NRS 482.2155
Registration of moped: Application

  • inspection
  • fees
  • Department to issue license plate
  • registration not renewable or transferable.

1.

The owner of a moped shall, before the moped may be operated upon any highway in this State, apply to the Department for and obtain registration thereof. The application must be made upon the appropriate form as prescribed by the Department.

2.

An application for the registration of a moped pursuant to this section must include:

(a)

The signature and residential address of the owner of the moped.

(b)

The owner’s declaration of the county where he or she intends the moped to be based, unless the moped 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.

(c)

A brief description of the moped to be registered, including the name of the maker, the engine, identification or serial number, whether new or used, and, upon the registration of a new moped, 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 moped.

(d)

Proof of ownership satisfactory to the Department.

3.

An application for the registration of a moped pursuant to subsection 2 must be accompanied by:

(a)

The registration fee required pursuant to NRS 482.480.

(b)

The governmental services tax imposed pursuant to chapter 371 of NRS, as provided in NRS 482.260.

(c)

The fees for a license plate and an inspection required pursuant to this section.

4.

An applicant for the registration of a moped pursuant to this section must provide proof satisfactory to the Department that the moped was inspected and meets the definition of “moped” as provided in NRS 482.069. An applicant who:

(a)

Purchased the moped from a new vehicle dealer or a used vehicle dealer may submit to the Department, on a form prescribed by the Department, verification of an inspection by the new vehicle dealer or used vehicle dealer which certifies that the moped meets the definition of “moped” as provided in NRS 482.069.

(b)

Did not purchase the moped from a new vehicle dealer or a used vehicle dealer and:

(1)

Resides in a county where an office of the Department is located must, at an office of the Department in that county, allow the Department to inspect the moped for verification that the moped meets the definition of “moped” as provided in NRS 482.069. The Department may by regulation establish a fee for such an inspection.

(2)

Resides in a county where no office of the Department is located must allow the Department to inspect the moped, as specified in subparagraph (1), at an office of the Department in another county or, in lieu of an inspection by the Department, allow a sheriff or deputy sheriff of the county in which the applicant resides to inspect the moped for verification that the moped meets the definition of “moped” as provided in NRS 482.069. A sheriff or deputy sheriff shall, upon the request of the applicant, conduct such an inspection and transmit his or her determination, in writing, to the Department and may collect the fee established by the Department pursuant to subparagraph (1) for such an inspection. The fees must be accounted for as provided in subsection 6 of NRS 248.275.

5.

As soon as practicable after the Department:

(a)

Receives the application and fees required by this section; and

(b)

Receives the form completed by a new vehicle dealer or used vehicle dealer pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection 4, conducts the inspection required by subparagraph (1) of paragraph (b) of subsection 4 or receives the alternative written determination from a sheriff or deputy sheriff that is authorized by subparagraph (2) of paragraph (b) of subsection 4,
Ê the Department shall, if the inspection or written determination confirms that the moped meets the definition of “moped” as provided in NRS 482.069, issue a license plate and certificate of registration to the owner of the moped.

6.

The fee for the issuance of a license plate pursuant to this section is $5, which must be allocated to the Revolving Account for the Issuance of Special License Plates, created by NRS 482.1805, to defray the costs of manufacturing license plates pursuant to this section.

7.

The registration issued pursuant to this section is not renewable or transferable, and a moped that is registered pursuant to this section is registered until the date on which the owner of the moped:

(a)

Transfers the ownership of the moped; or

(b)

Cancels the registration of the moped and surrenders the license plate to the Department.

8.

The Department may, upon proof of ownership satisfactory to it, issue a certificate of title before the registration of a moped pursuant to this section. A certificate of title issued pursuant to this subsection is valid until cancelled by the Department upon the transfer of interest therein.

Source: Section 482.2155 — Registration of moped: Application; inspection; fees; Department to issue license plate; registration not renewable or transferable., https://www.­leg.­state.­nv.­us/NRS/NRS-482.­html#NRS482Sec2155.

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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