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2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.431 - Delivery of certificate of title following performance of terms of contract or security agreement; complaint; investigation; administrative fine; opportunity for hearing; deposit of fines.

1. Within 15 days after the terms of the contract or security agreement have been fully performed, the seller or other secured party who holds a certificate of title shall deliver the certificate of title to the person or persons legally entitled thereto, with proper evidence of the termination or release of the security interest.
2. Upon receipt of a written complaint alleging a violation of subsection 1, the Department shall conduct an investigation of the alleged violation.
3. If the Department determines that the seller or other secured party has violated the provisions of subsection 1, the Department shall impose an administrative fine of $25 for each day that the seller or other secured party is in violation of the provisions of subsection 1. The Department shall afford to any person so fined an opportunity for a hearing pursuant to the provisions of NRS 233B.121.
4. All administrative fines collected by the Department pursuant to subsection 3 must be deposited with the State Treasurer for credit to the State Highway Fund.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 131; A 1997, 199; 2003, 466; 2005, 701)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.432 - Applicable statutory provisions for perfection and release of security interest.

Compliance with the applicable provisions of NRS 482.423 to 482.431, inclusive, is sufficient for the perfection and release of a security interest in a vehicle and for exemption from the requirement of filing of a financing statement under the provisions of NRS 104.9311. In all other respects the rights and duties of the debtor and secured party are governed by the Uniform Commercial Code—Secured Transactions and chapter 97 of NRS to the extent applicable.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 131; A 1973, 965; 1999, 392)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.433 - Inapplicability of certain provisions to security interests in certain vehicles.

NRS 482.423 to 482.432, inclusive, do not apply to a security interest in:
1. Any vehicle which constitutes inventory held for sale; or
2. Any vehicle not required to be registered under this chapter.
Security interests in all such vehicles are governed by NRS 104.9101 to 104.9708, inclusive.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 131; A 1979, 1228; 1999, 393)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.434 - Effect of action or failure to act by Department or its officers or employees.

No right of action exists in favor of any person by reason of any action or failure to act on the part of the Department or any officer or employee thereof in carrying out the provisions of NRS 482.423 to 482.429, inclusive, or in giving or failing to give any information concerning the legal ownership of a motor vehicle or the existence of a security interest therein.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 131)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.436 - Unlawful acts; penalty.

Any person is guilty of a gross misdemeanor who knowingly:
1. Makes or causes to be made any false entry on any certificate of origin or certificate of title;
2. Furnishes or causes to be furnished false information to the Department concerning any security interest; or
3. Fails to submit or causes to not be submitted the certificate of title or certificate of ownership issued for a used vehicle to the Department within the time prescribed in subsection 3 of NRS 482.424 or, if a leased vehicle, subsection 2 of NRS 482.4235.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 131; A 1979, 1026; 1999, 259; 2003, 466; 2007, 3220; 2013, 2526)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.438 - Obtaining duplicate certificate of title to use as security with intent to defraud prohibited; penalties.

1. It is unlawful for a dealer or any other person, with the intent to defraud, to obtain a duplicate certificate of title for any vehicle in which the dealer or other person grants a security interest to secure a present or future debt, obligation or liability of any nature arising from a loan or other extension of credit made in connection with the financing of the inventory of the vehicles of the dealer, or to engage in any other similar practice commonly known as "flooring."
2. A person who violates the provisions of subsection 1 shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of NRS 205.380.
3. In addition to any penalty imposed pursuant to subsection 2, the court shall order the person to pay restitution.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 1366; A 2003, 466)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.451 - Suspension upon court order; return of license plates and registration to Department; reinstatement; sale or transfer of motor vehicle.

1. The Department shall, upon receiving an order from a court to suspend the registration of each motor vehicle that is registered to or owned by a person pursuant to NRS 484C.520, suspend the registration of each such motor vehicle for 5 days and require the return to the Department of the license plates of each such motor vehicle.
2. If the registration of a motor vehicle of a person is suspended pursuant to this section, the person shall immediately return the certificate of registration and the license plates to the Department.
3. The period of suspension of the registration of a motor vehicle that is suspended pursuant to this section begins on the effective date of the suspension as set forth in the notice thereof.
4. The Department shall reinstate the registration of a motor vehicle that was suspended pursuant to this section and reissue the license plates of the motor vehicle only upon the payment of the fee for reinstatement of registration prescribed in subsection 11 of NRS 482.480.
5. The suspension of the registration of a motor vehicle pursuant to this section does not prevent the owner of the motor vehicle from selling or otherwise transferring an interest in the motor vehicle.
(Added to NRS by 1999, 2133; A 2015, 1764)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.456 - Penalties related to operation of motor vehicle for which registration is suspended or failure to return certificate of registration or license plates; service of term of imprisonment; consecutive sentences.

