificates of title to certain secured parties.

1. Whenever a security interest is created in a motor vehicle, other than a security interest required to be entered pursuant to NRS 482.423, 482.424 or 482.426, the certificate of title of the vehicle must be delivered to the Department with a statement signed by the debtor showing the date of the security agreement, the name and address of the debtor and the name and address of the secured party.
2. The Department shall issue and deliver to the secured party a certificate of title with the name and address of the secured party noted thereon.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 130; A 2003, 466)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.429 - Fees.

1. For its services under this chapter, the Department shall adopt regulations specifying the amount of the fees which the Department will charge and collect:
(a) For each certificate of title issued for a vehicle present or registered in this State.
(b) For each duplicate certificate of title issued.
(c) For each certificate of title issued for a vehicle not present in or registered in this State.
(d) For expedited processing of a certificate of title issued pursuant to paragraph (a), (b) or (c).
(e) For expedited mailing of a certificate of title issued pursuant to paragraph (a), (b) or (c), that does not include prepaid postage.
(f) For the processing of each dealer’s or rebuilder’s report of sale submitted to the Department.
(g) For the processing of each long-term lessor’s report of lease submitted to the Department.
(h) For the processing of each endorsed certificate of title or statement submitted to the Department upon the sale of a used or rebuilt vehicle in this State by a person who is not a dealer or rebuilder.
2. Any fee paid pursuant to paragraphs (d) and (e) of subsection 1 must be deposited with the State Treasurer for credit to the Motor Vehicle Fund and allocated to the Department to defray the costs of processing and mailing certificates of title.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 131; A 1979, 89; 1981, 664; 1985, 929; 1991, 1905; 2003, 2645; 2010, 26th Special Session, 47; 2013, 2827)