NRS 482.215
Application for registration.


1.

Except as otherwise provided in NRS 482.2155, all applications for registration, except applications for renewal of registration, must be made as provided in this section.

2.

Except as otherwise provided in NRS 482.294, applications for all registrations, except renewals of registration, must be made in person, if practicable, to any office or agent of the Department or to a registered dealer.

3.

Each application must be made upon the appropriate form furnished by the Department and contain:

(a)

The signature of the owner, except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 of NRS 482.294, if applicable.

(b)

The owner’s residential address.

(c)

The owner’s declaration of the county where he or she intends the vehicle to be based, unless the vehicle is deemed to have no base. The Department shall use this declaration to determine the county to which the governmental services tax is to be paid.

(d)

If required pursuant to NRS 482.2177, the mileage shown on the odometer of the vehicle at the time of application and any other information required by the Department.

(e)

A brief description of the vehicle to be registered, including the name of the maker, the engine, identification or serial number, whether new or used, and the last license number, if known, and the state in which it was issued, and upon the registration of a new vehicle, the date of sale by the manufacturer or franchised and licensed dealer in this State for the make to be registered to the person first purchasing or operating the vehicle.

(f)

Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, if the applicant is not an owner of a fleet of vehicles or a person described in subsection 5:

(1)

Proof satisfactory to the Department or registered dealer that the applicant carries insurance on the vehicle provided by an insurance company licensed by the Division of Insurance of the Department of Business and Industry and approved to do business in this State as required by NRS 485.185; and

(2)

A declaration signed by the applicant that he or she will maintain the insurance required by NRS 485.185 during the period of registration. If the application is submitted by electronic means pursuant to NRS 482.294, the applicant is not required to sign the declaration required by this subparagraph.

(g)

If the applicant is an owner of a fleet of vehicles or a person described in subsection 5, evidence of insurance provided by an insurance company licensed by the Division of Insurance of the Department of Business and Industry and approved to do business in this State as required by NRS 485.185:

(1)

In the form of a certificate of insurance on a form approved by the Commissioner of Insurance;

(2)

In the form of a card issued pursuant to NRS 690B.023 which identifies the vehicle or the registered owner of the vehicle; or

(3)

In another form satisfactory to the Department, including, without limitation, an electronic format authorized by NRS 690B.023.
Ê The Department may file that evidence, return it to the applicant or otherwise dispose of it.

(h)

If required, evidence of the applicant’s compliance with controls over emission.

(i)

If the application for registration is submitted via the Internet, a statement which informs the applicant that he or she may make a nonrefundable monetary contribution of $2 for each vehicle registered for the Complete Streets Program, if any, created pursuant to NRS 244.2643, 277A.285 or 403.575, as applicable, based on the declaration made pursuant to paragraph (c). The application form must state in a clear and conspicuous manner that a contribution for a Complete Streets Program is nonrefundable and voluntary and is in addition to any fees required for registration, and must include a method by which the applicant must indicate his or her intention to opt in or opt out of making such a contribution.

4.

The application must contain such other information as is required by the Department or registered dealer and must be accompanied by proof of ownership satisfactory to the Department.

5.

For purposes of the evidence required by paragraph (g) of subsection 3:

(a)

Vehicles which are subject to the fee for a license and the requirements of registration of the Interstate Highway User Fee Apportionment Act, and which are based in this State, may be declared as a fleet by the registered owner thereof on his or her original application for or application for renewal of a proportional registration. The owner may file a single certificate of insurance covering that fleet.

(b)

Other fleets composed of 10 or more vehicles based in this State or vehicles insured under a blanket policy which does not identify individual vehicles may each be declared annually as a fleet by the registered owner thereof for the purposes of an application for his or her original or any renewed registration. The owner may file a single certificate of insurance covering that fleet.

(c)

A person who qualifies as a self-insurer pursuant to the provisions of NRS 485.380 may file a copy of his or her certificate of self-insurance.

(d)

A person who qualifies for an operator’s policy of liability insurance pursuant to the provisions of NRS 485.186 and 485.3091 may file or provide electronic evidence of that insurance.

Source: Section 482.215 — Application for registration., https://www.­leg.­state.­nv.­us/NRS/NRS-482.­html#NRS482Sec215.

482.205
Registration required for certain vehicles.
482.206
Periods of registration for vehicles
482.208
Registration of leased vehicles by long-term lessor or long-term lessee.
482.209
Department prohibited from charging additional fee for delinquent or late registration of vehicle owned by deployed member of military
482.210
Exemptions from registration.
482.215
Application for registration.
482.216
Department may authorize new vehicle dealer to accept applications for registration and transfer of registration of new motor vehicles and to issue certificates of registration
482.218
Owners of certain motortrucks, truck-tractors and buses required to maintain certain books, papers and records
482.220
Application for registration of specially constructed, reconstructed, rebuilt or foreign vehicle
482.223
Application for title for rebuilt, reconstructed or specially constructed vehicle
482.224
Replica vehicles: Limitation on number of vehicles for which Department may issue certificate of registration
482.225
Collection of sales or use tax upon application for registration of certain vehicles purchased outside this State
482.231
Refusal of registration if local authority has filed notice of nonpayment of certain fee charged by constable
482.235
Registration indexes and records
482.240
Issuance of certificates of registration and title by Department or registered dealer
482.245
Contents of certificates of registration and title.
482.247
Certificate of title in beneficiary form: Request
482.255
Placement of certificate of registration in vehicle
482.260
Duties of Department and its agents relative to registration of vehicle
482.262
Application by lienholder for title to certain abandoned recreational vehicles: Requirements of lienholder
482.265
License plates issued upon registration
482.266
Manufacture of license plates substantially similar to license plates issued before January 1, 1982: Written request
482.267
License plates: Production at facility of Department of Corrections
482.268
License plates: Additional fee for issuance
482.270
License plates: General specifications
482.271
License plates: Decals
482.272
License plates: Motorcycles and mopeds.
482.274
License plates: Trailers
482.275
License plates: Display.
482.276
Farm license plate for implement of husbandry
482.280
Expiration and renewal of registration.
482.281
Authority of Department of Motor Vehicles to allow authorized inspection station or authorized station to renew certificates of registration
482.283
Change of name or place of residence: Notice to Department required
482.285
Certificates, decals and number plates: Illegibility, loss, mutilation or theft
482.290
Assignment and recording of new vehicle identification number if old number has been falsely attached, removed, defaced, altered or obliterated
482.2065
Alternate 3-year period of registration for trailers
482.2085
Registration program for short-term lessors: Establishment by Department
482.2155
Registration of moped: Application
482.2175
Pilot program for determining vehicle miles traveled
482.2177
Mileage on odometer to be provided to Department at registration, renewal and transfer of motor vehicle
482.2605
Application for new certificate of title under certain circumstances
482.2655
Department not to issue special license plates for certain older motor vehicles within 90 days after failed emissions test.
482.2703
License plates: Samples
482.2705
License plates: Passenger cars and trucks
482.2715
License plates: Registrant entitled to maintain code if continuously renewed
482.2717
License plates to be issued to automobile wreckers and operators of salvage pools.
482.2805
Department not to renew registration if notice of nonpayment has been filed with Department by certain entities
Last Updated

Jun. 24, 2021

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