1. A person who has had the registration of a motor vehicle suspended pursuant to NRS 482.451 and who drives the motor vehicle for which the registration has been suspended on a highway is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be:
(a) Punished by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than 30 days nor more than 6 months; or
(b) Sentenced to a term of not less than 60 days nor more than 6 months in residential confinement, and by a fine of not less than $500 and not more than $1,000.
The provisions of this subsection do not apply if the period of suspension has expired but the person has not reinstated the registration.
2. A person who has had the registration of a motor vehicle suspended pursuant to NRS 482.451 and who knowingly allows the motor vehicle for which the registration has been suspended to be operated by another person upon a highway is guilty of a misdemeanor.
3. A person who willfully fails to return a certificate of registration or the license plates as required pursuant to NRS 482.451 is guilty of a misdemeanor.
4. A term of imprisonment imposed pursuant to the provisions of this section may be served intermittently at the discretion of the judge or justice of the peace, except that the full term of imprisonment must be served within 6 months after the date of conviction, and any segment of time the person is imprisoned must not consist of less than 24 hours. This discretion must be exercised after considering all the circumstances surrounding the offense, and the family and employment of the person convicted.
5. Jail sentences simultaneously imposed pursuant to this section and NRS 484C.320, 484C.330, 484C.400, 484C.410 or 484C.420 must run consecutively.
(Added to NRS by 1999, 2133)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.458 - Suspension upon dishonored payment for registration; return of certificate of registration and license plates to Department; notice; reinstatement.

1. The Department may suspend the registration of a motor vehicle and require the return to the Department of the certificate of registration and the license plates of the motor vehicle if a check, draft, electronic transfer of money or other method of payment provided to the Department to register the motor vehicle is returned to the Department or otherwise dishonored by the financial institution on which the check, draft or electronic transfer of money is drawn.
2. If the registration of a motor vehicle of a person is suspended pursuant to this section, the person shall immediately return the certificate of registration and license plates to the Department.
3. The period of suspension of the registration of a motor vehicle that is suspended pursuant to this section begins on the effective date of the suspension as set forth in the notice thereof.
4. The Department shall mail to the registered owner of the motor vehicle a notice of the suspension. The notice must include:
(a) The effective date of the suspension;
(b) The reason for the suspension;
(c) The requirement for the return of the certificate of registration and the license plates of the motor vehicle;
(d) The method by which the registration may be reinstated; and
(e) Any other information the Department deems necessary.
5. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 353C.125, the Department shall reinstate the registration of a motor vehicle and issue license plates to the registered owner of the motor vehicle only upon the payment of:
(a) Any registration and other fees or penalties required pursuant to this chapter;
(b) Any governmental services tax required pursuant to chapter 371 of NRS; and
(c) Any fees and penalties required pursuant to NRS 41.620, 371.140 or 481.079.
(Added to NRS by 2013, 88)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.460 - Unsafe or improperly equipped vehicle.

1. The Department shall rescind and cancel the registration of any vehicle which the Department determines is unsafe, unfit to be operated or not equipped as required by law.
2. The Department shall rescind and cancel the registration of any vehicle if the registered owner of the vehicle is issued a citation or notice of violation for operating a motor vehicle in violation of subsection 2 of NRS 484D.415, unless the owner provides, within 30 days after the citation or notice is issued, proof to the Department that the condition for which he or she was issued the notice or citation has been corrected.
[Part 23:202:1931; A 1953, 280]—(NRS A 1995, 2353)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.461 - Failure of mandatory test of emissions from engines; notification; cost of inspection.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3 of NRS 445B.825, if the test conducted pursuant to NRS 445B.798 indicates that a motor vehicle which is registered in a county whose population is 100,000 or more does not comply with the provisions of NRS 445B.700 to 445B.845, inclusive, and the regulations adopted pursuant thereto, the Department shall mail to the registered owner of the vehicle a notice that the vehicle has failed the test.
2. The notice must include:
(a) The information set forth in subsection 3;
(b) A written statement which contains the results of the test conducted pursuant to NRS 445B.798; and
(c) Any other information the Department deems necessary.
3. The Department shall rescind and cancel the registration of any motor vehicle which fails the test conducted pursuant to NRS 445B.798, unless within 30 days after the notice is mailed by the Department pursuant to subsection 2, the registered owner of the vehicle:
(a) Has the vehicle inspected by an authorized station or authorized inspection station to determine whether the vehicle complies with the provisions of NRS 445B.700 to 445B.845, inclusive, and the regulations adopted pursuant thereto; and
(b) Provides to the Department evidence of compliance issued by the authorized station or authorized inspection station certifying that the vehicle complies with the provisions of NRS 445B.700 to 445B.845, inclusive, and the regulations adopted pursuant thereto.
4. The registered owner of the vehicle shall pay the cost of the inspection required pursuant to subsection 3.
5. As used in this section:
(a) "Authorized inspection station" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 445B.710.
(b) "Authorized station" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 445B.720.
(Added to NRS by 1995, 2352; A 2021, 2173)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.463 - Surrender or proof of loss of certificate of registration and license plates of vehicle with declared gross weight in excess of 26,000 pounds: Refund or credit for excise taxes.

The holder of an original registration for a motor vehicle with a declared gross weight in excess of 26,000 pounds may, upon surrendering the certificate of registration and the corresponding license plates to the Department or upon signing a notarized statement indicating the certificate of registration and the corresponding license plates were lost and providing such supporting documentation as the Department requires, apply to the Department:
1. For a refund of an amount equal to that portion of the governmental services taxes and registration fees paid for the motor vehicle that is attributable, on a pro rata monthly basis, to the remainder of the period of registration; or
2. To have that amount credited against excise taxes due pursuant to the provisions of chapter 366 of NRS.
(Added to NRS by 1989, 1421; A 1997, 321; 2001, 335; 2007, 55)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.465 - Unlawful use of certificate of registration or license plates; cancellation of certificate of title or registration and license plates improperly issued or obtained; revocation of certificate of title or registration and license plates for vehicle with declared gross weight in excess of 26,000 pounds.

1. The Department shall rescind and cancel the registration of a vehicle whenever the person to whom the certificate of registration or license plates therefor have been issued makes or permits to be made any unlawful use of the certificate or plates or permits the use thereof by a person not entitled thereto.
2. The Department shall cancel a certificate of title or certificate of registration and license plates which have been issued erroneously or improperly, or obtained illegally.
3. In addition to any other penalty set forth in this chapter and chapters 366, 459, 484A, 484D and 706 of NRS, the Department may revoke a certificate of title or a certificate of registration and license plates for a vehicle with a declared gross weight in excess of 26,000 pounds if the Department determines that:
(a) The licensee of the vehicle has violated one or more of the provisions of this chapter or chapter 366, 459, 484A, 484D or 706 of NRS and there is reasonable cause for the revocation; or
(b) The motor carrier responsible for the safety of the vehicle is subject to an out-of-service order.
4. Before revoking a certificate of title or a certificate of registration and license plates pursuant to subsection 3, subsection 5 of NRS 482.217 or subsection 5 of NRS 706.188, the Department must send a written notice by certified mail to the licensee or motor carrier, as applicable, at his or her last known address ordering the licensee or motor carrier to appear before the Department at a time not less than 10 days after the mailing of the notice to show cause why the certificate of title or the certificate of registration and license plates should not be revoked pursuant to this section.
5. Upon rescission, revocation or cancellation of the certificate of title or of the certificate of registration and license plates, the affected certificate or certificate and plates must be returned to the Department upon receipt of notice of rescission, revocation or cancellation.
[Part 23:202:1931; A 1953, 280]—(NRS A 1973, 202; 1997, 321; 2003, 466; 2017, 979)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.470 - Disposition of certificates of registration and title and license plates if vehicle dismantled, junked or rendered inoperative; issuance of salvage title; destruction of returned plates.

1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 487.105, if any vehicle is dismantled, junked or rendered inoperative and unfit for further use in accordance with the original purpose for which it was constructed, the owner shall deliver to the Department any certificate of registration and certificate of title issued by the Department or any other jurisdiction, unless the certificate of title is required for the collection of any insurance or other indemnity for the loss of the vehicle, or for transfer in order to dispose of the vehicle.
2. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 487.105, any other person taking possession of a vehicle described in subsection 1 shall immediately deliver to the Department any license plate or plates, certificate of registration or certificate of title issued by the Department or any other jurisdiction, if the person has acquired possession of any of these and unless the certificate of title is required for a further transfer in the ultimate disposition of the vehicle.
3. The Department may issue a salvage title as provided in chapter 487 of NRS.
4. The Department shall destroy any plate or plates that are returned in a manner described in subsections 1 and 2.
[Part 23:202:1931; A 1953, 280]—(NRS A 1967, 592; 1973, 363; 1987, 1593; 1991, 1905; 1995, 336; 1999, 1920; 2003, 467, 1907; 2011, 1658)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.475 - Vehicle used for short-term leasing.

The Department shall cancel the registration of any motor vehicle used for short-term leasing whenever the Department ascertains that the short-term lessor has failed to comply with the requirements of NRS 482.295.
[Part 6:202:1931; A 1941, 51; 1949, 511; 1953, 52]—(NRS A 1967, 707; 1973, 772)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.478 - No refund of registration fees or governmental services taxes upon rescission or cancellation of registration or surrender of license plates; exception.

Except as otherwise provided in NRS 482.463, upon the rescission or cancellation of the registration of any vehicle pursuant to NRS 482.460 to 482.475, inclusive, or the surrender of the corresponding license plates, no refund of the registration fees or governmental services taxes paid for the vehicle may be allowed by the Department.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 1386; A 1995, 2353; 2001, 336)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.4805 - Transfer of money from Account for Verification of Insurance to State Highway Fund.

On June 30 of each year, the State Controller shall transfer from the Account for Verification of Insurance created pursuant to NRS 482.480 to the State Highway Fund any amount in the account which exceeds $500,000.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 2213; A 2001, 2826)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.481 - Proration of fee for registration of certain vehicles.

The registration fees for a motortruck, truck-tractor, bus or combination of vehicles having a declared gross weight of 10,001 pounds or more which is registered on the basis of a calendar year must be reduced by one-twelfth for each calendar month which has elapsed from the beginning of the year and rounded to the nearest dollar.
(Added to NRS by 1985, 1835; A 1989, 1423)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.483 - Additional fees for registration of trailer or semitrailer.

In addition to any other applicable fee listed in NRS 482.480, there must be paid to the Department:
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, for every trailer or semitrailer having an unladen weight of 1,000 pounds or less, a flat registration fee of $12.
2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, for every trailer having an unladen weight of more than 1,000 pounds, a flat registration fee of $24.
3. For any full trailer or semitrailer, other than a recreational vehicle or travel trailer, for a nontransferable registration that does not expire until the owner transfers the ownership of the full trailer or semitrailer, a flat nonrefundable registration fee of $24. If, pursuant to NRS 482.399, the owner of a full trailer or semitrailer that is registered pursuant to this section cancels the registration and surrenders the license plates to the Department, no portion of the flat registration fee will be refunded or credited to the owner.
(Added to NRS by 1985, 1836; A 1991, 1907; 2013, 2863; 2015, 1113)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.4835 - Certain additional charges permissible by lessor of motortruck; disclosure required.

1. A lessor of a motortruck may impose an additional charge to recover any costs incurred by the lessor in conducting his or her business.
2. If a lessor of a motortruck wishes to impose an additional charge pursuant to subsection 1, the lessor shall, at the time he or she provides a price quote or estimate for the lease of the motortruck to the lessee of the motortruck, disclose the existence of the additional charge and include the amount of the additional charge in the price quote or estimate.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 625)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.485 - Weighing of motor vehicles by public weighmasters; alternative for farm vehicles.

1. The provisions of chapter 582 of NRS (Public Weighmasters) are hereby made applicable to this chapter.
2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 6, all motor vehicles required to be weighed under the provisions of this chapter must be weighed by a public weighmaster under such rules and regulations as may be deemed advisable by the Director and the State Sealer of Measurement Standards, and according to the provisions of chapter 582 of NRS.
3. The Department for registration purposes only may collect a fee, not to exceed $1, for each vehicle weighed by the Department.
4. From time to time, upon request of the Director, the State Sealer of Measurement Standards shall appoint additional public weighmasters, according to the provisions of chapter 582 of NRS, as may be necessary to effectuate the purposes of this chapter.
5. Public weighmasters’ certificates issued in states other than Nevada, when such certificates bear the seal of such weighmaster, may be accepted by the Director as evidence of the weight of the motor vehicle for which a license is applied.
6. In lieu of weighing a farm vehicle pursuant to subsection 2, the farmer or rancher who uses the farm vehicle may:
(a) Weigh the farm vehicle on a scale which has been certified by the State Sealer of Measurement Standards; and
(b) Use a printout from that scale setting forth the declared gross weight of the farm vehicle as proof of the declared gross weight of the farm vehicle for purposes of this chapter.
[Part 25:202:1931; A 1931, 339; 1933, 249; 1935, 375; 1937, 76, 330; 1947, 613; 1955, 127, 350]—(NRS A 1961, 132; 1973, 443; 2009, 169; 2013, 2472)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.490 - Manufacturer’s, distributor’s, dealer’s or rebuilder’s license plate.

Each person who applies for a manufacturer’s, distributor’s, dealer’s or rebuilder’s license plate, or pair of plates shall pay at the time of application a fee according to the following schedule:
For each plate or pair of plates for a motor vehicle, including a motorcycle $12
For plates for a trailer or semitrailer...................................................................... 12
This fee is in lieu of any other fee specified in this chapter except the fees imposed by NRS 482.268.
[26:202:1931; A 1953, 280; 1955, 468]—(NRS A 1960, 132; 1961, 169; 1971, 1308; 1973, 130; 1981, 665; 1983, 1006; 1987, 1022; 2013, 2528)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.500 - Fees for duplicate or substitute certificates of registration, decals and number plates; fees for replacement number plates or sets of plates issued for special license plates; fees for souvenir and sample license plates; exceptions.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 or 3 or specifically provided by statute, whenever upon application any duplicate or substitute certificate of registration, indicator, decal or number plate is issued, the following fees must be paid:
For a certificate of registration.......................................................................... $5.00
For every substitute number plate or set of plates........................................... 5.00
For every duplicate number plate or set of plates.......................................... 10.00
For every decal displaying a county name...................................................... .50
For every other indicator, decal, license plate sticker or tab.......................... 5.00
2. The following fees must be paid for any replacement number plate or set of plates issued for the following special license plates:
(a) For any special plate issued pursuant to NRS 482.3667, 482.367002, 482.3672, 482.370 to 482.3755, inclusive, 482.376 or 482.379 to 482.3818, inclusive, a fee of $10.
(b) For any special plate issued pursuant to NRS 482.368, 482.3765, 482.377 or 482.378, a fee of $5.
(c) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (a) of subsection 1 of NRS 482.3824, for any souvenir license plate issued pursuant to NRS 482.3825 or sample license plate issued pursuant to NRS 482.2703, a fee equal to that established by the Director for the issuance of those plates.
3. A fee must not be charged for a duplicate or substitute of a decal issued pursuant to NRS 482.37635.
4. The fees which are paid for replacement number plates, duplicate number plates and decals displaying county names must be deposited with the State Treasurer for credit to the Motor Vehicle Fund and allocated to the Department to defray the costs of replacing or duplicating the plates and manufacturing the decals.
[Part 27:202:1931; A 1953, 280]—(NRS A 1961, 169; 1971, 1556; 1975, 132; 1977, 359; 1981, 665, 1552; 1983, 813, 1230; 1985, 30, 929; 1989, 1616; 1991, 194, 2321; 1993, 616; 1995, 341, 789; 1997, 175, 1361, 1550, 2824, 3003, 3054; 1999, 158, 1167, 1173; 2001, 74, 75, 579, 586, 1467, 1512, 1676, 1678, 1860; 2003, 89, 91, 92, 361, 380, 500, 3069, 3348; 2007, 579; 2013, 2559, 3195; 2015, 666, 1947; 2017, 428, 3569, 3578; 2019, 568, 904, 1330, 1488, 2524, 3094; 2021, 3744; 2023, 1069, 2703)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.503 - Exemptions from fees for registration.

The registration fee imposed by this chapter does not apply to vehicles owned by the United States, the State of Nevada, any political subdivision of the State of Nevada, or any county, municipal corporation, city, unincorporated town or school district in the State of Nevada.
(Added to NRS by 1965, 316)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.515 - Delinquent fees; penalties.

1. Whenever a person operates any vehicle upon the public highways of this State without having paid therefor the registration or transfer fee required by this chapter, the required fee shall be deemed delinquent.
2. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 482.209, if the fee for registration is not paid by the end of the last working day of the preceding period of registration, a penalty of $6 must be added for each period of 30 calendar days or fraction thereof during which the delinquency continues, unless the vehicle has not been operated on the highways since the expiration of the prior registration or has not been operated on the highways since the expiration of the temporary placard issued by a vehicle dealer or rebuilder in this State. Evidence of nonoperation of a vehicle must be furnished by an affidavit executed by a person having knowledge of the fact. The affidavit must accompany the application for renewal of registration.
3. If the transferee of a vehicle, required to be registered under the provisions of NRS 482.205, has not registered the vehicle within 10 days after the transfer, a penalty of $6 must be added to the fee for registration. The provisions of this section do not apply to vehicles which come within the provisions of NRS 706.801 to 706.861, inclusive.
4. In addition to the penalties prescribed in subsections 2 and 3, the Department and its agents shall collect the fees for license plates and registration for each period of 30 calendar days, or portion thereof in excess of 15 days, during which the delinquency has continued or for which the vehicle has not been registered pursuant to NRS 482.205.
[28:202:1931; A 1955, 350]—(NRS A 1960, 132; 1961, 173; 1971, 723, 1556; 1973, 83; 1981, 666; 1985, 684; 1987, 1148; 2007, 324; 2011, 296)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.516 - Sale or lease of repossessed vehicle: Persons liable on security agreement to be given written notice of intent in advance; required manner of provision and contents of notice; rights of persons liable on security agreement.

1. Any provision in any security agreement for the sale or lease of a vehicle to the contrary notwithstanding, at least 10 days’ written notice of intent to sell or again lease a repossessed vehicle must be given to all persons liable on the security agreement. The notice must be given in person or sent by mail directed to the address of the persons shown on the security agreement, unless such persons have notified the holder in writing of a different address.
2. The notice:
(a) Must inform such persons of the provisions of NRS 482.5165;
(b) Must set forth that there is a right to redeem the vehicle and the total amount required as of the date of the notice to redeem;
(c) May inform such persons of their privilege of reinstatement of the security agreement, if the holder extends such a privilege;
(d) Must give notice of the holder’s intent to resell or again lease the vehicle at the expiration of 10 days from the date of giving or mailing the notice;
(e) Must disclose the place at which the vehicle will be returned to the buyer or lessee upon redemption or reinstatement; and
(f) Must designate the name and address of the person to whom payment must be made.
3. During the period provided under the notice, the person or persons liable on the security agreement may pay in full the indebtedness evidenced by the security agreement. Such persons are liable for any deficiency after sale or lease of the repossessed vehicle only if the notice prescribed by this section is given within 60 days after repossession and includes an itemization of the balance and of any costs or fees for delinquency, collection or repossession. In addition, the notice must either set forth the computation or estimate of the amount of any credit for unearned finance charges or cancelled insurance as of the date of the notice or state that such a credit may be available against the amount due.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1281; A 1987, 2073; 2007, 3220; 2019, 3196)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.5161 - Sale of repossessed construction equipment.

1. All the provisions of NRS 482.516 apply equally to the repossession of any article of construction equipment pursuant to the security agreement.
2. As used in this section, "construction equipment" includes without limitation all earth-moving, erecting, excavating and rigging machinery, whether self-propelled or towed, and any auxiliary vehicle used for towing or transporting such machinery.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1282)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.5163 - Sale of repossessed vehicle in commercially reasonable manner; application of proceeds; injunctive relief; damages.

1. Every repossessed vehicle shall be sold in a commercially reasonable manner. The fact that a better price could have been obtained by a sale at a different time or in a different method from that selected by the secured party is not of itself sufficient to establish that the sale was not made in a commercially reasonable manner. If the secured party either sells the vehicle in the usual manner in any recognized market for such a vehicle or if the secured party sells at the price current in such market at the time of his or her sale or has otherwise sold in conformity with reasonable commercial practices among dealers in the type of vehicle sold the secured party has sold in a commercially reasonable manner. A disposition which has been approved in any judicial proceeding shall conclusively be deemed to be commercially reasonable, but this sentence does not indicate that any such approval must be obtained in any case nor does it indicate that any disposition not so approved is not commercially reasonable.
2. The proceeds of disposition shall be applied in the order following to:
(a) The reasonable expenses of retaking, holding, preparing for sale and selling, and, to the extent provided for in the agreement, the reasonable attorneys’ fees and legal expenses incurred by the secured party.
(b) The satisfaction of indebtedness secured by the security interest under which the disposition is made.
(c) The satisfaction of indebtedness secured by any subordinate security interest in the collateral if written notification of demand therefor is received before distribution of the proceeds is completed. If requested by the secured party, the holder of a subordinate security interest must seasonably furnish reasonable proof of his or her interest, and unless he or she does so, the secured party need not comply with the demand.
(d) The payment of any surplus to the debtor.
3. If it is established that the secured party is not proceeding in accordance with the provisions of this section and NRS 482.516 disposition may be ordered or restrained on appropriate terms and conditions. If the disposition has occurred, the debtor or any person entitled to notification or whose security interest has been made known to the secured party prior to the disposition has a right to recover from the secured party any loss caused by failure to comply with the provisions of this section. If the disposition was not commercially reasonable, as specified in subsection 1, the debtor has a right to recover double the debtor’s actual damages.
(Added to NRS by 1975, 1813)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.5165 - Repossession of vehicle of certain persons prohibited during governmental shutdown; penalty.

1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law and except as otherwise ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction, if a person liable on a security agreement provides proof that he or she is a federal worker, tribal worker, state worker or household member of such a worker and a shutdown is occurring or has occurred, a person shall not repossess or direct or authorize another person to repossess a vehicle of that person during the period commencing on the date on which a shutdown begins and ending on the date that is 30 days after the date on which the shutdown ends.
2. Any person who knowingly repossesses a vehicle or authorizes another person to repossess a vehicle in violation of this section:
(a) Is guilty of a misdemeanor; and
(b) May be liable for actual damages, reasonable attorney’s fees and costs incurred by the injured party.
3. In imposing liability pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 2, a court shall, when determining whether to reduce such liability, take into consideration any due diligence used by the person before he or she repossessed a vehicle or directed or authorized another person to repossess a vehicle.
4. As used in this section:
(a) "Federal worker" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 40.002.
(b) "Household member" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 40.0025.
(c) "Shutdown" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 40.0035.
(d) "State worker" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 40.004.
(e) "Tribal worker" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 40.0045.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 3195)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.518 - Reports of repossession to peace officer and Department.

Any person, firm or corporation who repossesses a vehicle without the knowledge of the registered owner thereof shall immediately report such repossession by oral communication to the police of the city or to the sheriff’s office of the county where such repossession is made. The officer to whom the repossession report is made shall forward a copy of such report to the Department.
(Added to NRS by 1965, 664)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.520 - Action by Department on reports of stolen, embezzled and recovered vehicles.

Whenever the owner of any motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer which is stolen or embezzled files an affidavit alleging such fact with the Department, it shall immediately suspend the registration of and refuse to reregister such vehicle until such time as it is notified that the owner has recovered the vehicle, but notices given as herein provided shall be effective only during the current registration period in which given. If during such period the vehicle is not recovered a new affidavit may be filed with like effect during the ensuing period. Every owner who has filed an affidavit of theft or embezzlement must immediately notify the Department of the recovery of such vehicle.
[5:202:1931; 1931 NCL § 4435.04] + [19:202:1931; 1931 NCL § 4435.18]—(NRS A 1965, 1009; 1973, 213; 2013, 2863)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.540 - Authority of police officer, without warrant, to seize and take possession of certain vehicles; inspection and written report concerning certain falsely attached, removed, defaced, altered or obliterated numbers and marks; authority of court to declare vehicle forfeited under certain circumstances; charging of criminal act must not precede completion of report.

1. Any police officer, without a warrant, may seize and take possession of any vehicle:
(a) Which is being operated with improper registration;
(b) Which the police officer has probable cause to believe has been stolen;
(c) Which the police officer has probable cause to believe has been illegally altered in a manner that impairs the structural integrity of the vehicle;
(d) On which any motor number, manufacturer’s number or identification mark has been falsely attached, removed, defaced, altered or obliterated; or
(e) Which contains a part on which was placed or stamped by the manufacturer pursuant to federal law or regulation an identification number or other distinguishing number or mark that has been falsely attached, removed, defaced, altered or obliterated.
2. A law enforcement agency or an employee of the Department whose primary responsibility is to conduct investigations involving the theft of motor vehicles shall inspect any vehicle seized pursuant to paragraph (d) or (e) of subsection 1 to determine whether the number or mark in question on the vehicle or part from the vehicle has been falsely attached, removed, defaced, altered or obliterated and whether any person has presented satisfactory evidence of ownership of the vehicle. The agency or employee shall prepare a written report which sets forth the results of the inspection within 30 days after the vehicle is seized.
3. If the results of the report conclude that the number or mark in question has been falsely attached, removed, defaced, altered or obliterated and that there is no satisfactory evidence of ownership, the court shall declare the vehicle forfeited and proceed in the manner set forth in NRS 482.542.
4. A person must not be charged with any criminal act which caused a motor vehicle to be seized pursuant to paragraph (d) or (e) of subsection 1 until the report is completed pursuant to subsection 2.
5. As used in this section, "police officer" means:
(a) Any peace officer of the Department;
(b) Sheriffs of counties and officers of metropolitan police departments and their deputies; and
(c) Marshals and police officers of cities and towns.
[21 3/4:166:1925; added 1953, 391]—(NRS A 1975, 1199; 1983, 1242; 1985, 653; 1995, 1046; 1997, 780; 2007, 2362; 2011, 1616)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.542 - Disposition of seized vehicle.

1. Any vehicle seized pursuant to NRS 482.540 may be removed by a law enforcement agency or the Department to:
(a) A place designated for the storage of seized property.
(b) An appropriate place for disposal if that disposal is specifically authorized by statute.
2. If disposal of a vehicle seized pursuant to NRS 482.540 is not specifically authorized by statute, a law enforcement agency or the Department may file a civil action for forfeiture of the vehicle:
(a) Pursuant to paragraph (c) of subsection 1 of NRS 4.370 in the justice court of the township where the vehicle which is the subject of the action was seized if the fair market value of the vehicle and the cost of towing and storing the vehicle does not exceed $15,000; or
(b) In the district court for the county where the vehicle which is the subject of the action was seized if the fair market value of the vehicle and the cost of towing and storing the vehicle equals or exceeds $15,000.
3. Upon the filing of a civil action pursuant to subsection 2, the court shall schedule a date for a hearing. The hearing must be held not later than 7 business days after the action is filed. The court shall affix the date of the hearing on a form for that purpose and order a copy served by the sheriff, constable or other process server upon each claimant whose identity is known to the law enforcement agency or Department or who can be identified through the exercise of due diligence.
4. The court shall:
(a) Order the release of the vehicle to the owner or to another person who the court determines is entitled to the vehicle if the court finds that:
(1) A motor number, manufacturer’s number or identification mark which was placed on the vehicle has not been falsely attached, removed, defaced, altered or obliterated; and
(2) The vehicle has not been illegally altered in a manner that impairs the structural integrity of the vehicle; or
(b) Order the vehicle destroyed or otherwise disposed of as determined by the court, if the court finds that:
(1) There is no satisfactory evidence of ownership;
(2) A motor number, manufacturer’s number or identification mark which was placed on the vehicle has been falsely attached, removed, defaced, altered or obliterated; or
(3) The vehicle has been illegally altered in a manner that impairs the structural integrity of the vehicle.
5. If a court declares that a vehicle seized pursuant to NRS 482.540 is forfeited, a law enforcement agency or the Department may:
(a) Retain it for official use;
(b) Sell it; or
(c) Remove it for disposal.
6. As used in this section, "claimant" means any person who claims to have:
(a) Any right, title or interest of record in the property or proceeds subject to forfeiture;
(b) Any community property interest in the property or proceeds; or
(c) Had possession of the property or proceeds at the time of the seizure thereof by a law enforcement agency or the Department.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 1143; A 2011, 1617; 2015, 947)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.543 - Definitions.

As used in NRS 482.543 to 482.554, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 482.5432 to 482.5445, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
(Added to NRS by 2007, 2361)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.5432 - "Automobile wrecker" defined.

"Automobile wrecker" means a person who obtains a license pursuant to NRS 487.050 to dismantle, scrap, process or wreck a vehicle.
(Added to NRS by 2007, 2361)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 482 - Motor Vehicles and Trailers: Licensing, Registration, Sales and Leases › NRS 482.544 - "Identification number or mark" defined.

"Identification number or mark" means:
1. The motor number, other distinguishing number or identification mark of a vehicle required or employed for purposes of registration; or
2. The identification number or other distinguishing number or identification mark of a vehicle or part of a motor vehicle that was placed or stamped on that vehicle or part by the manufacturer pursuant to federal law or regulations.
(Added to NRS by 1999, 2056; A 2007, 2363)